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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-11-28
TALK OF The TOWN


Our telephone number is 11s.
Yours for a pleasant smoke. The
Elmore.
Ben Ross is in Boise on business
this week.
Smoke an Elmore cigar and be
happy. .lt..
Thurman Joy was in town
during tho week.
E. M. Wolfe is in Boise this
week on business.
Stanton Park was in from little
Camas this week,
Frank Hobbs is reported on the
sick list this week.
w. M. Pickrell is quite sick at
the home of Jim Tye.
L. L. Spring is busy painting at
Glenns Ferry this week.
Mrs. Alschul left Tuesday for
stay in the Capital City.
F. A. Halves came in Tuesday
from his home in Bruncau.
Tyler will make suit that will
fit you and hold its shape.
James Purtill is making bust
ness trip to Caldwell this week.
o. E. Cannon was in Salt Lake
City on busiress last Saturday.
ANDY Evans OF Castle Creek, is
paving Mountain Home visit.
Homer Trullinger is Noun
tain Home visitor from Corral
p. Chattin returned ycster
day from a business visit to Boise
|. M. Cowcn was called to Sal
Lake on business Monday morning
VIM. Hartman was in iron
Oreana the latter part of the week
Mr.. and Mrs. Seymour II. Bell c
Portland, spent Saturday in thi
city.
Miss Kittie c. wilkins of Brit
neau, is in Mountain Home on bus
mess
C H. Wasem is the new cler
at the Spring paint and wall pap'
store.
]. p. Fitzgerald, of Silver Cit
was a guest at the Evans hot
Monday
Joseph Curtis began the erectic
of q fine two story rcsiden'
yesterday.
Trathen carries lamps. Ca
and inspect his line. He has son
beauties.
Miss Esther Evans is hor
from ST. Magarets school to spel
Thanksgiving.
A. M. Mcdonald came in fro
Grand View Monday to pay Mou
tain Home a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. N. Scofield
Grand View, paid Mountain Hor
a brief visit recently.
d. B. Hyde of Bruneau spcn
day in this city last. week, on
way home from Boise.
w. r. Craster, who is cngag
in the mining business near Glen
Ferry was in town Saturday.
Charley Summerlatt, one of Jun
ton Bars pioneers came do
from the upper country Friday.
Mrs. Hawkins and childr
left Tuesday for Weiser, VIII
they will spend Thanksgiving.
Bessie ". Williams of Portla
is in town on business conncc
with organizing of new LODI
Mr.. Dupont of Lewiston is h.
looking over land and is intcres
both in improved and unimpro'
property
Mrs. Maggie Rinehart of GlcI
Ferry was in Mountain Ho
from Glenns Ferry on busin
last Saturday.
DcWitt's Carbolizcd Wit
Hazel Salve is healing and 500
ing. Good for piles. Sold
Kccncr Drug Store.
Mrs Evans spent few days
Boise last week where she wen
visit her daughter Esther who
attending school there.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14
LESSON OF THE SALTON SEA

f. II. Hartman looms pretty large
on the horizon just now He is the
subject of special investigation by
the interstate commerce commission
because, so it is said he holds in the
hollow of his hand all the railroads of
the southwest, with a goodly part of all
those that grldiron the east and
divides with j. J. Hill the complete
control of the Pacific coast. 1t is held
that Mr.. Hartman is becoming alto
gether too powerful and that it is time
that he were checked
All of this may be true; doubtless is.
Mr., Hartman is very powerful man.
He gives orders on more miles of rail-
road than does any other man on earth.
He has stronger finger on the pulse
Of monetary affairs than has Rookie
feller or Morgan. He is the modern
Colossus of Roads.
And yet Mr., Hartman has one woe.
One contest, that makes him groan in
spirit and shows him as in a look
ing glass how altogether puny and in
significant a mere man is. Down in
Southern California and Northern
Mexico is a river. a pitifully made
quate river Of small flow ana no trans
portation Importance, that is giving
MI Hartman the sharpest battle of his
life, More than that, it is putting up
a fight that has entirely floored this
| financial giant. he is completely
knocked out by it. The tawny. acrid
Colorado river has time after time
wiped Mr. Hawiman's Southern Pa
| ciiic railroad clear off the map. and all
| the millions of dollars and thousands
| have simply Wideued it, The Colorado
! is as uuconquered now as il was the
/ first day IT cut MI. Hauiman's dikes
ana recreated the Salton sea. And II
is likely to be for many years TO come.
Yes. Mr, Hartman is a very uower-
ful man-in some ways lie can nod,
and rates go up or down on half the
roads in the United States. He can
wink, and 10000 men are out of Jobs in
a twinkle, He can scowl and paper
fortunes in Wall street fade into smoke
or rise like the tides of ocean at flood
A very powerful man is Mr. Hartman
with things that men create. But tho
Colorado river can cut his dikes in a
night and give him a battle that hC
cannot win at any cost
What does this show? That man
after all, is largely a man-madC
creature lie is inflated through tn,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

love or fear or support Of his fellows.
He Is great" because others are afraid
Of him or admire him. He is powerful
because they follow. He is an artificial,
trumped-up power, held up by means
Of speculations and surmises. But let
nature take hand-old Dame Nature,
that knows nor fears any human
creature-and what becomes Of this
magician among us by our own con-
jurations? He becomes as petty and
puny as any wayside wanderer.
The government is having some
trouble curbing the ambitions OF this
Mr.. Hartman; It is making quite a
fuss about It, Let the government
learn the lesson of the Colorado river
and the Salton sea--that a power that
It possesses is irresistible as soon as
it breaks through the dikes that man
has built for It; but so long as IL is
confined IL is too tame for any use.
The president has recommended to
congress that the government take
hold OF the Salton sea and do that
which Mr.. Hartman has failed to do
control it-as we'll as control Mr.. Harri-
man. The government has the power
and should feel impelled to do both.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14
THE PART THAT WILLIE GETS

When we have turkey (ain't 1t nice,
All cooked so fine and brownD
My pa he cuts each one slice
An passes 1t aroun'.
He gives to all OF 'em (but me)
The part at they selec,
An when / pass my plate, says he:
"Ah, Willie-heres the neck!
Ma always says: ooh, anything"
But pa gives her the breast
An Uncle Joe he takes the wing
(The part I like the besD;
An gran'pa says: "Oh, I dunno.
I'll take a leg, / spec"
An pa, all smiling, says: "Jes' so.
Come Willie-here's the neck!"
When pa asks Susan. what's her ch'ice
She says, "I'll have a thigh"
Then brother George he gets his slice
With stuffin' piled up high.
An so 1t goes until, oh, dear!
That turk is mos wreck.
When pa at last says: "Williel HereW
An Willie gets the neck.
Now, I've been thinkin' quite a while,
q hope ii amt no sin)
Jes s'pos'n' turks went out o style
An other birds cum In
An s'pos'n' stead o. turkey, pa
Had ostrich to dissec'
l wonder would he say AHA!
Here, Willie--take the neck"
Puck.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

erence. Nobody, after the publication
Of the extraordinary correspondence be-
tween the president and the storers,
can entertain any doubt as to the fact
that the latter, In exerting themselves
at the Vatican to secure the red hat for
Archbishop ireland, were convinced
that they were fulfilling the wishes Of
the chief magistrate of the United
states.
Henry Whites Transfer
In spite of all assertions to the con
trary. IL Is a matter. Of common knowl-
edge abroad and at Washington that
the transfer of Henry White from Rome
to Paris was rendered imperative by
the difficult situation which his wife
had 'created in the Eternal City, both
for him and for herself, by attempting
TO exercise n despotic discrimination
against grande DANES Of the patrlciate
to whose more or less pronounced fiirta-
tlons She took exception.
There was one lady extremely popular
in Roman society to whom Prince Vic
tor of Italy, count of Turlnu, is greatly
devoted. BY reason OF this royal in
fatuation she was barred from the
American embassy. Moreover, Mrs.
White gave additional offense by enter
tanning a foreign royal visitor to Rome
at the very moment when the universal
ly regretted Princess Del Drago, whose
husband and son owned the palace IN
which the American embassy was situ-
ated was being buried from that palace,
the royal arrival interrupting the for
nation of the funeral procession.
The Marquis de Montebello, who for
so many years represented France at
ST. Petersburg. was deprived of MS
lucrative enthusiastically owing to the
extraordinary rudeness OF his extremely
bourgeoise marquse, the daughter of a
Partisan shopkeeper, to the wives OF the
French cabinet ministers on the occa-
sion of the last visit of the czar and
czarna to France, and of their stay at
the palace of Compiegne.
Boxed Englshwoman' Ears
Another French "ambassadress" the
high spirited and eccentric Duchesse de
Persigny, nee Princess La Moscowa,
and a granddaughter of the Famous
Marshal Ney, caused the recall of her
husband from the post of ambassador
to the court of st. James by losing her
temper and boxing the ears of an Eng
lish lady of title who had appeared at a
royal ball at the French embassy In a
dress identically the same as that of the
duchess. Queen Victoria was present,
witnessed the affair, and was so indig-
nant that she Immediately requested
Napoleon III to withdraw the duke
from London on account of his wife.
Nine. Nasos, the beautiful Greek am
bassadress' at Belgrade. wrecked ner
husbands career by accepting the ad-
vances of King Milan while he was still
on the throne. Queen Natalie, aware of
the friendship between her husband and
the Hellenic beauty, declined to accord
her the customary kiss of peace at Eas-
ter, denouncing her in the presence OF
the entire court as an immoral woman.
AS Queen Natalie's charges were gen
orally believed to be well-founded, the
Greek envoy was recalled and shelved.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14
SIDE-STEPPING GOVERNOR

1t would be difficult to find single
recommendation in Governor Gillett's
message that is not subsequently quail
flied or modified The governor APP
pears to be nightly afraid of. taking
determined stand on any public is
sue. He seems to seek a position
astrde the fence where he may fin
ally alight on either side, as may better
suit his convenience or interest.
The handling of the direct primary
election question by the governor shows
an example in point The subject has
been thoroughly considered by the vot-
ers of this state, and the BILE
expressions of opinion have been al
most unanimous, barring, of course, the
politico-railway machine-the so-called
Organization" This highly important
question, which the governor would
have advocated in strong terms If he
reflected the wishes of the people, is
straddled as fairly as the governor
ever bestrode burro in the wilds of
Humboldt county
Notice this example of gubernatorial
fiimham: "The direct primary law is
being discussed somewhat (sic), and
will no doubt be taken up and consid-
cred by you during the session; there
is much that can be said in favor of
direct primary law, and there are
many good arguments made against
it," Perched on his gubernatorial bur-
70, the governors long legs are in
touch with the ground on either side
of the direct primary question.
The governors observations on econ
omy in the public service of the state
are on a level with his views on pri-
mary elections. Every effort should
be made" says the governor, Ito pre-
vent any unnecessary expenditures of
money being made" And at the very
moment that the sentence was being
read before the legislature majority
of the members, probably, were think
ing of the graft they expected to realize
with the official aid of their political
leader in the executive chair.
The governor straddles the capita
and labor question with the infinite
grace tnaI distinguishes Ills olueI pei
formances in the message. He says:
Capital and labor are both organized,
and when kept within reasonable limits
and prevented from trenching upon
the rights of others can accomplish
great good and are to be encouraged"
A wonderfully illuminating observa-
tion
AS an assembler of words so that
they may mean nothing, Gov. Gillett
is a notable success. The extracts from
his message quoted here are fine sam
pies of the whole document. There is
not a virile paragraph in it, from be-
ginning to end. 1t gives the impress
sion Of hesitancy and timidity through
out, as if the governor had grave mis-
givings whether his sayings would en-
tirely meet the approval of the or
ganization."
1t is deplorable that the proud state
of California should have for its Off
cial head a man who seems "afraid to
say his souls his own" together with
legislature whose majority of members
give reason to suspect that they grad
uated as adopts in the stage hold-up
business
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14
Then and Now

He used to take his pen in hand"
When he would fain indite her;
But modern mans in such a rush
He uses a typewriter.
He used to send a mercury
With dainty note, when donor
or request to go with him
But now he'll only phone her.
All, me; the world is faster now
It's smashed most every fetter
or time-but in I'VE olden days"
We men did some things better.
w. H. G.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

\ Los Angeles man died last week of
a broken heart while one in New York
died of JOY. Which goes to show that
excess of either happiness or woe is bad
for a person and that the safe course
is the moderate one, without surplus
of either.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

The Herald asserted some weeks ago
that Hartman had bought Venice. 1t
is now admitted by the other papers.
Really, to get the news when it is fresh
you must read The Herald.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14
He Had the counterslan

Lieut. Col. Thurston. when guard in.
spector of the New York camp at
Peekskill, approached one night a Ger
man sentinel, who simply looked at
him and marched on.
"Well?" inquired the colonel, in
tending to remind the man of his duty.
"Vell, veil! Vot iss it?'
."Don't you want the countersign?"
"No, dots all right. Der feller in der
guards tent give Il to me. | got it,"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

1t would seem that Mayor Harper is
right in insisting on a footwalk in the
Hartman North Hill street tunnels
People in that region should be ac-
corded this right, and it won't hurt the
railroad companys car line any.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

One would hardly think, to hear the
yowls from the back fences about town
every night, that 972 cats had been
found dead in Los Angeles already this
month. That's the record compiled by
the dead animal contractors
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

That Pennsylvania preacher who
stopped a funeral long enough to bap-
tie a sudden convert certainly showed
his good sense in saving the living, even
though the dead waited, for the dead
was at least past hope.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

Wouldn't it be a good idea to start the
longest creased liar in the world" 10
work tracing up that special com
mish"? He's burning up lot of the
Hoist money, Onkel Heiney.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

San Diego is promised another theater,
1t is to be hoped that companies want
ing to play there won't have to sub
NIT their offerings to a high priestess
in advance, as is the case now.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

Put the chain gang to work i'm Griffith
park and build barracks there for it.
Then that great stretch of beauty win
become more available to the people for
whom it exists.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

Hoist, who is so expert in getting out
relief expeditions, should send one after
his own special cummsh," who seems
to be pretty badly up against it right
now.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

a footwalk through the North Hill
street tunnels should be made part Of
the agreement, and the new ordinances
should contain this proyiso.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

BY all means extend Elyslan parks
improvements. This is already one ol
the most beautiful and unique parks in
the world, and it Should be made even
more so.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

Only three cities in the United States
put up more buildings in December
than did Los Angeles-New York, Chi
cago and St, Louis. We're in pretty fast
company in our building operations, it
eapToC
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

Speaking of boulevards, wouldn't it
be we'll first to fix up the roads and
streets ave already have before making
new ones?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

Long Beachers want more fire protec.
ton. If Long Beach were a part of Los
Angeles that would be a simple matter
to arrange. See the point?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

The great beauty about the Sabbath
is that the Legislature is never in ses-
sion then. Also, that's another cause
for rendering thanks.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

One would hardly think that nearly
10000 cat lives went out in Los Angeles
during this month 50 far Yet figure it
out-972 cats dead with nine lives apiece.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

The general land Office agent seems
almost a bogey man; his transfer tc
California has sent cold shivers down
more than one spine.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

The reform party has won i'm China;
but that doesn't mean that the indi-
yidual Chinese win reform some of his
ways, Hardly.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

The fact that 972 dead cats were
hauled away from Los Angeles since
New Years ana that each cat had nine
lives to give up, makes a record of NOR
tally something awful in its greatness.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

1t is all right for the Jews in America
to defy Russia. as one of them urges,
but the Jews in Russia seem to have
hard luck along that line.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

OF course Mayor Harper will greet
Bryan; that's one of the many adVan'
tages in having a Democratic mayor.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

One may sneer all one wishes at Ben
Tillman, but he has sized this negro
soldiers discharge question up about
right.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

Of course the S. P. is not enthusiastic
over the union of Los Angeles and San
Pedro. There is nothing in it for The
S. p, y'see
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

Twenty big deals in Hill street in five
months show how active Los Angeles
realty is, and how prices are advancing.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14
ROOSEVELT FOOLED THEM

]. r. Hickman of Somerset county
has received an interesting letter from
a friend in the canal zone, giving a
brief but much more interesting ac-
count of President Roosevelt's visit to
the canal than was contained in the
dispatches. The letter follows:
Teddy was hero and saw more in
three days than the commission has
seen in two years. He did not go any
place they wanted to take him; he just
went where he darned please. He never
ate q meal at their banquets. He
would sneak off and eat at some of
the government boarding houses, where
they least expected him. He actually
went through mud up to his knees,
with his white suit on and 1t raining
in bucketfulS.
"Oh, he fooled them. He told them
that he did not want to see the places
that were all right; it was the places
that were not right that he wanted to
see. There was not one in the bunch
that could keep up with him. He went
into nigger quarters and sat down and
talked with the niggers, and asked
them all kinds of questions. Also, he
went into the white quarters. l heard
he told officials how things had to be
from this on. Some of them went to
arguing the case, and said that such
that if they had no remedy he had
one.
II heard he got mad at one place and
Just raised Cain; talked out in the
street so everybody could hear him.
You should have seen him galloping
down some of these muddy streets
the mud flying over his head. He
showed them how to get around."-
Philadelphia Record.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

San Pedros change of heart on an
neXation was decided, even newspaper
there having switched. Why not make
It unanimous?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

San Pedro and Los Angeles are 50
nearly in accord on union that the eIec-
ton will be mere formality.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

The place for that nine-foot negro is
in front of the pie counter, armed with
an elm club. Hire him, Mr.. Mayor.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

This week we will vote to join San
Pedro and Los Angeles
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

Maybe the Hoist special commish'
doesn't want to come home. And who
could blame him?
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

Engineer Lippincott is now on the
Hoist black list He has been pralslnS
the Owens river project abroad.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

A steamship line between San Pedro
and the Orient is assured. See wha
consolidation with Los Angeles means.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

1t was a close pull between J. Pluvius
and Old Sol yesterday but Sol won.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

And again, there may be rain today
so don't give away your umbrella.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

Favorite song of the Hoist myrmi-
dons: Sailing, sailing, over the briny
main.'
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14
WOMAN IN DIPLOMACY IS STILL sTRewNe WRECKS

instances Showing How Malicious Feminine
- Has Famous Ambassadors
Front New Yorkw
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

Considering the weather, Los Angeles
building record last week was a marvel.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

An exchange comes out with the
statement that "Kaiser Wilhelm has
5000 servants who are two-thirds
women" We're from Missouri
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

And now prepare for the annexation
of the rest of the beach cities.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

what no? Hast seen Our special
commish?"
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

Mr.. Harriman's father was a minis
ter and some people will consider that
that explains a good DEAL
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

Unless someone holds Richmond
Pearson Hobson there is danger that
he will rush forth and demolish Japan
all by himself.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

We venture the prediction that when
the income tax arrives there will not
be as much lying about incomes as
there is now.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14
Turning to Literature

Emmett and Lawrence Haynes went
to Sunday school Sunday and got
enough literature to last them a
month, such as "Peck's Bad Boy" and
"On Slow Train Through Arkansas"
-Sequachee (Tenn.) News
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14
SITRE THING

Hixon-The absconding president OF
the Hide and Seek Trust Company mas
settled in South America.
Dixon-It would have been good
thing IL he had settled in this country
drst,
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14
Faith and Works

Boston Girl-Do you believe in mar
riage?
Chicago Girl-Believe in it? Gee! I
practice it.-Cleveland Leader.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14
Population of Los Angeles, Isl, 1863

Clean up the streets.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14
Dog Poisoners Rebuked

Some poor sacrifice has taken it upon
himself to rid the community of the
canine speci, and his thoughtess cor
rided mind has received an overflow
ing inspiration from the blacklist in
ferno to administer poison to these de-
fenseless animals. The poison was
doubtless given for the benefit of the
ours that so abundantly abound in this
town. Nevertheless there are other
and more humane ways of disposing
of these dogs provided by village ordi-
nances.-Ainsworth (Neb.) Advocate.
German astronomers assert that there
is smoke on the moon. Presumably
the man in the moon Is also getting rid
of his Christmas cigars as fast as he
can.
1t Is suggested that the campaign to
evangelize the world within a genera
tion shall begin with congress- II sue
cessful there the rest of the world will
present no serious difficulty.
A club In Brooklyn has decided that
marriage is a failure. But they should
have added 'in Brooklyn"
There is in Kansas a man who is n
minister, a doctor. an undertaken and
dealer in tombstones. We have not
heard why he doesn't practice dem
tistry.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

Not one of them is seeking the presi-
dental nomination. They are only
sitting on the doorstep, so that it can
stumble over them when it comes out
to see how high the sun is.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

John d. Rockefeller says he forgives
those who misunderstood him. An
other function of the Almighty that
John has arrogated to himself.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-01-14

In the Chicago schools they are now
teaching "hugless dancing and iva
terless swimming They will prove
quite a help to brainless pupils.