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The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
The Happy Farmer.

The comment of the Challis Messenger, given be-
low, is true to the present situation. The farmer
of this day and age is the contented producer
Through a false or unsound financial system he
NAV lose the money which he has placed IN the
possession of some trusted banker who, through
the instinct of self-preservation to conform to
some custom adopted by his correspondent banks
refuses or fails to pay him his money. Albeit his
producing acres are there. He has his stock and
his machinery. All these contribute annually to his
comfort and needs. AS compared with the banker,
he is happy His conscience is clear, and he looks
into the future with the knowledge that he can live
on by the sweat of his own brow The Messenger
says:
The happiest man in the land today is the sue
cessful rancher. He sits under his own vine and tlg
tree, undisturbed by the maddening noise of the
great city Banks fail, railroads go into the hands
of receivers booming towns collapse, and all bust
ness stagnates. But the wise farmer can snap his
fingers at these things He is monarch of all he
surveys on his broad acres And the honesty OF
his boys and the purity of his girls guarded against
temptations, and in them he is giving the country
its best manhood and womanhood. The farmer is
to be envied and if he is not contened with his lot
he is lacking in wisdom
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
II Twelfth anniversary.

Monday November 18th, marked the twelfth mile
stone passed by the first settlers the Indian lands
of the Nez Perez Indian reservation, in Nez Perez
County, Idaho, according to the Nez Perez Herald
of the 21st.
All of the people who were in Idaho remember the
general agitation which the announcement of the
opening of the Nez Perez reservation occasioned,
the important event taking place on November IS,
1895.
Many localities of Idaho then felt the effects OF
the Indian exodus Good citizens were those at
traced by the graphic descriptions of the rich acres
to be opened to cultivation and to civilization.
Those who migrated satisfied with the con-
ditions which awaited them there and pleas
ing tribute to the benefits which have accrued,
could be paid than has been given by the able editor
of the Herald in the following statement
The advancement and the country have both prov
en- to be greater and better than the most optimistic
of the early settlers hoped for. What was then on
that raw November day a cold bleak country with
only an Indian house, the little blue house near
Dublin has since been transformed into one of the
best and most productive countries of the Inland
Empire The immense warehouses along the rail-
roads and at the tamway that have been built to
receive the abundant crops from the famous Nez
Perez prairie are now loaded to their utmost
pacitv with thousands of bushels of grain still
remaining on the ranches unhauled. The prairie is
now dotted with beautiful and we'll improved homes
where dwell the most independent people on earth,
surrounded with abundance of good stock and plenty
of feed and fruits of the best varieties, much OF
which is going to waste because it cannot be used.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
THE IDAHO SCIMIT A K +.

of county government of one of the newest yet one
of the best counties in Idaho.
Shoshone is now the shipping point Tor another
great project, as is evidenced from the following
which is taken from the Shoshone Journal of No
vember Goth:
Five more cars of grading machinery for the
Grant Construction Company arrived in Shoshone
Thursday, and being unloaded ready to be taken
on down to the grading camps on the Twin Falls
North Side ditch.
Machinery and supplies literally by the train load ,
are being brought in for this great work Inc
company has contracted to finish the main canals
through the tract by October of next year. hercu-
lean task but one that would easily possible by
the amount of stuff being brought in to do the
work 1t will require an army of men, but these
can fortunately be had without trouble. 1t is
somewhat doubtful blessing but still the financial
panic will bring Lincoln County some palllatlon in
solving what had been hard problem, that OF get
ting enough men to do the work. Now that big
construction work has been called off elsewhere, men
are only too glad to work here, and there will be
no shortage of help To be able to get plenty OF
help will facilitate the progress greatly, and Lincoln
County desires the completion of these great canals
above all things else.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
Beaufify Property.

These remarks do not apply exclusively to Cotton
wood Idaho although they are attested by the
Chronicle of that place They could be prohtably
followed by every community
Because winter is approaching and bal weather
occupies the center of the stage don't hole up IKE
the bears but remember that spring will surely fol-
low the winter Why not prepare during the frozen
months to beautify your property when the warm
months come again. Outline your campaign and
supply yourself with artillery before the battle opens
In other words, order some trees and shrubs for
early delivery next spring and have them here to
set out as soon as the ground gets warm enough to
receive them. Our town is woefully short of trees
and shrubs but it will not remain so long if every
one will try to beautify their property by planting
a few trees each spring Nothing adds SO much to
the appearance of town nice shady streets and
Yards If we are to live here why not make our
homes pleasing to all eyes Constitute yourself
committee of one to start the campaign and many
others will follow your lead. Place your orders
early and be ready to "get busy" soon as the
snow leaves.
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press and Comment
School SuperinfendenfS.

The Genessee News of November Goth gives the
following quotation from interview by Hon. Frank
L. Moore who is member of the Moscow school
Board:
The office of city superintendent of schools is a
useless thing and needless piece of expense. L
can do all the work that this member OF schools
teaching force does and then not know that have
exerted myself very much.
This interview was a result of some difficulty be-
tween the board of the Moscow high school and
some of the faculty. which resulted in the resigna-
ton of the city superintendent, Dr. j. R. Bevins, and
some of his assistant teachers.
Frank Moore is one of the best lawyers in North
Idaho He was in the Idaho State Senate III 1901,
and reflected great credit the State He is
man of character and ability.
The quotation from Mr.. Moore does not agree
with The Scimtars views as to the office IN ques-
ton His language applied to the Moscow Sit
uation may be true There may be, and probably
are some superintendent in the State who are UNI
worthy of their hire.
There is however, place in the scholastic cur
riculum for the superintendent who is capable or
ganizer, with tact and management so needtul IN
keeping the machinery Of both teacher and the taught
well oiled and running smoothly. Such a one should
possess scholastic attachments, but above all things
he should be man of good judgment and filled with
an ambition to make of the pupils in all the depart
ments the highest type of American citizenship He
should be broad enough to Undue his assistants with
those splendid moral ideas essential to the devel-
oping natures of the pupils of the schools under
his charge Such superintendent cannot well be
overpaid.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
The Tongue of SIander.

Oregon Knight Against SANDER there is no de-
Tense. 1t starts with word, with shrug, with
look smile. 1t is pestilence walking in darkness,
spreading contagious far and wide which the most
wary traveller avoid it is the poisoned
whose wounds are incurabe it is the immortal
sting of the deadly adder. The man who breaks
into my dwelling, meets me in the public road and
robs me of my property does me injury. He stops
me on the way to wealth; he strips me of my hard
earned savings, involves to difficulty and brings
my family to want. But he does an injury that
can be repaired Industry and economy may bring
me circumstances of ease and af1uence But the
man who circuates false reports concerning my
character, who exposes every act of my life, which
may be presented to my disadvantage; who goes to
this then to that individual tells them he is very
tender of my reputation enoins upon them strictest
hearsays and rumors and, what is worse, leaves
them to dwell upon hints and suggestions of his
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
Cautious Statesmen.

Representative Cannon refused to give his views
on currency reform before he has seen the PreS:-
dents recommendations on the subject. The Speaker
seems to be the only man in the United States who
does not keep on hand ready-made for panics
Catholic Sentinel
Speaker Cannon is like many other office holders
who want to hold their jobs, in that he is afraid
to say anything for fear of getting out from under
the shadow of that great halo of President Roosevelt
which every fawnng politician in the country has
been crying for during the past two or three years
Such politicians have been expanding their lungs
for months past, to which one could acclaim
"Aye! Ayer the loudest when he read the Presi
dents message, matter whether it concurred or
not with his ideas This loss of individuality on the
part of Speaker of our National House of Repre-
sentatives, and politicians generally, is both de-
plorable and humiliating to the people of the
try, who boast of independence
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
HcrObafic FeafS.

An en1ghtening article in the Twin Falls Times
says
The Statesman has been turning all kinds of
gymnastics during the past week trying to make
the Governors position on an extra, session of the
Legislature come some where near that of the ma
jory of the people The latest feasible fip-hop is
that the Governor has intention of calling such
a session. and in the breath the machine pa
per declares that if it is deemed necessary he would
do SO. 1t must be pleasant to be the Governors
understudy.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
II Shipping Point.

Shoshone, the county, seat OF Lincoln County, Tor
more than three years past has been the center OF
the great shipments of material such as is used III
building up a new country. The station at Shoshone
was the supply depot from whence all of the first
machinery and stocks of goods freighted across
the desert plain to Twin Falls, but three years ago.
70 begin the establishment growth and development
Of what is now one of the prosperous popular seats
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
Room for Doubt.

Bureau is authority for the statement that there
about 20,000,OO0 women the age of thirty in
the United States. 1t may be true, but we can't
help wondering how the bureau found it out
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07

Mrs. Viewed (sobbing) oh, John! The coat
has eeaten all the angel cake I b-baked this
ing. Boo-ho-o-o!
Viewed (consolingly) Dwell, don't cry, dear! I'll
buy you another cat tomorrow.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07
How Unkind.

Journal ought to be slapped upon the wrist with
papas visiting card" He says: Eighty per cent
of the human family is sane The rest are in public
asyums, sanitariums and society"
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1907-12-07

busy imaginaton-the who thus "hlches from
me nv good name does injury which neither
industry nor charity. nor time itself can repair
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-24

The character of the trading was per. taps best indicated by the names of some of the principal sellers of leading stocks. The firms which put out most Reading, Union Pacific, PennsylVanla, the principal buyers on Friday It was evident that they were taking profits on what they bought lower down, and were perhaps satisfied to turn one or two points to the good.
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yesterday's volume of business was the smallest of any full day since July l2 when sales aggregated 2S2, l2S shares. The years largest days bus mess occurred on June 24, with sales of 140,655 shares.
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Dividend and interest payments fall ing due in January have been compiled by the Journal of Commerce up to a. total of $1S4, ,655, ,O00 This is a record figure for the period and is significant of the sU stained rate of distribution Of profits. for while industrial and mining dividends show some decline from last January, railroad dividends show ac- tual excess. Interest payments are larger also, by reason of new issues Of bonds and notes.
 While the large profits thus indicated are matter for encouragement and promise for a good reinvestment de- mand, the problem of financing the payments presents it's difficulties in the
 straitened condition of the money mar
 ket. There are extraordinary require
 ments besides to be met on Jan. 1, in- cluding S11, ,625, 900 for subscriptions tc
 new Northern Pacific stock, S9,l4bO0o
 for new New York, New Haven X
 Hartford stock and S9,0O0,0 900 for Ameri'
 can Telephone bonds, The narrowing
 of the supply of funds to loan on cal
 is thus seen to be amply accounted to
 and, in fact, occasioned no surprise
 The closing of bank in Allan % an, notice of assistance to be rendered, af ter investigation by the clearing house to hank in New Orleans made bat impression. The money stringenc caused a downward plunge in the ster 1ing. exchange rate and more gold wa
 aroo cad in London for import. Tn
 taking of the dividend from the pric . of New York Central was followed b s special weakness, which seemed to Tn t ply distrust of the maintenance ot 1T ' dividend rate Reports of intended r' e auctions in prices of steel products a h ter Jan. i were a depressing factor. y Bonds were Irregular Total sal' n par value $1,306,0OO.
 U. s. bonds were unchanged on ca
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STOCK MARKET REVIEW,
Rise in Call Money Exercises Restrain
 ing Influence.

New York, Dec. 23- The tightening -1lp of the money market to-day gave unmistakable warning to the specula- tive element of the necessity for eau
 tion in using borrowed funds. The warning was needed and the market lapsed into a condition of semi-stag-
 ration in consequence. The rise in the call money rate, while exercising this restraining influence on speculation, did not seem to force any large amount of selling of stocks directly. The sell ing was ascribed for the most part to professional operators, who bought last week in anticipation of the good bank statement, but who were disap- pointed with the paucity of the outside demand attracted into the market to- day Attention centered almost exclu- sively on the Money market and 1t wa; concluded that the large recuperatior effected by the banks last week hat not yet put them in any position tt discontinue the process of renovation in view of the still existing deficit o
 $S1, ,751, 900 below the legal requirements
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NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Prince & Whiteiy. members of the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges New York office, 52 Broadway and 10 Center street. New Haven.
 New York, Dec. 2S.
 Open. High. Low. Last.
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Iazard Freres engaged S1,Ooo,ooo gold for import yesterday, making the total engagements on the present move ment stO6, ,S5O0oO Gold arrivals on 4o-day's steamers amounted to $4O5,- GOO making the total of gold arrivals 4o date S90,865,O ,O97, of which $1,950,000 came from South America and West India ports.
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American stocks in London were dui and fractionally lower yesterday.

People who bought stock last Friday an expectation of favorable bank statement, and whose judgment so far as the statement was concerned, was Justified, failed to get their expected profits yesterday
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NOTICES.
THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN AND HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY.


 New Haven, conn, october 29, 1907. ro inc Holders of the First Mortgage
 per cent Bonds Gf ths bad N3H JanLSpS LopS0h T. Is0S to January 1, 1916, inclusive;- The New York New Haygn 1 om and pTds aaTa io totn nati at ifs treasiirers office in the city e1'tSe of New Haven, la Conn, or at the oftlee of Messrs. J. P. Morgan X O., m the the city of New York, pay at par anu ac- crued interest to the date of presenta- ton the per cent First Mortgage Bonds of the New London steamno@t Company due
 January !, 1908. January 1, 1909.
 January 1, 1910. | January 1, 1911.
 January 1, 1912.
 January 1, 1913.
 January 1, 1914.
 January 1, 1915. THT NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN 8
 HARTFORD R. R. CO, o2s If By A. S. MAY. Treasurer
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! PRICES SAGGED OFF. Yesterdays Trading of an Ante Holiday Character from
 the Start. BROKERS OFFICES QUIET Stringent Call Money Rates and Some Southern Banking
 Troubles.
Stringent Call Money Rates and

Prices sagged off all through the morning yesterday, being at one time l .to ? points lower than Saturday though the selling pressure was light Tn the second hour the total sales were only 5o,OOO shares, and for the first two hours the total was only Al, 900, against about 100000 for the corresponding time Saturday. Of this total Reading ana Union Pacific, as usual, made lip the larger part, Reading standing for 4ooOC and Union Pacific less than 2O,ooO-oi about AZ per cent. of the total for these two issues.
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The New York, New Haven, & Hart ford Railroad company has just made fhe following announcement; TO hold CTS of the 1-2 per cent coupon con 1rertihle debentures of this company, issue of January 1. 1906, convertible into stock between January. 1, 1911, and January 1, 1916, and to holders of war rants for subscriptions for such deben- lures or receipts for subscriptions to such debentures who shall not nave nresented such contracts to be stamped in accordance with the terms of this company circular dated November IS, 1907. Notice is hereby given that the time for SO presenting these contracts for stamping is extended to January 15 1908, and warrants will be issued under the terms of said circular as il said contracts had been presented or or before December p. 19O1
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BOSTON STOCK MARKET.

Reported over private wires of Horn blower & Weeks members of the New York and Boston Stock Ex- changes. New Haven oeice. 27 Center street
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CLOSING PRICES.

Reported over private wires of Prince & Whitely. members of the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges New York office, 52 Broadway ana l0 Center street. New Haven, Conn.
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dividend.
UTNNIEL MUCH BETTER.

New York, Dec. 2S.-It was said at the penitentiary on Blackwelfs island this morning that Abraham Hummelfs condition had continued to improve and that he was much better than at any time since his attack several days ago.
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The I!. Union Trusl Go.
NEW HAVEN.

]. NEW HAVEN.
 Chartered by the State of Connecticut with authority to act as Ezecutor. Ad- ministrator, GuaTdian's a aaa aaseeiVer. or Ts legal depository or money paid is.- to csn1irt. and Public Trust Funds, acts as Trustee for Municipalities, Corpora tions and Individuals; and administers Trusts of all kinds. Empowercu to act as registrar of Stocks. Bonds or other ev,dences of indebtedness, manage sink ing funds, and do all business such as is F also does a general banking busi- mass. collecting checks, notes. coupons, and receives deposits. The principal of aach trust is invested by itself and ISsnf separate and apart from the gen- Srsj assets of the Compails.
 This Company is by law. regularly examined by the Bank Examiner of the state of Connecticut.
 HENRY l.. HOTCHKISS. President
 EUGENE $. BRISTOL. Treasurer.
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 Saturday. Of this total Reading anu Union Pacific, as usual made lip the larger part, Reading standing for 4o'oVO and Union Pacific less than 2O'OOo-or about 42 per cent. of the total for these two issues
 The days trading was of ante-hoh- day character and the brokers offices | were almost deserted suggesting that | tn-day,s market will be even duller un- Jess something unusual happens. The sapathv was increased by the hlgh srate for call money and slightly ihigher premium for currency, Whlch was quoted at 1S to 1-4 per cent, The maintenance of call money at lS to 25 per cent, up to early in the at- .4ernoon. with renewals at 20 per cent" indicated that banking interests did nat wish to encourage speculation m stocks on the eve of enormous January disbursements with the existence of IA deficit of sSl 751 OOO as shown by Sat z Eurday's Clearing House statement. Ihe ss high call rate was attended with re- d1lction of loans and the demanding or higher rates for new ones as well as renewals.
 in addition to the stringent cal money rates the Southern banklng s+roubles were something of a factor In abe stock market and undoubtedly ln- duced d little selling. The offerings bowever were readily absorbed ana at "A lime was there any uneaslness' American stocks in London were dui and fractionally lower yesterday.
 Some traders profess to be very nlucl concerned over the source of the sell 4ng of Reading above 94 last week They would ike to know who the pa Were who took some profits, A tha market improves, however, and tn ] demand exceeds the supply there WI be profit taking right along IL WI be time, though, to inquire as to tn < identity of the selling when the stoc is up where it was last year or aroun 150
 People who bought stock last F'rida an expecfation of a favorable ban statement, and whose judgment so ia as the statement was concerned, ws justified, failed to get their eXpecte profits yesterday.
 Iazard Freres engaged $1,Oooo' gold for import yesterday, making u total arrangements on the present nov rnent s1O6,35O,OoO. Gold arrivals ( Ao-day's steamers amounted to $4Oj coo. making the total of gold arrive to date 0,865, O97, of which $1,950,O came from South America and We India ports.
 The character of the trading was pf u7aps best indicated by the names some of the principal sellers of leadi stocks. The firms which put out mo Reading, Union Pacific, Pennsylvan and some other most active issues we the principal buyers on Friday. It evident that they were taking prol on what they bought lower down, a were perhaps satisfied to turn one two points to the good
 Yesterday's volume of business ' the smallest of any full day since ; l2 when sales aggregated 2S2, shares. The years largest days D mess occurred on June 24 with sa of 140,655 shares.
 The market continued heavy in s'4sss-~,. last hour, closing around the poltoh
 Extended to January 15.
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1ooA1 STOCK QUOTATIONS.

Corrected daily by Kimberly, Root & Co. Investment Brokers. 13S Orange strcet.
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uvtended to January 15.

The market continued heavy in the last hour, closing around the bottom
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in addition to the stringent cah money rates the Southern banking troubles were something of factor Tn the stock market and undoubtedly in- duced little selling. The oHerings, however, were readily aosorped' ana atsno time was there any uneasiness.