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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-08-29
.POSTOfFICE FIGHT
AT GLENNS FERRY
Contest for Vacancy Made by Sam
ueI Oliver Is ArOusing Much
Interest

GLENNS FERRY, Aug. Is
This community is considerably
agitated at present over the ques-
tion as to who shall be appointed
postmaster to succeed the former in
cumbent, Sam oliver, who has re-
signed to accept a good position in
Wyoming. The rival candidates
for the vacancy are Mrs. Sargent,
wife of Short Line engineer, and
J. w. Barger. Barger is a cripple,
the result of exposure during his
four years service as a union soldier
in the Civil war. Mrs. Sargent is
an active Democratic worker while
Barger has always been a Republic
can. He is father-in-law of Dis
trict Judge Walters.
Interest has been added to the
contest by the endorsement which
Mrs. Sargent has received from the
Republican county chairman, c. Z.
Corker. This has caused consider
able satisfaction in the local Demo-
cratic ranks for if Mrs. Sargent is
appointed the dissatisfaction that
will result among Republicans will
help TO make this a Democratic pre-
cinct. Republicans, especially the
Civil war veterans, are indignant
at the treatment accorded Barger
and have prepared protest to be
submitted to the department or to
Congressman French. Petitions in
favor of Barger have been extens-
lively signed during the past few
days. An attempt will also be
made to have the county central
committee meet and remove Cofker
from the chairmanship.
1t is claimed that Corker's action
in recommending a Democrat was
by desire for revenge
ON his party. He was defeated for
county commissioner in the last
and has been in a bad
humor ever since.
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IDAH0'S MINES
RICH IN ORES.
Mineral Deposits Attracting ProspeCtors
and Capital to Wealth in Gem
States Hills.

management and this in the face of
many difficulties, the most serious
of which was the partial dcstruc-
tion of the plant by fire about
year ago. Since that time many
new buildings have been built to
take the place of those destroyed
with the exception of the ssmplcr.
The plant has entirely recovered
from the unfortunate blaze, and is
one. of the best managed and equip
ped mines in the west.
A new Shap gearcd locomotive
has just been received by the COM
pany, being the second one on the
works. These powerful locomot-
ives are used in transporting the
ore from the mines to the smeltcr,
and are great deal more practical
than the old electric motor system
formerly used by the old White
Knob company.
The smclter is handling over 200
tons of ore each day, and has been
for several years, and at the present
time there is more ore blocked out
and of a higher grade than ever be-
fore in the history of the mine.
The Silver King Gold and Copper
Mining company, whose properties
lie in the Taylor canyon, only four
miles from the Mackay, is working
a few men. This property was dis
covered early in the spring and the
development work has exposed some
very fine high grade copper-gold
ore, picked specimens going as high
Continued on page Five
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SALT LAKE, Aug. 20. Leslie
d. E. Dillingham;, editor of the
Mackay Miner, spent day in the
city of Saints. He is enthusiastic
over the outlook for central Idaho
and declares it is the greatest undc-
veloped mineral region in the west.
He prepared for the press the fol-
lowing:
Central Idaho is enjoying a new
er-before equaled era of prosperity
brought about by the remarkable ac-
tivity of the mining industry. Be-
ginning at Era and continuing up to
Loon creek, distance of about 200
miles, the district is very much
alive. More mills and smelters are
being operated than at any time be-
fore, and much ore is being mined
in the district and shipped to custom
smelters than at any other period of
the past.
The Empire Copper company, a
SO, 600, 900 concern, which succeed
ed the White Knob Copper COM
pany and the Macbeth lease at Mac
kay, is now running continuously
under the management of Frank
M. Leland and is clcraing over
$50, 600 month. They employ
about 800 men at the mine and
smelter, with a payroll of $2S, 600.
This, with the excellent crop con-
ditions of the Big Lost River valley
has brought a general prosperity to
that portion of the Gem state.
Mr.. Leland has made the proper
ty pay from the time he assumed
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0. {. CannOn'S Aunt Injured at
RdwIinS.

Word was reccievd in this city
Wednesday by Q. E. Cannon, CASH
ier of the Citizens State bank, of
the serious injury of his aunt. Mrs.
r. N. Eastman of Rawlins, Wyo.
who was on her wedding trip to
New York. Mr.. and Mrs. East
man were getting off a street car
when in some way Mrs. Eastman
was thrown violently TO the ground
sustaining concussion of the brain.
In attempting to help her Mr.. East
man was also thrown to the ground
but not hurt. Mrs. Eastman is
now in a very serious condition
at Denver, her recovery being con-
sidered very doubtful.
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and apricots, Mr. Davis thinks the
Snake river valley in this whole
section is destined to become a
wonderful fruit belt and this tract
is most excellent example of what
may be Accomplished in that line.
The place, which has 20 acres in
fruit, will produce 5000 boxes OF
peaches, which, Mr.. Davis says,
will bring from 81 to ST. SO per box.
He expects to get 500 boxes of april
cots and the place has produced a
great quantity of cherries and other
small fruit.
For IL years this place has pro-
duced crop of fruit regularly and
in great abundance. This season
10 men worked for nearly two weeks
thinning the fruit on the trees so
that the trees would bear the weight
of the crop.
At the present time it is busy
place. Pickers and packers are a,
work hustling off the crop which,
of course, must be handled at the
proper time quickly.
Today he secured orders from
Nampa grocerymen and fruit deal
res for a shipment of his products
which are sent to Mountain Home
by team and thence by express here.
The peaches come wrapped and
we'll packed and not IL baskets as
usually sold.
The fruit farm is splendid evil
dence of the profits in the fruit
business and the probabilities of
what is yet to come throughout this
country in this line.
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LARGE CROWD
ATTENDS CONCERT

Contrary to the usual custom the
band played its concert on the Ev-
ans hotel corner last Tuesday even
ing, and large crowd was present
to enjoy the music. In facu the
largest crowd of the season was on
hand to greet the band and applaud
the welI-rendered numbers of the
program.
Seats were furnished for nearly
ali the ladies and some of the men
as well, Wy the business houses in
the immediate vicinity and every
effort put forth to accommodate the
people who turned out. The large
arc light on the hotel corner was
lowered and five iucsndesceuts at
tached and strung up on frames made
for the occasion, which furnished
excellent light.
The band played unusually well
and the several novelties were we'll
received. The anvil effects in ~The
Forge in the Forest, was indeed
pleasing and would certainly give
a listener the imp ession that Sif-
fert understands the business al
right, judging from the unusually
sweet quality of tone he drew forth
from these tools of the blacksmith's S
shop. The solo Good Night Be-
loved Good Night" in all its senti-
mentality, seemed to have inspired
Jack Braun who played it with the
entire spirit of the song, and he
certainly demonstrated the fact
that as a manipulation of the saxa-
phone he is there with the goods.
The solo is beautiful thing and
was received With an encore.
On the whole the band played
we'll and maintained the reputation
so justly held as the best concert
band in Idaho.
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GARNET FRUIT FARM
GROWING POPULAR
Halls Fruit Ranch Recently Sold to Mr..
Davis Making Large
Shipments

NAMPA, Aug. 24.--Csrl A.
Davis, an ex-attorney of Boise who
has recently become interested in
one OF the most valuable and profit
able fruit farms in the state, was in
Nampa yesterday interviewing local
fruit dealers and taking orders for
apricots and peaches from his twen-
ty-acre orchard, which is called
'sThe Garnet Fruit Farm 1t is
generally known as the Hall fruit
ranch, which MIR. Davis bought in
the early summer.
This ranch consists of over 800
acres but only about 100 acres is
tillable and of that there is at pres
ent about 20 acres in fruit of var
ious kinds but the prevailing crop
is peaches. The tract is peculiar
ly located and is adapted to peaches
ana apricots. 1t is south from
Mountain Home and right on the
Snake river bank, under bluff
which protects it from cold winds.
Water for the place comes from
springs under the lava rim rock
which has a temperature of 62 de-
grees, and the warm water with
the sheltered location, makes the
place three weeks earlier than any
other place in the whole country.
He says he has no competition on
early crops from anywhere except
California. But while this place is
an especially favored spot in some
respects there are few points about
it that would indicate that it is the
best location in Idaho for peaches
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which opens October /. New build
ings are under the course of con-
struction, the race track is being
improved and additions are being
built to the stables for the accomod-
alton of the increased number of
entries expected.
In speaking of their prospects the
Independent says: Secretary Cow
en- is receiving many inquiries for
space. j. H. Garrett, the Noun
tain Home hustler, has applied for
eight stalls for his string of flyers.
The prospects for successful fair
were never better.'
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The public is invited to attend. Nc
admission.
Following is the complete pro-
gram for the institute:
PROGRAM.
Monday September 2nd.
900 to Enrolment.
e:1O to e:5O-R aiding Miss
Soma
e:sO to 10 Arithmetic Prof
Simpich
1880 to 1O:4O-Recess
1O:4O to ;2O-Lecture, Miss
Soma.
11:2O to Grammar, Prof.
Warner.
Monday Afternoon.
1880 to :OO-Drawing, Prof.
Simpich.
200 to 2:4O-H What
Shall Be Taught below the Fifth
Grade, Prof. Warner.
40 to :5O-Recess
ESQ to 3 30 Model Lessons in
Primary Reading, Miss Murphy.
$3.50 to 4;00--L ecture, Miss
Soma.
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Iekdmah Immigrants.

e D. Pratt piloted another del-
egation of homeseekers to Noun
tain Home last week. The party
consists of M. w. Blue and wife,
Ezra Prussia and wife, Morris
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held today, Rev c. E. Mason con-
Quoting the services,
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Garrett Applies for Stalls.

Canyon county is making very
extensive preparations for its fair
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Continued on page Five
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-16
ONLY ONE ARAB ADMITS HE
HELPED TAKE PERDICARIS


Mohammed Orias, a native OF Ne
quinass, Morocco, and a former men,
ber of the band of brigands under the
comamnd of Raisuli, who captured
Ion Perdicaris and held him for ran
som, is now appearing at the New
York Hippodrome with the band of
twenty-four Bedouin Arabs, who have
just arrived in this country The
Arabs were all collected In the vicin-
ity of Mogador and Tangier. Mo-
hammed Orias is the only member of
tho band who will admit that he
served under Raisuli.
Il was one of the men who helped
TO carry off Perdicaris." said Mo-
hammed Orias last week. through
the interpreter, Hassan Ben Ali "It
was very simple. Perdicaris lived in
a grand house in Tangier. We sim
ply went into the city at night broke
into his house, made him get dressed
and accompany us into the noun
tains. Once in the mountains, we
were safe. Raisuli is the biggest man
in Morocco. The Sultan's soldiers
cannot catch him. He can go over
the mountains in one day, while they
have to go around the mountains
1--WE days journey-to reach the same
spot. If they march around the
mountain. then he goes back again
the way he came. and they have to
march around the mountains again.
The soldiers will never get him, un-
less he is betrayed by his own men. F"
Mohammed Orias is an acrobatic
man of about thirty, very swarthy
and very fierce looking. All the rest
OF the band at the Hippodrome are
afraid of him. This band of Arabs,
with eight camels and queer native
costumes and guns, will be at the
Hippodrome the rest of the season.
They have attracted much attention
along Broadway, as they wear their
native costumes all the time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-16
PROVIDING SCHOOL ROOM.

Those owho are familiar with the
conditions in our public schools dc
not doubt superintendent Shull's
statement in his annual report that
one new school building should be
erected here every year for the next
three years. 1t is doubtful if there
is city in the state facing position
like ours, But 1t is here and we have
got TO meet it. The state law insists
that all children between the ages OF
seven and fourteen shall attend
school, Itfis the city's duty, there
fore, TO provide facilities. If the
number of children increase so rap
idly, that a new school house is need
ed every year 1t is evident that Perth
Amboy is growing. More that that,
this would be considered by Presi-
dent Roosevelt as an ideal municipal
ity.
No child should be denied the fair
chance to secure an education. To
have two children occupying the
space ordinarily required for one is
not giving a child fair chance. This
is a serious matter for the city and it
has got to be met. The city already
owns land for new school house out
New Brunswick avenue. A building
should be erected thereon this year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-16

In Middlesex county, however, the
re-appointment would be especially
obnoxious. The great majority OF
people do not want Strong. The gov
crnor should consider the wishes of
the whole people, not any one party
or faction. The democrats don't
want Strong, that is certain, and u
great many republicans do not want
him. That makes big majority of
the whole people. In fact, there
would not be many republicans to
grieve should Strong be turned down.
1t is well known that large number
of those who now follow Strong i'm or
der to keep regular" dislike him
aud would be glad to see him un-
seated.
If the governor desires TO carry out
the wishes of II great majority of the
people of MiddleseX county he will
not rename Strong. More than that,
If the governor desires to do his duty
to the people of the state he will
show his disapproval of the methods
of the State Board of Assessors by
unseating Theodore Strong and put
ting in his place a man who will be
honest with the people in fixing the
value upon railroad property.
Can the governor afford to reap
point Theodore Strong?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-16
SCHOOL BOARD COMMITTEES.

President Crowell, of the school
board. objects to the term faction
being used in connection with that
body, but he has done nothing to re-
lleve the situation in naming his COM
mittees. The only really responsible
committees are those for building
and teachers. In naming these Mr.
Crowell has taken good care that his
own faction is put in control.
We find Commissioner Peterson
chairman of both With all due re-
spect to that gentleman we do not be-
lieye him man who measures up to
the responsibility.
Commissioners Peterson and Amer
are both on these committees. They,
with the president himself, make up
the Crowell faction. Thus does the
factional fight enter into the appoint
ments. Mr.. Arner being democrat,
Mr.. Peterson is made chairman of
both committees. Thus is the po-
litical end looked after.
1t is evident that politics and fac
tional feelings are going to rule dur.
ing the present year. If the board
keeps on 1t will yet drive the people
into voting for an appointiYe board
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-16
SHAMROCK soLMooUIEs.
\ big time.-The town clock.

a big time.-The town CLOCK.
A dead sure thing. family
skeleton.
Pittsburg is always getting soak.
ed; by the newspapers, and now by
! floods.
| Tomorrow the shamrock blossoms
forth In all its beauty,
Don't begin to shed your heavy
garments yet. 1t may get cold some
more.
Today the grounding crawls forth
from his hiding place TO say that he
made good.
Mayor Bollschweiler still has Hope
| for new Central depot here.
The Amboy bridge needs no press
agent to keep itself in the newspaper
columns
The president remembered his own
| friends on the school board in nam
ing the committees. Twas ever
thus.
The weekly advertised letter list at
the local postoffice might be classed
under the head of international COM
plications.
The Prince of Wales is reported to
have gone pretty low down in his f.
nances in the stock troubles. Trad
ers have no more respect Tor royalty
than for mere individuals.
They said few days ago that the
Thaw case might go to the jury by the
end of this week, but that report was
only brain storm"
The charge up San Juan will give
President Roosevelt an idea of what
the advance of the railroad presidents
on the White House may hold in
store.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-16
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
STATE GAzETTE's BRAIN sYoR,


The Trenton Daily State Gazette,
which appears TO be the official apol-
ogist and white-washer for the So
called leaders who would run the
states affairs to suit their own in
terests and not the interests Of the
sovereign people. pitches into Her.
man b. Walker today The Mr. Wal
ker in question Is general conceded
to be by all odds the best informed
political writer In the state. His
correspondence constitutes the most
accurate and instructive information
on questions effecting the state and
nation to be fouhd'in any paper in
the east. But the State Gazette is
sore. Walkers exposures of the
Vaccinations of the gangs at Wash
ington and at Trenton have put the
friends of the machine in a panic
time and again More than one plot
has been shown up by him and the
bosses know full well that he is a
man to be feared
Mr.. Walker should clip that edi-
torial roast" and place it among his
letters of testimonial. To have the
State Gazette as an enemy is no re-
Election on any good republican,
Plainfield Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-16
When Great Fortunes
Are Benefit to All.
BY Professor j. W. JENKs of Cornell University.


kAA~ HE winner of great fortune usually A VI AN OF
POWER and makes his power felt largely because the
49, great of humanity merely drift through life
great fortunes properly the rewards for SERVICES
ACTUALLY RENDERED to society The gains always
strong Sometimes In contest between capitalists and workngmcn
the strong belong the first class the second either
the with the advantage likely press that advantage TO
THE UTMOST
Great fortunes often used part wisely the
public when the CREDIT OF THE STATE has backed
by great nancers when ambassadors epend their
doing the country service which refuses to pay for a
quatey and In great gifts for philanthropy libraries
But the other hand great fortunes considered by their
SCISSORS trusts are menace the public nd the
way EXERCISE A CONTROL over them
The controlling force through PUBLIC OPINION
Public sentiment and ultimately dominate the rich as well as
the poor The outlook hopeful state already getting
troll.
ULTIMATELY WE MAY EXPECT THE BENEFITS
VIOLATING the pR,Nc,pI Es oe
JUSTICE RIGHTEOUSNESS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-16
THE LITTLE SISTER
OF THE PROPHET

(Marjorie l.. C. Pickthall in the
Century.)
''If there arise among you prophet
or dreamer. "-Deut. xiii, /.
l have left a basket of dates
In the cool, dark room that is under
the vine,
Some curds set out in two little erin.
son plates,
And flask of the amber wine,
And cakes most cunningly beaten
OF savory herbs and spice and the
delicate wheaton
Flour that is best,
!And all TO tighten his spirit and
sweeten his rest.
This morning he cried, Awake,
And see what the wonderful grace oi
the Lord hath revealed"
And we ran for his sake.
But twas only the dawn outspread
DER our fathers field,
And the house of the potter white
in the valley below.
But his hands were upraised to the
east and he cried to us, so
Ye may ponder and read
The strength and the beauty Of God
outrolled in a fiery screed,"
Then the little brown mother smiled
AS one does on the words of well
beloved child
And Son she replied, have the OK
en- been watered and fed?
For work is to do, though the skies
be never so red,
And already the first sweet hours OF
the day are spent"
And he sighed, and went.
Will he come from the Dyre.
With his head all misty with dreams
and his eyes on fire,
Shaking us all with the weight of the
words of his passion?
| will give him raisins instead OF
dates,
And wrathe young leaves on the little
red plates.
! will put on my new head tyre,
And braid by hair in a comelier fash
ion.
viii he note? VIII he mind?
viii he touch my cheek as he used
to, and laugh and be kind?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-16
NEW YORK HERALD WEATHER
FORECAST.

In the middle states and New Eng
land today fair weather will prevail,
with slowly rising temperature and
light westerly to southwesterly
winds, shifting to southerly in the in
terror of this section. On Sunday
fair to partly overcast and warmer
weather will prevail, with fresh
southerly winds. followed by rain in
the northern districts; and on Mon
day partly cloudy weather, with slow
ly falling temperature, preceded by
rain or snow on the northern coast
districts and followed by clearing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-03-16
SATURDAY, MARCH 16.
STR0NG'S REINFORCEMENT.

Can Governor Stokes afford to re-
appoint Theodore Strong a member
of the State Board of Assessors?
Laying aside the fact that Strong
is boss of MiddIesex county and works
only for the welfare of himself and
his followers in politics, can Governor
Stokes afford to re-appoint Strong to
the State Board of Assessors after the
revelations that have been made in
connection with the assessment on
second class railroad property?
This Is a matter that extends be-
yond the borders of Middlesex county.
1t affects the whole state. The State
Board of Assessors has been proven
negligent of its duty. II has assessed
railroad property SO that the people
of New Jersey have been robbed of
thousands of dollars.
Until last year the State Board of
assessors assessed the second class
railroad property. Ii was then trans
fcrred TO the local assessors in which
the property was located. The result
has been an enormous increase in the
valuations of tIila property. When
the various local assessors went to
work they were amazed to find that
in many places where private prop
erty was assessed at anywhere from
seventy-fivc per cent. to its true val
ne, the railroad property, Immediately
adjoining this private property, had
been assessed by the State Board of
Assessors at anywhere from thirty to
thirty-eight per cent. of its true value.
One of the members of this State
Board of Assessors is Theodore
Strong. Another member is David
Baird. Both are typical ''riDg'
bosses, one in Middlesex, the other
in Camden county, leeches living of
the public treasury while discriminate
ing in favor of the railroads.
Can Governor Stokes afford to re-
appoint these men TO the board where
their powers have been so abused?
Would not his action in re-appoint-
ing them be an endorsement of their
actions?
Does Governor Stokes care to have
It appear that he endorses the prac-
tice of assessing railroad property
ut 3S per cent. of its true value when
the private property owner next door
is assessed at true value, or very
nearly true yalue2
II there we're no other reason for
turning down Strong, tIlis one.sbonId
t.