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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-11-12
LITTLE ROUTINE BUSINESS
Council also Discusses the Well
Proposition.

Creston, Lincoln county. Wasr.,
went "dry" Mon,iay by \ v,te of 81
to 20, putting three SALOONS out of
business. Creston Is the sixteep,h
town 10 Washington to 20 .,dry" by
elections under the auspices Of the
Anti-Saloon league.
Stevens county, outside III incor-
porated towns. voted on the salmn
question. Tuesday, and went "dry"
by majority of 900, putting 80
saloons out OF business. Five Of the
six Incorporated towns. Of Stevens
county voted dry at elections which
they held recently, Chewclah being
the only one which voted, "wet."
Wilbur will hold 4 local option
election, November 23;' Davenport,
December 81; Walla Walla December
20; North Yakima, December 81.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-11-12
HFHl VI DRY wave
Creston, WASH, Votes Saloons
Out.
STEVENS COUNTY GOES DRY
More Washington Cities to Vote
on Question Soon.

The council transacted little
routine business at the regular
meeting held Monday evening.
All the members were present.
The bill of Henry Burns for salary
as marshal, and fees, for the month
of October, amounting to $32. 50,
was allowed. The clerk was in
structed to ask Fairbanks, Morse
& Co. again for an itemized bill for
the supplies recently purchased by
the town amounting to $31o.55.
The clerk was ordered to notify
G. w. Sylvester to construct a
sidewalk along the front of his
property.
The matter of digging we'll on
the edge of the prairie was again
brought up and it developed that
the council had received one offer
to dig the well to bed rock or to
water for $I.5o per foot, the town
to furnish the curbing, and board
for man and horse. This party,
however, would not guarantee
water or no pay. NJ. Beggs
volunteered to look %hrther into
the matter and ascertain the best
terms that can be obtained, all the
members seeming to agree that it
a we'll could be guaranteed for
$1,000 or $I2oo it would be the
best proposition that the town
could take up for solving the
problem of increasing the hot
weather water supply.
1t appearing to the council that
no line had been established to
build the cement walks to from
the postoffice to klopf's store, j,
was decided to employ Surveyor
w. H. Edelbluie to establish q
| line between the two points.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-11-12
Tissue of Misstatements.

At the Sunday evening tenn
perance meeting in the Presby-
terian church amongst other things
Bartlett Sinclair said: "In yester-
days mail l received copy of the
address sent out by an alleged
association of Coeur d'Alene and
Kootenai county business men in
favor of the saloon side Of the
liquor question. l read it and do
not hesitate to declare it a tissue
of misstatements. In the first
place there is no such association
as "The Business Men of Coeur
d'Alene and Kootenai County"
A handful of men living in Occur
d'Alene who are championing the
liquor interests have assumed this
high sounding title for the purpose
of attracting attention and to give
their petition some weight. Moth
ing like all the business men ol
Coeur d'Alene are in it and moi
one, that l can discover, living
out of that city is in the associa
ton. 1t is solely Coeur d'Alene
affair and very little of that.
1.-The object of this body OF met
we are told is to oppose the adop
tion of local option legislation
And these are the grounds of thei
opposition: Local option viii
work an injury to the moral, edu
cational, political and fnancia
interests of Kootenai county
Should the friends of local optiol
win in this contest it means
closing up of the saloons ant
prohibition in this county OF tn
sale of liquor. These gentlemen
There are no women signers) wh'
append their names to this won
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-11-12

The new -four mill at K00skia
manufactures $50 barrels Ut flour
every "a hours.
The horse thief cases against Will
liam and Monte Bishop of Harrison,
have been continued for the term 10
the district court at Occur d'Alene.
f. Chapman and Clarence w.
Robnett, former empl0ye~ Of the
Lewiston Natlonal bank. accused Of
robbing the institution OF $l37, 900
are about TO be tried In the federal
court at Moscow. The case is now
under Investigation by the grand
jury,
Two new cases were flcd Ia the
district court at Occur d'Alene, Mon
day, Oran LAporte suing the Monarch
Timber company for $3O.OtO damages
alleged To be due on account of in.
Jury to his health while al elDpluye
Of the county, aud Geo. Sbaink fore
closing a mortgage for $3.50 against
W. S. Butler.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-11-12

The Boise branch Of the national
forest service has received 1000 nlack
locust trees from the government nur-
sery at Pocatello and 5000 yellow pine
trees from Omaha. to be used in
refOrestration.
II. j. KOeppen. OF Boise, has been
awarded the contract for tie con
struction of the state deaf, dumb and
blind school at Gooding, the building
to cost S25, 900 but the interior Of
the third floor and other portions OF
the building will not be completed
unless citizens subscribe the $500
necessary to complete the contract.
The federal grand Jury at Moscow
last Friday Indicted w. F. Ketten.
bach, Geo. H. Kester, VIM. Dwyer
and Harvey J. Steffey on three counts
Of criminal conspiracy to defraud the
United States by literally acquiring
title to timber lands ia Nez Perce
county 10 Oct 1905.
A local option organization was
perfected at Standpoint last week to
circulate petitions calling for special
election in Bonner county. J. F.
Armfeld is president and J. w.
Ramsey, secretary. Already 600
have signed at Bonuers Ferry. The
petition will require l64S names be-
fore the commissioners can take
action on II.
AdOlpb Busch of the Anheuser-
Busch Brewing association, one of
the largest brewing concerns in the
world, is to build temperance hotel
on Warren island, near Hope and the
north end of Pend Oreille lake.
Busch recently purchased the island
from Gen. Chas. S. Warren Of Butte.
1t is understood any attempt to en-
gage in the liquor traffic on the island
will be prosecuted.
1t Is claimed that Prof. H. II.
French, former director of the expert.
ment station Of the University at
Moscow, is accused of having per
mitted cattle affected with tubercu.
lOsis to be sold from the experiment
farm to Moscow butchers for beef
and retailed and eaten by students
and citizens of Moscow, and that for
this alleged carelessness, French's
services were dispensed with by the
board of regents. The disclosures
were made. it is claimed, last spring,
but were not made public at that
time.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-11-12
POINTERS BY GLADSTONE
Excerpts From Speech Made at
CRur d'Alene.

In bis speech at Occur d'Aiene. In
behalf of local option, Paul Clagstone,
speaker of the last Idaho house of
representatives, said in part:
"Saloon leaders of Idaho will put
ticket IN the field next August in
disguise. Every important office
will be sought by supporter OF
liquor to defeat statewide prohibition
IL possible. These candidates will
lun on personal liberty platform
1t has been lntlmated to me that
unless keep quiet on local option ]
will be strenuously opposed at the
primaries 10 case my name is pre-
sented. Let them come on. They
are contemplate bunch"
"We teach our school children the
evil effects IT alcohol physiologically,
and at the same time support the
schools in part with money derived
from licensing an unlimited number
Of saloons to freely display, advertise
and sell an Unlimited amount o.
liquor"
1.-THE claim is often made tha
prohibition does not prohibit.
This statement is false 1t doe
prohibit, for all practical purposes
You might as well say that law
against burglary aud highway robber,
do not prohibit those crimes"
Home business men of Occur d.
Alene and of Lewiston claim tha
the saloons are benefit. Why, then
are they not included in the booste
literature?"
"The most important cause, how
ever, Of this popular demand fu
prohibition is a political one. Giffor
Pinchot, who today is making clea
the tremendous struggle between th
special interests and the averag
American citizen, points out ho
tn air lobbyists and paid representa-
tives have for years defeated the enc
Of the people steadily and with ease.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-11-12

Burglars cracked two safes in Spo.
kane stores last Saturda, and got
away with $1,000 IN money.
John Stuart Kennedy, a New York
millionaire who died Oct. 81, left
beauests of more than $25, 600, 900 TO
religious, charitable and educational
institutions.
Senator Tillman refused To attend
the banquet to President Taft at
Columbia. S. G., last Saturday. He
did not approve Of banquet at $40
plate and charged to the guests.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-11-12

The county commi ssiuneis met In
session Ia Occur d'Alene, Monday.
The Springston trestle, built by the
Car-callen Bros. was acc. pied and
warrants ordered drawn 10 payment
for the same. A committee from the
Occur d'Alene commercial club ap.
peared before the board, asking that
an appropriation Of 500 be made ~
the board to aid IN paying the ex-
penses Of the county's exhibit at the
Spokane Apple show. The board
voted the club 500 to assist in the
exhibit.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-11-12

Pendleton, Ore has been dry ter
ritOry for some time, and a move.
ment to put the saloons back Ia,
under high license aud strict
regulation plan, has just failed
through inability to procure signers
to the petition. 1t was proposed
that licenses be made $4,000 and the
number Of saloons be limited to seven.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-11-12
SALOONS COST COUNTY
Cause Court Expenses, Lost
Time, Etc.
SHOWN BY STATISTICS
Gathered by Local Option Cam
paign Committee.

Occur d'Alene, Idaho, Nov. g.
The Rev. w. J. Thompson, who has
been investigating the county records
In regards to effects of liquor in the
county, today made this statement:
"From July l., 1908, to July l, 1909,
there were 81 saloon licenses issued Ia
KOOtenai county. These licenses cost
the saloons $3.50 each, or a total Of
$i5, $50. or this amount the schools
received SO per cent, the state 10 per
cent and the county 40 per cent.
Kootenai county, therefore, received
from the saloons $ls, 300 to apply on
the general fund.
''There were II criminal cases fled
In the district court that year. IA OF
these being caused by the saloon aud
its influences. During the same per-
iod there were A cases In the probate
court. OF these 80 were attributab BILE
to the liquor traffic.
''Of the criminal cases In the JUS.
tice courts, 80 per cent were results
OF the use Of liquor. These cases
cost the county $1,000.
I'm the above cases men were sem
fenced to the penitentiary for a total
Of 20 years and months. and jail
sentences w,re imposed aggregatiDg 6
years Il months and "a days, costing
the county over Is cents day for
this time, which would amount TO
$685.
"During that year Kootenai county
sent to the insane asylum eight per-
sons. or this number six were the
result of the saloon business. The
average time spent in the asylum Is
nine years for each inmate. The
county is, therefore, paving out and
Is to pay for this saloon expense
$I1 $3.50. This does not include
doctors charges for examinations.
"Fifty per cent or more of the poor
costs to the county were directly due
to saloon influences. Fifty per cen,
Of this cost, for the year beginning
July l, 1908, amounted to $328l.
+. ..If the time Of those imprisoned
| for crimes and those sent to the asy
lum is reckoned as a result Of saloOr
Influences worth to The community S.
for each working day, loss to th'
commonwealth because of insanit'
caused by the saloon business is $l6,
200; because of the time spent In Jail
$2O75; because OF time people wer
sentenced to the penitentiary, $3.50
"Of the five youthful delinquent
i sent to the reform school during IN
same period, the delinquency for f0u
was due to saloon influences. Th
terms for which these four were sen
aggregates 81 years. AT $3.50 a wee
for housing, maintenance, and IL
struction this cost will amount
$49l4, which the county must pa
through the state.
THE total cost of the saloons
the county is $67,37S.
"The amount the county receive
; from saloons to apply on general e.
pense fund Is $l8, 300, while the lo
to the county is $49,078.
mot included in these figures
the $3.50 town license which II
saloons pay nor are the police cou
costs. and cost Of policing towns, al
court and sheriff salaries.
! "ID two years there were 93 d
2 vurces In this county and iDforniatit
! from official sources indicates that
Y per cent, or 50, were results Of salo,
= influences"
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-11-12

Idaho sold its $50. 900 fair building
for $3.50. Holy Smoke! What q
depreciation. Tribune.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-21

The board Of county commissioners
of Brookings county met in regU'ar
session at the Office Of the county au-
ditor on Tuesday. January ;, 1909. +
40 O'Clock a. m. Members present.
Chairman Lewis Johnson. and CON
missioners Hoch. Newton Erickaoa
and Oyloe and the county auditor az
clerk
Board was called to order and pro
ceeded to read the minutes OF tn"
regular October meeting and the ao-
iourned meetings of October 2S and
November 10, and to check the war
rants issued with claims as allowed
at said meetings, after finishing which
the minutes We're approved as read.
The bond OF j. l.. Jarvis being
approved and filed the board pro,
ceeded to organize for the ensuing
wear by electing Geo. f. HOch chair
man.
The board then inspected the cells
and padded cell erected in the sec
ond story Of the Jail, and tested SAM.
and having found the same to comlF
with contract the work was Oh mo-
ton accepted and the auditor instruct
ed to- draw a warrant in favor OF the
Pauley Jail Bldg. Co. for the con
tract price, $2,07565.
On motion the official bonds oi
Albert Matson, county Judge; Norman
A. Hanson clerk Of courts; J G.
Miles. sheriff; +. L. Van Dyke, treas
urer and o. b. Utigard, register OF.
deeds. wer" approved,
The board then proceeded TO make
settlement with the county officer
the following committees being ap.
pointed. viz. On settlement with the
auditor and treasurer, Johnson, New
ton and Jarvis; with the register ot
deeds. Hoch and Erickson. The bal
ance of the day was spent on settle
ment and on motion the board ad
lOuIncu TO y u ClOCh d. "
January 6, 1909. Board met as
per adjournment, all members and
clerk present, continued on settlement
with county officers until 2 o'clock p
m, when bids for deposit of county
funds were opened and considered, the
following applications being on file,
viz:
First Natl. Bank, Pierre, 100000
at 4% interest
Summit Bank, Summit, $5,000.0O
at 4Te interest.
First State Bank, Nunda, s5,000.0O
at 40 interest.
On motion further consideration of
bids was postponed until later in the
session.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-21
STATE BREEDERS TO MEET.

The annual meeting of the South Da-
hota Live Stock Breeders will be held
at Mitchell the latter part of January.
commencing on the 26th and closing
on the 2Sth The association was
organized in that city some hve years
ago, and after securing state assist.
ance ii has grown to be one Of the
strongest organizations in the state
and it has been the means of in.
creaSing the interest in stock grow
ING and of raising the standard of
cattle and hogs which have been pro
duced since then. Previous to the
advent Of the efforts Of the live stock
breeders the greater majority of the
farmers We're not giving that atton-
tion to their herds which would have
the effect Of building them up but
the good work is growing constantly
and the day is not far distant when
the farmers who make any prclcM
siOns whatever toward producing
stock, will have the very best grade
.of cattle and hogs on their farms,
and even the farmer who keeps a
COW for his own use will see that it
is as cheap and better to have Il good
animal as to have one poor one.
The opening session OF the asso-
citation will be held Tuesday evening,
January 26, with President Erion and
Secretary Wilson of Brookings, in
charge. The evening vii be devoted
to the preliminary work of starting
the convention
Secretary Wilson has closed the
entries for the sale of hogs and cat
tie and ne reports that he has Sc
cured fine list OF animals for the
auction sale, which is held on two
days Of the meeting A list Of the
many animals shows that there are 10
head Of hogs and IS head of cattle.
These are contributed by - breeders
.of the state. il being against the
rules TO permit any outside breeder
from placing his stock on the lists
of the association.
The cattle comprises 33 bulls and
IS COWS OF the Shorthorn breed; 8
bulls and / COW of the Hercfmds d.
Aberdeen Angus bulls: bulls and 3
COWS of the Holsten Freisians I
Brown Swiss; . POlled Durham
bulls
The hogs comprise IS Duroc Jer-
sey sows; l6 Poland China sows; .
Berkshires: Chester Whites.
The hogs will be sold on Wedres-
day, January p, and the cattle on the
following day, The catalogues will
be ready about January l..
Col. Cary NJ. Jones will be chief
auctioneer, and he will be assisted
by Dougherty, T.. S. Kean of Alexan
dria, W. II. Parker of Winefred, and
J. F.. Judge of Ethan,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-21
CRAWFORD is ELECTED.

At noon yesterday the members OF
both houses of the legislature met in
joint session and after reading the
journals of the proceedings Of Tues,
day when the vote was taken, Coe /.
Crawford of Huron, was declared TO
have been elected United States sena'
tor for the term of six years, beginning
March 4, 1909, succeeding A. B. Kit,
tredge. The vote in the senate was
Crawford 3S, Lee 6; in the house,
Crawford, SO; Lee, 9. Mr.. Crawford
gave a short talk thanking all of those
who had assisted him.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-21
HESS is GENEROUS.

a dispatch from Nermilion saws.
The Debating Board OF Control mas re.
ceived the following from Mr.. HESS.
Debating Board of Control
University OF South Dakota.
Dear Sirs:--
AS a member of the Creighton De
batting team, l should like TO present
the following for your consideration
Mr.. NJ W. Murphy, who won second
place among our debaters last wear
and who led one of our teams to vic
tory. did not enter this years prelimn-
aries, being necessarily out of the city.
Believing that the Creighton team
would be materially strengthened if
Mr.. Murphy could be prevailed upon
to join it, ! earnestly request that he
be offered my place.
Yours truly
William H. Heiss. Jr..
Nermillion. S. D.. Dec. l6, 1908
Upon receipt of this letter. the board
communicated with Mr.. Murphy with
the result that Mr.. Murphy takes the
place originally hclI by Mr.. Heiss on
the Creighton team.
That Mr. Iciss should go through all
the work in the preliminarics, win his
place on the team, and then make
room for another because he thought
th" university team could be strength.
ened thereby, certainly shows a spirit
that will command the admi. alton OF
all connected with the university.
Mr. Heiss has done more than this
He Ias gathered considerable mater
ial for both of the teams and is still
doing Gctive work in behalf of the
debating interests.
Wien spirit of loyalty and active
cooperation such as that shown above
shall have become contagious through
ont the student body the success OF
our university debating will be as.
sured.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-21
DISPOSE
Of COUNTY AFFAIRS
Held Important Session at Court House and Grind Out Big
GriSt of Public Business
NEW COUNTY OFFICERS SWORN IN
j. L. Jarvis Takes Up Duties as Commissioner and New
Board Elects Geo. E. HOCh as Chairman

The bond OF the First State bank
o.. Philip, 10 secure deposit of $4,000
awarded said bank on October 8. 1905.
was on motion approved and the treas
urer instructed TO deposit the amount
with said bank
ON motion board adjourned to 9
clock a. IN. January :.
January :, 1909. Board met as per
adjournment, all members and clerk
Present. Continued settlement with
county officers. which settlement was
completed and the following repr.
made, viz:
We J. l.. Jarvis, F. w. Newton and
lewis Johnson. your committee on set
tlement with the auditor and treas
urer respectfully report, that we have
carefully checked over all vouchers
as recorded in the voucher records
and have compared all stubs with
claims allowed by this board and find
that the amounts as allowed Oh said
claims agree with the stubs of war.
rants and the record as kept OF the
commissioners proceedings.
We have also checked all tal and
miscellaneous receipts. which receipts
were found properly entered in the
cash books and the amounts OF same
accounted for Oh the ledgers.
We have also checked UP the ac-
Germs doing business with the county
and find that the claims as filed by
these concerns and warrants Drawn
in payment of same have been ac-
counted for.
We find that all receipts, both tax
and miscellaneous, and all payments
as shown by vouchers have been prop
rly accounted for, for the months end
ing December 81, 1908, and that the
balance in the hands of the county
treasurer at the close of business on
December 81, 1908, was s46,70635,
which sum was accounted for by GER
titled statements from the cashiers
of the several banks, by cash in the
Office, and by cash items and county
claims as follows.
First Natl. Bank. Pierre. -. Sl5,000.00
Stock Growers Bank, Fort
Pierre ................. 100000
Granite City Bank, Dell
Rapids. ........... 100000
First National Bank, Brook
ings ............... 2,9O2.S4
Bank of Brookings. . 2,23326
Farmers National Bank,
D-1z,, .c,- n,
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-21
EGAN APPEALS CASE.

The supreme court has set the 22nd
of this month as the date of hearing
on the Egan appeal case from the
decision of the lower court, which held
that he was ineligible to act as states
attorney of Minnehaha county. The
case is given an early hearing from
the fact that the election contests are
cases.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-21

Drs. Boyden and Stoll were at Volga
Sunday and operated upon Mrs.
Robert Henry. since which time she
has been rapidly improving.
The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1909-01-21

Concluded on Page 2.)
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1909-08-05
Tenperance Notes.

The British Government has recog-
nized the coming worlds Temperance
Congress at London to the extent IT
transmitting through its diplomatic
representatives invitations to other
governments.
Gin was discovered In the seven
teenth century, and England In fifty
years was drinking 100000 gall
Ions. Tavern keepers said: Come
in and get dead drunk for twopence
No charge for straw beds in cellar"
New York Press.
Paul d. Crayath, the legal brains
Of Thomas Fortune Ryan, tho hand
somest man at the New York Bar and
the only lawyer who never lost bis
temper. Is a teetotale:.
Civil liberty and the liquor traii!c
are engaged to-day. as never before,
In a death struggle. II Is the last
great desperate battle. l ani not
here. with blanched cheek and quav-
ering voice and trembling limbs TO
tell you that one or the other must
30 down. i am hero with my feet on
the solid rock OF the Constitution,
with my front to the foe and my eyer
on the stars TO tell you that civil lib
erty viii live aud the saloon win die.