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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-25
CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH.

Chas. E. Mason, Pastor.
Sabbath services at 100 a. m.
and 8 100 p. m.
Sunday school at IL m.
Junior Christian Endeavor at 4
p. m.
Young Peoples Christian Endcav-
or at 7 100 p. m.
Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing at 500.
The Ladies' Aid society meets
Thursday afternoon at 80.
Subjects of sermons next Sunday /:
Forenoon, "a Stone in the Tenn
ple.'' Evening, ''The Royal Path
of Life, and it's Crown
Special music forenoon and even
ing.
The monthly missionary meeting
of the Ladies' Aid meets this
Thursday at 3 O'Clock with Mrs.
Rhoades. An instructive and enter
tanning program. Ladies generally
invited.
The supper by the Aid at Mrs.
Hanlcy's last Thursday evening
was largely attended. Thanks tc
hostess and patrons.
Members of the locai committee
for the Endeavor State convention,
which is to meet at Mountain Homo
this year the last of June, met
Tuesday evening and began prepa-
rations.
Rev. Guy Phelps, an evangelist
of Illinois, will begin evangelistie
meetings at the church May 18th.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-25
ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH

ST. JAMES EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. c. Mac Lean, Phi. D., Rector.
Sunday Services: 49,
Morning prayer and sermon al
1 I 100 a. m.
Sunday school and rector's class
at 12:15 p. m.
Evening prayer and sermon al
8 100 p. m.
Week Day Services.
Litany and instruction, Friday
at 7 80 p. m.
Choir rehearsal, Friday at $500
p m.
Special services will DC an
nounccd from time to time.
All, especially such as are with
out a church home, are cordially
invited to all the services.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-25
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
OFFICIAL COUNTY PAPER
TALK OF The TOWN

Band dance, Thursday evening,
May 2.
Mrs. F. E. Austin is visiting
in Logan, Utah.
Seymour H. Bell was here from
POI tland Tuesday.
There is regular meeting of the
M. w. A. tonight, and full atten-
dance of the members of the order
is requested by the clerk.
Miss Marie Gjertsen will on May
LIST open dressmaking parlors on the
second floor of the Garrett-Bailey
block.
Mr.. and Mrs. f. M. Wolfe are
the parents of young son which
arrived in their household on April
10th.
WANTED-Apprentice girls at
once for dressmaking. Miss Marie
Gjcrtsen.
DR.. 3. w. Mather has been made
county physician for the term end
ing December 81, 1908.
Prof. E. w. Tracey was visit
or in Payette over Sunday.
George Butler Of Atlanta is
spending the week iu town.
Pitcher Lent is getting in fine
form and the fans will see him
throwing a fine article of ball in
the game OF the 28th.
The last of the season will be the
ball TO be given by the Mountain
Home band at CARROTS opera house,
Thursday evening, May 3.
James Ladd, after almost recover
ing from an attack of typhoid fever
and suffering a relapse, has had
several sinking spells of late, and
it is understood that his condi-
ton is serious.
The pot gang is receiving atten-
tion at the hands of Marshal George.
Two of the gentry who live in the
open air were lowed into Justice
Norell's court this week and given
twenty minutes to leave town. The
walking was good.
Tuesday Marshall George arrested
two men for being drunk and dis
orderly on the streets, and Justice
Norcll imposed Ii<ac of $40. GO in
each case, which one individual
paid. The othci being out of funds,
WAS given six days labor on the
streets.
M. c. Damon. who was acquit-
ted in district court last week of
the charge of robbing VIM. Black
man, was arrested by Marshal
George on the charge of being drunk
and disorderly. and upon being ar
raigned before Justice Norelll, was
fined $40 and costs, and givcr
twenty minutes to get out of town.
Among those who went to Pay
cite last Sunday to attend the bal
game were r. H. Bennett, Otto
Hendricks, A. d. George, Babe
Brady, Chris Olson and Fred Ben.
nett. The boys all bear witnes:
that they looked upon case o.
grand larceny, without being able
TO render any assistance to the
plucked.
Col. w. H. Marks and daug hters,
Mrs. VIM. Simpson and Mrs. F
Tollefson, arrived Saturday from
Wimbledon, N. d. Mr.. Marks re
turns home after an absence of tive
months, delighted to get back, anC
states that he will endeavor to keel
the pace set by his former Dakot;
neighbors who have bought and ar,
improving property here.
w. ]. Turner is busily engage,
in getting supplies for the season
out to his ranch on the Snake rive
below Medbury. He has succeede
in getting the Short Line to build
spur out to his irrigation powe
plant for convenience in hadlin
coal and other material. Mr.. Tur
ner has not yet received his pillow
ing engine, but expects it to ar
rive this week, when farming op
erations will begin in earnest o
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1907-04-25
BAPTIST CHURCH.

Prayer meeting Wednesday even
ing at 700, and Bible school at
7 80.
Sunday school at 10: 100 a. M.
Junior at 100 p. M, Sunday.
Come one and all and hear the
truth; believe it and be saved by IT..
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-05

The supreme court of the United States has ruled adversely to Senator Thomas NJ. Patterson in the case where in he was fined B 900 for contempt by the supreme court of Colorado. The Colorado court fined Senator Patterson for criticism printed in his newspaper. The United States court decides that the state court acted within its rights.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-05
From Across the Divide

Somewhat of stampede has been on to Hootlanana for some time.
 o. A. Diver and son (Frank) are still prospecting on the North Fork.
 Manley's Keystone drill is running satisfactorily on the flat below Glen. Jimmy Lawrence is one of the crew.
 Frank Stevens is working lay on lower Glen. He gets water from Man ley's Hume and is said to be doing well.
 Joe Bush, Charley Nelson and Walter Sundborg have finished washing up on Joe Bush creek. They are said to be satisfied with the result.
 Hebb X Kaulbach have sluiced their winter dump on Skookum and are now dumping into the boxes. Otto Kreohle has been prospecting on their ground.
 Manley's men have been doing very effective groundsluicing on Boothby creek. They are not quite ready to shovel in. The creek will probably be worked out this summer.
 Henry Papin is building himself a nice new cabin on Pioneer. He sluiced ten days with two helpers and it is be- lieved his dirt yielded even better re- suits than heretofore.
 On the lower end of Skookum, H. F. Thumm, Henry Young, Joe Bush and Jimmy Clinic have been dumping into the boxes for couple of weeks. The ground is frozen and they have run crosscut 80 feet.
 La grippe has been very prevalent; in fact nobody escaped. Jim Frazer was very sick, but has improved. Billy Graham, Roy Mcleod, A. Y. Thoren and Wally Laboski are others who were hit pretty hard.
 Manley and an expert were lately looking over the ground where it is pro posed to construct the big ditch from Hootlanana. So far as learned nothing has been made public regarding the plans for the work
 It is generally believed that when Je rome Chute gets water onto Thanksgiv- ing through the New York ditch about the middle of this month, he will make a record in gold production far ahead of anything heretofore seen in Rampant district. There is ground enough in sight for several years run.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-05
Brief Outside Mention

The Rio Grande has been on one of its periodical tears.
 Wheat is above the dollar mark and looks like it is up to stay
 It is said the big railroads continue to give rebates despite the law.
 Mrs. Mckinley died May 9 and was buried beside the late president.
 Judge Dunne announced May 29 that he would sentence Reuf in two weeks.
 Manufacturers all over the States have raised the price of whisky 20 per cent.
 It looks like the recount will show Hearst to have been elected mayor of New York.
 The Empress of Japan thinks she has an idea which will benefit all mankind She will make it known later and apply for the Noble prize.
 There is big uprising in China. An army of 30,000 descended upon Hong Wong and footed the town. It is claimed the whole of the northwestern part of the empire is in revolt, or on the verge of it.
 San Francisco is in state of panic. Business having been conducted on credit system, is ready to go to pieces, and business men are quitting in de- spair. A committee of 75 has been appointed to try to restore confidence.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-05
Local and General Notes

Langford is to prospect in the Iron blesome.
 Walter Sundborg is with the N. C. Co. for the summer.
 Steamer Hamilton left Eagle yester- day morning downbound.
 George w. Wood will be with the Ballou Mann hydraulic force on Hunter.
 J. L. Fisher and Charles Kelly have gone to Boulder creek, in the Fish creek country of the Panama, to prospect.
 Mail launch brought down first-class mail Monday afternoon. Returning, it brought the first open-water mail from Nome this evening.
 w. c. Nichols, James Clinic, Charley Nelson, George w. Wood and Walter Sundborg are among those coming from across the divide within the past few days. They all brought over very hand some specimens of la grippe.
 On returning across the divide A. H. Wood slipped from a frosty pole into Granite creek The water was deep and icy and swift, and Mir. Wood was com pletely immersed. He clung to the pole till his travelling companions rescued him.
 Heeter's little gasolene launch, which did its initial stunt Saturday afternoon, is the swiftest thing on the river. It has gone far toward reconciling its proud owner to the loss of his celebrated "hoss steamboat which was wrecked by the ice year ago.
 Fred Bevier has sold his Hunter creek claims to o. C. Clemens and will go to Washington state this summer to make his home. He is just one more of a number of estimable young men who have concluded that there are better opportunities outside It is conceded that Mir Clemens made good buy.
 One of Mike Engels's mules died Sunday. It was fat and apparently in the best of spirits only few minutes before it's demise and the horse men held post-mortem examination into the mysteries of the case. After due deliberation it was concluded that the mule "just died unanimously" as a colored man once said his neighbor had done down in Tennessee.
 The big mosquitoes have been more numerous and more bloodthirsty this spring than ever before. It Is an omi- nous fact that in each succeeding spring since % they have been worse than in any oi the previous years; and yet there k breathing space for few more. The Indians all predict that l9os will he q bad year for them-in fact they say Il the mosquitoes are bad cue year they are sure to bc worse the next.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-05
From the Records.
LOCATION.

LOCATION. May 21.-Association claim. Muckluck creek, tributary Hootlanaua George krasting Max Neville and Nick Snyder.
 TRANSFERS. May 27.-G. F. Hedrick to E. T. Hall. bench claim No. 6 Omega creek. May 30.-P. J. Folboeuf to Fred Bevier, No Pa Hunter. May S1.--Fred Bevier to O. c. Clemens, Nos. Pa and 3a Hunter.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-05
NOthern News and Notes

Tbe Nome output is estimated at seven million.
 J. K. Wood, prominent lawyer, died at Nome May II.
 Innoko gold tested at Nome went $l9.01 an ounce.
 Headquarters of the Alaska road com mission is now at Seattle.
 District Attorney Hoyt of the Second (Nome) district has resigned.
 Thirty-two men are employed at the Sourdough coal mine, near the Yukon below Fortymile.
 H. R. Shepard, for some time on the United States customs staff at Juneau, has been transferred to Eagle.
 A report that the Guggenheims have acquired the Treadwell mines has not been confirmed, but it sounds like the truth.
 Dredge No ? of the Consolidated com pany started operations May 9 two and a half miles up from the mouth of Fortymile river.
 C. L. Andrews, collector of customs at Eagle, says no port of entry will be created by the United States on the lower Yukon this year.
 Dawson News, May r.: The pump for the Gold Scoopers dredge, on Walk CTS Fork, Fortymile, arrived today on Henderson's scow, and will be hauled over the Glacier road.
 One of the biggest potlaches ever held on the Yukon watershed terminated at Selkirk two weeks ago. Nearly 300 na- tives attended the feast and they came for hundreds of miles in every direction
 A. Bahlke returned from the Innoko to Nome and said two men took out $550 on Gaines creek, where the strike was made. They had to leave for grub. The river is navigable to within sixty miles of the strike. Bahlke had two Innoko nuggets worth S55 and s66.
 Pcrovich, convicted of murder at Fairbanks, his case having been re- viewed by the supreme court and the verdict of the district court having been affirmed, has been sentenced to hang Aug. II. He protests his innocence, and some seem to think there is doubt of his guilt. The evidence against him was circumstaneial, but, barring per jury, it seemed conclusive.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-05

At millionaires banquet in Chicago ten of the guests brought prize pigs with them to table. The animals wore rib- bons in order to avoid any confusion with other guests.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-05

A donkey, lO years old, once owned by James C. Elaine. Is notability at Ear Iiarbor, Me.
Yukon Valley news., 1907-06-05

Send your friends the Valley News.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-17
Christmas on Christmas Island.

They never have any "whitev Christ
masses on Christmas island. The Their
mometer never falls below 70 and new
er rises above 30 in the shade.
Christmas island lies about $50 miles
southeast of the western extremity of
Java. 1t is in the Indian ocean and
belongs to Great Britain, having been
annexed in 1888. This interesting lit
tie bit of land in midsea appears to
have been originally coral reef, which
by volcanic forces has been raised so
high that at Its highest point 1t sticks
out Of the water LOCO feet. In shape
it is an irregular quadrilateral X has
an area of about twenty square miles.
The British have formed a settlement
on the island for the development of
the phosphate beds, which are said to
be rich This material is used for fer
tiliZer
a globe trctter who spent last Christ
mas very appropriately on Christmas
island says: christmas morning
bathed in the sen. Christmas after
noon, dressed in white flannel. played
tennis. 1t is always summer there.
a pure, cool breeze always blows from
the southeast In January the fresh
fruits and flowers and vegetables are
as plentiful as during July or August
in the United States. Christmas Island
is a little paradise nine miles wide
and about ten miles long"
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-17
Christmas
With 10, the
Poor Indian.
m ANY OF the Indians who still
VA keep UP their tribal existence

AH ANY OF the Indians who still
IEH keep up their tribal existence
Va are Christians. TO them as
to the white people Christmas
is an important anniversary, but they
celebrate it in their own way. This
way would not be approved by certain
Christian denominations of white peo-
pie because it includes as the chief
feature dance.
The southwestern Indian tribes have
q special fondnesS for all sorts of cere-
monial dances. When white people
dance they do it for the aesthetic
pleasure of the performance, the poetry
of motion, so to speak. Not SO with
the Indians. Every dance has a deep
significance to them. When they as
SembIe for their Christmas observance
they begin by praying for rain and
bountiful crops.
Then follows the dance. This is the
only dance in which the women are
permitted to take part. The men and
women form in opposite lines and
start up song, their bodies swaying
in rhythm. Then they break up into
groups and dance toward each other
with a hippity-hop step, holding their
bodies rigid.
The next movement is to form a cir
Gle and dance around a Christmas tree
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-17

point, opposite McConkey's house, and
at dusk the soldiers began crossing
Everybody knows, of course, that "the
river was full of floating ice,' but
Colonel Glover and his fishermen sol
diers from Marblehead did not mind
that They knew how to guide boats
amid cakes of Ice. These Massachu.
sets fishermen were placed in charge
Of the boats.
The plan of Washington was to reach
Trenton by 8 O'Clock in the morning
and catch the Hessians sleeping of
their Christmas rotations. He counted
upon getting the whole army across by
midnight. Owing to the delay caused
by the ice and the storm it was z
o'clock in the morning when the last
boat load of patroits reached the Jer
sey shore BY A o'clock the force was
formed ready for the march upon
TreHton. Colonel Henry Knox had
brought over his cannon on the frai
fathoats, with horses to pull the pieces
along the road.
General Washington crossed the riv
er q little before midnight. The In
mates of McConkey's house were astb
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-17

math in the way of daylight surprise
the morning after Christmas, knowing
that the jolly Germans would be more
or less demoraliZed by their bibulous
manner of celebrating the anniversary.
Washington's troops at Newtown
were chiefly New Englanders. He had
about 2,400 men and twenty pieces OF
artillery. The weather had turned
much colder toward Christmas, and on
the afternoon of that day chill storm
of snow and sleet began, lasting
through the night. Washington's troops
marched to McConkey's ferry In the
snowstorm. McConkeys was a river
side inn on the New Jersey bank OF
the Delaware about nine miles above
Trenton The boats previously hidden
by the Americans were collected at this
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-17

ents. These are not so numerous or so
costly as the white baby's presents,
but to the little bronze baby they are
just as good Nearly always the In
dian baby gets things of bright colors.
Indians. big and little. are particularly
fond of garish hues. A red uecktie, a
blue ribbon, a yellow scarf or a stick
of striped candy may be the selection
of Santa Claus, but string OF shells
or beads, the tooth Of an elk or the
claw of a bear is more likely to be the
present.
When papoose wakes up and finds
its gifts it is Just as happy as the rich
est white cliild in the land
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-17
A HISTORY OF THE
LAUREL BRIGADE,
ORIGINALLY THE
A5HBY CAVALRY, |
OF THE ARMY OF NORTHERN
VIRGINIA,
CHE MS BATTERY.
BY THE LATE
CAPT. WILLIAM N. MCDONALD.
ORDNANCE OPTIC OF TIE BRIGADE
a.
EDITED BY
BUSHR0D c. WASHINGTON
Agents Wanted.
Agents Wanted.

Contains a roll IN which are The names
of the soldiers from Jefferson County who
served in this famous command. 1t
make a suitable Christmas Gift Tor the
old veterans aud their families. Price
So 90 and postage. Apply to B. {.
Washington, Charles Town. w. Va.
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-17
Ute Mother end Child
Ready for Santa Claus

hung with articles which. according to
the missionaries, are the gifts of Santa
Claus to good Indians. The Indians
kneel and pray In front of an altar
during the performance.
When Santa Claus visits the Indian
papoose on the plains he does not find
stockings in which to deposit his pres
ents. As q rule. the little Indian in
the tepee does not wear stockings, for
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-17
Hidden Gifts
Of the....
Christmastide.
By ALoYsIUs COLL.

copyright. 1907. by Aloysius COLL
THINK you, my little baby boy,
That the gifts are all for you
The picture books and the painted
blocks
And the soldier men in blue?
But what Of the Joy in mothers heart
When she saw you dance for slee,
When you woke to see the candles burn
On the bouehs Of the Christmas tree?
VoU clappcd your hands and you
= laughed aloud
When you found the little pillow
With the oxen team that logged on
wheels
In tne shade Of the greenwood bough,
But what of tho silent tenderness
That stirred in mothers breast
When you drove the oxen to the barn
In the twilight hour to rest7
VouR eyes in wonder opened wide
: When you saw that the little
train
Would rattle down the carpet track
And then run back again
But what of the golden train Of thought
That follows your baby feet
To scatter the flowers of mother love
Where the way is bright and SWEET
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-17

the first year or two at any rate. The
baby is strapped to a board, its body
wrapped in warm skins and only its
head sticking out, so that it can cry
without being cramped for space.
Frequently the papoose takes its
maps in an upright position, its mother
leaning the baby board against the
tepee pole.
On Christmas eve Santa Claus steals
into the tepee and lays beside the
sleeping papoose its Christmas pres
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-17

sian officer.
The capture of Philadelphia seemed
so imminent that by advice of General
tinenta congress retired to Baltimore.
The situation was highly critical The
time of service for which most Of
Washington's men had enlisted would
expire within ten days, and unless
money could be had for their payment
few of them would remain In the field.
Many citizens who had espoused the
patriot cause became discouraged and
went over to the enemy. CORVALLIS
was so pop sure that the "rebels" were
on their last legs aud the war prac-
tically over that he went to New York
with the intention to sail for England
on leave of absence.
Washington felt that some decisive
blow must be struck The British must
be shown that the Americans still had
fight in them. Timid citizens in their
homes must be encouraged by a dem
onstrarion OF patriotic valor and mill
tary prowess. Accordingly Washing
ton planned attacks at several points
along the river, but he could not In
duce some OF his subordinate COM
manders to cooperate with him. They
could not cross the river, they said.
But Washington could and did. He
proposed to go over and give the Hes
slams at Trenton Christmas after
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-17

YOU cLAPPED YOUR HANDS AND YOU
LAUGHED ALOUD.
VOu set the sails on your tiny ship,
Ard yea sent it out to sea
On silver lake with shores OF moss
When the wind was fair and free,
But what Of my silver lake Of dreams
Where never ship may start,
But bears you at the prov to sound
The fathoms Of ny heart?
A H, beat your taps to the soldier
"A toys,
Unyoke the oxen team,
And draw the fires ir your painted
train,
Come to my arms and dream,
For thine are the gifts Of tender day
And night of childish joy;
Mine is the everlasting gift
OF mothers heart-my boy!
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-17
O. l.. Watson
CHARLES TOWN, w. VA.
Dealer in
General Merchandise,

Also Agent for Masury's Fine
House Paints and Stewards Iron
Work Cos. Celebrated Lawn and
Cemetery Fences. Call in and see
catalogue and get prices. Selling
Children's Shoes and Flannels at
Cost. 5 per cent off for cash on
sums of one dollar and over
Spirit of Jefferson. [volume] (Charles Town, Va. [W. Va.]) 1844-1948, 1907-12-17
Her Best Friends Gift.

TIT bLSN
Wickers Isn't 1t unfortunate that
dark Miss Manley has just the faintest
suspicion of nustache?
Her Best Friend-It is. indeed.
sympathized with her last Christmas.
Wickers- Sympathized?
Her Best Friend-Yes. Without the
poor dear knowing It sent her a mus
tache cup.