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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-28
These Were Bio HaiIstones.

The weirdest storm story in years
comes down from the Downieville and
Snow Tent country, where 1t is alleged
that chickens we're killed by hail
stones and horse was knocked sense
less. The storm is said to have been
the fiercest in years. Four chickens
are said to have been killed by the
hail and many knocked down. Light
ming struck tree on the Goodyear
bar grade, and 1t was still burning to-
day. At George Cooper's ranch, near
Snow Tent, the hailstones were re-
ported as large as small eggs, and one
of these knocked the horse senseless.
Nevada City Correspondent San
Francisco Call.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-28
Three Tr..s Ia D..

y German eotanist. o. Kuntae. has
polated out that a certain specimen Of
isxod'gm at oaxada. Mexico which
Sere'oiore has been regarded a tho
biggest tree in the world. having A.
ane'er Of II meters, consists In re-
ahty OF three trees which grew into
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-28
Good Stuff In This Bow.

The Worcester (Mass,l boy who
sent five cents to the conscience fund
TO pay for some apples he took IL
made of stun that will bear better
truit than any he stole, There are
hopes for a nation owning boys of his
pattern
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-28
N. PARTING Shot.

~Mr. Spoonall. have ever given
you reason 20 thlnk looked upon you
as n possib'e iovert"
EXC. Miss Gumweli YOU never have
nc ares yoV 'ooke' me w "a Bra.
streets"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-28
In ch,n,ro

Mrs. Dearhorn-What is that ham
mer hanging alongside OF your bureau,
@fs' Waeash-oh, haven't you ever
seen that before? mo. don't believe
| have. why, cut a notch in the
handle every time l get a divorce -
Yonkers Statesman.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-28
Anaraxatina Man.

"a don't see how you can have any
fault to find with him" why Not?"
Because he appears to be man who
Is absolutely without faults of any
sort" That's just it, That's his worst
fault"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-28
For Those In Low

1t is safe to swear eternal fidelity
and to talk all sorts OF nonsense hu,
avoid writing too much A poet has
said saoh one should De hung on his
own pothooks
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-28
Indians in Civil, W..

turing the civil war Indians were
enlisted by both Of the coptsnstre
,0Fees' The confederates enlisted
onecsa~s and the federals enlisted
Delaware and Usage Indians
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-28
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Vanilla grows we'll In Panama, but
great difficulty is experienced In cur.
Ing the beans owing to the extreme
dampness OF the climate.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-28
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MONDAY luncheon s
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right OF him was I
individual from TIE
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kept cycling him II
it-happen way. III
failed to break the Il;
to keep busy with IL
plying the inner man
At last the inquia|II :
right could stand Il
changed his positIon I
his throat and said:
have lost an arm.
Whereupon the =
picked up the empty
right hand, peered O.
with a surprised expit
by George. sir. youn
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-28

Humility is good when II stimn.
lates. It Is bad when Il psralyses the
actfSe powers OF man Emerson.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-11-28
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make an actress"
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There is my VIII
Doesn't she think /
mo; she know
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-24
Personal NOTES.

Thomas Wightman pioneer glass manu-
facturer of Pittsburg. has been in active
business for three-quarters of a century.
and now, at the age of go is to be found
in his office every day.
D. NJ Delmas, the California lawyer,
who is to defend Thaw, is an enthusiastic
admirer of Alexander Hamilton and has
been urging New Workers. to erect a monu-
ment to the great federalist. He had not
learned that there are already two in New
York
Though Spooner, Foraker and Tillman
throw javelins at one another in the senate
chamber they are chummy on the outside
and fond Of exchanging stories. 1t has
even been intlmated that on occasions they
arrange dramatic situations for presen-
tation at the proper time.
Judge c. c. Cole of Des Mones, Ia, for
many years dean of the Drake university
law school there, who is SO years old and
has been for forty-two years a teacher of
law. mas received a Carnegie pension of
1920 a year. Judge Cole was graduated
from the Harvard law school in 1s4s
]. Pierpont Morgan of New York has
made an offer to the Wadsworth Athen-
cum, Hartford, Conn, to erect an art
gallery adjoining the Atheneum In memory
OF ms rather, the late JuntuS >. Morgan.
The offer has been accepted. Mr. Morgan
has made other generous gifts to this In
titution. a
Representative Staples of Atchison county
has offered a resolution in the Missouri as
Sembly setting forth in detail the good
qualities of the Missouri mule, providing
that the state coat of arms be revived and
suggesting that, instead OF the two bears
now shown on the emblem, two Missouri
mules be substituted
Llewellyn Powers has been governor of
Maine and he is now serving his third
term in congress from the Pine Tree state.
He is tall swarthy and strong featured
in fact the strong lines of his face, the
prominent cheek bones and the curve of
his eyebrows suggest the Indian and Gov
ernor Powers is proud to acknowledge that
his ancestor named Chase Of only three
generations ago was half Indian.
General Benjamin Johanis viljoen, the
man who captured DR. Jameson after the
latters premature South African raid and
later earned great fame while fighting the
British, is now postmaster of Chamberino,
N. NJ. Near the close of the Boer war he
was captured and banished to St. Helena.
When hostilities closed he refused to swear
allegiance to the British crown and came to
this country, where he married an Illinois
girl and became a citizen. He and a few
Boer families settled in the Rio Grande
valley, where they have acqrfred LOO acres
of land and are contented and prosperous.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-24
SENATOR BAlLEr,s CASE.

senator Joseph w. Barley Te-eleC-
ton has been brought about under
circumstances from which he and
every other public man might well
pray to be delivered Specifically
he has won victory, but it leaves
him permanently wounded as sena-
tor and public character, because cir
cumstances have come to light in the
course of the contest against him
which, to say the least, raise wide
spread suspicion that he has forgotten
public duty in advancing his own
financial interest as a servant of obi
Gus corporations.
h No mar, in high office can under ex-
listing conditions afford even to expose
himself to such suspicion, if nothing
but his own safety were to be consid-
cred Bailey's own admissions of his
relations to Standard Oil interests in
evitably aroused suspicion. His pro-
testations and explanations amount
only to denial of evil intent in ques-
tionable doings, but that is the iden-
,tical defense of every detected wrong
doer from Burton to Mitchell. II
Bailey's innocent motive be conceded,
still he has shown an inexcusable dis
regard for that exacting public senti-
ment, enforcing high moral standards
in Judging public men, which now is
the paramount fact in political life.
Senator Bailey's case is. a signal IL
lustration of the penalty which such
contempt, to call it. by no harsher
name, invites. At a primary election
in, the fall he had been renomfpated
practically without opposition; he was
the most popular man in Texas his
admitted abilities had centered state
pride in him, and he was the idol of
his party. But subsequent disclos-
ures in the course of judicial pro-
ceedings concerning his suspicious
corporation connections and question
able acts armed his enemies, caused
revulsion of sentiment and. even
gravely threatened his reelection in
the legislature. He has indeed es-
capped defeat. IN the sense that he
has managed after a protracted and
desperate struggle to secure commits
sion for another term in the senate,
but he will nevertheless go back with
prestige irretrievably impaired.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-24
JAMAICA GINGER.


Chicago Post. swettenham will be
sweatin blood before the British colonial
Office gets through with him.
Chicagd Reoord-Herald It was lucky
thing for Governor swettenham that JEFF
Davis Of Arkansas wasn't the member q
the family who was ordered TO get out of
Jamaica.
Kansas City Times: william waldorf
Astor's paper. the Pail Mall Gazette finds
"extenuating circumstances" for the
jamaica insult. The most ultra Of all
Englishmen is the ex-American
New York World: That such an amazing
and versatile ass as Sir James Alexander
Swettcnham should be Governor of Jamaica
at time like this is British misfortune
which compels the sympathy OF all intelli-
gent Americans.
Chicago Chronicle: The lesson of the
episode is the OLD one against the perils
of being precipitate even in the best cause.
Nothing ever was gained by going of at
half cock" That. unfortunately, is exactly
what we did in Jamaica. Swettenham's
snub was the logical sequence.
Kansas City Journal: Admiral Davis is
TO be congratulated upon his calmness In
the face of disconcerting situation that
might have turned out disastrously. Under
the circumstances he has placed the bur-
den of apology upon the British and en-
phasized the superiority of breeding,
dignity and manhood of an American ad-
miral over British colonial governor.
Chicago Inter-Ocean: Sir Alexander
Swettenham has rendered us a valuable
service. i'm a way Because he is a small
man under great pressure he speaks out
the natural British feeling toward us. And
his stupid frankness tends to stop a lot of
fervid nonsense about the BritlAh people
being always ready to fall on our necks
and hail us as their brothers in blood, etc,
etc.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-24
coRPoRATioNSIN POLITICS.

Congress has taken a long step to-
ward compliance with a growing pub
lie demand by passing the law pro-
hibiting corporations from making
contributions to campaign funds in
federal elections. The measure was
recommended TO the last congress by
President Roosevelt and has been gem
orally urged by all classes of men, re-
gardless of political Affiliations, who
have studied the effects of corporation
domination in public affairs. senti-
ment favorable to remedial legislation
on this subject was greatly increased
by the expose of the life insurance
frauds and their activity in national
campaigns. AS a result of this agita-
ton little difficulty was met in agree
ing upon the measure which has Just
been passed by a practically unani-
nous vote.
The new law makes 1t unlawful for
any national bank or any corporation
organized by authority OF any law of
congress to make a money contribu-
ton for any election, and for any cor
poration to make such contribution
for any election at which federal
officials are chosen. A penalty of a
fine not less than $3.50 nor more than
$1,000, or Imprisonment for not more
than one year, or both such fine and
Imprisonment, in the discretion OF the
court, is provided.
The measure promises to be of
value chiefly in encouraging supple
mental legislation by the states to
reach the corporations that have been
most active in political campaigns.
Congress has no power 10 enact laws
of this character affecting corpora
tons organized under state laws ex-
cept In connection with their activity
in the election of federal officials
National banks are prohibited from
making contributions to campaign
funds in any election, thus elimi-
mating one factor that has often fig-
ured in the collection of political slpsh
funds. Nothing in the bill, however,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-24
pUBLio ooNTRoL or PUBLIC LANDS

PUBLIC CONTROL or PUBLIC LANDS
President Roosevelt's pertinent
suggestion to the National Live Stock
association of the necessity of gov
eminent control of the public range
may we'll engage the serious attention
of the Denver convention, especially
as the president expresses desire to
get the associations advice as to the
form Of such control AS to the prin-
ciple involved. his mind was long ago
resolved, and in numerous messages
and 'utterances he has strongly urged
congress to make it the basis for
treating the remaining portion of the
public domain fit only for grazing.
Diversity of opinion, doubtless ex-
lists among the delegates on a subject
so vexed and complicated. Many of
the worst difficulties grow out of
abuses under existing land laws
which originated in entirely different
conditions from these existing in the
purely range country. The roots of
the trouble run TO the very lack of
the adequate governmental control
which the president advocates.
1t goes without saying that every
acre of public land suitable for cult
walton should be scrupulously guarded
for the homesteader. Immense tracts
of such land have been VIGOROUSLY
seized for range by frauds made pos
sible by the old land laws and old
methods of administering them, and
what remains is exposed until the
laws shall be thoroughly amended.
But there remain unnumbered mil
lions of acres fit, so far as can now
be seen, only for pasture and cana
BILE of advantageous use only in large
tracts. Whatever special interests
may have grown up out of made
quacy and abuse of the old land laws.
the only possible way of putting the
whole subject on a satisfactory basis ia
through complete national control.
first accurately classifying the public
lands and then disposing of the range
/ according to its peculiar require
ments. This indeed is imperative for
the true interest of the live stock in
dustry, as well as for that of the pub
lie. M
"A vital consideration is that a great
! deal of land now supposed to be ut
/ solely for range win later be found
: adaptable in one way or another by
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-24
SYMBOLS OF WISDOM.
Tribute of Hot Air TO Nebraska
Grown Whiskers

NHlNdBO luNtT OCtdns
People who are still middle aged, and
who took active part in the making OF the
west, will be panied to learn that It has
become necessary for the society bellies"
of Harrisburg. Neb., to organize a move
ment for the encouragement of whiskers
Time was and not so very long ago,
when every adult male in Nebraska from
the Missouri river to Colorado from Kan
sas TO South Dakota, wore a beard-when
it was agreed on all sides that no state
In the union was better adapted than Ne
braska to the display OF facial foliage.
In those days the winds, sometimes little
more than gentle zephyrs. again attaining
to the dignity of gales, anon assuming the
majesty of tempests, dancing merrily over
the foothills skipping blithely across the
beauteous Platte valley, chasing one an
other over the undulating prairies. causing
the fields of grain to simmer beneath
cloudess sky-in those days, the winds
OF Nebraska, which began TO blow usually
on January l and ceased to blow usually
on December 81, loved to play, and whistle,
and make melody amidst the alfalfa whis-
kers which were among the most attrae-
tive features of every hamlet, village and
city in the state.
The growth of storm breaks, which has
resulted in occasional Gains; the introduce
ton of melodeons, pianos and latterly
monographs and pianolas, the invention
OF the safety, razor--but perhaps more par
ticularly the composition OF popular songs
calculated to wound the sensibilities OF the
whiskered-have contributed to a steady
decline in the crop.
These causes of decline, or decay, are
not, however. deemed sufficient by the
women of Harrisburg, who have decided
to discourage attentions from men who
do not wear full boards"
They maintain that men with whiskers
are handsomer and every way more ac-
ceptable as sweehearts, husbands and
fathers, their purpose evidently being to
overcome the demoralizing effects OF visits
on the part of some of the young men
st. Joseph, Kansas City and other centers
Of fashion where whiskers are regarded
with dlsdain.
The young women OF Harrisburg declare
that whiskers are in the highest degree
ornamental and that no young man should
be ashamed of them. but rather. proud
that he is capable Of raising them even
though they come out red In too many
cases; and. touching upon the principal
cause of the decline OF a grand old western
and Nebraska custom, they say that II
fidelity to the cause will accomplish any
thing the organization which they have
formed will overcome the senseless ridi-
cule and restore the whiskers OF Nebraska
to their proper place In the social as well
as the intellectual and religious life OF
the state.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-24

under the limitations of congressional
authority restricts the railroads,
which have everywhere been the most
fragrant offenders in using corporation
funds for the domination of political
parties and policies. The remedy for
this evil must be found in state legis-
lative enactments which will apply
the same principle to state and mu-
nicipal elections and to corporations
operating under state charters. Much
has been already accomplished in this
direction in some states. New York
has prohibited the life insurance com
panies from making money con-
tributions to campaign funds and
other states have passed corrupt prac-
tice acts that in a measure restrict
corporation activity in political affairs.
These laws, many of them of but linn
tied effectiveness, have been secured
only after bitter and protracted fights
in the state legislatures. The present
action of congress may reasonably be
expected to encourage further effort
in this direction by the states to the
end that corporation domination in
politics shall finally be eliminated.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-24

The advocates of the firemen's
double shift want to extend the scope
OF their bill so that the benefit will be
shared not only by the firemen of
Omaha, but by the firemen of South
Omaha and Lincoln as well. If the
double shift is a good thing for Omaha
it ought to be a good thing for every
city that maintains a fire department
end the proposed bill should be made
general to apply all over the state.
Omaha should not be selfish in this.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-24

farming, just as an immense area of
the plains country now prosperously
cultivated was universally regarded
twenty or thirty years ago as utterly
hopeless for that purpose. An ar
rangement under government control
that would secure more honest and
economic use of the range country,
preventing continuance of notorious
abuses, would also save to future
home builders a great deal of the pub
lie domain otherwise certain to be
lost
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-24
sWErrEKHArs aLnKr .

Governor Swettenham's explanation
that his insulting letter to Admiral
Davis was intended to be merely joe
ular" is an aggravation of the
original outrage. IL amounts. to con-
fession that his action is utterly in
defensible. even from his own point of
view That was the instant verdict Of
the civilized world, and reflection
only confirms it.
1t is noteworthy that British in
dignation rises against the colonial
governor as there is time for refec-
ton upon his conduct, and most of all
in Jamaica, where quick and thor
ough American generosity meant so
much to the people. The British gov
eminent, too, has been scrupulous,
even in advance of official informa-
ton through regular channels, to
make manifest that It at least regards
the incident as mo, joke"
When a whole city is overthrow
by earthquake and in flames. hun
dreds killed and the survivors
manned, hungry, naked and shelter
less, is no time for coarse insults in a
';1ocular" vein to those who rush
spontaneously and eagerly to the res
cue, even though they come under
the flag of another nation. But the
case of Governor Swettenham can now
be safely turned over to his own gov
eminent and with the sensibilities of
decent people everywhere which he
has outraged.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-24

Gladys-Did that dress cost you much?
Her Married Sister-Oh, no, dear Only
one good cry.-Philadelphia Inquirer
washihst6n ha1 .5ast been HATED. aIA-ltha
f"t GoodH 2! he he's gaSbes %a3 afraid they
might make me a city father. New York
Sun.
THAT girl was intoxlcatingly beautiful
last night"
"HumDhl 1t was her dress. She wore
champagne silk under a drapery of foamy
lace. Baltimore American.
these Mu% DAYS. ana measles are qp''e prevalent
Yes; they are very catching Balti-
more American.
Beautiful memorial window" remarked
her husband as they left the church;
81 didn't notice particularly" said his
wife, but the light from it fell on the
Jones pew and it made her complexion q
fright"-Phlladelphis Ledger
mo-" said the leading man, Il never pay
any attention to what the critics say"
"Ah," replied the dramatic editor, then
they have not been giving you favorable
notices. Chicago Record-Herald.
Materfamilias-Gladys, you should not be
ready to make the acquaintance of every
young man who looks at you and smiles.
Gladys-Why. mamma, that's the way the
young women all do in those delightful
stories the magazines are printing now
adays S-Chicago Tribune
Alexander wept because there were no
more worlds for him to conquer said the
hero worshiper a. at "
Yes" answered the skeptic: but in so
much as a limited knowledge of geogra-
phy"-Washington Star: W'
Enthusiast-Don't you think the chiaro
Nonmusicai Guest-well. now, to be plain
with you liked the chicken salad better
Baltimore American. r.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-24
A FELLOW FEELING.

w. ]. Hampton in New York Times.
st. Peter at the Pearly Gates
Held up warning hand
Before new arrival there,
And bade the stranger stand
The new arrival wanted in.
OF course. and told tale
OF human virtues that would make
The very devil pale, ra.t
ST. Peter hemmed and hawed a while;
He'd heard that kind before;
81 never told my wife a lie"
The man said at the door.
And Peter flung ii open wide
Such self-restraint as this
In earthly life was surely worth
Eternity of bliss
The man few through the open way,
Regardless of expense,
And added, when he got inside:
Except In self-defense." .r
st. Peter frowned Ithen smiled and saiAi
You worked me that time-but
/ used to be man myself"
And slammed the portals shut.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-24
Any old Money Looks Good.

Although he is described as being thor
oughly contemptuous of his American IA
ther-in-law, the duke Of Marlborough, It
seems. has reconciled himself TO accept
100000 per year OF that PERSONS vulgar,
plebeian money. Evidently his grace has
no patience with the theory that money
can be tainted" Like a certain British
sovereign who took toll Of an unsavory
calling. he believes that there is no smell
to a shilling" In this as in other thrifty
characteristics the master of Bienheim
shows himself to be a true descendant of
John Churchill, than whom no thriftier
Englishman ever lived.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1907-01-24

1t is now proposed to authorize the
governor to remove any city executive
who fails to hold down the lid. The
governor already has that power so
far as members of the fire and police
commissioners are concerned and by
exercising it would make any addi-
tional authority unnecessary.