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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06

IL Is far from the intention OF The
Recorder TO do any man an injury |;
and this intention applies to the edi.
tor OF the other paper as well as any
one else. II would be Impossible for
tile writer to make case against
Editor Abbott for upholdins Grimm
ais, because he has done that for
himself. The Recorder has demand.
ed that the proprietors OF bawdy
houses, the tinhorn gamblers aud the
saloons which have been disobeying
the law do nothing more than com.
ply with the law. For having the
temefity to insist upon this being
done the very men who have been
defying the law have always found
Editor Abbott's paper a ready sewer
through which to relate their griev-
ances, vent their spleen against the
writer, and abuse The Recorder for
doing only what the ethics Of modern
journalism demands.
No doubt he thinks he Eas made a
very clever criticism against the
writer when he SAYS we ''only pre-.
tend TO know how to write" This
may he true, we do not deny II. We
have never made any pretentions To
being second Horace Greeley, nor
have we attempted TO ape the man.
ners OF any Of the old-time newspaper
men. We have aimed to give things
In our own language, and make our
thoughts plain To the average reader.
We are simply practical country
newspaper man, who tries to do his
DUTY as he sees IL. We make no pre-
tensions to being smarter than 9th.
ers, who have made tho art preserva.
tive chosen profession.
No doubt No concur In the senti
ment OF many people who know US
both, that ~ we had half OF the
natural Intelligence with which Mr..
Abbott credits himself with having,
We would not stay In Salmon for an
hour. We would naturally gravttate
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06

to suppose that the legislature didn't
know that that work had to be done
by the land department when they en-
acted the stricest injunction not to
use any other money.
The attorney general finds that he
has to give legal advice bearing on
Carey act lands, so he pays some OF his
clerks out OF this independent trust
fund also, in spite of the injunction Of
the legislature TO the contrary.
The state engineer finds that part
Of his duties are to inspect work upon
the same lands and to make certain
reports thereon, so he pays a part OF
his clerical force and his expenses up
on the same fund.
II this is legitimate why not permit
the state auditor to say: II find
that part OF the time of my clerks is
taken up in making entries on my
books relative to this same land and
in drawing warrants upon that fund, /
will pay part OF the salary of my
clerks out of that fund Also"
The imm igration commissioner might
say: II find that most Of my work
Of advertising the state is connected
with the securing of sci tiers upon these
same lands and that much Of my adj
yertising bills are contracted for the
same purpose. therefore, / will put in
bills against that fund for my adver-
Using and for a part at least of my
clerk hire
They would save much of their reg
ular appropriation for other purposes
and have much more to expend and,
so far as any reason appears, they
would be just as much justified in do
ing so as are the land board, the attor-
ney general or the state engineer.
With the large amount expended dur
ing the year of the term from this
source which was never appropriated.
what will be spent during the last year
when their regular appropriations be-
gin to get low and there appears to be
dangers of deficiency?
In this case, it ought to be clear to
the state auditor that it is his duty
to refuse to draw any further warrants
against this fund until the supreme
court has passed upon the question of
the right Of a state official to go
out of the regular appropriations
and begin raid upon this big trust
fund which the government has pro-
yided for the state. Capital News.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06
TINE sREgpMEN.

IL affords the Tribune qualification
To learn that the sheepmen of Idaho
and of the country generally are com
ing Ia their senses. They are begin.
ing 10 realize the inimical, inlouitous.
and enervating effect OF the forest
reserve policy of the administration.
Forest reserves at their best are
simply relicotpaterualism In govern
ment, which should have perishsd
with knighthood and It's Kindred evils
To repeat truism, that people Is best
governed who is governed least. The
Tribune has no patience with the man
who can not stand upon his own worth
and defy the world. The shrinking
coward, who is eyerlastingly asking
protection has no place on earth. and
Is entitled Ia no reward In heaven. The
resources Of the country belong IN
the people, and they are entitled Ia
them. Each community wants Ia
conserve the resources of every other
but what community is
willing to permit some other coumn.
nifty to conserve its resouncesY The
altruistic argument that we must
provide for posterity is as senile rs
1t Is Impractical. None of us really
believe in the theory and none OF rs
would practice II /! We did. The Trib-
une realizes that we are now tread.
ing ON dangerous grounds-rushine in
where angels fear 10 20. But what's
the use, we might as well be honest
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06

Governor Hughes has al last de.
clared himself On the political situa.
ton. He throws few bouquets at
Roosevelt, which was To be expected,
and then goes on 10 say that he be-
lieyes the Sherman antitrust Law
should he changed SO as 10 be more
drastic. II the governor had quit at
this, his stand would be very salts
factory 70 R0nseyelt's following, but
lac goes on Ia say, lido not believe In
arbitrary action" and IN q general
way deals In few platitudes. "a r.
bltrary action" may mean u great
deal, when IL comes 10 consider the
acts ~ the trusts, and other combina-
lions which are disobeying the laws,
We believe the masses ~ the voters
are thinking too much for themselves
10 stand for equlyoatlon, az after an
election this arbitrary action" ma,
mean almu~t anything.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06

The graft being brought 20 light In
Pennsylvania In the building and fur
nishIng the state house Is another
illustration Of the fact that where a
party can place any rogue In nomina-
tion and his election Is assured on ac-
count u the strength Of party In pow
er dishonesty viii creep into high
places. II has been brought out In
the evidence against these graftes
that a charge Of 1900 was made for o
sofa, yet the contractor did not charge
n much as his contract permitted
him To charge had he NJ desired. IL
was not only the contractor who bene-
lifted by this graft, but no doubt ON.
cials higher up were equally impli-
Gated and received their share of this
gigantic steal.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06


Every woman Is more or less inter
ested In a first-class fashion magazine
The salt Lake Tribune has made an
arrangement whereby 1t can suppl,
the Designer, one Of The high elias,
fashion magazines, Ia It's subscribe
and the semi Weekly, when paymen,
Is made strictly in advance, for FL
for both publications. This arrange.
ment win hold good. but for short
time. Order the Semi. Weekly Trib-
une and the Designer one year, en-.
clssing US sl.7o, and you will not only
receive the best semi-weekly in the
country, but one OF the very best
fashion magazines IN addition thereto.
Order now.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06

On the first page can be found the
gist Of short message 10 congress
which Is no democratic In It's tenor
that II Is hard 10 believe that r..
publican president could advocate
such reforms. The message will not
please the system senators. but 1t win
meet With the approval OF the people,
The charge viii be made. no doubt,
that IL Will have tendency 10 dis.
tnrb the business conditions and will
retaFd the recovery from the panic.
The people viii generally agree With
President Roosevelt In his suggestions
for reforms which are only due 10 the
country; and II every state paper
brought before congress Is 10 be In
favor Of the criminal corporations,
and thus cyadc panic the people can
afford 10 take their medicine. The
sooner this battle Is fought out the
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06

into circles Of learning and science,
where our accom- Iisbments and cru
ditioD would entitle US. Mr.. Abbott
did not make out very good case
for himself, when he tries to belittle
our natural ability. What little edu.
cation we have has been attained by
hard knocks and some bitter expert
ences. One thing we have always
tried to guard against. and that is
trying TO make up 10 egotism what
we naturally lack I'm Intelligence.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06

II begins TO look as II the AIdrich
currency bin would be put through
both the house and senate by the cor.
poration tools In the two bodies. To
pass such bill as this purports to be
would he crime against the country.
IL places the financial affais Of the
country more absolutely in the hands
OF the Wall street gambling bankers
than II was before the panic. One Of
the provisions u the bill Is, IL permits
the issuance 0f circulating notes OF
i've hundred millions, when ever the
bankers deem IL advisable, to be Sc
cured upon IS per cent Of the value OF
railroad bonds. This is not the worst
feature Of the bill nuctnating rail.
road bonds, but II puts the power In
the hands of the national banks to
either initiate or curtaii the circula-
ton at their own sweet will. In
other words when the gamblers wish
Ia teach the country lesson, or de-
press the price Of stock or commodities
10 enrich their own pockets they win
have II In their power under the pro-
vision Of the AldrIeh bill. Our finan-
cial system Is bad enough as 1t IL,
God knows, but when the Aldrich
bill becomes law the country will be
placed In the hands OF the criminal
predatory rich more than ever.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06

With four bank failures within ten
days In New York City, the nerve
center OF our financial system, and
other bank failures In various parts Of
the country does not much look as II
prosperity Il gaining much Of foot
hold as Is maintained by the press as
Sciatlon reports. II must he humili-
ating to the republican leaders Ia
have to acknowledge that the policies
OF the party have been proven 10 b.
infalllhIe.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06

sooner will the affairs Of the country
reach condition Of lasting prosperity.
III there Is any criticism 10 be made
at all, II is that the president has
made the same mistake he has been
making for the past two years he
does not designate which are the
criminal corporations and those which
are doing a legitimate business are
made 10 suffer with those which are
not
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06

II President Roosevelt would desig-
nate the criminal corporations which
are destroying our government, and
then devote his attention 20 the tools
Of these Interests IN both the house
and the senate he would he confer.
ring greater favor upon the country
than he has done In the nearly six
Years he has been an occupant o. the
White House.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06

CAMP NO. 1910, NJ. w. q,
Meets first and third Thursda,
each month.
John ]. Gayer V. d
~ atl-;.,c f,tu..t
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06
At the Turn
I OF the Year

AS we enter upon anothd
year we want to extend our bel
wishes to all our old friends All
customers and to express a hod
that the new year may for n
be both a happy and a prospe|
Gus one. We also want to than
all Of those whose patronad
has made 1907 both pleasant an
profitable for us. That we al
preciate your trade we will d
to prove BY increasing, if po|
sible, the present high efficiend
of our service and by using e|
cry effort to serve your best Il
tereSts. We thank you for a
past favors and shall leave 4
stone unturned to merit a cod
tinuance Of the same duriu
1908.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06
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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-02-06

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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-14

In the finals of the Topeka city
tennis tournament singles, Harold Cope
land was defeated Saturday afternoon
on the Y. M c. A. courts at Ninth
and Polk by P. A. Lovewell. thus CIV
ing him the championship of the city
and the Fullerton trophy cup
The winner of the match was re-
quired to take. three out of five sets
The scores of the sets was as IoloWs:
Lovewell took the first set 6-3.
Copeland took the second set 6-4.
Lovewelf took the third set 10 and
the fourth set 60.
There was a small but enthusiastic
crowd of TERMS players and others
present at the courts to watch the
conclusion If the hot race wh1ch mas
been in progress for the past 10 days
for the city championship. Copeland
had won his fourth round from Col
Iinson and his senf-finals from Smith
Bishop with such ease that he was
generally looked upon as the favor
ite'' in the final round up with Love
well, who had come up from the 9TH
err side of the tournament defeating
such men as Stoddard and Homer
Sheldon on the way up.
Copeland started in to play fast.
net eame against LoveweI. which was
the style of game he used with such
good effect against Collinson and Bish-
op. Lovewen Iobbed effectively, and
managed to keep Copeland we'll back
in the court. After the first set Cope
land abandoned the net game entire
ly, and endeayored to win the match
by lobbying, and the result was that
Loveweu gathered in a majority of the
games. In the final set Copeland
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-14
WON A $40, 900 PURSE.
King James Captures the Champion
ship Stakes at Sheepshead.

New York. Sept. 14-Staggering
down the home stretch at the Sleeps
head Bay course Saturday King James.
the 3-year-old colt belonging to Sam
dildreth, gave one of the greatest ex-
hibitions of real bulldog courage seen
within many days. Taking the lead
from the drop of the flag, the plaudit
colt never gave his opponents an OPP
portunity to get in front in the an
nual championship stakes and at the
finish of the long struggle OF two miles
and a quarter went under the wire a
victor by half a length. Falcada,
bearing the Montpelier stable colors.
captured second money. Six lengths in
the rear of Falcada, almost ready to
drop, was Dorante, which earned the
short end of 1.-THE purse. Chief Brant,
the only other starter, was never in the
money at any stage of the race. r-
The value of the purse that went TO
King James was $4,000 and the sec
ond and third runners received $4,000
and $1,000 respectively. King James
ran the distance in 4:01, which is the
slowest time ever made in this classic
At the same time he added to the list
of victors the name of a 3-year-old.
This is the ninth running of the an
nual championship stakes and during
that period seven 3-year-olds have
earned laurelS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-14
Santa Fe Business at EmpOria
Is Growing.
Capacity of Facilities for Pas.
sengers Is Fixed.
BIG FREIGHT TRAFFIC
Live Stock Moving i'm Large
Quantities.
Other Items of Interest in Rail-
way Circles.

Emporia, Kan, Sept. 1.-THE amount
of railroad traffic being handled by the
Santa Fe just now is appalling. Go to
the Santa Fe station any day, and the
waiting rooms and platform are crowd
ed and swarming with people waiting
for the trains. and when the trains ar
rive people fall off and on in crowds
at all of the car steps, The trains are
as long as the engines can pull, and
every seat is filed with sweltering and
steaming humanity. No g which is a
California train and arrives here at
1905, noon, often has as many as 500
passengers aboard. who fill the dining
and lunch rooms of the Harvey House
as we'll as the neighboring restaurants.
Nos and ran in two sections yes
terday, and this has been the case
nearly every day for several weeks. In
order to be sure of a Pullman berth,
it is necessary to order berth days in
advance.
Not only is the passenger traffic
heavy. but in the freight department
it is the same. An average of $50 cars
of stock pass through here every night
for Kansas City, st. Joe and Chicago
markets. and as many as 600 cars have
passed through in a single night. The
stock is principally cattle off the grass
from western Kansas. Colorado. Okla
homa and Texas. 1t is carried in i'm
mense trains of 60 and IS cars to the
train There are so many individual
shipments of one car each, that the
Waycars are unable to take care of the
cattlemen who accompany their stock.
Accordingly, the Santa Fe is going to
establish a system of sleeping cars be-
tween Emporia and Kansas City for the
stocl1men. There will be four cars. con-
tanning berths for 40 men each, which
will be kept here and attached to the
cattle trains Most of the cattle trains
pass through Emporia between and
- o'clock at night. so that the stock
will reach the market by early morn
ing and the cars will be run to Kan
sas City at night, and brought back in
the daytime.
In addition to the stock shipments
the merchandise freight traffic is es
necially heavy, large amount of fall
and winter merchandise stocks being
in transit at this season of the year.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-14

seemed tired, and Lovewell won with
comparative ease.
Lovewell is a member of the Topeka
Tennis club. and Copeland was one of
the Country club representatives. in
the tournament. The Y. NJ. G. A.
tennis players and the Skene's park
delegation did not get up to the finals
The officials who served at the final
match were Will Collinson, umpire;
George Stoddard and Homer Fink.
linesmen. The games were played off
with the best feeling on both sides,
and the results of the tournament will
certainly be to stimulate much inter-
est in the game in Topeka. 1t is like
ly that next season there will be a
strong central tennis association or
ganized in Topeka. and probably two
tournaments will be held in the course
of the spring and summer.
The city tournament in doubles will
begin this week. The doubles Will no
doubt be even more interesting to
watch than the singles, and some fast
play is expected There are Is entries
for the first round is as follows: Neis-
wanger and Bowman against Copeland
and Sheldon. Grover and Weiner
against Bishop and Corwin, Ewart and
Voohis against Collinson and Stoddard,
Fink and Professor Lane of Wash
burn against Montgomery and Love-
we'll
In the singles the first prize is sill
yer trophy cup, offered by Robert
Fullerton. which goes to LovewelI, and
the second prize is a leather racket
case. which becomes the property of
Copeland.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-14
BIG CAR ORDER.
Five Thousand to Be Built for
Hartman Lines.

New York, Sept. 14.-Contracts
have been placed for the freight car
order for the Hartman lines, the
Union & Southern Pacific roads. 1t
had been expected all along that the
order would aggregate 1900 cars,
but it developed that the number was
cut down to a little more than 5000
cars. Firms obtaining the contracts
were:
Cambria steel company. 1900 cars;
Standard Steel Car company. 40
cars: American Car & Foundry COM
many. 1000 cars, and the Barney &
Smith company. 1000 cars. The
majority of the equipment ordered is
in the form of box cars. built prin-
cipally of oregon fir. The combined
orders therefore aggregate $4,000
1t is understood that there was
pretty close figuring before the con-
tracts were closed. One or two .of
the leading car companies regarded
the prices offered as verging too
closely on the cost of material and
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-14

The defeat of the Topeka Cooleysox
long past due arrived at the local base
ball park last Saturday afternoon
when the Tripletts emerged from the
ARRAY with the big end of a 10 to 0
score. Both Selby and Root worked
for the locals and were touched up in
great shape. Thirteen hits were regis
tered against the Topeka pitchers while
the young Mr.. Taylor, who dispensed
the slants for the visitors, was invinci-
BILE holding the Topeka team to four
scattered bingles.
The less said about the fielding of the
Topeka team the better. Cole dropped
three flies in left field, while the in
field played a slovenly game. In fact
the entire aggregation showed a COM
plete reversal of form.
The feature of the game was the bat
ting of Lotion and Taylor. The score:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-14
OLDEST ENGINEER DEAD.
Thomas Murray Pulled Frisco Throt-
tie for Forty Years.

Springfield, Mo-, Sept. 14.-Thomas
Murray. the oldest engineer in SER
vice on the Frisco, died here today.
Mr.. Murray had been failing in health
for some time and his death was not
unexpected. Mr.. Murray was born in
Ireland in 1912 and came to New York
at the age of 6. He began his success
full career OF railroading at Meadvllle,
Pa. on the Erie railroad.
When the Frisco was built into
Springfield he had charge of the work
train. hauling gravel and ties for the
construction of the road from Rolla to
Springfield, and had been in contin-
uous service on the Frisco as engineer
for more than forty years.
At the time of Richard P. BANDS
funeral Mr.. Murray pulled the train
that took William Jennings Bryan to
Lebanon, making the fastest time ever
made on the Frisco, 100 miles in one
hour and fifty minues.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-14
MULFoRD AND ooBE WON.
Drove Six Cylinder Car in First i'm
the 24 Hour Motor Contest

Brighton Beach Race Track. N Y.
Sept. 14.--Flying along at a mile a
minute clip, Milford and Cobe in a
six-cylinder Lozier car, won the ga
hour motor car race Saturday night.
covering 1.107 miles in "a hours. In.
cidentally, they clipped % miles from
the worlds record of I ,079 miles. made
by a Renault car at Morris park a
year ago.
Kitchener and Lynch in another I,o-
zier four-cylinder car were second.
covering 1902 miles. while a Fiat car
was a close third with a record of :.
OLA miles.
As a matter of fact, no less than two
cars broke the record. while the Fiat
was only five miles behind, which was
rather remarkable as the previous rec
ord was made on the Morris PARK
track. which is one and four-tenths
miles in length. In the last hour ar
SO there was a lot OF lamp trouble
and the No. 2 Lozier had to ston si~
times TO relight it's rear lamps.
one of the noteworthy features ~
the race was the victory of s;v-
cylinder car, as it is the first time 4,
the history OF motor car Contests that
a six-cylinder car has beaten the fours
cylinder txDe Of aAx- Ao~l-
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-14

will play in Topeka a week during the
series which will open next week, with
the exceptions of Pitchers Hal and
Rhodes. This will be an innovation
and will also give Topeka some gooo
hasahalI as the Omaha team is one of
the strongest outside of the big
Leagues. The following is the sched-
,1le of the Omaha team: september
Is. 16, Yankton, S. D.: September "a,
1s' 10. Clarinda, Ia; September 20, y,
% Toneka: September 29, 80. Oc-
tober 3. 8. 4, wichita; october 5, s,
7. 8. open; october 9, 10. IL IL, 1S,
IA wichita