Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-07-06

entertaining 10 MS colleagues, Here
are three little ones:
II watched for an hour the yoking
and hltching up of pair OF oxen by
i've men. one-third OF the time was
taken up by dressing their horns with
red cloth. After they had got them
attached to the cart it was found that
they would not pull because they
were yoked on the wrong side. Then
all had to be done over again. / did
not await the result for fear that
congress might adjourn some time
this autumn and wanted to get my
pay so as to get home.
"On one occasion / was stopping
at q hotel in Ponce and wanted a
drink--of water. called waiter,
and after Ave or ten minutes / made
him understand what / wanted. He
called another servant and, after
consulting a while, the second one
went after another and, after con-
sulting with him a while. the third
one went up two flights OF stairs
and from the balcony called down to
the street and aroused another serv-
ant, who was asleep, just where ]
was standing all the time trying to
get that drink; but In all fairness /
admit was finally accommodated.
Marriage among the natives is
stu q luxury INDUCED in by very
few, but race suicide Is not seriously
threatened. On the contrary, the
production OF children, especially OF
the dark color, Is largely on the In
crease. 1t costs nothing to raise
them. either as respects food or
clothing. The country ones are
naked until they reach the age OF 10
or IL years, and thereafter they are
but little better clad. Their food
consists mainly OF the windfalls OF
fruit and refuse. II they can beat the
dog or the hog to It,"
New Secretary In Ldmellght.
The new assistant secretary OF the
treasury, @. d. Hilles. OF New York,
promises to be very much in the
limelight II he adheres to his present
intention OF injecting business meth
DDS into the operation of his depart
ment.
Hilles has been confronted with
two serious problems since he took
charge. One relates to the purchase
OF Ice for the government and the
other Is the enormous increase in
premiums on government bonds de-
manded by the bonding and surety
companies OF the United States.
In the first instance, Hilles. who is
chairman OF the new board Of
awards. recently appointed by Presi-
dent Taft, discovered what he be-
lleved to be an exorbltant price paid
BY this government for Ice. Upon in
vestigation, supplemented by his pre-
vions knowledge on the subject. he
figured that recent bills submitted to
his board gave the Ice company prac-
tically 81 q ton, against SO cents q
ton. which II would cost the govern
ment II II owned Its own Ice plant.
He at once figured on the installa-
ton Of plants. Congress has not au-
thorized the move, and those who are
familiar with the precedents say no
such appropriation IL likely to be
made. Hilles is going forward with
the hope that he may and some way
to save the government millions Of
dollars year. and he Is not in the
least daunted by the cry OF paternal-
Ism.
His ideas are somewhat similar on
the bonding proposition. His course
Ii not quite 50 clear, because there
are more obstacles In the way. but he
feels that the government should be-
come It's own bonding agent and save
many hundreds OF thousands OF dol
lars annually 20 It's bonded servants,
who are required now to pay from
three or more dollars a thousand dol
lars for no better security than the
government itself could give at a pre-
MUM less than so cents a thousand
dollars.
Misses Fishing Trip.
Senator William p, Frye. OF Maine.
sage Of the senate, Is missing Ash
Ing trip this summer for the first
time In thirty years. Late in the
spring he gets a call that comes to
him from che crystal waves Of the
Rangeley lakes and the breeze that
sings IN the pine woods. The lakes
are In northwestern Maine and are
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