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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-16
OUR EXPENSIVE PILATES.

Physiological chemists occasionally
delight to tell us that we are the dupes
of aesthetic senses and pleasing fla.
vOrs. Men will pay, they say, half a
guinea for a pint Of turtle soup which,
from a strictly nntritiYe point Of view,
IL not worth a twentieth part OF that
sum. Oysters, we are told, are an ex-
travagant form Of food, since fourteen
OF them do not contain as much nour-
ishment as single egg, while 1t would
require the ingestion Of no less than
200 good oysters before the protein
equivalent of a pound OF beef was
reached. Cavlare, again, IL not to be
compared with the bloater as regards
Its nutrItlve value. Indeed, the latter
OFFERS the largest amount OF nutri'
ment for a given sum OF any animal
food" ~...
II Is evident II we regard these con-
illusions seriously that large section
Of the human race Ii wickedly indul-
gent, caring more for the palatable
than the nutritious quality Of food.
The same appears to be true in regard
to beverages, and even in the case OF
cigars there IL no difference, chemical
" speaking, between the penny Pick
wick and the shilling Havana. The
difference Of IL pence 10 paid for favor,
and favor alone. PhysloiOgieally 1t ls
possible that a brandy and soda" cost
Ing. say, a shilling IL lust - satisfac-
tory as a pint Of champagne at 3 shii-
lings. Similarly II may be said that a
pint OF beer at sixpence 10 quite as
good, dietetically speaking, as q small
bottle Of Chateau Margeaux at Be-. Cd.
There are however, clearly Instances
In which IN no sense can the nutTitive
equivalent Of food and beverages be
summed up in 20 many pounds, shii-
llnga and pence, How often Ii Il
found, for example, that the invalid
may be tempted to take few oysters
In preference to a small beef flllet or
some turtle soup when calves head, the
basis Of mock turtle, would scarcely
appeal to him, even although II may
be more than equal in nutritive value
TO the only reptile used to any extent
as food IN this country. When a per
son refuses to take given food, how
ever nntritive and wholesome II may
be, because Il ia not tempting to the
sight or the palate, Il 10 in many In
stances probable that II he struggles
to overcome his fastidiousness sucf
food may prove 10 tax bis digestive
functions and may even cause gastric
trouble. 81 f sal4ae5a e4,,45.i =.
The chemical analysis Of food and
physiological experiments IN the tesl
tube do not take into account this psy'
chical factor OF digestion, for the di
gestive process Is well begun when the
sight Of food IL pleasing. On the con
trary, when food does not appeal to the
eye It II likely not TO appeal to thu
stomach. 1t IL hardly reasonable tc
conclude. therefore, that the price Of
flavor Is always the price Of luxury
Lancet,
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-16
ADORNED Insurance.

One and only one Of the three great
life insurance corporations which came
to grief and reformed under fire Is now
IN the control Of a trained insurance
man, In placing the son-ln-law OF Its
former president at the head of affairs
the New York Life appears to stand
pat on Its contention that the old man
agement was upright and efficient. at
least in the main. The new president,
Mr. Kingsley, has long been connected
with the inside management OF the
company. e .s..
Perhaps 1t Is good thing for the
public that the insurance people have
been left fairly free to carry ON the
work Of reforming the insurance sys-
tenn themselves. Suggestions OF state
control, so common q year or 30 ago,
have practically ceased, It will be bet
Ter for business Of all kinds II the
prObity Of business men as they aver
are IL indicated by clean and honest
Insurance.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-16
: Rxpre.a COmpany Proats.

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No commission will ever be able %
IND out the extent OF the PROFITS made
out OF the carrying business In this
country, but the recent handing out Of
S24,000O0O Of surplus profits BY the
Adams Express company reveals one
branch Of 1t which has made many Of
our multimillionaires. Within ten
years $36,O0OO 900 have been paid to
shareholders of this company in add.
ton to regular annual dividends, which
may represent as high as 40 or 90 per
cent return on the capital actually In.
vested in the business.
Others of the big express companies
are paying large dividends. In one
way and another the officials Of the ex.
press companies are linked with the
railroads. 1t transplred last summer
that Hartman was heavy owner of
express company stock and able to
manipulate the vast surplus Of one
OF the transcontinental corporations.
Aside from the question as to the rea-
condolences of the rates charged by
the express companies, there IL point
to consider in the duplication of the
work and cost and diversion Of prof.
its under the present system. The rail
roads carry the express freight without
providing extra facilities. They could
handle some of the business themselves
and thereby add to their own profits
which they claim to be so small as moi
to justify reduction In rates. also some
Of the money going into the S24 100000
watermelon would have gone to the
postal department II we had q parcels
post aystem. Mr.. Hill says that the
railroads are not making money enough
to keep their plants up to the capacity
demanded by the country's business
Charges are made that railroad de
mands for carrying the mails are ex
cessive IN some cases That somebody Il
making big money out of the railroad
plants IL shown by the express profits
II part Of those profits should go t.
the railroad owners the roads anG
eventually the whole people would b.
gamers.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-16
what the steerage Brings Us.

II IL q common notion In this country
that the human movement to America
h made up largely Of driftwood and
that the vicious, idle and even criminal
classes predominant. Some most horri.
BILE propensities are found among our
Immigrants, and 1t is the settled belief
that only by stringent laws and cease
less vigilance can we escape a food Of
undesirables.
Now, race prejudice Is very strong,
and Americans are not free from It..
Because a few foreigners go wrong 1t
does not follow that all immigrants
from the land represented by the few
are q bad lot The European view,
based on hard facts, disputes this In
dlctment. In the past Germany has
complained, with good reason, that all
the ablebodied young men ran of to
America. The steerage population
proved It. Now several European
countries are protesting that the bone
and slnew OF the agricultural districts
are moving westward. Small farmers
and village tradesmen are emigratlng,
and industry and agriculture are suf-
fering. Both views cannot be right.
We do get a percentage of criminals
and paupers and would gladly cut
them out. But II we are getting the
kind Of STUFF Europe Is anxious to keep
at home 1t is worth our while to make
q sharp distinction and while snubbing
the wrong sort welcome the right sort
There are more where they come from
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-16

UnQuestiOnably things of great inter-
est to the world are taking place in
China, and It is unfortunate that accu-
rate information of what Is occurring
In that vast population Is impossible of
attainment What we do not know,
and what It is of the utmost impor-
lance that we should know, Is whether
the discomfort arises from lack of that
To which the people have been accus-
toned or an awakening desire for high
or standards of life.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-16

Et 3 very comforting to hear secre
taEy TAFT declare in 30 emphatic = way
that there win be no war with Japan.
II Il q most reasauring statement 70
the Yankee people over here. but do
the little brown Yankees Of the orient
agros a. to how authoritative Mr..
Tafts word ls1
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-16

Al America IL glad over the rouslng
weicome LOndOners prepared for Mark
Twain. He b as typlcally, avowedly
and irTerievably American as an
American possibly could be. His per-
sOnality. his point Of view. the quality
Of his humoE, the expression OF II, are
al significant Of his native land.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-16

The opening Of the second peace con-
ference on June 10 with America at
the head Of the table didn't choke
down the old fashioned chorus Of Yam
kee hurrahS over Bunker Hill two days
later.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-16

Our regulars. backed by raw militia.
shssrstically smashed an invading ieet
at the entrance to Long Island sound
In the recent maneuvers. II might b
well TO suggest to Japan that when
our dander In up we do \ heap better
By practice than by theory.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-16

At last brand new steamship has
arrived in New York which Is not the
greatest ever built and has Eelther ex-
press elevators nor trolley cars.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-16

Jamaica and southern Spain had the
dry, warm spring weather that was
missed in nearly every section OF this
country. and the people OF those lands
are complaining Of drought
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-16

Anyway Yankee Doodle" would
take q back seat to give Iese majesty
free play with the miscreant who In
suits the United States uniform.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-07-16

After awhile 1t will be understood
that the man who really knows about
animal life is the man who can't put
what he knows into writing.
The Dolores star., 1907-05-24
Cyclone Plays Havoc.

Douglas, Wyo.-Ten men hal a mar
row escape from death recently, when
cyclone completely demolished the
buildings and shearing pens of the
Gard Sheep Company at Shawnee
Springs. a Northwestern siding,
twenty-six miles east of this place. One
man, E. R. Grize, was seriously Injured
and was brought to the hospital here.
He has a broken shoulder, numerous
scalp wounds, one of his ears is almost
severed, and he may be internally in
jured. The nine other men all received
injuries, but none were seriously hurt.
The loss to the Card company will
probably total $4,000.
The employees of the Card company
were sitting at the ranch building, hav-
ing just finished dinner, when the cy-
clone struck the structure. Ths house
was picked up bodily and hurled from
its foundations. 1t then began 10 turn
end over end. During the first turn
the roof came off as it struck the
ground and the ten men were left
sprawling on the ceiling, while the re-
mainder of the building was taken
some distance and was then torn to
pieces by the twister. Had not the roof
come off every man would have been
killed.
In addition to the dwelling, all OF
the shearing pens, corrals, cow sheds
and other improvements of the Card
company were destroyed The cyclone
destroyed telegraph and telephone
communications and whether or not
similar damage or fatalities occurred
at other ranches had not been ascer-
tained up to midnight.
Soon after the passage of the cy-
clone the employees Of the Card Com
pany tagged Northwestern train and
1t was on this train that Grize was
brought to Douglas. State Veterinary
w. F. Pfaging, who was on the train,
left his emergency kit with the other
injured men, who remained to care for
the sheep and they dressed their own
wounds.
The Dolores star., 1907-05-24
SEVEN MEN BURIED ALIVE.
cei.@ado Miners Caught in a Trap and
Are Burned or Suffocated.

Trinidad, Colo.-Seven men, includ-
ing Superintendent Alex Jacobs, were
either burned to death or suffOcated in
the Engleville mine at Engleville, a
Colorado Fuel and Iron Company camp
four miles south of Trinidad, some
time on the night of May goth The
bodies, including that of Superintend-
ent Jacobs, have already been recov-
cred.
The men went to work, and when
they did not come out in the morning
an investigation was started. 1t was
discovered that fire which broke out in
the mine year ago and Was still burn
ing in some sections, had suddenly
spread and swept across the incline
tunnel, cutting of the men and pre-
venting them from reaching the out
side
The point where the flames crossed
the tunnel Is fully three miles from the
opening and it was necessary to dig a
Temporary tunnel around the fire in
order to reach the bodies of the i'll
fated miners.
The names of the other six cead
cannot be obtained at this time; they
were white miners and had lived at
Engleville for many years.
The Engleville mine Is one of the
Oldest coal producers in Colorado, hav-
ing been operated fully thirty years.
AS soon as the bodies were recov-
'ered, a telephone message was sent to
Coroner Sipe, who went to the scene
to make an investigation.
The Dolores star., 1907-05-24
Farmers Object to :TaiIfnss.

Colorado Springs, Colo.-An injunc-
tion suit and actions for damages are
imminent against the various reduction
mills Of Colorado City because of the
dumping of thousands of tons of tail
ings daily in Fountain creek. The farm
ers of Fountain valley between Colo
RADIO Springs and the town of Fountain
have banded themselves together for
protection.
Their contention is that the cyanide
and other chemical solutions are slowly
but surely killing the crops and turn
ing thousands of acres of fertile land
into desert. They also contend that
the mill tailings. which consist wholly
of pulverized granite, contain no plant
food, and Is also running the land.
They claim that the sediment COM
pletely fills their bitches in twenty
four hours, and just now, when water
is badly needed, they cannot get water
on their land. A conference is being
held with the mill managers, and if
this should not prove satisfactory, the
farmers say they will Immediately ap-
peal to the courts.
The Dolores star., 1907-05-24
Here ls Home Rule!

Mellette, s. D.-The husbands and
fathers of Mellette have arisen in re-
volt against the game of bridge whist
and have passed an ordinance making
it q misdemeanor for any woman to
play the game, imposing punishment
of from $50 to 500 fine and several
days in jail.
The men declare their women folk
are so infatuated with bridge that they
are neglecting their house hold duties
Mothers have even sighted their ba-
bies to PLAY bridge, and their husbands
receive no attention at all. The women
are angry over the passage of the or
dinance. They say they have as much
right to pass the time playing bridge
whist as the men have to play poker.
The town marshal SO feared the wrath
of the women that he resigned.
The Dolores star., 1907-05-24
REDUCING RATES
MORE EFFICIENT WORK or
FREIGHT RATE kiNDEL-
AFTER EXPRESS compAM es
Keeping EveriastinaIy after Il 10
Evidently Going to Bring success
And BENEFIT Colorado

Denver-Some Of the express
rates from Eastern points to
Denver have been reduced a.
ready as an admitted result
of George J. Kindel's crusade against
the five great express companies, and
the case has not yet even come up for
trial before the interstate commerce
commission.
IF we can achieve such concessions
for Denver by merely filing suit
against the companies. what great ad.
vantages will we secure for the pub.
lie OF this city by the time we get a
decision in the easel" said Albert L.
vogl, a lawyer in the Colorado build
ing, who has charge OF this case for
Kindel.
Starting out to secure lower railroad
freight rates for Denver. Kindel has
added to his original program a figh.
for lower express. Now two OF the
express companies have answered the
complaint and both aver that the ex-
press rates ARE dominated and con-
trolled largely by the freight rates
Of the various lines" Concessions in
freight rates have been secured on
many items as one of the results of
the Kindel suit, and the express COM
panies are now following the example.
Attorney Vogl charged in the COM
plant that the express rate from New
York to Denver, on through ship
.nent, was greater than the rate from
New York to Omaha. unloading and
reloading and shipping the article
from Omaha to Denver. The expense
OF unloading and reloading is consider
able, but in the face OF this Expense
he asserted 1t was cheaper to send
goods in this roundabout way He
cited the rates on a package weighing
forty pounds as the particular in
stance on which he based this charge.
The Pacific Express Company In
the answer just flied with the Inter.
state Commerce Commission, copy
Of which has been sent to Kindel,
says:
This defendant admits such dis.
crepancy did exist, but AYERS that II
has changed its graduated scale SO
that the charge from New York TO
Denver on forty pounds will be $3.75.
or 10 cents less than the sum OF the
locals"
All the express companies made low
rates on seven pounds or less in order
to take as much business as possible
away from the federal government,
but increase the charges proportions.
ately above that point because the
government put a weight limit OF
four pounds on the parcels it carries.
In reply to charge OF discrimination,
the companies in their. answers aver
that n anyone wants to send q MnAli
package at the lower rates he can
mail 1t or express 1t in two. small
packages. Vogl answers. specifically:
Pilates in large numbers for the SOU
venir silver spoons made in Denver. as
an example. are sent from Newbury-
port, Massachusetts and weigh from
eight to eleven pounds. How can the
manufacturer cut one Of these plates
in two and send it in two bundles?
This is only an instance and shows
that in many lines of shipments
articles cannot be divided into small
bundles"
The Dolores star., 1907-05-24
Are They Jobbins Ben BIT

Denver.-william C. Blair, chiet
clerk of the House Of Representatives,
'is standing pat on his record of the
passage of the Juvenile Court bill,
which record does not agree with that
of the Senate with respect to two Sen
ate amendments. His journal shows
that the amendments in question were
not adopted by the House.
I'm the Sunday Post, over the sigma
ture of B. B. Lindsey, notice the fol-
lowing statement concerning House
Bill No. 1872, considered and passed by
both houses of the Sixteenth Assembly
with particular reference to the amend.
ment which is part of the enrolled
bill, but which does not appear in the
House journal" said Mr.. Blair to-day.
Some of the Senate officials have
informed me that as matter of fact
the amendment was transmitted to the
House, but if it was the chief clerk of
the House neglected to publish it in
the journal of the House.
ut is a fact, as appears from the
records, that the amendment was sent
to the House by the Senate and en-.
rolled in the House bill by the House
enrolment committee, but why the
clerk did not report 1t in the journal is
difficult to understand"
There can be and there is only one
reason for the amendment not appear
ing in the House journal: The message
from the Senate notifying the House
that the bill had passed the Senate
with certain amendments did not, does
not-and from the nature of the con-
struction of the communication, never
did and could not-contain the amend
ment referred to and which is claimed
by some to nave passed the Senate.
The records Of the House of Repre-
sentatives Of the Sixteenth Assembly
concerning House Bill No. 1872 are abb
solutely correct, and they are correct
on every other bill, matter and thing
coasidered and acted upon by it"
The Dolores star., 1907-05-24
Helping People to seIsHeIp.

In America we are Just learning
that the greatest gift you can give C
blind man Is the ability to earn his
own living. Denmark extends that
boon to the halt and MANNED as well
as to the blind. A workman crippled
in Danish factory knows precisely
what to do. He goes to the school for
disabled workers and learns to sup
port himself without the lost arm or
leg or finger, as the case may be. The
school has made an exhaustive study
Of trade chances for crippled folk. 1t
provides tools, food, medicine and free
orthopedic treatment for its unfortu-
nate pupils, buys their work as soon
az It is saleable. and once they know a
trade finds them positions. Here, says
Mary Bronson Hartt in the Worlds
Work. is . prophecy for the future
extension of the American movement
for the Industrial Independents OF the
blind.
The Dolores star., 1907-05-24
Lie imprisonment for Maynard.

Alliance, Neb.-The jury in the case
of Roy Maynard. Denver boy who
shot and killed Roy B. Barnes, proprie
tor of the Burlington eating house.
here last winter, returned verdict of
life imprisonment.
The trial began Friday afternoon
and the case was given to the jury Sat
urday night.
1t wassalleged by Barnes that May
nard, who had been working for him.
tapped the till and he refused to paw
Maynard nine days wages which was
due him. After discharging Maynard
Barnes attempted to eject him from the
place. whereupon Maynard opened the
door and shot Barnes three times, in
stantly killing him.
The Dolores star., 1907-05-24
VICE ON ISTHMUS
YOUNG AMERICAN GIRLS HELD IN
SLAVERY AND DIsHoNoR.
SALOON TO EVERY MILE POST

Editor Ferguson Returns From Pan
anna and Tells Some Very Vivid
Stories Of Misdoinas by Govern
ment Employees.
That young American girls are held
In slavery in disorderly houses In the
Panama canal zone is the charge made
by William P. F. Ferguson, editor OF
the Defender, a New York Prohibition
paper, who addressed the weekly meet
ing of the Methodist ministers in Den
yer recently.
AS a result of his disclosures, there
is developing a movement OF protest
that will reach Washington in short
time, backed by the churches Of the
entire country.
Ferguson spent a month on the 18TH
mus looking into conditions OF vice,
and his charges are summed up as fol-
lows:
Land owned by the government is
leased to owners of disorderly houses.
with full knowledge of the purposes
fer which the property is used.
Such places are in control OF a syn
dicate of Americans and Panamians,
who make business of procuring
young girls from the states.
One of the largest places OF this de-
scription on the isthmus is owned by
the son-in-law of the Panamian gov
ernor of Colon.
One of the leading officials Of the
panama railroad, which is owned by
the United States, has just completed
three-story building in Colon. which Is
used for immoral purposes.
Conditions on the isthmus are
shocking" said Mr. Fe4uson. Sec
retary Taft, in reply to the arraign-
ment of POultney Bigelow some time
ago. said there were no immoral
houses in The canal zone. That was
true only as far as public places are
concerned. / found in my invest1ga-
ton that there were many such dens
run under cover, but with the knowl-
edge of the authorities. Outside of the
canal zone the wide-open policy pre-
walls. and can scarcely paint the hor-
rible picture. Vice runs rampant.
saw American girls who are practically
held in slavery by a syndicate, which
is composed of Americans and Pana-
mians. In more than one town / found
such places Immediately adjoining
school houses"
Land owned by the government is
under lease to owners of these dens.
and in some cases officials connected
with the government are interested in
them. For example, an official of the
Panama railroad has just finished a
three-story house in Colon, Which is
being used as a disorderly house.
In the canal zone there is AN aver
age of one saloon to every milepost.
the number being fifty. There were 1O2
saloons, but the number has been cut
down arbitrarily one-half, but there are
still too many.
1.-The saloons are the only ioafing
place for the Americans employed in
building the canal, the government
clubhouses not yet being completed"
The Dolores star., 1907-05-24
The Aps pup,s.

The philanthropical Fifth avenue
iadv was visiting q lower East Side
Sunday school. To test the aptness
sf . particularly INDECENT cluster pi
pupils, she took the class in hand t.
question them
Children. which IL the greatest Of
al vir4aes?"
Not .-le answered.
Think Q little What is Il an do
ing when I give up time and pleasure
to come down among you for :Soul
moral good?"
A grimy fst went up.
well. what am l doing. little boy?'
"Duttin' in,"-Life.