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Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-05-23
Birds WAGES.

In the garden there are thousand
small offenders that he who tills
the soil for pleasure would willingly
forgive. If it be granted that the
thrush and the blackbird steal GER
tain amount of fruit still their pres
ence is so beautiful and their song
so sweet that what they take may
gladly be accorded as wages.-Coun-
try life.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-05-23

when a woman pays man COM
,,on+ she expects it to be returned
nth compound interest.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-05-23

All Cloth Hats, Children's Dresses ss fS>, etc.
made to look like new with PUTNAM
TTAaGDELESS DYES.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-05-23

:. goes without saying that talking
s;ne does not say without going.
Long Valley advocate. (Lardo, Idaho) 1904-1907, 1907-05-23

nsren teething, softens the gums, reduces In
For aays pain cures wind cole. 2Sc bottle
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27

and ! passed him and went on into
the grounds. A whim seized me to
visit the crypt OF the chapel and ex-
anime the opening to the tunnel. As
/ passed the little group of school
buildings a man came hurriedly from
one of them and turned toward the
chapel.
1 first thought 1t was Stoddard, but
I could not make him out in the mist
and in my uncertainty waited for him
to put 20 PAGES between US before
followed.
He strobe into the chapel porch
with an air of assurance and I heard
him address some one who had been
waiting The mist was now SO heavy
that I could not see my hand before
my face, and / stole forward until
heard the voices of two men disti1ctly.
"Bates!"
Yes. sir
heard feet scraping on the stone
floor of the porch.
"This is a devil of place to talk
in, but it's the best we can do Did
the young man know l sent for you?"
mo. sir. / kept him quite busy
with his books and papers"
''Humph! We can never be sure of
him"
Il suppose that is correct, SIR"
We'll, you and Morgan are fine
pair, / must say l thought he had
some sense and that you'd see to it
that he didn't make a mess OF this
whole thing. He's in bed now with a
hole in his arm and you've got to go
on alone"
I'm do my best, Mr.. Pickering"
Don't call me by name, you idiot.
We're not advertising our business
from the housetops."
Certainly not" replied Bates hum
bly,.
The blood was roaring through my
head. and my hands clenched us I
stood there listening to this colloquy.
Pickerings voice was-and is-un-
mistakable. There was always purr.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27
SUMMER CAPITAL AGAIN
LOCATED AT OYSTER BAY

VIZ ASHINGTON.-The summer cap
w ital' of the United States has
once more been transferred to Oyster
Bay, where the president has gone for
long and much-needed rest. The
summer capital will be located as
usual ON the second floor of Moore's
provision store building. at the corner
of Main and South streets. Secretary
Loeb's home this year is the pretty
E. N. Townsend cottage, up the Cove
road, near Christ Episcopal church.
where the president and his family at
tend weekly worship.
The presidents home, Sycamore
Hill, is some three miles and half
from the village offices, and in order
to keep the executive in touch with
the work of his administration. as well
as to secure the very necessary presi-
Dental signature to commissions, or
ders, and important letters, the secre-
tary makes daily trips to and from the
Roosevelt residence. Mr.. Loeb makes
most of these journeys on horseback,
carrying the official documents and
over Ephraim's back. "Eph" is the
western saddler that Secretary Loeb
got from Congressman Cocks about a
year ago, and he has proven worthy
successor to Skoot, the fine saddle
horse the secretary formerly rode, but
which unfortunately went wild" one
day and came within an ace of ere
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27
Washington Day by Day
News Gathered Here and There
at the National Capital

ating vacancy in the secretarial job.
According to Secretary Loeb the
president will spend very quiet sum-
mer at Oyster Bay this year. Visitors
at Sycamore Hill will be few and far
between, and unless they are close
friends of the family they will be re-
quired to give pretty good reason for
their coming If they are allowed to in
trude upon the presidents vacation
rest.
The only out-of-town engagement
the president has made thus far for
the entire summer is that of Aug 20,
when he will speak at ProviEcetown,
Mass, on the occasion of the Pilgrim
Fathers celebration. The president
will make the journey by boat. The
Mayfiower will probably be selected
for this voyage. The rest of the sum-
mer will be devoted to recreation, rest
and work with pen and brain. The
president and Mrs. Roosevelt and
their children will take long horse
back rides and will make many excrs-
sions on foot, and by rowboat within ,
radius of 20 miles of Sycamore Hill.
By Sept. 20, when he plans to end
his vacation and proceed to Canton,
o., to help dedicate the Mckinley Me
mortal monument. the chief magistrate
expects to be in splendid physical con
dition and ready to plunge into any
legislative tussles the winter may
bring forth.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27
MISS ETHEL MAY SOON
ENTER CAPITAL SOCIETY

ten be seen on the boulevards and
parks around the city. Mrs. Roose
welt and Miss Ethel are among the
best horsewomen in Washington and
are quite as much at home on a good
horse as in drawing-room.
Mrs. Roosevelt wears the plainest'
of black broadcloth habits, made with
severely plain. tight-fitting jacket
and rather a short skirt. She usually
wears sailor hat, although through
the winter she appeared with a derby.
Over her hat and face she always
wears thin black chiffon veil, which
is tied down closely over the hat and
about the neck.
Miss Ethel frequently wears black
suit with white shirt waist, with black
and white sailor hat.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27

and Bates was the nearest target for
it. ! went to the kitchen, where he
usually spent his evenings, to vent my
gone. / climbed to his room and found
it empty. Very likely he was off con-
doing with his friend and fellow CON
spirator, the caretaker, and l fumed
with rage and disappointment. / was
thoroughly tired,-as tired as on days
when i had beaten my way through
tropical jungles without food or water;
but l wished, in my impotent anger
against / knew not what agencies, to
punish myself,-to induce an utter
WEAKNESS that would send me ex-
hausted to bed.
The snow in the highway was well
beaten down and | swung off country
ward past st. Agatha's. A gray mist
hung over the fields in whirling clouds.
breaking away occasionally and show
ing the throbbing winter stars. The
walk and my interest in the alterna-
tion of star-lighted and mist-wrapped
landscape won me to better state of
mind. and after tramping a couple of
times on my tramp / had caught my
self whistling the air of majestic
old hymn. and smiled. remembering
my young friend Olivia, and her play
ing in the chapel. She was an anus
ing child the thought of her further
lifted my spirit; and / turned into the
school park when l reached the outer
gate with half-recognized wish to
pass near the barracks where she
spent her days.
At the school gate the lamps of a
carriage suddenly blurred in the mist
Carriages are not common in this re-
gion, and l was not surprised to find
that this was the familiar village hack
that met trains day and night at An
nandale. Some parent. l coniectured.
paying visit to st Agatha's; possi-
bly-and the thought gave me pleas
ure-perhaps the father of Miss Olivia
Gladys Armstrong had come to carry
her home for stricter discipline than
Sister Theresa's school afforded.
The driver sat asleep on his box,
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27

TO other senators Mr.. Spooner has
1 said that during his 16 years of
service in the senate he had made
only about s5,700 from his law prac-
tice. Il have been retained in cases"
he said, but / could not cope with the
delay of the courts. A case would be
set during vacation, but invariably a
lawyer on the other side would man
age to have it continued to December
or thereabouts. BY that time l would
be busy in the senate, and would be
unable to appear in court. This pro-
cess has been worked so that l have
been forced practically to give up the
practice of my profession
; Apropos of Mr.. Spooner's change of
course on the Philippines, Senator
Carmack, VINO is rather given to the
practice of telling characterizations of
his colleagues, said that the senator
from Wisconsin had endured the an
nexation of Hawaii, pitied the taking
over of the Philippines, and embraced
the seizure of Panama"
The mock combats between Mr.. Till
man and Mr.. Spooner have long beeI.
one of the set farces of the senate.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27

prise, an American stamp and post
marked New Orleans. 1t was dated.
however, at Vera Cruz. Mexico, De-
cember 15. 1901, and gave charac-
teristically racy account OF his efforts
to dodge the British detective who was
pursuing him. He hoped. he wrote, to
cross the borders into Texas. but de-
clared that he should keep clear of In
diana, as he was unacquainted with
the Indian language.
Bates gave me my coffee In the
library. as / wished to settle down to
an evening OF reflection without delay.
Larry's report of himself was not reas-
surfing, despite its cheerful tone. ]
knew that IL he had any idea of trying
to reach me he would not mention 1t
in letter which might fall into the
hands of the authorities, and the hope
that he might join me grew. / was
not, perhaps, entitled to a companion
at Glenarm under the terms Of my
exile, but as matter of protection in
the existing condition of affairs there
could be no legal or moral reason why
should not defend myself against my
foes, and Larry was an ally worth
having.
My neighbor. the chaplain, had in
advertently given me bit of impor-
tant news; and my mind kept revert
ing to the fact that Morgan was re-
porting his injury to the executor of
my grandfathers estate in New York.
Everything else that had happened
was tame and unimportant compared
with this. Why had John Marshall
Glenarm made Arthur Pickering the
executor of his estate? He knew that
/ detested him, that Pickering's noble
aims and high ambitions had been
praised by my family until his very
name sickened me; and yet my own
grandfather had thought 1t wise to in
trust his fortune and my future to the
man of all men who was most repug-
nant to me. l rose and paced the floor
in anger
My rage must fasten upon some one,
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27
PRESIDENT SPENDS BUT
LITTLE IN TRAVELLING

LOW much do the presidents travel
III ing expenses amount to? This
question interested the country last
session when, upon the enforcement
of the anti-pass legislation, the rail
roads were prohibited from continuing
the old practice of furnishing the pres
ident a private car or special train
when he desires to leave Washington.
1t was roughly estimated that the
president could get along on s25,000
year as travelling expenses, and con-
gress appropriated that amount as an
experiment. The president recently
left Washington for his summer home
at Oyster Bay, and the close of the
present fiscal year will find him there
1t is found that when allowance is
made to cover the expense of the sec
ond trip which the president made to
the jamestown exposition and of the
trip to Oyster Bay fully SIT 1000 will be
turned back into the treasury as the
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27

w WASHINGTON society is beginning
w to speculate on the possibility of
Miss Ethel Roosevelt. now in her sew
enteenth year. being presented on
New Years next. Although she will
not have finished her school course
here in the National Cathedral School
for Girls the president and Mrs. Roose-
welt, it is said, feel that she should
see as much of White House events
and entertainments as possible, and
she will not leave school. but will ap-
pear more generally than heretofore.
Miss Ethel is budding into a very
handsome woman and has all of the
frank charm of her sister, Mrs. Long
worth, added to vivacity. She is a
devotee of horseback riding and when
in the city she and her mother can of
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27

unused portion of the appropriation.
The trip which the president made
to Indianapolis cost about $1,000 and
his other trips have brought the total
up so that his travelling expenses for
the present fiscal year will not exceed
$4,000.
There has been material change
in the style in which the president
travels. When the railroads furnished
the transportation all arrangements
were lavish in the extreme. the rail
roads vying with each other in the en-
tertainment provided Special trains
were not uncommon, and special
schedules were frequently prepared
for the president. Now it is different.
The president, paying his own way,
travels quietly. His Pullman bills are
not large, his car is hitched to regular
trains, the service is simple the meals
plain. and the president enjoys him
self just as much.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27
STORIES ABOUT SENATOR
SPOONER ARE RECALLED

Spooner is about the only man in the
senate for whose good opinion Tiliman
seems to care. The rude South Car
Gilman has been made to feel the
waspish sting of the Wisconsin mans
tongue SO many times that he has
come to have a respect, not unmixed
with terror, for his opponent. During
the Brownsville debate Mr.. Spooner
and Mr.. Tillman exchanged heated
personalities. The senate went into
secret session on that occasion to ad-
minister a sharp rebuke to Tillman.
A day or two later Mr.. Spooner and
Mr.. Tillman were paradtng around the
chamber together, arm in arm. laugh
ing and chatting as though nothing
unpleasant had ever happened On
one occasion last winter Mr.. Tillman
peremptorily ordered Mr.. Spooner to
sit down." Mr.. Spooner retorted that
Mr.. Tillman was rude man Mr..
Spooner used to get sort of gallery
fame" from these encounters with MIR.
Tillman which he very much resented.
The South Carolinian had habit of
interrupting Mr.. Spooner's speeches TO
tsk questions. which caused the latter
the most keen and obvious annoyance.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27
SandWichedi

At five O'Clock tea in a handsome
home the one man present sat be-
tween two very laxative young girls.
They piled him with tea and talk
till his brain was well nigh reeling
with surfeit of both when a merciful
matron came to the rescue:
Come with me-" she said; Il want
you to know some more of these love
ly girls here
"Oh, you cant take him." said both
girls at once, we've just made a
sandwich here with him between
US
"A sandwich-with the tongue on
the outside said the sandwiched
young man.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27
His Position.

why do you advocate anarchy?
Don't you perceive that even if gov
ernment could be abolished i would
be formed anew"
Certainly" answered the habitual
agitator. And If things took a
brand-new start / might turn up ss
one of the bosses. Washington Star
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27

ing softness in it. He used to remind
me at school of a sleek, ccmplacent
cat. and hate cats with particular
loathing.
rs Morgan lying or not when he
says he shot himself accidentally
demanded Pickering petulantly.
Il only know what | heard from
the gardener here at the school. You'll
understand, hope, that | can't he
seen going to Morgans house"
"Of course not. But he says you
haven't played fair with him, that you
even attacked him few days after
Glenarm came"
CTO BE CONTINIIEDl
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27
CHAPTER KIN.
A Pair Of Eavesdroppers.

When l came down after dressing
for dinner, Bates called my attention
to belated mail. pounced eagerly
upon letter in Laurance Donovan's
well-known hand. bearing, to my sur
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27
Down on the Whole Sex.

Hewitt-Do you think that red-haired
women are apt to be bad tempered?
Jewett-Yes. and black-haired, yel-
low-haired, brown-haired and any
other old color, natural or artificial.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27
A Story That ILLUSTRATED What Banks
Are Looking For.

Pierce Jay, the commissioner OF
banks of Massachusetts, at the Ameri
can Bankers associations convention
in st. Louis, advocated better ac-
counting system.
But above ALL" said Mr.. Jay. in a
discussion of his idea, I'VE want intel
ligence, If embezzlement is to be thor
oughly put down. Systems are good.
but intelligence is better, and in cash.
iers and tellers and bookkeepers and
note clerks we want the same keen.
quick intelligence that characterized
old Capt. Hiram Cack of Gloucester.
"Cack lay very i'll. One day he got
down-hearted, feeling that his case
was hopeless.
=" 1 fear. doctor, he said, there isn't
much hope for me-
oh. yes, there is, the doctor an
swered. Three years ago was in
your condition precisely, and look at
me now
"Cack, intelligent and alert said
quickly:
What doctor did you have?'"
Driven To It.
He-She married worthless noble
man.
She-How did that happen?
He-Despondency. She was Tilted
by her fathers coachman.-Puck.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-06-27
KEEN INTELLIGENCE WANTED.

fTO BE CONTINUED,
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-11

unjust and un6 uly extortionate,
and unwsrraated by actual condi-
tons. Furthermore there seems to
be 3 system which in many respects
resembles the system of the
Standard Oil, where com petition is
fought and driven out Of existence
by resort to methods thatare plainly
illegal and IL restraint Of trade"
Believing this is the actual truth
regarding tie lumber business in
this country it will be a source Of
much satisfaction TO many to know
that the federal authorities are on
the trail of this lumber trust, and
determined 10 bring it TO time, the
same as other illegal. trusts are be-
ing brought to time. The present
administration has accomplished
much in running these illegal trusts
to eaEth. but there still remain
much to be accomplished in the
same line.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-11
TO TACKLE LUMgER TRUST.

Commissioner Garfisld declares ne
has goI q line on the lumber trust
and is going after it soon. he de-
clines to reveal the nature OF the
evidence ne has secured, but inu-
mates it is conclusive that an illegal
com lne exists to control the prices
and supply of lumber contrary to
the prohibitions OF the law. The
lumber business he says. has be-
come q national institutio ami oae
material interest now controls the
entire business.p When asked If
he referred to james J. HIll on the
Weyerhausers 8Ir. Garfield is said
to have smiled and replied: viii
say that the Weyerhapsers, who
formerly controlled the market,
are not out oft. The VI yerhausers
are type among the lumber hold.
ers and still are perhaps the largest
owners. It IS Tor the government
to correct Illegal combinations Of
lumbermen who have Joined TO-
gether In any way to res. rain trade.
The government win not be lenient
where any criminality Is apparent. :"
To those who have followed the
trend Of the lumber business in this
country fer the past, few years #
will require little argument to con
vince them a combine does exist be-
tween the larger dealers and manu-
facturers, which has succeeded in
absolutely controlling the prices and
supplies Of this material. OF course
the increased demand and decreas-
ing source of supplies may in part
account for the general and sweep
ing advances which have been
recorded in prices, but without COM
bination and collus1on between the
larger manufacturers and dealers
there could never have been such
unanimity in these advances. Nor G
over, there IS reason to suspect that
in many instances, If not through
out the entire list of lumber supplies,
the prices which now prevail are
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-11
THE GREATEST OF ALL.


The Lusitania, the latest great
boat to be built. is everywhere re-
garded as triumph of marine
architecture. The ship belongs TO
the Cunara line. Tt averaged a
speed of 25l knots an hour, on a
trial trip Of /, 200 miles, and is the
fastest ocean liner yet constructed.
Under favorable conditions it will
make the trip across the Atlantic
IL less than five days.
The vessel is 790 feet long, IS
feet wide and so feet deep. 1t will
accommodate 1900 passengers, in
addition to 8 crew of 500 souls.
The most marvellous feature of
this gigantic vessel is her boilers,
of which there are twenty-five,
heated by 1872 furnaces, which fur
nish a steam power of so, OO0-h orse
power. When under full speed her
furnaces consume forty five tons Of
coal per hour, or about 1. 100, tons a
day. 1t is estimated that it will re-
quire at least 1000 tons for each
trip across the Atlantic.
The vessel has three anchors that
weigh ten tons each and these an
chors are held BY 1900 feet of
chain cable, the links of which are
twenty four inches long and are
forged from iron 81 inches thick.
There are four gigantic smokes
stacks twenty-four feet in diameter.
While there has been great pro-
gress in the construction, of ships of
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-11
THE ADVENT OF AUTUMN DAYS

AS a usual thing the first OF Sep
tembel marks the close of the
regular summer resort season in the
northern states. The people who
have fed from the hot and dusty
cities to find relief and recreation
at the various summer resort hotels,
or in tents or cottages by lake OF
rives, with the usual attractions OF
boating, bathing, fishing, etc, nov
commence to think more strongly
of home and their temporarily neg
lected duties in that direction. And
then the customary fall exodus from
the summer resorts commences, and
summer hotels and cottages viii
soon be emptied Of their usual ten.
ants, or at least most Of them. Of
course a few will remain to indulge
in late fall fishing, take in the
splendors of changing autumn
scenes, or possibly enjoy a few days
of hunting with the opening Of the
season for this sport. But nearly
everyone recognizes that the regular
summer resorters' season closes with
the advent of September, and in
consequence there is a decided
change in conditions at the summer
resorts at this time Of the year.
OF course this is entirely natural,
in way, for ordinarily September
brings a decided change in the
weather conditions. that have pre-
vailed during the two or three
months pervious. June. July and
August are recognized as the three
hottest months IN this latitude, and
during this period of the year the
summer resort season IS on in full
blast. Every one who has the
Ia Bit, and the means and time for
graft ying 1t, then spends more or
| Jess time at some summer resort,
where in comparative Incidence and
ease he passes away the time IN
such methods Of easy diversion as
suits his fancy. Galety and frolic
are interspersed with lazy hours of
rest and recuperation, and thus
comfort and health are both gained
by the ones who habitually follow
the practice. It is a wise and sensl-
BILE plan, moreover, and the grow
/ ing number of people who adpor II
| is evidence of theShigh appreciation
IN which it is held.
AS matter Of fact, however, nc
season Of the year has so many at
fractions to offer at the summer re.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-11

war, the builders of ships of COM
merce have been equally progress
sive. Compare this vessel with the
best ships that existed a century
age aA.1 she is miracle of human
genius. She will carry ten times as
many passengers with twenty times
the comfort, and her freight carry
ing capacity is equal to a whole
fleet Of ships OF 100 years ago. The
Lusitanla will make 20 trips across
the sea while the ships Of the early
days of the republic were maxim g
one.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1907-09-11

sorts as the next few weeks OF early
autumn. True there will be a grow
ing GOODNESS IN tho night air, and
some Of the DAYS viii DOUBTLESS wit
ness a change of like character. To
offset this, however, there viii be
relief from the midsummer pests
of flies and mosquitoes, while on
the other hand there is fresh If