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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-13
BERRYPICKERs' GRAFT.


Much has been said about graft in
all walks of life, but nothing has
been published here relative to the
graft of the berrypickers of last
year.
Many people have large farms and
expect to have their crops of rasp-
berries picked on the shares by neigh
bors who have not yet got to raising
berries at home. Berry picking
comes in quite a busy time, and a
custom has grown, of giving one
third of the crop for the picking.
This leaves the owner of the land to
raise the bushes, cultivate, irrigate,
prune and bear all the risk of loss
and winter killing for the other two
thirds. The pickers have decidedly
the best of the bargain, and this very
liberality to pickers has been and is
one of the reasons why many people
through the country do not take the
trouble to set bushes of their own.
They take no risk but drive back and
forth between two farms to do the
picking, and thus lose much time, be-
sides losing the advantages of hav-
ing fresh berries where they can get
them any hour they want during the
berry season
Last year wages were high and
help scarce, and some of these short
sighted people struck for higher pay
and made the farmers come to terms
and give half the crop for picking
Many of the pickers were careless
and did not do good work, leaving
ripe fruit on the bushes and crush
ing much that they did pick, damag-
ing the bushes, and stripping the
stalks of the leaves which robs the
plant of it's breathing power.
The natural effect of this is that
farmers will not raise the bushes and
the others will not get the berries.
Those who have the bushes have little
encouragement to take care of them
and keep them in good condition.
They will not do it for the benefit Of
the neighbors who have taken
advantage of them before, and
all will be losers by 1t. The people
who are so particular to squeeze the
most possible out of their neighbors
for service, are the people who are
idle the most and who have the least
in their homes. We know this by
experience and observation. and by
mixing in our house to house canvass
for subscribers. We feel 1t again
when we try to collect subscription
accounts and we can by looking about
a mans premises, tell just about what
kind of a paymaster he will be. Those
who raise fruit and gardens of their
own, and those who make little
butter to sell. are the class that pay
in dollar now and again on sub
scription and never grumble If the
bulk of our paper is less than some
semi-weeklv thew get for the same
price, but the people who insist on
having big paper" for the money,
even though it has but little in 1t that
concerns them, are the kind of folks
that have the fewest comforts in their
homes and squeeze the farmer the
hardest to get the highest wages for
the most ordinary service, or the
greatest share of crop II they gath
err 1t on the shares.
Those who are looking forward
now to the opportunity of picking a
mans berry crop this year for half
of It, might do well to look about
for some bushes to set out at home,
and to consider what sauce they have
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-13

Without desiring to take any part
one way or the other in the controv-
ersy regarding Mr.. Brady between
The Idaho Republican and Pocatello
press the opinion of practically
every member of the fraternity when
we say that that "Open Letter" ap-
pearing in the Advance of March 8,
was travesty on journalism seldom
equaled, and rejecting diseredit on
the Advance editor.-Buhl Pioneer.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-13
Ranch for Sale.

We have a good stock farm for sale
very cheap. 1t is situated Is miles
west of Blackfoot on the west side
of Snake river. 800 acres of patent
ed land and some riparian lands with
timber and pasture. Several large
cold springs two dwellings, 400 fruit
trees, fences and stables. Price $22
an acre for patented land. Merrill &
Sons, Rich, Idaho. 3Str
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-13
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual stockholders meeting
of the Snake River Valley Terminal
Canal Company will be held at Kim
ball OH Friday March ~ at 2 o'clock
p. nj. Tor the purpose Of electing
board of directors and to transact
such other business that may come
before the meeting.
w. B. TAYLOR, Sec.
MORONI MECHAM, Pres.
Kimball, Idaho, March 7, 1908. 1872
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-13
Stockholders Meeting.

The annual stockholders meeting
of the Parsons Ditch Company will
be held at the residence Of Secretary
Mrs. Larocque on Saturday, March
21st, 1908, at 2 p. m. for the purpose
of electing officers for the ensuing
year, and to transact such other busi-
ness as may come before the meeting.
MARTHA LA ROGUE,
Secretary.
Blackfoot, March 2, 1908. 1913
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-13
New Subscribers.

The following persons have sub
scribed, or made payments on their
subscription to The Republican since
our last issue, and thereby showed
their appreciation of its worth.
C. s. Smith, X. d. Williams, John
Josephson, H. F. Gibson, H. E.
Adams, j. l.. Olson, Jas. Pendlebury,
L. M. Pack, Thos. Hill, j. H. Hickey
Burton L. French, F. L. Willis, DR..
Claude Ferguson.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-13

The last issue of The Idaho Re-
publican has the best discussion of
the political situation in Idaho that
we have yet read. Editor Trego
goes right to the point, and he never
fails to score.-Buhl Pioneer.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-13

Elisha Holly is here with his FAM
lily from Kansas, and has bought the
T. ]. Wise place in the Younie Ad-
dition and is moving in.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-13
MEMBER EASTERN IDAHO PRESS CLUB


r FTOM now uHCII Tie COHVeH- =
1. ton we shall analyze the Re- 4
i publicans who are seeking 1
\ nominations, and tell what we /
+ think of their fitness for posi- 4
i. lions sought. If the press will +
i. conscientiously prosecute this +
4. plan throughout the state, we +
1. shall have officials to be proud, +
+ of. Editors hold the key to the 4
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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1908-03-13

In the house and cellar now to put on
their bread and butter and what the
prospects are for better times next
winter than they enjoy now.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20
attention. It is as follows:

attention. II is as follows:
1T is rumored, and ! believe the
rumor, that there is an organization OF
the special interests today having for
its object the capture of the next Leg
islature. They say that it is their
purpose to tie my hands so that they
may turn Texas bodily over to the
trusts and corporations. ! admonish
those who love Texas, WHO believe in
a just system of taxation, who belivev
in checking evil tendencies. those who
believe in the suppression of trusts an
the regulation of the railways by ei-
fective laws, to require every man who
is candidate for the legislative hon
ors to tell the people where he stands
on all public questions. Elect men
who will make laws for and in the
interests of the people and who will
deal fairly with all Legitimate inter-
ests, but who will not be the repre-
sentatives of corporate interests.
Search them clear down to the ground
and have them make their pledges
to you, and when they have made their
pledges see to it that they keep the
faith
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20

lished in this direction. Mr.. Bryan is
the originator of the whirlwlnd cam
paign.
Mr.. Bryan's speaking campaign of
1906 lasted approximately four months
and there were on an average % cam
paigning days in each month. In this
campaign he made more than 2,100
speeches, short and long. During the
last three months oil the campaign it
was nothing unusual for him to make
20 speeches i'm a single day. Some
times the number ran as high as 35
for the day. lat at the end of the
campaign Mr.. Bryan apparently was in
good physical condition as at the start
Four years later he entered his sec
ond whirlwind campaign and, as pug
ulists would say, he was in me pink
of condition. His first big effort was
his speech of acceptance made i'm In
dianapolis on a day so hot that many
persons were overcome in the crowd.
With such beginning. Mr. Bryan pro-
ceeded to break his speechmaking rec
ord of the first campaign. On one oc-
casion, working westward from St.
Louis, he made his first speech of the
day at o'clock in the morning and
his last at midnight, which meant an
almost continuous performance of l9
hours. And has midnight speech was
said to have been made with all the
vigor of a man who had no previous
public appearance during the day.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20
CIRCUS COMES 10 TOWN.

New York, March 19.-The latest
and most reliable sign that spring has
come was furnished by the opening ci
the Madison Square Garden today.
Bigger and better than ever before,
the historic Barnum and Bailey show
low under the control of the Ringlins
Brothers, will hold forth in the big
during the next two
weeks. In all it's essential features Il
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20

is the same old circus, with sawdus1
and tinsel, clowns and riders and ami
mails without number. Only one-time-
honored feature is missing from the
list. There are no giants, dwarfs,
bearded ladies. living skeletons or tat
tooed men this year The circus peo-
pie say the public has tired of freaks
and so the old curio tent has been con
verted into tropical garden filled
with cages of rare birds and animals.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20
Avoided at EIev.nth Aour

London, Nah 19.-The threatened
cotton mill lockout In the Nelson and
Colne districts, affecting 10000 opera.
tives, has been avoided at the eleventh
hour. Lockout notices, which expired
Thursday, were withdrawn. the EN-.
ployers consenting to meet representa-.
tiyes and arranged terms of settle.
mpnt
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20
GOVERNOR cAMPsELL,s SPEECH.

The latest sensation in Texas poll
tics is Governor Campbell's speech be-
fore the Cattle Raisers' Association
in San Antonio Wednesday. He Wig
oronsly defended his administration
and charged that there is an organized
effort by professional lobbyists, bucket
shop gamblers aud erstwhile free pass
packers to thwart his efforts to carry
out the platform pledges and, if posi-
BILE. TO defeat his reelection. The last
paragraph is in regard to a danger to
which the Eagle has repeatedly called
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20

A Dallas woman boasts that her
husband has come home rs nights In
succession with a different excuse
each time. Well may she be proud of
him: he is q genius.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20
Old Warshin Burns

Washington. March 1.-the navy
department received word that the
old warship Monongahela had been
burned to the waters edge at her sta.
ton in Guantanamo bay
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20

Three thousand New York. school
bows are to be sent to the country to
spend the summer. Orchards and hen
roosts will suffer.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20
Earl Dudley Amounted.

London, March 10. Earl Dudley hns
been appointed governor general of
in succession to Sir Henry
Stafford Northcote, whose term is to
soon expire.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20

The Mothers Congress in Washing
ton has suggested a congress of faith
ers. OF course, the idea is preposter-
Gus. but why?
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20

Yesterday was William Jennings
Bryan's forty-eighth birthday Proba-
bly, the next generation it will be a
legal holiday.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20
Practically All Affected.

Providence, r. l., March 19.-No-
tees of reduction of 10 per cent in
wages to take effect April 16 will be
posted in practically every cotton
mill in Rhode Island next Monday.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20

The Eastern papers are still harp
ing on that orderly lynching' at Nav
asota. Texans do everything accord
ing to natures first law.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20

One Texas paper makes an impas-
stoned appeal for no repetition of the
Thirtieth Legislature. No use TO be
alarmed on that score. The next one
will be the Thirty-first.
Tribune
What a head Probably nobody
else would have thought OF that.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
BRYAN, TEXAS, MARCH 20, 1908.

They say that Washington is cat
less, Portland ratless and New Or
leans mosquitoless.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20

If Governor Yon Yonson has gone
east on an electioneeding tour he is
fooling away his time.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20

San Antonio wants Uncle Sam TO
make a navigable river of San Pedro
Springs branch. Wouldn't it be
cheaper to move San Antonio to the
ooast?-Bryan Eagle.
The Eagle is given to understand
that San Antonio is decidedly near to
the water line.-San Antonio Express.
The prohibtionists must be making
wonderful progress in the Alamo city.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20

Chicago. ILL.,, March 19.-William j.
BRYAN. twice the candidate of the
Democratic party for President of the
United States and, in race track-par-
lance, the one best bet for the nomi-
nation again this year, spent his forty
eighth birthday in Chicago today. Mr..
Bryan is here to speak at meeting
i'm the Seventh Regiment Armory to-
night. which will mark the formal
opening of the Democratic campaign
in Chicago. The demonstration has
been arranged by the Bryan league, OF
which former Mayor Carter II. Har-
rison is the head. During the day
word was passed around that this was
Mr. Bryan's birthday and for several
hours the distinguished Nebraskan was
kept busy receiving the good wishes OF
friends and admirers.
Though it is now nearly twelve
years since he received his first nomi-
nation for the highest Office in the land
Mr.. Bryan is still a comparatively
Young man. He is in the prime of Wig
orous manhood and well qualified ply
sically to stand the strain of the COM
ING campaign. Twelve years of al
most constant travel and speechmak-
ing have made no visible nroads on
his physical resources.
If he is nominated at the Denver
convention next July Mr.. Bryan in
tends to start at once on strenuous
campaign that will equal if not eclipse
his wonderful record already estab-
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20

Count Tolstoi ~.
Moscow, March 19.-Count Leo Toll.
stoi is Ill. His condition excites alarm.
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1908-03-20
Mr.. BRYAN's 4sTH BIRTHDAY.

Mile-Stones in the Life Journey Of
William j. Bryan.
1S60-Born in Salem, Marion Coun
ty, Illinois.
1SSt-Graduated from Illinois Col
lege. Jacksonville. Illinois.
1SS7-Removed to Lincoln, Neb
1SSS-Declined the nomination for
Lieutenant Governor.
1890 Elected to the Fifty-second
Congress.
1S92-Elected to the Fifty-third Con
gress.
1S94-Declined third nomination for
Congress.
1S96-Nominalo for president in
the National Democratic Convention.
1900-Second nomination for Presi-
dent.
19O5-Made tour of the world with
Mrs. Bryan.
The Newtown bee., 1908-03-06

Jersey, New York City, Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire to Maine, the mail being carried by relays of horses. The towns passed through in Connecticut were Stamford, NOrwalk, Fairfield, (there was no Bridgeport them Stratford, New Haven, Middle town, Hartford. The following were the rates of postage: Every letter composed of single sheet of paper conveyed not exceeding 40 miles, eight cents; over 40 miles and not exceeding 9U miles, 10 cents; over 90 miles and not exceeding 15O miles, l23 cents; over l5O miles and not exceeding 200 miles, l7 cents; over 200 miles and not exceeding 800 miles, go cents, over ZOO miles 25 cents. Every letter composed of two pieces of paper double those rates, every letter com posed of three pieces of paper triple those rates, every letter composed of four pieces of paper quadruple those rates. In 1925 the rates were changed by act of Congress and became for a letter composed of one piece of paper for a distance not exceeding 30 miles, six cents; over 30 miles and not exceeding 80 miles, 10 cents; over 80 miles and not exceeding 150 miles, 123 cents; over 150 miles and not exceeding 400 miles, 1S8 cents; over 400 miles 25 cents. Double letters, double those rates. and so on. Where Newtown at that time had but one post office it now has four. and yet under the above rates of post age the receipts of the Newtown office for the year ending March S1, 1887, for postage, was only one hundred and twenty-five dollars and ninety-seven cents. The post-office at that time was in the old red tavern that stood on the lot just north of Mrs w. J. B eecher's residence and Czar Keeler was the post. master. Now, it costs no more to seno an ounce letter from Newtown to Alas ka or the Philippines Islands than to Hawleyville or Sandy Hook. Stick or a two cent stamp and Uncle Sam vii do the rest E. L. Johnson.
The Newtown bee., 1908-03-06

An item printed in the Bridgeport Standard of recent date, called atten- tion to the fact, that in the show win dow of the store of Hayes & Betts might be seen time stained, time
 worn copy of Middlebrook's Almanac for the year 1887, the same being Of great interest as a connecting link with the past, of seventy years ago. Seven ty years! Locking forward that length of time seems far distant, looking back ward, the time seems short, especially to those whose span of life has already measured it. So much depends upon the point of view from which the ob- servation is made. In our eager haste for tomorrow, for next week or next year to come, it is we'll to sometimes call a halt, and look backward. A bundle of old almanacs is a curiosity shop within itself, especially those of the earliest dates. On the table where | I am writing, is our file of almanacs beginning with the year 1761 and com | ing down in almost unbroken line through succeeding generations to the present time. It is a quaint old bundle with each years copy sewed to those proceeding it, and in the earliest years serving purpose on the margins for family diary, as well. The first copy of Middlebrook's almanac was printed | in 1908, which l have, so it reached the century mark with this years edition. In the copy for the year 1913 it give: us what was the great mail line of post offices from Georgia to Maine, dis
 tance of 1432 miles. The line passed through South Carolina, North Caro-
 lima, Virginia, Dist Columbia, Mary
 land, Delaware, Pennsylvania, New
The Newtown bee., 1908-03-06

prominent lawyer in the county and State, and for over twenty years has been the senior member of the law firm of filling, Webb and Warehouse. lie was the president of the New Haven County Bar Association for about fif- teen years, declining reelection in the fall of 1902. From 1871 until 1873 he acted as prosecuting attorney for the City of New Haven.
 In 1876 MT filling was married to Constance A. Parker, who died in 1903, and in January 1906, was married to Margaret Thompson, of Winnsboro, s. c.
 For many years MT filling has been general counsel for the Gas and Elec- tric association of Connecticut. He is director and counsel of the Merchants National Bank of New Haven, and of the United Illuminating Company. He has been president of the Security h. surance Company of New Haven, since October 10, 1906, having been a director of the same company for over twenty years.
 MT filling assumes the duties as the third president in the entire life of the company. Acquainted as he IS with the methods and ideals of the late Mor- ris F. Tyler, he is fitted not only to broaden and increase the power of the service by the adoption of his own ideas, but to carry out and direct the work of completing the plans which had already been we'll started and carried along with such marked success.
 Mir filling enters on his new duties with the enthusiasm that has always marked any work that he has ever un, dertaken, and the record that he has already made stands as guarantee ot the result. As director of the com. pany, he has for many years been closely in touch with the executive side of the business and has unconsciously been preparing himself for the position which he has been called upon to as sume.
 His personal and professional reputa tion in the State will unquestionably d' much toward keeping the company Il the position which it holds among tn' citizens of the State.
 , The following quotation most admir- ably explains Mir filings character "Mr Alling has manifested the sam untiring energy which belonged to hin as a student in college, and has attaine' more than ordinary prominence in hi profession"
 t | D .,.x. ,.l 4bo,, rro o hoo in th
The Newtown bee., 1908-03-06

About 125 people attended the auc- tion at Mrs Ira Wildman's, last week Thursday. Charles F. Beardsley offici- ated as auctioneer and kept the crowd happy by his ready wit. As a rule good prices were obtained. Coffee, crackers and cheese were served. In the crowd were people from Easton, Monroe and Bedding.
The Newtown bee., 1908-03-06

A delightful event socially was the whist party, Friday afternoon, at the Sandy Hook Library building, for the benefit of the Sandy Hook library. Mrs H. G. Warner carried off the first prize, a bouillon cup. Mrs Ackley, second, one dozen sherbet glasses. Mrs Arthur Mitchell of South Britain, third, a handsome tray cover. Mrs L. c. Morris. fourth, after dinner coffee cup. The consolation prize was won by Mrs W. J. Beecher, a book, "Pigs is Pigs" Punch, waters and candy were served.
The Newtown bee., 1908-03-06
MRS DEBORAH SULLIVAN
BORN FEBRUARY FIST 1900. FEB- RUARY PEST, 1908, AGE
 l08 YEARS.

Dear aged pilgrim who long the way
 has trod, In the footsteps of thyss Savior and the
 works and ways of God, We hail thee on thy natal day, which
 commemorates thy birth And speaks to us of long ago, thy ad-
 vent to this earth. Eight and thirty years over thy allotted
 time,
 In all one hundred and eight, kept three . providences Kept in thy going out, kept in thy com
 ing in divine, By Him who died to redeem thee and
 save thee from all sin. Oh wondrous is His love Divine which
 all His works portray, And not the least, His care for thee,
 in all thy long life's stay; With us on earth and friends so dear;
 we gladly say, We love to have thee tarry here, in
 loves old-fashioned way. @ Live on dear pilgrim, mother, saint and
 friend, a And may Gods sweet presence cheer
 thee to thy journeys end And at last amid the heavenly anthems,
 loud and strong, .. May thy sweet voice ring out is praise,
 amid the heavenly throng.
 A. Locke, The Baptist Parsonage, Easton, Ct. #