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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-12

to the proposal to establish the direct
primary is, cit is menace to the re-
publican party and its organization. !"
What the senator means by the express
sion is probably beyond the understand
ing of any person who reads it, unless
the reader has a knowledge in the
game of politics that the ordinary per-
son does not possess. To claim that
greater freedom at elections would re-
suit in the defeat of that party is to vir-
tually acknowledge that there are some
men on the ticket who ought not to be
there, and who would not be on the
ticket if it had been left to the voters
to make up the ticket. Idaho is a re-
publican state, and ordinarily the de-
feat of the ticket is due to the character
of the men who are candidates, and
whose selection, under the present sys-
tenn, the voters do not control. In the
absence of further argument on the
point in question it is to be inferred
that Senator Hepburn cares less for the
success of any particular party at the
polls than he does for continuance in Of
fee of certain men who are
rarely the choice of the people, and of
whom he himself is one, If the defeat
of a great number of United States SEN
ators constitutes Senator Heyburn's
cause for alarm he will have small
company of sympathizers for it is the
evil of their continued presence and
service for corporate greed that the
primary is designed to remedy.
The course that ought to be taken
by the present legislature is clearly de-
fined by the result of the last election.
Every member, democrat and republi-
can, was elected on a platform that cal
led for primary law. 1t is the people
who have spoken. If the dominant
party does not heed the command, on
what ground can they ask return to
power in the future. If party pledges
mean nothing then there is no virtue in
the convention system which Senator
Hepburn pleads so eloquently to have
retained.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-12
Congressman French Fdvors the Direct
Primary System.
retained.

Before leaving for Washington Con-
gresham French in an interview with
representative Of The Idaho Post gave
out the following statement in regard
to the enactment of "direct primary"
law by the state legislature which con-
vened in Boise this week:
"a statement of my opinion on the
question of a direct primary election
law for Idaho is but repetition of what
| have said in public addresses many
times. I fully believe in direct pri-
mary law and have urged the same for
years. l shall hail the day when such
law shall be placed upon the statutes
of every state.
II do not know how it will affect the
political fortunes of any individual in
our own state. That is not at all the
question. The question is one of great
principle. The closer we can bring gov
eminent to the people the better for the
government and for the people The
people can be trusted and direct pri-
mary is a step in the direction Of
greater responsibility for the people.
We have been taking these steps toward
popular government for many years.
Our fathers achieved our independence
because they believed just what the
civilized world accepts today as true,
that taxation without representation is
tyranny That was one step. Among
che first systems of voting was one in
which all who voted called out orally
che names of the candidates they ce-
sired to vote for, and clerk kept a
record of the vote. That was crude
aethod and great step was taken
when tickets or ballots were provided,
"a great step, | say, even though each
political party furnished it's own tickets.
Another great step was taken when
these open tickets were abolished and a
secret ballot was provided as we have
now in Idaho under the Australian
system. There were those who opposed
this secret ballot system. Nor can any
one question the good faith of many of
them who opposed it. They cried out
that every man should be brave enough
to vote his ticket while everyone else
was looking on. Well, that sounds
splendid, yet tremendous wrongs crept
in, and who will now deny the far reach
ing benefit that as come to our state
and our nation by the adoption of the
secret ballot? This law has meant for
good government and higher citizenship.
So it would be with direct primary law,
under which the people would nominal e
the candidates they would have upon
the several tickets.
my judgment is that the republican
party in Idaho stands today committed
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-12
Another Bachelor WEEDS.

Meadows Eagle: George c..
Irwin, one Of the best-known and
most popular bachelors of the
Little Salmon country, was mar
ried on Christmas eve to Miss
Goldie Long, at the home Of the
brides parents at Asotin, Oregon.
George and his wife will certainly
receive a royal welcome when
they come home, and the con-
gratulations and best wishes of a
large circle of friends.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-12
BUSINESS LOCALS.

For good quiet rooms go to the
Elk Hotel.
Rubber lined duck coats at the
Elk Store.
We have on hand Lincoln and
Meadow Gold butter in one pound
sealed packages. -ElkStore.
For a good square meal go to
the Elk Hotel.
The best of Teas and Coffees
at the Elk Store.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-12
WHAT THE YEAR WILL BRING.

WHAT THE YEAR WILL BRING.
The many prospects at this time that
the year 1907 will bring more material
prosperity to the Elk City basin than
any year in its history must, indeed, be
very gratifying to all the people here
and particularly the many old prospect
ors who came here way back in the
early sixties and have given life's
work to the development of the district.
MANY of the old-timers shared in the
good times when the district was rich
placer producer, and it now seems they
may soon take part in the prosperity
that will come when it is announced to
the mining world that the Elk City
quartz deposits are as rich as were the
old placer diggings. The great differ
ence between the two periods of pros
perity is that the one the camp has now
reached will be greater than that of the
old placer days, because the immensely
and richness of the quartz deposits will
require gigantic mining operations for
an indefinite period of time.
The year 1907 has scarcely dawned
and yet there are indications of many
of the blessings it will bring. Capital
is busy making the proof that gold val
ues live at depth. Already enough pros
pecting has been done to prove the pres
ence of the precious metal in great
quantities. Several of the mills now
operating on properties some distance
from the center of the district are ope-
rating at considerable depth and are
getting good results. Enough sinking
has been done at various points in the
district to warrant property owners that
the values go down.
Several new mills and additions to
anumber now in operation are among
the prospects for the new year.
There are strong indications that a
great change is to come in transporta
ton facilities soon, and this is the most
hopeful sign of all. Surveyors are now
on their second preliminary work on the
Middle Fork, for the Hartman company,
which is seeking the shortest route to
connect the Milwaukee east of the Bitter
Root mountains with the o. R. & N. on
the Columbia river. There is now strife
between Jim Hill and Hartman in this
section of Idaho, and the rivalry is so
keen that it can't help but result to adj
vantage to every district in central
Idaho that nag promising future.
The year 1906 was the year of prepar-
alton in central Idaho; the year 1907
viii be known as the year of achieve
ment.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-01-12
IT'S THE PEOPLES CHOICE.

1t appears the greatest question the
present legislature of Idaho will lie
called upon tosettle is, Ought the sta, e
of Idaho adopt direct primary election
system. Before the two political par
ties held their conventions last summer
this question would have been debat-
able one. After the conventions fhe
question was not debatable for the rea-
son that the platform of the republican
party and the platform of the democratic
party both contained planks pledging the
party,if elected, to enactment of di-
rect primary election law. 1t seemed,
if party pledges were worth anything.
that Idaho would get primary law this
winter Now the politicians are quar-
reling over the matter, and if Idaho
gets primary election law from the
present legislature it will be because
that body of men is more willing to do
its duty to society and the state than it
is to obey orders from those who want
things to remain as they are that they
may continue in Office.
Senator Hepburn principal object.o:
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
THE NOISE NUISANCE.

Great progress has been made DUR
ing the past several years in the pro-
motion OF health. In sanitation, in
public cleanliness and ornamentation.
All activities in this direction have
helped to prolong life and to make 1t
more agreeable. Much has been done
also to abate the smoke nuisance and
thing. to abatc the noise nuisance
Indeed, we believe that tho modern
city becomes more noisy every year.
In place of the horse cars and their
tinkling bells, we now have the roaring
electric car and its insufferable gong;
and the automobile has como to add
to the din. In some of the downtown
Offices the noise makes It difficult to
transact business. and those who re-
side on streets where the cars and au-
tomobiIes run know not the comfort
OF a quiet evening on the porch in the
cool of the evening.
To many persons of sensitive nerves
the ceaseless clatter of the city Is an
weakens the body. and shortens life,
Some noises are necessary, but that
there are many unnecessary noises in
a city like Richmond goes without
saying. The noise of the street cars,
and especially OF the gongs. could with
proper attention be materially dimin-
ished. and we could, If we would
practically eliminate the rattle of We
hicles on stony streets: and the day
Will come when there will be decided
Improvement in this direction, IL the
nuisance is not altogether abated
Buggies, carriages and omnibuses have
already been put on rubber tires, why
not wagons and drays? We could also
put stop to the ringing of bells anc
the blowing of steam whistles. There
! is no necessity for either. And the
authorities should give attention tt
1.-THE perpetual motion of the inevitable
and internal shifting engine" The
iceman. the hawkers and others who
split the air with their stentoriar
voices should also BIO disciplined.
The people have suffered long from
/ these several nuisances and II the,
will form an antinoise club and inaugu
4 rate crusade. The Times-Dispatcl
i will proudly be their organ,
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
STATE ACCOUNTING.

1t Is not necessary to say to our
legislative committee on State account
ing is gratifying to- The TimesDis-
patch, SO far as concerns the recon-
mendatton. The committee points out
various defects in the present system
and says that in order to correct
them 1t will be necessary to inaugu-
rate an entirely new system. I'VE are
of opinion" say the committee. that
the introduction and operation of this
system cannot be accomplished by the
mere enactment OF law, but would have
to he brought about by the creation
OF bureau of audit, which should
be under the charge of competent
expert accountant, assisted by such
travelling auditors as may be found
power to install such n system of ac-
counting in all of the offices OF the
State, including clerks and treasurers
Of the cities and counties, and further
HioA Z, lie suOuiu DC empowered TO COM
pei all officeholders under his charge
I'tp keep the accounts in such manner
and on such forms and to make such
reports as he may deem necessary.
Annually or oftener the expert &C
countant should audit all the accounts
under his charge"
Year after year The Times-Dl Dispatch
has urged the General Assembly to
adopt and enforce such system, and
we sincerely hope that the recommen-
dation of the committee will be adopted
! A uniform system of bookkeeping. witt
a travelling auditor or auditors ito in
spect the accounts of State officials
is necessary to an honest and efficient
management of the States financial at
fairs. 1t will be in the interest Of
public economy and public morals.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
relief, as the law intends, from dan
gerous persons having weapons IT fa-

relief, as the law intends, from dan
gerous persons having weapons, IT fa-
Icilltetes them In procuring at n mini
mum cost from the gc&ernment itself
such dangerous Instruments as they
would probably not he able to p,,r-
chase from the regular sources of sup
ply
I'VE arrest n negro for some minor
offense." says the chief by way OF IL
Illustration, ''and when searched he Is
found to have ir his possession re-
volver This Ia confscated, and held
for II short period to be finally dis
posed OF by the High Constable at
auction. A worthless character with
a grudge against some one hears OF
1t and attends the sale. He purchases
for fifty or sixty cerr:s n revolver that
would cost In a store 50 or 81, and, find
ing his man. wounds II lie doesN not
succeed In killing his victim Then
ensues the arrest, a long trial, with
the result that the city expcnds from
$3.50 to 5000 In an attempt 10 convict
the man. While this, of course does
not happen In every instance, 1t is
no unusual occurrence. and ] can re-
call several instances OF this kind =
Justice Crutchfeld concurs in tho
view OF the chief. The Times D Dispatch
has but recently called attention to
this defective law and has urged that
1t be amended in the way now sug-
gested by the Chief of Police and the
Police Justice. When the. General AS
sembly meets, we hope some member
of the Richmond delegation will In
troduce a bill.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
Rhymes for To-Day
NOT A THING in THE WORLD.

~ OIL has gotten bnsted for a full
sized adults fine,
~ And maybe she will pay 1t
Though doubt it)
In any case. I'll leave the thing to Mr..
Virgil Kline,
For what the dickens can do about
II?
The tclegraphic people are embarrassed
And both sides know they'd gladly
do without IT.
Eut i feel free to disregard their wor-
rles II / like
For what the dickens can do about
It?
New York has sprung a crime wave,
that is waving right along.
And all the yellow papers loudly
tout it:
But won: let sad thoughts of 1t butt
In to ruin my song,
For what the dickens can I do about
1t?
The railroads have some trouble. that
is very much their own
It isn't kind to ridicule. or flout It:
Yet am acting meanly1f / leave 1t
quite alone?
For what the dickens can / do about
it?s
The world has lots Of bothers: that IS
plain enough to Sec
But I will never nope around and
pout 1T:
For what are its Big Worries to tho
likes OF Little Me?
And what the mischief can do
about it2 H. s. H.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
Needed a. Gallon.
Everything In Order.
POINTS FROM pARAGRApnERs.

A TEXAS man has raised lemon as
~ big as an eggplant. Now hell prob
ably worry himself to death trying
I" decide whom to send 1t to.-ClcveIand
Leader.
Some one of these dark horses In the Re-
publican stable may prove to be night.
mare Washington Times.
Strange that the New York Yacht club
50. past Oyster Bay without being instruct
eel In navigation by stout man In row.
boat,-New York American.
A New York magna.e says woman was
made TO be mans boss. The best part of
1T liz she almost Invariably lives up to the
Observation-Disclosures Democrat and
Chronicle.
A-St. Louis man has Just married because
he was dared to. Some men will risk any
thing rather than take dare-st. Louis
Republic.
Why doesn't somebody invent mosquito
bite cure instead of wasting time on air.
shIrs milwaukee, Sentinel.
The Hungarian government has UNDER
taken the task of msting the country's
hcrdes of gypsies settle down to work. !t
it succeeds. will 1t send over a delegation
and take our hoboes In hand?-Boston
Transcript. e
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
coNFlscATED WEAPONS,

Chief Of Police Werner agrees with
The Times Dispatch that connscated
weapons should be destroyed and not
put up at public suction and resold, as
the law now provides. He says that the
present method OF dlsposing OF such
firearms and other dangerous Weapons
has given considerable worry to the
police In every city in which they
are sold at auction. Instead Of giving
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
1MMonrAL INFLUENCE.

f(Selected for The TtmeS-Dispatth.)
abel offered more excellent sacrl-
flee than Cain. and by 1t, he being dead.
yet speaketh.'-rHeb. XII. 4.
There is only one influence, which will
speak to all ages 1t is sacrffice-the
giving up of something for the sake
of right. That appeals. and will ever
appeal to every generation of men.
Manners change; customs change: APP
parel changes; tastes change: ideals OF
beauty and strength change, and the
fashion of each generation and age
passes away.
Cain was n great man In his time;
Esau was a great man In his time; Saul
was great man in his time; but of none
Of them can 1t be said: by that great
ness. he being dead. yet speaketh." No
one would now admire CAIN not even
the hardened and wicked man would
wish to be like him. Nobody would
now admire Esau, not even the selfish
wording. Nobody would now admire
Saul, not even the vain and ambitious
man. Thus Cain and Esau and Saul do
not speak to us, do not appeal to u.s.
We do not feel that they touch our busy
modern life, although lessons may be
learned from each.
But there is one region Of the past
which Is always modern and whose
voice always arrests our attention.
There are birds of Eden which sing
in modern Rome and In Paris and
in London and in New York. There are
flowers of old Israel which we stll
meet, and there is no fading in their
colors. What are these birds OF eter-
nal song? What are these flowers OF
perpetual bloom? They are the sacri-
fees of the heart. Time itself cannot
injure such deeds.
The love of Jonathan and David is
as young as yesterday, The devotion
OF Ruth to Naomi Is as new as this
morning. The tender care for his ia
Their and brethren by Joseph is as
fresh as an autumn field.
The spirit of sacrifice belongs to all
ages. 1t annuls all difference of time.
On the Mount Of Transformation Moses
and Elias can speak to Peter and John
and both forget the centuries that lie
between. The yearnings OF the heart
make us independent OF all else be-
side; they speak not to men, but to
man.
| But, oh, my soul! Is 1t only by ex-
Iample that the dead can speak to thee?
Has Abel no actual voice by which he
can and does communicate with thee?
Indeed, he has. and 1t is n voice attuned
by the spirit Of sacrifice. Is 1T not
written OF the celestial band "They are
administering spirits?" And OF on
higher still, "He came not to be min
Iistcred unto. but to minister" That Is
the true, the holy, the undylng life
i Would you speak to a chlld7 Then
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
Personal AND GENERAL.

Us -. 4l q j
Fewer than 5000 people own all the land
OF Great Britain.
Tobacco is served out to the italian
soldiers as part of their regular rations.
Disks OF iron. without teeth. turning with
great velocity are used for saving metal.
All English sea captain. who died tho
other day at eighty. had crossed the Eng
fish channel 10000 times in his lfty-three
years of service
Russia has 80. 900 miles of navigable rivers
and $4,000 miles of railroads. At last ac-
counts the river traffic amounted to 10000
tons q year
England has 1000 golf clubs with SOC, 900
members, who use 100000 golf balls per
week and walk over the links about 26O,-
100000 miles per year.
Chile. which has the reputation OF being
the most progressive OF the Spanish speak
Ing countries, has over 5000 miles of rail-
road and 600 miles of telegraph.
Mrs. John Jacob Astor. who is now In
London. danced in the royal quadrille at
the ball given by Ambassador Reid recently
In London. Her partner was Prince Francis
o: Teck.
The west coast countries OF South Amer
lea are nearly 1000 miles closer to the
manufacturing districts OF the United States
than they are to the manufacturing dis
ttricts of Europe
Tho cloud formations Known as mares
tails and "mackerel sky" are Invariably
three miles high, The hiiNlest clouds are
ten miles high. and these are composed Of
minute particles Of la.
3 In Belgium girls are expected to give five
weeks out of each school year to learning
hcCsework. The Girl Is required to know
not only how to cook a dinner, but to clean
up and care for kitchen, do marketing.
wash and Iron.
Frcnchman has received prize for
discovering reliable sign Of death, The
tes' ceIsists of the subcutnncous injection
os q solution OF fluoresceine, which, If the
blood Is still circulating. In the course of a
few hours causes the skin to turn yellow.
Though many plans to lessen the Jar Of
machinery have been tried. annoyance from
steam hammers etc, continues. A new
French remedy is to place under the ma
chine a two-inch elastic plate, consiating
of two meets OF steel with an intervening
layer Of coach springs SURROUNDED by felt.S
The aisrette In lady's bonnet is tho
crownng beauty Of an egret mother. The
collector seizes the W. while she Is on her
tears off her plumes and wings, leaySs her
to die beside her little ones. who. deprived
of her fostering care, also die. victims to
womAn's vanity.
Miss Hulda p. White, OF Philadelphia,
has purchased the tirelock used by Alex
arder selkirk Defoe's original OF Noblnson
Crusoe on the Island OF Juan Fernandez. ut
q sale in Edinburgh. Tho relic has an au-
IN the possession Of selkirk's relatives in
Ffeshire, Scotland. The price paid far the
gun. was $3.50.
Mrs. Harriet Chalmers Adams has lust
completed one Of the most interesting trips
lyct taken by woman, She spent the last
! three years In visiting every country In South
| and Central America. going far into the In
terror OF some of them. Much OF the timo
land in the mountains Of Peru she found
! Indian tribes which are notStn the least
changed from what they were in the days
lof the Spanish conquest.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-08-18
MERELY JOKING.
Dead Beats?

Dead Beats?
Miss Money Meow: IT dare say; beats
at so much purr."-woman's Home com.
pnt.ion. :.
The NIagnnte's Son.
!, Benevolent Stranger: What are you go.
tommy: Investigated. Il spose."--New
York SUN.
Imlnsstble to Speak,
First Deafmute: IF you objected to his
kissing you why didn't you call for help ~
second Deafmute: Il couldn't. He was
holding both my hhnds"--Harper's weekly
Precisely.
Tommy: Pop, mans wife is his better
half. isn't she?"
Tommy's Pop: 80 we are tcId, my SON..
Then II man marries twice there isn't
anything left OF him. is there?"-Philadel.
phi:s Record.
Needed n Gallon.
And the name is to be''-asked tho
stove minister as he approached the font
with the precious armful OF fat and founces
,,. augustus Philip ferdinand codrinston
Dear met Turning to the sexton: IA
little more water. Mr.. Perkins II you
plcase."-Tit-B Bits.
Everything In Order.
!, Mrs Up.tydate: Marie. have you finished
Mrs. Uptydate: "Did You tie tho pink
ribbon round his neck?"
Maid: ''Yes'm."
Sc, what baby is crying about"-Illustrated