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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15

Since The Boer war South Africa
has pursued the sven tenor ~ her
way. with very little Of Importance
sufficient 70 warrant a ehronicllng IN
the outside world taking place. Now
there comes an astonishing biz Of
news from there 70 the effect that q
consolidation Of the four large colon
les is being talked Of. Cape Colony,
Natal the Transvaal and the Orange
River Colony would together make
state Of nearly half a million square
miles. or FIVE times the area Of Great
Britain and Ireland.
There are many obstacles in the
way. however and some Of them at
the present time seem almost insur-
mountable. To begin with there is
the question Of debt. Two Of these
colonies have alarming deficits. the
Cape and Natal Ever since the war
the revenues have been falling of
and each year there has been large
deficits at the end Of the year. In
Transvaal and the Orange River Col
ony on the other hand, there have been
SURPRISES ever since civil administra-
ton has been established, II is
thought there might be considerable
difficulty in persuading the two pros
porous colonies to assume the burdens
Of the two smaller.
The question Of trade is an import
ant one also. The largest factor in
this question is that Of railroad rates.
The railroads are all owned by the
government and each state has been
in the habit of fixing its own rates.
The chief revenue Of Natal is derived
from the through traffic of her rail
roads and this also is very large
source Of revenue to Cape Colony.
Obviously the interior colonies will
demand cheaper rates. The tariff,
too will be another subject of discus.
sion.
BY far the most important factor II
the proposed union is the race ques.
ton In all of the colonies the mum.
Der of natives far exceed that Of ths
whites, who are divided into the Brit
ish and the Dutch. Just what fran
chise privileges shall be given O
what representation shall be appor
toned the 5000, 600 inhabitants prom
ises 70 provoke almost endless discus
sion. A convention will be held a
Durham October II for preliminar.
discussion.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15

A scathing arrangement of Ameri-
can missionaries in China is made by
high class Chinese writer in the
American Journal Of Sociology. Ac-
cording to this authority, China would
be much better off if the preachers
from this country stayed at home.
He says that his people have already
a religion that is much better adaped
to their needs than that which the
American missionaries bring and that
the latter will not gain the converts
they deisre until they learn to live the
religion they try to teach. He points
out that the Chinaman from his in
fancy is taught to live his religion,
and to put in practice tho precepts he
learns as a part of his education,
while the Americans who go as teach
ers of the Christian religion he says
fail miserably in acting up to the
principles they teach.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15
KING HILL LAND DRAW
ING IS BIG SUCCESS
Henry G. Jones of Pittsburg. Pa. Receives
Lucky Number and Gets First
Choice of Land.

Clenns Ferry. Oct. ~ Drawing
for land began at ] O'Clock today
when the registration closed with 81
names. There was great rivalry for
early choices, $1,000 being offered a. a
bonus on 40 acres. At O'Clock this
evening 5000 acres has been filed upon.
The drawing was in charge Of W. b.
Slick. Marie Simpich, a little maid
en-. drew the numbers. and announce
ment was made by Frank b. Cross.
The lucky man who secured first choice
was Henry G. Jones Of Pittsburg, Pa.
His number was 203. He took lot 2
10 section ls within a mile of King
Hill containing 81 acres.
Others were successful in the fol-
lowing order: c. +. Bott, Helix Ore. !,
100 acres f. c. Roswell Boise, by
c. 7. Barringer, AZ acres; 7. J.John-
ston, Twin Falls, 80 acres; G. ii.
Remenschneider, Twin Falls, 40 acres
Walter Bennison. Lexon, Iowa, 50
acres; A. b. Montgomery, Helix,
Ore, 100 acres: Allen Miller, Boise,
by Robert Bragaw, 40 acres; Mr..
Ogara. Texarkana, Ark, 40 acres
Frank Reeves, Jr., Ogden, 40 acres
Edward Barber, Gooding, 40 acres.
All trains arriving this morning
brought in their crowds of people some
of whom had registered, but many
were yet to do so. BY 3 O'Clock at
least 100 were in line waiting for the
booth to open. There was steady
stream of people from that time on.
At II 80 the number registered was
$50 80 il is safe to say the number
will exceed 700 which, counting but &c
acres to each would be two for every
piece Of land. Many, however, are
registered for 80 and 100 acres.
The number of persons here is esti.
mate at 700. Accommodations have
been provided for all.
Perfect weather has been enjoyed
here by the throng of land seekers
enabling them to make most thor
OuEn lllnDttliDll VI lit WAttl supply
and the lands to be irrigated. Sprinf
wagons, carriages, buggies and auto
mobiles loaded TO the limit have beer
driven over the tract many intending
investors making two or three trips
Saddle horses have been largely util-
lied and quite number walked ou
five or six miles to give more careful
inspection.
Applications for twice as many
acres Of land as the tract contains
have already been made. There were
many disappointed who had Travelled
long distances to secure an Idaho
farm. They will, however, have al
opportunity to get acquainted will
lands and conditions in this section O
the state which may be worth all i
has cost Some will purchase i'm
proved farms while others will Tool
ever wide area with view TO Sc
curing land at some future opening o
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15

When completed and ready to gt
into commission the North Dakota viii
represent an initial outlay OF $4,000.
900. Nearly sl.000.O0 Of this will be
spent for guns alone. There are ten
12-inch guns 90 $4,000 each and IA
five-inch rifles at $4,000 each In the
main battery. besides ~ rapId-flre
guns and minor pieces. The cost of
keeping the North Dakota in commits.
sion and In first-ciass fighting trim will
be 81 100000 year This includes
the feeding and paying OF her crew
of 900 officers and men. ordinary re-
pairs. machinery and other ship sup
plies and coaling.
To fire one broadside from the 10
finch guns will cost $1,000. exclusive
OF cost OF maintaining gunners. One
shot from each i2-inch gun will cost
SLIGO and from each flve-inch $3.50
One broadside from the main battery
means the firing OF 10000 pounds OF
steel. This is 5000 more pounds OF
projectiles than Dewey's whole feet
could fire at the battle of Manila. To
IRE one shot from each 12-lnch gun
win require ESQ pounds of powder at
80 cents a pound.
Each projectile for the Pinch gun
weighs $50 pounds and costs 1910
making total cost OF 1910 for each
shot To this must be added an al
lowance of $3.50 for deterioration In
the gun. as the 12-inch firing piece Is
practically unfit for further use after
being fired 100 times
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15

some Of the congregations not yet ready
for settlement.
The class Of people taking part in
the drawing are above the average
and no disturbances or bad characters
are to be seen. Sheriff Fountain.
from Mountain Home is here with an
able force Of deputies watching each
arriving train. Several parties who
seemed 10 be suspicious characters
have been deporied.
Lots in the new town site are sell
ing rapidly at prices ranging from 81
10 $225 per front foot Two men are
kept busy making out contracts for
them.
Application has been made for a
postofiice TO be established here and
word is expected Of favorable action.
At present mail has to be addressed TO
Glenns Ferry or Bliss.
Sunday the company furnished free
transportation to all who wished to
cruise the land. Many took advantage
of this offer which was greatly appre-
ciated.
What strikes one as odd is there
are no stands or takers on the
grounds, the only concession being
the Gray News company.
Over 60 residents of the Twin Falls
tract came with their money TO secure
land in King Valley. The Twin Falls
people know what good land, plenty
of water and favorable climatic coDdi-
.tions are worth and they are substan-
tial boosters of the King Hill tract.
One man from Oklahoma deposited
over 81 600 in New York drafts and
currency Saturday TO secure land for
himself and friends. He said, "that's
oil money, we made it easy in the oil
fields and we want to plant it in
good soil where il will be sure te
grow. Over $3.50, 900 in currency,
drafts and certified checks is now II
the hands of the King Hill compan,
as first payments on water and lans
by anxious investors
The TOWNSHIP drawing has beer
abandoned and sales Of lots are being
made rapidly. The business lots arr
25 feet wide and sell at from $3.50 Z
$500 each. Residence lots are all 81
feet wide and sell at from 800 to s25'
each. The terms are one third cash
one third in six months and balance il
one year. The fact that the Clovei
Creek project joins King Hill tract OF
the north and the big Twin FaIls-Bru
neau project join the King Hill trac
on the south makes the future Of thu
embryo metropolis very bright. Thu
site, a level plateau about 80 feet above
the river covers 100 acres. 1t Il
hedged about with high hills which
will insure favorable climatic eondi
tions and is certain to become IA
vored home building town for wealthy
ranchers and stockmen.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15

" their esfIr So tt&s ~ tFrsFs -
rfowsk eoola - ftsnxea r. aot period
81 o. psovtszs ~ its sarfoomiiAxs II
MT ~ its SVEN free wiIl These
changes n growth are rsmsenfeFs1 ~
successive generations and fhus r.
qalred characters aFe Inherited On
this theory be bases al planf caifafs
ard blends Il with fascinating orig
inality 70 che whole Dsriwnian ex-
planation Of evolution
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15

A sad cry comes from Paris TO the
effect that there is serious shortage
of false hair. The Partisan women,
who by the constant application Of
tonics and dressings to her hair has
ruined the growth, is forced to depend
upon the hair of someone else 10 make
up her couture. For many years the
peasant girls of Brittany and Nor
mandy have been in the habit of sell
ling their tresses. but it is stated that
this supply in running short. Paris
imports about 300 tons of false hair
each year, which is made up into the
couture Of milady, and some of the
more fashionable dealers are hard put
to it to secure tresses of the desired
gu ality.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15

Latest advices from Europe indicate
that Germany and Frame have had
q somewhat spectacular and interest
ing brush over the Moroccan situati0n.
Germany. although bound BY obli-
cations undertaken az the the AZ
geeiras conference. gratnitousiy advo-
Gated Mulai Hafd as the ruler -
Morocco and sending her Consul. Or
vassel. formerly At Tangier 70 Fez
for the purpose Of publicaly ackn0w-
Lodging the defeated rulers brother
Germany by this means hoped to
settle the revolution and gain power
with Morocco's ruler to the chagrin
Of Spain and France. who are equally
interested in the North African En-
pire.
On its face Germany's attitude was
a demand for an immediate and uncon-
ditional recognition Of Mulai Hafid
Grance nipped the Kaiser's ambition
in this direction BY fatty refusing
officially to acknowledge TIE rebel.
Her attitude was silently ba .ked up
BY England and Russ a. Germany
was therefore forced into explaining
away monumental bluff Repre-
sentatives Of France and Spain are
Investigating the permanency Of Mu-
lai's pretensions and if the are sat
istied be will win out he will be rec
ognized, if not his dethroned brother
will again be accepted by the com
binated nations as the rightfuI ruler
of the Moors.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15

The whole scientific world is just
now deeply interested in the recent
address made by Professor Sir G. H.
Darwin, president Of Trinity College
in Dublin, Ireland, at the annual
meeting of the British Association in
which he developed the theory of
consciousness in plants. He reopened
the cause lost among some scientists
of the doctrine of inheritance of ac-
quired characters. That plants have
memory and may develop habits and
behave differently according to what
might be called their moods he most
emphatically maintained. He con-
tened that plants are equipped with
an organism which corresponds to the
nervous system in animals and by
means of which they are quite as
sensitive to certain agencies as ami
mails are. He says they are capable
of telegraphing from one part of their
anatomy to another and that there ex-
lists in them faint reproduction of
what we call consciousness in our
selves.
Growth itself, he argued was a
sor. of habit made possible by memory
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15

Andrew Carnegie. millionaire phil
anthropist has indirectly announced
that he intends his real monument to
be in the form of the Carnegie Tech
nical School Of Pittsburg. and not in
the now world-famed Libraries. He
has through prominent people Of the
Smoky City made known the author
ization Of the expenditure Of 81 900, =
900 more on this celebrated education
al institution. With the plans com
pleted which are now being considered
this would become the greatest school
in the world. Arrangements are be-
ing made now for its enlargement to
colossal scale. Judge Boffington
and William MetcaIf. Jr.., two we'll
known Pittsburgers were called to
Scotland within the last few weeks
and the plans for the great school
perfected at Skibo Castle.
The Carnegie school already boas Is
Of 1900 pupils but the recent reports
from it's trustees indicate that the in
stitution was altogether inadequate to
the demands on it by the rapidly in
creasing membership. With this
proposed munifcent gift Carnegie will
have bequeathed $50, 900, 900 to this
school and while Judge Burlington and
Mr.. Metcalf would make no public
announcement Of Mr.. Carnegie's de-
tailed plans it is known that the
worthy owner Of Skibo intends to
make this school the principal bearer
Of his name to the generations that
come and will keep giving his wealth
to the school as long as its needs for
expansion demand it.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15

Every woman In the harem mas her
face decorated in the most curious
manner. The practice Is to elongate
the eyebrows to the ears and to embel-
lish the chin with little points Of black
paint. In contrast with the men.
their complications are very fair, as
they are shut within walls and are
never exposed TO the sun.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15

England seems to have a severe
attack of 'pigeonitis. There are
FIVE great pigeon clubs in the country,
ard the number of men who are going
in for pigeon raising and breeding has
not been satisfactorily enumerated.
In the recent Pigeon Derby 10. =
500 carrier birds were entered. special
trains being run to Nants, in the
South of France, where the birds were
released for the $50 mile fight back
to England. Prizes of more than
$500 were offered in this race. A
few years ago really good birds could
be bought for about 30 cents Now,
since the fad has reached such huge
proportions, prices of $500 and $500
are not at all uncommon, and as high
as $500 has been offered for single
pigeon that appealed to a fancier for
ii freakishness.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15

The coal supply of the Philippines
has been found TO be much larger
than was anticipated and of uni.
formly good character It is stated
that large vein crosses the entire
group OF Islands and it has been clear
ly traced in one vicinity for % miles
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-10-15

An atlas Of the heavens listing
some q, OOO, 900 has been completed by
J. Franklin Adams, of Lloyds, in
London. This stupendous work is
TO be sold at cost price, 1926. 1t has
been a labor Of love with the COM
piler, who is an astronomer of nc
mean ability. To index this number
Of stars he has divided the armament
into 2l2 squares, which have been
photographed on specially prepared
plates Is inches square. The Southern
constellation were photographed in
South africa and the rest at an OBJ
servatory near Godalming, England.
where Mr.. Adams has very complete
astronomical equipment.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
The English Church and the New MARRIAGE Law

= HURCHMEN, both of the laity and of
" the clergy, continue to be greatly ex-
ercised over the recent law legalizing
marriage with a deceased wife's sister.
That the bill. in the shape in which
it goes upon the statute books. will
long continue without amendment is
not likely, for it contains one remark
able and even monstrous anomaly in
forbidding Anglican clergymen from
entering into the unions they may per-
form for others Any Clergyman who
marries his deceased wife's sister may
be deprived of hislliving on the ground
that his act IL incestuous. an offense
against certain ancient canons OF his
church.
This remarkable discrimination was
incorporated In the bill as result
of pressure from the opponents Of the
measure. They succeeded, also, In
having inserted another important pro-
vision. No Anglican clergyman is
forced to perform these marriages. nor
is no Obliged to tolerate their perform
ance by another in his church. This
exemption throws some light. on :
statement made at the time of the
passage OF the act. and disputed b.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24

ment aader which his late w.fs's sister
is caring for mans children
The archbishop of Canterbury sail,
that the interests of the church wotl
be best served By the clergy cont,nu-
Ing to refuse the ceremony. and he
promised. in due course. to farnish
the reasons which make him believe
In the wisdom and propriety~ os
such action
Had the clause not been insarte,
clergyman might still have refused
10 perform the marriage; bur on the
same basis as man might refuse RI
carry out any other contract to which
ne had been legally committed. In
either case he would be liable TO nc
tions for damages. So it is conceivable
that one man. desirous of marrying his
deceased wifes sister. might have gone
from clergyman to Clergyman and from
diocese to diocese. meeting refusal
after refusal. and securing unassail-
able grounds for an action IN every
case. As 1t is now. the clergyman can
do a. he pleases; and 1t seems to be a
moral certainty that the great ma
jority OF them win refuse to perform
the ceremonies.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
Figures Show Just How
Large the Fleet Is

would bear to the new vessels e< thu
Connecticut class.
We ind her outmaechsd In speed BY
almost two knots per hour, outranEsd
by nearly 1000 yards In guns. gun posi-
tions and side armer outmatohsd almost
80 per cent. heavy guns firing nearly
three times a. rapidly ana with doubts
the danger space OF the Is inch guns
of the Oregon.
In action the Oregon would fare 40
badly as did "Boshtsr Bir' squirss be-
fore Tommy Burns. practically help
less
comparison of the weight OF gun
FIRE from the feet units might not be
amiss as illustrating it's magnitude and
giving an idea of the power Of sons OF
the units In the feet
These figures are based upon the av-
srage value of i've minutes nrinx
from all guns. using as q basis wsll
aimed shots that might be expected II
the ships were actually under nrs. and
not the terrific rates OF speed reach sd
by some OF the sunners at record tar
get practice. with every facility af-
forded. and taking chances that q
commander would not dream OF permit
ting when under FIRE.
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24

one or two correspondents. 1t was
said that the act of parliament
had the effect OF automatically amend
ing the table of kindred and affinity In
the prayer book; and since it was
necessary to give specific permission to
clergymen to continue to obey the rule
under discussion. it would appear that
an act of the British parliament that
conflicts with a dogma of any British
church takes precedence of that dog
ma and abolishes it as far as the courts
are concerned
The archbishop of Canterbury and
the bishop OF London have both
written letters to the clergy urging
them not to perform the marriage
The bishop OF London says that al
ready some of the laity have written
to ask II they must send away the
sisters in law who are bringing up
their children. though what would
possess man to ask the opinion OF
bachelor bishop on any such mat
ter is difficult to comprehend. The
bishop. however. begged them not to
think of doing 30, on account OF the
passage Of the bill. and he referred
TO the happy and benefcent arrange
The San Francisco call., 1908-05-24
When the Fleet Sirens
Hold Conversation

"All right. ain't they?' asked the
sailor. admiringly. They're the Rhode
Island and the Virginia They're allus
maxim love to one another. But the
Georgia won't stand for that sort OF
thing. Listen to her.
Bah! BAH BAH. rumbled the Geor-
gia's siren with the eontemptuous in
Elections that would do credit 10 the
heavy villain in a Market street home
of melodrama. Bah. BAH
And then the Connecticut chimed in
once more:
Tut. Tut: Tut. tut. Tut. tut. Tut.
tut, tuti
All these proceedings shocked the
Minnesota. She raised her voice in ac-
cents that portrayed her outraged feel
ings:
OH OH, O-o-o-o-oh,''
The Pacific squadron, Jack ex-
planned. run a little circus of their
own. We didn't get on to it at first.
but now were wise. 1 guess it's about
time for the cats. to start things goin'.'
The eats?" l repeated. mystihed.
Walt a minute and see.''
One minute-several minutes passed.
Then, sure enough. came a shrin. feline
caterwauling in which / fancied I
recognized our Ebonys thin. piercing.
diabolical yowl:
"Oo-wow- 90 -o-o-o-o."
Two, three, four vessels joined in the
back fence chorus. They ran the feline
gamut mp and down and up again. 1t
required very little Imagination to in
terpret the sounds as signifying:
'Tommie-e-e, Come and play in nv
ya-a-a-a-rd..'
'woof. woof. woof.. woofr SNORT
ed another siren and the caterwaulinr
ceased. Some dIsgruntled person was
throwing bootjacks and things and
the cats had scampered away.
That's the ST. Louis exclaimed my
delighted companion. And she's
a-goin' to get hers"
succession of short, quick. i'm
patient blasts from the West yirrin,a
sileneed the cat dispersins battle-
ship:
shut up. shut up. Shut up. Lame
Duck Lame Duck. Lame Duck, sbnt
up. shut up"
They don't go regularly when wera
at anchor" Jack informed me as W..
strolled along East street. but th.v
don't miss day at sea. At in the
morning" no. skeptic. be did NOT cav
"bellsS-"they start of and give inst
about the same show you heard now
Lame Duck? Oh. that's what the bovs
in the Pacific squadron call the s,
Louis"
AS l boarded my car at the loon
heard the siren chorus beginning all
over again. The first ship called. ~ob
Btll' and the Kansas gruffiy recem-
mended trip TO Hades. The Con-
necticuts Tut. tut came family and
the giggies from the Vermont were
lost in the rumble OF wagons. the
screeching of autos and the changing
or cars.