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The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-03-12
They Made Good.

That is the concensus of opinion of
those who attended the home talent
play at the kendrick Theatre last
Friday night
The plot was exceptionally bright
and catchy from start to finish and
the house was kept in continuous
laughter and applause.
The complications of tho Young
bachelor who, through fit of jeal
ously, finds himself engaged to two
girls, and his desperate struggles to
extricate himself from his dilemma
are iudicous in the extreme, and the
two husbands who are weary OF mat.
rimonial life, and determine to spen
a night in dissipation and revelry
kept the crowd highly delighted in
their effects to square" themselves
with their wives, while the wives
themselves, in their respective lo)es
OF meekness and severity caused no
end OF fun. In fact each of the ele-
ven parts was SO strong and so well
worked out that it would he difficult
70 name the leading cnaracIrrs.
Mr.. Porter is NOT only thorough
entertainer but has the rare faculty
of making first class entertainers OF
those who come under his direction.
and should he be persuaded to favor
us with future performances we be-
speak for him and those under his
management a crowded house.
The entertainment of Friday even
ing served two fold purpose In that
it not only provided II very pleasant
evening for those in attendance bur
was the means materially decreas-
/ ing the indebtedness of the G. f
Society.
The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1909-03-12
A Pleasant Phys;c

When Sou want pleasant physic
give Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets n trial. They are mild
and gentleiD their action and ala WIS
produce pleasant cathartic effect.
Gail at Albert MoskOp's drug store
for a free sample.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12

big nose, but Mary Ellen made herself
believe that she was deeply in love
With him. A new slate was her most
cherished possession, and on 1t she
printed the name OF Rufus over and
IT good st. Valentine poetry came all
unexpected to little Mary Ellen.
Z think OF thee dear Rufus,
When the storm Goes round my bed !;
I lie there In wonder
And think Perhaps he's dead"
She printed them upon her slate, and
then came a yearning for fame. She
sould hardly wait for recess time, that
me might proudly display the lines to
her little chum.
Arabella's wonder and admiration
were as incense in the nostrils of the
child poet, but she was somewhat dis
turbed when Arabella asked:
DO you really lie awake nights7 And
what makes you think Rufus may be
deadT
Not being able to explain it. Mary
Llleu COA4pk L4AoC W PuS$AA6 ACA
on the woodpile and saying:
Come, let's go and play, quick be-
fore the bell rings"
All too soon that summons came, and
they fingered till the last minute, and
then, quite forgetful of the slate in the
woodshed, they ran In just as the boys
came trooping out for their turn at
recreation.
Soon a great shouting, with Jcering
calls at dear Rufus" were heard out
side. and Mary Ellen turned pale at
the recollection Of her beloved glate. AS
soon as the boys were called In she beg
ced permission to go out. A giggle ran
around the school room when she re-
turned with the slate clasped in her
arms. a. #
An angry CLEAN shot from the pale
gray eyes Of Rufus, who was destined
for many n day to hear the lines re-
peated with all manner Of variations.
Mary Ellen. however, experienced q
thrill Of tremulous joy in thinking that
Rufus must now be ware of her tender
regard. 1t was a blissful thought!
On opening her desk one morning she
found a strip Of paper tightly rolled.
When she had smoothed 1t out, her as
tonished eyes read these heartless
words:
"You are the biggest old body ever
went to school. You think 1 like you,
but I don't"
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12
DAsHFUL MANS VALENTINE.

The dearest girl In all the town!
MY Valentine" l name her
For, though she's never really given
The glances Dolly bends on me.
l sometimes fancy, though, see
The same bestowed on Feter.
For many a day I've lonGed to say
II love you, Dolly. dearest ="
But never can I speak the words
Thnt to my heart are nearest
For such q bashful man am ].
always stammer, blush and Sigh
And talk about-the weather!
IT'S strange that making love should be
So dread an undertaking.,
That Just the very thought Of 1t
Should set my knees ashakins
And when I try my very best
rhs f .1T' Ideas ssn witS Which 1bIah't I'm plest
Should ny away completely
sit beside her in the choir,
We share one book together,
And after service l slip In
Seine tTItc remarks on weather W 4. door
But waiting there to meet her
Is sure to be that tiresome bore,
That Same persistent Peter
But yesterday, in ~gentlest way,
She smiled at me demurely.
I clasped her little hand In mine
She knew l loved her-sureiy.
In desperate haste l racked my brain
Some happy phrase to borrow,
Then fondly said w shall nave raln'
! fear, before tomorrow
This day of all the year I hoped
The fates might be propitlous
And help my tongue to frame my thougnt'
In language more Judiclous:
Or il my words, despite my care,
Should touch upon the weather,
They might suggest that we could snare
Lies storm and shine together.
The sweetest girl in all the town.
An hour ago I met her
She looked a vision of delight
All how can I forget herr
Enraptured, at her side l walked,
And really, for a wonder.
OF wind and storm l never talked,
Nor mentioned rain and thunder.
Ny bashfulness forsook me quite
The hour for which I'd, waited
Had come at last. and ardent WORDS
Would soon my case have stated;
But when I urged my eager plea
And tenderly would greet her,
She said I've Just agreed to be
A valentine to Peter"
ELLEN Manly, in Sunday Magazine
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12

Lauehed At His Own Stories.
The world has read Lincoln stories
and enjoyed them. The testimony OF
all who heard Lincoln tell his stories Is
that they sounded even better than
they read. Lincoln. those who knew
him well say, smiled and chuckled and
laughed outright as he proceeded with
his narrative. Sometimes he topped
and laughed aloud before he reached
his climax. He gave localities and per-
sons to his stories. He lived owe the
incidents he described If they were per-
sonal "reminiscences. He was not the
professional entertainer. He enjoyed
the story AS much as the listener. He
told the story to illustrate rather than
for the mere sport Of telling.
Lincoln was a great joker and was
always telling funny stories, making
them apply to something that was said
or done In his presence" is the way
Lyman Lacey, ST., Of Havana (1n.)
puts 1t. Mr.. Lacey began to practice
law in Havana in 1857 and met Lincoln
at court in the litigation Of that period.
'Lincoln was always being reminded
Of something as he would say, that
had been said Or done by some one.
And he would name the person. Even
when he lived In Menard County, as
it is known now, he had his own Pc
culiar way Of telling his stories- Whsn
he came 10 the point where the merTt-
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12

-~o.,,,. tn Dot He would tell stories and joke with the girls boo
at parties He would nurse babies-do anything to ccommooa ~
n fields with them on Sundays. He was a u ideal playmate IN c"mpan.
He would patiently answer their innumGabe questions about verytnms :.
sight, explaining with unwearyng good nature from ms own nm :. nat ~.
edre 81 natural phenomena what everything meant what this IN nj ~
for II he thought however, that Bob o. Tad" deserved ~ ~.
prompt and firm in his reproof. --..s ho,nA
from a balcony by the President himself. But the rrepressib Iao--uu..
arhta Roosevelt of III Executive Manson-had somehow, newhe iouno
a Confederate flag and promptly displayed 1T at thu same I'M Una. ms - =
ther wave in all the starspangled banner. Mr. Lincoln could nt nap
laughing, and the crowd, following his example laughed 2 ehee3e~ ~,
ciferously
Iincolns anectonate tenderness toward other peoples children par
hand with her father to the White House to see the President had been tol9r
he vas very ugly. Lincoln took tie child upon his knee and beamed upon
Ter, IS he asked afetionatey after her dolls health, and told her q funny
story. Presently she turned to her father in a transport OF delight IN
occasion If his visit to the National cemetery at Gettysburg o deliver nv
great address, a little girl was lifted to tn pen window of his cal o give
Lincoln, the child could only lisp the words, "Floweth for the President
He stopped and kissed her wee, fair face and delighted her by saying-even
II she did not wholly understand his words: You are a sweet little roe
bud yourself. I hope your life will open into perpetual beauty and good
s#&Gz 2 49,
One day Mr.. Lincoln noticed among the throng of office seekers and vie
itrs in the anhroom a little boy Oft rl and sckly appearance. Encour
been a drummer boy for two years, and then his colonel in a ut OF pas
sion dismissed hin. Most of the time since he had spent in the hospital.
His father and mother were lot living and he had no family to whom he
might appeal Lincolns eyes filled with tears h e gave prompt orders
The few still living who knew Lincoln in the Springfield days remembs
the sight of n mar Unfortunately tall. with a old gray shawl in a loose roll
way to market. One long, prehensne bony hand held the plump fist 4 Lin
coins hrNborn and the other cutched the handle Of a great market basket
The man in his mind would re miles away from the childish pratte Of he
boy beside him, deeply medtating some problem of state, some crux Of poll
tics though the walk would often be interrupted with a "TIowdy" Of REQ
IGNITION to a friend, and the invariable story to be told, dispensing the char.
acterhtIcm melancholy Of Lincolns features. The picture appeals to the imae
nation. Wordsworth said Of Milton that his sou "he humblest burdens Of
herself did lay" N whether the burden was a market basket or a nations
manifest destiny, the man Lincoln as ready to carry it.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12
LAKES TRADE LESS.
Shipments Show 100000 Tons
Shrinkage in 1908.

Domestic shipments from lake ports
we're % per cent smaller in 1908 than
during the previous season. Shipments
amounted to 6O,51S,024 tons. compared
with S3.50G. sol and 7j,6O9,64S during
the 1907 and 1906 seasons. This de-
crease is the result principally of re-
duced shipments of iron ore. Grain
cargoes show a decrease Of 22.S per
cent and those of lumber a drop of 81
per cent.
Vessel movement for the year also
shows Il considerable decrease, the de-
partures in the domestic trade for 1905
being 65,G24 vessels of S3,37S,323 tons
net, against 1860 vessels Of 90, f66, 400
tons net during the previous year.
Freight movement through the
canals at Sault Ste. Marie during the
1908 season were II, 39O,557 tons, show
Ing a decrease of about % e cent.
Freight and vessel movements on the
Detroit River show a 30 per cent drop.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12
~
Mary Ellen's
Slate Valentine

The last winds OF February were
aowling around the little brick school
house and the pupils in the back seats
shivered with cold.
Mary Ellen sat in h second row
because she was only seven years old,
and the direct rays from he glowing
stove made her cheeks burn. This gave
an excuse for turning her face aside,
and then she could exchange smiles
with her dearly loved friend Arabella,
who sat at the next desk on her right.
Novelty always possessed great charm
for little Mary Ellen, and by turning
to the left she could feast her eyes in
looking at Rufus Baily, a new boy. Jig
was ten years old and sat In the third
row. He had tow-colored hair and a
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12
DOINGS OF THE LEGISLATURES


A House bill, introduced by w. A. No
Ian, increases the gross earnings tax of
express companies in Minnesota from 6
to s per cent.
Senator Blair, in the Oklahoma Senate,
in all seriousness, moved that that body
burn the constitution adopted by the STAG
of Oklahoma. His words created a de-
cided sensation and were followed by an
immediate adjournment.
In the Minnesota House c.. J. johnson
offered a resolution, which was adopted,
calling for a joint committee of five to
prepare a suitable memorial in honor of
President Roosevelt on his retirement
from office. 1t is to be forwarded him
March 4.
The appointment Of State commission
ers to advance projects for waterways
improvements and to devise measures for
conservation of the forests Of the State
was a leading recommendation in the mes
sage which Gov. Folk sent to the Mis-
souri, Legislature.
After the hottest debate of the session
the North Dakota House resolution per-
uniting the penitentiary investigation
committee to engage counse aside from
the attorney general of the State and pro-
viding for an appropriation to pay for
such counsel was concurred in by the Sen
ate.
The Senate committee appointed to in
yestigate the tuberculin test for cattle
and the Moline test for horses reported
that all of a bunch of nineteen cows that
had been passed as healthy by the Mime
sofa stock sanitary board had been found
diseased by government inspectors. The
committee denounces the tests by the
board as worthless.
In his biennial report to the Governor,
Attorney General Fred S. Jackson recon-
amended three important changes in the
laws governing trusts in Kansas. One
provides that a penalty be fixed for each
day a concern continues to do business
in the State after it is proved to be a
trust second is that the corporations
with Headquarters in other States, but do
ing business in Kansas, must produce
their officers on demand of the attorney
general: the third is that the courts be
given authority to determine whether a
CORPORATION has a monopoly on a certain
line of products, and if it is determined
it has. a public utilities commission be
empowered to fix prices for the output of
the State.
A law to suppress the legislative lob
byist and further restrictive measures
against the liquor traffic, are recommend
ed by Gov. Warner, in his third inaugu-
raj message, submitted to the Michigan
Assembly.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12

United States Senator-elect NJ. Y.
Johnson declared before the North Dako-
ia State Senate that he entered upon his
duties without a pledge of any km.d. This
is taken as notice to the party leaders
that he will recognize no factions.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12

The Nebraska State Railway Commits.
sion has issued an order which will have
the effect of compelling railroad compa-
MES of the State to install telephones in
all stations whenever patrons make the
request, to be maintained by the rail
roads. There are between 0 and 1000
stations in Nebraska.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12

Republican members of the Oregon Leg
islature made good their pledges and
elected ex-Gov. Chamberlain. Denocrot,
to the United States Senate.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12

When worthy men fall out only NJ
Of them may be faulty at first; but II
strife continue long. commonly both b.
come guily.-TulleI.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12

With very little ceremony the Iowa
Legislature elected A.. B. Cummins to
the United States Senate for the full. term
of six years.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12
Columbian Valentine.

Columbfa's Valentino.
Uncle Sam came down the street.
Twas long and long ago,
He bore a bulky letter-bag
Through fakes of falling snow,
And at the eagle-guarded door
OF LIberty's design,
He left for Miss Columbia
A matchless valentine.
It shone with all the tints Of motD
And all the stars Of night,
The ripples Of its silken folds
Were striped with red and whitA
The azure Of a cloudless ky
Had lent its hue divine
In fadeless blue to glorify
That peerless valentine.
A rainbow to the worlds oppressed
1t spans the western skies,
From sea to sea around the globe
Its deathless glory hies,
And brighter still from year to ya1
Its magic colors shine,
The chosen symbol Of the free.
The nations valentine.
BY Nina Irving.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12

Reed Smoot. of Provo, Utah, j CT
the twelve apostles of the Mormon
church, whose election to the Cnit'd
States Senate six years ago was Ell
by a contest before the Senate committee
on elections, has been reelected for a
second term. He received forty-three or>
Of forty-fve votes in the lower house OF
the Legislature and all of the eighteen
votes of the Senate.
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12

ment should come in Lincoln woul4
laugh very heartily and then finish to
story. The auditors would then laugh.
By this habit he informed them where
the laugh came in. If there was an4
doubt about 1t. Every one liked O0
Abe as they called him."
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12

Bronson-Yes, my youngsters %
both busy at home making valentines
woodson-Ahi That's 4 great deal
better than letting them buy the Core
atrocities that are sold In the storeA
seen the atrocities my boys can ma1k
Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1909-02-12
LINCoLN AND HIS SON "TAD."

HILE Lincoln was still living in New Salem, III, ne was
frequent visitor at the house Of a certain Jack" Armstrong
who lived four miles out in the country. Mrs. Armstrona
writes F. I. Waldo in the Philadelphia Ledger, has told nov
Lind no to children of the family ABE would come
mt to house. drink milk, eat mush, cornbread and buttefs
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1909-11-24

many instances by questionable
methods. They did not want the gen.
erai public 20 become acquainted with
the true conditions on the Plains. They
knew this land was OF the greatest fer
tility and that it possessed natural
qualities that was unsurpassed by no
other territory in the u. S. With the
advent OF the railroad three years ago.
a new era opened for the Plainview
country and all that vast and fertile
country south and east of it. Pros
pectors came to lcOk at the country,
and many remained to buy and build
homes, and today. what was three or
four years ago wide place in the
trial, is now teeming, hus,ling city
OF more than 5 900 people, and Plain
view can we'll boast OF berg the Queen
City of the Pains. With her magnifi-
Cent reinforced cement buildings.
some costing as much as $4,000 and
the finest opera house in the state west
OF FIT. Worth, and most attractive
homes, it is difficult for one to tear
himself away from that truly pleasing
town.
Several weeks ago 1 can1e to Vic
toria, 926 miles from PIainview, and
strange to say. in the same state. Dis
tances in Texas are misleading. We do
not think of hundred miles being
anything. A few hours run in a motor
car, soon covers that distance, and we
are at the other end of the century
run. Whsn got 10 Victoria, the lux
uriant growth OF every thing | saw
was so different from the Piainyiew
country | marveled at what l saw.
Stately palms and gracefully bending
banana plants were in evidence IN
every side, and :he most fragrant
fl Dwers that ever greeted the seeker
after Gdo;s sweet were seen in greatest
protusion il nearly every yard. Real
ly the semi-trOphical conditions were
30 pr ninent Oh every side hardly
could believe L had not been transport
ed into some paradise or Garden OF
Eden.
After / hal become surfeited OH this
least of flowers and odors and waving
foliage, | began to investigate the
other conditions l found here thai
nearly everything grown under the
sun could prof ably lie produced. That
tor the general farmer who wished to
corn, hogs, cattle and hay
no place in the state of Texas or anv
other STATE could begin to compare with
This section. This is the cattleman's
natural paradise. They require no
shelter The winters are SO mild that
cattle are allowed to fed without sup
plementing with corn or grain, the
year round, and this feed is nothing
but the natural grass that grows every
where in this coast country. 1t is no
unusual sight to see several thousand
head OF cattle IN one pasture = but then.
that pasture may contain ten or fifteen
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1909-11-24

thousand acres.
Hogs will roll in their own fat IN this
section, but they have not been raised
10 any marked extent. Tie wealthy
cattle men have contracted their efforts
in the cattle business, and would not
fool away any time, as they thought,
on hogs. It is cheaper to send to
Chicago and buy the lard and hams
and bacon than to RAISE these commo-
/ diticns. This condition, happily, is
undergOinga rapid change, and the
northern farmer is coming into this
country and eveultionizing things.
The big ranches are being put on the
market, sold to the actual settler in
trsc of from ten acres to a quarter
section. You will ask what can a
man do on ten acres down there?"
1t mus be remembered that this is
a seni-tropicsl ion, and that we
rarely ever have a free re. The grass is
geen twelve months in the year, aud
flowers and fruit are blooming continu
ally. Already the gardeners are put
ting out their truck 10 send North in
the latter part of January and Febru-
airy. Ii is no unusual thing to pick
strawberli-s in Christmas and Continue
until the following June-and all this
wi hout protection. Nothing is grown
under glass-it is rot necessary to have
hot bed TO get pepper and tomato
plants and the other tender frui S. As
is well known The orange is an ever
green and it stands our winters without
protection. The ponderpsa lemon,
some OF them as large as bAby's head,
are truly wonderful to see. The mag
nOlia FIX is destined 10 make this sec
tion knoxn TIE world over. This
wonderful fig will grow any where and
without care or attentIon-just cut a
cut twig from tree and stick it in
ground, aud In a months it will have
Young fiSs
A few days ago casually mentioned
to NJ. S.ouer, one OF our prominent
cit zeEs. that l was formerly a resident
o. Richmond, Ky, and he told me he
had kiDsman 10y marriage there, Les
lie j. Evans, OF the State Bank q Trust
Co., and that MIR. Evans had spent
several months a short time ago out on
his ranch on the San Antonla River
A Mr.. c. E. S. Holland, formerly OF
of Henry County, vice-president of the
First NatiO1a here. is president of the
Inter-Costal Waterways Commission
that has as its object the construction
of cossal canal from the Mississippi
River to the Rio Grande. This canal
is projected along the coast of Louisiana
and Texas, connecting the numerous
inlets and rivers III such manner that
the river tugs, boats and tows can be
brought from the Mountains of West
Virginia. Pennsylvania, Kentucky and
other Ohio and Mississippi states right
TO our doors. In other words, Victoria
although two Thousand miles from
The Richmond climax. (Richmond, Ky.) 1897-1914, 1909-11-24
Letter From Former Madison.
ian.
Victoria. Texas. -Nor. . 1aoo

iCtOildi texas, NOY. 1919
o. the Dist OF this month two wears
ago | left the State of Kentucky and
Landed in the little town of Commerce,
near Texarkana, where 1 spent the
winter, aud then went TO Plaimview
iSht in the middle of the Staked
Pains. that section Of the State that
was known when L attended school as
the Great American Desert. This town
d Piainyiew was found to be progress
dve city of more than 5000 people,
situated in a fertile country as could
be found anywhere under the sun,
over the finest water that ever ouench
ed human thirst. Twenty years ago
when we were boys Lano Estseado or
otaked Plains was lookedsupon as hav-
ing no vegetation at all, was only fit
for a few half starved cattle and eayo-
ties to Dam over at will. This idea
WAS encouraged by the big cattle kings
OF that section or those who had by
one manner or another gotten posses
zion of large holdings of land, and in