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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-10-30
REPUBLICAN, RULE GIVES
IDAHO PROSPERITY

ess Administration Of the Past Six Years Not Only Places the State
Government Sound Basis But Develops the Resources
to the Benefit Of Citizens Of All Sections.
LAND DEPARTMENT ALONE EARNS STATE sl651, 1854
Inconpey
Msmanaged and Funds Msappropred Left Idle Records
se arePr to
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-15

The Long Distance Telephone
Company, an independent competi-
tive concern, promises to give Lit
tie Rock a superior long distance
service in the near future. Its pro.
motors have not been saying much
but they have been hard at work
and are beginning to show results.
1t is a company with a capital
stock of 100000, and has arrange
ments for connections with all in
dependent telephone companies. The
officers are as follows:
w. D. Hearn, Pine Bluff, presi-
dent.
Charles F. Speed, Monroe, La,
secretary.
e. R. Wynne, Bald Knob, treas
urer.
E. l.. Bracy, Little Rock. general
manage:
Board of Directors-P. C. Ewing,
Little Rock; A. E. Boqua, Fort
Smith; E. r. Wynne, Bald Knob:
Mack Hammett, Pine Bluff; Charles
F.. Speed and w. D. Hearn.
The first line to be opened is to
Redfield and by March 1 it is ex-
pected the line will be opened to
Pine Bluff, and will be extended
thence to Dermott and other points
in the southeastern part OF the
state.
General Manager Bracy leaves to-
day for Fort Smith and intermedi-
ate points to look after the right Of
way and franchises for the building
of line to that part of the state.
It is the present intention of the
company to have its Fort Smith line
opened by April Is. This will be
followed by lines to Memphis and
Texarkana. 1t is the purpose to
ultimately reach all parts OF he
State. The construction is of the
standard type, all copper wire and
creosoted poles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-15
SENATOR CLARKE
SPEAKS ON IT

Washington, Feb. H.-According to
a program being arranged by Senate
Republican leaders, a vote will be had
on the Aldrich currency bill in about
two weeks. The indications are that
there will not be a large number of
Republican senator's to speak on the
measure and that speeches by Demo-
Gratis will be addressed carefully to
objections raised by individuals to GER
tain features of the bill Senator
Clarke, of Arkansas, will speak early
next week and Senators Culberson,
Teller, Daniel, Tillman and Bailey Wal
address the senate within the next
ten days.
From the present indications, Sena-
tor Hepburn is the only Republican
senator who plans to make extended
remarks against the passage of the
bill.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-15
MINSTREL SHOW
AT THE ORPHEC

AT each of three performances Civ
en- at the Orpheo Theater packed
houses greeted the Zarlingtons and
enjoyed the moving pictures. TIL.
darlington family, consisting of faith
err, mother, two sons and daughter,
offer musical comedy, dancing, aero
batic work and other entertaining
stunts that would do credit to any
of the larger vaudeville houses in the
country. They are among the clev-
crest people seen at a popular-priced
theater here this season. The NOV
ing pictures are up-to-date in every
particular. "A matinee performance
will be given this afternoon, commenc-
ing at 2 o'clock. "A minstrel show
will be feature of the afternoon and
night performance. New pictures will
also be offered. The Darlington hrsss
band is attracting no little attention
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-15

DC very SICK dt HeI uUiiie near neu-
field.
Edgar Bloom, manager o. lGty-
fus' wholesale house, is confine TO his
bed with la grippe.
-B. w. Benton, who is saifering
from an attack OF pneumonia CON
tinues to improve.
Dressed chickens at IS cents from
Stuttgart, Ark at the Atkinson Gro
Ger COMPANY. 2-15-3t
at her home on West Barraque
street yesterday.
-four dozen fine turkeys 1T 20
cents. from Bonham. Texas at the
Atkinson Grocer Company. 2-lo-3l
After the meeting Of the Bar
tenders Union SUNDAY afternoon the
members will enjoy a smoker.
. Mrs Ed Malley and daughter, Ed
wilma Malley, who were both quite sick
With la grippe. are convalescinS.
-4HJ. II Carmichael, an -attache OF
the Cleveland Matthews Hardware
Company, is down with the measles.
Fresh tomatoes, lettuce, caulidoW-
err pepper, spinach, etc, from New Or
leans at the Atkinson Grocer Com
pany. 2-l5-5t
Snapper, Spanish mackerel, bass,
perch, smelts and oysters from st.
Louis, Mo. at the Atkinson Grocer
Company. 2-15-3t
Cigar salesman wanten. Expe-
rience unnecessary. 500 per month
and expenses. Peerless Cigar Co,
Toledo. Ohio. 2-13-3t
After being quite sick with la
grippe for several weeks, George W.
Ritchie is again at his Office at the,
Union Furniture Company's estab-
lishnent.
IA burning fue at tAe aome OF
Mrs. Victoria Davis, No. 207 Missouri
street, brougt: out the fire depart
ment at $50 o'clock last nigh. No
QdIlISc WdS UOuc.
Little Roy Smith, the five year
old son OF Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Smith. who has been quite sick for
several weeks with pneumonia, was
much improved yesterday.
The body of Haryie Fitzgerald,
a young man who died at Rison
yesterday, was brought to this city
and prepared ror burial by Ralph
Robinson. Tho body was shipped
last might to Henderson, Kentucky,
for interment.
The weather man, after severa.
unsuccessful attempts to give us good
weather. half way succeeded yester
day and he assures Pine Blufflans
that it will be clear and cold today.
1t is believed that the rainy weather
will go away for while at least.
Look at the Sanitary Brine Ice
Cream Freezer now on exhibition III
Rosenberg's show window. This
freezer is to be used by the Velvet
Ice Cream Co. plant that is being
installed in the Consumers Ice and
Coal Co. building. This plant is
being equipped with the latest mod
ern and sanitary machinery FOR the
manufacture of ice cream vii! be
opened March is for both city and
shipuing business. Exclusively
wholesale. Under the management
Of J. T.. Stafford Of Dayton Ohio
2-13-6t
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-15
Mrs. II G. Smith, a we'll known

Mrs. H G. Smith, a well known
resident of this county, died yesterday
at her home eight miles from this
city on the Sulphur Springs road.
The body was brought here yesterday
to be shipped by Ralph Robinson to
her old home, Brockland, Ark A de-
voted husband survives.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-15
INDEPENDENT
TELEPHONE LINES

Long Distance Telephone Company
Opens Its Line to Ret1field and
Expects to Be in Pine Bluff by
March Next Line to Fort
Smith.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-15

See the pictures at the Orphco.
For rent-Rooms furnished or
sinfurnished. Electric lights and
bath. New phone 479 s23 Pine
street. 2-5-1m
Mrs Hattie Bell Willis has ~
covered from AN attack OF la grippe
and is again at her desk at the Of
flee of the Transit company
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-15
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Will Malley has gone to league,
Texas.
Walter Strong -has-returned from
Il business. trip to Little Rock. ~
| ]. w. Jones and r. B. Malone were
recent business visitors in Little Rock.
Captain b. r. Hiizheim, of Green
wood, is in the city visiting his fami-
, ly. -z----.-,
4 y. c. Thomas has returned from
| Cincinnati, where he took a course i'll
fenlbalmins zz--...=z
c. Butts and captain VI. w..
Ware. of Moscow, Ark, were business
visitors in the city yesterday.
". L. Goodwin was in tn "t>
Yesterday trapsacting business, I'm
is plantation out in the COUNT.
! Walter McAdams, OF the Hote. Ma-
Frion, Little Rock, is in the city visiting
lis mother, Mrs. j. B. Wood, wfn Is
cutie sick.
K. 3. Bloom, secretary of the
Travellers Fire Insurance Company,
spent yesterday in Little Rock trans
acting business.
r. c. Powell, formerly Of the
Knox-Smart insurance agency, has
gone to Monroe, La, where he will
make his future home.
Mrs. N NJ. Lash. after pleasant
visit with Mrs. M. C. Cross, has gone
to Camden to visit friends before her
return to Toronto, Canada
= w. w. Matthews, of the Cleveland
Matthews Company, will leave next
week for Pueblo, Colorado, where he
will remain several months for his
health. =
Doctor J. A. White and family
have moved to Morrillton, Ark,
where they will make their future
home. Doctor White will open an
Office there. /
Mr.. and Mrs. j. f. Ollie of Cairo,
ILL.,, former residents of this city,
are here on visit to their dauSh-
ter, Mrs. Will Puddephatt, on South
Olive street.
Miss Maud Holland, daughter oi
Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur Holland, OF Hot
Springs, and former resident Of this
city, is here visiting T. E. Buck and
family on West Fifth avenue.
Alphonse Honnet, of St. Louis, ar.
rived in the city yesterday and will
remain here several weeks visiting
his father, A. S. Honnet, and brother,
Oscar Honnet. -e- ~
Nj. and Mrs. J. H. Allen and little
son have gone to Memphis, where
they will make their future home
They recently came here from Bas-
trop, La, -and~were the guests Of Mrs.
w. A. Taggart for several days.
lab S. Knox returned yesterday from
Louisville, KY, where he was for sew
eral months under treatment liz a
hospital for rheumatism He is still
suffering from the rheumatic attack,
though otherwise he says ne enjoys
good health.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-15
Promptness of
Delivery

Gs as much part Of this gro
@3ery service aS good quail
gGies and moderate prices.
We send your order as
promptly as We take it. Try
les and sec how punctually
We get your groceries to you.
The satisfaction will not end
with the prompt receipt Of
your things. It will grow
greater as you use the gro
e9erieS and think of the small
mess of our bill.
ATKINSON GROCER co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1908-02-15
MARKET QUOTATIONS. =
PINE BLUFF BOARD OF TRADE +

+ i. + + + + + + + + + + + I.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27

IN 25 years the worlds product OF
gold has increased about 425 per
cent That is. II has grown from
$685.. 600 IN 1883 TO 100000. 900 in
1907. This latter figure fs furnished by
Frank A Leach. director OF the mint.
The figure IS not yet official. but IS
the practically final estimate Of this
authority. who Is second TO none IN the
world on this subject
The production for the calendar
year 1907 showed an increase OF about
s1.ooo,ooo over the preceding year; and
this. being the smallest increase IN any
year since 1900, caused some uncertain
ties for q time ss 10 whether the tide
IN the gold food was likely 70 ebb
again.
But that feer has been ended by the
reports from Australia, the Rand the
fields OF the United States and Alaska
and the minor producing regions OF the
world. Already enough is known OF
tie 1908 output 70 make IL certain that
there viii be another large increase for
the current year. and that in ali human
probability the worlds product viii this
year be considerably more than double
the amount taken from the earth IN the
year when Mr.. Bryan first ran for
president.
In y short years the increase is over
100 per cent. The 1908 product viii be
close TO the s425 100000 mark. and by
the last year OF this first decade Of the
new century we shall see round half
billion in value OF gold added TO the
worlds stock
Il would appear. then. that the in
crease in gold production is consider
ably faster than in production Of other
things. Say coal for instance The
s-raznss.on OF coaf IN the United States
has grown IN just about the same pro-
portion as the worlds gold output sp-
proxinaately doubling each decade But
the whole worlds coal product does not
advance in anything like such a great
proportion.
c~uReess wzxb wbssa o. hfrsins
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27
THOJO- 81
lHARRIS @ EN N q

rich man. Then copper became the
money OF the poor man, and silver OF
the rich. Then silver came to be used
more commonly. and at length IL was
the poor mans money while gold had
come to be the money metal Of the az
fluent. And finally. in our days. we
have seen It brought to pass that gold
is the money Of the poor man and the
rich man alike.
AS gold has been democratixed, so
to speak, It has lifted up the masses
of the worlds workers AS he found
himself getting his wage measured In
the same money as the rich mans
hoard, the poor man found himself
growing less poor, found his share Of
the product Of his toll growing greater
and greater. The money lender was
able to get constantly decreasing rental
for his money: that is. the interest rate
was falling, which meant that liquid
capital was more easily to be got.
which meant finally that opportunity
for business and speculation and enter
prise was passed along to greater and
greater share OF the whole people.
.HUS the debasing of gold has
meant the ennobling and uplifting
of man. II the process shall go on
and on. as the experts insist 1t must,
fixed investments will decrease In value
measured by the terms OF gold. and the
days wage OF the worker, measured IN
the same terms. will be greater and
greater The man with his labor to
sell will at length come into his own;
he will be the real aristocrat. because
he will have that which everybody must
utilize: his commodity viii be an ap-
preciating one, while the commodity by
which the world has agreed TO measure
will be a depreciating one
This is no idle speculation There are
centuries Of experience IN proof that
this Is the tendency; there are only
few decades OF enormous increase IN
gold stocks. yet those decades are the
ones in which the masses OF the worlds
people have seem their great betterment
of condition anc opportunity.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27

nent, would still havs been, IN all prob
ability, as little known as tho interior
of Africa but for the development
which followed the discovery Of gold
That added a new nation and q new
continent to civilization.
& o of South Africa There. were the
Beers, indeed. before the gold was
found; but after the gold came the
capital and the avarice and the energy
of the world; and then the war, and
now they are federating South Africa
into another English speaking nation
which one day will take it's place
alongside the United States-the Cana
dian federation, the Australian COM
monwealth and the United Kingdom.
Thus has gold, albeit gold appeals to
the meanest instincts OF the race, daz-
zled mankind in all centuries into the
best efforts for advancement and ex-
pansion and better civilizations.
What will gold do for man in fu-
ture2
There has been no better proof of
the stability of the gold standard of
values and money than has been af-
forded in recent years. The value of
gold has been steadily falling, yet its
production has been just as steadily
increasing. and eagerness to find it in
new places has been in no wise al.
layed. Gold is the one thing which
can be assured Of constantly Increased
production IN falling market
Let the price of cotton or wheat or
diamonds or coal or pork fall off for a
series of years. as the price OF gold
has fallen, and there would assuredly
be a decreased production. It Is an
unfailing economic law. But Il does
not apply to gold. Gold is the excep-
tion to all the laws of economics.
The experience Of recent years. to-
gether with the knowledge which SCI
ence has given concerning the distri-
button of gold bearing ores, seems to
justify the prediction that before the
middle OF the present century the
worlds annual product of gold viii be
worth round billion of dollars. For
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27
FPANk a LEACH, DIlsECTOR- OF T.ttE
NlI7Er AND OFFICIAL AFlE4LCAN A1F8oS4f
on TzoE, -PRODUcTION OF RRhC1Oo9
HIETALeS sssSo.sNGasARRIS sssosGa BesE3Sozs

w: g: s:": {, .':.' -..,.= ,..,. .''s. :. ,,-
change. gold es q basis OF
credit, gold most OF all as an inspira-
tion 10 confidence.
Business is depressed. confidence
weak. Down at the bottom was the
money panic" Gold is now the foun-
dation Of the worlds monetary systems
Given plenty OF gold there would be
money 70 meet the needs OF the tre-
mendously expanding commerce and
consumption.
What IS the prospect then. for bet
ter times. assuming that the gold sup
ply bears a pretty direct proportion to
the volume OF business opportunity
Here IS Professor E. ". Parker,
geologist and expert IN mining and
metals. OF the United States geological
survey.
q an assured" declares he, that the
worlds gold production to this date is
not sufficient 10 have scratched the
surface Of the huge reserves which na-
ture has scattered all over the earth"
That IS the opinion OF the best au-
thorities all over the world. It is based
on experience. which for many cen
turies has shown that the demands Of
increasing business for an increased
volume OF the money metals have al
ways been met by growing production.
StiI more confidently. the prophets OF
a larger and larger gold supply based
their statements on the assurances
which are justified by scientific survey
and study OF the worlds surface The
scientists are only beginning 70 find
out what this world is made of and
where the different elements may most
proftabIy be found There is gold on
every continent; no useful article is
more widely scattered save the soil and
water. Yet until very recent years al
most nothing was known scientifically
as 70 the supplies and prospects for
gold
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27

iron or cotton, rubber or coffee, the gold
product advances nowadays. rather
faster than the output of other articles
OF value. That is largely the reason of
rising prices. the economists tell U.s.
The Quantitative theory OF money was
overturned by the logic of 1896. but 1t
has been unanimously sustained by ex-
perience ever since. Nowadays nobody
seriously questions It
n Ut the mere fact that the food OF
n gold keeps on growing in volume
is not alone suggestive of the i'm
mense significance which an increasing
amount of money metal bears IN the
world OF industry. finance and trade.
Let IL be remembered. IN addition TO
this. that the gold. once dug out of the
ground. stays with Us.
It is not eaten like the wheat, burned
like the coal. made into golf balls and
lost like the gutta percha
Nobody asks of It the unanswerable
question, Where do all the pins go7'
The gold does not go. 1t stays
Some Of It, of course, is put into
teeth and on picture frames. and other
wise used in the arts. as the statis-
tician says. But that constitutes an
exceedingly small proportion Vastly
the greater part every year is coined
into money or melted into bullion, 10
be locked up In the strong boxes Of the
worlds great banks and used as
basis OF money circulation
Thus the worlds gold keeps on piling
up and UP and up No wonder it gets
cheaper year by year; cheaper, that is,
as measured by other things. The up
ward tendency in general prices. meas
gold is getting cheaper all the time.
Naturally. So would coal If it could be
burned over and over again year after
year; or cotton, IL shirts never wore
out; or wool, if the foolish sheep and
farmers kept on producing it and IL
were merely stored up in warehouses.
But gold is an aristocrat. It doesn't
need 10 work. So long as people can
survey the steel vaults of the banks Of
England, France. Germany, Italy, Rus
sia, Japan. the United States treasury
and the rest of the repositories and
know the gold is there they are happy
and content It's e sort of mind cure
Imagine piling up all the coal in a
dozen big heaps. letting nobody carry
any Of il away, and expecting the COM
munity TO keep warm by reason Of
knowing it's there, and you will have
& parallel 10 the relation which gold
bears TO commerce.
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27

,OWEVER. II would be unfair TO
ii the yellow metal and the part It
has played IN civilization 70 put It
aside with such q Characterization On
the other hand. the universal greed a.
gold has inspired the adventurers, the
discoverers. the explorers. the pioneers
OF the world in all ages of which his
tory Is written. II was the thirst for
the riches OF the Indies that moved
Marco Polo and that enabled Columbus
TO get a hearing for his project of
reaching the orient by sailing west
The discoveries OF Columbus might
have amounted. ito as little as did the
earlier adventures Of the Norsemen In
the American hemisphere but for the
fact that the early Spanish explorers
found gold IN Mexico and Peru. That
was what induced the wanderlust In
the medieval Europeans and led them
TO seek out and explore and map and at
length 10 colonize the new lands of the
west
So likewise the western coast OF the
United States might have lain unde-
veloped for many decades but for the
discovery OF gold In California. Then,
and not till then, came the rush TO the
Pacific slope. which at length developed
this country into a nation which today
Janus faced. looks out upon both At
lantic and Pacific. Development beyond
the Missouri followed the trail OF the
argonauts wherever they went. and IL
was they IN very truth who annexed
half the area OF the country and gave
IL real development
SO also Of Alaska. Seward bought 1t
and was condemned for It Such a.
waste OF money had not been dreamed
OF since-well, since Jefferson was
abused for buying the waste OF Louisi-
ana! It was well nigh 80 years after
Alaska was bought before the discov-
cry Of gold IN great deposits convinced
the country that buying Alaska was q
wise move. Today Alaska Is producing
gold at an annual rate which repays
the purchase price of the tar north
western empire every three or four
months.
And Australia, the South sea conti-
The San Francisco call., 1908-09-27

the current year 1t will approximate
s452, 900, 900.
The tremendous significance OF an
annual addition OF billion dollars Of
gold to the worlds store may be better
when 1t is explained that
the Soetbeer compilation, everywhere
accepted as the best ever made, credits
the world with total production from
1892 down to this date of s12,4s1. ooo,-
900. Prior to the year of the discov-
cry of America the total production
may be vaguely estimated: but about
all that is certain is that 1t was small
compared to the immense flood which
came with the opening OF the treasures
of the Montezumas and the Incas.
4 I OwADAYS 1t is freely conceded by
M economists that there Is q very
direct relation between the guam
tity OF basic metal and the general in
dustrial condition. The commonest ex-
PLANTATION of the world wide period of
Industrial expansion and high prices
which began about 1899 is that the
huge gold production. adding at a more
rapid rate than ever before to the store
of money metal. opened opportunities
for enterprise such as had not before
been known. II this be true. what may
be expected at the time, not so far
much gold as two Of three preceding
centuries brought forth? Manifestly
q golden age OF commerce and devel-
opment and distribution of the good
things Of the world to the masses Of
people.
Time was when iron was the money
OF the poor man and copper OF the