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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-10-09

tunity to maneuver. The man who
could head off the ostrich and knock
him over with blow of the sjambok
would be the winner
And so hundreds of Beers. with
their families. were on hand from
Wakkerstrom, Utrecht, and the south
country, as friends and relatives of
Red Dirk, while the farmers from
Middleburg and the Komati were. of
course, present in great number to
cheer the efforts of their favorite
little cfookedback, when suddenly the
big ostrich was sighted sailing down
through Jansen's Mex, following the
exact course foretold by the hunter
Along the route the spectators were
neryed up to a high pitch OF excite
ment, but the speedy bird paid no at
tention to the long string o. wagons
and horsemhen lining the flats. Scorn-
ful OF danger, with stately and ma
jestic stride he glided along like a
winged phantom
All at once, catching sight of Il G
two rival horsemen bearing down up
on his course, he shot forward like a
shell from a cannon, and the specta-
tors shouted with delight Nothing but
sudden death could stop that fearful
rush.
Twisting and turning his little bull
let head from side to side. his wings
half extended, his huge, stilt-like legs
rattling off the enormous strides with
dazzling rapidity, onward sped the big
bird, while the two Dirks, side by side,
dashed down upon him.
All eyes were soon fixed upon the
spot where the ostrich had invariably
swerved from the running water of
Bushman's spruit and turned sharply
westward It was observed with as
constituent that Red Dirk Uys, in
stead of heading for the route which
The bird would take, kept straight
ahead. If he did not change direction
soon, it was seen, he would be into
the spruit and his rival would in
eyitably meet the ostrich at the criti-
cal turning point
On rushed the race. The magnii
cent bird, paying no attention to his
went tearing along at break
neck speed. Onward sped Red Dirk,
to the very verge of the spruit A
shout went up: Now he was on the
farther side of the stream, but not a
drop of water had flashed in the sun
light as he crossed A howl of sur
prise was followed by yells of disap- (
pointment from some of his support |
ers, and rousing cheer from the
friends of his rival, as the great bird |
suddenly wheeled around, like a I
yacht coming about in a gale of wind, {
aud darted full at the crook-backed /
horseman. Following its accustomed /
course with undiminished velocity, it |
was seen that. in moment they must
collide like express trains On single /
track Dogged and stupid. with but
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-10-09

one idea in its diminutive brain. the
ostrich, it was certain. would not be
the one to swerve,
Then a thrill of delight ran through
the multitude. as Crooked Dirk, sud
denly turning and checking his pony
at the critical instant, whiried the
ready sjambok through the air. and
the plucky plumed runner of the
yeldt dropped prone in the dust,
As the wondering crowd pressed
forward TO view at closer range the
victor and vanquished a strange sight
met their eyes. Where the swift
waters of the spruit should have been
sparkling. lay the damp bed of the
strean-diverted over night by the
crafty partisans of Red Dirk Tvsl
They knew that an ostrich will turn
from running stream, and believed
that it would cross the empty chan
mel but they forgot that il is an I'M
reasoning creature of habit, and be
tween the cupidity of man and the
stupidity OF the bird Crooked Dirk
Breydenbach won his bride.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-10-09
Notice of Opening Carey Act Lands

Boise, idaho, September LIST, 1908
I By order of the State Board Of Lane
Commissioners of the State Of Idaho
the following described desert lands
win be opened for entry and settlement
on and after October 18th, 1908, IT
tracts not to exceed $50 acres, by any
one qualified to enter the same under
the provisions of Act of Congress APP
proved August IS. 1894, June II, 1896,
and March 8, 1901, commonly known as
the Carey Acts, and an Act of the
Legislature of the State of Idaho APP
proved March 2, 1899, and the rules and
regulations of the State Board of Land
Commissioners of Idaho in relation
thereto, to-wit:
Ali Of the lands described in the con-
tract between the United States and
the State of Idaho, dated March Both,
1904, which are situated in Twin Fall,
Owyhee and Lincoln counties, State of
Idaho, and are more particularly de-
scribed in said contract which is on file
in the Office of the State Board of Land
Commissioners, said lands being approx
imately 14,000 acres situated in Town
ship South, Range IL East; Town
ship South, Range u East; Township
6 South, Range IL East: Township 6
South, Range 10 East; Township 5
South, Range IL East; Township 5
South, Range 10 East, B. NJ.
Applications to enter said lands may
be made in person or by authorized
agents to and agent of the State Board
Of Land Commissioners at King Hill,
Elmore County, Idaho.
The land will be sold to the entryman
at the price of 80 cents per acre, one
half of which shall be paid when appli-
cation is made and one-half when final
proof is submitted.
All applications must be. accompanied
by a copy of contract for the purchase
Of water shares in he Kings Hill Irri-
cation & Power Company's canal sys-
tenn at a price not to exceed $500 per
share.
One share viii be required for each
acre of land entered and will represent
a propOrtiOnate interest in the canal
system F. R. GOODNG,
Governor. and President.
NJ l. Church, Register
Sep11-oct9
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Sept 18-Oct 9
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chooPs Out.

At last the DOL is out once more
And boys ire glad and free
happy band they run and fish
In joyous ecstasy.
Their teacher. too. has gone away
To spend vacation days
BY trapsing through the woodland paths
And down the primrose ways.
All happy is the time for her,
For maybe she will meet
pupil who desires "A wife
To guide his willing feet
And when the summer weeks are through
With all their nectared wine
She may decide to tell him Yes"
And forthwith just resign.
But if she does, the hearts she breaks
VIII number most a score.
For every 'feller" in the school
Just loves her to the core
All. these are risky days for her
Where signing SWANS galore.
With just a hint of Cupid's ways.
Would like to learn some more,
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-10-09

The homelier man is the more
anxious he seems TO be to prove it by
having his picture taken every time
he gets a chance.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-10-09

Dogs are not very good sailors. but
when on board they always prefer the
bow wow of the boat.
Z < z
This forestry propagation is all
right, but hadn't We better get a small
crop of vice-presidential candidates
started?
A New York paper is authority for
the statement that it is not wrong
for an engaged young lady to kiss her
intended on the sofa. Just where, on
a man. is that said sofa?
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-10-09
gsIaIgm Cranes Il. Best.

Belgium is said to produce the best
grapes, but not tie most
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1908-10-09

Now Willie does his level best
And pines for greater tasks.
'Oh. mother. can't l help you mOre:"
Eight times day he asks.
II is not strange to those who know
Why Little Willie worketh so.
lis almost time when he must buy
His crackers-it is near July.
All. mothers perfect boy at last.
Who secs unbidden of to he'd
No more with sobbing cringing air
He meets his father in the shed.
All. Willie. why not grow like this
And I'LL your home with rosy bliss?
For you are just as good as pie
The first three days Of hot July.
Go
June.
Upon the frost-nipped heels of May,
The month of June is clinging,
And all along the petaled way
{ The meadowlarlS is singing.
A-slant a swaying stalk he tits
Ger meadow grass in notion
A blithesome sailor lad that Hits
About a pulsing ocean.
The apple blossoms on the farm
A perfumed breath are sending,
A nectared message fun OF charm
With purrN incense blending.
And in the sky a phantom float
or heecv clouds is hanging.
While. fun and blatant. comes the note
Oi sabbIins frogs haransuing.
The cattle nip the grassy void.
or stand along the river
Where CRYING kingbirds dart and scoid.
Like shafts from June-time's culver
Tie fields are springing fresh and green.
The harvest DAYS foreteling-
And over ALL the sunny sheen
OF halny June is yelling.
Q June. the month OF rosy skies;
June with fragrance blending
Q June. with swsethearts loving eyes;
@ June. Whose pathways. vending.
Run past the rivers lullabies
To auptial cadence ringing
Stay on forever meath the skies
Where all the world is singing
2
Has Luther Burbank ever tried to
think out potato bugless potato?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-29
LOOKING Down on Our Friends.

1t doesn't pay to bring about the friend
ship of a great man. The Lippers weaiied
the people in their own class by talking
about their very good friend Bonds
Bonds, the wealthy banker. you know
Takes us riding ir his touring car often
Bonds went to Jail recently, and the Lip
pers are sorry they spoke. They can't
find hard enough things to say about that
rascal Bonds now.
Extensive observation shows that great
men are about as risky to lean on as any
other kinl. Also that people Wlo talk
down to their own class about acquaint-
ances in a higher class get what IS com
ing to them every time. Their equals are
ashamed of them ard their betterS have
no use for them. and IShmaelites they be-
come and never know it. They have relin-
qrshed the firest thing i'm the world for
them, the good will Of their own layer of
society without which there is no real
fnn in livne.-Ncwark, N. j., News.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-29
HIGHPREsSURE SYSTEM.
Problems of the New Method of Fight
ing City Fires.

The great preSsureS present many new
features of work for the firemcn. Win
the hish-prcssure system the engine COM
parties. except those answering first or
second alarms outside of the district. are
gradually to lose their ire-enGincs and
become hose companies and carry more
and stronger hose. as well as special ncZ-
zles and nozzle holders in special wagons.
for. with the higher pressure, it is impos-
sble for the firemen unaided to hold the
hose and even with moderate pressure
some mechanical device is essential. Ae-
cordingly. there is employed either a
spider-legged arrangement or a nozzle
holder whose prong rests on the pave
men, Or the streams may be led II
water-tower nozzle or its deck pipe. or 10
some form of turret or other nozzle
moupted on tender or battery wagon
Despite the direct telephone commune
cation between the fire and the engineer
Of the pumping plant, there is not ht Ply
sent sufficient means of regulating ''o
precsures at hydrant or nozzle, since VI
ten it is desirable to send a man win q
single line of hose to some interior po''N
Of vantage. and the pressure on that p"'
ticular line should not be greater ''i'''i .''
is able to handle effectively, ho'"''
standing the greater pressures eSeo 'i
other lines.
The devising of some satisfactory le5
ulating valve is now ensrossing the at
tention of fire and water department eilS
neers and it. seems to be between 'i0
hydrant and the nozzle that the oniy "''-
solved er gineering problems are '' pe ". va,
countered But it must be borne III '''''
| that 1t is only in the case OF tlie 'i'o
| serious fires of general cohiiasi"
| that the maximum pressures WIZ =.
| used. and that in many instances nles :"
! the business districts will be fought N'i
| " with the aid of standpipes ara o.ne
apparatus installed in the builoifsS' ~
| under modern conditions hre mus ~.
| fought at close range ana pieie..
from inside. and the firemen can con
| the hish-p,essure hydrant with the p".
ing standpipe and have sufficient "",
apply directly when once it is possi''.
regulate the pressure satisfactory
erican Review of Reviews
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-29
Husband and Wife.

No mar vet was ever made more tender
by having tenderness demanded Of him;
no man vet was ever cried into loving his
wife more l am willing to admit that
men are as faulty creatures as women
themselves, ursympathetic in small
things, often blind, ard that they may
easily be exasperated into small brutali-
ties of speech. II a woman refrains from
eXacting devotion. and is unswervinsly
kind and unselfish. a husband who has
any affection for his wife at all can be
left to look out for doing his share. He
will look out for it anywa no one else
can make him. Neither tears nor en-
treaties will wiring from him those small
kindnesses and attentions so dear to wo-
men Wife, in Harper's Bazaar.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-29

Dca.,,,,o rs,o .,,d ,q.,.,. IT, -,
Fof Eai1fir,,l anu ''iSS ''"h acorn Of
MashInnn. pee +. Newell Page and
MISS -Aii''E r. Gi,NI.L,tI n"!lST' AKIN
.,dn p,inninh' iin. pee. Pee. . Harry knfIs Go1Gsns
hn,.,:,h bnu NE -Ni'i'' nan ''ocllty' BON OF
Nn% WLcIne f Il Kc2e@ Ga@,'FS 5o9 Ga2t op Sd5 %n4
way ,t,,-,.,.r.
HAEtn" Is
VIZ vEigekInGMi Iosj j., De- a g. frank NJ I;mne and
BlNcI!lii, pee = Alexander NicKelS
snGw .,el, %nh Mrs J4iia Ii ElIP sbeIt"p; peg
MISS ANNE L. N"bbel' OF l'iHciill.
SiohiESt"n, Nov. i, Charles d. Bryant,
1i St9ninEi"n ana Louise -, srnal of
i'Etr t.;I.IId,ih Us n.c ;. Nc 1o,,,o " ,.
ligGe nc I, OF North Sullivan 10 tdsal l.. keef
OF pi;,!,1t lianc"ck I,o,.,.,,. ,... ;. -..,.-..,
a ffCSpeot t' iiafh9Ii Dec ln; irVin& BRIDGES
l'I"%ptct ilarhor
VIZ Gi"mG. Me-, ne !, lI Aa"lhert F. Marks and
Me- s4,sgMiS MIS&le I Dec ls '2%1t@ ~ E9wjo Avev Doug
lass Of fastine and Miss Edna Mable
Pert Of Scdswick.
kF,NNERFC.
Randolph, Dec. =. June Bearsto and
Anna Laura Haywood
Natervl.lc, Dec. 22. Linwood Robertson
and Tesa May Littlefield.
Hallowcn. nec. 70. Roy Williamson and
Miss Maude Kendall, Dee. IS Franklin
W. Trait0n and Miss Iva May Smith
Augusta. Dec. =. Colon Bunker and
Miss Clara NJ. Robbins.
Gardiner Dec ii. Sylvester Roberts of
Garland ana Miss F'lossic Lawrence of
Gardiner.
Clinton. Dec. 10. Isaac Kimbal and Mrs.
kaskalynn Trask.
KNOX.
a5S RockI3nd 5H sars DGe "lsm Rasnrs B nsc sa"ytr
George Wheeler and Miss Grace Mary
Nya
GreAnvilla and Mrs. Lillian Mabie OF
Spruce Head.
Friendship. Dec l.. f. Alfred Bufnes
Of II aldollolo ard Miss Josephine LAWN
da Winohenbauah of Friendship.
OXFORD
Oxford. Dec. 23. Charles l.. Andrews
and Miss Nellie NJ. Hayes.
Fast sumner. Dec. Is. Moses Young and
Mrs Hattie r. Young.
Andovel. Dec A. Frank s. Leaned and
Miss Eta L. Thurlow.
PI1NORSCOT.
Bangor. Dec 8. Miss Josephine CO
Nickerson of Sorrento to Ernest R. Priest
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-29

sondcn. '2s, in No 25; President Frank
lin Pierce, "a, in IS; Nathaniel Haw-
thorne, '25, in 19. John A.. Andrews. 81.
governor OF Massachusetts,. and Or
Fordyce Barker. 81, in 3: Elijah kel-
logg. 40. in IS: Senator William r.
Frye. so, in 10: General Oliver o. How
ard, so, in 70: General Joshua L.
Chamberlain, 50, in q; Chief Justice
Melville w. Fuller. '53, in y; Arlo
Bates, '76. in 20. Other men who are
well known have also roomed IN TINS
hall and many are the stories which
can oe told concerning some of the
rooms.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-29
GLEANlNGs AND GOSSIP.

During october portland, STe., sent
10 900, 900 feet of lumber by water to
California.
A ST. Louis woman wants a divorce
because she says that her husband can
| read her thoughts.
Alfred Austin seems to be falling be-
hind his schedule. He hasn't written
a thing about Milton.
A man in Indiana wants S1.00O,0O0
damages because he was put in Jail for
two days on false charge.
A noted physician says that meat
may cause crime. It's come near 1t
plenty OF times when the steak has
been tough.
The southern editor who, in an edi-
toral, referred to the president as a
dead volcano, hasn't a very vivid
imagination.
\ man in Pennsylvania, who is II,
has sued his nnighbor, who is 60, for
alenating the affections of his Wife,
who is 65.
The presiding officer Of the Russian
Duma resigned because he was criti-
lsed But Russia is lot different
from this country.
Portadown, Ire, is proposing TO give
no a portion Of its public park to fac
tory girls for the purpose of playing
hockey and other games.
Some footprints have recently been
discovered i'm q rock IN Canada. and
scientists say that they must nave
been made at least 10000 years ago.
Until further notice, Camden On. J)
boys found on the streets after |"
O'Clock ut night and unable to give a
satisfactory account Of themselves to
the policeman will be marched straight
to The lookup.
JuGge-prisOncr, you are charged
with breaking into drug store and
stealing quantity of pills. What
have you to say? Prisoner-'Tain't no
crime for man to take pills. you,
nonor.--Hoston TRANSCRIPT
The street railway company of Aus
tin, Tex, is a progressive corporation,
and is evidently planning to take care
Of several thousand more passengers a
day It announces that it is going to
buy two new cars.
The mayor cf Seattle thinks the
street car companies ought W Duiiu
shelters on the street corners for the
Comfort Of possible patrons. If they
would equip them win straps every
one would feel much nj nome.
A policeman at Durkirk, \. Y, is
thoroughly angry. He had revolver
he priced highly, and left it in the
police headquarters the other day
Some one stole it, and now he wishes
that he had taken proper care of it.
Sir oliver Lodge claims that he has
invented a machine which VIII dlssi-
pate fogs Those who have ever seen
a London fog know they are bad
enough as they are without having
any ,ne try to make them dissipated.
DR.. V. k Osigian, an Armenian silk
expert, wants to start q silk farm III a
Jacksonville suburb and a silk factor!
in the city itself. "Florda,' says DR..
Osigian, lis the Eden of the mulberry
tree and the paradise of the siliworm.
Col Fred l.. Robertson, who died at
Tallahassee week ago. was familiar
figure at the Florida state house.
soldier in the Civil War. he wore his
gray uniform constantly through the
more than 40 years this side Of the
ApromattoX year.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-29
The Ninth Wonder.

Ned Hartman is the ninth wonder OIL
the world. From almost abject poverty
to the control of nearly all the railroads
of the United States-and he is sun Il
Young man We thought Jay Could a
wonder. Compared with Hartman he'
were he alive today, would be about 'he
size of small grasshopper. Bilt even
Hartman is not Jove. There are o'he'
god. in Olympus. Just now, however u
is tic fashion to praise Hartman he i
d Little Napoleon with vengeance lHc
orders given by the British government
were ve,v explicit that Napoleon sfoulo
not he recognized as emperor, but sih'ilE
rs general. When informed OF 'he oe"'ee
,,,., o,e,teet general the world has pro-
,,,,ooa e;r,nlv remarked They cannot
prevent me from belnS i'N s''i' ~ ="
York Press.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-29

He should face papa manfully and new
er give him q chance ut his back.
When IL minister says do ymI take
this woman for better or for Worse?"
what does it mean?
The blidesroom's people construe it one
way, and the brides family interpret il
another. 1t is very sad.
When a man says he can manage his
wife, what does he mean?
He means he can make her do ANYTHING
she wants to.
When a child is smart and good to
whose family is ii due?
TO its mothers.
When n child is bad ana stupil to
whose family is it due?
w" refuse TO answer.
Is it possible for a married man To .,e a
fool without knowing it?
Not if his wife is aliVn-Cnited Prestv-
terian.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-29
BORN.
AANCOCk

Bucksport, Dec. Il, to the wife of Will
Stoninston, Dec 9. to the wife of Fred
II. Thurlow a daughter.
Erooklin. Dec. Ii, to the wife of Chas.
Ellswcrth, Dec 10, to the wife Of p. p.
Whitcomb. 4 son:
Gardiner, Dec lS to the wife of Fred il:
Ring, a daughter: Dec. II. TO the wife "l
Waiter T.. Millett, a daughter
Augusta. Dec. 3 to the wife OF Sldney
r. Nendrll a son: Dec 1G 70 the wife of
Joseph Rrest. a son.
KNON - a,,t
V. Stevenson, a daughter; pec.s IL. to inc
wifo of IIy,ran Dondis. son. A.,
Wiley Corner, St George. Dec. a. 70 inc
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-29
Little Of Everything.
OLd.Time Dreams.

Thnnkful for Il winter night
Z Though it's cOG-;tnaZin'!
Old-tii.,e dreams-they come in sight
Where the hearth Is blaZiE'!
Drift to DAYS of Long Ago
Rosy pathway through the snow.
Still your eyes, Of morniE shine
Givin' life it's glory.
Still you little hand in mine
Tells the old sweet story,
Though Time touched us--WOrked his will
Love is stayin' with us still.
After all It's life complete:
What has been denied me-
Winter winds seem sjngin' sweet
When you sit beside me.
Sweetest story tEat we know
Is-"We love each other So
Atlanta Constitution.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-29
As the World Waqs.

Afte- man gives his word he shoni"
try to keep it.
If a man has wife he always knows
what to do with his money.
The average man thinks his brand OF
politics is the only real thing
Tire foolish person who fools Win a
bee is apt to get a singing rebuke y
Some women abuse their husbands as a
means of asserting their independence.
It's a poor policy to judge man
worth by the amount of life insurance ne
carries.
A shabby coat may cover fat pun Sc
but the combination isn't always saie
one to bet on.
Our idea Of beautiful woman is one
who looks attractive with her hair done
up in kid curlers-and she is scarce
Chicago Journal.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-29

There is general kick that the
portrait of Lincoln is being banished
from the five cent stamp just as the
country is about to celebrate the CEN
tennial of his birth. The new rule
provides that only the faces of Wash
ingtcn and Franklin shall appear or
our stamps but it seems a pity to en-
force it just at this time.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-29

Claus Spreckles, the sugar king OF the
Pacific coast, who died last week worth
something like $75,O00,00O, came to this
country with only So in his pocket
With no more than that sum an I'M
migrant would now be sent back to
Europe, but lie was lucky enough to
cross over when the immigration laws
were even more lax than thev are at
business and made his millions by the
methods of the monopolist, but he was
a good citizen for San Francisco and
his Wealth has been freely at the dis
posal of those lighting for the general
cleaning up of that city.
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-29
The Matrimonial Catechisn.

What is marriage!
Marriage is an institution for the bind.
why do some people never marry.
Because they do not believe in divorce.
When man thinks seriously of marri-
age, what happens?
He remains single.
Should d man marry a girl for her
money?
No. But he should not let her be an old
maid just because she's rich.
When a girl refers to sad courtship,"
what does it mean?
She means that the man got away.
Is ar engagement as good as a marrI-
age?
It's better.
In selecting a husband why docs a girl
prefer a fat man?
Because a fat man finds it hard to
stoop to anything low.
When asking papa, how should q young
man act?
Daily Kennebec journal., 1908-12-29

The incorporation of Mark Twain is
no joke The articles have been filed
and all the forms of law complied with.
The step was taken by the famous
writer, at the suggestion of his law
ycrs. as a means of enabling his family
to receive after his death the profits
from the books he has published. With
the pseudonym as the property of a
perpetual corporation, it is believed
that the heirs of Mr.. Clemens will be
in position to enjoin for all time all
publication of his books not authorized
by the company, even after the ex-
piration of copyright Mr.. Clemens is
the president of the company; his lit
erary agent is secretary and treasurer,
ard his two daughters and private sec
retary are directors.