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The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-01-02

Wallace The county and city au-
thorlties have been cooperating and
actively engaged in preventing conta-
gious diseases from getting a foothold
~ the county, and It was stated by
City Physician Mowery that there IS
hardly a possibility Of any epidemic
OF serious proportions.
This Is the season Of the year when
there IS usually the most sickness In
this section. and there are a compare
lively large number OF cases Of con-
tagious diseases II is said. however
that these are decreasing, and in near
ly every instance the cases have been
mud. Diphthcria is the most preva-
lent. and while the only cases exist
ing In Wallace are in the hospitals.
several houses in the towns in the
canyon TO the south are Quarantined
The public schools Of Mace and Gem
were ordered closed on account of Inc
numerous cases there. where. it i
claimed, the patrons Of milk route
we're served with milk by family
IN which the disease existed.
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-01-02

boise--IH instructing the grand
jury, called in special session. Judge
Fremont Wood stated that evidence
Indicated that city officials Of Boise
and persons conducting immoral
houses IN the rcdlight district were
~ collision for the protection Of such
Illegal resorts, and directed the Jury
70 make investigation.
The Capital State bank failure and
alleged violations Of law in the con
duct Of the state treasurer's Office
we're other matters ordered investi-
gated. In ms instructions concerning
the redlight district. Judge Wood
made i plain that the real offenders
were those owning the property. This
includes some wealthy residents Of
BOISE. and some sensational develop
mcnts are expected
The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1909-01-02

Gfangeville. - The action Of the
Northern Pacific in refusing to accept
shipments Of stock over the new
Grangeville line is causing great ineon-
senienee 70 stock shippers. A number
of buyers have been feeding and buy.
ing cattle and hogs with view OF
shipping out on the new line. They
say that IL is almost impossible to
drive to the Clearwater branch at this
time Of the year, as IL nceessirates an
extra four days drive on hogs and the
frozen roads are too hard ON the feet
Of the animals An effort is being
made 70 have the road suspend the or
der and receive shipments in January.
The only reason given By the officials
~ the road is that the cattle sway the
ears and cause the newly. balIasted
roadbed 20 shift Stock shippers as
scrt ssat the ruling is unjust to them.
as all other freight is accepted. Sew.
eral large shipments are TO be made
about the first of the year.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-02-19
LOCAL OPTION HAS PASSED
Senate Measure Has Easy
Sailing at Boise
PASSED THE HOUSE MONDAY
It is Framed on the County Unit
Plan.

The senate local option bill passet
the lower house of the Idaho legis
lature Monday morning and viii
become law upon being signed b,
Governor Brady. The vote on the
measure was 80 to 10. Three mem
bers were Observation-Disclosures, Nor.
beck and McBratney. Ten Others
were paired-fve for and five agains,
the bill, the five against being Bangs,
Schutt, Foresman, Faraday and
Woodward. The ten present who
voted against the bill we're Adkin-
son, Commerford, Dunning, Feath-
erstone, McGillvary, Mcintosh,
Parsons, Sanbern, Taylor Of Boise,
and Taylor Of Custer.
The newspaper dispatches give
the provisions OF the bill in brief as
follows:
The bill provides that the county
commissioners shall, within 30 to 90
days after application, call special
election upon the petition of 30 per
cent Of the aggregate vote of the
county cast at the preceding election
for secretary Of state. If a majority
votes for prohibition the county
shall be dry, and all licenses shall
become null and void 90 days after
the election, unless issued prior to
the passage of the act, when they
will continue for the full year for
which they we're issued.
In case county votes wet the
commissioners, city councils and
village trustees may still refuse to
grant liquor licenses at their option.
Liquor for manufacturing, medicinal
and artistic purposes can only be
sold on certificate and prescription,
which must be kept on file for two
years by the county auditor. Ship
ment of liquor from a wet to dry
county is prohibited. All offenses
are made misdemeanors, with penal.
ties ranging from 5000 to $4,000 and
from 80 days to six. months in Jail.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-02-19
WAS TOO MUCH FOR THEM
Ceur d'Alene Men Could Not
Remove Vault Doors.

Construction work on the vault TO:
the accommodation of the county
auditors records in the city hall at
Occur d'Alene was begun Tuesday
1t will be of two stories, 10 by 10
feet.
Three men with light dray were
sent over to Rathdrum Tuesday
morning with instructions to take
out the doors and frames of the old
county vault and haul them to Occur
d'Alene for use in the new vault.
They were told that all they needed
were some chisels and screw drivers,
that the work would take but a few
minutes and that the doors weighed
only about five hundred pounds.
But when they arrived they found
that the two double doors and their
frames would easily weigh five thOus--
and pounds and the frames were
built into three feet of solid masonry.
They could not handle the work, and
l.. +. Kirkpatrick, Rathdrum
blacksmith. was called on to take
charge Of it. Two prisoners from the
county Jail were pressed Into service,
and after two and-a-half hours of
unrem!tting toll the big doors and
frames were ready to be loaded on
the dray. But the dray was too
light, so John Stewart, also of Rath-
drum. had to be employed to convey
the heavy load across the prairie,
which he did Wednesday,.
In the meantime the hundreds. ol
record books In the old vault were
left exposed to danger Of destruction
should the court house have takeE
dre Tuesday night or Wednesday.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-02-19

The Tooth anniversary of the birth
of Abraham Lincoln was generally
celebrated throughout the country,
but the greatest interest centered
about the ceremonies at Lincoln's
birthplace near Hodgenville, Ken
lucky. The cornerstone was laid for
a granite memorial structure on the
spot. President Theodore Roosevelt
officated as the orator of the occasion,
and the ceremonies were witnessed by
about 5000 people gathered chiefly
from the immediate neighborh0od.
1t is expected that the structure will
be completed this fall when IL will
be dedicated with another ceremony
at which the then president, W. II.
Taft will officiate.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-02-19
FOR TEACHERS INSTITUTE
Superintendents Select Instructors
for Occasion.

for Occasion.
iAta meeting Of the school superin'
tendents of Shoshone, Bonner and
Kootenai' counties, program was
decided upon for the Joint teachers
instituae to be held in Occur d'Alene
in April. with instructors as follows:
S. Belle Chamberlain, Idaho state
superintendent; j. II. Ackerman,
Oregon state superintendent. May A
Caldwell, instructor 10 music, U. of
L.; II. A. Hailowell, instructor of
history at the Lewiston state normal
school; Margaret Yost, primary in.
structor at the state normal school at
Cheney; Bruce M. Watson, superin-
tendent of the Spokane city schools;
Herbert Lee, superintendent of the
Wallace schoOls; Charles johnson,
superinte ndent Of the Wardner Cit,
schools, and II. P. lriou, superinten'
dent Of the Standpoint schools.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-02-19
STATE AND COUNTY news
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
OF the Week.

Navigation on Pend d'Oreille lake
Is being resumed as the ice is break.
ing up.
William Buckley, deputy fruit in
spector, advises that this is the time
OF year to prune fruit trees 10 this
section.
Thomas McHenry, saloon keeper
at Harrison, Is under $4OO bonds for
trialrEeb, % % the charge OF violat.
ing the anti.gambling law.
Governor Brady has issued the
annual Arbor day proclamation call.
ing on the county superintendents to
set apart a day 10 April to be desie
mated as ArbOr day.
Ao Inventory compiled by State
Accountant G. d. Goaslind, shows
that the property and chattels be.
longing to the state institutions Of
Idaho have a total value. of $780,.
4l7.6S.
The 5000 foot tunnel OF the g. M.
4 St. p, railroad company through
the big mountain dividing Idaho and
Montana near Taft was completed
last week. A remarkable record for
rapid progress was made on the work
Articles Of Incorporation Of the
Occur d'Alene Southern Railway COM
pany were fled at Occur d'Alene last
week. The capital stock is $l.0O0,.
900 and the stockholders named are
r. F. Blackwell. Ray M. Hart, Fred
b. Grinnell, b. r. Lewis, g. r.
Smith, r. P. Gibson and A. G. Beck.
er. The road will be 80 miles long.
John Peters, A. M. Martin and II.
NJ. Strathern, the Post Falls school
board, were in Occur d'Alene last
week inquiring into the school funds
to the districts credit. They claim
they have lost several hundred dollars
from taxes to which they thought
their district was entitled from the
Washington Water Power company,
the latter by some means managing
to escape the special school tax. The
amount is said to be $2800.-Journa!.
On Feb. llth, the Echo Realty
company flled articles of incorpora
tion with the county auditor al
Occur d'Alene. The property of the
company is at Fish leke, including
the Echo ranch where the lake front
is To be. converted into summer
resort. The company is capitalized
at $4l5O with the following directors:
II. L. Blocker. II. l.. Quarles, j. T.
Whitfield, q. A. Berry and r.. A
Grimes. Rathdrum is named as The
place of business.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-02-19
st. Patrick's, Day.

A bill was introduced in the
lower house of the Idaho legisla-
ture last week to make St. Pat
rick's day legal holiday. The
number OF the bill is House bill
165. Its authors are Mckinney,
McBratney, .Mackintosh, McDon-
aid, McCutcheon,i McGillivray,
McKinlay, McHarris, McFadden
and Miles. ~; Z. ~
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-02-19
.ATHOL

Messrs. Kaye, Trauger and Purcha
started Monday to dig well, SIT. X
OFT. in hopes Of ''striking water.
Ii this is accomplished, the water
will be used for town purposes.
These gentlemen have the pluck to
60 to the bottom, and the courage.
too. They should receive the en-
courageMent and goodwill OF all our
people, for II their enterprise proves
successful, then watch Athol- grow.
Mrs. FredericktW. Carstens spent
Sunday IN Athol. Mr.. Carstens ,.is
pastor Of the baptist. church, of this
place and also president OF the North
western Pusiness ccollege of Sand
| point. He had r'hls subject Sunday
evening: g:-.'Curlosity>-Which is the
Greater-Man or Woman?'f He spoke
to q crowded house..
Little Marion Hayes died Tuesday,
Feb. 9th, or heart ,trouhle. Funeral
services were held at the Methodist
church, FRIDAY, conducted by Rev.
Wells. Marion was twelve years Of
age and in the fifth grade at school.
The pupils and teacher of her room
attended the funeralln body and
placed a floral Offering upon her
casket, a token Of their sorrow and
their love. Marion was OF gentle
and loving disposition and was
favprite with all who knew her.
The Baptist church has been under
going a great change OF la.e, for 1t
has been papered and painted, new
seats have been added, and an ad-
dition and Baptistry have been built.
The pastor aud the members are To
be congratulated. Several new menl-
bers havefbeen auded and the church
is in more tlourishing condition
then ever. before.
Miss Vesta Simmons finished her
first term In elOcution last week.
with Mrs. !. b. Peterson as teacher.
Vesta has the talent to become
good reader.
ii. II. Rawlings spent the greater
part Of last week 10 Spokane.
Tim Trauger has bought two lots
In the Bennett addition with the
view Of building home in the near
future.
Several Atholltes are planning on
attending Ben Hur at the Spokane
Theatre lns Spokane this week.
S. H. Watkins attended the Gro
cerymen's convention in Spokane last
week.
Contractor Call is erectinga barber
shop for H. j. Harper.
G. W.. Clark is suffering from
bruised hand.
Mrs. Jos. Buckley OF Madison visit.
ed with Mrs. Balnber couple OF days
last week.
Messrs Clark and Butts are now
settled in their new shop and are
ready to meet the public.
Logging operations are In full
force at the ]. s. Gault mill.
j. L. Kuhle spent Sunday In Athol..
! The Athol Athletic club will serve
an oyster supper, Washington's BIRTH
day, Feb. %; oysters 25 cents.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-02-19

A passenger train on the Denver &
Rio Grande railway was held up last
Saturday near Denver, three robbers
securing Is pieces nf registered mail.
containing. 1t is believed, $35, 900.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-02-19

President;elect: Taft has returned
from Panama and 10 speeches declares
that the critics Of the e-canal work are
unjust. He says the work ! is being
done honestly and will be completed.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-02-19
LINCOLN DAY OBSERVED
Patriotic Progrom Given at
). ): ! = Fratsrnal Hall.
VISITORS WERE BANQUETED
G. A. R. and w. R. c. Were
~ .-..4 x =.
Assisted by the School.

Assisted by the School.
| The centenary of Abraham Lin
coin was asSobserved in Rathdrum in
a most fitting manner and in ac-
cordance withfa patriotic 'Sprogram
arranged specially for'the purpose.
The veteran; of General Lawtoii
Post No. 2e, G. A. r, and the
ladies of the. Womap's., Rslief
Corps were assisted by. students
from the public schools of the
city. 1.s.
About twenty G.. AR members
and as many of the w. R., c. were
present from Occur d'Alene as
guests of the local organization.
They came in the morning BY
road, the old soldiers playing
martial music and parading to and
from the train. They were met at
the train by the w. r. c. commit
tee consisting. Of Mrs. E. E. :Tay-
lor, Mrs. w. ]. Ford. and. Mrs. G.
1. Sage, and were treated ia. an
elaborate banquet and. supper at
the hall. +; & avas.r
They enjoyed'the daY very much.
For the morning program the
! chief topics were: Gone Country,
by Rev. ]. S. Bell; "One Ian
guage"by Rev. w. ]. Thompson,
and Zone Flag" by Rev. c. w.
Williams.
Stewart Young, commander cof
Lawton Post, presided at the
exercises of the afternoon which
were held in the Fraternal hall and
, attended by large concourse Of
citizens. ReverendsnW. ]. Thomp-
son and U.s. Bel 5Mfed prayer,
which was followed BY the song,
| "America," by the audience.
Glendon McCaddam. read a des-
cription Of Lincoln'sl boyhood.
The singing of "The Star Spapgled
Banner" by the audience. was
+, followed by the recitation, by Miss
Gladys Dyer, of Lincoln,s favorite
! poem: ooh! Why should the
Spirit of Mortal be- Proud?" A
character article entitled, "What
! made Lincoln great. was read by
Elmer Young. Succeeding num-
bers on the fixed program were:
Recitation-O Captainl My Cap
tain!-by Dorothea Wenz.
Recitation-s persons-by the
pupils Of the second grade.
Song-Nearer, My God, to Thee,
by the audience.
! Brief sketch of the Life of Abra.
ham Lincoln, reading by Gertrude
Kellner.
Solo.-Tenting on the old camp
ground-Mrs. w. ]. Thompson
Recitation. five persons, -4th.
grade. = essa
Solo. 20. G.. Farnsworth.
Recitation.-six persons-6tf
grade. ~, -
Lincoln as a "Humorist-Nellit
Crenshaw. -:
Solo--"Dying away from home
Mrs. Julia Poleson. y.
The Gettysburg Address-Read
ing byfcarl Bell. A-aa
Song "God be with you b,
the w. R. c., the audience Join
ing in the chorus.
80 '""sa"s s,..,ss
:. The president, of the Coeur d.
Alene organization, w. R. c.
. extended cordial invitation t
the. members Of Lawton Corps ant
Post TO attend their, exercises a
:: Coeur d'Alene on February ~.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-02-19
PASSING A FEW BILLS
Some Of the Latest Work Of the
Legislature.

Legislature.
On the I3th the house of repre-
sentatives passed the anti-pamb
ling bill recently introduced int
that branch Of the Legislature. Th'
measure makes gambling a felon,
instead Of misdemeanor as it, il
now, and includes proprietors o
buildings in which games are con.
Quoted. 1t puts solo. under the
ban. An attempt to include finch
in the list of prohibited card game.
was not successful. The vote on
the measure was 80 for and 4
against.
On the 9Th the senate passed
measures as follows: Senate bill
creating the agricultural. college
fund and appropriating all the
moneys credited thereto during
the years 1909 and 1910 for the
support and maintenance Of the
college or department of arts Of
the University of Idaho; House
bill for miners eight hour day;
and joint resolution submitting to
the electors the question Of author
izing the Legislature to prescribe
the membership of the board Of
education. The Rowton bill to
provide that 50 per cent Of all
county liquor license moneys be
applied to the general school funds
of the county was ''killed".
In the house the project to
create Power county in the south
ern part Of the state was defeated
by the combination formed to pre-.
vent the organization of any new
counties and any changes in the
present location Of state institu.
tions.
On the 9th, the house passed
the bill giving effect to the law
creating state grain commission,
etc. The bill for the creation of
Nampa county was Withdrawn.
On the 10th the house passed and
ordered to the senate six bills:
direct primary; providing COM
mutation of the punishment Of
juvenile delinquents and exempt
ing the time they are absent DUR
ing an escape from the original
period of commitment; extending
the law Of false pretense to include
fraudulently procured reports OF
mercantile standing; repeating the
sections OF the code requiring
bonding corporations to furnish
copies of personal reports upon
the demand of third person.; ap-
propriating $13o to Southern Cross
Mining company refund of taxes,
and to make typographical cor.
rection in the codes.
On the nth the senate passed
four bills as follows: To permit
state treasurer to purchase al
warrants on state general fund fol
land board; to provide that every
incorporated city or town ma,
bond to not to exceed IS per cen
of valuation; relating to prize logs
increasing the adjutant general
expense allowance from 5000 t.
5000.
The governor having vetoed tn
bill reducing the number of juror
in minor cases in the district ant
justice courts, the house considered
the question of passing the bill
oyer the veto but only FIVE mem
bers voted in favor of such action
The bill to create a state legisla
tive advisory board of three attor
neys was recommended to b
indefinitely postponed. =
On the 9Th the senate passe'
house bills: to regulate carrying c
concealed weapons, and providin
that a justice of the peace in
city may have his Office in an
precinct. The house passed tn
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-02-05
Pythldn Anniversary Celebration.

Lefiore Lodge No. 30 Knights of
Pythias will celebrate the i5th auniyer-
sary Of the Order OF Feb. 10Th, in a way
which will reflect great credit upon the
local Lodge and the Order in the State.
A public meeting will be held at the
court house at II a. IN. and an interest
ing program Is being arranged for the
occasion.
Rev. ]. C. Park, formerly Of this place
has accepted an invitation to be one of
the speakers, and this announcement
will be received with delight by all
Pythians and others as well.
Several other speakers will be on the
program and besides this there will be
features provided by the ladies' of
Green wood.
A complete program will be announced
later.
Besides the public meeting, two
meetings will be held In the Lodge rooms.
Tho ID. 0. X. KS will have charge of
the parade and night session which will
conclude with an elegant banquet.
This Pythian celebration will bring a
number of visitors to the city aud it is
hoped that the business men of Green
wood will assist the members OF the
Lodge in entertaining them.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-02-05
The Odd Fellows Preparing for Big
Event.

The Columbus Degree Team will visit
Greenwood Lodge lis l.. o. 0. u. n the
evening Of February 24th for the pur-
pose Of comforting all the degrees on
about twenty candidates for member
ship.
The Grand Master, Hon. P. W. Maer,
and Grand Secretary Walter Doty will
also be present on this occasion, and all
Odd Fellows In good standing are invit-
ed to attend. At the regular weekly
meeting Tuesday might a resolution was
adopted inviting the members OF all
Lodges in adjacent towns aud counties
TO be with us on this occasion and par
tieipats In the meeting. The degree
work will be conferred in the Elks
Lodge, through the courtesy of the
members of that splendid order.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-02-05
CAPT. A. f. BALL
ACCIDENTALLY KILLED.
HIS B1esy Struci by Y. s N. v. Pas
senser Train.

Capt. A. Y. Bali, OF Teoc, Carroll coun-
ty, was accidentally killed on the Y. h
NJ. v. X. X. track ia this city Thursday
Afternoon. He was struck by the 4:2s
soutb-bound passenger train on the
crossing just north OF the Greenwood
Grocery Co, being almost instantly
killed. Capt. Ball was 10 his buggy and
had started home. The lumber sheds,
etc, near the crossing obstruct the view
OF approaching trains, and Ii seems that
Capt Ball was unable 10 control his
horse when he observed the train
coming. The horse made a plunge
across the track, the engine struck the
buggy, tearing IL to pieces, throwing
Mr.. Bail ont and killing him almost in
stsntly-the horse escaping uninjured.
Capt Balls remains we're taken to his
home in Carroll county for interment.
We sympathize with his family In their
bereavement.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-02-05
NHAT ABOUT An 0PtRA HOUSE

Mr.. Saml J. Stein ia authorized
by a reliable party TO ascertain what
the people Of Greenwood are willing
to do in the way Of Offering an in.
ducement for a frst.cIass Opera
House. How many tickets at $500
and $1,000 each for the opening
entertainment will the people sub
scribe for? II our citizens will show
that they are interested in haviDga an
up to-date Opera House in Green.
wood by literally subscribing 10 this
proposition, We are confident the
house will be built and ready for
business by the beginning OF the
next season.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1909-02-05
Petition For Pardon.

To His Excellency Honorable Il. +. Noel
Governor Of Mississippi.
Ed Parks ct al, Petitioners.
We the undersigned petitioners re,
specially show unto your Excellency
that Ed Parks was convicted at the Jan.
uary, 1902, Term Of the Circuit Court OF
Lefore County, Mississippi, Of the MUIR
der OF Gordon Jackson and sentenced to
the penitentiary for life.
We further respectfully show that aft
or inquiry among those who we're famil.
lar with the circumstances surrounding
the killing and from those who have
since investigated the matter, we are
convinced that there Ia a grave doubt as
to the guilt Of the said Ed Parks and In
our opinion the said I'D Parks was act
ing 10 self defense.
We further respectfully show that the
said Ed Parks being an illiterate negro
without means, no appeal was taken to
the Supreme Court; that tho said Parks
was Immediately sent to the penitenti-
airy that he has been during the major
ity OF the time since his conviction on the
state farm at Parchman and that dur
ing the whole Of his imprisonment his
conduct has been exemplary.
We further respectfully show that Ia
any event we are of the opinion that
the ends OF justice have been fully met
by the long term which he has already
served, and we therefore respectfully
pray your Excellency to grant q pardon
unto the said Ed Parks.
Ed. PARKS,
J. p. JOINER,
]. ID. DlLLARD,
and others.