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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30
DIES MONIES
GUSTS POLITICS
HOLDS ELECTION UNDER COM
MISSION PLAN AND s ETS
DOWN SEVERAL PROMINENT
POLITICAL WORKERS.

DES MONIES, Ia, March 3d.
The men who will govern Des
Moines during the next two years,
under the so-called commission form
OF government, are being voted for
at today's election. Des Moines IL
acknowledged as the originator of
the commission form of government,
as applied to American cities, and
the results of her experience will
be followed with close attention
throughout the country. That the
people themselves are alive to tho
Importance of the occasion was evil
denced by the early vote this morn
ing, which was said to be the larg-
est ever polled at an election in this
city.
The election today registers the
final choice of the people in regard
to the candidates selected for mayor,
and eight candidates We're selected
for commissioners from lost of AZ
that were voted for. The election
today will result in the final choice
of mayor and four commissioners.
The chief aim of the Des Moines
plan is the elimination of politics
from the municipal government. So
far the working out of the plan has
been satisfactory. The recent pri-
mary was decidedly peoples cleo
ton. Among the defeated candl-
dates for commissioners were many
old politicians who have held Office
in Des Moines for years. The high
est vote given any one candidate for
commissioners was for John Mac
Vicar, a former mayor of the city
and one of the founders Of the
American Municipal Reform socie-
ty. Oldtime politicians, including
several former councilmen and other
office holders, were showed under at
the primary.
The two mayoralty candidates be-
ing voted for today are A. J. Mathis
the present police Judge, and Eugene
/ Waterbury, a republican. If the ad
yocates of the plan hold to the rule
of no politics and do not try to draw
party lines, Mathis is believed t.
have the best chance of winning.
OF the eight candidates for com
missioner four are Independent, on
represents the labor element and tn
other three are fookd upon as can
didates of the ring" Politician
predict defeat for the slate member
on the ground that, inasmuch a
there was concentrated fight in tn
primary in behalf of the slate mem
hers, the scattering vote will go t
the Independent candidates in tn
final election today.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30
FROM THE COUNTY RECORDS.
(By Commercial Trust Co..
March %, 1sos--Deeds.

m6ICU 90, 1OOo-OcCUU.
Frank e. Miller to Adelia Henry
in S.. part lot 5 of Acres, 500.
John H. Cooley to Nelson Boyer. s
y. Y N n NE X 1851 W.,
$4,000.
A. NJ. Patterson to c. II. Patten,
n " lot 4. w " lot 3, block 10.
Park addition, 81.
c. II. Patten to Mary e. Follans-
by, e " lot 4, w " lot 8. block 10,
Park addition, 81.
Lucinda j. Low to Howard Shri-
yer, Sc u NV u, s " NE ". NV
u Sc u 1861 e (QCD). 81.
Thomas w. Riley to Home Land
Co, f " NE " 80; n v NV Y
1871 e., 81.
Karl Woodwork to Fred J. Oil
yer, w " SW Y 8: s " Sc "
6-39-3 E., 81.
Final Receipts.
u. S. to Mamie w. Lee. NV Y
SW u 9-40-3 E., 800.
u. s. to John Backstrom. e v NE
", NE u Sc v IS; NV Y NV Y
17-40-1 e.
U. s. to Jasper A. Spurger. lots 8
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30

Occur d'Alene.-Reports reached
here tonight that T. e. Sargent, 4
wealthy retired farmer. while intox-
icated at his home at st. Joe. made
an endeavor to shoot his wife, and
in the attempt and grapple which
followed fatally wounded his daugh-
ter, Miss Ethel, aged II years. It ID
claimed that he became offended at
his wife and swore vengeance, fol-
lowing his threat with an attempt
to Kill.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30
THE ROUNDUP COLUMN.

West Tells q Stery About Mike
("Twin'') suilivan-Othcr Topics.
Bill Coughlin, the doughty Detroit
third baseman, started in life as
breaker boy in the mines up around his
home in Pennsylvania.
During those horrible mining acci-
dents which happened all in row
though in different parts Of the coun-
try, short time ago Coughlin was III
Washington and was up to Harry
Whites place when the subject of min
ing disasters was brought up. Harry,
knowing that the clever third base
man had once been miner, asked him
for information on the subject
Just as the talk was drifting along
smoothly in hustled the burly Charley
Hickman. who, catching the tone O..
the conversation, broke into the confer
ence by asking Coughlin IL he had ever
been in a mining accident himself.
Il had q couple Of tons OF coal fail
on me once" quietly answered William
as he shifted his chewing gum to the
other side Of his face.
"And did it hurt you muchT inquired
both White and Hickman.
NO." said Bill as his face came as
near to grinning as 1t ever does, III
didn't hurt me at all. 1t was soft coal
he added as he stretched his hands
above his head and yawned lazily
while the two ball players looked al
one another with sheepish faces.
| Jack Palmer said ii was a lucky
punch that lost him the championship
of the world. Perfectly true. 1t land
| ed in the fourth round. Had 1t beer
delayed until the tenth Palmer woult
not have had enough left to mike
bally hexplinition,'
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30
Northwest In
~ land Notes

Olympia.-The Hartman system
lost Its case in the supreme court
Saturday, when a decision was Civ
en- in the appeal case of the Column
bia Valley railroad against the Spo-
kane, Portland and Seattle Railway
company. The North Bank road
commenced construction along the
North bank Of the Columbia river
In section 16, township /, north.
range 3 west, wnere the tunnel was
bored through slight promontory.
The Hartman system sought to en-
the grounds that 1t is entering on
the right of way without legal right.
The supreme court found that the
Hartman system had acquired the
right of way through the section
by description of metes and bounds.
but had surveyed its line over land
belonging to the state not included
in the description.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30

Wanted at once, young ladies for
telephone business. For particulars
apply in person at managers Office,
Lewiston, Idaho. Pacific Telephone
and Telegraph company.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30

Tennessee. where he has been for
the last three weeks In search OF w.
H. McNabb of Thcrnron. who is
wanted in this county for deserving
his wife. The officer returned emp
ty-handed.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30

child urinates too often, il the urine anaD
the Aesh, or II. when the child resc3s1De11
age when it should be able to centred -
passage, it is yet afflicted with bud~xa1-
ting, depend upon it, the cause of tlod
Guilty 10 kidney trouble, and the Esue
step should be towards the treA41n3 -
these important organs. This unpde
trouble Is due to diseased comdit5on -
the kidneys and bladder and not u
habit rs most people suppose.
Women as well as men are made a1hogEs
able with kidney and bladder trunhS
and both need the same great femo&ys
The mild and the immediate e1foc1 g
Swamp.Root is soon realized. g tsooa0
by druggists, in fifty E6
cent and onc-dollar e.
size bottles. You may ~
have sample bottle
by mail free, also Acns . - u
pamphlet telling all about Swamp Root
including many of the thousands a. test1
monial letters received from suffeEe1D
cured. In writing DIR. Kilncr & CO.,
Binghamton, N. Y, be sure and mendoza
this paper. Don't make any mistakob
but remember the name, Swamp R0ce,
DIR. Kilmer's Swamp Root, and the ~
dress, Binghamton. n. Y. on eveEy
bottle.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30

Joe Corbett to Re- ENTER Baseball.
Joe Corbett, the pitcher who helped
Ed Hanlon win pennant in Baltimore
more than ten years ago, Is going to
get back into baseball again. Corbett
Is expected to join the Santa Cruz
team of the new California State
league.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30

Try the merchants ascent lunco
at the Raymond from II TIL Il
o'clock.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30

Bridgeport, Wash.-The Bridge
port Land company has been form
ed with capital stock Of 100000
to irrigate the Port Columbia bar,
a fertile body of land lying two
miles below Bridgeport. extending to
a point Just below where the Okano-
gan river empties into the Columbia.
1t comprises 1000 acres. part OF
which has been homesteaded.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30

Juliaetta.-If every fruit men had
a difficult task, the Juliaetta repre-
sentatives can lay claim to member
ship for the relentless fight on the
San Jose scale. Barrels of spray have
been used TO drench the trees, until
it would seem that no scale could
live, but the fruit is shown to be
affected despite this warfare.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30

Wallace.---When Pasquali Presti
was released from the county jail
Saturday because his commitment
was defective, his acquaintance in
Murray began taking steps to make
certain that Presta did not return
to his old habitation there. 1t was
the married fellow cOuntrymen OF
Presta who took this action and
they say they had reason.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30

North Yakima.-After several
years of agitation and argument, 1t
is now believed that North Yakima
is within reach of the paved street
stage. Registration books closed last
Saturday night, and on April 6 an
election will be held to vote on a
$4,000 bond issue, part of which
will be used to have the principal
streets paved, If the question car
ries. Forty thousand dollars VIII be
needed for paving, but the scheme
comprises an effort to refinance the
city's indebtedness. The bond issue
would be necessary II the paving
question was not involved, because
of the legal limitations placed on
the city's power to contract debt by
the state law.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30

ewater--Freewater is to be an
Independent district. While located
within mile of the central school
at Milton, the people of the place
have demanded better school facili-
ties than have been provided, and a
petition asking for an independent
district has been circulated and
freely signed. 1t will be presented
to the division board at Pendleton,
April 4, when the board will take up
changes in boundaries.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30

North Yakima.--Joseph Flanney
was arraigned this morning in court
on the charge of murder for killing
his wife, Isabel. An extra venire of
100 men has been summoned and
much trouble is anticipated in secur-
ing a Jury. A number of men were
examined today Joseph Flanney is
halfbreed Mexican-1ndian, VINO
killed his wife, Isabel, near Top
penish last summer. At the former
trial he was convicted OF murder In
the first degree, after pleading not
guilty by reason of insanity Pre-
yious threats to kill the woman were
shown and conviction resulted.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30

CoIfax.-Deputy Sheriff DALEY
has returned from Loudon county.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30

4, section 2-s5, s n sW x 35-ss-l
E.. 5000.
Patents.
U. s. to Walter G. Brooks, N RI
Sc " 1898 E.: lot 8. NE = sy1
u 1904 q.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1908-03-30

Juliaetta.-Thomas Beall, one of
the survivors of those who particle
pated in the famous fight at Steptoe
butte, in 1856, has returned from
Washington, d. c., where he has
been seeking to get special bill
passed granting him pension, this
being necessary in his case by rea-
son of his having acted as scout
and not having at the time been an
enlisted man.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-20
February TO- 1908
PROHIBITION IN KNOXVILLE
No Saloon Policy in Tennessee Perhaps not
a Heavenly Ideal, but Substantial -
Benefit


Benefit
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, February IL Special cor
respondence) On recent Sunday, the Times
of Chattanooga published extended attack
upon the Prohibition system that has been in
augurated in this city Had the write-up been
open to suspicion from no other reason, suspicion
would have existed from the fact that in the
same number of the paper appeared the full page
spread upon Prohibition in Maine sent out by
the whisky trust from New York 1t is well
known here in Knoxville that the article was
written by representative OF the Times who
admitted while here, that he was upon tour
of southern states, hunting for material to make
argument against Prohibition.
The Sentinel of this city in careful analysis
of the article published in the Times, shows
that while has expected that by the
adoption of local Prohibition in Knoxville,
drinking and all the evils of drinking would
be Immediately and totally abolished, drinking has
been very largely decreased and its visible results
have decreased. Says the Sentinel:
"There is nothing like the general drinking
there was previous to November 1, and the less
ened drunkenness has reduced all kinds of vice
and caused smiles and plenty where there were
tears and want. 1t was never anticipated that all
drinking COulQ De stopped IL mas DeeI IeQuCcu
two-thrds at least, and best of all, have got
ten rid of the Saloons the partners of every evil,
political moral which the community had to
fight"
1t further points out that during the month of
January there were in Knoxville only eighty eight
arrests, as compared with one hundred and eighty
arrests of January of year ago.
Considering the matter from the standpoint OF
business the Sentinel points out that, while Chat
tanooga is getting all the advantages that may
be supposed to come to wde-open town, has
welcomed the whole mass of the bad element
that migrated from Georgia, and has thirteen
new wholesale whisky houses, nevertheless, Knox
vile stood the panic in much better shape than
Chattanooga During the month of January the
bank clearings of Chattanooga suffered twice as
severely as those of Knoxville. 1t is also pointed
out that during the third week in January OF the
present year the freight shipments out of Knox
vile amounted to more than $4,000 more than
during the third week of January of year ago;
that there are few storerooms left vacant by the
withdrawal of the saloons; that there has been
no decline in real estate prices and that the loss
of saloon revenue, about which much has been
said in any event amounted to only $4,000, and
the city is getting along very well" without it.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-20
Holler Speaks at South Bend

South Bend, Ind, Nov. s6.-(Special CORE
spondence. )-Chas. F. Holler Esq, who has re-
Gently carried to the supreme court case in
voving the consttutionality of the saloon license
in this state addressed large meeting in the
First Baptist church of this city last night. His
address strong presentation of the moral
listened to with great interest by all who were
present.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-20

luton or a revolution as the students point of
view may happen to be, it is, more than that the
direct result of most intelligent, exhaustive and
indefatgabe advertising campaign
From the very start there were two things to
be advertised namely %, the results of the drink
habit and the drink traffic, in all their ramihca-
tons, and ca the power of organized patriot
ism and civic independence without the aid of
political pull or immediate popular support.
The financial means for such advertising
propaganda were of course an essential part of
its effectiveness, but the unique fact about the
Prohibition partys funds, from the beginning
has been the open and invariable publicity OF
their receipt and expenditure.
Every cent contributed to the work of the
Prohibition party is as conscentiously and reg
ularly accounted for if the party were an IN
corporated stock company and the members stock
holders.
The Prohibition party during its whole career
of more than thrty-eight years has followed the
invariable policy of publicly and promptly &C
knowledging every contribution to its work The
name and amount of every contributor, whether
the gift be one cent or thousand dollars or more
is regularly published in the national chairman's
bulletins In addition statement OF all dlsDurse-
ments is compiled regularly for the examination
of every member of the national committee.
This policy has won for the party the most
abiding confidence of every contributor and IN
spired in the rank and file of its membership
devotion to its interests which has never been
eoualed in American political history
Nothing distinguishes the Prohibition party
from all others more pointedly than the source
of its income Every contribution to the national
Prohibition party campaign fund is a voluntary
Gift from friend who believes heart and soul in
the Prohibition cause.
Over seventy-fve percent of all these contrl-
buttons are in sums of $40 and under. They come
mostly from workingmen and women but also
from manufacturers, merchants and others, who
in large number of cases make great sacrifices
that the national fund may get their modest indi-
vidual aid year after year without break
Henry Litch6eld West in the Forum for March,
1906, estimates from authoritative sources, that
the combined Republican national campaign funds
of 1896, 1900 and 1904 aggregate $s,aoo,ooo and
that the Democratic campaign fund of 1896 was
$41O00OO The Worlds Work for October, 1906
asserts that "a conservative estimate of the total
cost of a Presidential campaign, including the
smaller campaigns in every state in connection
with it. would not fall far short of 000."
The aggregate funds of the Prohibition party
for decade at a time are but small fraction OF
these large sums. For the fourteen years from
January 1894 to January l. 1908, inclusive, the
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-20

Population increases more than sixteen percent
in eight years
This table shows that despite their extraordi-
nary campaign funds aggregatng at the lowest
calculation in these three elections more than $10
100000 Gin addition to their press, political patron
age, etc. the Republican vote registered net
gain of less than seven and one-half percent, the
Democrats suffered straight loss of nineteen per-
cent while the Prohibitonists made gain of
practically 100 percent.
The Republican gain of seven and one-half per-
cent is but one-half the proportonate gain in pop
ulation which was over sixteen percent in those
years according to the government estimates.
The Republicans spent over $s,oOO,ooO, which,
with press patronage and prestige, did not even
enable them to keep pace with the population in
gains during these eight years
The Democrats, spending from five to ten mil
lions, were unable to prevent slump of one
fifth of their total voting strength.
The Prohibitonists, spending in national funds
exactly $2S5,152 in those eight years, netted a
hundred percent increase in their national party
vote and helped to launch great popular up
rising which is now sweeping the saloon and
liquor traffic oit of score of states and threat
ems it in all the rest
This simply means that the Prohbitionist knows
the value of money so we'll that he makes dol
lar go from ten to 100 times farther every time
than any other political organization in existence
today For, as matter of fact the actual vote
winning record of these Presidential elections
represents but an infnitesnal fraction of the re-
suits of the agitation carried on without a mo-
ment's interruption the whole year round by the
Prohibition forces.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-20

Republican, Democratic and Prohibition parties
at the last three Presidential elections:
Republican. Democratic. Prohibition
1896 .......7, 1o73o4 62S2,429 1923
1900 .7,219,524 6,35S,067 207,429
1904 .763O.O74 5OSo,2O7 25s,2O5
Gain (percent) ~ (loss) 10 (Gain) loo
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-02-20
THE NATIONAL PROHIBITIONIST
PROHIBITION CAMPAIGN FUNDS

By NATIONAL CHAIRMAN JONES.
From The american Business Man
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-28
SPORTING BREvITIES.

The harness horses of Judge Will
lam H. Moore won three blue ribbons
at the show of the Riding and Driv-
ing Club, of Brooklyn.
August Belmont's Normal III. beat
King Edwards Perrier, the favorite,
in the Two Thousand Guineas race
at Newmarket, England.
Since the crew work at Yale Uni
versity has assumed more definite
shape the prospects for good varsity
and freshman crew are bright.
Stewards of the Pennsylvania
Breeders and Racing Association an
nounced an attractive program for the
first race meet of the organization.
Melvin w. Sheppard, the American
distance runner, is so eager to be a
New York policeman, that he may not
accompany the Olympic team to Eng
land.
Battling Nelson is beginning to
provide himself for graceful retire.
ment. and as q first step in that d.
rection he has bought himself farm
near San Francisco.
At the annual convention of the
Middle States Regatta Association 1t
was decided to hold the regatta this
year at Washington. 1t will be held
on the Potomac on Labor Day, Sep.
tember T.
W. B. Burroughs. of the Illinois
University, scored a double win in the
field events at the Pennsylvania relay
races. In the shot he easily outdis-
tanced Krdeger, the intercollegiate
champion.
Some of the athletes at the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania are inclined to
resent the action taken to make them
pay up their bills for training table
expenses before they take part In ath-
letc sports.
C. r. Conklip, of Chicago, defeated
Lucien Rerolle, of Paris, France. In
the fifth game of the 1872 balk line
billiard tournament for the interna-
tional amateur championship. The
score was 400 to SAL.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1908-05-28

think it comes to this: A power OF
which we know nothing-a power
stronger than our wisest efforts,
stronger than our worst griefs-is at
work for us always. Natures efforts
are for life, not death, and at her time,
and not sooner, comes the crisis from
whence we are to mend. even as I
mended, as thousands yet more heavily
smitten than either you or !, child,
have mended already"
And seizing his hat and gloves the
vicar rose to his feet, and, before Jane
could thank him, or Miss Lynch way
lay him. had escaped from the cottage.
And late that evening Miss Grand
recolected that she had never asked
the question the solution of which had
been her primary object in sending for
Mr.. Follett-namely, how many more
months of slow, consuming misery he
believed it would take to bring her to
death. And late that evening, and
deep on into the night although it was
Saturday, an unfinished sermon lay
open upon his study table,, two con-
siderations pressed heavily upon the
vicar of Chesterford's mind; first, that
Jane Grand was far more beautiful
to him in her grief and shame and
sickness than she had been in all the
first flush of her joyous youth second
ly, that he was himself elgnt-anu.
thirty, that all his belief in happiness,
as founded on woman's love, had
been uprooted fifteen years before. and
that he, the plain, studious, eccentric
country parson, was the least likely
man on earth to replace Clifford Mohun
of Yatton in Jane Grand's heart