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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18
0ratOriCaI Contest.

An appreciative audience greeted
the participants in the oratorical
contest Friday evening at Garrett
opera house when five students OF
the high school tried their powers
of defamation in competition for
the honor of being sent to the state
meeting of the Idaho Scholastic
League, which occurs at Pocatello,
April 20, at which time the winner
of the local contest will try for the
championship of the state.
''The Martyred Motner' was the
subject offered by Edith Parsons
Frank Colthorp told about the
"Mutual Compromises that Make
for Happiness !" ''Lasca, the ole
favorite, was effectively given by
Gladys Loveridge; Lee Daniel:
recited "The Vagabonds, " anc
Georgia Mahoney rendered in {
superb manner the thrilling story
of How He Saved St. Michaels. ,
Judging the contest were Mrs
Lille B. Wertz, Mrs. L. B.
Green, Mrs. Kittie Cowen, A. A.
Adams and Fl. o. MANI. Georgit
Mahoney was given first place
and Gladys Loveridge selected a:
alternate, to represent Mountain
Home at Pocatello.
The band, always in evidence OF
an occasion of this kind, rendered
several popular numbers, and the
musical program, as given in tht
Maverick of last week, was such a:
to win general commendation.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18
CaIdweIl's Pride.

Professor Louis W. Everson Of
Minneapolis arrived in the city
Sunday and at meeting of the
band Monday night entered into a
contract one year as leader. The
band boys are to be congratulated in
securing the services of Mr.. Ever
son. This was almost a necessity.
fJr the reason that Mr.. Gordon,
who for several years has been the
main stay and prop. of the organiza-
tion, is now engaged in business for
himself and could not give the at
tention necessary 10 keep the band
up to the high standard to which
he had brought it. The citizens Of
Caldwell take pride in our band,
agreed to pay $500 per month for
its support -Caldwell Tribune
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18
Power irrigation.

c. F. Judson, of Fairbanks, Morse
& Co., was in the city Yesterday on
business for his house, which does
an immense business throughout
southern Idaho. Mr.. Judson felt
the pulse of Mavericks gasoline
engine, Maud which has been
inclined to kick of late, and found
that il had not been Sparkling
enough. Maud is now recovered
and enjoying the Standard oil diet.
Mr.. Judson is selling large num-
Der of gasoline engines for irrigating
purposes, as they have proven very
successful for small tracts where
the lift is not excessive. People
who attended the Irrigation con-
gress at Boise last September will
remen Der seeing a four-horse gas
oline engine and centrifugal pump
in operation on the grounds raising
35 inches of water height of 10
feet. Mi. Judson was in charge of
this exhibit which was a revelation
to those who had not previously
investigated the subject of raising
water by power.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18
LIFE CRUSHED OUT
BY GAR WHEELS
S. n. Hughes of Nampa Was Struck b,
Train Here Yesterday and Rolled
10 Death.

At about half past two O'Clock
yesterday afternoon, S. N. Hughes
of Nampa was knocked down by a
freight train engaged in switching
in the yards here, and so badly in
jured internally that he died within
a few minutes afterward.
Hughes and his brother, James,
had been employed this spring on
the ranch of ]. o. Gray, and few
days ago rented the ranch and were
on their way to Nampa for their ef-
fects, intending to take possession
of the ranch in few days. They
had purchased their tickets and
were waiting for the delayed pas
senger from the east.
In crossing the track east of the
depot the brothers passed between
some cars that were in process of
being switched by freight train
which was then in the yards. James
passed through safely but car
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18
THE CALDWELL TEAM
TOOK THE GAME
Mountain Home Team. in Bad Form, Played
to Win but Lost the Game by
Score of 9 TO 5

la, three ounces. Mix by shaking
well in bottle, and take tea
spoonful after each meal and again
at bedtime. This simple mixture
is said to give prompt relief, and
there are very few cases of rheuma-
tism and kidney troubles it will fail
to cure permanently. These are all
harmless, everyday drugs, and your
druggist should keep them in the
prescription department; if not,
have him order them from the
wholesale drug houses for you,
rather than fail to use this, if you
are afflicted.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18

struck his brother, knocking him
down between the car and the plat
form, and in this position he was
dragged quite a distance, before
James was aware of the accident.
There were several witnesses of
the tragedy, but the first one to
reach the unfortunate man was his
brother who dragged him out, but
too late to save him. Within a few
minutes Hughes was dead, having
received terrible internal injuries,
although being in no way mangled.
The deceased was born in Mis-
souri,, was 50 years of age and had
lived at Nampa eight years. He
was unmarried.
A coroner's inquest is being
held today, and the men in chsrge
OF the train are here, summone5 IS
witnesses, to relate what they i.rogy
of the affair.
Interment twill take place at
Nampa.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18

The books of the city library have
been moved to their new and per-
manent location in the Garrett
Bailey block. Patrons of the Ii
brary will now find it in a we'll
lighted room upstairs in the south
western corner of that building
The reading room is supplied with
the latest periodicals and daily
and weekly newspapers will be
kept on file for those SO fortunate
as to be inclined toward reading.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18
ArbOr Day Tomorrow.

Tomorrow is Arbor day. While
our citizens generally have not
waited for this occasion to plant
their trees, still it will be well 10
set out some special tree or shrub
commemorative Of the day.
In pamphlet just issued treating
of Arbor topics, Secretary Wilson
of the Department of Agriculture,
in making suggestions to schools
regarding the planting of trees.
says: "The lesson of Arbor Day is
the use and value of the tree in the
life of the nation. 1t should there
fore be the aim of the teacher SO to
observe the day as to convey this
lesson clearly and impressively.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18
Canals are All Full.

Every canal and creek in the val
ley is running brim full notwith-
standing that it will be long time
before water is demanded or needed
by the irrigators- The soil is in
fine condition and farming opera
tions are being rapidly pushed now
that the land is dry enough to cult
vate. With canals and reservoirs
holding full capacity, the irriga-
tion season opens with great prom
Use.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18
Mix This at Home.

The following simple homemade
mixture is said to readily relieve
and overcome any form of rheuma-
tism by forcing the kidneys to filter
from the blood and system all the
uric acid and poisonous waste mat
ter, relieving at once such symp-
toms as backache, weak kidneys
and bladder and blood diseases.
Try il, as ii doesn't cost much to
make, and is said TO be absolutely
hzrmless to the stomach.
: It the following harmless ingre-
dicnts from any good pharmacy /:
-lGid Extract Dandelion, one-half
ounce; Compound Kargon, one
ounce; Compound Syrup Sarsaparil-
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18

other machinery adapted for use in
this reg ion, and has an equipment
complete in every detail for gcner-
al machine work and the making of
gray iron and brass castings. Mr..
MCGUIRE, who has had long expert
ence as an engine builder, machin-
ist and craftsman, will be in charge
as manager. He brought with him
a force of five men, but anticipates
that business will develop to an
extent calling for a large number
of men. He has several plows tc
build as soon as the plant can be
put in operation, several of which
are to go to western Canada, which
can be served as advantageously
from this point as from Minneap-
oils.
The Mountain Home Manufsc-
turing company is composed OF
well-known men living here and
in Minneapolis. George j. Sherer,
vice president of the Peoples Bank
of Minneapolis, is president; ]. H.
Garrett, to whom credit must be
given for bringing the factory tc
this city, is vice president; j. w.
MCGUIRE is secretary and manager,
and O. E. Cannon treasurer.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18

II is all over.
We expected and have received
our drubbing.
Caldwell came over Sunday, ar
rayed in neat white suits that had
not yet gathered the soil of battle.
The Caldwell aggregation not
only came, they saw, played ball
and conquered. The score of g to
S tells the story.
The occasion was the opening of
the state league season at this
place, and the day was ideal for the
game. The big grand stand at the
fair grounds did not hold as many
people as the event should have
drawn, but this was accounted
for by the fact that there were but
two days in which to advertise the
game, for the reason that the local
team had not been expecting to play
until the 2Sth.
The Mountain Home team in the
natty uniforms of maroon with
black trimmings were the cause of
pride with the local fans.
The team, while on an average
rather light, compares very favor
ably with Caldwell in that respect.
The visitors were in much the
better form, due to several weeks
hard work, and had the advantage
of having played together for sever
al years. On the contrary the
Mountain Home team was but re-
Gently assembled, some of the men
arriving only a few days prior to
the game, two reaching Mountain
Home Saturday night. The local
field has given no end of trouble
this spring, being several times
under water, and it was none too
dry for the game of Sunday.
Thus badly handicapped the looal
team was sent into the diamond at
2:30 Sunday against admittedly the
hardest team in tine state, the
champions of several seasons.
Steltz and Magee were in the
points for the visitors, and Lent
and Kirker exchanged the sphere
for the locals. Clearly Lent has
in him the material fora star pitch
er, but he showed a lack of work.
out in the game of Sunday, and
with every reason, for he came from
North Dakota where early ball play
ing would nave to be done on snow
shoes, and until he arrived here
I Friday, had not tossed ball this
season.
The features of the game were
the stick work by the champions,
the pitching of Steltz, the difficult
catch of Hronek in center field and
the double play of Burkett to Mar
tin to Brookler.
Shortstop Burkett was playing
under difficulties, bruised thumb
being the cause.
Sedden was badly hit on the arm
by pitched ball in the last half of
the seventh, and at first it was
thought that his arm was broken,
Dut ne is now last recovering from
the accident.
But for the fall-down of the local
nine in the early part of the game,
when for a few minutes the hearts
of the fans almost stopped beating
the result might have been closer.
The are no criticisms to make.
The hall cont,pOeY,f IF THE foxue, lie
going to stand Loyalty by the team.
The members are doing hard work
this week getting in shape for the
game with Payette next Sunday
at that town.
Other games of the league last
Sunday we're:
Boise 10, Huntington 4.
Weiser 13, Payette 1.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18
A ThrOw-Off on Carpets.

Thompson, the furniture man,
finds he must unload on carpets, as
he has too big stock. Therefore,
for the next 80 days he will make a
discount of 10 per cent. on all car
pets, and he has many pretty pat
terms to show. Go over and help
Thompson unload his stock. 1t will
help you too. 49
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18

Owing 10 the washouts on the
Salt Lake route, the Bamberger-
DeLagnar Gold Mining company, of
DeLanar, Nevada. has been COM
PEELED TO close down, because of the
impossibility of obtaining coal and
supplies. The last shipment from
the mine netted the company $40, :
ono
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18
TALK OF THE TOWN

The famous high-grade Schotten
teas, coffees and spices at Bailey
Siffert Garrett company's.
A boy was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
w. L. Harley on Saturday, and
there is consequent JOY in that
household.
Land in alfalfa, close in, for
sale. See me for some special bar
gains in city and country property.
Harry Watkins.
Chas. H. Reinke and two sons
left Minneapolis Tuesday for Noun
tain Home, and are visiting at diff
ferent points on the way.
WANTED. Man and wife with
out children, for work on a fruit
ranch during the coming season.
Apply at the Maverick office.
Many farms from forty to eight
hundred acres on Bruncau and
Snake rivers, at reasonable prices
land that will pay 80 per cent.
Come to see me and will fix you
out. Also farms near Caldwell,
Idaho. Harry Watkins.
Rev. H. c. Ethel will preach al
the Baptist church Sunday morning
at IL o'clock. Rev. Harry Watkins
will fill the pulpit in the evening
at 8 O'Clock on the subject, "The
Immortality of the Soul" Every
body is invited to attend both ser
vices.
] have q bargain in two hundred
acres in Bruneau valley. This land
is directly under the ditch, with
everlasting water. Only 2,2OO feet
altitude and surrounded by high
bluffs, it will produce almost all oi
the fruits known to the tropical or
temperate zones. No taxes for II
yaers. Harry Watkins.
Harry Schuler has arrived from
Tower City, N. d. with car losc
of effects, and is building on lots il
the Chabot addition. Bad service
on the Northern Pacific caused the
loss of one horse and three others
are in poor condition. Mr.. Schulei
brought full outfit of machinery
with which to improve his farm
here.
S. B. Tabor has been here from
Boise the greater portion of the
week. MIR. Tabor represents the
Bankers Life Association of De-
Moines, Iowa, and his mission her,
was to deliver to Mrs. Mabel L
Fitzwater the $4,000 of insurance
due her on the policy of her lat,
husband, Rutledge w. Fitzwater
Mr.. Tabor informs us that he ha
written number of policies for hi
association here, and that th'
plan of insurance offered is meet
ing with favor.
E. F. Horn returned from Courte
nay, N. D., and will immediatel,
4
start things going on his rancl
southwest of town, now that tn
steam plows are here. Heretofor'
Mr.. Horn has been unable to ge
the help necessary to cultivate hi
land, and consequently will not b.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18


The men who are to constitute
the force at the foundry and ma
chine shops of the Mountain Home
Manufacturing Co. have all rived
from Minneapolis, with the excep-
ton of one man. They are: H. D.
Mather, machinist; SariueI Durant,
machinist and engine expert; James
Price and Mr.. Lenhart, foundry
men; and w. M. Devlin, machinist
and engineer. BY establishment of
this industry six families are added
to the population of our city, and
with present prospects it is quite
likely that the force at the shops
Twill be largly added to before fall
A. Y. More and little son are
here from Wimbledon, N. d. Mr..
More is the owner of $40 acres of
land southwest of town and is here
to start the work of improving it,
thus setting good example to
others in his state who are letting
their land lie dormant and fallow.
I Mr.. More is prominent business
man in his section of North Dako-
ia, and in his judgment the de-
velopment of the country contigu-
Gus to Mountain Home will bring
large returns to those who have
the foresight and nerve to invest
in land. Mr.. More settled in North
Dakota at a time when there was
almost nothing in sight, but that
state in late years has seen wonder
full development in an agricultural
way.
Salem Mageau leaves today for
Crookston, MINI, first going tc
Twin Falls to visit friends. Mr..
Mageau vas among the first oi
Minnesota people to become inter-
ested here, and has all along beer
firm in the faith that this section
was destined to be prominent
among the irrigated sections of the
west, and now that realization is al
hand he is having his land devel.
oped and cultivated. His ranch i:
south of town and is being op.
Grated by Calixte Carpenter whC
came from Crookston last fall will
a full complement of machinery
including potato planter and dig
ger. He is preparing for a larg,
acreage of the tubers this spring
Mr.. Mageau sees great future
for Mountain Home, and return.
to Minnesota to dispose of his prop
erty there, preparatory to movins
here in the fall. The winter nov
almost over there was the most Sc
we're ever known and it has mad,
many look with longing eyes to tn,
fair climate of southern Idaho, say
Mr.. Mageau.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18

able to get as much crop in as he
intended. To have such wide
awake men as Mr.. Horn choose this
section as home but adds another
to the long list of decisions in favor
of Mountain Home.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18

E. F. Horn returned from Courte-
nay, N. D., and will Immediately
start things going on his ranch
southwest of town, now that the
steam plows are here. Heretofore
Mr.. Horn has been unable to get
the help necessary to cultivate his
land, and consequently will not be
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18

Land in alfalfa, close in, for
sale. See me for some special bar
gains in city and country property.
Harry Watkins.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-18

The famous high-grade Schotten
teas, coffees and spices at Bailey
Siffcrt Garrett company's.
A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs.
w. L. Harley on Saturday, and
there is consequent JOY in that
household.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-03

New York Press-Everything in this
country, except the stock MARKET
is booming. The agricultural field is
rich. Corn and wheat and cotton grow
whether the ticker tape records rising
or falling prices for securities which
are manipulated by the great gamb--
lers. The products of the factories
and foundries come forth in increasing
volume, and they are taken as fast as,
they come forth by people with the
desire to have them and the earnings
to pay for them. Exports increase.
Savings banks deposits swell. Mort
cages on farms and homes are cancel
ed. Old homes are improved and new
ones are built and bought,
The country isn't rushing madly to
buy the stock market offerings of the
manipul ators, butthe American people
are buying the products of our indus
tries as they never before were able to
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-03

Kansas City Star Sens tor Knox's
speech to the Yale students was in
harmony with his attitude in the SEN
ate when the rate bill was under dis
cussion. Mr.. Knox is one of those
constitutional lawyers" whose pur-
pose seems always to be to show what
congress or the chief executive may
not do rather than to show what they
may do under the constitution. That
is the especial concern of those in
terests that try to prevent restrictive
legislation and often defy such legis-
lation after it is enacted. These in
terests make it habit to test the
constitutionality" of every act that is
designed to give the people at large a
square deal. Mr.. Roosevelt believes
that it is the duty of both congress
and the chief executive to respect the
limits of their respective powers, but
also that it is their duty to go up to
those limits when necessary in order
to promote the public welfare. 1t is
just as important-more SO, it would
seem-that the powers of the govern
ment should be as clearly defined as
its limitations. But Mr.. Knox, on
behalf of the predatory interests, is
much more concerned about the limi-
tations.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-03

buy them. And when. they have paid
for their necessaries, comforts and
luxuries they have a greater surplus
left over than ever before-though at,
present they will not put it into
watered stocks at'fancy prices.
The American people are afraid Of:
several dangers, but they are not
afraid of presidents and governors
who have programs to make it easier
for the people to do business-to buy;
and to sell among themselves and
harder for the high fnanciers and.
mon opolists to cheat and to extort.
So the special interests are wasting
their time and their money in pro-
noting calamity scare to block the
regulation policies of states and nation.
Matt Stepple of lie Sueur county
visited during the week with his
brother, John Stepple, at St. George.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-03
RACE SUICIDE BOTHERs BERLIN
Alarming Decrease in Birth Rate
in German Capital.

At frequent intervals the German
press draws attention to the continued
falling off in the population of France,
while the enormous increase in Ger
many's population is dwelt upon; in
fact, some of the newspapers have
gone SO far as to declare that in thirty
years the German empire will have
twice as many people as France.
The other day the Lokal Anzeiger
published some statistics which will
be somewhat in the nature of sur
prise. These figures deal with Berlin,
but they may be applied to many of
the large towns in Germany. In 1860
the average birth rate in Berlin was
206. 8 per 1000 married women. In 1867
it was pat, and in 1875 it had risen
to 240.3 per thousand women. In 1875
the birth rate reached the maximum of
the averages for the whole of the last
century.
Since 1876 the average birth rate
has been falling off; thus while it was
240.3 per 1000 women in 1876, it was
1894 per 1000 women in 1885: in 1895
it had fallen to 1854, and in 1905 to
1907. Thus, during the last thirty
years the Berlin birth rate has fallen
from 240 to 100 per 1000 women, which
is at the rate Of over 81 per cent.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1907-07-03
CONGRESSMAN DAVIS ADVISES,
ALTERING THE DRAINAGE LAWS.

In former years hundreds OF slougns
and marshes acted as natural reser-
yoirs to, take up the excessive rain
fall, but the country between here ana
Big Stone Lake has been dltcneo SO
thoroughly that the greater portion OF
the precipitation is carried of. Let
the ground become saturated SO that.
it can absorb no more moisture, and
the water literally pours into the
bitches and the tributaries, causing
disastrous floods along the low lands.
This spring, and for several years IN
succession, the river has left its banks
when there was no apparent reason
for it's so doing, and in consequences
the value of corn and meadow lands
along the bottoms has been deprec1-
ated from twenty-fv to fifty per cent.
Congressman Davis of ST. Peter
says the federal government is power
less to act in the matter, but makes.
the suggestion that relief lies in the
alteration of our state drainage laws.
he says:
s.The state legislature can supply a.
remedy. If, for example, it would re-
store the old law prohibiting the drain
ing of meandered lakes, the result,
would be beneficial. Then, too, it
might memorabilia congress to improve
the Minnesota river with a view to-
making 1t navigable. If there is to be:
good stage of water in the stream it.
can, by Strengthening Its course, rip
rapping certain portions and diking
others, be made navigable. A dixie
at North Mankato would expedite the
flow of water in the spring and if the
matter is properly presented to the
rivers and harbors committee of con-
gress I am sure that the assistance
needed can be obtained