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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
JOHN JOSEPHSON

One day when the writer was out get
ting acquainted with conditions an,
looking for subscribers, he "blew in" a
home on some newly fenced lands ant
found stalwart man sitting arount
complaing of existing conditions. Blu ii
was not John Josephson, and we would
not mention this circumstance In con
nection with John, but for the lesson il
brings. The man enjoying the shade Of
the house said it was no use to bother
with crops because the rabbits were sc
numerous they would eat it off as fast
as it came up. Then if he got a crop
the market was no good. Too far from
the seaboard. No big cities and nc
manufacturing centers to draw from.
Nothing to it," he said, II am going to
git out of the darn country" We went
back in the fall and he was still there,
bordering on the chances of hard
winter
A few miles further on, long way
from neighbors, we found man "topp-
ing out" dyke with shovel. He had
built it in the spring, and it was hardly
high enough, and his wife drove team
and scraper to bring dirt from "hump"
some distance away. The lady apollo
gized for the part she was taking, but
we saw only heroine, for the gentle
man had had one leg amputated close
to the hip, and could stand and shovel,
but could not follow a scraper. They
were farming, and this was John JOS
ephson, in country "where the mark
cts were no good: too far from the sea
board factories. cities etc" He apollo.
giZed for permitting his wife to haul
the dirt to him, But he explained, "we
have to put this land in condition to r-
rigate. We lost a part of our crop this
year because we could not do the work
soon enough, but We will have it ready
next year"
We could not refrain from taking a
few notes, and now, knowing that he
marketed some crops from that land the
following summer, we will let you in on
those notes.
John is of Swedish blood, and was
born in Finland, April 24, 1871. He
came to the United States in 1890, and
lived in Michigan and Colorado before
coming to Idaho. He lost his limb in
of a cave.in of mine at
Telluride, Colorado, and brot his fami-
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
HAD A LITERARY APPETITE.
1t Was Influenced by Memories Of
Books He Had Read.

Have you literary appetite" ask
ed a man with lap full of magazines
moving over in tho car seat to make
room for his friend with the bundles
You mean taste for literature?'
asked his companion as he settled
himself comfortably for the trip.
mo, | mean an appetite influenced
by literature. For instance, whenever
l eat roast beef think of old England
and gay coated country squires riding
to the hounds across the heath covered
hills It's historic flavor calls up pic.
lures of ivy grown castles, their walls
ringing with the wassail and song of
our ancestors, or | hear the clash of
armor and the singing of clothyard
shafts, These secondhand memories
make Inc eat twice rs much as would
ordinarily.
THE salty twang of olives brings to
mind the towers and spires of Granada
and flocks Of Moorish dancing girls.
For moment | hear the sound of cas-
tanets and see flashes of jeweled silk
EN- garments"
Well said the man with the bun
dies, Il can't say that my mind is in
fluenced in that way by what l eat,
but of course, certain dishes occasion
ally recall certain events and scenes
in my own life
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
l.. j. PORTER

The subject of this sketch was borr
in Sullivan County Penn, June %, 1851
He came to Idaho in 1888, and took uE
land in what is now Porterville. In
1893 he accepted position in the In.
dustrial Indian service and was station.
ed at Ross Fork and Bannock, where be
taught the Indians how to farm, con.
tinuing in that work for nearly three
years.
He has been very successful in agri.
culture and has nice home on Rural
Route Number One. Besides having
the daily mail come to his door he has
telephone communication, as do nearly
all the people of that community, and
have the advantages of country life
coupled with some of the convences OF
the city.
Mr. Porter was member of the leg
islature in 1905, and among other good
things that he did, helped put the new
law on the statutes, requiring all butter
offered on the markets of Idaho to be
Tabled with the name of the maker: a
law which at once protects the honest
butter maker and the hungry consumer,
and barred out a lot of inferior butter
that was coming from over the state
limo on 40 conf h md uoct
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
CHAS. w. MCURDY


Chas. W.McCurdy is from New Hamp,
shire. He was born Feb 26, 1875, and
passed his boyhood days chiefly in Mass.
achusetts, graduating from the Wesleyan
University IN that atate. He came tC
Illinois in 1857, and until the opening of
the Civil War was telegraph operator
In 1861 he enlisted in the Sind Illinois
Infantry. When his term of enlistment
expired he enlisted in the 10th III. Cav
airy and served until the end of the wal
when he returned to his old position at
the keyboard In 1863 he married Miss
Sabina Hall, and in 1876 he brot her to
the higher altitude of Ogden, hoping to
build up her delicate health, but she
was called to rest within a year. Two
years later he married Miss Laura Berg
who came to Idaho with him and shares
his home at Basalt. Mr.. McCurdy came
into Blackfoot on the first train that
came to town, and was check clerk for
the railroad company until they COM
pleted the line to Silver Bow, Montana.
He has been the Justice of the Peace
at Basalt for fourteen years and has
recently been re elected. He has ten
children, most of them native Idahoans.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
WILLIAM M'DANIEL

Who, among the older settlers has not
formed the acquaintance of VIM. Nc
Daniel, Familiarity known by the name
of "Billious" He is one of three or four
of the old time cowboys who punched
cattle in the palmy days of big herds,
good profits and high times.
Mr.. Mcdaniel was born IN Texas, in
1856, and while strip of boy he came
to the northwest, working in Oregon
and Washington for the firm of Walker
q Willis, who, when he joined them, al
ready had six men in the camp whose
names were William in some of its mod
itications, and as each one had to be
called by his first name, our William
was given the seventh form as you see it
in the list: Will, Wilbur, Wilkie, Will,
lam, Willis, Bill, Bilious.
The name stuck to him, or he stuck tc
it. and when he came here in 1880 Bill.
ious came too.
The railroad had made its advent into
the valley, and captains of industry had
guided the iron horse down to the river
to drink. One evening Bilious and
some of his friends were taking in such
points OF interest as were then to be
found on the present site of Blackfoot
when train came in with a headlight
staring at them as they crossed the
track. Bilious winked at 1T but it did
not respond so he Immediately planted
bullet in the bulls eye. He hit his
mark but the next day he was called up
on the carpet and fined S2O and the
Judge made 1t known to him that "fool-
ing" was all right, but that putting
Billy" would not stand for it.
Bilious was foreman for w. F. Nell
ick, (Brashy) cattleman, for long
time and was known far and wide as a
man who was absolutely square, made
his word good, and enjoyed having a
good time with the boys.
In 1890 he was married to Miss JOS
ephlne Walker, and now there are three
little Mcdaniel boys and their sister
who look like papa and mamma both.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
JOSEPH MERRILL

Bill Nye is accused of saying that he
grew up in the west among the rattle
snakes and coyotes, but there are
others. Joseph Merrill, of Rich, Idaho
first saw the light of day at the camps
of the Mormon refugees, near the pres
ent site of the Transfer Depot at Coun-
ell Bluffs Iowa, September, %, 1947.
His father died at Elkhorn, Nebraska,
soon afterwards and he came to Utah
with his mother, sharing what people
had to share in those days of horseless
carts and bridgeless trials. Much of
his boyhood was spent in herding sheep,
going barefooted among the sand, rocks
and cactus in summer, and rarely hav-
ing shoes to wear in winter. Often
when provisions were scarce, and espec-
tally in the springtime before gardens
developed, he had to rustic his food
from the vegetation as the sheep did.
He ate segoes in season, and thistles
tops, and the dock root, which has a
Joint about an inch in extent which is
edible and the herder boys called it
biscuit on account of its size and
color
In 1872 he was married to Miss Mar
tina Campkin, and they have nine chill
dren living. Mr.. Merrill came here in
1898, and is breeding fine stock at his
farm at Rich. He has some good ex-
hibits at the Blackfoot Fair every year,
and finds the stock business quito
profitable.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
MORONI MECHNM

Morin Mecham, the present bishop
of Kimball was born in Morgan County,
Utah, in 1863, and it has always been
his lot to be associated with the build
ing of dams, canals, laying cut new
townsites, and establishing NV school
districts. lie has been here but few
years, and his last work in this line was
in establishing the Kimbal townsite
and Incorporating the Snake River Ter
miual Canal. He expects to live and
die here, and see kimball become one
of the pretty little towns that dot the
valley,
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
NJ. L. LINDSAY

VIM. T. Lindsay was born in 1854, and
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11

married Miss Hannah Sparks in 1880.
He came to Idaho in 1894 and began
farming near Moreland. He has served
on the school board and as trustee in
the Peoples Canal Company nearly all
the time, and is numbered among the
men who are stayers. He came here
with little, and raised large family, and
from a financial point of view is worth
several thousand dollars. His credit is
good among the merchants, and his
word is good wherever he is known.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11
j. W. KEENEY

j. w. Keeney was born in Pennsyl.
vania June s, 1882. and came west IN
1867. Cheyenne, Green River, Pocatello
and Blackfoot; these are some of his
fields of operation. He came to Idaho
in 1868, and was for long time inter
ested in the Pacific Hotel at Pocatello,
and the old Commercial House at Black
foot, which stood on the present site of
the depot. He has nice farm three
miles north east of Blackfoot and spends
most of his time there.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1907-01-11

ly here in 1904, with only few hundred
dollars to start his farm. He was mar
ried to Miss Hannah Hendrckson of
Colorado, in 1893, and they have three
children. John expects to succeed, and
he will. That other fellow expects to
fail, and he has always come up to his
expectations. We want you to get ac-
quainted with John, but that other
fellow, you had better lookout for.
John lives about fifteen miles west of
Blackfoot.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-08-02
Negro Beaten to Death.


The negro of this State is fast proving his
barbarous and bood-thirsty character. The
latest proof was given at Crisfleld, Somerset
county, Maryland, on Saturday night
last when negro by the name of Reed
shot and killed Night Chief OF Police, j. II.
Dougherty. The officer was marching a
companion of Reed to prison, whom he had
arrested for selling whiskey Illegally. Reed
procured revolver from another negro and
on the route to prison shot officer Dough-
erty' Reed and his companion made their
escape. Reed was captured out in the water
In stolen boat Sunday morning and taken
back to Crisfeld. An Infatuated public
met him and his captors. He was taken by
force and beaten to death. Afterward he
was swung from tree, and later his body
was burned. Reeds companion and the
negro who furnished the revolver have not
as yet been captured. A close search for
these outlaws was made in the negro quar-
tiers Of the town, and the occupants were
not handled with gloves. Not mask was
worn by those who administered the merit
ed punishment and the coronor's jury i'm
plcated nobody, as its verdict read that
Reed came to his death by parties unknown.
The representative people of Oris6eld and
the county generally believe that the lynch
ing was justified, and the lynchers are
praised for their work.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-08-02
GRANGE MEETING
Considers Politics. Dog Tax Law and
Pool Selling.

At the meeti ng OF the Montgomery Coun-
ty Pomona Grange, No. 7, held at Liberty
Grove July 25th, the matters OF public in
terest under consideration were a protest
against the system OF permits at the Wash
ington Wholesale market, which Is graft and
works against the farmers who go there
with wagons of produce; an endorsement
of the efforts OF the Anti Saloon League to
secure not only intelligent but righteous men
for public servants an additional provision
in the proposed State law for the protection
of sheep and poultry to require the killing
of all dogs which have been exposed to the
attack of rabid dog, and also to use part
OF the money accruing from the tax on dogs
as fund 10 send victims who are not able
to bear the expense to Baltimore for Pas
teur treatment.
The following was strongly supported and
ordered published
Res0ICed, That the Montgomery County
Pomona Grange is unanimously and unal-
terably opposed to gambling in any form.
This is especially odious when it takes the
form OF pool selling at the County Agricul.
tural Fair under public official sanctio u
making us in effect partners in it, We would
much rather have the Fair discontinued Il
it cannot be made clean.
The next meeting will be held at Belts.
vile the last Thursday in October, when
9Th degree will be conferred.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-08-02
Religious N Offices.

Services in the Presbyterian Church next
Sunday at II o'clock.
The Rockville Bible Glass meets every
Monday at 1890 O'clock, A. M, at the Pres
byterian church.
Services at Ascension Church, Gathers
burg, every Sunday at 8 A. M. and Sunday
School at 10 A. N.
At Germantown NJ. K. Church regular
services each Sunday at 8 o'clock, and Sun.
day School at 2 o'clock. All invited.
j. p. Lewis will preach In the Rockville
Christian Church on Sunday, August 4th
at II A. NJ. and 8 p NJ. All are welcome.
Rev. Il. l.. Woolf will preach in the
Potomac M. Il. Church South next Sunday
at II A. M. and Rockville at 8 Pm
Rev. John Q. Copenhaven will preach in
Emory NJ. Z. Church South next Sunday
at 1890 A. NJ. and Goshen at $3.50 p. NJ.
Rev. Il. II. Campbell will preach in the
Rockville Baptist Church next Sunday at
II A. M and Mt. Zion af $3.50 Z. NJ.
Rev. s. II. White will preach at Upper
Seneca Baptist Church next Sunday at II.
M. and at Bonneville on Sunday, August
18th, at II A. M.
The pastor, Rev. Ii. w. Burruss, will
preach at Grace Church, daithersburg, Sun.
day at II A. N. Special Epworth League
service at 7:30 M.
The second Quarterly Meeting for the
Rockville Circuit OF the NJ. X. Church South
will be held at Goshen on Saturday and
Sunday, August 10th and 1lth Presiding
Elder b. W. Bond will be present during
the meeting. Public invited.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-08-02
From Frederick to the capital.


A dispatch from Frederick, Md, dated
July 30th, says:
at was learned In Frederick to day that
an arrangement s being made between the
w ashington, Frederick and Gettysburg
Railway Company and the Great Falls and
Old Dominion Railway Company for the
connection OF the two lines, which when
effected and the road now being built is
completed, will make through line from
Washington TO Frederick and Thurmont on
to Gettysburg.
"The Great Falls and Old Dominion Rail-
way Company has a railway line running
from Great Falls on the Potomac river 70
Washington on the Virginia side Of the river.
II enters Washington over the Aqueduct
bridge. The railway 10 a combination cleo
trio and steam line, some trains being haul
ed by smnll steam locomotives, while troll
ley cars are also run. Senator Stephen Is.
Elkins Is one OF the owners Of the rail way
"To connect this road with the Frederick
end of the Washington, Frederick and Get
tysburg road would require the building of
30 miles of railway and the crossing Of the
Potomac river. In the event this combna-
ton 10 effected the obstacle Of getting into
Washington would be overcome without
asking Congress for charter TO build q rail
road into the District. The arrangement
would necessarily involve the expenditure
of large amount Of money, as II IS thought
here that the building Of bridge across the
Potomac river 30 near Washington would
cost perhaps 100000 or more. 1t is also
known that II would be difficult matter TO
secure charter that would permit the haul
| ing OF freight on new road into the Dis
trict Of Columbia.
"a nnlher Pnmor to-day was that the Wa
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-08-02
Warrington Grove Meet.-T!

Washington Grove Meet.-The fifth
annual field and track games of the Wash
ington Grove Athletic Association will be
held at Woodward Field, Washington
Grove, this county, on Labor Day, Septem-
Der 2, 1907. The association has the A. A..
U 3 sanction for the meet in this district on
that date, and success is assured for this
popular annual meeting OF local track men.
Delegates are expected from the Baltimore
clubs as well as the Washington and county
organizations, 80 that interurban rivalry
will be keenly felt. The meet is in charge
of committee composed of the following
men DR.. D. E. Wiber, S. W Foster, M. S.
Stuart, Dan Garges, X. b. Hunt, j. q. q.
Patterson, J. NJ. Milburn, G. IL. Smith, j.
b. Lindsey, and w. c. Foster, chairman.
The events will include 80 yard dash for
novices, 100 and 800 yard dashes. half mile
and mile runs, 100-yard low hurdle race,
high Jump, broad jump, shot-put, hammer
throw, and pole vault. Special relay races
are also to be run, including the ever popu
lar Montgomery County race and an open
event for all teams, as well as junior race,
and, perhaps, one or two other relay events
now under consideration. Handsome prizes
will be awarded to winners OF first, second
and third places.
Entry blanks will be issued during the
course of few days. During the afternoon,
following the track meet, the Washington
Grove baseball team will play two games
with teams still to be selected. Every effort
is being made TO make this meet the most
successful one every held at the Grove, and
as large entry list is practically assured
this years meeting should eclipse all former
meets held at Wood ward Field.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-08-02
THE Old World and It's Ways"

Col. William Jennings Bryan announces
a new book of travel entitled 1.-THE Old
World and Its Ways" which recounts his
recent tour around the world and his jour
ney through Europe. 1t is proiusely and
elegantly illustrated with 240 artistic en-
cravings representing men and things seen
in the various countries of the earth during
that noted journey. The engravings are
made from photographs taken by him or his
party specially for this publication. 1t is
and is published under his special super.
vision. He has, by special contract with
his publishers, made the retail price low
down with the view to putting it within
the easy reach of every reader and book
buyer.
The book gives his experiencies-what he
saw and did-whom be met and his i'm.
pressions and conclusions. He made pro-
found study of men and things as he saw
them in this noted journey around the
world. He gives governmental, education
al, religious and other conditions, from the
standpoint OF a student and one profoundly
interested in all the people OF the earth.
While Col. Bryan travelled as a private
citizen he went with the prestige of having
made two memorable contests for the Presi-
dency Of the United States, and he was
everywhere recognized and entertained as
great represen tative American, having q
leading part in the direction OF American
affairs. He was given opportunity for OBJ
servations never before accorded to any one
travelling in private capacity.
II one wants to see the world, and the
people who are at the head of affairs in all
countries, as we'll as the Masses he has in
this book an opportunity of seeing them
through the eyes of Col. William Jennings
Bryan. 1t is sold by subscription, and the
Thompson Publishing Company OF ST..
Louis, Mo-, are the fortunate publishers.
They offer an especially inviting opportu-
nifty to solicitors In another column of this
issue
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-08-02
Denatured Alcohol Rules.

Amended denatured alcohol regulations
have been issued by the Commissioner OF
Internal Revenue, to take the place, on Sep
TENDER l, OF the regulations heretofore is
sued. They are made necessary by the act
passed by the last Congress.
Under the new regulations, in addition to
denaturing warehouses on distillery prem :
ises, central denaturing warehouses may be
constructed at such points as business inter
ests may require, and alcohol may be trans
ferred from denaturing warehouses by
means of tanks or tank cars to consumers.
Manufacturers using completely denatur-
ed alcohol are not required TO swear to APP
plication for permit, and permit, when
obtained, continues in force until revoked,
and retail dealers in denatured alcohol are
not required to keep record of any kind.
Industrial or farm distilleries may pro-
duce alcohol from anything that contains
fermentable matter At these distilleries one
room may be used as a combined cistern,
distillery warehouse, and denaturing ware
house.
Industrial distilleries are divided into
classes. In the first class are placed distll-
leries Of q surveyed capacity Of 90 proof
gallons or less of spirits in twenty four
hours At such dstilleries storekeeper qua
gers are not regularly assigned, unless the
collector certifles that, In his opinion, the
presence Of an officer at particular distllle-
~ is necessary.
Distillerles of the second class are those
that produce more than fifty gallons and
less than one hundred gallons of distilled
spirits daily. At distilleries Of this class an
officer will be regularly assigned, unless the
collector shall certify that the distillerY can
safely operate without one.
Manufacturers using specially denatured
alcohol are, under the new regulations, re-
lieved from keeping record Of the goods
In the manufacture of which denatured al
cohol is used.
Proprletors Of industrial distilleries and
manufacturers recovering alcohol in manu-
featuring processes where but small guam
tity of alcohol Is denatured are not required
to provide themselves with denaturing ma
terial rooms or to have the denaturants reg
ularly tested but may procure approved
authorized denaturants, either from central
denaturlug warehouses or IRON distilleries
at which regular denaturing warehouses are
established.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1907-08-02
A Card OF Denial.

1t has come to my understanding that some
malicious person or persons have given cur
rency to the rumor TO the effect that have
turned my candidacy In the present contes
for the sheriiialty nomination in the Demo
cratic primaries to the subservioncy to thai
Of Mr.. William L. Wheeler and that am to
be rewarded with position under him.
| denounce this rumor as false without
qualification in every particular. entered
the contest with the expectation OF winning by
honorable means II could, and to have my
sincerity discredted is offensive 20 me and
unbecoming in those who started the report.
still hope to win, and 1t is only with the
votes and work Of my many friends thst sue
cess can be realized, and to the end trust
they will extend the same, especially since
by unavoidable circumstances connected with
the business of the present Sheriff, for whom
act as adeputy, | cannot give the canvass
the attention ! desire to do.
GEO. W. MULLICAN.