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The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-15
JoLLIFIcATIoN. AT BLAcKFooT.

Wednesday Evening, February 18th
There will be mass meeting at Hopkins hall,
Blackfoot, Wednesday evening, February 18th, to
give expressions of JOY and gratitude the de-
clsion by the United States supreme court affirming
the validity of the Idaho Test Oath, to which all
Americans regardless of political affiliations, are
cordially invited The following speakers will adj
dress the meeting
Judge J. T. Morgan D. W. Standrod, Hon. H.
w Smith, Col j. w Jones, Rev. G. c. Stu1 O. G.
W. Eichelberger.
Committee: c. ]. Bassett, F. S. Whittier, DR..
Giyens, R. j. Osborn, D. D. Wright, F. W. Beane
Eagle Rock: S. F. Taylor and VIM. E. Wheeler
Pocatello: George Dash, Ed Burke, Attorney
Savdge
Ladies specially invited
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-08-15
Qualification at BIackfOOf.

In The Scimitars scrap books appears the fol-
lowing poster of jollifcation meeting at Backfoot
on February 10, 1890:
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-07-24
NEVADA CONSOLIDATED SHOWED THE WAY
IN ADVANCING MARKET YESTERDAY OUTLOOK
IS VERY GOOD IN THE GENERAL MARKET

Nevada Consolidated took the lead
among the Ely coppers yesterday and
during the trading crossed the S13
mark. il closed strong at that fig
nre and is looked to for further adj
vance today. There are some mighty
good things getting east about Ne
vada Consolidated, points which
ought TO strengthen the stock with
the public and bring about the adj
vance TO which IL Is entitled upon
merit. The property has been fur
nishing the bulk of the ore required
in the operation of'the plants of the
Steptoe Valley Smelling and is re-
sponsible for the very large part of
the copper turned out TO date. Fur
thermore its output has all come
from the steam shovels and there has
been no time at which It could not
have furnished far more ore than
called upon for. Any day 1t can bury
the reduction works at present ca
paeity with ore from Copper Flat.
Another item of importance Is in the
fact that the ore produced from Cop
per Flat has been making higher av-
erage in copper contents than at any
time tldli1itu lhi that blt bDuAs
Cumberland Ely and Giroux held
firm yesterday but at the close We're
slightly off from the quotations of
Wednesday. Among the other cop
pers In the list there was strength
and higher quotations for nearly all
the big issues, the low cost producers
leading In the advance. The general
market was strong and the entire ac-
ton OF the day calculated TO eneour-
age the belief that the Improvement
being manifested is of permanent
character and each day drawing lar
ger public support New York clos
ing nnotniions Yesterday wore.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-07-24
CIRCUIT COURT DOES NOT
CONCUR.

Al this phase of the case the opin-
ion Of the court of appeals declares
In this Interpretation of the inter-
state commerce law, so far as 1t re-
lates 10 shippers. We cannot concur.
The cases cited by the government.
such as those requiring liquor sellers
at their peril 10 know whether the
person 10 whom drink Is sold Is a
minor or within the prohibition Of
the act or not. are not controlling,
not very persuasive. The Interstate
commerce act WAS intended TO pro-
MOT. not 10 restrain trade and com
merce-to secure fair dealings in
commerce through uniformity. NOT to
np- distinctions in the way of COM
merce. Surely the farmer who brings
his prodnce to town 70 be shipped TO
the city markets, or the small mere
chant shipping 10 the country. or the
householder who ships his furniture
were not meant by the interstate
commerce law TO be guilty of having
accented concession merely because
they took the word of the carrier or
his agent as to what the rate was
In this respect the shipper and
tbp carrier stand on different ground.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-07-24

ever, that the immediate needs of
spectators short of the stock was
more responsible for the convulsive
movement than any development con-
corning the affairs of the company.
Other electric equipment stocks mov-
ed in sympathy.
The number of different bonds
dealt in was larger than any day
since the present revival set in. The
placing OF some large blocks of bonds
In foreign markets was held 10 ac-
count for large offerings of bills in
the foreign exchange market. which
carried rates downward and away
from the gold export point The rise
IN copper and the decline in wheat
We're favorable factors in the days
market. The absorptive power of the
demand for stocks had a reassuring
effect as the day progressed and made
the closing strong and at general
gains.
Bonds were strong. Total sales.
par value. s5,032,000. United States
bonds We're unchanged on call.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-07-24
QUESTION OF INTENT.

Though il is true that large ship
pers like the plaintiff in error do not
usually take the word of a carrier
as TO what the rate is. but examine
for themselves the tariff sheet and
have all the knowledge that is neces-
sary TO an intelligent examination.
from which it might easily follow
that professions of ignorance on the
part OF such shippers would stand
on a different plane from the ordi-
nary shipper, it does not on that
account follow that the ultimate
question of intent is not the same
whether the shipper be a large one
or a small one. for the law is the
same for all shippers and the duty
devolying on the government is the
same. viz: That before conviction
there must be proof of all the facts
upon which the shippers offense is
predicted
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-07-24
GENERAL STRENGTH EVIDENT
no,Incement OF Court Decision
Large Interests Moving Quietly.

NEW YORK, July 23.-There was
no constant trend in the course Of
prices OF stocks today. Ups and
downs succeeded each other all day.
Extreme uncertainty of speculative
sentiment seemed 10 be expressed by
a number of fluctuations. Efforts TO
trace the operations going on by the
larger interests. were unayalling The
speculative contingent has looked
forward 10 a decision of the Stand
ard OILS appeal against the S29.oo0,-
600 fine levied upon II with livels In
terest. II was generally known thai
a decision would be rendered today
and the Wall street public was keen
" alert for the first news OF its ehar-
acter When the reversal OF the
lower court became known there was
much excitement manifest throughout
the financial district and jump In
prices resulted. Standard oil stock
itself rose - points In the outside
market.
II has been supposed that The
shadow of this fine hanging over the
Standard Oil CO. has been restrain
ing influence on the activities OF cap
italists in that group and thar the
winning of their case would result
In increased activity ON their part
II has been argued also that good
effect on the general movement OF
capital might be expected. owing TO
an Interpretation of such a decision
AS additional assurances OF safe
guards for right Of capital and prop
ertv. The effect In the stock mar
ket. however proved TO be short iiSed
The first bulge in prices was taken
advantage of to effect a free disposl-
ton of speculation by those who have
followed the rise IN prices. The SKY
rocket advance in Westinghouse Ele'-
rric. following violent movements
yesterday. was of no benefit 10 the
general market and proved rather
unsettling 10 sentiment II was a'-
companied by reiteraion OF yesltI,
days rumors that the company would
be soon taken out of the hands OF
the receivers. II was believed. now
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-07-24
STANDARD OIL WINNER
RETR|AL FAMOUS CASE
Continued rom page one.

government, had previously testified
that he had no recollection of telling
Bogardus that the cent rate "a COM
modify ratel had been filed with the
interstate commerce commission. But.
answering on his voir dire, the jury
being excused, Hollands further stat
ed that he regarded cents per 100
pounds as the oil rate between Whit
ing and East ST. Louis. that he re-
garded certain application sheet.
which covered Whiting at Chicago
rates. The sheet for Chicago. taken
together, as showing a cent com
modify rate. that whenever he spoke
Of the rate on this commodity be-
tween Whiting and East St Louis he
had in mind those papers, and that
If be had been asked by Bogardus or
anybody else whether there was a
rate between Whiting and East ST.
Lodis he would have answered that
there was, and that II was filed. and
that such a rate was cents; which
evidence thus profered was exlud-
ed by the court. for the sole reason
that as matter Of fact. as the court
tnot the iury1 found The fact TO he.
the application sheet containing this
6 cent commodity rate had not been
filed with thu interstate commerce
commission Had the court found as
fact that the sheet had been 30 filed,
or. submitting that question 10 the
jury. had The jury found that that
sheet had been so filed. the 6 cent
rate given 10 Bogardus admittedly
would have been the lawful published
mt.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-07-24
FINE POINTS RAISED.

The court remarks the number of
nice judicial questions raised in the
case and declares that the court is
not prepared TO say that tariff sheet
No. "a really fixes the rate on petro-
leum and its products at is cents.
The most We can say the opin-
ion reads, is that the question is
one on which judges after fun discus
sion might very reasonably disa-
gree
The error of the trial court in
taking away from the plaintiff in er-
ror its right to submit to the jury
the whole question OF whether il had
knowledge of the tariff sheet from
which it is 10 have accepted conces-
sions, and therefore with intent to
violate the law-whether the rate
paid was not paid in the honest be-
lief that 1t was the lawful rate-is an
error that rises into one of solid sub
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-07-24
Markets MINING, AND METALS

The carried Is required by a separate
provision of the law to establish and
publish rates and is forbidden to
charge or collect from the shipper a
rate greater or less than such estab-
lished and published rate. But is the
ordinary shipper, under any reason
able view OF the situation TO which
the law relates, thus bound-bound
at his peril. under the law intended
10 pomote commerce, TO cipher out
before he can safely put anything
that he has into commerce, all the
confusing papers and figures that
generally make up a tariff sheet?
Plainly not. il seems to us
In support of this contention. the
court cites Bishops New Criminal
Law section 2S6:
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-07-24
MORE EVIDENCE SHUT OFT.

The court related that Bogardus
WAS coereed as a witness 10 prove that
a tariff describing a rate of 6 4 cents
from Whiting 10 East St Louis was
issued by the Chicago & Eastern Hi
uois Railroad Co. a competing com
pany. October Q. 1895, and filed with
the interstate commerce commission
two days later: that such tariff sheet
vas among the tariff files In possess
sion Of the plaintiff in error; and that
the latter during the period named
shipped hereunder a large number
of ears OF petroleum and products at
said rate: and that such rate was
equivalent TO the shipper OF the rate
of cents over the Alton, owing TO
"a a of a cent terminal charge, all
of which evidence was excluded. as
was also the offer of the tariff sheet
itself produced from the files OF the
Interstate commerce commission. and
an amendment there 10 filed in April,
1903"
The opinion here includes Judge
Lands charge 10 the jury, In which
the district Judge declares that to
show that. The defendant accepted a
concession knowingly il was not nee
essary TO establish the defendant had
actual knowledge of the lawful rate.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-07-24
PLAIN CASE OF ERROR.

This view of what is essential TO
constitute the offense makes il plain
that the trial court was in error, as
matter of law in the application to
the case of the shipper; as a matter
of principle that the trial court ap-
piled in this case, And this error is
made all the palmer, lifting II from
what otherwise might be considered
mere technical error, to the level
of a real. substantial error. when the
exact nature OF the so called tariffs
published and filed, relied upon by
the government as the lawful rate,
are scrntinized; and when the rate
that the trial court deciphered out of
these papers Is compared with adj
mitted rates on other roads for the
same product. and with the admitted
rates on the same road for like
product The tariff sheet relied upon
as the lawful published rate filed with
the interstate commerce commission
is tariff sheet No. "a of the Chicago
& ST. Louis Traffic association, and
the first thing 10 he noted is that
this tariff sheet makes no reference
by name TO petroleum or the products
of petroleum. On the face of that
tariff sheet no l s cent rate for petro-
leum or the products of petroleum
appears. The Is cent rate was only
arrived at by a process of circumlo-
eution. that is to say. on the face of
these tariff sheets there was found
printed line governed by the ILL
nois classification, except as noted
herein; thereby turning to a classi-
ioation adopted by the railroad and
warehouse commission of Illinois.
September Z, 1S99, il was found that
petroleum and its products we're set
down in the fifth class; and then
turning back TO tariff sheet No. "a
II was found that the rate set down
for the fifth class was IS cents per
100 pounds And so out of this pro-
cess of reference and cross reference
the lawful published rate was evolv-
ed by the trial court to be Is cents,
not because II so appeared on the
face of the tariff sheets. but because
by reference 10 other sheets-sheets
filing. not rates. but classifications.
and that not by the interstate conn
merce commission or the carrier, but
the Illinois railway commissioner
could be so figured out"
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-07-24
SIZE OF THE FINE.

F. Taking up the question as to
whether each shipment constituted a
separate offense by which interpreted
ton OF the law Judge Lands imposed
the largest fine in history on the
Standard Oil Co, the court has this
to say:
The gist OF the offense is the ae-
eeptance of a concession irrespective
of whether the property involved was
carloads, trainloads or pounds. Has
a shipper fully and finally accepted
a concession when he has done moth
ing more than to agree with the car
rier that less than the published and
filed rates shall be paid for the trans
portation of his property? Ii is not
necessary that the transaction be
closed by actual payment of the lower
rate In the rebate the shipper paid
in the first Instance the full rate TO
the carrier and afterwards received
back a part Manifestly the offense
OF accepting rebate has not been
committed until the shipper has
taken back part of the first money.
whereby his property has been trans
ported al less than lawful rate
WOULD NOT SUPPORT INDICT-
MENT
Proof that he agreed to accept
return of part of the full rate
stopping would not support
Continued on page fonr1
The White Pine news. [volume] (Ely, Nev.) 1906-1910, 1908-07-24
s,NroRD 4 nrLsE LETTER.

The market was still stronger To-
day. The Standard Oil decision
caused raise In that as well as other
stocks and the Ely coppers gained q
few points In fact the market all
this week has shown a fairly healthy
condition with slightly upward
tendency
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The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06
Our Saving Grace.

The people are poets" asserts the New York World. Not all of them. sir, but perhaps most of them. Mater ialism will never crush out idealism. It is noble to serve others and even the materiaIst does this. It Is materialism that builds and develops, that open mines and unearths riches. gives us rapid transit in comfort on land and sea, that puts clothes on our backs and food in the larder. It is idealism that raises us above mere anlmalism, that makes us honor heroes the noble and the gifted, and love the beautiful. There is poetry in a beauti- full landscape. the blue sky, flowers. grass, trees, water, the human figure. and those who admire these are poets The music of the wind in the tress, the roar of the storm. the warble of birds. the rolling thunder appeals to the poetry in them. The majestic noun tains. the smiling valleys. the sun shine. the falling snow, the serene and shining stars, the throbbing ocean, stir the poetry and help to keep alive the Ideals in the human bosom. Des- troy these and materialism would not even inspire to prosy action.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1908-09-06
WE'LL ALL FLYMAFEW YEARS

afr travel as there now are on the surface, from bycycle to electric motor engine, from push-cart to flyer. Mark this, that, differ as they may, these are all dependent on the wheel. From the rowboat to the ocean liner, ves- sels are dependent on the one principle of shape. So with a thousand familiar instances, there Is abundant proof that the dominant principle of any of the great, everyday mechanical aids to mans comfort is extremely simple.
 The problem Is so nearly solved that. as close observer and student of the subject. and as an associate of the leaders of the movement, I con- fidently predict that within two years aerial navigation will be an accom- plished fact. There will then be a thousand minds at work to every one at present, and notifications and inn prove ents will soon bring to perfec- tion the first successes. In war. su- preme; almost to the abolishment of war! In peace. delightful beyond con- ceptionI
 Inhalation of the rarefed air of the upper stratas will prove to be one of the greatest blessings of suffering hu- manity.
 Think of transportation through the free. pure air; the realm of absolute liberty; no tracks, no franchises, no need of thousands of employees to add to the cost; and of the swiftness. the glorious exhilaration; and last. but by no means least, of It's broadening effect on the mind! Every drifting balloonist knows what I mean. am certain there is not one who has not been up- lifted in every sense of the word, and who has not realized more fully, more surely, the immeasurable greatness of the all-powerful Creator of the uni verse.
 The moral influence which will be exerted oyer all mankind by aerial nav igation is beyond compute. Conquest of the air Is coming. Is almost here and most of us will be here to see and enjoy 1t when 1t comes."