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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-10

The bread and butter problem is
the most importartf of all problems I;
for upon its solution depends life
itself, and life is the basis of all
kinds of living. You mnst first
live before you can live good
life or a bad life. ''All that man
hath will he give for his life" is
just as true today as ever says the
Appeal to Reason, and when it be-
comes necessary, the average man
will do anything to escape starva-
ton or want in any of its forms.
Don't blame the individual for re-
sorting TO questionable means in
order to live. All that man hath
will ne give for his life. Individ-
uals would rather live an honorable
than a dishonorable life, but condi.
tions often prevent. 1t is socia
conditions that make criminals.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-10

United States Senator Nelson of
Minnesota is the father of bill
Is. 749s) prohibiting the sale or
disposal of beds or deposits of
coal, Ignite, asphalt, petroleum,
and natural gas, and the lands in
which the same are situated, and
providing for the leasing of such
deposits and lands. The bill was
referred to the committee on pub
lie lands, and it remains to be seen
what the fate of the measure, which
contemplates radical step in the
direction OF public ownership OF
several important necessities, will
be.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-10

The record of fatalities and in
iuries resulting from railroad
wrecks the past two weeks is ap-
palling. 1t does seem strange that
human ingenuity, which has reach
eed so high degree of perfection in
other and less important fields
should be compe lied to acknowl-
egde its utter failure to invent
anything that will prevent the re-
currence of these frightful acct
dents. The double track and block
system appear to be the most prac-
tical, and even they seem to be USE
less if an engineer cannot see the
sig nails, as was the case in one of
the recent accidents
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-10

No matter how lowly in life
your station, be not ashamed of it.
The begrimed laborer, honestly
earning his breead by the sweat of
his brow is as much entitled TO re-
spect as his wealthier brother, who
selfishly sguanders his wealth and
indolently wastes his time, the pre-
cious value of which he does not
not realize until death, the grim
destroyer, is upon him.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-10

To read is to learn. To instill
in a child at an early age a taste
for good reading is to render it an
almost incalculablc service. Thou
sands of boys and girls whose par
ents are too poor to permit them to
attend even our liberal public
schools would, if their taste were
developed in them, be enabled to
gather fund OF information of
more value to them, in their condi-
tion Of life, than can be derived
from a half-finished education,
such as a majority of children of
the poorer class generally obtain.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-10

An editor in Indian Territory was
running the motto in his paper ::
1--WE tell the truth. - Last week he
received ''call' from large man
who objected to the truth being
told, and in consequence the motto
disappeared and the following was
inserted: Until we recover from
the injuries recently received, this
paper will lie just like the rest of
them -
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-10
LEGISLATIVE APPoINTEEs.

The political plums at the dispo-
sal of the state legislature have been
distr ibuted as follows:
Speaker Frank Hunt of Ban
mock county.
Chief clerk Avery c. Moore of
Washington county.
Chaplain Russell A. McKin-
ley of Boise.
Assistant chief clerk-James H.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-10

Have you read Governor Good
ing's message to the legislature
1t is commendable first for its SIM
plicity. A school hoy can read it
and comprehend TO the fullest ex-
tent it's meaning. To say it is con-
sentative and that the governors
proposed cure for so many corpora
ton evils now existing, would be
far fetched. Inasmuch as the state
machine seems IA be in full and
absolute control 81 both houses the
people can look for some radical
legislation. The passage OF such
rate bill as the governor advocates
would hardly, in our opinion, prove
the effective cure he seems to think.
That such legislation is absolutely
necessary in this state there can be
no doubt, and some such law as
proposed should be passed without
fail, but such an act as proposed
would scarcely meet the exigencies
of the case, and is in wide vari-
ance with the rate laws OF older
and more thoroughly organized
states.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-10

The man or woman who refrains
from doing wrong because they fear
the wrath of Just God is no better
than the dog who does not steal its
masters meat because it fears his
whip. Yet there are many such,
and they all expect to go to heaven
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-10

Born-Last night to Mr.. and Mrs.
B. McWilliams, a girl.
Mrs. George Crandall, accompa-
MED by Mrs. Bailey of Nebraska,
who has been visiting here the past
two weeks, went to Bruneau Wed
nesday.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-10
THE NEW NATIONAL EMBLEM

On July 4th, next, the new flag,
upon which the navy and war de-
PAYMENTS have finally agreed, will
be Officially unfurled to the breez-
es. 1t will show forty-six stars
and will look as follows.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-10

How many times have you had to
scratch out that SO" and make
it "72''
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-10

Frank Plaisted, first assistant
general freight agent of the. Short
Line, and F. B. Moss of Payette are
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-10

Entered as second class matter
May "a, 1906, at the posPffice at
Mountain Home, Idaho, under the
act of congress of March 3, 1879.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-10

The departments were flooded by
suggestions fsom countless patroits
who aspired to be the author of the
new arrangement.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
Cost of Baseball.

Sometimes we hear disgruntled fans
criticising their home ball team man
agcments for not spending large sums
for new players. Reasonable criticism
Is always allowable. but if the fans in
question really knew OF the detailed
financial obligations of a major league
ball team they would probably slow up
~ bit in their severe structures.
For instance. the average major
league team has salary list of from
$4,000 to $4,000 for players alone.
Then the pay of ground keepers, ticket
sellers, ushers, etc. amounts to about
$4,000 a year, and rent and upkeep
of the playing grounds. stands and Of
ficers, etc, runs from $4,000 to $4,000
each year.
Ten per cent of the days receipts are
taken for the league treasury to pay
salaries Of officials and umpires, etc.
before the clubs divide. The spring
training trips cost from $4,000 to 81, 900.
Fifteen thousand dollars goes for trav-
cling expenses during the regular play
ing season. Incidentals like balls, bats.
uniforms, etc, count up to $4,000.
Now, MIR. kicking Fan, do you see
why the club managers have to be
careful-why they have to make every
cent bring in full cents worth in re-
turn?
stop ana figure to how many people
at home and abroad a club must play
on $50 days during the season. minus
the 10 per cent for the league treasury.
to take in enough to cover expenses
and you will find what chances a sec
cnd division team has of making any
profits. HARRY GRANT.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
Statement by Manaqors,

In an announcement <law e. En-
lanCcr declared:
The new arrangement will at once
clear tho theatrical atmosphere. Theirs
were altogether too many theaters de-
voted 10 high class attractions. While
there was an enormous public 10 sup
port popular priced and vaudeville at
fractions, the higher class theaters nec-
cssarily catered to minority. There
fore the new syndicate will SEQ to il
that more popular priced and vaudc-
Vile performances arc placed upon the
stages of the theaters controlled by
them.
The booking agency will be In no.
wise affected by the corporation" tho
statement concluded, but will remain
intact and continue as heretofore under
tho control Of Al Hayman and Klaw g
Erlanger. None OF the existing con-
tracts OF either party to the agree.
ment will be affected by the change"
A Paris cabegram announces that
Gertrude Rennyson, for four years one
Of the prlma donnas with the Savage
English Grand Opera company, is soon
TO make her European debut as Elsa
in "Lohtngrin" under the management
of the Theatre Royal de la Monnaie, in
Brussels. Miss Rennyson last appeared
in this country as Sieglinde in "The
Valkyrie," During the past year she
has been studying in Paris.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11

hit The new wrinkle Is delivered the
same way. but instead of raising takes
n mysterious drop just before IL reaches
the batter. II also has Il funny break.
Some of the New York club who have
gone up against this freak ball have
nearly corked themselves biting the
wind. When they saw that old under
hand swing they naturally expected
the ball to raise. When 1t dropped
they missed II block.
After all." says McGinnity, there
is nothing like outguessing the batter.
What you have to do is to make him
think he knows what is coming and
then hand him the double cross. Tako
Hans Wagner. for example He has a
habit OF running up on ball the min
ute he secs you wctting your fingers,
as lie then expects a spit ball. ] often
change to another kind Of ball, and
Hans is fooled"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
Eas'safAz7sAz
DRAMATIC NOTES.

Supreme Court Justice OGorman was
asked recently in New York to issue an
injunction restraining Ed Dunkhorst,
the ex-pugilist, who Is known as "tho
human freight car" from appearing in
the sketch Mammals Darling Boy" un-
der the management of any person ex-
cept Morris J. BerInan, the plaintiff.
Bcrman says Dunkhorst has "a unique
personality" and3is the only person
fitted for the role assigned to him in
the sketch. Dunkhorst weighs 420
pounds.
Miss Viola Allen and her company
made a novel departure from their
regular course recently by giving I'm
Powers theater. Chicago, one scene
each from four plays of her repertory.
They were the woolng scene from "As
You Like It." the screen scene from Tho
School For Scandal" the balcony scene
from 'nonioo and Jliiote ana the trial
scene from The Merchant II NShlcef
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
A GHOST STORY.
What the Waite Object In the PubiIe
Road ResIiy Was.

Road ReslIy Wss.
Once upon a time, when was quite
d small boy, ! was very much inter.
rsted whenever henrd any one talk
Ing OF ghosts and haunts.
One evening was sent to the store,
which was about two miles from home,
and as it was rather late when l left
home IL necessarily made IL after sun
down before could get sta rted back
home from the store.
II was out IN the country, and, az
usual in the country, when night il
drawing nigh you always have some
woods to 90 through. ~
Upon this occasion as I approached
the woods II seemed 70 me to be get
ting very dark indeed, but l was as
brave as n small boy could be.
As | tripped lightly along over the
gravelly country road, lest should
make some noise aud some kind Of a
"booRer' get me. ! spied in the road
few rods in front of me some kind Of
n white object which seemed to me to
be moving about. But / was brave,
so cautiously ventured closer and a
little closer. and as ] approached 1t not
only seemed to move, but TO make some
kind of a low. grunting noise, and was
coming toward me. When 1 saw Il
coming toward me my courage failed
me- and I made a quick turn, and back
down the road | went as fast as my
feet could carry me, and the faster I
went the faster I tried TO go till I
came 70 a house and halted. The folks
heard me running down the rond and
came out TO investigate. and with what
little breath had left I managed TO
tell them that I had seen q ghost up
the road and I was afraid TO go home
by myself.
SO the man of the house and some Of
the boys also came out ana proceeded
TO show me by the ghost. When they
came in sight. they saw that what I
had told them was really true, and all
hesitated in going up to the white oh.
ject, which was moving rapidly to AMI
fro and at the same time making ali
sorts Of queer moaning and grunting
sounds.
The father veutured closer and closer
till he was at the object. And what
do you think It was? 1t was sack
with two pigs in IL, which a farmer
had lost off his wagon ms he was going
home before night.
Thus endeth this ghost story, aud IL
they were all followed up they would
have n similar ending no doubt
Judges Library.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
A spria soa.

You must wake and call me early, cali
me early. mother. dear. etN
Tomorrow II be the gladdest day OF all
the glad new year.
Get out my winter hannels. mother; my
chest protector. Nay
Don't fail to get irft arctlcs, too, for I'm
to be queen OF tho May!
Oh mother am quite --kchoo!--the hap.
plest ever yet.
Grip germs are stealing through me, and
my eyes are wrlnging wet.
I've influenza, tonsllltls and pneumoni-a,
And set I shout with laughter loud, for
I'm to be queen OF the May! s
Yed moddcr. cawd me eardy sst'f may
spray MY throad M Eritt.
Ad soag my feed Id mu'tsrd Qm holtoo
ad adS goadb .,z
But nebber mid. Brig sariada; tb e6tlit
awful gny. tnG.t ,ii Z. i.IT
II In the sladdcsf. merriest tlbs. for ~
--Nswrosk,l.iss
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
.rhs Way With a Woman

San Francisco papers report that
Raymond Hitchcock has made hit
with new song In "'rhc Yankee Tour
list" II IL called "rhe Way with a
Woman" the words being written by
Wallace Irwin to music by Robyn. The
first stanza runs as follows;
A woman-well say she's curious
thing
Strange mixture of angel and cat.
She loves you, you think and you're
proud as king;
But the next thing-wcll where arc
you at?
You quarrel with your wife, and she's
quick to make plain
The place In your head where you lack.
She'll sulk twenty minutes, and then
she'll say. Dear,
Come hook up my dress In the back"
CHORUS.
Now. amt that the way with woman,
by lingo!
don't understand such game
You search from Chicago 10 Santo Do
minge--
They're alike, but they're never the
same.
Coquetting and fretting and constantly
getting
man into all sorts of woe,
Now, amt that the way with a woman,
by lingo
The woman that you and l know?
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
RECENT NEW YORK

equally affected by The merger. A. L.
Erlanger is president Of the new cor
poration, Lee Shubert, vice president
and Marc klaw. treasurer. The nolni-
nal amount of capital stock issued to
cover the now trust IL $i,0O0,0OO paid
in'' the incorporation papers say, to
cover the transfer of theaters to the
amusemcht company by the parties 20
the contract.
From shubcr' brothers the trust sets
piayhouses in the following citics'
Hrooklyn, Buffalo. chattanooga. CO.
sviilt.S Milwaukee,, New orleans, Pitts
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
shubert Syndicate Combine Talk.

All kinds of talk, all the nifty seven
varieties, have been freely circulated In
bination OF the interests of the the
atricsl syndicate, headed by Klaw g.
Erlanger and The Frohmans, and OF the
Shuberts. the leading body of indie.
pendent theatrical promoters.
To the general public as we'll as to
the dramatic world denisens the first
news of the proposed merger was a
distinct sensation. II was shock. for
many q man Will be nnmado by the
new combination who was formerly Sc
cure.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
THE Iron MANS" NEW CURVE.

IT'S all off now. Iron Man" Joe Nc
Ginnity, pitcher of the New York Ma
tionals. Is to blame for IT all too He
has invented or else bought the eyclu-
sive right to brand new sort of
curve.
Joe admits he has the new wonder,
but is modest enough to say he has not
quite perfected himself in using it. He
is guarding his secret well. but 1t Is
known that 1t is Il modification of his
famous underhand ball. The under
hand ball raises as he let's go, and
every one knows 1t is pretty hard to
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11

workingman. The beef trust and It's
alleged methods OF conducting the al
legged "am | meat business was purely
secondary, probably To better the sub
jccts at hand for dramatic purposes.
Stili. | think, if Mr.. Sinclair had ap-
peared in the cast himself. in the role
OF the Jungle Sausage, he would have
added strength 10 the play. and possi-
bly, the effect of real stockyards at
mosphere would have been produced.
No play can succeed without atmos
phcre. At least that's what tho critics
say, and they never make mistakes.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11

for his employers In the race. now in
progress. w
Lajoie says there Is no doubt as to
who will win. and in case the present
batting of the nine is any Indication
the team will canter home at the end
of the season an easy winner. How
ever. such things have been said of this
same club before, and favorable starts
have been made, but misfortune seemed
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11

10 strike some member OF tho Maps. and
second place was the best that could be
achieved. However. Lajoie is so con-
fident that he is on the road to victory
that he has already announced chat he
will march his men along at such II
gait that there will be no ovcrtaking
them after the better half OF the season
Is past
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
Baseball and Other Sports
"KNUcKLE NOVELTY r.

~ grasping the smooth sides OF the
ball.
AS Tor the peculiar rotary motion,
that is nothing more than the ordinary
rotary motion OF curving ball accen
tuated, and the sudden drop the ball
takes before reaching the plate, while
different possibly from an ordinary
drop, is nothing more or less than the
fade away ball used successfully by
various slab men.
Miss Sutton In Form.
Miss May. Sutton of Pasadena. Cal.
Will probably capture tho woman's ma
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11

as the knuckle ball with great effect.
II is n sort of cousin to the spit ball.
He presses the knucSle OF his second
finger against seatn Of the ball and
thereby gives the sphere peculiar ro-
tary motion which causes 1t to drop
suddenly just before reaching the plate.
The knuckle ball had the Giants COM
pletely baffied.'
A Chestnut.
To persons well acquainted with the
technique of bali pitching there is moth
ing new or startling In the knucklc
ball as described. There is hardly a
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
Real Thriller.

Gunner (emtcring circus = What In
the deuce is all that din? Are we In
the animal tent?
Guyer-No; we are about to see the
great thriller for 1907.
Gunncr-Indeed! Is 1t the leaping
automobile or the falling airship?
Guyer-N Ncither They are tame in
comparison. Over iu that big white
pit which is constructed to represent
courtroom you will soon see seventeen
wild and untamed insanity experts
wrangling with each other over
brain Storm" st. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
Better Than the 30 ards.

Tall Thespian You say that you
once did turn and got 5000 for the
one performance. Great Brutus! What
tbeater was it in?
Short Thespion-No theater; hotel.
did turn in the revolving doors,
got my hand caught and recovered
5000 damages. Detroit Tribune.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
frrom Our New York Dramatic Corre-
spondcnt1

eTrom Our New York Dramatic Corre-
spondent.l
uHE JUNGLE which one
facetious writer has named
"Thc Bungle," dramatiza-
- ton OF Upton Sinclair's novel
Healing with the workingman and the
beef problem. was recently put on at
Keith 4 Proctor's Fifth Avenue the
oter.
Mr.. Sinclair and Margaret Mayo
wrote the adaptation, which is truth to
tell, not very able production in any
sense OF the word. Mr.. Sinclair. like
srnOst ;immaturc writer's and stage au-
ahors. loses control of his emotions to
such an extent that In the dramatized
.ssJungle" he presents q ranting melo-
drama. We see the heroic hero in rags
Ind the well fed villain equipped with
al the other clothes in the world
Strange. isn't IL that most of the stage
williams are so prosperous and most of
the real villains (such as are not acting
or writing plays) arc pining away in
yonder jail? Yet II Is the proud boast
Of melOdrama makers that melodrama
10 the only form of stage narrative that
sticketh closer to- nature than the gas
bill.
Workingnfan Prominent. =,
Mr.. Sinclair and Miss Mayo made. Of
primary interest the sufferings of the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
TOD SLOAN MAY RIDE AGAIN.

Tod Sloan's friends say that he is
likely to be riding in this country with
in n Month, as he expects to he rein-
stated by the French Jockey club. If
this is done he will receive license
TO ride in this country. Sloan has been
working horses for John T.. Madden
for the past few weeks.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11

~ LOUD scream was emitted by a
few eastern baseball scribes
recently on account OF what
- they considered a new discov-
w In the pitching art. This new dis
>eOvery they informed the public was
the knuctle ball, and It put so they
Waited, the spit ball. the rise ball and
al the other modern pitching stunts
owqy back in the shade of the tall
Talked Too Much.
The knucklc ball stuff went great un-
~ the scribes described 1t. Then the
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11

ACTION

capable box man In the game today
who does not press knuckle or a fin
ger tip against a seam during the de-
livery of one or two particular curves.
Ever since curve pitching came into
vogue twirlers have had brains enough
to know that by eXerting pressure
against balls seams they could get
more OF n purchase and get better re-
suits than may be obtained from mere
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
ALA NAzIMOvA,

profit and transform them into vaude-
willie houses. 4lgv
Some Of the dramatic gosslps are
will have on the Fske and Belasco In
that are left Of the original, independ-
cnts So
A corporation has been formed IN
New Jersey to control the newly com
bined interests
Affects Legitimate Houses Toe. s&l
The lasltImnte AMI yauanyilie entor-
prisss thrsugeout 4the country are
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
Canadian sasehaLI Loaaue.

Powerful efforts arc being made TO
establish a baseball league in Canada
-Four teams are spoken of To represent
the towns OF Guelph. Woodstock Ingcr-
soil and Gait
The present object Is said to be to
make the teams strictly amateur, but
in the light Of tho past in Canadian
athletic affairs, hockey, lacrosse. etc,
talk of amateur organizations must be
looked on as nero jocularity.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
TIE 1Ror1INe EuIuRIrY.

Secretary Horace Wilson of the Ken
lucky Trotting Horse Breeders asso-
citation has ahnouhced that the eight.
eenth renewal of the Kentucky Futuri-
~. value s2l, 900, closed with the en-
try of I.407 mares, tho largest entry
ever made except in 1898, when 1857
mares were entered.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1907-05-11
Tho Rulipo Passion.

"Brokely borrowed money from rue
this morning said Little, "He told
Inc he wanted to buy pocketbook."
'Oh, I see." exclaimed Large. HE
was getting something for nothing."--
Harper's Weekly.