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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-08-10

Mr.. and Mrs. John Hermo were
in Boise the first of the week.

Mr.. and Mrs. John Hermo were
in Boise the first of the week.
Miss Mary Smith, OF Caldwell
Is now'one OF the telephone ope-
rators here.
Mrs. j. w. Starkey left Mon
day for visit to her parents
near Montpelier.
Pat Hanratty came in from
Granger Saturday to make n
short visit to his family. He re-
turned Sunday.
A. d. Luney of John Day. Ore,
was in the city this week looking
over the country with view to
locating. a..
II you want a delicious dish OF
Ice Cream, or All ice-ccld drink OF
Soda Water, call on Miss Grace
Graves at the Opera House Par
lor.
Sheriff w. II. Thorp was down
Friday looking into the burgla-
ries here. This is Nj. Thorp' : see
ond visit TO Parma since his cleo
ton. '''N' q
MIR. HedricIS,' Il, brother-in-Iaw
OF j. II. Trout rs visiting Mr..
Trout and looking over the
country. MIR. Hedrick lives in
Oklahoma. A
Now is the time oget your fish
and game licensesl They are is
sued by Judge j.: E. kerrick. r.
you tail to get ~ license, don't
blame the officers if you get
"pinched."
G. Mayne Ritcheys advertising
maIiager of the Gem State Rural,
accompanied by Photographers
&. +. HiIdreth OF Caldwell, wasi in
the city q couple OF days this
week SECURING photographs and
'Iata for, that interesting farm
journal.
s. IL. Brakel is just completing
~ much needed additions TO the
Parma telephone office Mr..
Brakel is doing the work himself,
and isa handy artist with the
saw and hammer. When he
found it impossible to secure a
carpenter to do the job he said
he would be acknowledgement if
he was going to wait any longer,
SO he buckled in himself.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-08-10
DEMENTED MAN
SHOOTS HIMSELF
While Officers Are Attempting
70 Capture Him He Puts a
ffft.. 80 "a
Bullet In His Brain.

A man, apparently demented'
has teen in the peighborhood OF
town ON the FORTH side for sew
'eral days, and while doing no
harni,i the inhabitants had be-
come terrorizpd. aud this morn
ing they chilled on the officers for
relief. He had called at two farm
houses for breakfast, and his
trail was easily picked up. Mar
shal Castater, accompanied by
Stewart Geui'hart. AIR. Bartles
and. Nj. A. Bates. located him
about Ohniles enst OF town. in
Sand Hollow. lie, was lying
down beside II cabin when found,
hut endeavored 10 run away
from the officers, When finally
surrounded, he turned his revol-
Yer, a 32-caliber Smith & Wes-
son, upon himself, and exclaim-
ing 81 will kill myself" fired u
bullet into his brain about :
inches above the right ear. The
wound, which would ordinarily
cause instant death. was not i'm.
nediately fatal. After a moment
he was assisted to his feet by the
officers, walked to the buggy and
climbed in, and was brought to
town where his wound was exam
ined by DR.. Cluen. He found
that the bullet had penetrated
the brain. and portions of the
brain we're oozing out of the
aperture, yet the man was able
TO walk to the depot and go to
Caldwell with Marshal Castater
on the 1913 train. The man alb
solutely refused to Give any in
formation about himself. He is
between 20 and 30 years of age,
over six feet tall, weighs about
100 pounds, is light complex
Toned, has grey eyes, dark hair, a
light mustache and about 3
weeks growth OF beard, rather
light. He was dressed in old
clothes, wearing small checked
coat and pants, corduroy vest,
black shirt, hobnailed shoes, and
an old derby hat. A couple of
days ago he gave his name to ii.
=. Andersen, at whose place he
took supper, as Wilson, and said
he was from Lower Boise. How
ever, no such person is known in
the Lower Boise valley.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-08-10

Whereas-Death has. entered
our Association and taken f;uta
our midst our beloved frirn l;.
nelghbor Thomas IIanna:,.
Therefore be it
RrSolve,l-that we. the mem
b rs Of this Association do deep
" uonrn his untinnelr deatlar,I
extend 70 his family our tencel-
sympathy.
Resolved-that copy OF these
resolutions be sent to the be-
"aved family and n copy ls.
slrend ON the records of the As
scrhihl.
Roswell p,srma Picni1 ASSN
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-08-10
Business Briefs

Try Gromer's Home Cured
Hams.
The best of mec IS put up in
the best style al Parma Meat
Market.
The library will be open at ,
O'Clock each Saturday afternoon
Persons wishing books changed
may call at that time.
You will find the most refresh.
ing OF cool summer drinks and
delicacies kept by Miss Grace
Graves au the Opera House Par
Tor.
When you have anything to
sell that requires the services OF
ali auctioneer call on, or write,
j. A. Baker, Caldwell.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-08-10

Thursday night. while all the
inhabitants of Parma were snor.
ing peacefully and sleeping III
sleep of the just, a bold. bud bar.
gler entered the residences OF e..
Nj. kirkpatrick aud II. c. Bald.
ridge, (the only two men in town
who are known TO ALWAYS have
change III their pockets.) and
ransacked their pantaloons.
From Mr.. Kirkpatrick they oh.
tanned ~, and from MIR. Bald
ridge 81. How IN the worl.I
their wives happened TO overlook
the chnnge we can't tell. Moth
ing but cash went with the bur-
glars, except that lac or thev also
pareook OF an appetizing lunch
at the Baldridge residence. No
clue has been obtained TO the per-
petrators. From the similarity
OF methods empl Dyed, it is
thought that the thieves are
working east. as burglnries SINH
larly managed have occurred at
LaGrande and Ontario. Two
hoboes who were known to be in
town that night are suspected.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-08-10

The following resolutions on
the death of ThomasW.. Hannah
were passed at the last meeting
OF Parma Lodge No. So,
|. o. O. F.
Whereas, In His inscrutable
wisdom, ithas pleased all all-wise
Creator to take from our midst
our beloved brother, Thomas w.
Hannah, and
Whereas, we recognize in the
deceased a loyal friend and
Brother, an honest, upright man.
and loving husband, therefore
be it
Resolved, That we, the mem
bers OF Parma Lodge No. So,
|. O. O. f., deeply regret his un-
timely death, and shall miss him
greatly in our fraternal councils,
and be it further
Resolved, That we extend to
his Borrowing widow and rela-
tives our sincere sympathy in the
hour of their bereavement, aud
Resolved. That a copy of these
resolutions be spread upon tie
minutes OF the Lodge, a copy
furnished to the bereaved wife of
Brother Hannah, and acopy fur
nished for publication in tho To-
cai papers, and, as a further
mark OF respect, that ourcharter
be draped for n period OF thirty
days.
Respectfully Submitted.
NJ. A. Bates. W. Z. Fisk, +. T.
Anderson, Committee
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-08-10
Dog Tax Notice.

All owners of dogs are hereby
notified that the dog license must
be paid by Aug 20. Any dog.
found running at large in the
Village OF Parma after that date,
upon when licence has not been
paid, will bepromptly impounded
and killed.
d. 0. Castater,
Village Marshal.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-08-10
SEA SHORE EXCURSION.
August 10Th:

Last excursion OF the season to
North Beach, near Portland.
Round trip from Parma 1925.
Tickets good for ten days. Good
accommodations at regulurhotels.
or cottages along the liue. See
agents for further particulars or
write to d. +. Burnley. q. Z. A..
o. ). l.. r. II. Co., Salt Lake
City, Utah.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-08-10
Reduced Rates.

SUMMER Exclusion RATES TO
PAYETTE LAKES.
June LIST 20 Sept. 30. Excur
sion tickets will he sold to Mead
ows and iLardo (Payette Lakes
at a rate OF S13.1O from Parma.
final limit, 80 days from date OF
sale.
Trains connect at Weiser with
train leaving Parma $50 a. NJ,
at Payette Lakes 7 p.
IN. of same day.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-08-10
August 10th.eY,

= 9 ~ ""''s 7II7
Last excursion Of tlieseasoD, te
North Beach, near Portland,
Round trip from Parma, $l2;35,
Tickets goodiortendays. Good
ACCOMMODATIONS at regulai'hoteIs,
or cottupes along the lilie. SEE
agentsfor further particulars OF
write D.. +. Burnley, G. +. A.. O.
). l.. K. X. Co., Salt Lake City,
Utah. o
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-08-10
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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-08-10

u
With the business men OF Parma
We hear it on every side thai
parma is dead one. so far a,
business is concerned, and w
know it to be true to a certain
extent. During the past year thu
business OF this town has not in
creased to any extent and this u,
lace Of the fact that Parma Il
situated in the heart OF the rich
est agricultural district IN Idaho
II not in the entire west. The
surrounding country is building
up every day, but the town l.
not going ahead. There can bs
but one reasonable explanation
OF this jact-that the fault lies
with Parma business men. We
are going to point out, SO far as
lies In our power, the fault and
the remedy.
In the first place, a prominent
citizen started out with the in
tention OF mopopolizng the bust
ness Of the town. Some timengc
he saw his mistake, and, in 80 far
rs he could, endeavored to recti.
~ it by Withdrawing from bust.
hess, except from one institution.
His influence has been exerted i'm
so many directions, however.
that Parma has never recovered
from the stigma Of being n one
man town, and it will take time
to outgrow that reputation.
Again, those formerly connected
with him IN business absorbed a
large part of the mercantile inte-
rests OF the town, and it is diff
cult for the mass of the people to
get accustomed to the TACT thai
he Is in no way connected viii,
them.
Another matter that has done
much to keep back the growth
OF this town is the fact that the
town is divided into 10 factions
In other words. about Is not
counting the Herald. We have
the society man, the baseballist
tho churchman, the churheoer,
the occasional churchgoer, tie
lodgeman, the prohibitionist, the
occasional drinker, the man who
takes it regularly and the man
who slides in at the back door
besides others. And then there
Is the Illinois set, and the old
timers.
The only way to remedy this
defect is 10 put them all in a sack
together, shake them up well.
dump them out at first base and
see who reaches home plate first.
And now we come down to
another fact that lays all Others
IN the shade at n zero tempera-
ture. 1t is the fact that personal
aud social affairs are allowed to
control the business matters OF
the town. Ii we don't like the
merchants, we send to Montgom-
cry Ward for our dry goods and
lumber; II we don't like the
butcher we will buy our meat
from some other town; if we don't
Ike the banker we will deposit
siir shekels in Caldwell or Boise
u We don't like The Herald we
won't advertise and we will send
:" Caldwell, Boise, Portland, OIL
~o'ne other place for our print.
ing. To illustrate, there are &c
iil'SIness firms in town. Five OF
ileiE advertise in The Herald
Some OF them get all of their Job
work done here, most of them
ret some. and some of them pre-
Ter to build up printing institu.
lions in other towns to that Of
boosting their own. And YET
: n Herald has boosted ever,
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1907-08-10

We have buggies at right prices
to everybody.
Gem Mercantile Co.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-12
MEANING OF
NAMES OF STATES

Florida, the land of flowers, was so
named by the discoverer of the re-
gion, Ponce de Leon, because of it's
fowery appearance and also because
he landed on what the Spaniards call
"Pascua Florida the feast of fow-
ers, which falls on Palm Sunday.
Georgia, is of English origin, hay-
ing been named by King George II
in his own honor.
Idaho is from the Indian, the
meaning, gem of the mountains"
the appropriateness of which is ap-
parent.
Illinois also comes from the ton
que of the aborigines-"I Him." mean
ing men, and the French suff1x, "ois,"
meaning tribe, giving the full signi-
ficance, band of men,
Indiana is a direct derivative from
the name which Columbus bestowed
on the people he found on the CONT
nent he discovered when he believed
he had reached the shores of India
and called the people Indians. A
company of traders bought tract of
land lying along the Ohio river from
the Indians and called the region In
diana. A county in Pennsylvania was
named in the same way.
The name Iowa is also Of Indian
origin the meaning of it being Sleepy
ones" or "drowsy ones" which the
people of the State say does not ap-
ply to them.
Kansas was the name of an In
dian tribe of the Sioux family and its
derivation is said to come from kan
osas, willow"
Kentucky in the Indian tongue
means the dark and bloody ground"
designation deemed especially ap-
propriate by the original white set
tiers because of the many deadly con-
flicts with the tribes which held the
region. Another meaning of the
word is said to be 'the prairies,'
which would not apply as well to
that State as to those north of the
Ohio river.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-12
ADVERTISING CITY
TO OUTSIDE WORLD
Newspaper Publicity and
Sending Pamphlets.

Pamphlets issued some time ago
by the Seaboard Air Line in the in
terest of Americus and Sumter coun-
ty are being distributed to the best
advantage, and there is no doubt that
eventually beneficial results will en-
sue from the publication.
Secretary Pruitt, in whose hands
the 800 copies purchased by the
Board of Trade were placed, has sent
out several hundred to parties max
ing inquiries as to business and agri-
cultural conditions in this section.
Five hundred copies were also plac-
ed by him in the hands of State
Commissioner of Agriculture Hud-
son, who will place them where they
will do the most good. Commissioner
Hudson could use many more copies,
and it is probable that a further sup
ply will be sent to him at Atlanta.
1t is probable that the Board of
Trade will insert an advertisement
in a number of leading agricultural
papers of the north and west, direct
ing attention to Sumter county and to
the pamphlet, and offering to send one
free to any person sufficiently inter
ested to write for copy, In this way
it is hoped to reach farmers of those
sections who are contemplating a
change of residence to the south.
With the recent splitting up of two
great plantations near Americas, af-
fording opportunities to secure small
farms at advantageous prices, it is
quite probable that some very desir-
able immigrants may be landed in this
way.
Merchants and others may have a
number of copies of the pamphlet lay
ing around their Offices, accumulat-
ing dust. These copies can be used
to great advantage by the Board of
Trade. 1t will be appreciated if Sec
rotary Pruitt is notified about such
copies. He will send for them and
put them where they will advertise
city and county and help in their
upbuilding.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-12
AMERICAS MOST
COSTLY EDITOR

NEW YORK, Dec. 11.-(SpeciaD-
Arthur Brisbane, editor of the Even
ing Journal, known as the man who
made William Randolph Hearst fam
GUS" will be A years old tomorrow.
Brisbane is popularity reported to be
the highest salaried newspaper man
in the country, his stipend being
$4,000 a year. He was educated in
this country, France and Germany.
He began his newspaper career on
the New York Sun, December y, 1888,
so that tomorrow is also the anniver-
sary of his entrance into the Journal
istic ranks Later he became the
London correspondent of the Sun and
editor of the Evening Sun. He left
the Sun for the World, and for seven
years was managing editor of that
paper. When Hearst secured the
Journal, Brisbane was selected as
its editor, and his genius and origi-
nality soon secured for it circula-
ton that is said to be greater than
that of any other paper in America
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-12
FIFTH BIG COMP NY IS
READY FOR BUSINESS
Is Organized With ST.
900 Capital.

Americas fifth big fertilizer man
ufacturing company was organized
yesterday, a charter granted, officers
selected, and by the 18th of January
the plant here, complete and new in
every respect, will be turning uot
commercial fertilizer.
The Americas Home Mixture Co.
is the name of the new corporation
and the capital stock, fully paid in
will be $4,000.
Highest grade fertilizers will be
manufactured by the company.
At the meeting Of stockholders here
Mr.. Frank P. Harold was elected
president, Mr. Thomas Harold, vice
president, and Mr.. L. G. Council sec
rotary and treasurer. A board OF
nine directors will look after the af-
fairs of the new company.
OF that number Americas will have
five directors, including the three
officials above mentioned, while Col
umbus will have four, including Col
Henry Bussey, the Messrs. Bullock
and others we'll known in the fertili-
ger trade.
Mr. Roy L. Parker will be general
manager of the new plant and is al
ready in charge in that capacity, as
he has been for several weeks.
The new plant of the Americas
Home Mixture Fertilizer Co, is be-
ing erected at the foot of Church
street with frontage on both the Cen
trail and Seaboard Railways. 1t is
being equipped with the most modern
machinery for making guano.
The plant will be in full operation
within thirty days and will deliver it's
products to farmers by January 18th
at the latest
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-12
COMP ANY Is FORMED BY
FOUR MESSRS. HAROLD
To Continue Big Business
Here.

The Harold Brothers" is the char
tered title of a new corporation in
Americus, and one of the strongest,
which will carry on solid business
established here by their lamented
father the late Col U. B. Harold,
more than a half century ago.
The incorporators are Thomas Har-
rold, Frank p Harold, William Har-
rold and Edward B. Harold, Appli-
cation for charter was filed in the
superior court yesterday.
The capital stock is to be $4,000
with privilege of increasing same to
$4,000 when it is desired.
Harold Brothers will conduct a
cotton warehouse, commission and
cotton factors business; furnishing
supplies to farmers and others; gem
eral merchandising, wholesale or re-
tail, coal and wood business, selling
machinery. lands and other commodi-
ties
Various rights are conferred upon
the company by its charter.
The company is composed, as stated,
of sons of the late U. B. Harold the
nestor of the commerce of Americas
and one of its most successful and
honored citizens. Long identified with
him in business, his mantle has fall
len on strong shoulders.
The new management will carry on
business at the same old place where
so long established.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-12

Organized labor has, through the
President of the Georgia Federation
Of Labor, came out squarely against
the reduction in railroad fares, claim
ing that labor has not been bene-
lifted one iota from the reductions
made or proposed. If Gov. Smith
should ever run for Office again he
will have a hard time explaining"
where the people were saved $4,000
900. A few shippers have been bene-
atted, but the reductions have never
found their way into the pockets Of
The people.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-12

Samuel Watts, who was given by
the newspapers as authority for the
story that Roosevelt had stated that it
was impossible for the President to
serve beyond his present term main
rains that he told the truth The
President intimated that Mr. Watts
was a preyaricator of the first wa
ter. Mr. Watts character for truth
and veracity is almost as good as
anybody you will find.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1907-12-12
PARCELS POST AGAIN

Unless merchants in the smaller
towns get busy, there seems to be a
good chance that the present con
gress will pass parcels post bill for
the reduction of postage on merchan-
disc and for the increase in the weight
of the parcel carried The mail order
houses are working desperately to
that end, and the Postmaster General is
urging it in his report.
President Duckworth, of the state
branch of the Farmers Union, is re-
ported to be sending out circulars to
the various unions asking that a
meeting be called at once and resolu-
lions be transmitted to the congress-
men asking their support for the par
cells post bill.
1t seems to us that the proposed
bill is full of iniquity for the farmer
and for the small merchant. 1t is
true that kind of sop is thrown to
the local merchant by giving a less
rate for his shipments on rural routes
going out from his town. But this
provision would be of no benefit what
ever to the merchant, and as a sugar
coat to force the reduced rate for the
mail order houses, it is a delusion and
a snare.
How many packages would mer-
chant want to send by mail to his
patrons living within the radius of
rural route? One of the objects of the
merchant is to get people into his
store so that he can show what a fine
line of goods he carries, and even
though the purchase is small, the adj
yertising effect will bear fruit later.
1t is therefore distinctly antagonistic
to the interests of the local merchant
to fill orders by parcels post. And
such orders would be very, very few.
1t is hardly necessary to state the
dangers which threaten the local mer-
chant by a lowering of the rates to al
low mail order houses to enter his
territory more vigorously. AS al
ready shown, the advantages to the
local merchant from the proposed law
are a negligible quantity, and the only
question to be considered is the eff
feet of the reduction given the fore
ign houses.
And where would the farmer be if
the local merchants were driven to
the wall? Imagine a community or
county without stores, where the
mail order house was the only depen-
dence. No money invested in goods,
no capital to handle the farmers pro-
ducts, no chance to buy except at
long range and with long delays. Bus
mess at the county seat woul fall
away to such an extent that the post
Office would be so unimportant that
it would cease to be the starting point
for rural routes at all.
The farmers had best think twice,
or maybe longer, before rushing into
the endorsement of proposition that
will be ruinous to their home mer-
chant and in the long run most I'M
desirable for themselves.
1t is time for the merchants of the
smaller towns to do little in the
petitioning line themselves and let
their congressman see that the oppo-
sition to the parcels post is real and
that they cannot afford to ride over
the interests of their constituents at
the behest of the mail order inter
ests.