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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-20

most fertile soil In the United States
perpetually fertile. "In the whol'
world" he says, al know of only
one locality which has a soil similar
This Is In China. and although 4
has been cultivated for four thousanc
years Il remains unchanged. One
hundred times as many people car
be supplied by It's soil as now live on
these lands" In addition to It's re-
msrkably fertile farming soil. none
Of which needs irrigating. there Is Ia
North Idaho the largest body OF
white pine left 10 the United States,
besises the great Occur d'Alene min
ing district, which Is said TO be the
suresi. safest and richest In ths world
and from which over s20 has been
taken 10 profit for every dollar which
has been Ia The district expended.
vheaiher foolishly or otherwise.
The Occur d'Alene district. while
comparatively small and as yet only
little worked. produced &c 1907 over
tseniy million dollars Of the mineral
wealth and paid ia profits over six
millions of dollars. North Idaho
has also many large saw mills, one
In particular being the largest IN the
world. Il has many beautiful lakes
and rivers. which are unrivalled for
beauty and scenery, also hunting and
fishing and On which several lines Of
steamers carry passengers and
freight. Many miles Of railroad
we're built, both electric and steam,
in Northern Idaho during 1907,
thereby causing many new and pros
pcrious towns to spring into exis-
tance. There are so many good
towns and no poor ones. In Northern
Idaho, Il would be invidious to name
any. We believe there are more
openings in every line Of business to-
day in Northern Idaho than Ia any
other part Of the United States.
Southern Idaho, during the year
of 1907 has completed some irri-
cation plants which are the wonder
Of the world and which bring many
thousand acres formerly considered
almost worthless under cultivation.
Southern Idaho also has great deal
OF valuable timber besides some Of
the most productive mines in the
world. and as regards mining In
both the northern and southern part
of the state, one remarkable fact is
that the mines are not owned and
controlled by very few men as in
Butte and Helena. Montana, but
have been developed and promoted
by large number Of stock holders
in moderate circumstances and to
whom monthly the hxed amount of
profits are distributed. Sheep rails
ing. irrigated farming, fruit raising,
mining and numbering are the great
industries of Southern Idaho, which
has almost no end Of beautiful. pros
porous little towns and cities. Presi-
dent Roosevelt pronouncing Boise to
be the most beautiful city In the
United States. We believe the
people Of Idaho, generally speaking
average up better financially and as
regards health and morals and
education than any other state in
the Union.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-20
MexIeol Mexiool Mexieol

Il is hard to give up good thing
even If you do get sick. Our COM
pany offers to send man to pass
on the land and pay all his expenses,
provided we can get twenty men
who will each buy 100 acres or more
at $3.50 per acre if this man who is
to inspect the land says It is a good
investment. The twenty purchasers
are to pick the man who is to be
judge and we hope you can agree on
one who can take in all the sights
without getting sick. Come in and
see me at once as the contracts must
go to the company before the lst of
of March. After that date the price
of the land will advance to S5.7s
per acre. received a letter fiom
the company last night and they
state that they are selling land very
fast TO Americans and many are pre-
pairing ,osnove to Mexico.
w. E. Larson.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-20
. The Round Oak Chief

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Round Oak trained make good goods only which has always meant
that will and The body the Chief made of one sheet
to a
beautifully and uniformly with cloth keep dsan
he polished
and let points
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-20

See us II you want phonograph
or records for same. Andersons
PHARMACY.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-20

The following is a list of the Nez-
perce Indians who have been granted
permission to make the experiment of
handling their allotmenis, including
the hiring Of necessary labor or leaz-
ing for terms not exceeding those
provided by Law. The privilege Of
leasing Independently was granted
because these allo,tees we're regard
ed as capable of attending to their
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1908-02-20
Barley sL2s Per Hundred

We hope all the farmers viii get
that for their crop, meantime If
you have wire cut horse that is
lame bring him to McLennan's shoe
ing shop and have him shod. All
work guaranteed.
Panama City pilot., 1908-11-05

returning it, pay in the full 30& with
but at times 3@e in gold.
These conditions existed from 1880
until 1871. Cooley states the result
as follows: "The extraordinary
history of the attempt to break up
the odious monopoly in banking by
making unlimited issues of paper
currency, was brought at length to a
fit conclusion"
The history of the bill pictured above
is an interesting one and shows an in
stance of how we'll to do Southern
merchant was made a bankrupt
through this wild cat banking policy.
The particulars are given the PILOT
by G. A. Landrum, who gives them
from remembrance of the transac-
tions as told him by his father, at
different times in his boyhood.
The doctors father was a merchant
in Eufaula, Ala, about 1910. In the
course of his business he had pur-
chased some $4,000 worth of cotton
which was stored in ware houses, and
afterwards sole at st Joseph Fla, he
receiving entire pay therefor in the
above pictured bank notes. Through
the failure of the bank of the United
States he lost the whole amount, was
bankrupted, and soon after removed
to Florida.
Mr. Landrum was not alone in being
beggared by the failures of the wild
cat banks of that day. All through
the country business men and others
were great sufferers. 1t was bitter
lesson in finance but never since has
the attempt been made to "break up
the odious monopoly in banking by
making unlimited issues of paper
money"
Panama City pilot., 1908-11-05

Tax Assessor j. j. Williams, 80.
Tax CollectOr.-D. G.. Brock, 3, w.
B. Gamer 81.
County Superintendent.-B. F.
Gamer, 2S, l.. l.. Pratt, 7.
County Treasurer.-F. NJ. Russ, 10
H. B. Tiller, %.
County Surveyor.-Thos Collins, 33.
County Commissioner District L.
Thos Brock, s, j. 7. Hightower, 21.
County Commissioner No. e. S.
w. Bush, 25, L. A. Yates 3.
County Commissioner No. 81. A.
Brock, 6, J. w. Simmons, %.
County Commissioner No. 4.-B. T.
Evans, II, w. H. White, 4.
County Commissioner No. 81. H.
Porter, 80.
Member School Board No. w.
F. Russ, 10, j. I. Wells, 9.
Member School Board No. 2.-G. B.
Bush, %, j. F. Holmes, 4.
Member School Board No. 81. j.
Gamer, 27, j. B. Varnum, 2.
Justice Peace, No. 25.-H. Hoge-
boom, 10, n. G.. Hall, 20.
Constable. &c. II. Mckenzie, Is, NJ .
L. Harmon, 5, A. G. Chandlee, 1.
Panama City pilot., 1908-11-05
Bay Head.

G. E. Ware made business trip to
Econfina Sunday evening, returning
Monday.
The Cleopatra, in charge of Capt
Martin, was unloading freight here
Friday night.
The Regal in charge of L. c. Gay,
of Gay, brought three drummers up
here one night last week.
Mr. and Mrs ]. W. Gamer, of Econ
fina, were visitors here and at Tomp-
kins on Friday and Saturday last.
G. E. Bracken and three gentlemen
passed by here Friday evening en-
route up the creek squirrel hunting.
S. E. Mashburn, of st Andrews,
Masel Mashburn and Clarence Ware,
of Bayhead, were up the creek hunt
ing last Tuesday, returning with 16
squirrels and three coons.
Panama City pilot., 1908-11-05

brought about the panic of 1887, and
the downfall of the Bank of the United
States.
Jackson in his memorable message
Of December, 1929, began the fight
upon the latter bank, which was the
longest and bitterest conflict of the
kind in American history. In the
campaign of 1881 the opposition to
Jackson hinged entirely upon his
opposition to the Bank of the United
States.
OF the wild cat banks Of that time
T. M. Cooley in his work upon the
subject writes as follows
"For some banks locations as in
accessible as possible were selected
that the bills might not come back
to plague the managers. One bank
was found housed in saw mill, and
it was said with paIdonable exagera-
ton in one of the public papers
Every village plat with house, or
even without house, if it had a hol-
low stump to serve as vault was the
site of bank" In Michigan in 1889
the Bank Commissioners estimated
there was million-Ellars of insol-
vent bank notes inrKe hands or midi
viduals."
The Lower South, especially Geor-
gia, Alabama, and Florida, suffered
seriously from wild cat banking, and
the papers of that day are filled with
complaints, protests, etc., in connec-
ton with that business. Real estate
formed the security under the laws,
and every body entered the banking
business who could buy wild lands at
S1.25 per acre; they then being cap
italized at anywhere from $40 to $50
per acre. 1t was required that 800
of the capital be paid in gold, but that
feature was avoided by paying a
small sum in to the bank in gold, and
then by repeated borrowing it, and
Panama City pilot., 1908-11-05

Through the kindness of DR. G.. A.
Landrum, of DeFuniak Springs, Fla,
the PILOT is enabled to give fac
simile of notable old bank bill, being
So bill issued by the Commercial
Bank of st Joseph, Fla, May 22nd,
1887.
The plate from which the bill was
printed was made by Draper, Tippen,
Longacre & Co., of Philadelphia, and
New York, and has upon it the
portraits of Washington, and other
celebrated men of Revolutionary
fame, and very fair picture of a
steamboat, and railway train of 1886
40. 1t will be noted that the railway
carriage has much the appearance of
an open stage coach, from which
the first railway coaches were pat
termed.
This bill, like many others that
were in circulation throughout the
United States at that time, was in
the form of a draft drawn upon the
noted Bank of the United States at
Philadelphia-=In this case it was
drawn payable -Four months after
date" but such bills were used as the
currency of the country, and as at
present were never presented at the
bank until they were worn out.
There seems to have been a
close connection between the Com.
mercial Bank of st Joseph, Fla, and
the parent bank, the Bank of the
United States at Philadelphia. The
history of banking of that day shows
that the Bank of the United States
had branches, and did it's business
through banks in all parts of the
United States. 1t was the day of wild
cat banking, which with the specula-
tion in lands which it encouraged,
Panama City pilot., 1908-11-05
Election in Panama City.

Election day here was extremely
quiet. Less people were in town than
usual and it was with difficulty that
even light vote was secured. The
highest number of votes cast, that
being for our townsman r. L. Nc
Kenzie, as representative, was but
80, while there are nearly 60 voters
registered in this precinct. Below
will be found the result of the vote
in this, the 25th precinct of Wash
ington county.
Presidential Electors. H. P. Bailey,
%, P. w. Butler, "a, R. E. Davis, "a,
G. G. Martin, %, Samuel Pasco, %,
d. L. McKinnon, /, S. E. Foster, l.,
Z. T. Bielby, 7, H. w. Bishop, s, J..
T. Carnell, 7, G. G. Parlin, I, c.. H.
Stuart, Z, E. d. Barker, 2, J. j. Col
Inns, 2, J. n. Lee, 2, E. G. Post, 3, E.
G.. Smith, 8.
Representative Third District.-J
w. Kehoe, 6, D. H. Mays, IS, w. H.
NOrthup, ., G.. n. Wood, l.
Governor n. Chenney, 5, A. w.
Gilchrist, 26, A. J. Pettigrew, /.
Secretary of State.-H. G. Craw-
ford, 28, John Horr, 3, A. G. Sill, 1.
Attorney General G. Cubberly,
6, P. NJ. Trammel, 21.
Comptroller.-A. G. Groom, %, j..
L. Skipper, 3.
State Treasur9r.-A. B. Kimball, s,
W. V. Knott, IS, |. E. Webster, 1.
Superintendent Public Instruction.
w. NJ. Holloway, p, G. w. Holmes,
2, Mrs S. I. j. Linn, 4.
Commissioner of Agriculture.-B.
E. McLinn, 20, c. F. Schneider, 2, J. F.
Stunkel, 2.
Justice of Supreme Court. e. Bly,,
6, w. A. Harker, Is. F. w. Marsh, 5,
L. NJ. Schackleford, 10.
r. r. Commissioner.-J. G Beach,
2, R. G. Dunn, %, S. w. Rowley, 3.
Senator. r.-Buel Cook, SO.
Representative. .--R. L. Mckenzie, ,39.
County Judge.-Jos Wells 80.
Prosecuting Attorney D. Car
michael, 33.
County Clerk.-W. G. Jockey, 80,
A. w. Weeks, 6.
Sheriff. G, Allen, 81, j. L.
/ Jackson, 5.
Panama City pilot., 1908-11-05
Cromanfon.

Frank Kinney is doing some work
for Mr. Felix.
Tuesdays election; wonder who the
happy man is?
Aud Spicer was hauling lumber for
r. L. Studebaker.
Mrs Fradosia is not we'll again. We
hope to see her feeling better soon.
Mr. Howlet has his new boat COM
pleted and it promises to be a fine
craft.
Mr. Tasker and family took trip
up the bay Sunday to enjoy few
days outing.
Rev Ward preached here Sunday.
About 40 people came over Sunday
from Millville to hear him.
Mrs Bates, Mrs Pierce and Mrs
Spicer, took lunch wit Mrs E. Smith
Sunday, it being the anniversary of
her birth.
Will Lee drove in Sunday on ac-
count of his little daughter being sick
from large swelling which COM
menced on the back of her neck.
The oranges at Mr. Hoskins are
ripening. His trees are small and
only few oranges have been allow
ed to stay on the them.
This week must be an unfortunate
time for Thursday while preparing
dinner Miss Ethel Hodge had the
misfortune to spill or drop pot of
boiling food and badly burned her
foot and leg, SO she is laid up.
Panama City pilot., 1908-11-05
Wetappo.

/. Daniel was down from Early
Thursday.
G. w. Lowe and wife went up We
tappo creek on Saturday.
D. w. Raffield, T. Ellis and j. C..
Morris were on our streets Sunday.
J. Oliver was on these waters Mon
day, with his launch.
W. l.. Whitfield and wife, of Early,
were down on business trip Monday.
A. Allan and son Thomas came up
from Allanton Tuesday to election.
John Parker was the mail carrier
Monday.
Panama City pilot., 1908-11-05
St. Andrew.

Mrs ]. H. Drummond is expected
home on the 18th.
Mrs E. B. Lake returned on Sum
day last from her trip to Milwaukee,
Wis.
Mrs J. T. Gwaltney leaves on the
Manteo this evening to visit Mrs D.
Nj. Witherill, in Pensacola.
A party of Panama City ladies visi-
ted st Andrews and the studio of Mr.
Masker on Tuesday afternoon.
Aaron Dabler, an old Confederate
soldier living in the West End,
suffered from stroke of paralysis
last week. He is reported as improv-
ing this week.
The Ladies Improvement Associa-
ton of st Andrews will hold meet
ing at Mrs Kester's on Wednesday
afternoon, November 11th. A full at
tendance of the ladies of St..Andrews
is requested.
Messrs j. R. Thompson, M. Rynear-
son, and j. T. Gwaltney, the st An
drews delegates to the Columbus
convention, will start for that place
on Sunday evenings train. j. H.
Drummond will meet the party at
Columbus.
The frame for the fish house of the
Bay Fishery Co., of Pensacola, which
is being erected upon the Ice Plant
dock at st Andrews is up and work
on the building being rushed alongas
fast as men can do it. The building
is large one.
Columbus Moates and wife were
called upon to I ass under the rod of
affection through the death of their
little babe on Saturday last. The
funeral took kplace on Sunday morning
and was largely attended by the many
sorrowing friends of the young
couple, all of whom most deeply
mourn over their loss.
Be sure to take supper at Wares
Hall this evening, and vote for the
most popular lady on the Bay. the
votes will be counted at 10, and the
fortunate lady will be presented with
a fancy pillow. Here is an excellent
opportunity for the gentlemen to
exhibit their personal preferences,
and demonstrate that we have anum-
Der of charming ladies about the bay.
Panama City pilot., 1908-11-05

ST ANDREWS, FLA, Oct 80.
To the friends that SO kindly as
sisted through the sickness and death
of Mrs R. F. Bracken. We extend
our kindest thanks and especially to
the ladies and gentlemen of the M.
E. church who SO ably assisted at the
funeral services.
G.. E. BRfcKEN,
j. E. MCCONNELL,
G. E. NEAsE.
Panama City pilot., 1908-11-05
Election.

Returns by wire and through the
daily papers of yesterday show that
w. II. Taft was elected president,
having something over 800 votes in
the electoral college. Uncle Joe
Cannon was also elected by his usual
majority, some 5000 to 1000. The
southern states went Democratic as
usual, but some of them, Georgia is an
instance, show reduced majorities.
Hughes was elected governor of New
York, and Lilley of Connecticut. The
popular majorities for Taft were very
heavy, and only in the middle cen
trail western states, Missouri, Okla
homa, etc., did Bryan show any
strength. 1t is reported that the
Democratic county ticket was elected,
and the State gave about the usual
majority for the Democratic ticket.
Returns from 21 precincts out of 26
in Washington County give r. l.. Nc
Kenzie 81 majority for Representa-
tive. The to hear from will proba-
bly, make his majority about $50. All
Democratic candidates carry county
by majorities ranging from 60 up.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
COMPTOGRAPH HELPS CALL
New Device Enables Speedy
Compilation of Returns

with yesterdays election, new con-
trivance was used successfully for the
speedy compilation Of the returns. The
call made use Of the comptograph. an
adding and listing machine. which was
installed as a feature Of the bulletin
service. AS fast as the returns were
flashed in from various parts of the
CITY they were clicked OF on the comp
tograph and with all the speed and pre-
cfsio1 Of modern mechanism the totals.
with the votes by precincts and dis
tricts were clearly and accurately re-
corded.
Ia preparing for its election service.
The call obtained the comptographs
which enabled il TO outstrip its COM
petftors AS rapidly as the returns
were gathered they were rushed into
the Call Office by telephone and ex-
perts at the comptographs ran OF the
figures on the machines.
An additional bulletin service was
maintained BY The Call at its Fillmore
street Office Thousands of persons
watched the returns in the western
addition and learned the results from
The calls reports Great crowds col
lected after the theaters and remained
until after midnight TO watch the bull
letins.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04

looking producteof the blind pig" came
tottering carefully by.
Hoot, but here's Cook voter nool
Keep as straight as We can moo, ma
mamie, and vote the STRAIGHT ticketr
He was there again after the polls
We're closed and at the fourteenth pre-
cinct box he was overlooking the
counting, and every Dunno vote
brought out the exclamation, "A fine
man is Dunno, fine mani"
z The thirty-second district was very
quiet, but businesslike, and there were
several straight republican hench-
men keeping a sharp lookout ON the
voting. About noon these workers be-
gan to be a bit worried. The voters
whom they greeted so extravagantly
remained too long in the boxes and
many of those expected early were
tardy. Then there was hustling
If one asked them how Cock was be-
ing supported they were crusty and re-
piled: Hes getting on well. This is
his district, he has the best show" In
the morning they were laughing and
confident. but they were very peevish
toward night.
Some sensitive souls actually re-
sented the quiet of the day and tried
to arouse enthusiasm, that real old time
spirit. In many cases the desire was
father to the direct assertion: Bryan
has made a clean sweep in New York
and Pennsylvania There's nothing
to 1t but Cook 'I heard for a fact
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
EAGAN STREET GRAB
BEATEN 10 TO |
Attempted Franchise Raid Goes
Down to Defeat in Ava
lanche of Votes
Although Last on Ballot, Ordi.
nance Is Not Neglected
by Electors

The Eagan franchise grab was beat.
en- 10 to 1 yesterday and the people will
retain those streets which are not al
ready covered by permits. The Eagan
scheme never reached the dignity of a
real issue BY Withholding all infor-
nation as to his project until the day
before election Eagan hoped to create
the impression that he had the support
of powerful financial interests of New
York. An inquiry in New York, how
ever, developed the fact that the capi-
talists to whom Eagan referred had
scant knowledge of his plan and had in
no way pledged their financial assist
ance.
With the last shred of standing torn
from the proposition, the voters pro-
ceeded to deal with it so effectively as
to discourage any other promoter from
wasting his money in favoring such
abnormal enterprises.
Although the franchise proposition
had the last place on the ballot. it was
by no means overlooked. Many of the
voters went into the booths and before
casting their vote for the presidential
electors stamped an emphatic cross
against the Eagan scheme.
Eagan, himself. was about the polls
yesterday, but there was no evidence
of a campaign to carry out his project.
Public sentiment had become so
strongly arrayed against it that the
scheme was in reality beaten before the
polls opened.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
VOTING is ORDERLY AND
FEW CHALLENGES OCCUR
Thirfy-seVenfh and Thirty.
eighth Assembly Districts Poll
Unusually Heavy Vote

Despite an unusually heavy vote in
the thirty-seventh and thirty eighth
assembly districts. yesterdays election
in those districts passed off more
quietly than any similar event in
years. Not a single vote in the district
was challenged for other than routine
election grounds.
More than half the votes cast in
these two districts were registered be-
fore noon. and at 3 o'clock few pre-
cincts had more than 40 votes out of
their net registration remaining to be
cast.
Electioneering in the thirty-seventh
and thirty-eighth, other than the. mere
passing out OF cards, was conspicuous
by its absence.
In the twenty-frst precinct of the
thirty-eighth district at 3 o'clock there
of a net registration of 200. Twenty
eight votes out of a net registration of
220 remained to be cast in the twen-
tieth precinct of the thirty-eighth dis
trict at o'clock. Other precincts
showed similar totals.
Who's ahead for PRESIDENT? asked
one young chap in the thirty-seventh
district, addressing an election Judge.
well. according to my personal
knowledge of their standing, was the
rebuking reply. Taft is one vote ahead
in the United States. voted for him.
The plaintive wall, How dry am, =
was echoed from booth to booth, and
not the least vociferous in this chorus
was the election card squad.
The San Francisco call., 1908-11-04
STUDENTS HELP BERKELEY
Voting in Forty-first Heaviest
Polled for Years

The voting in the forty first was
heaviest in the forenoon. In the ma
jority of the precincts more than half
OF the vote had been cast by IL o'clock.
No disturbances of any sort were re-
corded. Several men were parading in
front of the booths with white stream
ers bearing the name of Albert c. Ack-
erman. Complaints were registered
about the men with the streamers but
no action could be taken, as they were
not talking to any of the voters
Students from the university at
Berkeley were in evidence at every
booth, passing out cards asking support
for Berkeley for the capital The vote
in many of the precincts close to the
bay shore was the heaviest polled for
years.
In the forty-second and forty-thfrd
districts everything was extremely
quiet These two districts are in the
midst of the burned district and the
population has not scattered to any ex-
tent.