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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-20
JUST TWENTY
YEARS AGO.
News Notes Taken From the Bulletin
Printed in 1888.

j. M. Hager and wife and Mrs.
Duff visited Boise City several days
this week.
Governor Stevenson and wife
have been visiting at the Hot
Springs this week.
Mrs. Ellis and Mrs. Flood from
the Dalles, Ore mother and sister
of Mrs. Z. N. Hungerford, are Wis
iting Mountain Home.
Robert Chattin. Pine Groves P.
M, came down Tuesday aud took
the train on Wednesday for way
down in Tennessee, where Mrs.
Chattin is visiting the old folks at
home. Bob will return with his
family in about three weeks.
Snodgrass informs us that not
withstanding the intense heat the
Good Templars meet regularly and
that the membership is gradually
increasing.
George McCabe, a brother-in-law
of Judge Wall, and Edward Kolte,
two young and energetic men, ar
rived here from Trinidad, Colo, in
tending 10 locate permanently in
this neck of the sagebrush.
A few days ago A. A Curtiss
killed a 500 pound ibex in Soldier
Greek mountains.
A. G. Smith of the Alturas LIN
tied, came down from Rocky Bar
Wednesday. Mr.. Smith will take
a needed rest for several days at his
ranch just west of the Mountain
Home limits.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-20
FIGHTING Bob
EVANS RETIRES
One of The Most Popular Naval Of
fiCerS Since Civil War Passes
Out of SeryiC,.

w dSulIlS IOu, -. u. august / 3.
The name of as gallant and eff
cicnt an officer as ever wore the
America naval uniform was re-
moved from the active list to iay
when Rear Admiral Robley d.
Evans, kno wn the world over as
Fighting Bob" was retired for
age. Admiral Evans took the
great Atlantic battleship fleet
around Cape Horn last winter and
his official career virtually ended
with the arrival of the fleet at San
Francisco. Since that time he has
been on leave of absence and has
been sojourning at various health
resorts in an effort to conquer a bad
attack of rheumatism, an ailmsnt
from which he has suffered for
number of years.
With the single exception of Ad-
miral Dewey, Fighting Bob"
Evans was undoubtedly the best
known and most popular officer the
American navy has known since the
heroes of the civil war period
passed from active life. Admiral
Evans in recent years has been
known as the reliable man of the
navy, for there was always assur-
ance that he would discharge his
duty with courage and patriotism
and with tact and diplomacy should
his mission become a delicate one.
Throug hout his career he was
adored by his men, and he knew al
so how to hold the favor of Wash
ington.
Admiral Evans began fighting in
the civil war, wh en- he was still in
his teens and completed his recot d
OF actual hostilities by the great
work he did wit h the battleship
Iowa at Santiago. In the interval
and since that time, he rendered
his country every kind of service.
Evans went to the Annapolis sc-
ademy in 1860 and year later
came the outbreak of the civil war.
The mother of Robley demanded
that he resign from the United
States service and fight for the
South.
His brother had espoused the
cause of the Confederacy. But
Robley decided in favor OF Washing
ton and announced lis determina-
ton to stand for the Union 1t
was decision that cost him many
heart-burnings for it was many
years before his mother forgave
him
HIS brother fought gallantly for
the south and was twice wounded.
He did not share his mothers in
dignation at the young naval Off
Ger, and the two brothers never
wavered in their friendship, despite
the divergence in their political
views.
Evans active service began in
the West Indies, where he COM
manded a yacht sent to search for
Confederate privateers. He was
first under fire at Fort Fisher and
was wounded in the attack on that
stronghold. 1t was at first decided
that both of his legs would have to
be amp Lutated, which would. of
course, have ended his naval ca
reer. But even then Evans had
that swiftness of action which later
was to bring him distinction As
soon as the doctors communicated
to MIN their decision to take oft his
legs, he drew his revolver and an
nounced that he would blow off the
head of the first man who dared ap-
proach him. Adopting new mea-
sures the physicians worked with
him and managed to restore him TO
health with both legs intact
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1908-08-20
SENTENCED TO ONE
YEAR FOR FORGERY

Mike O'Niel, the man who was
months ego for forging checks here
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-05

A local pouitryman hands The
Eagle the following schedule OF what
a two bit chicken can do here. The
profits according to the estimate sub
mitted seem to be large enough to at
tract more attention to the business
of poultry raising than is now man
ifested in that line.
Results from twenty-five cent
chicken here In twelve months:
She can and will lay ~ doz. fresh
eggs, these eggs will average fifteen
cents per dozen the year round. and
ready sale at any and all times
Twelve doc. eggs at 10 cents per doz
en- amounts to $3.50. So, can 25 cents
be invested in any thing that will
bring better returns than this? 81
cents will feed and take care of this
hen. 81 90 net profit to the owner
and have the hen left.
! consider the Leghorn the best fol
laying purposes-l60 eggs year
Plymouth Rocks $50 eggs.
For eating Plymouth Rocks. They
soon grow to be large fryers OF
springs, have a good appearance, clear
yellow legs
Eggs should be gathered every day
and laid in cool place until ready fol
market which should be at leas
twice a week. especially in hot wealth
a.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-05

For Sale-Several fine young Jersey
COWS. See Ralph Chatham. 232
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-05
IN HONOR or MR.. mILMsR.
Major and Mrs. MelnnIs Received In
Honor Of the New President

Honor OF the New President
Responding to the invitation OF
Major and Mrs. l.. l.. McInnis.
the entire business and pro-
fessional element OF the city
attended the reception at the McIn-
mis- home last night from to IL,
given in honor of Hon. r. 7. Miner.
the newly chosen president of the A.
& NJ. College, Mrs. Miner and the
board of directors of that institution
The primary purpose of the recep-
ton was to provide an opportunity for
the new executive and his wife and
the members of the board to become
acquainted with Bryan people. and
while no elaborate decoration was at
tempted, the reception parlors were
made bright with boquets of flowers.
which added their fragrance and col
or to the handsome appointments of
the room.
In the receiving line were Major Nc
Innis, Mrs Mclnnis, Former President
Harrington of the A. & NJ. College,
and the honorees of the occasion. as
follows:
President and Mrs. r. T. Miner,
IuuHt IA n l4tbHNlAf VI AAN
board of directors. Abilene; r. ID.
Rowell, Jefferson; ]. NJ. Green. Yoa-
kun; W. II. Sebastian. Breckenridge:
Judge A. Haidusek, LAGRANGE. and
Walton Poteet, Dallas.
In addition to other refreshments
an excellent punch was served. Misses
Mary McInnis and Tabitha Miner
presided over the punch table, which
was a symphony in pink coral with
its decorations of American beauty
roses and Queens wreath. on beds
of fern. The finishing touch of har-
mony was added to the occasion by
an orchestra which played throughout
the evening.
The occasion was most propitious
for the purpose sought aud In bring
ing the head of the great A. q Nj.
College and the board of directors of
that institution in personal touch with
the people~of Bryan, Major Mclnnis
has performed pubic service, and to
the citizens of Bryan, at least, a very
pleasant service The event last night
brought about the friendliest and most
cordial feeling between the college
officials and citizens of Bryan, and
prompted expressions of felicity and
good will.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-05
]. w. BATS
REAL ESTATE AGENT

once 10 Taliaferro building. o.
poslte Court House. Phone 81
Have In office the only set Of Abstract
Books of Brazos County Land Titles
One and one-half lots and sixroom
house, located two blocks from Main
street; corner lot, brick clstern and
stable. Sl.05000.
One quarter block of round and
rev five-room house in good neigh
borhood on east side Of town. Price,
81, 100000 Terms. one.fourth cash, and
balance in one, two and three years,
with 8 per cent interest ]. w. Bats
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-05
9th CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE
C. L. Mccoy Was Nominated and an
Official ORGAN Endorsed.

Official Organ Endorsed.
Hearne, Texas, Sept. 3.-The Re
publican Executive Committee of the
Sixth Congressional District of Texas
met at Hearne, Texas, and nominated
Hon. c. l.. Mccoy of Bryan, Brazos
County, Texas. for Congress. They
Endorsed the administration of Presi
dent Roosevelt and the action and
platforms of the state and national Re
publican party. and further Endorsed
the leadership of Hon. Cecil A. Lyon
The committee decided to conduct a
vigorous campaign. The Milan
County Republican was made the Of
fetal organ of the Republicans of the
Sixth Congressional District of Texas
The above mentioned paper Is pub
lished at Cameron, Texas. The nom
inee, Hon. c. l.. Mccoy, was present
and delivered an address before the
committee. discussing both state and
national issues. He also thanked the
committee for the honor conferred
upon him and promised to conduct a
vigorous campaign.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-05
Free Baptist Church.

There will be preaching at the Free
Baptist Church in Bryan next Sun
day night at p. M, by the pastor
The subject will be the authenticity
of the Bible. Sunday School at 10 a.
m. Prayer meeting Wednesday night
s p. m. All are invited to come and
worship with us in these meetings.
7. G.. Ferguson. Pastor
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-05

For Richelieu Coffee Is, 2s, and IS,
Riohelieu fruits and vegetables
Richelieu Preserves and Jams
Richelieu catsups and olives
Ring III and 179
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-09-05
FOR SALE.

Good, gentle family horse and good
surrey Apply to
232 FRANK CLARKE.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-27
One Los Angeles Store Caught with
Big Stock of Bruins as Demand
Passes-Fortunes Lost
on Public Whims

Several Los Angeles merchants, like
those in other cities, are destined to
lose thousands of dollars as a result of
the sudden passing of the Teddy bear
fad said a leading department store
manager of this city yesterday.
More fortunes, running into millions
of dollars win be lost by the cessation
of this fad than by that of any fad
ever introduced in America.
"One store alone in Los Angeles now
has on hand stock of Teddy bears
worth over $4,000, some of their imita
ton bruins being valued at as high as
$25 each.
"Such bears. of course, are manufac-
tured exclusively for the children of
wealthy customers, but the sudden
passing of the fad at time when mer-
chants anticipated its greatest stimulus
-Christmas-means that the merchant
and not the manufacturer will lose the
most. The manufacturers all seem to
have far sightedly foreseen the doom of
the bruin fad. In spite of the approach
Of Christmas they anticipated almost
to a day when the big bulk of sales
would diminish.
Unlike the average merchant, the
manufacturer retrenched in time He
ceased his importations and advance
purchases of materials (most of which
came from Germany and other Euro
pean countries) with an unexplained
promptness that averted many a COM
plete crash and he wisely sent out
agents with special instructions to
dump big orders at sacrifice prices
wherever department store jobbers
could be induced to accept.
Averted Insolvency
Before Christmas the manufacture
ers, with few exceptions. had averted
their own pending insolvency and saved
the day by inducing retail merchants
and medium class wholesalers to take
extraordinary large orders at reduc-
ton, in anticipation, of course, of ire
mendous holiday demand. But ii was
for the retailer to learn that the holi-
day demand would be comparatively
small.
Fewer Teddy bears were sold by Los
Angeles merchants last Christmas than
were sold in this city during the month
of August, when the fad locally was at
it's hight
Nevertheless, many manufacturers
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-27
DESPONDEN7 LAWYER
TRIES 10 END LIFE
ATTORNEY FOUND
UNCONSCIOUS IN ROOM
odor of Escaping Gas Attracts Atten-
ton of Lodgers in Rooming
House, Who Force Apart
ment Door

Despondent on account OF i'll health,
without funds and convinced he would
never regain his lost strength, man,
supposed 90 he 7. w. Crawford. an at
tornoy ~ Olympia, Wash. turned on
the gas IN = room al 6ia Ruth avenue
yesterday afternoon and attempted to
commit suicide,
The oder ~ the escaping gas reached
tho noStvilS ~ roomers at the house,
causing them 90 make u search. II was
traced 10 CrSwforiS room. but the
door was found tightly locked and
holted IL was necessary for the room
erS 10 forco an oNtranco, When they
did - they found Crawford lying fully
dressed. hut unconscious on the bed.
4 hurry call was sent Tor the police
patrol and Crawford VAS taken 10 the
receiving hospital rhero the physi-
clans en6eAVorJa Is revive him, but
they We're unsuccessful The man is
mast seventy Years ~ aS>. and the sur
geons say there IS little hope for him,
Crawford arrived IN los Angeles from
Washington FEW days aSo 50 Tar as
known he has no relatives III this sec
ton Of the country, He Is a member OF
the odd Fellows. As Well IS Of several
other lodges.
hast night report ~ Crawford :
attempted suicide Was sent the police
at Olympia With Instructions 10 notify
his relatives, II any lived there, of his
condition.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-27
MERCHANTS LOSE MANY MILLIONS OF
DOLLARS BY DEATH OF TEDDY BEARS"

though not the leading ones-have
been caught with a big stock on hand
unable to dump. and threatened with
big losses, while local merchants and
retailers in other cities will lose equally
big sums, altogether running in the
millions.
There is no doubt that the Teddy
bear fad is a thing of the past. The
demand is now small and comes exclu-
sively from what is termed 'taggers,
or few poor people whose purchases
Of Teddy bears is attributable merely
to the fact that in the past. when the
fad was raging. they did not have the
money, hence postponed the purchase,
and are buying now-if financially able
even though the fad is dead.
Teddy bears do not constitute the
only fad whose passing has cost mer-
chants an inestimable sum of money.
The death of the roller skating fad
which was confined almost entirely to
the semi-tropic lands, where ice slat-
ing is impossible, came almost with the
same suddenness that characterizes the
demise of the bear fad.
Many Millions Lost
The abruptness with which that fad
died out cost our manufacturers and
dealers many millions of dollars for
skates being stored away in anticipa-
ton of some improbable revival Of the
fad One firm in Los Angeles is said to
have on hand lin storage) over $4,000
worth of skates.
"Fads, as rule, in fact invariably,
I believe. are a dangerous thing for
merchant to take up though he is
forced to do so.
THE merchant every time he gives a
big order for some fad article to accom-
modate his customers, as he must do.
realizes that he may never enjoy dol
lar of actual profits from the order and
that almost the entire sum invested
may be a loss for there is no way to
guage results or judge the duration of
the demand by the state of trade. He
must take his chances.
ct is probably for this reason that
fads travel so slowly across the CONT
nent Each city. from New York west
ward. seems to take up a fad only when
the fad has been bodily introduced by
visitors, tourists and others who have
caught il in the east. hence the mer-
chants must recognize il.
Yesterday Ii was roller skating.
This morning it was Teddy bears; this
evening 'Diablo'; tomorrow something
else. No prophet in the world can ever
prognosticate what next il will be; but
it will pass with the same crushing IN
certainty. That is the way fads treat
us. and the merchant must suffer in
consequence"
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-27
WOULD ABOLISH ALL
WHIPPING IN SCHOOL
NEW YORK PHYSICAL TRAINER
GIVES STRONG REASONS
Thinks Civilized Methods of chastlse-
ment Will Replace old-Time
Systems of Corporal
Punishment

DIR. Luther H. Gulich, director of
physical training in the New York pub
lie schools, in a recent issue OF the
Archives of Pediatrics has an inter-
esting articeI on corporal punishment
in schools. The article is reproduced:
The difficulties in the way of main
tanning proper school discipline seem
to be Increasing. This is particularly
so in cities in which there is large
foreign population who have left pehlno
them that blind obedience to authority
demanded from the masses IN mon.
arcbical countries. and who have not
as yet learned that freedom is not II
cense and is only possible under con-
ditions of a general self control. ChlI-
dren of such homes, accustomed 10
rigid authority and the rod, greatly
multiply the difficulties of the school
mistress. These. coupled with the
small percentage of those who are as
tinctly anti-social in their feenhgs,
and those who have little or no nome
control. form the great problem OF
school discipline.
When a boy throws an inkstand at
teacher and then defies both her and
the principal, saying that they dare
not touch him, situation Is created
that involves not only the boy put the
morale of the whole school. The rest
of the school has its rights as well
as the defiant boy. The parents and
taxpayers also have rights. Their
rights are to have their children in
school that is orderly and quiet. where
law Is observed and the right attitude
toward authority maintained. Some
teachers of wide experience and good
Judgment maintain that not only the
good of the boy, but that of the rest
of the school, involves the right to
use corporal punishment.
There are cases and occasions when
corporal punishment, administered I'M
der right conditions, is of great value.
We raise no question as to such cases
The real question is: Whether the
right to whip or fog shall be given to
anv or all of the etachers and princi-
pals in a school system.
Punishment given at once in the heat
of resentment is most dangerous 1t
gives the impression of being given
on account of anger rather
than in the interest of morals.
On the other hand, punish
ment given long after the offense,
by some other person than the one
offended, and upon written charges,
seems to fail completely in its moral
effect. Corporal punishment as an alb
stract proposition is quite different
thing from what it is when it is con-
sidered in its practical application.
IdeaIlsm Not Practical
If all teachers were ideal, there would
be no need of added powers of dis
cipline, but any plan that involves for
its successful operation ideal human
beings must fail. We all have our
failings, and schemes of government
must deal with the actual rather than
the ideal.
1t is our function to point out that
the general consensus of medical opin-
ion is rather against corporal punish
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-27

treatment of the feeble-minded has
ever been successful which has been
based upon fear: only those have been
successful which have been based upon
hope and love. The epoch-making
work of DR.. Seguin is quite in evidence.
2-Children are frequently punished
because they are inatteutiye and rest
less. This is predominantly due TO
fatigue. defects of vision, inability to
hear we'll without conscious effort, or
because of adenoids. resulting in i'm
property aerated blood. Under such
conditions, corporal punishment is
vicious.
S-Children who are restless because
of abnormally sensitive nervous or
ganizations are sometimes punished be-
cause of such restlessness. This, in
many cases, has led to mental disturb
ances, to pathological mental states.
and thus Is to be excluded on hygienic
grounds.
4-Punishments are sometimes given
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-27
TREASURE HILL TO
PROVE GREAT CAMP
EsMERALpA COUNTY Has GREAT
FAITH IN 1T

GOLDFIELD, Jan. 26.-Treasure Hill
is the name of what may turn out TO
be all that the name implies. 1t is in
this county about thirty-five miles or
an air line southwest of Goldfield, and
the indications are that another good
camp has been opened up in Esmeralda
county.
The hill is on the south extension of
the Silver Peak range where the dis
covery was made nearly two months
ago by two prospectors who have kept
the matter quiet. Ore up. to date has
been found in only one place. but the
country for a considerable distance
around the find has been located. The
finders of the mine had plenty of money
and started getting out ore and there
is now sacked on the dump a carload
or more that, according to assays, VIII
run in the neighborhood of $3.50 a ton,
the values being about 81 in silver to 81
in gold.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-27

ment as a means of securing discipline
in the public schools.
1.-The Investigations of DR.. John J.
Cronin, in connection with the school
children of the public schools of New
York city, and of others, have shown
that a considerable fraction of the
pupils who are truants, and of those
who are so-called incorrigibles, have
physical defects of more or less serious
character. There is also ample evil
dence at hand to show that. with the
removal of these physical defects.
many become amenable to the ordinary
forms of discipline. To whip children
who have low mentality, because they
do not successfully respond to mental
stimuli, is not only absurd, but tends
toward the development of the Grim
inal type, in that it lowers still fur
Their the grade of those children so
treated. It tends to emphasize the low
err motives, such as fear, rather than
the higher motives, such as hope. No
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-27

and class, the less need of corporal
punishment (2) The better adap-
tation of the curriculum to meet the
interests as we'll as the needs of the
average boy and girl-manual train
ing, vocational training, etc-seems to
be increasingly needed even from the
standpoint of morals. go The segre-
cation of the difficult cases in small
classes under teachers having special
ability in holding and caring for such
cases
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-27
Mammoth Channel Work

Mr.. Morgan Morgan, representing the
Jones & Ryder Land company mining
department. has returned from an ex-
tended trip in the north, during which
he visited the Mammoth Channel Gold
Mining company's claims at Magalia.
Cal, for which Jones & Ryder Land
company are Southern California fiscal
agents. Regardless of the times, this
company is getting it's claims in fine
working shape and is showing results
up to all expectations.
Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1908-01-27

Brains won't help a man to win a wife,
but they come in handy afterward to
support her.
Arizona republican., 1908-05-17

ditional teachers will be secured un- til after a meeting of the directors of the new Mesa high school is held, and something definite is known as to the time of completion of the new building.
 The teachers employed for the en- suing year are as follows:
 Primary-Miss Leila Ramp and Miss ThurZa Maser.
 2nd grade-Miss Grace Webb, of Globe. Arizona and Miss Mamie Dobbie ----
 3rd grade-Miss Debora Allen Gre instated)
 4th grade-Miss Ina Mccomas of Tempe.
 9th B grade-Miss Nina Huston (reinstated)
 9th B grade-Miss Betrice Autrey, Of Colorado.
 9th A grade-Bertrain M. Jones, assistant principal (reinstated)
 7th grade-A1iss Mamie Pinkerton, reinstated.
 Sth grade-Mrs. Clara Baker, rein stated.
 Music-AIrs- Ruth Huber.
 Dr Drane. examining physician.