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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-13
GALL
Democratic Party Of
ST tie Of WaShinQton

Notice is hereby given that at
meeting of the Washington State
Central Committee of the Democratic
Party, regularly called and held at
the Hotel Tacoma, in the City Of Ia
coma, State of Washington, on the
Sth day of January. 1908, at which
meeting a majority of the counties
of the state were represented by the
regular elected members of the
Washington State Democratic Cen
trail Committee, the following reso-
lutions were unanimously adopted:
Resolved, That a delegate conven-
ton of the Democratic Party of the
State of Washington be and is hereby
called to meet at Spokane, Washing
ton, on the 18th day of May, 1908,
at II a. m, for the purpose Of elect
ing ten (10) delegates to represent
this State at the National Democratic
Convention to be held in the city of
Denver. Col, on the 7th day of July,
1908, to nominate candidates for
President and Vice President of the
United States and to transact such
other and further business as may
properly come before the said Con-
vention.
1t is Further Resolved, That the
basis of representation at the State
Convention above provided for shall
be two delegates from each county
and one delegate for each fifty votes
cast for the average vote In each
county for the Democratic candi-
dates for judges Of the Supreme
Court for the state of Washington at
the election held November 6, 1906,
in said state and the major fraction
thereof; the various counties in this
call Icing entitled to the number of
delegates as follows:
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-13

CARL D. EsHELMAN, Secretary.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1908-04-13

A. r. TITLOW. Chairman
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-02-01
Farming the Dry Lands.

Practical men from various points in the western
region of light rainfall attended the dry farming con-
gress at Salt Lake City last week and found the SEES
sion of great value 1t afforded an interchange of
experiences along with important suggestions from
men of science who devoting their talents to the
solution of rather complex problem
The treatment for agricultural purposes of the
senli-arid plains cannot be made uniform, for con-
ditions vary and each phase of the experimental
work must be met by experience that necessarily
comes slowly. The congress was therefore an adj
vanced school for agricultural students as each sue
ceeding congress will be-
Five hundred delegates in attendance from
the states of Utah, Oregon Montana, Wyoming, Col
orado, Nebraska, California, Arizona, North Dako-
ia, South Dakota and Idaho. The state of Idaho
was represented by sixty-one delegates, assuring
lively interest in the subject in this section of the
semi-arid belt of the northwest.
A number of able papers read before the con-
gress and they of such value that provision
should be made for their publication and general
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-02-01

circulation among people that giving practical
attention to dry farming processes 1t was very
plainly demonstrated that dry farming is success I'm
der the improved methods that have followed the
pioneer experients of H. w. Campbell, of Lincoln,
Nebraska, originator of scientific soil culture
Montana delegates told the story of yields of fifty
bushels of wheat and from eighty to one hundred
bushels of oats per from last years operations
though it was explained that there was more than
the normal rain fall last year. But the testimony of
the delegates, though it told of varying results all
confirmed the practicaby of dry farming processes
over the vast that has lain unproductive through
the centuries of insufficient rainfall It
was shown that the normal rainfall was not insult
hcient with the soil stored moisture conserved and
utilized, it can be by the scientific methods that are
coming into vogue
1t was the common evidence of the papers read
that the high bench land that could not be reached
by irrigation superior in quality to the lower
tracts that may be watered artfcally and that was
information of high Importance for it will stimulate
agriculture on extensive scale in the sem-arid
states
The conclusion to reached from the developen1nts
of the congress that the sage brush plains of the
mountain states be turned into productive fields
in which grain grass, alfalfa and fruits may be pro-
duced in profitable quantities and with few seasons
failure
1t will not do for the real farmer to now sheer at
the scientific farmer, for mixture of science and
agriculture is about to give the real farmer compel
itor worthy of his attention When the desert is
made to blossom the rose, the utility of the scien-
hhc farmer will assert itself and he will take his
place on the despised deserts of the west as a gen
erous producer of the worlds supply of food.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-02-01
Taft OVershadOWS All.

On the surface of Republican endeavor there is
hardly anything visible among the presidential aspi-
rants but Taft. His brass band canvass is at its
height and with noisy demonstration and the insist
ence of the president and all his office holders his
nomination may be the outcome of the Chicago con-
venton of June.
1t is true that the sentiment that is being exploited
in his behalf is the sentiment of the members of
state and county committees and the office holders
who need not necessarily become delegates to the
convention. But, far as the machine is concerned
the voice of republicansm is for Taft Even the DID,
anti-Roosevelt machines, the corporation machines
and the financial machines backing the Taft
movement and the big stick heads the procession
Beyond these demonstrations is the common sus-
picon that the of the republican party will re-
fuse to be beguled and will resist the commands of
the bosses. 1t not expected at the opening of
the game that the choice of the president would
have the backing of the anti-reform element of the
party, it having been stated that Mr. Roosevelt de-
sired to transmit his policies to successor who
would continue them
But Mr. Taft endorsed by the crowd that has been
making active warfare Mr.. Roosevelt and his pol
cies carries with his candidacy suspicion of deal
in which the people are to be worsted.
Even the chairman of the Idaho republican ma
chine returns from Washington filled with an ap-
probation of Mr. Tafts supremacy over all the other
asprants ldaho of course, will follow the dctation
of the machine The chairman will go to Salt Lake
before long and confer with the hierarchy and reach
an agreement.
Then the church will issue its instructions to the
Mormon voters and they will dictate the election of
IF delegates to the national convention and the ma
,hne will vote the delegates 1t will be easy to give
IDAHO to Taft
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-02-01

From this list of county officials the Mormon
church collects annually in the form of tithes $780,
and every cent of it out of the taxpayers of
Bingham County, in violation of law the constitu-
ton and the scheme of free government which spe-
officially rejects any compensation to any kind of
church out of the public revenues, or any alliance
between church and state.
The posnasters in Bingham County are: Cen
tiles-George L. Wall, Backfoot; E. F. Winn Idaho
Falls; w. R. Jones, Shelley; Dora Baird, Spring
field; w. A. Wheat, Rosa. Mormons-Mr. Wells,
Tilden 0. E. Nelson, Otis; William Hutchinson,
Basat; Gertrude Wood Iona W. H. Johnston
Irwin The salaries of the Gentle postmasters ag-
gregate $4633 per and of the Mormon post
masters $670 per
The Mormon church, therefore, receives but $67
annually from the Federal Postofhce Department in
behalf of Bingham County, but that is enough to
render the general Government participant in the
alliance between church and state. The Mormon
church is the only church in this any other land
that delivers the votes of its members to a political
party, exacting part of its compensation por-
ton of the official positions and percentage of the
salaries attached to those positions. Bingham
county is credited with four state officials insane
asylum director, a regent of the State Univer-
sy, and two directors of the State Indus
trial School One of the latter is Gentle and
the other three officials Mormons. Of the Fed
eral contingent of Bingham County there four
and but one of them was taken from the Mormon
church.
Out of twenty-eight officials mentioned as the al
owance of the county, sixteen Mormons, al
though the constitution of the State says that no
oo1ygamist or member of the polygamous sect can
hold office vote.
From the county of Oneida, Idaho, The Scimitar
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-02-01
Mormon County Officials.


In number of articles published by The Scimita,
1t has undertaken to show that the Mormon church
derives considerable profit from public positions ir
Idaho, all of which is paid into the treasury of the
church through the tithing process the money being
exacted from Gentle taxpayers we'll as from
Mormon taxpayers
Any other church seeking support wholly or par
TALLY, from public officials finds it necessary to solicit
their good will and take what they are willing to
pay. But the Mormon church 1evies upon one tenth
of all official salaries
1t is therefore worth the time and attention of the
Mormon church to keep its voters herded in a COM
pact bunch, that they may be held to strict COM
pliance with the orders of the hierarchy at Salt
Lake, which permits individuals to run for office
after becoming assured that they will remain faith
full to the requirements of revelation number 119
of the presidency of Joseph Smith, Jr which reads:
And after that, those who have thus been
tithed, shall pay one-enth of all their income an
nually; and this shall be standing law unto them
forever, for my holy priesthood, saith the Lord
In pursuing this subject The Scimtar submits a
list of officials of Bingham County, Idaho-oficials
elected by the people and compensated by the people
1t follows:
Mormons- Per Year
Sheriff, William Arave, salary 81 800
Assessor and collector, T. W. Jordan, salary $500
Probate judge, R: S. Tackrel1 salary. ... 1000
Treasurer, John Wray, salary. .............. 1000
Coroner Joseph Morley, salary. .......... 300
County Commissioner, Jabez Nown, salary -. 500
County Commissioner, Soren Yorgenson, salary 500
Total ..........................$ $1,000
Gentiles-
Attorney, W. L. Mcconnell, salary. ........ 81 200
School superintendent Belle Shaw, salary. 1000
Surveyor, James Young, salary ........... 100
County Commissioner c. w. Bergman, salary 500
Clerk of court, H. B. Curtis salary ....... 1900
Total O. eoo
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-02-01
THE IDAHO SCIMITAR.

has also received some interesting data, relating to
It's official equipment Out of the information at
hand the following list of county officials is COM
piled:
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-02-01

One county commissioner, salary. s 500
1t is explained in the information that the surveyor
OF Oneida County is making a plat record for the
county at $5 per day, that he has been at year
and is still at it. This will add ST sos to the Mormon
revenue OF the county for year if he works six
days week on the job, giving an aggregate of
$884O, or $S4O per for the contribution box
that is continually being passed by the 1.-THE COL
lectors
1t will be seen by the foregoing list that of four
teen compensated officials in Oneida County the
Gentiles are given and that one is member of
board of three, his two Mormon associates being
able to vote him down whenever the interests of their
Mormon constituents require it, or whenever those
in authority in the church command it.
This interloping American citizen the only one of
the fourteen who is citizen seems out of place in
aggregation that holds its church to be superior
to the government the lone American represents
1t is explained to The Scimtar that all the con-
tracts for public works and supplies are given to
the saints and whatever there may be of graft is
also absorbed by them. The church revenues are
therefore more than the figures represent and there
is no way of telling how much the unearned one
tenth amounts to. Oneida County is one of the
jewels in the Mormon crown-a prize package in the
collection of the Republican machine.
1t will be said that the conditions depicted in the
two Idaho counties mentioned in this article are pro-
duced by the people living in those counties and are
therefore satisfactory to the majority Nevertheless
the real Americanism of the State will protest
against them, for the that they have been
created by under the civil ban of dsfranchise-
ment men possessed of governing rights what
ever much less the right to tax the community for
the support of their polygamous establishment.
The Idaho scimitar. [volume] (Boise, Idaho) 1907-1908, 1908-02-01

= Mormons- Per Year
Sounty attorney, salary ....................$ 600
rlooate Judge, salary ..................... 600
County treasurer (of Mormon parentage) SAL 600
Auditor and clerk of court salary ......... 14Oo
Deputy AUDITOR, salary. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 625
assessor, salary Observation-Disclosures. 1,7OO
1herlr' salary ;............ ............ 1000
Deputy sheriff, salary not stated .....
School superintendent, salary. .............. 600
Coroner salary Observation-Disclosures. so
Surveyor salary 100
Two county commissioners at $500 each. 1000
Justice of the peace (fees) observation-disclosures.
Gentiles-
One county commissioner, salary ........$ 500
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-20
SCHOLASTIC FEAST
OVER IN MATAMOROS.
City Will Observe Birthday of Juarez in
Fitting Manner.

Heroic Matamoros will observe
in a fitting manner the birthday
anniversary of Benito Juarez,
known as the greatest Mexican. ="
The anniversary is tomorrow,
March ri, and the celebration will
last throughout the day.
In the Matamoros opera house a
scholastic feast will be one of the
features of the celebration. This
will be taken part in by the school
children of the city. There will be
songs and Rotations and instru-
mental music by the pupils. The
Second Cavalry Band will play.
All of the prominent state and city
officials in Matamoros will be pres
ent at the exercises and will take
some part. The Cavalry band will
give two concerts in the plaza, af
ternoon and evening.
Sunday in the opera house there
will be a distribution of premiums
to the men of the Ninth infantry,
the awards being made by Gen.
Villar. The band will play during
these exercises, which are to be
held in the morning. The usual
concerts will be held in the after
noon and evening.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-20
NOTED JOURNALIST
VISITS BROWNSVILLE.
Frederick Upham Adams Arrives il
This City With Railroad Officials.

Frederick Upham Adams. the
we'll known writer and journalist,
is spending a few days in the
Brownsville country. He arrived
in this city last night with Traffic
Manager William Doherty of the
St. Louis, Brownsville & Mexico
railroad in the latter's private car,
Paisano. - John Finnegan, treas
urer of the road, was also in the
party, as were Mrs. c. ]. Crane of
Kingsville and Miss Blanche Foley
of Houston.
Mr.. Doherty and Mr.. Adams left
this morning for an automobile
trip through the country surround
ing Brownsville. They will stop
at different points between this
city and Hidalgo.
Mr.. Adams is well known to
Texas readers, He has had many
articles in the Houston Pest and
other prominent papers, while his
articles in the great northern ma
gaines are familiar to most read
ers.
Mr.. Adams has been in Texas
Tor several months, during which
time he has been engaged in writ
ing the history of the Waters
Pierce Oil company, and its ex-
perience in Texas. He has been
headquarters at Corpus
Christi for some time.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-20
GET TOGETHER, GENTLE
MEN!

United we stand, divided we
falr'
In a certain organization in
Rrownsville-an organization form
sato boom the Rio Grande coun-
try-stalks war and rumors OF
more war,
The organization is split into
factions. It is splitting into more
factions. Members are disgruntled
at each other. No man knoweth
sxhether the other is his friend or
hs snemy.
rs get-together time. The
things Of a child are for a child,
and not fora man.
The members of the organization
are not only hurting themselves,
but they are hurting Brownsville
and the Rio Grande valley.
II certainly is get-together time.
gentlemen.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-20
FINE WELL AT LYfORD
Flow Of Over 1000 Gallons per Minute.
VIII Be Used for Irrigation.

Special to THE HERALD.
Lyford, Texas. March 20.-The
new artesian well at this place and
the large pump used on the well
were given a try-out yesterday and
fully came up to the claims made
before the contraction was finish
ed. The flow of water from the
pump was at the rate of over 1000
gallons minute. The water,
which will be used for irrigation
purposes, is of the finest quality.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-20

dence with number of palms.
! These do occasionally well in this
country. and a more beautiful
adornment for yards could not be
found. There WILL be rows of them
Heading from tha front gate to the
front steps, and along the auto
mobile and carriage drives at the
side, and also at various points in
the yard. The colonel has also
erected a tank, tower and windmill
at the rear of his residence. and
with the assistance of the water
thus secured, will easily have his
grounds kept in fine condition.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. F. Heisor of
Corpus Christi have arrived here.
Mrs. Heisor will remain here for
several weeks, while Mr.. Heisor
will go to Mercedes to supervise
some railroad construction to be
done there.
Mr.. Ross of Oklahoma, who
owns some large tracts of land
near here, has arrived and has al
ready begun clearing one of his
tracts, with the view of planting.
He is very much enthused over this
section, and his faith is shown by
the large investments made by his
father and himself.
Mrs. Chester B. Davis, wife of
the chief engineer of the Mercedes
canal, is in town and will spend
several days here.
San Benito is, as usual, receiv-
ing her share of the visitors to this
section. Land sales continue ac-
tive.
Automobile passenger traffic is
first class. Mr.. Caldwell brings up
two autos every evening crowded |
to the briln with visitors.
THE HERALD correspondent to-
day visited the headworks of the
canal of the San Benito Land and
Water company. The works are
now far advanced in construction.
Thisis a gigantic scheme, by which,
when completed, water will be
made to flow by gravity into the
main canals of the company, even
at the lowest flow of the river.
Large numbers of men are en-
ployed there, and to glance at the
scene would remind one of the
pictures drawn by modern artists
Of the far advanced mechanical
world of today. Here one sees the
there the File driver
outfit, here the massive engines and
heir masters, the engineers, there
he heaps of building material,
ghile carpenters, foremen and la
,orers of various kinds are mingled
With the whole, forming a complex
md varied scene of unusual inter
st.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-20
San Benito Siftings
To THE HERALD.

To THE HERALD.
San Benito, Texas, March 49,
A tennis club was organized here
last evening, with the title of En-
gineers Club. There are several
ardent lovers of this sport here,
who have done everything in their
power to bring about the meeting
which resulted in the organization
of the club. It was decided to or
der the necessary paraphernalia at
once. The object of the members
is to do their best to become the
most expert players, and, with the
experience they have already had,
they expect soon to be ready to
challenge some of the neighboring
towns, with the very best hopes of
success. Officers will be elected at
the next meeting, when the names
of officers and members will be
given.
Mrs. R. NJ Wilson of Pueblo,
Colo, has left for home, AFTER
spending some time here as the
guest of Col. and Mrs. Alba Hey
wood. Mrs. Wilson left the lower
Rio Grande valley with many re-
grets.
Col. Haywood is adorping the
grounds around his beautiful resi-
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-20

I have for sale 345 acres of the
very best orange, grape, fruit and
vegetable land in the Rio Grande
Valley, within three miles of the
town of San Benito, and on
the main line of the San Benito IT.
rigating canal. This land is equal
in value for growing oranges,
grapes. English walnuts, figs and
vegetables to any land in California
which is now selling at from $500
to $1,000 per acre. 1 can divide
this land up into 10, 20 and 40 acre
tracts and sell it at SIPS au acre
cleared and fenced. I will plant
this land in oranges, figs or grapes
for SIPS per acre and cultivate and
water the same for a period of three
years for the sum of SIS per acre
per year.
w. o. Coleman,
soft. Brownsville, Texas
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-20

You can quarantine smallpox
or fever cases, but you cannot
quarantine mosquitoes. You can
make the insects so uncomfortable,
however, that they will soon make
themselves very scarce" Beau
mont oil does the work.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-20

ALL that Laredo requires to
push her into the front rank of
Texas cities, is more push and
more concentrated effort on the
part of all her citizens in develop
ing her many undeveloped and
paying resources. Laredo Times.
THAT is all that any city needs.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-20

BURGLARS are raiding railroad
ticket offices in San Antonio. Now
that the tourists are hustling back
20 the north all the money i'll the
Alamo City is in the hands of the
railroads.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-20

HARRY Orchard has been
sentenced to death for his part in
several crimes throughout the west.
Orchard. by his own confession,
committed many murders. but a
man can be hanged only once.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-20

RUSSIAN generals who were at
Port Arthur before tie fall of the
fortress have fought duel. They
commenced fighting rather late.
The war was over long ago.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-20
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ABOUT the only thing that is of
fered free which hasn't any string
attached to it is the advice of a
friend.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-20
For Sale

Pure line bred White Plymouth
Rock cockerels. Sittings of White
Plymouth Rock eggs, s. so per
& fteen. MRS. A. H. FLIcKwIR,
3-5-1m Lyford, Texas
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-20
JOHN N. GARNER

for reelection as representative OF
the 18th Congressional District for
the ensuing term. subject to the
action of the democratic nominal
ing convention.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1908-03-20

DON'T make the mistake O
thinking life a joke.