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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-08-07
Weather In August.

With the coming OF August citi-
zens in southern Idaho may look for
cooler weather, II the data compiled
by the weather bureau for the last
nine years may be construed as any
sort OF forecast, which the weather
bureau positively declares may not
be done. The warmest August in
nine years was in 1901, with an aver
age temperature of rs and the high
est temperature during that period
In August was on the 18th OF that
month In 1901, the register going up
to 104. But 1t was a real cold day
August Is, 1899--being as low az
80 degrees above. The average tenn
perature for August during nine
years was n above.
According to statistics the prevail
ing August winds In this climate
have been from the northwest with
an average hourly velocity of 20
miles. The highest August wind In
nine years was "a miles an hour on
August 4, Statesman.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-08-07
When is a Rooster?

New York, July 29.--The police
department is still trying to discov-
err whether II is the subject Of prac-
tical joke, or whether 1t has been
metamorphosed into a bureau for al
swering conundrums In Connection
with the new anti-noise ordinance.
The most battling problem which has
ever been put up to this department
has just developed In the question
as It necessary for rooster to
crow" This is looked on by some
members of the force as akin to the
Eold inquiry as to why the chicken
crosses the road. As a matter of fact,
however, 1t is a serious problem for
the anti-noise ordinance prohibits
all unnecessary noises, and the ques-
tion naturally arises as to the diff
ference between those which are nee
essary and those which are not. Com
plants having been lodged against
various growing ROSTERS the police
department has been forced to call
upon biologists to find out whether
it is really necessary for rooster to
crow. The biologists, however. give
UO UeIp db tiicy IucTcIy ICHuCg tHC
opinion that 1t was as necessary as
it was for a man to sing. AS result
the police are still up in the air and
the difficulty of their position Is fur
Their complicated by persons who
have announced that II Is not neces-
sary for a rooster to crow 1t isn't nee
essary for lions to roar, and that II
the question is decided against the
barnyard fowl they will proceed to
put the zoo out of business. Already
Chief Bingham's men have been de-
luged with complaints from flats and
apartment houses against crying ba-
bies, pianos, coughing invalids and
the like, all of which are alleged TO-
be the cause of unnecessary noises
and therefore punishable under the
new ordinance. Meanwhile the police
are wondering whether II Is possible
to differentate between necessary and
unnecessary noises and chiefly as to
whether rooster renders himself IL
able to arrest by Growing at night.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-08-07

per thousand. s.s..-,.,..,.---.
In circular 1877 OF the Bureau Of
Animal Industry issued April 4
1908, are these words:
The inhalation theory to account
for the occurrence Of pulmonary -tu-
berculosis has been shown to be nc
longer tenable, because no substance
can be carried into the finer bron-
chioles by the respiratory process,
and because tuberculous LESSONS In
the lung have been shown to spread
from the vascular system, the finer
capillaries, and not from the air pass
ages. Dried and pulverized tuber-
culous material has been shown to
lack righteousness, and the infec-
tous spray discharged from the
mouths of tuberculous persons during
speaking and coughing has been
shown to be of Importance only in
their immediate environment, unless
such persons are permitted to handle
articles of food, to which the larger
droplets of the spray may adhere
The introduction of bacilli into the
body through the uninjured wall of
the digestive tract, anywhere from
the mouth downwards, is the chief
mode of infection with tuberculosis"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-08-07
France Has its Troubles.

Paris, July 31.-The rioting at
Vigneux yesterday has precipitated a
rather serious situation owing to a
decision by the government to arrest
the leaders of the Federation Of La
Dor and possibly suppress the entire
organization on the ground that 1t
threatens public order. Press reports
agree that the agitators at Vigneux
deliberately melted their men to pro-
woke bloodshed and that troops pa
tiently submitted for hours to insults
and stoning before they fired. Con-
sentative papers unite in demanding
the suppression Of the General Fed
Grafton of Labor as revolutionary
organization which is demoralizing
the country and terrorizing the peo-
ple.. The organization is expected to
fight bitterly for its existence.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
(Final Proof.)

VI mai FToolJ
I, Mabel H. johnson, of Aberdeen,
Idaho, who made entry No. 50, and the
assignee of Annie c. Mcneil who made
entry No. 1872, under the provisions OF
an act Of the legislature of the State
of Idaho, commonly known as the
Carey Act" approved March End. 1893,
which. embraces w IL .SW IA Of Sec;
81 and r IL Sc Ia of section 20, all
in township 5, of range 81, do hereby
give notice Of my intention to make
final proof to establish my claim to the
land above described, and that ! expect
to prove that have resided on, reclaim
ed and cultivated said land as required
ylaw, before D. Burrell, representative
Of State Land Board at American Falls,
idaho, on the 22nd day of August,
1908, by two Of the following witnesses.
D. E. Arms, of Aberdeen, Idaho; A. j.
Shrek of Aberdeen, Idaho; M. E. Coen
of American Falls, Idaho; G. A. Erick-
son Of Aberdeen, Idaho:
MABEL H. JOHNSON,
5-5 Entryman.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
+ LEGAL NOTICES.

LEGAL NOTICES. +
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Notice Of Meeting Of Republican
Z State Convention.
Pursuant to the authority and by
the direction of the Republican State
Z Central committee, Republican
State Nominating Convention Will
convene at the City OF Boise. State of
Idaho, on Tuesday, the first day OF
September, 1908, at IL o'clock a. m,
at which State Convention a Repub-
ican platform of principles will be
announced, a new State Central Com
mittee will be elected, and candidates
will be nominated for Justice of the
Supreme Court, one member Of Con-
gress, and State officers to be voted
for at the general election to be held
on Tuesday, November 8, A. D.1908.
The various counties of the state
are entitled to delegate representa-
ton in this convention as follows;
Ada "a, Bannock Is, Bear Lake IA,
Z Bingham %, Boise s, Bonner 10,
Blaine 8, Canyon Is, Cassia Z, Custer
8, Elmore 4, Fremont 81, Idaho -,
Kcotenai Is, Latah is, Lincoln s,
Nes Perez 81, Lemhi 5, Owyhee 4,
Oneida 20, Shoshone is, Twin Falls
4, Washington 8.
The County Central Committees
are hereby requested to perfect all
arrangements for primaries and coun-
ty conventions for the selection OF
delegates to said state convention.
JAMES H. BRADY,
Chairman.
ADDISON T. SMITH,
Secretary. 4s-tI
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piled for are hereby notified that un-
less their adverse claims are duly filed
according to law and the regulations
Hereunder, within the time prescribed
by law, with the Register of the United
States Land ONCE at Blackfoot, State
of Idaho, they will be barred by virtue
Of the provisions of said statute.
I direct that the foregoing notice be
published in the Idaho Republican, a
newspaper published at Blackfoot,
Bingham County, Idaho, and designat-
ed as the newspaper publised nearest
the lands above described, for period
of sixty days.
m HENRY w. KIEFER,
register.
First publication, July "a. 1908.
Last publication September rs, 1908.
b 4S'F. $40
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Republican state nominating com
vention at Boise, September /.
Bingham County Republican, prl-
maries, August a.
Bingham County Republican con-
vention Sept. 10th at Blackf0ot.
Blackfoot Fair. Sept. % to rs inclu-
sive.
Boise Fair. Oct. IS to a. inclusive.
Ogden Fair, Sept. 80 to Oct. . In
elusive.
Election, Tuesday, November 3.
Blackfoot Fair, Sept. 22-25.
Fremont County Fair at st. An
thony, Sept. 1915 inclusive.
Montana State Fair, Sept. 2S to-
Oct. 3, inclusive.
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Homeseekers' Rates From Colorado.

Homeseekers' Rates From Colorado.
On the first and third Tuesdays Of
each month, a homeseek&s' rate Will
be effective from CoSopG4o points to
Idaho points for one fate plus two
dollars for the round trip. good for
stopover privilege within limit. Good
fifteen days going, with jsturn limit
of 81 days from date Of purchase.
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Miners Federation Closes Convention


Denver, July 29.-The Western
Federation of Miners today complet
ed its convention work by electinl
Denver as its headquarters for tht
ensuing year and also as the place
for the next convention, and elected
the following officers.
President, Charles II. Meyer, Den.
yer.
Vice president, Charles e. Mahon-
ey, Butte, Montana.
Secretary and treasurer, Ernest
Mills, Greenwood, B. G.
Members of the executive board:
District No. Tired Clough, Gold
field, New.
District No. 2-Joseph Hutchin-
son, Burke, Idaho.
District No. 81. G.. Lonney,
Butte, Montana.
District No. 4--Roderick MacKen-
zie, Silverton, Colo.
District No. 5--W. e. Tracy, Terri
ry, s. d.
District No. civilian Davidson,
Sandon, B. G.
District No. William Jinkerson,
Flat River, Mo.
The convention has been one of
the most important in the history
of the order.
Action was taken completely repu-
dating the Industrial workers of the
World and declining to recognize its
travelling and withdrawal cards. A
strike fund of 100000 was ordered
raised.
A jurisdiction lien was established
with the United Mine Workers and
both organizations from now on lend
their entire strength to either in
time of trouble. Provisions were
adopted that no local union shall or
der strike without the consent Of
the executive board, and that ten
locals acting jointly may submit any
question to the executive board for
a referendum vote.
Steps was taken to raise de-
tense fund for the four Mexicans UNI
der arrest in California charged with
melting riot and rebellion in Old
Mexico.
All amendments to the constitu-
ton postponed by the convention
must be submitted to a referendum
vote of the locals
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WARRANT CALL.

County Treasurer's Office, Blackfoot,
4 Bingham County, idaho, June %. 1908.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing Bingham County Warrants will
be paid on presentation, II presented
within sixty (s0) days from date OF
this notice:
Current Expense Fund,
IA Registered, Numbered.
january II, 1908. 461 to 515 inc.
School District No. 8.
1889, 1870, 1923, 1882, 1880, 11415,
11447, 1880.
JOHN WRAY,
1-9 Treasurer Bingham County.
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Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
Forests and Elenhant Grnas.

Not far back from Tanga is one of the
greatest forest regions of this part of
East Africa, The government has reserved
several hundred thousand acres, but the
remainder is open to exploitation, and pros.
pectors are now going over 1t with a view
to shipping the timber out to the coast. 1
understand that there is a great deal Of
fine hard wood, as we'll as cedar and other
timber of value.
Much of the country near the coast OF
German East Africa is covered with mango
trees and cocoanut palms. Higher up
there are a%cacias, sycamores and banians.
There are vines and trees which produce
rubber, and also valuable fiber plants.
Down along the coast the Germans are
now setting out cocoanut plantations, and
are experimenting with cacao, tobacco,
vanilla and the cinchona tree, from whose
bark our quindne comes.
Much of the interior Of this region is
not unlike the country about Lake Vic
toria, and many OF the plains are covered
with elephant grass. This grows twice as
high as ones head. 1 nave seen stalks
fifteen feet tall, and on a recent trip
through the interior 1 had myself photo
graphed to show you their height. In the
rainy season this grass often grows a foot
in a night. II is much like a bamboo fish
ing rod, having joints like cane. It is
usually burnt off at certain times Of the
year. and / have Travelled over roads with
great flames on one side of me, where, IL
the wind had changed, 1 should have been
in serious danger. When the grass is set
Attire, the flames roll up in great masses.
As the canes burn they burst apart, each
making a noise like the shot of a pistol.
The fire is accompanied by a continual
crash, and the scenes are grand to an ex-
IRENE. In German East Africa many of
the trade routes go through grass Of this
kind. They consist of mere paths, which
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
Things About the Home Life of the Taft Family That Please Visitors

fact there are dark suspicious that II the
inner home life Of the TAFT family is trans-
ferred to the white House next spring,
Bryn Mawr may not retain "a fun four
years hold upon one Of its fair students.
But she will enter next fan. at any rate.
and will probably make the good record
which the TAFT young folks seem to
achieve so easily.
Mrs. Taft, herself, was not a college
graduate. She had a year in the Clncin-
natl university. but did not complete the
course. a year or two after she came cut
into society and took a class OF boys for
a year IN a private school In Cincinnati.
She says she wanted to see what she could
do to take care of herself If necessary.
That was before her engagement to Mr..
Taft and she taught only one year.
Her father was John w. Heron, law
partner Of President Hayes. lie still lives
in Cincinnati. in the house where Mrs.
Taft's younger sisters and brothers wcro
born. She has five sisters and two brothers
and they are all living today. one feels
that on both sides there is good, sound
stock in the Taft family.
The White House will not be aew or
strange to any Of the Tafts. The sc sretary,
Of course, is at home there through both
his official and personal relations with the
administration
Charlie is a friend Of Quentin and Miss
Helen is "a companion of Ethel Roosevelt.
Bob, the Yale sophomore, has been there
less than the others owing to his absence
at college, but he, too, has his friendships
with the older Roosevelt boys.
AS for Mrs. Taft, her introduction to the
White House goes back to her early child
hood, when she spent a great deal of time
there with President and Mrs. Hayes, who
we're devoted to her. AS a member OF
Mrs. Roosevelt's cabinet she has been at
the White House a great deal, and 1t will
seem far from strange TO her II II becomes
her home. She will be an admirable hos
tess, and as she is not only a lover OF
music, but a musician herself, the enter
tainments at the White House will proba-
bly, continue to be characterized by the
musical turn which Mrs. Roosevelt has
given them.
Ordinarily the Tafts spend their summers
at Murray Bay in Canada, where they nave
occupied the same house for a long success
sion of seasons, except when they made
their recent journey around the world
They live an outdoor, free life there.
There is golf, tennis and boating. At
les~t there Is boating for the Taft young
3, although comparatively few OF the
summer residents like to risk the dangers
of the st. Lawrence there, with its currents
and its twenty-foot tides. There's driving
in the native vehicle, the caleche, which
rocks along on two wheels. the driver sit
ting down in front, his legs hanging over.
When before the convention she was
asked whether they would go to Murray
Bay this summer Mrs. Taft laughed
frankly.
Perhaps you know as much about that
as l do" she said. TT ell depends on what
happens on the 18th OF June. If my candi-
date is nominated we won't go to Murray
Bay this year. We will find a place on our
own seashore which will be more accessi-
BILE"
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

wind this way and that over the country.
When it rains the grass holds the water.
and after a shower it is often hours before
one can keep dry.
I have written OF the experiments which
the British are making in attempting to
raise the zebra for agricultural use.
are being carried on at Nairobi and on
the government farm near Lake Navaisha,
in British East Africa. The are
making similar experiments in their ter
ritory, and so far they have been quite sue
cessful. They are trying to train the
zebras as riding animals, with the idea
hat they may eventually be able to outfit
the native cavalry with them. In the bar
racks at Oar es Salaam / was shown a
half dozen zebras tied up in the stalls
side by side with the horses. The officers
told me that they had been broker to
riding and that they were easily tanned.
In another stable 1 was shown the results
OF some CROSSES between the zebra and
the horse. One was a zebra mule a year
old. whose mother was a big bay mare.
The animal was larger than the ordinary
zebra, but It was shaped in just the same
way and 1t had every aspect Of the zebra
excepting the black and white stripes. 1t
was striped in black over a body of light
pfOWn' Inc STRIPES OF the pure ZepId are
of the deadest black and the whitest white.
When the Lord painted him he did it in
such colors that he who runs can read
them.
There are many zebras in the interior of
German East Africa and they are often
shot and eaten by the hunters.
AS to hunting, this country promises to
be more popular than British East Africa,
which is generally known as the land OF
big game. German East Africa is a part Of
the same plateau, and there are regions In
II which swarm with antelopes, zehras and
other game beasts. There are many lions
and leopards, as well as elephants, hippo
potamusses and rhinoceroses At present II
costs $3.50 for the right to shoot big game
in the British possessions. The
issue licenses to shoot for s. or "a each, but
they require a small royalty to the gov
eminent on each head OF game killed. TIE
high rates are driving the sportsmen out Of
the lands north Of here. and eventually the
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21
German settlement.

The tow has a bona or fort, and a
large iron shed, which serves as a native
market. 1t has a postoffice like those Of
Deutschland and government buildings Of
various kinds. There is a two-story hotel
with a roof garden upon It and wide ver-
andas running around 1t. There is a public
school where the pupils are black boys
with shaved heads. They study their les
sons under the picture of the kaiser and
kaiserin, which look down from the walls.
As to that matter. however, the emperor
and empress are ubiquitous in this part Of
East Africa. The officials hang their pic
lures in every public building, and nearly
every house, store and hotel has a cheap
print of the kaiser. There are statues and
busts OF Bismarck at the several German
ports. 1 ave written OF the great medal
lion of Bismarck which is on a pyramid
at the southern end of Victoria Nyanza.
There is a bronze bust OF him on a pedestal
in the public garden at Tanga, and a rather
fine statue OF him at Oar es Salaam. The
streets OF Tanga have German names, like
the streets of Berlin, and the same is true
of Oar es Salaam. There is no doubt about
this being a German territory, and no doubt
that the Germans rule It.
Omaha daily bee., 1908-06-21

dresses with an open book in front Of him,
brings them 20 the table with him and IS
never long separated from t,ym.
"He IS only % ard. Of ~c,Irse. / e books
he reads or, chiefly boy sto les. b,t he
will always love looks. OF hat ! m s re.
Not that he is a bookwcrGi. lie is a great
outdoor boy. too. lie has % pony his u Gle
gave him. I'm sure it has a name, bu. I
can't remember what It Is.
"He rides his pony, skates, rows ANA
plays base bali He was on Que ul 90 e.
velt's team and l am reiiatl, If mel
that he played very we'll, but rOt ong ago
we suddenly discovered tfat lie 20 ionser
belonged to the aggregation.
w joked him a good doa ar.u 1ei1S
dropped from the team, but e la no II g
to offer by way OF explanation, and H. was
some time before we discove. el that a
Young Mems Christian ASSOCIATION picnic
had been the rock on which he ana the
team had split.
Charlie wanted to so to the picnic, but
was Informed that II he did 80 and failed
to attend a practice game of the team on
the same day he couldn't stay on the team.
He was determined to go to the picnic and
went. But 1 understand that he was a
good player while he lasted she tini shed
with a laugh.
bob. who is Is and a sophomore at Yale,
is not prominent in athletics, though he
has persisted In trying for a god physi-
cal development. He has gone in for row.
ing and 1 believe is on the secsnd crew
OF his class. You know, though with a
little ring Of pride in her tone, that in
scholarship he leads his class, as his father
did before him"
Bob went In with honors from the pre-
p~aratory school and took various prizes
in his freshman year. There are no prizes
in the sophomore year, but his standing
not only Is the best for this year, but sets
a new record for the sophomore class.
Bob intends to be a lawyer, you know, like
his father. He chose his father s ftater-
nifty, Psi U, and seems to be following him
in every way he can"
And Miss Helen" suggests the reporter.
"It is no easy thing to be admitted to Bryn
Mawr. Will she make 1t all right?"
you might ask her" says Mrs. Taft, as
a fair-haired girl in a pink frock, the color
of her cheeks, came through the hall.
The daughter Of the Taft househo'd has
the dimpled chin which is so stIik ng a
Characteristic of her mother, but she really
looks more like her father. She has soft,
golden brown hair, gray eyes and excellent
features. Her manner is charmingly sim
pie and direct. She is as attractive and
likable a girl as one could hope to see.
AS for vanity, she evidently hasn't a
trace of 1t. That became perfectly evil
dent when the subject of photographs
came up. She wasn't a bit keen about
having her picture appear in the paper.
but when 1t was put before her as a sort
Of penalty which she would have to pay
under the circumstances she was like her
mother In her philosophical acceptance of
the situation. Oh, all right. take the pic
ture along.
But there the reporter rebelled for her.
The only picture this pretty 17-year-old
girl had to offer was one taken a few
weeks ago as a sort of class picture when
she was graduated at preparatory school.