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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-07
BALLINGER IS
after PINCHOT

A Washington dispatch of the Both
to the Statesman says:
Clifford Pinchot, chief of the forest
service, and F. H. Newell, director
of the reclamation service, are equally
aware that Secretary Ballenger is
anxious to force them out of the fed
eral service, or at least reduce them
from their present positions Of power
to places less important and less in
fluential. But they are assuming
different attitudes toward the secre-
tary of the interior. Pinchot has
donned his war paint and feathers
and intends to fight; Newell has as
sumed a passive attitude and will
await a decision by the president
who is the final arbiter.
In the case of Pinchot it is a fight
between one department and another;
in the case of Newell it is a row be-
tween the head of a department and
the head of a bureau in that depart
ment. Pinchot, therefore, is perhaps
III q bSbbOl pOollIOu " WdSS wal upOu
Secretary Ballenger than is his friend
of the reclamation service. Yet it is
contemplated that Pinchot in carrying
forward his fight in his own defense
will also, to some extent, fight for
Newell as we'll, for there is a bond of
long-standing friendship between the
two officials under fire and Pinchot
would protest loudly against any step
that would lessen the power and au-
thority of Newell.
While Newell himself remains in
active some of his friends, especially
friends in congress, have gone into
the fight for him and are perhaps do
ing all that Newell himself could do
if he were inclined to follow the Pin
chot tactics. Newell has friends as
well as enemies in the senate and
house and up to the present time the
friends have been much more vigorous
in supporting him than have the ne
mics in opposing him.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-07

of serving his state and the people
whom he loved with an affection akin
to that of paternity Besides minor
political positions which he always
filled with the same zeal and effective
ness as shown in the more important,
he was the last territorial governor
and the first governor of the state,
and was one of the first two United
States senators from Idaho, serving
two terms, retiring in 1901"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-07

Mrs. w. A. McGee and daughter-in-
law, Mrs. Roy MCGEE, from Portland
visited at the home of Mr.. Martin on
Deer Flat near Greenleaf last Sun
day.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-07
CANYON COUNTY'S
BIG VALUATION

The assessment roll of Canyon
county has been completed by Assess
or Crowther and is in the hand of the
county commissioners. The increased
valuation of railroads, telephone and
telegraph lines is about a quarter of
million, making $3.50, 100000. The
total this year other than railroads,
telephone and telegraph lines is
$7,168, $500. Last year the same
total was $6,75O,OOO.OO. The assess
ment roll shows the following totals:
Patented lands, 231,36O
acre at $14.50. ........ S3357527. 90
Improvements on patent
ed lands. ............ 593O98.OO
improvements on non-pat-
ented lands. ....... 39844.OO
City and town lots $15,372
valuation ...... 89O4O1 90
Improvements town lots. 971153. 90
Real Estate not classified 13O95.OO
Equities in school land. 40541.00
Saw mills. .......... 10000
Planning Mills .......$ 10000
National Bank Shares :. 222945 90
Thoroughbred cattle, $50
nedu 4Z3 90
Common cattle, Isl head. 85O78.OO
Yearlings, 751 head. 49,. 55558.O0
Cows, 1858 head. ...... 67753.OO
Sheep, 87,977 head. ...... 2O1651 90
Graded horses, 5O98 head. 182627.OO
Stock horses 26O6 head. 486O3.OO
Stations, Al head. .... 9875.00
Colts, II head. ....... 1850
Jacks, II head. ........ $4,000
Mules PIP head. .... 7740.O0
Swine 2431 head. .... $4,000
Farming machinery. 49,. 100000
Furniture and fixtures. =. 13655.OO
Goods, mdse. etc. ........ 320818.O0
Lumber ................ 100000
Saw logs. .............. 100000
Money on hand. ........ 9852.00
Musical instruments. .... 298O1 90
Steamers and other water
crafts ............... 1880
Watches ............. 1920
Wood ................. 10000
Wines, Liquors, etc.. 1880
Property not classified. :. 7293.OO
Power lines 62 1-2 miles. 37927.OO
Grand total. .........$ 7168828.OO
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-07

THE placing of this statue" said he,
rs done pursuant to an act of the
legislature of the state of Idaho, ap-
proved March 9Th, 1907, and is a mark
of high appreciation for the life and
labors of one of our most distinguish
ed citizens held by our people. Sem
ator Shoup occupied a large place in
the affairs of our state during his life,
and has left, in the hearts and minds
of those who knew him, the impress of
character great because of its sim
plicity and faithfulness. Our citizens
are all his debtors, because the influ-
ence of his life ever lives and will per-
meate our citizenship to it's remotest
recesses. Idaho is debtor to Senator
Shoup on many accounts. AS a pio-
neer of the state he sensed the import
ance of laying well the foundation and
took an active part and efficient part
In the political and commercial inter-
ests, helping to mould them into form
anu
Associated with his friend and
partner, James McNab as commission
er from the territory of Idaho to the
Cotton Exposition at New Orlans in
1884 and 1885, he rendered the terri
tory valuable services, and assembled
an exhibit, largely at his private ex-
pense), that attracted wide and favor
able attention. His private funds al
ways supplemented his efforts when
working for his state, and he never al
lowed an interest to fail for want of
financial support. His political honors
were carried with modesty, and the po-
.sitions conferred by the people appre-
ciated as affording opportunities only
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-07

Mrs. w. A, Douglas and grandson
spent Sunday with her brother, Mr..
G. N. Bassett, at Greenleaf.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-07

Miss Bernice Miller has gone to
Portland and Seattle and may go to
Alaska with a friend.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1909-08-07

Mrs, Nellie Williams has returned
from Seattle,
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14
trying to be nice for my sake" New
York Times
THE WORD "ALPHABET."
1t Comes Through the Greeks and He
brews From Phoenicia

When we speak of our A B Cs as
our alphabet we are using a word
hoary with age. that. as far back as
we can trace it, came from the eastern
shore of the Mediterranean sea, thou
sands of years before the Hebrews
went up there and took possession of
the land of Canaan. Back of the peo-
pie who occupied that land before the
events of Exodus were written we are
not able to trace the word, for we
have not sufficient knowledge of them
or of their chronological history before
we find them in Canaan.
1t has been only within recent years
that we have been able to know that
the word alpha bet' came to us from
the Phoenicians Before that we sup
posed that it came to us from the He
brews, through the Greek. AS we say
"A B c. the Greeks say "alpha beta
(he first two letters of their alphabet
which when it reached us became cal
phabet" This we supposed had come
to the Greeks from the Hebrews. who
called their first two letters 'alph' and
"beth." but since then we have found
that both the Greeks and the Hebrews
got the word alphabet" from the same
source, which was the Phoenicians.
The people of Phoenicia had the
same letters. "alph" and beth" which
have suffered but little change in
sound down to our A and B. Alph
meant simply an OK, the sign of il
being a conventional oX's head, with
the lower part of the face turned
slightly to its right, and beth meant
house. which was pictured by the rude
outline of a primitive dwelling. which
had a superfuous line added to dis.
tinguish it from other characters very
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14
KISSING the Book.

"Kissing the book" is rather late
development of the mere touching Of
the gospels with the fingers. which
dates from the sixth century. II is
likely that the kiss was originally in
tended not to increase the solemnity OF
the oath, but to signify reverence and
affection for the book. The kiss ap-
pears to have come into fashion to
ward the end of the sixteenth century
and would seem, from what George
Fox says Of it, to have been Protes
tant innovation. According to him
the unreformed method was simply to
hold the gospels with three fingers
above the book. typifying the Trinity
and two fingers below. IMPLYING the
twofold destruction of body and soul
that an oath taker invoked upon him
self if he swore falsely.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14
TRIED TO BE N!CE.
But Fannie Made an Awful Mess Of 1t
With the Old Lady.

when Fannie is bent upon pleasing"
sighed Fannie's younger sister, ''she
can certainly make a horrible mess of
things. Last Sunday Charlie Evans,
having arrived at the point where he
felt he wanted his family's opinion Of
me, invited us both up to take tea
with his mother The minute | laid
eyes on his mother | knew Fannie
would get in trouble-she simply can't
help getting nervously foolish when
there's a religious person around
Charles mother kissed us and, ad-
dressing herself to Fannie as the elder,
said something about our being very
sweet to come and see a daughterlesS
old woman. Whereat Fannie looked
at Charlie and his two brothers and
replied feelingly that it must be a ter
rible disappointment to have only
them. Mrs. Evans to rectify my SIS
ter's misrepresentation, told us proudly
that she had three more sons, not pres
ent
by this time Fannie realized that
she had made a bad beginning and
leaped further in with the supposition
that the other three were off having a
good time instead of moping at home.
The older lady drew herself up and
said severely:
my three sons are in heaven. Miss
Barnes
"'Oh, how awfulr came Fannie's
ready gasp.
"'No, not awful at allv and Mrs.
Evans was positively glaring at us. 4
feel that they were specially blessed
in being allowed to pass thus early to
their Lord. They died as little chill
dren.'
"'Dear me. how glad you must have
beenv blurted out fustered Fannie.
"By this time l had kicked hole in
her ankle, and that quieted her for
awhile. She might have kept still for
the rest of the evening had not her pet
subject, the higher education of wo-
man, come up for the old lady's disap-
prevail Then Fannie made a hand
spring into the conversation by re-
marking that when we had more edu-
Gated mothers there would be less in
FAINT mortality.
'And- mind Eou- Fannie was really
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14

The Minnesota legislature has left
no room for doubt as to its position
on the saloon question. Last
Wednesday it put the quietus to
Elmer Adams bill giving cities of
less than 10000 population the same
right as villages of voting on the
question of issuing liquor licenses.
The democrats with only one excep-
ton voted with the alleged republi-
can leaders" to indefinitely post
pone the bill. Representative Dali
zell said that the republicans should
get together and not be swayed by
popuists of the ninth district, which
brought out the retort from Repre-
sentative Saugstad that the leaders
had voted with the democrats on all
temperance measures, and if the
rest of thu Republicans were to fol-
low the LEADERS" there would be
no Republican party in the legisla-
ture. 1t was announced at the
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14

Madison people wakened up to {
genuine surprise the morning after
their recent city election. In the
first ward, supposed to be the
strongest license ward in the city
E. L. Stromswold was prevailed up
on to allow his name to go on as a
no-license candidate and was elected.
This made tie in the council and
the Independent says its effect will
be to make Madison a no-hcense
city. Madison made a failure of its
first attempt at no-license, but the
Independent says that since Attorney
General Young has shown how to
put the lid on and keep it on, it is
not likely that the failure will be re-
heated.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14
MansfieId's Lonely Meals.

There were two meals which Mans
field always ate alone-breakfast and
the light repast of broth and oysters
late IN the afternoon. An empty stom-
ach attacked his nerves and set his
temper on edge. In the mornine he
was IN no convenient mood until he
had the invariable coffee and bacon.
After somewhat rigid abstinence
during the balance of the day and
evening the fatigue Of a performance
edged his nerves till his midnight sup
per, which. with troop of friends
about him, warmed him into the sun
NEST humor Of the day. A book or
play was the companion of his solita-
ry meais.-Paul Wilstach in 9--ihnnr's.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14

If the bill before the legislature
authorizing teachers who attend the
sessions of the state teachers asso-
citation each year to draw full pay
for three days becomes law, it is
expected to largely increase the at
tendance at the next meeting, at
Minneapolis, Oct. % to 80. The
change of date is a decided innova-
ton, but teachers have found that
attending the meeting during the
Christmas holidays seriously inter-
fered with their holiday plans, and
hence the attendance has been some
what limited. According to the
Journal. Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska
and Michigan already have provi-
sions for teachers attending without
loss of pay and as a consequence at
tendance has increased four-fold.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14

Governor Johnson is receiving
more commentator than blame for
yetoing the bill establishing the
Cass Lake Normal schools. His po-
sition that the state already has nor
NAL schools is we'll taken, and from
the comments made on the measure,
it would appear that Cass Lake has
little to commend it as a proper To-
cation for normal school. Now if
Gov. johnson will veto the rotten
measure railroaded through both
branches of the legislature, proyid-
ing for the payment to senators and
representative of two years pay a
year and half before the end of
their terms, and the bill giving to
city clubs the special privilege to sell
liquors without a license, it will 90
far toward making his third term
the most popular Of all. The COM
bine now in control of our state leg
islature needs the AK all right.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14
THAT $3S,OOOO,OOO.

ED. GAZETTE: In recent discus
sion of revenue matters in Congress
Representative Murdoch of Kansas
reminded the house of the S38, 900,
600 loaned by the government to the
states at the close of Jackson's ad-
ministration and suggested that a
demand be made for it's return.
Largely by means of sales of pub
lie lands the United States was out of
debt in 1886 with $38, 100000 in the
treasury beyond it's probable needs.
This amount was loaned to 81
states, according to their repre-
sentation in congress, of which the
state of New York received $4,000
600 and loaned it on farm mortgages
and devoted the interest to the crea
ton of fund for common schools.
At that time there were no free
schools, no high schools. Every
family had to pay for the education
of their own children. The idea
that property could and should pay
for the education of the rising gen.
Grafton was growing but it was
many years before the owners of
the property saw that it was both a
duty and necessity to adopt the
free school system. Once afoot, the
principle has gone ahead by leaps
and bounds until the primitive sys-
tenn of sixty or seventy years ago is
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14

In a speech in congress recently,
Congressman Davis stated the lum-
Der tariff position from the peoples
standpoint in q nutshell: 1.-The uni
form reduction of 81 per thousand
upon all grades of lumber, in my
ju lgment, will not produce the de-
sired results. The Dingley bill fixes
rates from 81 to 81 per thousand,
the smaller rate being on unfinished
rough lumber or board. About 80
per cent of lumber consumption is
of the planed unfinished product.
While the duty on rough lumber is
reduced from 81 to 81 per thousand,
the duty on finished lumber is left
so high as to be almost prohibitive.
The consumer will remain entirely
dependent on domestic supplies. A
uniform tariff of 81 per thousand
upon all grades will be much pre-
ferable to the proposed duties. 1t
would be better still if all grades of
lumber were placed on the free list"
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14
Hutchinson Leader: 1t is becom.

Hutchinson Leader: 1t is becom-
ing apparent to all people residing
in towns in which the question Of IL
censing saloons is an issue that there
is urgent need of different law
from the one now on the statute
books for dealing with this question.
That it engenders i'll feeling and
bitterness among towns-people is a
fact that will be vouchsafed by the
people in every community in which
it is raised and the law should at
least prevent its becoming an issue
in communities year after year. If
we are not to have county option,
then the law should be framed like
the county seat law, which was
drawn with a recognition Of the fact
it was not just to property interests
nor we'll for the people of the coun-
ty to have the question of removal
eternally in the air. So the county
seat law allows the question of
changing a county seat TO be sub
mitted only once every five years
and then a three-ffths vote is re-
quired to carry. Some such pro-
visions in the Minnesota liquor laws
would be a blessing to the state. An
annual wrangle over the saloon ques-
ton is a bad thing for any commun-
ity. Once settled it ought to be set
led for some considerable period. 1t
is said that New Zealand, a country
to which we have gone for some of
our best laws, takes this method of
dealing with the license question.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14

Some newspaper Photographer hay
ing discovered last week that the
famous opera diva, Madam Frem-
stad. once did service as maid or
hired girl in private family while
struggling to obtain her musical ed
ucation, that lady, in an interview,
not only pleads guilty but shows her
superiority to fashionable and con-
ventional ideas by saying emphatic
ally that she is proud of the fact.
And every right thinking man and
woman will honor her for not being
ashamed of her willingness to work
with her hands at whatever she
could find to do in order to over
come the handicap of poverty and
be self-supporting. How much bet
ter would it be if young women
everywhere could be recognized as
being. entitled to just as much re-
spect when working in the kitchen
for wages as when doing it as mis-
tress of their own homes. Elderly
people can look back to the time
when the hired girl was not only an
important member of most families
but was treated like the other mem
bers, in due season graduating out
of the family to become the wife of
some honest man and occasionally
electing to remain single and indie
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14

The common people Of the state
would like to get al the real facts
concerning the school book trust.
On the floor of the state senate it
was recently stated that it ives queer
indeed, when a law was proposed
seeking to reduce the price of school
books from so to 125 per cent
throughout the state, that many
county and school superintendent
should rush to oppose the measure
The senator wondered what influence
was behind these men who should
have the interests of the people, and
particularly of the children of the
poor people at heart. He stated
that if it was question of different
books it would be different. But
when Minnesota paid that much
more for the same books as is now
being paid in Kansas, it was certain
ly time for people to wake up, and
inquire into the influence behind
their school managers and instruc-
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14
The One Universal Preventive.
O. B. TURRELL.

Duluth News Tribune:
It is at the approach Of gentle
springtime when every household
needs to buckle ON the armor of
protection against germ diseases.
The experience of all the world and
all climates has proved that this ar
NOR is formed of those two most
simple compenents fresh air and
cleanliness.
One of the enemies to health that
should be most vigorously and I'M
ceasingly fought is the house fly.
This little beast is the most persis-
tent, insidious and interchangeable
spreader of disease known to the
bacteriologist.
To our readers we commend the
following from a medical journal.
Spring is coming. In our homes
the house fly, the dirty fly, the ty-
phoid and cholera infantum fly will
soon swarm in thousands and mil
lions unless precautions are taken.
The house fly, which we were taught
in our childhood to treat with kind
ness, has been exposed.
"Its habits are filthy. 1t breeds
in stables and garbage pals and car
ries the filth it revels in and tracks
it across the sugar. the butter and
the beefsteak. 1t paddles its horrid
feet, glmmed with the vilest rotting
matter, in the baby's milk.
1.-The doctors have declared war
on the house fly. 1t probably dis
seminates every disease. 1t is a
nuisance. 1t must be exterminated
1t can be driven out of every city.
+, 'In an age of knowledge. screens
and cheap disinfectants there is no
excuse for files in any household.
Clean up your premises and report
to the health department your neigh
Dor who does not. Get rid of the
breeding places Of flies and you will
get rid of flies.
There is no family so poor it can
not afford to screen It's home
Screens will turn away all flies. as
well as mosquitoes. The unscreened
house, in other words. is a danger
Gus thing, and screens on windows
and outside doors are an excellent
investment from several points of
view"
In every plague spot on earth; in
the Panama canal zone, in the Phil
ippines, in Cuba, in our own home
cities when threatened with plaques,
the one effective precaution and
remedy has been cleanliness.
The streets, the alleys, the cellars
and homes have been cleaned.
Marshes and all stagnant pools have
been drained or filled. The one re-
quirement has been to "clean up"
So it must always be and every
householder should profit by this
larger experience and do his part.
~
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14
WEDNESDAY. APRIL ID, 1909.

The legislature having passed the
bill to provide for commission plan
for all cities desiring to adopt that
system, we presume that a consider
able number of larger towns will
avail themselves of this business like
manner of administering municipal
affairs. Commenting on the pas
sage of the act, the Pioneer Press
sagely observes that it is too bad
that the cities are not able to recip-
rocate by doing something for the
improvement of the legislature.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14

like it. as we place fail on @ tc
distinguish it from an 0. So the first
two letters of our A B C's were orig
inally an OK and a house and gave
the name of all of the twenty-siX let
tiers which we call our alphabet. =
New York Herald
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1909-04-14

pendent as hired servant. 1t is
hopeless to scold about foolish pride
that makes SO many girls willing to
take up any other line of work rath-
err than house service, for as long as
society frowns on working girls
there will some too weak to ignore
the fact and take up any honest
work that offers. as Madam Frem-
stad did.