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The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

verified by the oath of the person presenting said
claim, his agent, to its correctness and that
the amount claimed is justly due and receipted
vouchers showing the payment of said money be
filed with the claim"
The accounts passed in violation of the law,
cordng to the Auditors interpretation relate largely
to the services of Pnkerton detectives engaged upon
the Hayward and Pettibone cases. The Auditor has
notified the claimants that mo warrant deficiency
certificate will be issued by State Auditor in
payment of the same until the law governing the
same is fully complied with"
The State board has before been charged with
loose methods in the transaction of the business of
the public and it will gain nothing in reputation by
the course the Auditor deems it necessary to follow
in refusing to comply with its directions.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28
To Investigate rlines.

Influenced by kilograms and letters on the subject
Senator Scott of West Virginia, has introduced a
joint resolution providing for the appointment of
three Senators and three Representatives to nvesti
gate recent explosions in coal mines. What can be
done about it by Congress, after the investigation
is problematical
Within the past fortnight there has been appalling
loss of human life by mine explosions, each dsas-
ter following its predecessor in sequence that gives
strength to the superstition that such calamity
begets another
It. has been charged according to the newspapers,
by mining labor organizations, that the operators of
mines do not the safety appliances required by
law, and the truth or falsty of this claim can be
ascertained by a Congressional investigation and
the disclosures conveyed to the responsible State
governments, in which the enforcement of the laws
reposes
In the interest of human safety, the mining States
ought to enforce their own requirements. But in
some of the States through purchased political
npulation, government represents careless disre-
gard for the lives of those very necessary repre-
sentatives of toll whose working hours are spent in
underground passages in which danger turks.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28
The Campaign of r1onopoIy.

The advance agent of the campaign of "the in
erests for the ballots of 1908 does not assume the
guise of the full dinner pail fleeing from the
of fy-cent dollar. The age of the catchy phrases
with which Mark Hanna deluded the popu1ace has
passed and real brains have occupied the forum
of endeavor-the brains again of an oft-nvoked
university.
Chancellor Day is known to publicity as the in
telecual apologiSt for all the acts of the captains
of industry, otherwise the pirates of manufacture
and commerce. To geography he is known an
occupant of Syracuse, New York, where he presides
the fortunes of the university that dabbes
in political economy during the crises of our Ma
tional politics and exudes philosophy that is guar
anteed to be all wool and yard wide.
Chancellor Day has produced book, with which
the political center at Washington has already been
flooded and there is promise that the provincial
marts will be supplied with his masterpiece in the
realm of delusion the Presidential pot
begins to bubble and the people offer themselves
as victims to campaign sophistry
The chancellor's work is CALLED "The Raid
Prosperity" and the President of the United States
is given the saddle the chief raider. 1t is an
apology for all the illegal acts of monopoly, of en-
throned trusts, of rebaters and of the selfserving
destroyers of independent competition. 1t is an
assault on the policies through which the repre-
sentatives of common good endeavoring to pro-
duce an equitable division of the earnings of toll and
bring about pro rata division of the comfort and
happiness to which society is entitled.
The author of the book transcends all of his
previous audacity in the realm of economic fiction, as
though he intended that his production should be
countervaing force against the effective extrava-
gance of Upton Sinclair's Jungle"
He rates as the best citizens of the land the MEM
bers of the various trust groups-the producers of
OIL the magnates of the packing circle the robbers
of the transportation conspiracy and the entire in
dustral and capitalstic combination that feeds ia
vorites on rebates and destroys the rest, in ALI
ance that the prosecutors under the law have not
yet been able to dissolve.
That this book has been put forth in the interest
of the interests" and that it is to be used to infu
ence the decision of the American electorate on the
next November day of judgment, is an accepted and
undened conclusion. The intellect of Syracuse has
been purchased for the purpose and is being used
to destroy the foundations of reform that one
administration has painfully constructed.
The first ntallment of the Day production was
carefully distributed among Senators and Repre-
sentatives in Congress- where the seeds of faacous
argument will find some responsive soil. The bal
ance of an enormous edition will be placed where it
will do the most good. The battle between the
nammon of unrghteousness and the common cause
S on with a college professor the skirmish line
# the public enemy
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28
Certifying Unlawful Accounts.

Further developments indicate that the members
of the board of examiners for the State of Idaho
are pursuing their efforts to take money from the
treasury of Idaho without complying with the law
governing their action in the allowance of accounts
The board has certified to the auditor number of
accounts that are not accompanied by necessary
vouchers or receipts and the State Auditor has
properly refused to issue warrants covering the
sums so certified
The law under which the board operates specih-
cally states that mo claim shall be examined, con-
sidered or acted upon by said board unless an ac-
count is filed giving all the items of the claim, duly
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28

The Portland Oregonian, recently retired from the
Republican party and admitted to the ranks of the
independents, remarks editorialy
Should it even be suspected that the man chosen
at the Chicago convention is approved by "the in
terests, Bryan may confidently begin to make up
his Cabinet
1t is great thing for newspaper to emerge from
party suppression. Such truths are of value Just
now
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28

exhibits nothing to commend him to genuine advo-
Gates of progress beyond the favor of the occupant
of the White House
The situation in New York becomes interesting
as the plan of the administration develops Mr..
Hughes is the natural choice of the better Repub1-
canism of his State and there is reason for the
apprehension that Mr.. Roosevelt is building ma
chine that is to destroy the strength of his kind
of Republcanisn, in the interest of unknown
quantity.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28

Ii developments in State officials circles continue
the Republican machine may not be able to deliver
the slate it has arranged for next November The
taxpayers of the State will, perhaps, come to the
conclusion that it is advisable for them to guard
the public assets at the polls if they cannot rely
on those whom they have selected to perform that
duty.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28

Among the choice holiday editions of newspapers
and periodicals far and near, one of special merit
was issued by the publishers of Goodwins Weekly
at Salt Lake 1t was typographical gem and we'll
hled with interesting reading matter of seasonable
quality.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-28

After many years of effort, the medical societies
of Idaho succeeded, during the last legislative ses
sion, in securing enactment authorizing the crea-
ton of State Board of Health Such a law was
before opposed by Mormon influence, which includes
the Republican party, because it contemplated de-
partment of vital statistics, involving an exposure
of polygamous births. Under the law, as passed,
State Board of Health has been organized and
George F. Hyde, of Rexford, is it's president by ap-
polntment of the dominant party. Mr.. Hyde is
Mormon and it is not to be presumed that vital
statistics, under his management will cast any re-
Elections on the origin of Mormon children
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23
The Beers "After Takinq."

might add that South Africa is a
rich field for the manufacturers of mer-
itorious medicines, for the reason that
doctors are not so plentiful as in En-
rope and America and the prices are
above the heads of the plain people.
A call in the city costs nearly So, while
in the country the charges are almost
prohibitive. midwlves acting as ac-
couchers and the patent medicine TAX
ing the place of the doctors prescrip'
ton, for the Boer believes 1t fills the
bill and the cost is about one-fifth.
Since 1902 our trade in medicines,
chemicals and toilet articles-they all
being listed together-has increased
from s1S.155 to s94,3l0, This is a pref
ty good showing, but not to be COM
pared with Germany, which advanced
from a trade of s14,O35 in 1902 TO $751;
800 in 1904. The total value Of the
chemicals and toilet articles import
ed into the Transyaal colony during
1904 was s1,3s6,470, and from advices
received from the customs bureau that
win be exceeded in the report OF 1905.
Pretoria letter in United States Con-
s.lar Reports.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23
Il Wont Work"

Fonetic spelling seems to be gaining
in popularity everywhere, and the an
nouncement that the reforms would be
adopted in the District Government
probably had much to do with the
plan followed by dusky "citizeness'
of Willow Tree alley in making APP
plication to the Commissioners for
certain position. Her letter speaks for
itself:
District Comeisions
Dear Sir noticed that you all
might be kneding some femall help
and not moving weather you all had
ingaged some one or not | thought !
would ask you all If 1t could be pos
sible to allow me the pleasure as |
want work this will be my first time
working out and the reason ! have not
my mother keeps a little store in will
low tree court and ii has kept me quite
bi2zy until now and it is so meny
stores around in this court until II
makes bisiness very dull and ] am
married and have two children to per-
vide far and | give you the hest
reptashion from good bisness cider
sons | hape you all will helyp one no
wonts to get along arrest. Wash
incton Ste
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23

The leading technical paper Of Ger
many points out that the United States
is striding forward so fast in the pro-
duction of iron that now it not only
leads all the other nations individually
but comes near to surprising them
all combined. In 1905 Germany pro.
duced 100000 tons, England $780,
900, the others smaller amounts down
to 1900 tons produced by India.
while the total product of the world
ioutslde the United States was 9l,000,.
900. Yet in that same year we pro
duced 100000 tons, more than half
the outside worlds total product. Fig
ured by percentages the gains Of
Canada and Japan are more remarka.
BILE than ours. AS compared with
1905, Canada very nearly doubled and
so did Japan.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23

a matter OF momentous concern has
lust come before the war councll-the
future existence of the black cat OF
the war Office.
1t appears that the great transfer
Of the war oaice stan from Pail Mall
to whitehall has caused anxiety as to
the fate of several cats which have
made their home at this government
Office The black cat is the most fam
Gus OF the these. having had the en-
tree to the secretary of states room on
more than on occasion.
Recently the managercss of a home
for lost and strayed cats wrote for
NAL letter TO the council offering to
harbor the black cat and promising to
send a special van to Pail Mall to con-
yey It to the home.
The council, however, after due de-
liberation, decided to keep the black
cat on the war Office strength and to
transfer the animal TO the new build
ing in Whitehall.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23
JOHNNY AND HIS GUN.
He Killed Big Raceoon and Farmer
Killed Fatted Calf for Him.

Johnny Thompson Of Seymour, q
sixteen.year-old lad, tramped over the
Woodbridge hills five miles, TIL ne
struggled past the house Of Jason boo
little without pepperlng SO much as
gray squirrel Climbing the rail
fence, he walked through the meadow
beyond Mr. Doolittle's house. and In
a tree just below the farmers garden
caught a glimpse of what looked like
the bushy tail of plump gray squir-
rel projecting beyond the limb. He
craftily tiptoed around to the other
side of the tree to get better shot
and saw what was apparently the
squirrels head, fully two feet from
his tail. IN drop one" whispered
Johnny, as he drew bead on the
animal His shot was followed by q
comm otion in the tree and down fell
something which made Johnny rub his
eyes.
Never saw anything like 1t in Sey-
mour," said he. Looked like an over
grown squirrel four times the size
of the biggest gray ever saw tanned
weighed twenty pounds, and | found
later that It did. Guess my mouth and
eyes were both wide open when the
farmer came running out"
"Dyou kill that raccoon on my
land?" he asked.
Yep, If that's a raccoon," Johnny
answered
said the farmer, and how'd ye get
here?"
81 live in Seymour and walked
over Johnny explained.
well, you neverl walk back" said
the rural gentleman.
81 was so scared | dropped my gun
and began to SWIVEL" Johnny told his
friends afterward.
"Yew just see here, young feller,'
said the farmer, that dummed rae
coon has been hangin' around my
place for four years, and me and my
boys has set traps and camped out
nights to git line on him. He has
ate half my garden up every year and
has got into my corn bin and about
everything else on the place, but has
lodged us every time. Now if you've
slaughtered him, I'm just going to
hitch up and take you home as if you
were the mayor Of Ansonia."
The farmer hitched up his Sunday
chaise, and while he was hitching up
his horse he took Johnny into the
house and his wife fed him mince pie
and gave him all the sweet cider he
could drink. Then he loaded thu fat
raccoon into the carriage, and put
in behind a big pumpkin and a peck
OF big apples and they started for
home. Johnny's folks thought he was
shot when he was brought home in
such state as that. and his mother
nearly tainted, but revived when he
piled out and lugged in the raccoon.
Woodbridge for me every time can
get gum" says Johnny-Hartford
Courant.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23

It, keeping HARMONIOUS cooperate-as ma
OF those VINO '
laws and by of the of who them
based private
And would
like recall the Of DE Tocques which he marve WIN
eloquent variety Of information and excellence OF de
which poy Of its people the common p
pie this invented the way vi
distinguished nations
leyel all the other
lions which her in the race o
leadership faith makes her pupc
heals principles seem ever
sustaining motive Of action.
trouble the signs
the of action not sturdy desire
shall moaize public out
which to change
mind that
neither action
which need suspect tha "hat
the administration OF
watchfu public opinion and OF what
shall public watch Tor
patient seeking of remedies careful opea
responsibilities OF business
thing revenue laws as means
object of revenue laws
though revenue ought al
that taxation Will assist rather
by the
both OF
should supply equilibrium not DIS
turbing
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23
Female Jurors.

In breach of promise cases the pres
ence of female jurors among the male
iurors would certainly benefit the men,
az they would at once see through
the wiles of their own sex, discon-
meet the picture hat and the pretty
gown. and disclose the hussy at heart
IN the pleading, innocent betrayed
one.-London opinion.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23

will be most apt in time to take MIN from MS
he would do better IN some
sphere and unwingy that will mean his bust
WANT consider this seriously
sympathy with ideas she
woman TO make or mar
the her husband
she is pretty Common Is
the right kind OF WIFE, you VIII be greatly hepe
Z Won don't be without
ought to make up his
material He better to
wealth If he has o 1t through mean practices
being tied the mothers apron strings as they
that the who starts out with the
would him
this principle the one who must get ahead
be who think only Of themselves not
they cannot forever be successful
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23
Fruitful Siberia.

Though the name Of Siberia is still
popularly accepted as a synonym for
all that is arctic and sterile, 1t is be-
coming clearer every year that few
regions of the earth are more capable
of producing immense stores of human
food.-Korea Daily News.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23

In Italy time is ,reckoned on the
twenty-four hour system. Thus,
o'clock IN the afternoon is designated
as 16 o'clock. Midnight is "a o'clock.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23
EeSSVs@S~~--%s-.~os .or~~sss~r<<en<
9 -. Patriotism >.
ny President LJoodrou LLiison of Princeton
son of Princeton.

nation still, the rulers and the ruled.
some sense Of duty,
Something OF a iata,
Some reverence Tor the laws ourselves have made,
some patient force to change them when will,
Some civic manhood, firm against the crowd
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23
All There Was Room For.

81 see Governor Warner OF Michl.
Axan. was inaugurated while in bed
'>sThat so? How many office'seekers
wme. under the bed?"-Philadelphia
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23

ACH line affords text the matter speak OIL re
qures effort the imagination and constant slu
GUS attention to the variety conditions which diversity
the life of the country from ocean to ocean ana an
persistent cahoicy of sympathy and judgment tnhh VI
country every should, single whoie
thing be served merely in ts parts and In It's sepal
interests the States intended to serve IT, but aso
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23

Ibsen works in a room in which
there are doors opening into five 9TH
er apartments.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23
cS.s-c~'s,--~.--eN.. evo.-'"~-'ss'"~s-'S1e,,9
= Don't Marry for death =
5 or Beauty {
By John .;sJetter yr
~Ju-sv~sr>rs.~SSr1io
: BY JOHN
Ser1GGsAssss/ "-Is---Slr-.

MANS wife has much do with his success in life
Many men have ruined their prospects in life by taking
the wrong of wife.
Some men have picked out their wives only Tor helr
money They have realized later on that 1t was huge
mistake
want to say to you, and wish to make Is as suons
as can that must be sure to select Tor MS NE
mariner a woman whose temperament is like his own
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23

The dead bodies of prospectors arc
found day after day in Death alley.
The new enterprise. (Madison, Fla.) 1901-1908, 1907-05-23
TEMPErAM EMIT.

Alas, that hidden hs bit in the Blood,
Bafiling the WIN that would erad!-
cate
Elusive as an eel that turks in mud
10 snap out sudden at the Tempter's
bait
Henry Austin, in The Century.
Holbrook argus., 1907-05-28

His royal nibs, the infant king of Spain, was christened the oth- CT day as Alfonso Pic Eduardo Francisco Guellermo Carlos En- rique Fernando Antonio, Prince of Austrias. The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Chil- dren should investigate thisc case
Holbrook argus., 1907-05-28

A Baltimore physician makes the astonishing statement that Americans have too much nerve for their own good. Possibly his neighbors have already begun to borrow his garden hosc lawn mower.
Holbrook argus., 1907-05-28

Woman," says MT. Taft, "must not think that to benefit mankind she must necessarily become a wife and mother.' Ger tainly not. Good cooks help a lot in this hungry world.
Holbrook argus., 1907-05-28

Mir Hughes may look on his struggles with the New York legislature as valuable discipline for a great official who may at any time have congress on h1s hands.
Holbrook argus., 1907-05-28

There would be no danger of their extermination by the en- croachments of explorers, if the Esk1mos had sufficient business sense to put up chain of lunch counters along the route.
Holbrook argus., 1907-05-28

A Kansas farmer has built a brick incubator with a capacity of 1,6OO eggs. Nobody but a millionaire Kansas farmer could afford to have that many eggs at one time.
Holbrook argus., 1907-05-28

If the Central American repub- lies went to war over a mule, we wonder what would be the effect if Missouri were to ship a whole carload down that way.
Holbrook argus., 1907-05-28

The five million dollars the American people spend on base ball is really worth more than the same amount would be in doctor bills.
Holbrook argus., 1907-05-28

If peace could be established by means of a well-capitalized enterprise, Mir. Carnegie would no doubt have it on hand in a very short time.
Holbrook argus., 1907-05-28

It would be less difficult to re- cruit an army of 12,OOO Cubans fit were possible to give atlcast half of them the rank Ot general.
Holbrook argus., 1907-05-28

London deplores the American craze for money, yet the Ameri- can heiress has found much ap- preciation Tn old England.
Holbrook argus., 1907-05-28

It is pretty certain that arctic explorations will never pay cash dividends on the capital that has been invested in 1t.
Holbrook argus., 1907-05-28
OFFICIAL PAPER OF NAVAJO COUNTY

One trouble about Secretary Taft's going on the stump is that there are no giant trees except in California.
Holbrook argus., 1907-05-28

as before the fighting commenced the country had only one. It certainly was a costly war to Honduras.
Holbrook argus., 1907-05-28

Now that the fighting is all over Honduras finds itself pos sessed of two presidents, where
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-10
!. S OCIAL

on Tuesday afternoon at 1880
O'Clock Mr.. Ira ]. Davis and Miss
olive L. Porter, OF Clarksburg, were
married by the Rev. Eddy at his resi-
dence at Fairmont. They returned
to CIarksburg last evening where
they will reside Mr.. and Mrs.
Davis are also excellent young peo-
pie.
The Royal Neighbors OF America
win hold a special session In the K.
of P. hall Thursday. July II. at gao
p. m. sharp. Miss Lizzie MeIntire,
OF Peoria, Ill. the supervising deputy
for the eastern states. will be present.
and give some instructions. 1t is
expected that every Royal Neighbor
will he present
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-07-10
COUNTY OIL NEWS.

In the Wallace district, this coun-
ty. the South Penn company has Civ
en- it's No on the William H. Mar
tin farm shot in the Gordon, but
failed to improve the showing. 1t
has filled up 100 feet with fluid. In
the same district, Senator J. H. Nc
Dermott has made the location for a
second test on the /. n. Harbert farm
On Rock Camp run te Monarch Oil
Co. is due in the sand at second
test on the John Henderson farm.