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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-17
MOSTLY aEAsSsss'ENr.

II old>time silver men were viudic
tive they woald fnd a sullen salts
faction In reading the anxious expla.
nations Of experts as 10 why there Is
a financial depression over nearly all
the civilized world Thus In Moody q
Magazine Professor J. rcase Norton,
OF Yale university. insists that 10 u
due Ia the production OF gold and
the fall In Its purchasing power.
When, after 1874, silver seemed to
fall In value ana the men who knew
explained that silver had not fallen.
but that gold, measured by any form
Of property, had appreciated. they
received the unstiated abuse Of all
those Eastern scientists, they assert.
ing that gold was gold; that IL vas
the measure OF values; that ss or 81.
o0 IN gold was like the Creator,
THE same yesterday, today and for.
ever, aud they generally wound ur
by declaring that In the West vas !
soulless raee OF silver miners whC
were seeking to unload their produc,
az twice It's value aud 10 pay their
debts at ~ cents on the dollar. Bu,
now they have discovered that even
gold Is unreliable. They looked on
with undistarbed eQuanluity and
saw every man In this nation who Ia
is5a possessed some property, bat
who owed 10 per cent vf It's value and
hoped through the property aud by
Ills honest work TO pail throt gh--and
this sas the condition Of nearly every
tanner In the United States they
locked on calmly while these men
made vain struggle Tor i've or ten
years aud then lost all they had.
In the sisie spirit England closed
her nints Ia India, making silver
practically valaeless la the owner,
aud saw million OF her subjects In
India die Of starvation, because what
had always been money to them had
been 10y legislation made yalueless.
but now Professor Norton dnds
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-17

that 81 900 4 per cent bond OF the
New York Central Railroad company,
purchased five years age, gold bond.
Is now In purchasing power worth
only $500. That now 800 will only
purchase what SIS would have bought
at the time OF this investment, and
that Is but a fair sample Of the en-
tire bond market. He explains that
In 1885 the entire worlds product OF
gold was but sl35, 600, 600. Silver
men at that time pointed out that
fact and declared TO the world that
nothing could arrest the growing de.
preston but an Increased volume Of
money, and that there wassno visible
source for this increase except by re-
monetizing silver and taking the APP
probation from gold, but all they got
In answer was abuse. Men who had
bought bonds at 30 cents on the dol
lar and paid for them in greenbacks
we're obtaining 100 cents on the dol.
lar In interest and principal I'm gold
which was inflated quite 20 cents on
the dollar, and they we're too happy
TO he disturbed by the ..cries OF a
starving world outside.
With small fraction OF their steal
ines they kept the great "wise"
daily paperss OF the East In line. and
men who were going straight to ruin
read that press and hurled their pro-
vincial anathemas at the dishonest
silver miners OF the West.
Now the bondnolders are being
squeezed and the sympathy for them
II most touching.
: Professor Norton wants commits
sion OF experts summoned at once to
devise remedial measures. But what
will the commission when called ad.
wise? Probably Limitation OF coin
age. But how Is that going to help
The great trouble is that the decline
In the purchasing power of gold
comes naturally with an increase OF
wages. Thus II year ago man
planned TO build a 5000, 600 structure
and began the work, he finds now
that because Of the depreciation OF
gold his 500, 900, in purchasing pow
or. will only buy OF material and
labor what 100000 would have
bought when he made his plans.
And II instead of 5000, 900 he had
but $4,000 and depended upon Dor.
rowing on mortgage 40 per cent,
the owners of money are afraid to
make the loan. This Is Just the re-
verse OF fifteen years ago, only 1t Is
tho rich who are hit now, whereas
before 1t was the poor. And what
can the commission recommends
And has not the good God his owr
way OF meeting out justice?- Good.
wins Weekly.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-17
aTrtni.tsAN nlpSssns

Generally speaking IL Is tie demo.
cratic party that has genius tos
making mistakes, and the republican
party aha takes advantage ot thew.
Recently the conditions have hoou
reversed. II Is the republican party
that il blundering, aud the demo.
cratic party that Is pronting.
President Roosevelt Is laundering
la advucatin. Capitalization OF
poser over railroads aud interstate
corporations. IL is an unpopular
octine most unpopular where the
president himself Il strongest, In
Nebraska. Tor example. pcople know
what state regulation has done for
them II has given them s.eert fares
an reduced freight rates. They also
know that federal regulation IN
twenty years has given them little
or nothing Of tangible value. Natur.
ally. therefore, they rely rather on
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-17

river trail There was some mora,
asked for by the churches OF mi,
city, they got II. You think Tho,
~ouid remember these contribution,
but We are sorry to say some OF ths
members OF the same church have
been buying out Of town.
Sit down now and feure rs ron
VIII you'll end your home mercbap,
Is your best friend. Look at the
money ne leaves right here. whsr
you send money to Chicago, St PAM
Seattle or Spokane remember Won ars
putting Just so many dollars ont .,
circulation. They will no. c,,,.
back. Spend your dollars win ,hs
man at home, II you have con,
plaint to make 90 to the local me-
heh listen to you and make ans
wrong fight.-Idaho County r.,
Press. 'ee
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-17
YOuR HOME MERCHANT.

Why don't you patronize the local
merchants? There are 100 reasons
why you should TO one why you
shouldn't. II may be he Is to blame
possibly he don't make an effort for
your trade says 1t don't pay to ad-
vertise and he Is not modern enough
TO do business as the hustling present
day successful business man does.
We are going to talk To you as
though your merchants were all wide
awake fellows who take liberal space
In the newspapers and tell you every
week through this space of the store
news, the new things they have and
the low prices they are giving. II IA
local merchant Is u dead one and
wants to do business on the old idea
OF "catch 'em and skin EN-" look
out for him. But the live one vino
Is trying to build up your town and
Is always willing to take an interest
In things calculated TO better IL Is
your friend as well as great man
for the community.
In the first place he sells you bet
ter goods than out Of town firms at n
lower price. lie Is here today and
gone tomorrow. II the shoes you
buy for Johnnie wear out before they
should or Nellie's dress fades, he Is
here to make II good. lie can't mis-.
represent II he wants to for he Is
here To stay and you could lose him
much trade by telling your neighbors
OF the shabby treatment you received
at his hands.
lie buys your produce, never even
hints there are tad eggs In your lot
hut holds his nose and counts them
crediting you with so many dozen
fresh ranch eggs at so much dozen.
And you NIL make No. hutter when
you sell II to the local merchant. lie
takes IL all regardless of its age. rol.
or, ect lie pays the taxes that
keeps up your roads and builds the
little red school house. He's iiber.
al donator. too.
Take the merchants OF this town
rs an example OF liberality. Within
the past eight months they have
contributed over si,ooo to various
enterprises that have been launched
for the benefit OF this county. They
contributed 5000 To the Elk CITY.
Dixie wagon road proposition Then
90 July Fourth. Just TO mako the
eagle scream good aud loud they put
up over sl,o00. There Is fair here
this week that is bringing together
all the products Of the county for
the competition and giving you a
chance Ia see Just what your neigh.
Dor Is doing, Its going to be the
means OF Interesting lots OF outsiders
In this county for the ehtire exhibit
viii 10 taken to Lewiston TO the fair
and also preserved for permanent use
so people seeking land here may see
what reforms the soil gives. Grange
Vile merchants have put up 81 500 OF
the money being spent The people
In the Marshall Lake mining district
received $50 trom this town for the
improvement OF the road from Flor
enee TO the Salmon river aud the
building of terry ON the Salmon.
thus giving them practically year
around..route. They realize supplies
can not be bought cheaper at weiser
or any other town than Grangeville.
The business men here dug down in
their pockets to the tune OF $500 and
better last winter for the Salmon
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-17
Alias Summons.

In the District Court of the Sixth Iudcia
District of the State OF Idaho in and fol
the County of Lemhi.
Henry V. Williams,
Plaintiff,
Lusinda Williams.
Defendant
THE STATE OF IDAHO
Sends Greeting to the above named Defend
ant.
You are hereby required to appear in an
action brought against you by the above
named plaintiff in the District Court of the
Sixth Judicial District. State Of Idaho, in and
Tor the County OF lemhi, and to answer the
complaint filed therein against you within
twenty days texclusive OF the day OF service
after the service on you of this summons, II
served within this judicial district; If served
elsewhere, within forty days.
The said action is brought TO RECOVER A
pECksk or TINS COURT dissolving the
bonds OF matrimony existing between plain.
tift aud defendant
You are hereby notified that il you fail 10
appear and answer the said complaint, as
above required, the sand plaintiff will an.
ply To the Court for therelief demanded
Given under my hand and seal of the Dis.
ttiet Court OF the Sixth judicial District oi
the State ut Idaho. in and for the County al
t,emhi. this Goth day of September in the
year OF our Lord, one thousand nine hundred
and seven.
W. c, Smith.
:, N ~, Clerk.
Attorney Tor plaintiff. Salmon, Idaho,
FIRST publication October : I6o7.
Last publication October II, 1907
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-17
ALL NOT so SERENE F!
A Gloomy View Taken by
by Leading G. 0. r,

Washington. ID. G., Oct. lie
publican politicians passing through
Washington almost without excep-
ton express great apprehension that
Mr.. Roosevelt's candidate for the
magoralty of Cleveland, Representa-
tive II. Il. Burton, Is doomed TO a
disastrous defeat. Some indeed go
so far as 10 say that he was sent ibto
the contest for the purpose OF being
beaten. Mr.. Roosevelt has won faIne
as clever politician and there are
! those who suggest that the deIeau OF
Burton might he pointed TO as an
evidence OF hostility to Taft, whose
light hand man Burton has been.
| In that event there would be no one
left to carry out "my policies ex7
cept Mr.. Roosevelt himself. BE that
as it may, Mr.. Burton may be relied
upon TO make good tight. lie ana
Tom Johnson have met each other
more than cnce before, and each one
has respect for the vote-gettlng
capacity OF the other, as well as for
his personal integrity. Back In 1888
they were rival candidates for con-
gress. Burton won by a scant SIX
hundred votes In a poll OF more than
forty thousand. Two years later
Johnson won from Burton by little
over three Thousand votes. In 1874
Burton defeated Johnson by practic-
ally five thousand. Since Tom john
son has been mayor Of Cleveland he
not merely has net been himself a
candidate for congress, but he has
discouraged the nomination OF any
man to oppose Burton, accordingly
the latter has bad clear feld.
Johnson would never have done this
had he not recognized in his old time
opponent a man of sterling qualities.
True Johnson Is the most aggressive
of free traders, Burton the most ex.
IRENE Of protectionists. But evil
IDENTITY the good qualities OF the re-
publican congressman won the friend
ship and at least the neutrality OF
the democratic mayor.
/ After three days In Washington
the president aud his attendant Gu
horts have started out on what his
retaineIs cal. "his real vacation. v
Two months at Oyster Bay was not
vacation, as there executive business
was discharged and political confer
ences held. Probably the arduou.
labors of pitching hay and fellins
trees In the presence OF number o
photographers should be classed a
recreation rather than work. Blu
what about real vacation that be
gins with nearly two weeks devoted
to speech-making, all the way from
Canton, o., To New Orleans. More
over these speeches are to be OF sucl
Importance that advance copies ar
limited to three press associations
and even they are directed to sent
stenographers along lest the speecl
as delivered shall not be identica
with the ones furnished In proof.
Curiously enough, the first etIec
OF the presidents departure upol
this journey has been to ill tn,
Washington papers, and for tina
matter the mouths Of politicians
with assertions that 1t Is the begin
ming OF the end for Taft and all til,
rest; the overture of the grand operi
Of the third term.
Indeed II Mr.. Roosevelt desired {,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-17
THE IDAHO RECORDER


Entsred January 0. tgoI ~ kseond Glass
under Aet u Congress Of March I. tsq7.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-17

Another instance whore the federal
department aud tho state legislators
enne Ia conflict Is Ia South Dakota.
The state hoard Of railway counts.
si0ners III that state ordered a feduc.
tton OF from , 10 aud one half cents
per mIle. This order was institutod
after careful Investigation. The ted.
eral courts step la aud issues an iu.
junction fotbiudlng the railway CON.
mlSsionefs ana the attorney general
from enforcing the order. IL would
seem that Roosevelt aud TAFT are
pretty well agreed ia these matters.
The former is 10 :ayor OF taking the
railway question out ~ the hands OF
the Individual states aud the latter
endorses the acts OF the federal court
IN issuipe inlunctiuns "a handbag
the states Ia their efforts to make
the railroads act With even Justice
and fairness
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-17

NorrCE ro CREDITORS


Estate OF Alpheus I Bruce. deceased.
N1olee Is Hereby gwen by the undersigned
administrator otthe estate of AIphe,,s \ -.
deceased. 10 the creditors of and an psrson,
having claims against the said deceased :,
sShte't them with the necessary vouchers
within ten months after the INST puhbr,ti,,
at this notice. 10 the said aGmin,s,ratNr, a
lunstnn, County Of lemhi. State Of Idaho
dated sept 18th, 1907, William > Stnns
andm'nissta'o' ct the estate of Alpheus +
hirSt pgh, sept ". 1901,
Last pub. Oct irlso7.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-17

There can be no doubt that fram :
temper of the meeting held Il
York City last week by the AL e.
from MIR. Hearst's various or.s..
tions that both he and his folles
"are through with the -
parties, to use their own vo,ds
Willis j. AM.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-17

During the past week The Re.
eorder has been unstintedly com.
mended for the position this paper
has taken In reference 10 tho dlsre.
gard. not only OF tbepropfieties but
the law. This more than compen.
safes for the abuse and vile cpithets
We could not avoid on tho street
from the pimps, prostitutes and male
where's. The former we appreciate
the latter have simply driven nail
In their uNn coffin. The fallen
women have Our sympathy aud We
would not do or say anything which
sill make their life's burden harder
TO bear, They must keep their place,
but The Recorder nov gives notice
Of declaration Of war against their
eUnserts aud protectors. In we have
Ia light this battle alune, should n
prove to he a light, Il will he found
that we are equal To the occasion.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-17

secretary Taft may suit President
Roosevelt and the politicians, who
take their political dope from our
president, hut union labor OF the
country viii hardly 20 Wild over his
probable candidacy, This will bc
more true when II IL generally known
that the big secretary was the tlrst
feaeal Judge "a send striking labor.
Ing men % jail without trial by Jury.
lie was In truth the originator OF
that handy equity" process that
eommends itself so favorably TO or
aaniSed eayital, ana that Is today
regarded by organized labor general.
" as It's most dangerous enemy.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-17

In measure The Recorder has
demonstrated for more than year
That u IL not afraid 10 take a stand
ON any public question but that OF
politics, In the past year II has
been proven that The Recorder IL
the only paper 10 the county that Is
not afraid TO give tie news. regard.
less OF who u might hit. IL has no
friends whom II will screen nor no
enemies to punish, but will continue
TO give the news Without fear OF
favor. regardless OF consequences.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-10-17
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From You.

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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-09-07
Beauties of Jail

A story is going the rounds about a lawyer who, realizing his criminal eli ents had hopeless case, induced them to plead guilty. He told them of the advantages of prison; how they would be taught trade, and could make extra money by overtime; how they would be educated, and, altogether, made the attractions of the place seem so glow ing that other prisoners in the jail also pleaded guilty, so that they might reap these advantages. As a matter of fact, quite good deal of excellent work has been turned out in jail. Oscar Wilde wrote his best poem in Reading jail. John Bunyan wrote Pilgrims Pro gress" there, and Cervantes wrote part of "Don Quixote" in the same peace ful quiet. Because DeFoe was locked up for his pamphlet, "The Shortest Way With Dissenters,' he found time to lay the plans of Robinson Cru soe." Leigh Hunt wrote Rimini" in jail, and Sir Walter Raleigh, during the imprisonment in the tower of Lon don, turned out his "History of the World.' Tasso and Silvio Pellico both found the air of a jail conducive to lit erary endeayOr.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-09-07
An Ancient Bank

It has been discovered that attached to the ancient temple at Nineveh there used to be a kind of public record of fee in which it was customary to de posit important legal and other doeu. ments. Among these, the other day there was discovered official statements as to the history and transactions of the eminent banking house of Egidu at Nineveh. Assyrian chronology proves that these refer to a date about 2,300 before the Christian era, when Abraham dwelt at UT of the Chaldees as is stated in Genesis. This firm, then. may be regarded as the oldest bank in the world at least the oldest of which the world has or is likely to have any record. The accounts are said to be voluminous, and cover the transactions of five generations of the firm from father to son. They show that the bank grew steadily in importance during this period and attained great wealth, for it succeeded in securing from the ruler the appointment of the collectors of taxes. Afterwards it is shown that this bank farmed the revenues of several of the Assyrian provinces.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-09-07
GEESE ALARMED TOWN
Wild Fowl, Driven to Earth, Aston
 ished Sleepy Burghers

One of those peculiar freaks of tn, elements that occur only at long inter vals took place the other night, causing what many believed for a time was q shower of wild fowl. A steady snow storm prevailed during the day, fol lowed late at night by a heavy cleo trical storm. Amid the heavy downpour of rain there was a drop of twenty de grees in temperature and large flock of geese driven to earth by the eur. rents in the air and attracted by the lights of the city, alighted in the streets or went hissing, quacking and cackling about as if bedlam had broken loose.
 Many of the residents who were sud. denly awakened by the unearthly noise were driven almost to the verge of panic and are no longer skeptical when they hear the story of the eackling of geese awaking the sleeping residents of Rome and saving the city. The wild fowl were quietly swimming about the little ponds in the adjacent fields and on the bosom of the Juniata river next morning.-Philedalphia Press.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-09-07
An Aged American

In London there works an American, Sydney Talbot, tugboat captain, who has spent most of his life in England. He was taken to the hospital recently suffering from a slight accident, and he declared that although he was ninety eight years old, this was the first ail- ment he had ever had in his life. The physicians who attended him were in terested in his case, and wanted to make provisions for his old age, so that he would not have to return to work, but he declared that he was going back to run his tug, and that he felt good for six or seven years yet. He is not a teetotaler, but has always been temper ate in the use of liquor and tobacco. He says he sees no reason why he should not live for some time yet, as his father was 106, his mother 105, and his sister 102 when they Washington Her ald
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1907-09-07

His Income Distresses Him

There is a man about town in New York who is in almost constant distress over money matters. Not because he has too much or too little, for his in- come just about sutlices for his needs. But he receives it in monthly install ments, and there lies his trouble. On the first of each month he gets check for several hundred dollars, and this sum he carries on his person until it is exhausted. The amount is too small for bank account, it is too large to leave in his bachelor apartments, and a safe deposit box is too much trouble.
 Consequently he is in perpetual worry lest the money be stolen or lost, which would necessitate his borrowing from friends. He is very methodical in his habits and so nicely adjusts expendi- lures to income that at the end of the month he seldom has more than a dollar or two left, and those few days before the arrival of the periodical remittance are his happiest. It is highly interest ing and amusing to watch his mental changes from day to day. On the first of the month, with money in his pockets, he is really miserable, but as the pile dwindles away, he grows lighter hearted, because the risk. of loss or theft be- comes less, until, as stated, when tae end of the month is near its close he is all cheerfulness again. But the re- eeipt of another check again plrnges him into the deepest gloom, from which he gradually emerges as the month grows old.-New York Times.