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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-06
$2,27S,199.26

$z,EI 3, IJJ.ZO
On January 1, 1905, this invest
ment had grown to a grand total Of
$3,609, 1851, of which $2,075,-
6S6.05 was on account of warrants,
bonds and loans, and 1884, 029.76
on account of deferred payments.
M. l. CHURCH,
Register.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-06
9.S14.O5

Land office fees 49,. 9,S14.05
A total of $610,S30.61, an average
of $203,610.20 a year, and an ex-
cess earning during the past three
years over the previous fourteen
years of $133,19216.
The total receipts from all sour
ces by the department for the four
teen years ending January 1, 1905,
was 81, 404, 1926, and on the lat
ter date the actual investments
were:
Bonds, warrants and
loans -. 81, 19S,324.29
Deferred payments on
land sales .....,.. 1,o79,s74.s7
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-06
State Land Department.

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The Washington times., 1908-11-03
CENTER MARKET NOW
ENTICES APPETITES
All Sorts of Seasonable
Things to Eat Can Be
Found Now.

Householders find the greatest imagin-
able variety Of vegetables. fruits. meats.
and whatnot in the Center Market these
days.
Retail prices are kept at the lowest
there. so that the figures necessarily
vary somewhat from day to day. Spring
chickens are just now 20 cents per pound
for medium sizes. for instance, and
small chickens are % cents per pound.
Turkeys average p cents per pound.
These prices vary nearly every day.
over where vegetables are sold cram
berries. which are among the most
popular products for the fall season,
are found 10 be l21z cents per quart.
Cabbages can be bought at S cents for
q large head New potatoes bring 30
cents per peck. Caulifiowers are IS
cents per head. The season for tona-
toes is about over. but a few are still
10 be had al 20 cents for quarter OF a
peck Celery Is at cents per stalk
TuTnips sell at 10 cents for a quarter
peck, and onions at the same price.
Steaks and chops vary i'm price. OF
course, according to the kind and grade
purchased. Fresh pork is quoted 81 1917
cents per pound. Bologna SAUSAGE is
at 10 cents per pound. The small white
sausaEes, also FTanHUrteTs. vary he
tween 10 and 10 cents per pound. 9'ripe
IS at s cents per pound and smoked
ham at Is cents.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
CLASSIC RARETTES

Barettes grow more and more elabo-
rate as fashion settles upon the Grecian
style of couture. FNIets and Greek Dor
dered bands can now be purchased in
the shops to match the color Of the
hair. The plain ones go more than half
way around the head. and the ends OF
the narrow shell band terminate in
small knobs Some of the more el4bo-
rate tllets have inlaid patterns. and
others are mounted I'm gold A new
harette which promises TO be popular
with young women, has satin ribbon
about two inches ga width, fastened 70
the ends OF a narrow and long barettp,
intended TO hold up the hair at the back
and the ribbons, each one being a little
more than quarter OF q ward long are
finished with q shell boikiu which is
used TO run the ribbon through the low
sort pOmpadOur and then serve as
hairpin. The bOdkin hairpins can be
tucked under the hair iu front and thHs
be made 10 hold the Darette and ribbon
firm.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03

Mrs. Emily Treat, of Hannibal, Mo-,
Is said 10 be the first woman 10 be
employed as an official court reporter
IN this country. Some thiTty-fve years
ago she accomplished one Of the gre 4
est feats a shorthand reporter had ever
performed up TO that time. She report
ed and made the transcript of the tcstI-
mOuy ia a railway lawsuit involving q
large sum. II required something over
six months for her TO complete the
transcript but when it was done she
received high commentator for the ex-
CelleHCe of her work. and the sum of
5000 Mrs. Treat Is stu In active serv-
ice.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
BEST PAID WOMEfr.

The highest paid working Won en- in
France are said TO be the cutters Of
precious stones. They receive RbOu, $50
a day. The lowest wage is 60 cents a
day, and is paid 20 dressma.IeTs.
There are 100000 women in France,
and the majority earn their own Swing.
The movement on foot to secure for
them the ballot is carried on with the
object OF gaining for them a formal
recognition In the industrial world, in
the hope Of increasing their wages, and
winning for them equal pay for equal
work with re men.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
SCANT EYEBROWS.

For those who have scant eyebrows
pure alcohol is said TO be a good slim
ulant. Take a little on the end Of the
finger and massage If into the skin
Surely such A cure is very easy, and a
more simple tonic could not he found
OF course, one must take care that
none of the alcohol touches the eye, for
such an accident might prove very pain
ful but with ordinary watchfulness
there will be no danger Of such q Catas-
trOpe.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
BEATING THE AIRSHIP.

Tom-It must cost a pile to keep an
airship.
Jack-It does: yet mine has been a
source OF profit to me.
Tom, Why, how's that2
Jack-But for it 7 probably would
never have got anything out of my
accident InsurdnCe.-LOndOn Opinion.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
IMPROVE ON NATURE.

Inquiring Lady-How much milk does
your COW give a day.
Truthful BOy-'BOut eight quarts.
lady.
Inquiring Lady-And how much OF
that do you sell?
Truthful Boy-'Bout twelve quarts.
lady.-Humau Life
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
HIS FEARS REALIZED.

His Ma-WilIie, where have you been7
YOU lair is =ueDiCiOusly wet
WILLIE fe'l in the river
his da-BlJ your clothes are not wet.
Willie-Well, you see, ma. while L was
stlndin on the bridge I thought maybe
Ia tall in, so ! took on my clothes, sn'
/ did.-Iilustrated Bits.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03

Tea IS more susceptible TO foreign In
fiuenCe than even butter. This is why
il should never be exposed 10 the air
OF sold In bulk form. The sealed lead
packets Of ''Salada" Tea preserve the
tea in all its native goodness. Insist
upon "Salada. "-Advt
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
That Latin "V /"

Questo-The inscriptions on the Car
negle Library follow a style common
throughout the country the letters and
figures being carved IN Roman ChaTaC-
tiers. Hence the date is Roman numer-
ais. instead Of Arabic, and hence the
letter ~" In place Of the modern ~. -
The Roman alphabet had no u the
/ character '.v' being used in its place Po
nCemen and hremen are carried free
on street cars by courtesy Of the com
panies. In most cities, ordinances re-
Quire this Of the tracti0E companies.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
Pies That Are Delicious

YOuU get real homemade pies when
you order Holmes Pies. All favOTite kinds
fresh from oven TO table. 20c. Homemade
Milk Bread, sc. Holmes Bakery, Isl
and L SITS. Phones Linen. 1910 and Iz41.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
Portable School.

Mrs. Kari Schaefer-The portable
schOOlhOuses used in the District were
made by the St Johns Manufacturing
Company. St Johns. Mich. and were
sold by ". ". Conner. Colo. ID build
ing, Washington. Go to tle depart
The Washington times., 1908-11-03

ue8s, etc, the worst case ia % days,
ana restore the beauty OF youth. Price
20 cents and S1.00. By leading drug
gists or mail.
Prepared D. NJ .lONAL TOILET CO., Pars, Ts7l
Sold BY O'DonneI. Henry Evans. People
Pharmacy. Thompson. ami other druggists.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

rIent Il which you are interested and
inquire there when the neXI civil sery-
Ice examination will be held.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
LOCAL MENTION.
! O. OF Yirqinia Isl Roe.

! large can Best Tomatoes and / can
Vegetables for soup. worth 40c usually,
all for 2jc at J. T. d. Pyles' stores.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03

WeIsbach Lights. Order Direct, Mail OF
Phone. We do not have canvassers.
1901 q. g. A. Muddiman & Co, clio 18th.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03

Open Till 2 O'Clock Election Night.
Phila. oyster & Chop House, 5I3 18th nv
The Washington times., 1908-11-03

This department IS conducted with
the desire to give information, and
to be of practical service 20 The
Times readers II answers to qucs-
lions by mail are desired. stamped
ano addressed envelopes must be in
closed. No attention can be paid -
questions relating 10 minor person
alities Of the stage, repubHshing Of
poems or quotations. or the solving
OF mathematical problems.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03

Carpets Cleaned and Relaid, Mattresse,
Renovated. z. p. Hinkel & Co., ga
Eaine ave. sU- Phone N. 2025.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
Caleb Powers in Jail.

W. R.-Caleb Powers never was in
the penitentiary. He was in jail at
Georgetown. KY, when pardOned.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03

RUSH QUERIEs-wn be answer
ed by telephone. Call Main $50 and
ask for The Times Bureau OF In
formation.
The Washington times., 1908-11-03

Genuine Chill Con-Carne
Aids digestion. The Ranch. 5C7 St NV
The Washington times., 1908-11-03
To Sell Good Copy"

A W. P.-Before il is possible to
suggest the name Of a newspaper syn
dicate which might purchase good
COW" Il is necessary TO know some
thing of the nature of the copy.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-19

gloves and monogram tie. To her anger and dis
appointment she found that everyone but the
chaperon had gone rowing. She wished that she
boy, and he was sitting discontentedly opening an
olive bottle. He was thin and red-hared with
obtrusive hands and an awkward expression, but
she loved him because he looked lonesome. The
chaperon told her that his name Richard
and he and Jeanne sat together grassy slope
the water while the chaperon browsed with
the Simple Life under tree
Jeanne looked at him from under her pompa-
dour and that his eyes were mournful and his
hands twtched nervously. A panic of sympa-
thetic fear made her tremble too. Then she
began to talk very fast.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-19

brown eyes frightened the boys away, and she
always laughed in the wrong place She was like
the poet in Candida; her heart held love in
unmeasured store, but wanted it. There
was lump in her throat and her eyes burned as
If she were going to cry, she marked her place
in the book with piece of newspaper and put 1t
carefully under a pillow on the window seat. 1t
is sad to be sixteen and not in love-
The Next Best" Club gave picnic that after
noon in Jackson Park and invited the mother of
of the girls to act as chaperon and an equal
number of boys to eat deved eggs sandwiches,
and lemonade, and to take them rowing Jeanne
arrived late; she had made unusual preparations
in her appearance for the words of the poet
had suggested to her that if even love couldn't
speak it could be ready to answer; she built
her pompadour out inch, pulled in her belt half
an inch, and borrowed her sisters white silk
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-19

GO about in search of love; and
and I find it in unmeasured
stores in the bosoms of others.
But, when I try to ask for it,
this horrible shyness strangles
me. 1t must be
asked for: it is like a ghost: it
cannot speak unless it is first
spoken to-"
Jeanne was sixteen, and she
had read Candida all the sum-
mer morning. She was stubby
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-19

stead. BY the time the boats came back they had
told each other everything. He didn't know any
girls he was going to Cornell in the fall and his
mother was dead. She told him that she wanted
to be an author; indeed, she had already filled
toy trunk with love stories. She had once COM
posed a verse of poetry, and, after much urging
recited it to him;
1.-The strikers hateful,
Not one of them grateful,
For all that God has done for them
He gave them life,
He gave them light.
He gave them power to choose for the right.
When she finished she asked him, DO you
believe in God?" and he said, 81 dunno" He was
ashamed to tell her that he had stopped going to
Sunday school when he ten. The minute the
first boat was dexterously pushed far up on the
bank, she saw with agony the sad look return to
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-19

and figureless, and she had hard time keeping
her first pompadour in place, but she longed to
be in love. Most of the high-school girls had boy
friends to be leased about and to walk home with,
but they could giggle and chatter; her solemn,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-07-19

Just look at the tree shad-
ows on the water. My, aren't
they soft and thick! I don't
think you'd sink if you laid
down on them"
mo ah!" Richard an
swered timidly, looking at her
gratefully. 1t was his first
picnic.
81 like shadows most as
much as real things. There's
so much character to shad-
Ows. l read once that pic
lures started from shadows.
A man was going away to
fight-he was a hero, l guess
and he stood UP by a fence
and his sweetheart charcoaled
him, and then she had his
figure to look at when he was
gone"
yeah, | read that once"
"Oh, did you? My, you
ought to have seen me max
ing Judges this morning. I
did them on the stone top of
Mothers dresser! Alma does
hers on a marble table, but
a dresser's just as good"
aye = ah, do your Judges
sugar."
"They don't usually, but
these did. l don't know why.
My Judges never sugar, new
err"
Jeanne paused, but Richard
did not speak. Jeanne began
again excitedly:
do you see that pier over
there? Yep, where the boats
start. Well, once I saw a
fat man over there bow to a
girl and he stepped off back
ward into the water, right
into the water. The girl tried
to catch him by the feet. She
hollered, but she didn't get
him! They fished him out
with an oar"
Richard laughed so loudly
at this that the chaperon lost
her place in the Simple
Life" and went to sleep in
the boats came hack they had
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30

by an English tea merchant They are
big around as he end of your
little finger and one will make full cup.
They composed of real tea. com
pressed by enormous force into pills.
Each tabloid is hard as Il stone until
the water touches it, when ii diSSolVes to
a powder and gives forth dele Gus
aroma The pills ara put up in tin boxes,
and they are so small that YOU can carry
enough for a hundred cups in your pocket.
n little box Of short sWaetening goes
with them. This is composed of saxin, a
material which is 600 times sweeter than
sugar. 1t is compressed into pills as big
as the head of pin and Il single PIN
head pill will sweeten a cup.
All the way from here to the Zambesi
riVer the telegraph poles and the railroad
ties are of steel. The ties are hollow
wise have been. Now come a New York
man with an invention which automatic
ally prints firms name on roll OF
paper as the paper is being drawn from
the stand that holds it TO the top of
the paper stand is fixed arm. which
terminates i'll a casing having a printing
roll and an mixing roll in juNtaposi-
ton The casing is open on one side TO
allow the printing roll to rest against the
paper. When the paper is drawn from the
stand 1t sets the printing roR in operation,
which. after taking ink from the linking
roll. stamps the firm name en- the paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30
ChznBzNG MU The RERnC

outside about twenty-five p4-aAe.ieers. are
crowded to their top capacity. y herdic
driver can bring in about 81 day on
average days. Now, says the manage
ment. how by the shade of Pegasus can
you install automobiles on from 81 to S.
a day income per automobile?
There is another side to the changing
of the time, a sadder and more pathetic
side than the mere wiping out of an OBJ
solete common carrier.
Some Old Employees.
Working for the herdic company are six
men who have driven, rain and shine,
during the best years of their lives. Cold
days and warm days, through sleet snow
and biting winter winds these old pilots
have driven the herdics along their routes
until their hands are cramped from hold
ing the lines and their faces are scanned
and scared like Weatherbeaten sea cap
tain's
They know nothing else but driving. 1t
is their bread and butter.
Give them their herdic. their horses and
perhaps an occasional chew. and they are
reliable, honest old men, accomplishing
and constant in their service to their
company. But removed from their chosen
work they are as lost as the carpenter
without his tools, or the seaman without
his ship.
Henry Acton. well past the sixties, is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30

ne ijatr!dic.i OF the heruic drivers He is
sloicaI: pleasant individual, is Henry;
disinclined to worry abodt the troubles OF
tomorrow until those troubles come.
good citizen of Washington he is.
with wife and children dependent upon
him, and with the installation of the
chauffeur his line of work will be lost his
employment Will be gone
"Quit?" said he. Yes. I suppose I'll
have to quit sooner or later. You see I'm
getting kind of old and there is not any
too much work left in me- I'm not wor-
rying.
Work for a long time? Yes. I've been
working for long time for the company,
and could work longer if it wasn't for
the auto. l suppose when the chauffeurs
beat me out I'll drive a cab. There amt
very much money in cab driving. not
nearly so much as / might he getting
here, but then l have no right to kick.
l guess l got fair treatment while / been
working for these herdic people"
Praises His Employers.
Yes. they've always been good to me.
the herdic company. And I'm fond of my
herdic, too. Funny. amt it. how you can
get to love bunch of wood and leather,
just if it was human.
We'll. you see. it's this way. The old
herdic and 1 have been knocking around
in all kinds of weather. Out on rainy
nights when this old wagon and yours
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30

Eressmeu over there 1T the Ca1Irsl but
old crowbEitA
Why I'm perfectly good for long time
10 come yet on cJCfSa I'm no sprtnter
year-od colt bu. then I'm useful end I
can hauI a wagon with twenty-five people
n u for twelve hours and then tax To
a gentle man friend Of mine in The nexr
stall when I get homo.
Nothing will ever induce me to quit
my job. I'm not good for anything eisc.
] am useful herdic horse and l
don't see why those foolish men in Con
gross who call me "crowbait" can't let
me alone.
Il think that a herdc adds to the
dignity of the streets of Washington.
When We go through the streets you can
see the people looking at us. We don't
hurry. It's almost like a funeral pro-
cession.
"Pike" Is Flirtations.
Everybody entertains admiration for
me. Why there's one man who invari-
ably brings me a lump of sugar before
he gets on the steps of the herdic. and
there's another who insists on patting my
nose and saying Poor old girl in really
sympathetic tones
Not of course. that they think I am
old. OF course not AS matter OF fact
/ have had numerous compliments passed
by people who were In a hurry to get
10 WORK Oh my Speeu anu youthful late
and figure.
Il always hurry when those dear men
say l look young There is something in
their subtle fiattery that / can't for the
life of me resist"
All OF the old herdic men feel deeply
the passing of their particular vehicles.
So do the horses. Both declare that they
have grown up in the work and that
they will feel lost without it.
pike" explained that she feared that
she uOnld ahla N Walk around If
the herdic was not behind her
And underlying this feeling is a pertur-
baton and belief that neither horse nor
herdlc will be of any more use after the
entrance of the automobile. For the man
a place can be made sooner or later by
the memorable law of supply and demand.
But the herdic has had its day; ii has
fulfilled fits mission. and there are many
old Washingtonians who will view its
passing with regret.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-08-30

tTUiz- IL ccin' along the strc1ts. with ev-
cry thing dark and wet ard drizZly. I get
The feeling that the old things alive and
knows me. The wheels crtak and the
haraess ratiIes when ] sing. and we go
along as smooth as an iceboa.. with never
ii jolt ard never hitch.
Many a good load this old herd,c s
hauled ard many a good load I've driven.
III be wifhou: i job. 7 suppose. for a
while, but ! reckon that i. will come out
al right.
Acton is 4 man who has come to love
his work
In the morning as he goes out on his
turn he talks TO Ills ancient vehicle as
though it were alive. and each twist and
crackie of the harness is music to him.
Much the same in temperament is
Pike the oldest horse On the herdic
line pike" is a lady. and therefore de-
clined to admit more than eleven wears.
But Pike" is not a creature whose APP
pearance would lead one to accept her
Veracity without question. She looks old
for mere eleven years.
'WhadoyoU mean" Whinnied Pike an
grily when a casual visitor inquired
whether she contemplated leading a tenn
perance movement or entering home
for indignant females upon the installa-
ton of automobiles.
She was told that within two years she
would he a musty, mOth-eaten memory of
the past.
What Do You MeanP"
What do You mean. young man." she
neighed. and tears sprang into her fawn-
like eyes. Fire me from the herdic serv-
ice? Why, it's absurd. I'll see Congress
about this business.
why. young man. I've been pulling
herdics from the time'-She paused. fear
ing to incrimnate herself-"well. anyhow,
for long, long time.
It's perfectly absurd to talk about my
being fired from a job at hauling herdics.
Here l am where | have been for the last
for several years-hauling these heavy
wagons. rain and shine. shine and rain.
There never was more outrageous
thing said in any country or in any lam
guage than the vicious allegation made
by dyspeptic congressman that We her
die horses-especially We lady horses-are
crowbaits.
Think of gentleman calling a lady
a crowbait. Anyhow. what are the con-