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The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-01-26
STATE HAPPENINGS.


Jefferson City-In the ffty-sixth an
Of public schools, which Is now in
hands of the printer, the claim is made
by Superintendent Darlington that no
other state is making such rapid and
substantial progress In public school
work as Missouri. He asserts that
such progress in the last seven years
has been very noticeable along two
lines: First, better buildings, better
equipment and better supplies of all
kinds enable teachers to do better
work; second, the spirit of school
work Is better, due to the fact that q
course Of study has taken more definite
form in the minds of teachers and peo-
pie. The amount spent for teachers
salaries in 1905 was IS, 1854, 254; for the
same purpose in 1898 1t was 49, 3O, 593,
which shows an increase of a per
cent. The amount spent for new school
buildings was $2,418,912; for the same
purpose in 1898, $993, 1853, an increase of
141 per cent. The total expenditures FOR
all public school purposes was &c.,
O90, 1858; for the same purposes in 1898,
$6,249,051, an increase Of 60 per cent
The number of teachers employed in
the public schools of the state was H.
1856; the number employed in 1898, 49,
259, an increase of IA per cent. T1e
number Of schoolrooms occupied was
16,149; in 1898, 1885, an increase of 16
per cent.
The average annual salary paid
teachers, counting the whole number
of teachers employed during the year,
was $342; counting the same way, for
the same purpose in 1898, 1t was $3.50,
an increase of % per cent.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-01-26
FOR A SWEET VOICE
PLEA FOR SCHOOLGIRL TO AP-
PRECIATE ITS DEsIRABILITY.

The Voice an Expression Of Health,
Strength, Character and Person
atty - Indistinct Enumeration
Mars Many Voices-Some Girls
Speak Like Soldiers on the War
path-Neither Rush, Shout Nor
Cackle When Talking.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-01-26
BY MARGARET e. sANGsTER.

Copyright. 1906, by Joseph b. Bowies)
One Of the prettiest sights in the
world is that of the young people on
their way to school between eight and
nine in the morning. I like to see the
girls between IA and 16 as they go
arm In arm, each with her pile of
books in her hands, chatting gayly or
talking confldentially, their day before
them and not a cloud to dim their
sky.
What a sweet voice that girl has,"
I heard some one say as Elizabeth ran
across the street to meet Emily, call
ing out her CHEEKY good morning. 1t
was indeed a sweet voice and had car
rying power, clear as a bell or a bird
note, yet 1t was not loud. Voices are
as different as faces. We pay a great
deal OF attention in this country to
training the singing voice, and we are
willing to pay teachers large prices to
develop the fine soprano or the rich
contralto that everyone admires. But
far too little trouble is taken with the
speaking voice, and 1t Is a pity, for
we sing only occasionally, and most
Of us talk from morning till night.
If you hear a group Of girls talking
on the campus or in a street car, you
are often panied by the lack of melody
in their voices. Some are harsh and
rough, others are nasal; some are
mufled and croaking; a few are pure
and silvery. Shakespeare, who was an
acute observer, in speaking OF n Of
his heroines, said: Her voice was
ever soft, gentle and low; an excellent
thing in woman" First and last you
find a good many illusions to voices
in Shakespeare. There are families in
which each seems to try whether or
not he or she can be heard by speak.
ing SO loudly as to drown the rest.
This is always a mark of very Ill
breeding. No well-bred person
e or shouts in the family or
anywhere else. A low voice may be
heard quite as effectively as one that
is loud and shrill, if it's possessor has
learned the art of managing it proper
ly. Even in a large building q per-
son who speaks slowly, giving every
word its full value, and throwing the
voice from the chest instead of from
the head, will be heard distinctly. In
order to have a full, agreeable voice,
a girl should practice deep breathing
several times a day in the open air.
The voice is the expression of health,
strength, character and personality.
The lips, the teeth, the roof of the
mouth, the palate, the vocal cords and
the lungs are all involved in this
voice Of ours, which is our peculiar en-
dowment, and lifts us up to the high.
est plane in creation.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-01-26
Must Have License In own County.

st. Louis-The court VI appeals af-
firmed a dSision of a Maries county
court fining Virgil Hilton $25 for hunt
ing without a license in his own coun-
ty.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-01-26
IL Three Years Past the Century.

Linn Creek-Mrs. Renfro cele-
brated her hundred and third birth
day anniversary at her home near
here. She still retains all her faculties
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-01-26
THE WEEKS NEWS
TERSELY OUTLINED
An Epitome of the Most Important
Events at Home and Abroad
the Past Week.
NORTH, EAST, WEST, SOUTH.

b Congress II Doing, Together
With Latest Developments I'm the
Internal Troubles In Russia, and
Items ulled from Important Hap
penings All Over the World.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-01-26

I will suppose that some girl for
whom l am writing has contracted a
slovenly way Of talking, that her voice
Is not pleasant, and that her enuncia-
tion is indistinct. How shall she
break herself of bad habits? Just as
she would break herself Of a bad
habit in any other direction, she must
set herself to work about this and
be in downright earnest if she is to
accomplish anything worth while.
She must. remind herself constantly
II she is accustomed to shrek, that
people around her are not deaf, and
that If they were they would hear her
as easily If she spoke low as II she
spoke loudly. Every time she begins
speaking rs IL she were a soldier on
the warpath, let her call a halt, and
drop her voice a tone or two. If she
has the needless method Of emitting
the final g and saying mornin' for
morning and evenin' for evening, let
her remedy that. If she run her
words together, rs too many Of us
do under. the impression that there
is nc time to spare, and that words
must tumble over each other as water
tumbles over rocks, let her pause and
60 more slowly.
Two girls the other day were dis.
cussing a third who was a student in
. New England college, but was a ma.
tive Of India; a high caste girl who
had been taught English in her baby
hood. "You should hear her perfect
English" one said to the other. "She
speaks more slowly than we do, and
her voice is like music. She Is never
the least in a hurry and there is the
prettiest little accent like a fragrance"
We often notice this crystalline per.
lection In foreigners who have &C.
Quired English and speak 1t less reck.
lessly and with more precision than
we who are to the manner born. Dear
girls, take your time. There is plenty
Of 1t. Neither rush nor shout, nor
cackle, nor make a shrill clamor when
you are talking. but remember
Shakespeare's low and gentle voice
which is an excellent thing in woman.
OF course. no girl who respects her
self ever fumes, frets or scolds.
There is a scolding voice and there is
q fretting voice, and both are most
repellent. Fancy coming suddenly
into the presence Of a girl whom you
have always thought lovely and at
tractive. and finding her storming and
using inyectives, and finding fault in
. course, hateful way; that would
show you that her character had q
very seamy side. You coald never
have the same opinion Of such q girl
again. It would be ~ II under the
fair outside you had teen i glimpse Of
so%rnethins dark ana sspuisiys within,
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-01-26
Thawed pynamite, blown to Atomu

Thawed Dynamfte, HOWL to Atoms.
Kirkwcod-While thawing dynamite
In hot sand on a tray ore a small
stove, Samuel Miller, IS years old, was
instantly killed on the Geyer road. Six
feet away from Miller stood William
Smith, colored. He was hurled into the
air, and when he recovered conscious
ness he found himself about 300 feet
away from his companion, with his
right eardrum broken. How he escaped
death mystifed him, but he was able
to testify at the c%oroner's inquest. Mil
Ter was killed while greeting Smith.
For three days Miller is said to have
had premonitions OF some accident.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-01-26
Man and wife Held For Murder.

Mexico-The Audrain county grand
Jury returned an indictment charging
Alva and Ed. Bailey with first degree
murder for killing Jay Lawder.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-01-26

st. Joseph-Judge. Casteel, Of the
criminal court. has decided that the
Andriano lid-lifting ordinance. passed
by the city council, is invalid.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-01-26
Ben westhus Resigns.

Washington-By direction of the
president, the secretary of the treasury
has asked for the resignation of Ben
Westhus as collector Of internal rev.
enue at st. Louis. The nomination of
Ed Allen as his successor will be sent
to the senate as soo as the necessary
formalitles in connection with the
change can be complied with.
st. Louis-Mr. Westhus says he has
forwarded his resignation to Washing
ton. "This is the result Of attending
strictly to business" he said to a re-
porter. Had l been more active in
politics this would not have happened
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-01-26

Kansas City-Jay J. Miller, a live
stock man, was acquitted by a jury in
the criminal court here Of the change
Of giving false testimony before the
grand jury, which is investigating al
legged Weighing frauds at the Kansas
City stock yards.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-01-26
Federal Court Takes Salmon Bank

Kansas City-Everything relating to
the failure of the Salmon Bros bank at
Clinton, has been ordered transferred
from the state to the federal court,
United States Judge Pollock sending the
banking partnership into Involuntary
bankruptcy.
The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1906-01-26

Huntsville-The barn Of Mrs. J. H.
Richmond was destroyed by fire. Si1
horses were consumed. and two hat e1.
eapef we're killed w : traiNx
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-07-05
Canal Bonds Offered Public.

Secretary Shaw Monday offered
to the public $50, 600, 600 bonds of
the Panama canal loan, authorized
by the recent act Of congress. The
bonds will bear interest at the rate
of ? per cent, will be dated August
/, 1906, and interest will be payable
quarterly. They will be redeem
able at the pleasure of the govern
ment at end of 10 and payable in 80
years from date. The bonds will
be exempt from taxes or duties OF
the United States and will be avail
able to national banks as security
for circulation. The bonds will not
be sold for less than par. All citi-
zens will have equal opportunity tc
subscribe for them and the bids
must be submitted to the depart.
ment on or before July 20, 1906.
In a statement made public today
Secretary Shaw says: In consid
ering bids, the bidders offering the
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-07-05
Weather Report.

The week opened with tempera-
ture about normal over most of the
state and slightly above in a few
localities. Maximum temperatures
of 80 degrees to 90 degrees or high
err were of common occurrence on
and about June IS. The both was
somewhat cooler, and in some plac-
es decidedly so in the late afternoon,
and the 27th was a cool day over
practically the entire state. The
weather during the middle of the
week was unusually cool for this
time of the year, temperature below
so degrees having occurred general
ly. Toward the close of the week
the weather again became warmer,
but the daily mean was still below
normal. The average daily deficien-
cy in temperature, was about 6
degrees in western counties and 7
degrees in the eastern portion of the
state. There were considerable
amounts of cloudiness during the
cool period, and on the Doth, 27th
and 28th light to heavy showers
visited almost every locality in the
state. Over quite extensive areas
in the Snake river valley the week
ly total exceeded one inch, and the
average for the state was above
normal. On the evening of the %
a so-called c1oudburst occurred in
the mountains near Boise, causing
a sudden rush of water in some of
the gulches, but causing very little
damage. The closing days of the
week were almost cloudless. There
were some high winds in localities
but in most instances the winds
were light to fresh in force, with
northwest as the predominating di-
rection. Continued cool weather,
/ together with the demands made
/ by irrigating canals, has caused a
marked decrease in the amount of
water carried by streams, but there
/ is still much snow in the higher
mountains, and the prospect for a
long irrigating season is excellent.
At Ellerslie, this county, rain fell
on the 81, amounting to 1.13 inches.
This is something remarkable for
this season. The maximum temper
ature was 80 degrees on the 25 anc
%. and the minimum was "A de-
grees on the %. At Mountain Home
rain fell on the 81 and %, amount
ing to O.72 of an inch. The max
imum temperature was % degrees
on the 25th, and the minimum wa:
AZ degrees on the same date.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-07-05

Recently the New York Times
published the following paragraph,
crediting it to "a book by states
man of world wide renown, =" and
invites its readers to guess to whom
it refers:
"He combined a great talent for
action with very limited powers of
thought. Busting, energetic, YER
satile, gifted with an indonitable
perseverance, and stimulated by an
ambition that knew no repose, with
a capacity for mastering details and
an inordinate passion for affairs, he
could permit nothing to be done
without his interference, and con-
sequently was perpetually involved
in transactions which were either
failures or plumbers. He was one
of those leaders who are not guides.
Having little real knowledge and
not endowed with those high quail
titles of intellect which permit
their possessor to generalize the
details afforded by study and ex-
pericnce, and so deduce rules OF
conduct, when he received those
frequent appeals which were the
necessary consequence of his Off
cious life, became obscure, confus-
ed, contradictory, inconsistent, IL
logical. The oracle was al ways
dark
placed in a high post in an age
of political analysis, the busting in
termeddler was unable to supply
society with a single solution.
Enunciating second hand. with
characteristic precipitation, some
big principle in vogue, as if he were
a discoverer, he invariably shrank
from it's subsequent application the
moment that he found it might be
unpopular and inconvenient. All
his quandarics terminated in the
same catastrophe, a compromise.
Abstract principles with him ever
ended in concrete expcdiency. The
aggregate of circumstances out
weighed the isolated cause. The
primordial tenet, which had beer
advocated with uncompromising
arrogance, gently subsidized into
some second rate measure recon-
mended with all the artifice of ar
impregnable ambiguity.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-07-05

highest prices win receive the first
allotment. If two or more bidders
offer the same price, those asking
for the smaller amounts viii receive
priority in allotment. The depart
ment reserves the right to permit
bidders offering the highest price
to increase the amount of their pur-
chases. The department also re-
serves the right to reject any or all
bids if deemed to be to the interest
of the United States to do so. The
bonds will be ready for delivery
about August 1, 1906. Prospective
bidders desiring information not
contained in this circular may adj
dress the secretary OF the treasury,
division of loans and currency,
Washington; the assistant treasur-
er, at Chicago, st. Louis, New
Orleans or San Francisco.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-07-05
National Educational Association.

The National Educational Asso-
citation meeting itself has been
abandoned, but rates previously
agreed upon will be continued for
the benefit of the general public as
follows:
SAN FRANCISCO.
Via Ogden and Southern Pacific
$45.
Going via Ogden, returning via
Portland and Huntington or vice
versa $3.50.
LOS ANGELES.
Via Ogden and Southern Pacific
$500.
Via Salt Lake & S. P. LA. g. S.
L. $40. so.
Going via Ogden and Southern
Pacific or S. P. L. A. & S. L. re-
turning via Portland and Hunting
ton or vica versa 500. so.
Dates of sale June 20, to July
9Th, inclusive, 1906. Going trans
it limit September 10th. The fina
limit of ticket is September 18th
/ 1906, but return limit will be indi
Gated by joint agent at destination
and limit so punched will be TO
continuous passage. Nevertheless
stopovers will be allowed return
ing, but on the S. P. and S. P. L
A. & S. l.. they will be gotten onl,
by depositing ticket with agent a
point of stopover. On the o. S
L. and o. R. & N. tickets, will
be good for stopover within fina
limit by simply applying to tn
conductor. F. E. Austin, Agent.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-07-05
KNOCKERS.

If the knockers wife takes in
washing, or if he has some other
means of support not dependent up
on his own exertions; even If he
has a fixed income sufficient to buy
his own chewing tobacco, and a
friend from whom he can borrow
the newspaper, then that knocker
is hopeless case. The community
burdened with his presence must
patiently wait for him to die, or
else put up some sort of job on
another community that will in
duce him to move on. The man
himself is inflicted with a mental
malady that is inourablc.
If the knocker is himself engaged
in any calling, has any ambition to
better his own condition, and if his
gray matter assays even trace Of
intelligence, then he can be benc-
fitted, possibly cured, by a course
of mental training. Men of ordi-
nary common sense know that
knocking kicks worse than
an old fashion muzzlc loading
musket, hurts him who fires 1t as
much or more than the target; is
aroorback. No man dependent upon
the town in which he lives for
his living can injure that town
without injuring himself. He can
do 10. r.ct
public spirited citizen without
working detriment to the commu-
nifty and, inevitably, to himself
These facts are so plain that they
need no demonstration, are axiom:
of logic. Hammer this idea into
the understanding of this kind Of
knocker, and he will probably re
cover; will surely be improved.
There is still another species o
the genus knocker that yields read
lily to the proper treatment. Thi
variety of the figurative hamme
wielder plies his trade for specific
purpose; his object is a selfish ont
he hopes thereby to gain something
for himself. He may attack SOM
individual, with a veiw to discred
iting him in certain quarters, hop
ing 10 directly reap reward; or h
may be merely a blackmailer, play
ing the game for hush money. Il
either case the efficacious treatmen
is the sam "a club, vigorously an
skillfully applied.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-07-05

In the case of senator the ac-
tion of the next convention will
be considered nomination, even if
the convention refuses to nominate
w. E Borah. II a resolution fav-
orable to Mr.. Borah be refused it
will in effect mean the nominal
tion of ]. H. Brady, and our OPP
ponents will see to it that it is so
understood. Whatever may have
been thought before of the policy of
Mr.. Borah in resting his candidacy
on the action of the state conven-
ton, there is no question now that
it is his duty to stop there. His
time and his attention must be Civ
en- to the trial in which he repre-
sents the state, and he has no right
to place himself in position of be-
ing in a senatorial race during the
progress of this trial, which is of
paramount interest to the people OF
Idaho. F"
So sayerh the Boise Statesman in
Mondays edition; an expression OF
inspired editorial opinion that is
pregnant with significance. Being
interpreted into plain language, il
is tip to MIR. Borah from the ma.
chine that the cards are stacked tc
defeat his endorsement in the re,
publican convention, and that he
will be regarded ss a rank buttinslS,
if he carries the fight any farther
His friends ought to insist that h,
receed from his announced position
of retiring from the race should h
fail to secure the convention en-
dorsement; make an aggressive rae
to a finish before the the legisla
ture; name the influence which h
says defeated him before and Civ
his opponents to distinctly under
stand that he is in the contest I
win the senatorial toga, will EN-
ploy tactics of his own choosing
fight the devil with fire and vii
not be governed with any pink tie
party regulations. Such a polio
will bind his friends to him NOR
firmly and win other adherents. n
is said to be the peoples favorit
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-07-05

from the Mormon view point, to be
an error or ignorance. Will the Ad-
vance kindly shed the light of its
superior wisdom on the subject by
telling what is the Mormon view
point on that subject of popular in
terest? If it can dish up the situa-
ton in manner that will make il
more rankly pro-Mormon, it will
produce a prize winner that ought
to secure for its editor the job OF
collecting tithes in his stake.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-07-05

The anonymous writer over at
PocatelIo who is engaged in the self
imposed task of endeavoring to
hang Senator Dubois political pelt
on his back fence, devotes his last
letter to exposing " the lightning
change artists connection with the
Mormons in years gone by, declar-
ing that the statements which he
makes relative to the same are gem
orally known to be facts. If that
be true, then wherein is his stuff
an exposure?
Among other things, he accuses
the Senator with having abandon
ed the anti-Mormon cause and
sneaked boldly into the camp of the
enemy. That is another original
use of words. Fred surely must be
a wonder, to ''sneak boldly
The truth about the matter, in.
ternal evidence of which can be
found in every paragraph of thes'
letters, is that the anonymous
writer's long suit is presumption
He is bungling writer, is shy OF
material and doesn't know how Il
adroitly marshal his accusations
and is so evidently actuated by per
sonal hatred that his false alarm i
entertaining only as a dazzling fail
ure.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-07-05

The "six-bit" fire insurance
companies, as those that decided
arbitrarily to pay olny IS per cent
of the face of the policies on San
Francisco losses are designated, are
being administered a dose of very
bad medicine. If they don't square
that deal some way, they will be
put out of business.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1906-07-05

That Judge down at Toledo,
Ohio, who recently fined and inn
prisoned local ice dealers for form
ing a combination to maintain high
prices, has now sent their attorneys
to jail for contempt of court, because
they, in subsequent proceedings,
accused his honor with some mis-
conduct in the trial of the case.