Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-09-17

eagerly listening ~ thC Saii VI 49, =
erty sounded to them from across
the Baltic. The clearest heads OF
Europe forsee that they will soon
be face to face with the political I
RESURRECTION of the oldest and most /
numerous races of the earth, the
Mussulman and their co-reiigion-
lists The abdication of Abdul is
predicted; while in India the CON-
ditions are ripe for violent out
break Of sedition.
The Louisiana legislature ADJOURN
ed it's last session wit out pro vid-
ing for a monument to be pl aced
On the field of Gettysburg in memory
of the Confedei ate dead who tie II in
that engagement as had been
planned The intention was there
among the law akcrs, all right,
bat there were not sufficient funds
to provide for the appropriation.
So greet is the sentiment among 7
the Confederate veterans OF Louisi- (
ana ia favor of a monument IN this
field that subscriptions are being
solicited in amounts varying from
SIS up with which to erect monu-
ment to the memory OF General
Stephen D. Lee in the Vicksburg
Military Park. They recall the
fact that the Il )uisi ma Boys
we're always favorites OF this
general, and the memory OF the
men how fell defending their
Southern homes is still green in
! their hearts.
! 1t is becoming more the feeling,
think, that the hatred stirred up
by the sectional war has died out
Let us erect monuments, then,
to the memory of those who died
IN the bloody struggle, remember
ing as we do on both sides OF the
line that these marks are to the
men wto died, to the friends we
lost and as a tribute to the bravery
} and gallantry of noble citizens.
We are accustomed to think OF
that Navy of ours as pretty big
affair, yet he Navy of the United
States was not big enough to take
. in one Elijah B. Morrison, ct
Oloh, Georgia, who would sailor
/ be. Elijah gave his height as six
feet seven inches, whereat the re-
, cruiting officer gave gasp, for he
, h adj made up his mind from the APP
pearance OF this young Georgian
] least. Under the tape, however,
Elijah stood six feet four inches IN
his bare feet, and it took deal of
persuasion to convince him that the
{ place for him was in side show
: rather than The navy. The recruit
: ing officer could thi nix CT no place
| where the young giant could work.
t He was out of the question as a
: coal passer, even, for he could not
. get through the doors to and from
the bunkers.
5 The Georgia leg islature has be-
v come SO thoroughly >inoculated will
s the prohibition bacillus that it ha:
IS placed the ban on that socallec
II harmless substitute for tn e amber
n fluid called "near beer Accord
l. ing 10 the terms of bill tina
# passed the Lower House any saloor
Ie or restaurant serving this beverag,
;. must pay a license fee OF $500 ;
J. year and any manufactures making
r it must pay tax of $500 for thu
r privilege. The G. eorgia statutes
,e provide that no beverage can be
a sold that contains more than tw
e. per cent alchohol. Although joke
as on the subject of Southern prohibi
{ tion are somewhat out OF place a
m this late day, yet one cannot hell
m rather admiring the ''Colonels' 70
r the thoroughness with which they
ic are trying to remedy their evil
in ways of the past.
=, Conditions in Cuba are beg innn
- to reach that point that indicates
VI readiness for self government. Th
recent electi ons passed off not onl
quietly, but with a degree of fair
v ness that has never before bee
ed equalled in that saually Ii tie re
o. public. Under the direction of tn
ne United States officials, the ma
as chinery for the election was organ