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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03
CONTEST NOTICE.
Department of the Interior,

Department of the Interior,
United States Land Office, Boise,
Idaho, December "a, 1906.
A sufficient contest affidavit
having been filed in this office by
Malvena Oppliger, Mountain Home,
Idaho, contestant, against desert
land entry No. 1918, made January
%, 1906, for east section 7, town
ship south, range east, B. M,
by William E. Longstreth, Noun
tain Home, Idaho, contestee, in
which it is alleged that ''said
William E. Longstreth is not now
and never has been bona fide res
ident of the state of Idaho;' said
parties are hereby notified to ap-
pear, respond and offer evidence
touching said allegation at 10
O'Clock a. m. on February %, 1907,
before w. c. Howie, United States
Commissioner, at Mountain Home,
Idaho, and that final hearing will
be held at O'Clock p. m. on March
7, 1907, before the register and re-
ceiver at the United States Land
office in Boise, Idaho.
The said contestant having,
in a proper affidavit, filed Deem
Der "a, 1906, set forth facts which
show that after due diligence per-
sonal service of this notice can not
be made, it is hereby ordered and
directed that such notice be given by
due and proper publication.
EDWARD E. GARRETT,
Receiver
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03
APPLE STORAGE Is THE
REMEDY FOR SHORTAGE

At the Fruit Growers meeting
in Payette last week the paper pre-
pared by Roy c. Brock, of Hood
River, Oregon was read by E. A.
Gipson. 1t was on the subject of
Local Apple. Storage. - He said:
''While in Payette and Boise
valleys the last two seasons, 1 saw
a necessity for an improvement in
the plan of handling the crops of
fruit then being packed and ship
ped. There are many features en-
tering into the proper marketing of
fruit. Among them are the quail
ity, quantity and the attractive
ness of the article to be put before
the buying public. To successfully
market our fruit we should not
stuff off our poorer grades under
a label of Fancy but we should
carefully grade our fruit, label
honestly, and ship it to the proper
markets at the proper time. We
would then build up a reputation
that would be world wide, that
would bring encourag ement, wealth
and evergrownig prosperity. This
leads to the subject in hand, i. e.,
why we should have local apple
storage.
Mr.. Brock told of how the mar
ket became congested and if the
producers could store their apples
for a time the expense that would
4 be saved. With local storage the
producer could put his whole force
of help to picking and housing
such fruit as does not require inn
mediate shipment. He said that
Sin the fall of each year, as has
been the case this year, transporta-
tion is taxed to the utmost and car
many sections. 1t is impossible to
determine just where this shortage
will fall. 1t leaves the grower who
is without storage unprotected
against storms, etc. He may have
several hundred boxes packed and
failing to get cars to move them
has his fruit exposed to all condi-
tions of the weather for a period oil
several weeks and when the cars
do eventually come, these apples
are loaded out, shipped to the mar.
: ket and word comes back that they
are half unstable as a result.
= From what l saw in the Payettt
and Boise valleys, | am certain tina
good dead-air-space building, will
proper ventilation, and the use o
: good judgment in selecting varieties
to store and with care in the opera
ton of the vents, is all that is nee
: essary to make success of 1oca
storage here. -
B. F. Tussing, of Fruitland, an,
: J.sW. Lill, of Payette, both spol1
: in favor of local storage as sugges
! ted by Mr.. Brock. MIR, Lill esti
mated that half of the apples grow
on the Payette bench were wastes
from lack of local storage.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03

1t is a poor rule that will not
work both ways. 1t is strange
that no one has thought of this
before in connection with the rail-
roads, which have for years subject
ed the shippers of the country to a
heavy fine for failure to promptly
load the cars when furnished, but
which have arbitrarily refused to
grant the shippers any redress for
damages sustained by reason of
failure to promptly furnish the cars
when demanded. The fairness OF
law providing for such reciprocal
measure is so evident that its pas
sage by the Oregon state Legislature
at the coming session is expected as
a matter of couis Sc. Oregon is not
the only state that has suffered
from this one-sided arrangement,
and other legislatures could profit
ably spend a few hours in correct
ing so gross and unjust an evil.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03

the interests of Hicks forces the
conclusion that he had desreted the
other poor fellows who Hicks de-
clared strangled to death with
dust. If the Almighty wanted the
lives of these other men, he certain
ly could and would have taken them
in the ordinary way. 1t would
have been so much simpler for him
to have. stopped their heart beats
than IL would to have gone to the
trouble of knocking in tunnel and
have SO arranged matters that one
of the men, the one he wanted to
protect was shielded by car.
Such claims as this, concurrcd in
by religious people, do great damage
to the cause which they wish to adj
vance.
The truth of the matter is that
God was just as much interested in
those whose lives were lost as he
was in the one whose life was saw
ed, and he is interested in us all,
but he is not going to brace up
poorly constructed tunnels and keep
the earth from falling in or men
working in them, if the men do not
themselves take the necessary pre-
caution.
God is no respector of persons
and will treat all alike. 1t is the
people themselves who are rcspon-
sible for the things that come upon
them in this world. 1t is all right
for Hicks to be thankful to God for
his salvation, but he don't need tc
lay the blame for the death OF
the others upon him. Capital
News.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03

II there is any class of lsborers
in this country who are entitled to
increased wages and special legisls-
ton to insure protection from physi-
cal injury, it is the men who enter
the bowels of the, earth and bring
forth those elements which are such
important factors in the civilized
world. Nearly every day conspicu-
Gus headlines in the daily press an
nounce the death of large numbers
of miners through accidents which
in the majority of instances could
have been averted but for the un-
unnatural greed and unlawful care
Iessness of individuals and corpora
tions. 1t would appear that in this
area of rapidly developing inventive
genius, something could be done tc
prevent the frequently recurring
accidents from explosions, fires,
flooding by water and other causes,
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03
Proposed Changes in State Laws.

A dispatch from Wallace says /:
Prisoners serving sentences in the
county Jail may soon have to face
the problem of earning their own
board. A bill to this effect will
be introduced by Mayor Herman ].
Rossi at the next legislature at
Boise, Idaho, on January next.
Mr.. Rossi has long been recog-
nized as the father of the eight
hour law. He introduced it into
the county convention at Wardner
last July and secured its adoption
by operators last September. 1t was
embodied in the platform of the
entire republican party at Pocatel-
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03
CONTEST NOTICE,
Department of the Interior,

Department of the Interior,
United States Land Office, Boise,
Idaho, December 20, 1906.
A sufficient contest affidavit
having been filed in this office by
Oliver E. Norell, Mountain Home,
Idaho contestant, against desert land
entry No. 1886, made November "a,
1905, foi southeast / of section II,
township a south, range east, B.
M. by George w. King, Mountain
Home, Idaho, contestee, in which
it is alleged that ''said George w.
King is not bona fide resident of
the state of Idaho and never has
been;" said parties are hereby
notified to appear, respond and
offer evidence touching said allie
cation at 10 O'Clock a. m. on
February 10, 1907, before w. c..
Howie, United States Commission
er at Mountain Home, Idaho, and
that final hearing will be held at
o'cock p. m. on February %, 1907,
before the register and receiver at
the United States land office in
Boise, Idaho.
The said contestant having, in
proper affidavit, filed December
20, 1906, set forth facts which show
that after due diligence personal
service of this notice. can not be
made, it is hereby ordered and di-
rected that such notice be giver
by due and proper publication.
EDWARD E. GARRETT,
1887 Receives
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03

Hicks, the California miner who
was imprisoned so many days in
a mine tunnel because of a cave-in,
and who was rescued with so much
difficulty, says 81 know it was
God who saved me. From the very
moment l was swallowed in saw
that God was protecting me-.
This paper is not religious journal
but it seems that such statements
as that ought not to be allowed to
pas without comment.
The writer has the greatest vene-
ration for religion and he thinks
that belief in God is as logical and
reasonable as belief in the exist
ence of the body itself, but he does
not believe in any such thing as ex.
pressed by Hicks. To believe
that God was excrting himself ir
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03

The problem OF transmitting por-
traits by wire appears to have been
definitely solved by German pro-
fessor named Korn. BY the aid of
great number of wires it is said
tnat a picture of the person with
whom you are in distant commune
cation is instantly produced. Ex-
periments covering a distance of
1000 miles are recorded as being
very successful. Ordinarily an an
nouncement of this nature would
be hailed with great acclaim, and
many would say it was impossible,
but in view of the marvels of the
telegraph, the telephone, the phono-
graph and the moving picture ma
chine, we have grown callousl,
and have learned to accept the
achievements of the wizards o.
science as a matter of course.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03

10 and it will be introduced by MIR.
Rossi at the legislature. An eff
fort will also be made to change
the court system of the whole state.
At present the state is divided into
districts and these are about six in
number. MIR. Rossi has expressed
himself in favor of having the court
system changed so that a system
similar to that of the state of Wash
ing ton may be introduced here, by
which superior courts will take the
place of district courts.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
ANNOUNCEMENT.

have sold my controlling interest
in Maver ick to L. W. Everson, re-
Gently from Minneapolis, an ex-
perienced newspaper man. l hope
and predict tor him the same court
,eous treatment which the people of
Mountain Home and vicinity have
accorded me and for which | here
tender thanks.
]. A. Purtill Will collect ac-
counts due me and pay all bills
contracted under my management.
All subscriptions should be paid &c
Mr.. Everson from this date.
]. w. CONNELLA.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03

1t will be remembered that dur
ing the last session OF congress
Representative French introduced
and secured the passage of a bill
in the house providing for the
opening of the Occur Alene In
dian reservation. The preliminary
work incident to the opening of the
reservation is now in full swing
and is being pushed as rapidly as is
consistent with the important pre-
liminary arrang ements that must be
made. Mr.. French has again taken
the matter up and is making an
effort to have all laws relating to
the reservation in such shape that
there will be none of the unfortu-
nate results which have been SO
ton since it was opened to settle
ment. In that reservation the sur
veys we're such that persons who
took land on the edge of the rcser-
walton under the belief that they
were getting 100 acres later found
I tnat tncy ndO IN SOlnc cases dS
much as 80 or 40 acres less.
The survey of the Occur d'Alene
reservation, which is now complete,
leaves a ragged egde" on the
north boundary, and some of the
settlers on land adjacent to this
ragged edge find themselves
short in the amount of land which
they believed was theirs. One case
has just come to Congressman
French's attention where the pat
ent to the homesteader gave hin
1877 acres, while if the new sur
vey line is accepted as true hi:
farm will be cut to 124 acres. MIR
French proposes to corr ect this evi
in so far as it applies to this res
ervation by special bill which
he has introduced. If the bill
passes the land adjoining the res
ervation will retain the number o
acres set out in the patent given
and those who later go on the res
ervation and take land will hav
notice of the exact amount of lam
they are getting. Exchange.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03

Some of those cooped-up maya
zine writer's in the east who are
worrying about emigration and the
over population of the country,
ought to come out west and test
their eyesight trying to locate the
boundaries of the vast unpopulated
plains of this and adjoining states.
Right in front of and around this
town is land enough to support the
population of an average European
kingdom in such opulence as they
have never dreamed OF. And the
tillable land will be taxed to its
utmost producing capacity to supply
the multitudes that will inhabit
these now seemingly barren
deserts. Necessity has already
caused fortunes to be spent in
persistent endeavors to bring the
life-giving waters contained in the
bowels of the earth, the streams OF
the valleys and the eternal SHOWS
that cover the everlasting noun
tdfilS upon tue SOuhtiCoS % VI
what was not so many years age
thought to be vast uninhabitable
region of this continent. AS the
necessity grows, water will be
forthcoming, no matter what the
cost. Not until this has come to
pass need the ''space writer's lose
any sleep over the problems Of
emigration or overpopulation.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03

King Leopold, of Belgium as re-
vealed by Robert E. Parks, in his
articles on "The Blood Money of
the Congo published in Every
bodzy's magazine, seems to have
reached the limit of human cruel
ty and depravity That the old
reprobate is permitted to continue
his atrocities without interference
by the Omissions CD powers is a
sad commentary on our boasted
lization.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03

The mouse claims no aristocratic
ancestry or lofty Intellectual at
tainments and is not noted for its
exhibitions of physical courage ;
on the contrary, it is of humble
orig int, imid and unassuming to
an exaggerated degree. Yet the
mere appearance of one of these
harmless little creaturs was suffi-
cient to create a panic at a re-
cent meeting of club of Boston
literary women who were brave
enough to attempt to solve the
poetical riddles propounded by the
late lamented Robert Bro wing.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03

Avarice is the most deplorable of
all the passions. 1t kills the heart,
cripples the intellect and eradi-
Gates from the soul all those deli
cate feelings which exalt the hui
man being above all creatures in
the universe.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03

which are a constant menace to the
men who are compelled by this
means to support themselves and
their families.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03

Some states have passed law
making it crime for a man to
work more than eight hours day,
but the Legislators forgot to say
whether it was illegal for the mans
wife to work eighteen hours a day
at home.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03

To offer advice is about the most
thankless task that can be imag in
ed If people profit by it they as
sumo all the credit, and il they
do not they throw all the blame
on you.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-01-03

FOR SALE-Ten acres improved,
close in, on north side. Inquire of
]. M. Owen.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-01-30
IN D

Once upon a time there was a
Hindu rajah who had an only daugh-
ter. This girl was born with a beau
tiful golden necklace encirc1ing her
throat. This necklace. the priests
and wise men declared, was the soul
of the princess, and if it were taken
off and worn by another the princess
would die.
Once on the occasion of his daugh-
ter's birthday, the rajah presented
her with a pair of slippers, studded
with pearls and diamonds. The
princess went into the mountain to
gather flowers, and while stopping
one of her slippers dropped off and
fell into the forest below.
A prince, who was hunting in this
forest, picked up the lost slipper.
Noticing its smallness and rare
beauty, he desired to make the owner
his wife. This wish of the prince was
made known throughout the empire,
and although great wealth was prom
ised to any one bringing information
concerning the owner of the slipper,
no n appeared to claim it.
The prince became very unhappy.
He gave up all his pleasures and de-
voted his life to the search.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-01-30
News Notes.
The French chamber Of depuiiea
adopted a bill providing for automat-

The French chamber Of deputies
adopted a bill providing for automat-
ic divorces.
The assassin Of William Whitley,
proprietor Of the first department
store in London, has been Unidentified
as Horace George Hayner, a former
school teacher.
Senator Hale introduced a resolu-
ton ordering an investigation Of an
alleged "lobby' Of naval officers.
The delegates to the labor confer
ence at Belfast, Ireland, rejected by
an overwhelming majority a socialist
ic declaration of principle.
Senior Maura has formed a conser-
vative Spanish cabinet.
The naval appropriation bill was
reported to the house without any
provision for the proposed mammoth
battleship.
the interstate commls-
sion, reporting on its coal investiga-
ton, is severe on the Baltimore and
Ohio and other roads.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-01-30
"A COYOTE ROUNDUP.

We have been requested to sug-
gest to the country people a coyote
roundup. These animals are be-
coming so numerous that many farm
ers are complaining of their depre-
dations in their poultry flocks.
One coyote in a years time will
destroy many dollars worth of poul-
try and the bounty should be kept
up sufficiently high to justify men
taking the time to kill them in the
spring. We presume the best way
to handle a roundup would be for
several to get together and select a
leader and appoint a place of meet
ing upon a certain day and then take
in as much territory as the number
of participants would justify.-Hil1
City Republican.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-01-30

deed, and it seemed to Ellie that
Lady Belle hardly moved at all, she
crept SO slowly over it. But, when
all four of shoes had been sharp
ened" and they were starting away.
how she did fly over that long slip
perry stretch of road! How she didn't
creep-mercy, no-but held her head
high in the air and pranced along
as merrily as you please, not in the
least afraid Of slipping! Just as if
she knew her shoes had been sharp
ened!"
why, I b'lieve she does!" thought
Ellie aloud. 81 b'lieve she knows it
as we'll as-I dol"
And just that minute it almost
seemed as if Lady Belle turned her
pretty gray head and winked n
eye at Uncle Colin!-Annie Hamilton
Donnell, in lions Herald.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-01-30

After many months had passed
without success some people from
the rajah's country heard of the
princes desire and told him where
the princess who owned the slipper
could be found. The prince visited
her, and finding her lovely beyond
his hopes, a royal wedding quickly
followed.
Some time after another wife of
the prince-in India a prince has
many wives-being jealous of the
new wife, stole her golden necklace
and put it aroundh her own neck. The
rajah's daughter died, but her body
did not change, nor her face lose it's
bloom and life-like beauty. She lay
every day the prince went to see her.
He loved her as ardently as when she
was alive, and called the wise men
from far and near to tell him why
this was so, and why nc change came
over the face and form Of his loved
companion.
The wise men could not give any
reason that satisfied h prince. He
neve would have known the truth
had it not been for a little serving
maid, who, dearly loving the princess
while she lived, was found n day
weeping by her bier when the prince
arrived to mourn her loss.
This little maid told the prince of
the theft of the golden necklace, and
also the secret of its wonderful
power. The result Of her story was
that the woman who stole the neck
lace was put to death. The necklace
was placed around the neck of the
deal princess. At its restoration her
soul was reborn in her, she came to
life, and, happy in the princes love
and devotion, lived a long life of
happiness and misunderstanding
ton Star.
Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1907-01-30
,.CHILDREN'S DEPARTMENT..

Uncle Colin calmly. rive can't take
her any further, can we, Lady Belle?
Not a young person that says horses
don't know much"
"Oh!" laughed Ellie, as if she UNI
derstood. But she hoped out and
ran up to the big gray nose. and
reached up on tiptoes to rub it.
I'm sorry l said it, honest I am.
Lady," she said. You know some
thing. Now, will you let me ride the
rest O. the way to town? She's bow
ing her head, Uncle Colin! She says
I may" And Ellie came running
gayly back and climbed up on the
front seat again.
A little way ahead there was quite
a steep hill-a "steepisn'' one, Ellie
said. Lady Belle crept down it very
cautiously, picking her steps with the
greatest care. She would not trot
even near the bottom.
Mercy! what a slow coach-oh, I
forgot! Excuse me, Lady Belle.
But, hooest, I could run down such
a little hill as this is, ever if tits icy
an I've only two legs stead of
four! Besides, Lady Bellies got
'creepers' on her boots, hasn't she.
Uncle Colin?"
Eyes, but they need sharpening.
Well go to Shoemaker Ben's, Lady
Belle. Then we'll see!"
"Ho!" laughed Ellie, Lady Belle
won't know they're sharp! That's
what I meant by saying horses don't
know-oh!" Ellie clapped both
little red-mtitened hands over her
mouth and laughed again.
whoa, Lady," began Uncle Colin
solemnly. Then he relented. mo,
you needn't this time. Well go on
and show this young person in an
other way that it isn't horses that
don't know much"
In front of the b1acksmith's shop
there was a very slippery place in