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Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-05-31
Practical Socialism.

Latah county has case OF practical
socialism, according to the report of
Chas. A. Lacey, one of the prominent
residents of the Avon district. Mr..
Lacy lives in district that is socialist
by large majority and for several
years nothing but socialist has been
able to get elected to any of the petty
precinct jobs, such as road overseer.
Mr.. Lacy says that he has put up with
all the socialism he can stand and
has appealed to the board of county
commissioners for relief. He contends
that not one cent of road funds, (and
he pays in more than any otherf farmer
Of his neighborhood, has been spent
on the public roads in his locality, and
that every effort on his part to get the
socialist road bosses to make the roads
passable near him has been ignored.
His money is spent, he alleges, to i'm
prove the roads along the farms of
the socialists, while he has been forced
to do his own road work, if any is
done. Mr.. Lacy says that he has cut
out the trees that fall across the road,
which often happens in the timber,
and if his bridges are kept up he must
do that. Mr.. Lacy is democrat but
believes even a democrat is entitled to
square deal in the matter of public
roads in his district, and if there is any
way to compel the socialist road bosses
of his district to do the fair thing he
proposes to compel them to do it.
The News generally lets the people
of each community take care of their
own differences, but in this case we
mention it for the sole purpose of Civ
ing our readers real live example of
practical socialism, as interpreted by
socialists themselves. Here we have
a set of men who have set themselves
up as possessing higher and better
system of government than is possible
under either of the old parties. They
charge the republican and the demo
cratic parties with dishonesty and cor
ruption, and allege that the present
system is unfair. The socialists, then,
setting themselves apart as possessing
better system, ought certainly not, at
the first opportunity, lay themselves
open to criticism. If they are better
than others, if socialism gives men a
fairer deal and more even justice, then
these Avon socialists ought not, simply
because they can and do outvote q
democretic neighbor, rub it in to the
core, and use his road tax to improve
roads over which it may be convenient
for socialists to travel. 1t is up to the
socialists to show by example tina
they are offering the people something
better than the present system.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-05-31
Be Careful.

With the coming of warm weather
there also comes an additional danger
from fire, and the utmost caution
should be used to insure safety during
the coming summer. The News
would advise the citizens of Troy to
not only use the utmost diligence but
to keep all property we'll insured.
Every year there are confagrations in
the smaller towns, and every fire brings
out the fact that in these small places
where insurance rates are high there
are some who have neglected to take
out insurance and have lost their last
dollar. 1t ought also be the duty of
every insurance agent of Troy to care
fully investigate every policy written
and see that there is not, by over in
surance, placed premium on incen-
diarism. The man who is dealing on
the square will not object to the closest
scrutiny, and the fellow who does
should be reported to the board of fire
underwriters. 1t is simply a matter
in which every property owner in Troy
is vitally interested, and one that
ought to receive the most careful in
vestigation.
1t is not just the financial loss that a
fire would entail that is the most seri-
Gus part of fire. But it is the fact
that the destruction Of Troy would
mean the destruction OF Troy as q
business center for some years to come.
Possibly we could never get back to
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-05-31
Improve the Roads.

The best investment any town ever
made was the cash it put into the
roads leading into the town, a fact
that no one will pretend to deny.
Troy business men must recognize
this and there must be united effort
along the line of building better roads
into Troy. For example the Reitman
hill road must be improved. Those
who attempted to travel over this hill
during the past spring know that the
News is not putting it one bit too
strong when we say that this road
must be fixed. The time has passed
when Troy can remain Indifferent in
this matter, for the very plain reason
that the time has passed when the
rapidly increasing population to our
north is compelled to come to Troy to
trade. A railroad has been built with
in fourteen miles Of Troy on the north
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-05-31

the point that our fine little town oc-
cupies to-day. Those of you who
doubt this should ask our sister town
of Kendrick, Or let us inquire of any
other town that has been destroyed by
fire and see what answer we will get.
And after we have taken all due pre-
caution to prevent fire let US get to-
gether and put in that water system.
That will be the sane, sensible thing
and by far the cheapest in the end.
The News cannot imagine that our
town has single citizen who is not
ready to do his full part in this work.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-05-31
A Narrow Escape.

g. w. Cloyd. a merchant of PUNK,
Mo-, had narrow escape four years ago
when he ran Jimson burr into his
thumb, He says: "The doctor wanted
to amputate it, but would not consent.
bought box of Bueklen g Arnica Salve
and that cured the dangerous wound. -
25c at O. V. Johnson's drug store,
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-05-31
Troy Creamery.

The fact that the list of customers Of
the local creamery has been nearly
doubled in the last two months is
pretty conclusive evidence that it pays
to sell cream. Also that all the old
patrons are buying every available COW
within a radius of 90 miles is ad-
ditional proof that dairying is one of
the coming industries of this section.
While the local creamery proved a
costly investment to many of the stock
holders, those who are delivering cream
and who are regularly in receipt OF
checks that are constantly increasing in
figures as the months 60 by are salts
fed that a few hundred dollars ex-
pended toward the construction of a
plant and the advancement of profit
able industry was money well
spent. From January to April
inclusive, the local creamery has paid
36R cents per pound for butter fat de-
livered at the creamery. While the
price to be paid this month has not
been stated definitely, it will be the
biggest ever paid at this season.
Troy weekly news. (Troy, Idaho) 1897-1933, 1907-05-31
The Fourth of July 1907 to be Appropriately
COmmemOrated by Our Patriotic
Citizens.

Troy will celebrate the Fourth This decision reached meeting
the Fire Department Tuesday full set committees appointed
the businessmen the that sufficient funds for
good Fourth would be raised The celebration will be under the
auspices the will be the held in Troy
The this will shortened and bigger given which will
enable visitors everything before they The committees
H. Waner, M BeLomy, Geo
Alfred Christie, P. L. Ocut.
Speakers-S Anderson Olson, Eckman,
Ovesmith
Advertiing-P. L. Orcut, K. w. Woodward.
Pivieges-C J. Bernardini A. H Oversmth, H. H Christie
Johnson Mrs D. M Eckman Mrs Chas Bernardn
Mrs H. Aheon Mrs Jack Belomy Mrs. Wm Fdes Miss Hd Olson
Oson Charley Johnson.
nothing undone that will add
the will effort made noted
to within
provided abundance fine shade inviting
grounds desiring combine country with thei
find it here Prepare celebrate Troy
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
HOMEMADE CATARRH CURE.
Sufferers Should Make This Up and
Try It Anyway.

ANY one can mix right at home the
best remedy of it's kind known. The
lame Cyclone" is given to the fol-
owing prescription, it is supposed, be-
cause of it's promptness in driving
from the blood and system every YES
tige of catarrhal poison, relieving this
foul and dread disease, no matter
where located. To prepare the mix
ture: Get from any good pharmacy
one half-ounce Fluid Extract Dande-
lion, one ounce Compound Kargon and
three ounces Compound Syrup Sarsa-
parilla. Shake well and use in tea
spoonful doses after each meal and at
bedtime.
This is harmless, inexpensive mix
fure, which has peculiar action upon
the eliminative tissues of the Kidneys,
assisting them to filter and strain
from the blood and system all ca
tarrhal poisons, which, If not eradi-
Gated, are absorbed by the mucous
membrane, and an open sore or ca
tarrh is the result.
Prepare some and try it, as it is the
prescription of an eminent catarrh
specialist of national reputation.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
EARLY NORTHWEST VOYAGES.
Some Account Of the Arctic Trips
That Have Been Made.

Beginning with the American dis
coveries of John Cabot in 1897, the
search for the northwest passage was
for many years the object of rival ex-
petitions from Denmark, England,
France and Portugal, says A. W..
Greedy, in the Century. 1t was Frobish-
err, however, who in 1576-7S first gave
a distinct national character to the
quest John Davis of Davis strait,
followed in three voyages, 1858, and
then in 1912, came the illustrious and
hapless Henry Hudson, whose motto
was that explorers should achieve
what they had undertaken or else give
reasons wherefore it will not be-"
The search for the Atlantic side
closed for two centuries with the voy-
age of great seaman, William Baf-
fin, who, in tiny boat of 55 tons, with
q miserable equipment, but an un.
daunted heart, attained, in 1916, the
highest north in the western hemis-
phere, II degrees As minutes NJ, and
discovered three radiating sounds,
Jones, Smith and Lancaster, the last
being the eastern entrance to the long
sought passage.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22

town you meet your neighbors Satur'
day afternoons and exchange news
and experience. You go to 1t for day
OF recreation when the snow comes.
the fair, or on holidays.
There during the winter lecture
course you hear great orators and ex-
cellent musicians The political rallies,
the church conference or association
are held there.
BY and by in the pretty little VII
lage church, whose splre you can see
from your farm, you son will preach
the gospel. In the brick building two
doors from the corner, farmer boy
will open law office, and in the little
frame two blocks away another son
of the SOIL just back from college, Will
begin the practice Of medicine.
There is the high school to which
you send your children, and there
after awhile your daughter will teach.
And some day when you find the
farm work too heavy for your age, and
want to get near the children, you will
build on that grassy corner lot two
doors from the Methodist church and
move to town.
Yes. the town is mighty good
thing to have, pleasant thing; and
the more you put into 1t the more you
get out of 1t. For it grows according
to the trade it gets and the more 1t
grows the more 1t can buy and the
higher will go your land.
The Moral Obligation.
But the last and strongest reason
why 1t is right that the country peo-
pie spend their money at home Is the
moral obligation.
The town is yours, yours to ruin or
prosper. The same sense OF obliga,
ton should prompt you to support 1t.
as prompted our old Teutonic ances'
tors in the forests of Germany to
stand elbow to elbow in protection OF
their village. The same spirit OF loyal
ty should inspire you as fired the
Highland Scot to spend his blood for
the welfare of his clan.
The country town with all Its faults
is the best governed, most enlight-
ened, most moral, and happiest spot
in American civilization. 1t is good
safe place. Not too swift. nor yet too
slow. In touch with the current OF
progress, but not racing with greed.
The place from which come nearly all
the great business men, lawyers
scholars, preachers, physicians. The
place where men are neighborly and
helpful.
This town, my farmer friend, Is
yours. But the city belongs to the
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
Oklahoma Convention.

Guthrie, Ok, Feb. 15.-One of the
sections of the report of the committee
on private corporations, adopted by
the constitutional convention Thurs
day. provides for uniformity in the
price of all commodities, purporting TO
prevent determinations alleged to
have been exercised by railroad com
panies in the price of coal. An at
tempt made to call up the Jim
Grow" proposition for debate early
Thursday morning for consideration
by the committee of the whole was
postponed until Friday, when decisive
action may be taken.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22

mail order houses and the devil. With
it's corrupt government, its overflow
of population, and its vice, the great
city is the menace of our morals and
our liberties.
The city like the dragon swallows
the vast throngs of country boys and
girls that flock into it, and by and by
when health, and virtue and hope are
gone, spews them out to die In want,
or wander as derelicts over the face
of the earth.
And don't you see, my friend, that
when you take the money from the
country town, you destroy the chance
of Success there, and the boys and
girls will follow where you have sent
the money?
This town OF yours was founded IN
faith, on the faith in the customs OF
men for hundreds of years to trade at
the nearest town. These merchar Is
and carpenters, masons and editors
are your neighbors. They have grown
up amongst you or amongst others
like you.
They have put their all in a little
business, money, time and hope.
Around the corner there is little cot
tage, and the wife and the baby-it
may be your grandbaby-wait; and
there is a smile of happiness when
business is good" but the troubled
look comes when business is poor.
They are struggling to live, and pay
for the little home, and by and by ed
ucate the children. They are your
neighbors and friends, not your enc
mics. They work hard-you scarcely
realize how hard-and are not living
high. They have pinned their faith
to the town-your town.
Their success or failure is in your
hands. For your trade they will give
you good returns, and all will prosper
together. II you withdraw your trade.
failure must follow. Some poor strug-
| gler must go down facing bankruptcy.
The light must go out of some wom-
ans eye, and hardship be laid up for
the child.
Even IL you could save little by
sending your patronage to the city, do
you not think it the fair thing, the just
thing. the right thing, to trade at the
little home town with those you know.
those whose prosperity and happiness
are in your hands?
For 1t is written. Thou shalt love
thy neighbor as myself"
WILLIAM H. HANDY.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
YOUR OBLIGATIONS
SOME OF THE THINGS YOU OWE
YOUR OWN TOWN.
YOU SHOULD BUY AT HOME
Tho Country Town Can Be Made
the Very Best Place to
Live In the United
States.
Copyright. by Alfred C. clark.)

Copyright, by Alfred c. Clark.)
A preacher who was a crank on
doctrine wearied his congregation by
constantly harping on baptism. A
brother that longed for rest handed
him text he thought safe, 1.-THE way
of the transgressor is hard"
Friends" said the preacher there
are three things suggested by this
scripture: First, the transgressor.
Second, his conversion. Third, his
baptism. We will pass over the first
two and come at once to the third"
Many reasons why people should
trade at home rather than send their
money away have been given, but sup
pose we pass them all by and come at
once to the one vital reason:
1t is the right thing to do
For after all the fundamental ques-
ton in every transaction is whether
it is right or wrong. Not will | save
money, but is it just? Not is 1t more
convenient, but Is it fair? Not
whether is it good business, but
whether it is good morals?
For you and I know. and all the
world is coming to know, that not
one dollar is ever saved or made by
unfair means that does not curse the
possessor. And man may be as dis
honest in saving money as in getting
It,
1t is right to spend our money with
the home town and wrong to send 1t
away because we are under obliga-
lions to the home town, but not to
the mail order house.
Financial Obligations.
In the first place the country is I'M
der financial obligations to the town.
OF course the town is also indebted
to the country, but the town cannot
help but pay its debt, its very exist
,ence does that. Hence we are merely
discussing the country side of the OBJ
legation.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22

Find 200 acres of good land almost
anywhere that is 20 miles from town
and you can buy it for $25 an acre.
The same land within ten miles VIII
bring $35, within five miles its value
is $50, within two miles $S5 an acre.
Thus that town has increased the
land within radius OF ten miles an
average of $35 dollars an acre. AS
that is about the age Of country towns
generally, you may figure that town.
as long as 1t is fairly prosperous, In
creases the land around 1t an average
of one dollar an acre every year.
Not considering staple articles ike
cattle, hogs and grain which can be
shipped and sold anyway, the town as
a local market is worth at least $40
a year to the ordinary farmer.
For example: This year the peach
markets were SO glutted no ordinary
fruit would pay the express. Around
the little town in which the writer
lives most farmers have few peach
trees. The 1000 inhabitants bought
nearly every bushel in the vicinity at
from 40 cents to dollar a bushel.
More than $4,000 was paid for peaches
within three weeks.
That was clear gain which must be
set over to the credit OF the town.
Plums, cherries, early vegetables,
scores of little odds and ends, perish
able stuff that the farmer could not or
would not ship he turns into cash at
the home town.
So IL a man owns 200 acres within
reach of town, he will receive S275
wear direct cash value from that
town, none of which he would receive
from the mail order house.
To be sure, the town does not do
nate him that amount, the town was
net built for the purpose OF philan-
thropy, yet he receives an actual cash
benefit because the town Is there; and
he is under actual financial obliga-
lions to return that benefit by spend.
ing his money at home.
II is not an obligation that the law
would recognize, but 1t is one that ap'
reals to those independent, clean
hearted men Of high honor who feel
that perfect honesty demands that
when benefits are received from
stranger or brother, friend or foe
benefits should be returned.
Social Obligations.
II is right for the country to spend
its money with the home town because
Of the social obligations between
them.
The town is the center Of your com
muuity. From It radiates your rura
mail service; in It center your tele
ohone systems. On the streets OF The
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
PROVE EVERY CLAIM
Or. Williams Pink Pills a Specific
For Anaemia and Safe Family
Medicine,


When the body becomes run down.
either as a result Of overwork, worry
or severe illness, an examination OF
the blood would show it to be weak
and watery. This condition is called
anaemic, which is the medical term
for "bloodless." The common syAnp-
toms are paleness of the lips, gums
and cheeks, shortness of breath and
palpitation of the heart after the
slightest exertion, dull eyes and loss
of appetite.
Mr.. Louis L. Clark, painter, Of 10
Lincoln Place, Plainfield, N. j., says:
Last May l was obliged to undergo
an operation for append .ctis and
while the operation in itself was sue
cessful, did not recover my strength
and health. l was confined to my bed
for over a month and was under the
doctors care. When l was able to
get up my legs were so weak and I'M
steady that l could only walk with
cane with difficulty.
81 was getting no better and could
not think of going back to work. I
was discouraged, when neighbor
told me that DR.. Williams Pink Pills
had cured her and advised me to try
them. l began taking them about the
middle of June and soon felt so much
better that l kept on and was cured.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills have cur
ed rheumatism, chlorosis. after effects
of the grip and fevers, and, as the
health of the nerves depends upon the
purity of the blood, they are invalu-
able in neuralgia, nervous debility.
sleeplessness, dizziness and even To-
comotor ataxia and paralysis.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills are sold by
all druggists or sent, postpaid, on re-
ceipt of price, so cents per box, six
boxes $3.50. by the DR.. Williams Med
icine Co., Schenectady, N. Y.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
Insect Drunkards.

Insects have their own public
houses, and get intoxicated just like
human beings, was the charge made
by Prof. Bottomley in lecture at the
University of London, South Kensing-
ton. The leading public house in the
insect world, according to Prof Bot
tomley, is the wild arum. 1t looks like
a large lily, and its big, dark shaft ex-
tending upward is the sign that at
tracts the insects. They climb down
into the nectar pit beneath the flowers
bags of pollen, and there the orgy
commences.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
A Woman's Delicate Skin

should receive the best Of care. 1t is
most important to secure good soap,
and Buchan's Toilet Soaps are the
only soaps guaranteed under the new
law to be absolutely pure, and they
are also antiseptic, being both cleans
ing and purifying. If you wish to
insure soft, velvety skin free from
blotches and eruptions ask your deal
err for cake of Buchan's Sulphur
Soap If he does not keep it send
his name and address and Is cents
to Buchans Soap Corporation, and
they will send you a full size cake.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
DROWNED in a ReservoIr.

Garden City, Kan. Feb. III. A
Phillips and Harry Beckett, two en-
gineers, were drowned in the reser'
voir of the United States Sugar and
Land company, near Lalzin, at 4
o'clock Friday afternoon while trying
to drive across a narrow place in the
reservoir in spring wagon. The res
ervoir is being constructed for storing
flood waters for irrigation purposes.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
Gold Coinage of the World.

United States is coming annually
about $500, 900, 900 in gold; Great Bri-
tain, nearly s6O,OOO,OOO Australasia,
a little more than Great Britain;
France, about $35,000,000; Germany,
about s25,OO0,o00, and Japan. more
than 30,000,000.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
ONLY ONE "RKOMO QUININE,,

That is LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine. Similarly
named remedies sometimes deceive The first and
original Cold Tablet is u WHITE PACKAGE with
black and red lettering. and bears the signature OF
&C. w GROVE. &c.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
Most people would fall short If
measured by the golden rule.

Take Garfield Tea, the mild Herb lax
alive, to purify the blood, eradicate dis
ease, and maintain Good Health.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22

Smokers have to call for Lewis Single
Binder cigar to get it. Your dealer or
Lewis Factory, Peoria. Ill.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22

What we are stretches past what we
do, beyond what we possess.-Drum
mOnd
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
IdolatrY.

Jennings Just worships his auto"
81 know it. In It he lives and mover
and has his being."-Judge.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22
American Hens Did Well.

American Ffend OIu WIZ
The last census observation-disclosures
the production of eggs in the United
States to be 1898, 662. 433 dozen.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1907-02-22

Money refunded for each package of
PUTNAM FADELESS DYES If unsatis-
factory. Ask your druggist.