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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-02
TWO PUMPKINS WORTH $4,000.
Eesurrected Invalid Debt and Bring
About It's Collection

Resurrected Invalid Debt and Bring
About Its Collection
Two pumpkins were worth $4,000 to
DR. J. r. Keith OF Sturgeon. Mo. last
year. and the purchase OF them was
one OF the cleverest bits Of financier-
ing that has been recorded whereabouts
for many moons. Thirteen years ago
DR. Keith loaned considerable sum
Of money TO farmer near Sturgeon,
and he was never able to collect il.
The obligation ran on until the statute
OF limitations made the claim Invalid.
Last fall, which was the thirteenth
year after the debt was made. DR..
Keith happened to be at the home OF
his debtor and saw some very fine
pumpkins He purchased two OF the
finest ones that he could select out OF
the pile and told his man that he
could apply the purchase price to the
amount that he owed him. which at
that time was about $4,000. This ar
rangement was satisfactory to the
pumpkin raiser. By the purchase of
the pumpkins and the Endorsement OF
the note the obligation was renewed
and the doctor was able to get his
money through the courts.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-02

Through one OF the West Side
streets that is lined with private
houses man passes two or three
times week looking for grass plots
to cut and trim. He IL excisabIe and
has way Of crying, after several
repetitions OF his monotonous Grass
cut Grass cutl" a variation that
makes passersby smile. He WIN say:
Grass cuti Grass cut! Don't any
body want their grass cutg' with pc
cuIiar emphasis on the anybody.
a few days ago the man passed up
tbs entire block one side and down
the other without finding any one to
pay attention to his cries. Standing
on stoop near the corner stood
small boy, watching the grass cut"
man. The man stopped, and, throw
Ing out his hands with an expression
Of contempt, asked the youngster,
Does everybody on this block cut bis
own grass r. Chicago inter Ocean.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-02
a. LIBERAL EnucATroU.


Nef Really Necessary.
TOR moderately liberal educakio
man must be able fairly to apprs
hand the current history Of the world
lie aholld ilrs read good daily pa
per. He ea~ gap All thar does no
makes history the accidents. th
crimes. The society events. the gamel
and races. the actresses and divorces,
bat he cannot emit the major events
1.-THE process and progress OF leglsla
| tion. the movements OF democracy
the conflicts OF privilege. the discover
les In science. the inventions In the
arts. the diplomacy OF nations and
the general advance or civilization.
These things ara Of Importance TO hu-
mainly. and to have them foreign from
ones education leaves 1t utterly illlher
al. Therefore. the first thing nscas
sary Il not book for the shelf. but
a broad. intelligent journal for the
table.
Then IL IL impossible 90 gain fairly
liberal education without the basis for
an understanding Of thess current
facts OF history. and this requires the
reading OF some books What are ths
important hooksY
Largely text books. For example.
one should have read and fairly mas
tered reasonably full treatises contain
ing the latest conclusions In the chief
sciences. such as chemistry. physics.
geology. biology and astronomy. 80
that he may be able TO gauge tho value
Of what be reads In journals and mag.
azsnes. He viii keep In touch with
new discoveries and inventions. He
win be man OF his age. for liberal
education Ia the education OF this and 1
not Of some past age. Equally be will
read as good tess hcs;gs - ne can find
IN sociology. political economy and
This Will require read
ng Of the history OF the principal ma,
ions. or. at least. OF q general history
u the world. He must have read
nough on the history Or religions 20
distinguish their differences and their
vorth.
Now comes the question OF the value
I pure literature Ia a liberal educa,
Ion. There Il no doubt OF It's Ira.
ortanee to put the polish on an edu.
alton which ID truly liberal. But pura
terature Is not OF the framework.
he bone and muscle or liberal edu.
alton. but OF that beauty which II |
xln deep Il IL delightful to read
haucer or Dante. hut many man
liberal education has read neither.
he long lists Of famous names or an
ent and modern times attract Us and
I've us additional culture II we
ave time for them. but the bulk OF
Iem arc not essential.
And when n comes TO the older En-
ish. poetry and prose. Shakespeare
eli, ono needs to have read his plays
rice or three times 10 be fairly In !
lligent. For other poetry one can
1 all be really needs for q fairly lib 9
al education within the covers OF two Z
three volumes which give us golden
aasuries Of accepted verse.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-02
TEiibJ@5rlk30a

The teamsters OF Peeksl<iIl. N. Z.
have organized a union.
The gravediggers have organized q
union In New York City.
Cincinnati viii get the next conven-
ton OF the American Federation OF
MusIcians
There are 1900 members Of the
Transfers Union in the New York
City district
Representatives OF nineteen typo
graphical unions in Michigan held a
convention In Jackson recently.
1t Is announced the organized work.
ers OF Superior. Wis. are to build a
$4,000 labor temple and clubhouse.
The trade unionists of Nebraska re-
Gently held a convention In Lincoln
for the purpose Of organizing State
branch OF the A. F. Of L.
The ordnance factory worknen have
been negotiating with the British Sec
rotary of war for pension scheme. II
~ stated that the men are hopeful OF
success.
In the South Wales and Monmouth
shire coal fields an award was recently
given for a ~ per cent reduction, In
spite OF the protests or the men and OF
the National Federation. to which they
belong.
The Grand Trunk Pacific and Cana
dian Northern men who wish Increased
pay, among other things. have applied
for Cancellation.
Montana laboring men have sixteen
card men In the House Of Representa-
tfves and two men carrying union (
cards In the Senate
BY referendum vote Metal Polishera.
BUFFERS Platers and MoIders and
Brass and Silver Workers Tnterna-
.ionai Union has decided not to hold a
this year The majority
against holding the convention was
1877.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-02
a DEspTsED WEED


The discovery By Oscar paelns. q
Monterey Mexico. ef q process for ex
tracing wax from the candelilla plant
has created new aud important In
dustry In Mexico. Texas. Arizona and
New Mexico The eandelllla plant Ii
q desert weed. which grows abundant.
II upon many million OF acres Of
semi-arid land in northern Mexico and
parts Of Texas. Arizona and New Mex
leo. II Is one OF the types Of vegeta-
ton peculiar to the southwest which
long had been looked upon as useless.
II was despised BY cattlemen because
It has the faculty OF forming such q
dense growth upon lands as to shut
out the grass and thus injure the
range for grazing purposes. Land own
ers who formerly desplsed the weed
now find themselves In a fair way to
reap fortune from the utilization OF
the plant This already Is being done
In Mexico, and steps have been taken
In Texas to carry en- the manufacture
Of wax from the plant
When ii was discovered a few years
ago that good grade OF crude rubber
could be manufactured from the quay
ule shrub experiments were begun by
Mr.. Paeius and others with various
other kinds OF Wild vegetation. Mr.. /
Pacius found that the candelilla con
tanned wax TO the amount Of SO 10 4 /
per cent. He perfected a process OF
extracting the wax. and it Is In prac-
teal operation In several factories
that have been established In northern
Mexico.
The new industry Is having a rapid
growth. II Is predicted by men who
are familiar with the different varie-
les OF commercial wax that ii win
not be long until the principal source
II supply of that product will come
rom the candeliIla plant II means an
'normous increase or wealth to the
leople or Texas. Mexico. Arizona and ;
Few Mexico. where this plant is found
n Its native state. The demand for
he product comes chiefly from Ger /
many, and the factories which are in
peration are making regular ship
aents to Hamburg. The present price
0 Mexico Is $500 gold per ton. Ii Is
aid that about thirty tons OF the weed
re required to make one ton OF the
rude wax The same factory that
manufactures the crude wax from the
liant also puts the product through
ae refining process
The cost of producing a ton OF the
ak Is SIS gold. One important and !
aluable advantage OF the new indus :
y Is that the refuse OF the weed Is
Vailable for fuel for the factory. "
II
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-02
LAND ron EVERYONE.


Y@as ~ thousands 0a Settlers.
! Homes ara to 30 had for practically
all who apply ana harasAips and hlgl
prices do NOS and should nor counl
Ia the face Of Independence ana fu
ture prosperity. r 4. MoreAeaa says
In the Dellneator Public lands ID the
United states. subject ID entry ana set,
Element. amount ii area 10 twenty,
/ three times all the meres sevofea ii
all agricultural pursuits il Iowa TIA
greatest agricultural gfafa II tha
world. Were Ill the acres tillahle IA
l less than 4.75o 900 families mieht -.
ceive their allowance 81 1en arg..s ana
| Independence Each wear she nonula.
lion Of Trenton II a. 0eklana
Cal. finds homes N ma news narsh.
vest ana still public lanla re,nalp a
smnnlv feo.aera homes Il av..rv ,n.a
woman ana child IA New yark clss
and PHILADELPHIA combined
The terms are easv. ~ hayaav thar
they were. Ii II nov necessary 4 rosEa
ones residence On the hon,essasa ' sonr.
teen months before SECURING navs,sa.
sion % commute ana 81 navsng !
small amount receive patart II ~ lana
A short time asa the reagslenea raa,,lrss
meats were eight mantha The rrsea
asked il small from "a cents u ~
dollars an acre. with time allowed il
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-02
sEIr-suppoRTaEa srunEETs.



Formerly student who worked his
way through college anywhere was re
garded with approval. even herolzed.
Now he meets With condemnation on
both sides: from his associates Ia his
work because he Il willing to do any
thing and do It cheap. aud from his
associates Ia his study because he low
ers the tone OF ths college aud does
not contribute to It's athletics ana So
elal display.
Many Of our colleges We're started
with the idea that students should sup
port themselves. at least In part. by
labor for the college. such as putting
up the buildings, working on farm.
etc. But As the Institutions have grown
In numbers and wealth this plan has
been abandoned. In most cases com
nletely. and to-day we are further from
Il than ever and heading Ia the oppo-
site direction. says a writer in the In
dependent.
II a student builds brick wall now
adays, to learn how, he il made to tear
It down again. That Is. even In so
called Industrial schools he is not al
lowed to work. but compelled to play
az working. It is no wonder that some
OF our most clear-sighted and self-re
specting young men desert our col |
leges every year through sheer disgust.
The artificlalisy OF 1t makes them
tired.
u Is idle to deplore the increasing
predominance OF the leisure class In
our colleges when we are b. force OF
aw and public opinion compelling col
ege students. as we have convlcts. to
'ecome q leisure class see only two
movements which might eounteract the
REVEALING tendency to make higher ed
lcation increasingly expensive and
'arasitfc.
One j. the plan OF the University,
y which engineering students work
lternately two weeks In the shops.
ne other way Is to bring higher edu-
alton to the people who are at work ,
y some form OF university extension.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-02
Reasons Enough.

Father You seem TO look at things
In very different light since your
marriage.
Miss Newly Married Daughter
Well, ought TO after receiving four
teen lamps and nine candeIabra for
wedding presents. Tit.f5its.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-12-02

Some men never think Of earning an
honest living until they accidentally
get good, hard Jolt Ia the right spot
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-29
MONTANA T

At Great Falls recently Allen Nc
Phail, a violinist at a theater, commit
ted suicide by cutting the arteries of
his left wrist and hanging himself from
the railing of his bed with a necktie.
A bearing orchard Of Wealthy apples
at an altitude of $3.50 feet is the sue
cess attending the efforts of Manager
j. r. Wharton of the Columbia gardens,
three miles southeast of Butte. This
is probably the first crop of the fruit
ever grown at this height above the
sea level, according to the state horti-
culturists.
Resulting from an attempt to Oper-
ate picture shows in violation of the
city ordinance, the proprietors Of two
playhouses and several employees at
Missoula were arrested by Sheriff Ora
ham Sunday night, and placed under
bonds of 500 each.
Lincoln county farmers sent to
Billings to the Dry Farming congress
articles raised in Lincoln county as
follows: Timothy 6 feet 6 inches tall,
oats Z feet tall, barley, rye, alfalfa,
v heat, corn, squash, weight SO pounds,
mGngelwurtzel, ~24-pound turnip, IL
pound cabbage, potatoes, onions, beets,
carrots, turnips, apples, pears, grapes,
piums and h~igh-bush cranberries
The next annual meeting of the Odd
Fellows grand lodge of Montana will
be held in Helena, and the occasion
will be made a memorable one, as at
that time the dedication will take place
of the state odd Fellows home, a
beautiful structure now in course OF
erection in the capital city.
The grand lodge elected officers foi
the ensuing year as follows: Grand
master, John +. Davies, Butte; deputy
grand master, william Dryburgh, Hell
cna; grand warden, L. G.. Fox, Dee
Lodge; grand secretary, r. w. Kemp
Missoula; grand treasurer, Henry \
Meyer, Helena; grand representative
for one year, John Dryburgh, Helena
member Of the home board, E. II
!, Goodman, Townsend.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-29
Prince Ito of Japan
ASSaSsinated.

Toxic, Oct. 28.-News has been re-.
ceived here that Prince Ito, the famous
japanese statesman, has been assassi.
mated by a Korean at Hardin. 1t has
caused great grief and CONSERVATION.
Prince Ito, who as president of the
privy council of Japan, left Toxic o.
tobler Is for a tour of Manchuria. He
was to have met the Russian minister
OF finance there. The conference, it
was said, vas at the behest of Japan
and Russia. The subjects to be discus
sed were not named in Japan's over
lures.
Prince Ito was 68 years of age. II
was in 1868 that he made his cele.
brated pilgrimage to foreign lands, al
a time when it was against the law OF
his country to go abroad and the in
fringement was death.
1t 1871 he visited and studied the
monetary system Of the United States
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-29
OREGON soUIBs.

At the state prison in Salem Friday,
Mathew Jancigan was hanged for the
murder of Mary Schrmeker at Oregon
City, Ore, on the nigl; of July II, 1908.
While leading in singing at a re-
IIgious service at Portland a few days
ago. Father Henry GLENN, a vel
known Penticostal exhorter, was striek-
en- dumb and is now lying on a cor in
a Portland hospital unable to speak.
Steady nerve and presence of mind
Of Mrs. f. J. Jeffrey, a prominent SO
ciety woman Of Portland, frustrated f.
Hagen, in what is presumed to have
been a deliberate attempt to commit
suicide under the wheels Of Mrs. JEFF
fery's automobile. She applied the
emergency brake.
Overcome by gas in the bathroom Of
the Swartz hotel, Portland, left lying
in the rooms, the man two hours, the
woman four hours, was the fate Of
James Smith, a painter, and Mrs. J. L.
Osborne. Sunday. The woman died
within a few hours, but the doctors say
the man viii eeove
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-29
IDAHO ITEMS

c. R. Jehris has assumed charge of
the Nez Perez Indian reservation, vice
y. II. Lips, who has been promoted to
general superintendent of northwestern
Indian agencies.
The Moscow Commercial club has ap-
pealed to Senator Borah and Colonel
Hamer Of the postofiee and postal
roads committee TOR better mail serV-
ice between Spokane and Moscow.
The trial Of Robert A. Brandt, on the
charge of having murdered Henry
81 effens, near Juhaetta, April Is, last,
came to an end Saturday, when the
jury returned a verdict of guilty of
murder in the second degree.
Within the next two months, Indian
leaders of the Nez Perez tribe will be-
GIN circulating petitions in order to
secure, if possible, the tribal consent
to the plan made by the government to
lease the Indian timber reserves.
John Davenport pleaded guilty in
the district court at Moscow to the
charge of arson. Davenport broke into
the house of Mrs. Olive NJ. Jolley near
Deary a short time ago, and being IN
sble to find anything on which he might
realize money except a saw, he set the
house on fire.
President James A. MacLean of the
University and Edwin E. Elliott, dean
of the college of agriculture, are firmly
convinced that Idaho great future
S in agriculture and they are endeav-
oling, and successfully, to identify the
college with the wonderful agricultural
development of the estate.
Fortified by additional evidence, part
OF which will be given by Clarence W.
Robnett, who stood trial on conspir-
acy charges, the government will en-
ter the North Idaho land fraud cases,
attorneys believe, with a better show
ing than was presented in the former
%tIials. Robnett, for years a book.
keeper in the Lewiston National bank
has decided to give up the hght and
give Assistant United States Attorney
/ General Peyton Gordon information hi
may possess.
The college of agriculture of the Uni
versity OF Idaho has opened for thu
year with the most promising prospect
IN it's history. With the establishment
ct three new departments, forestry
veterinary science and bacteriology
which have already had a gratifyin
enrolment, with a greatly enlarge
student body, with an augmented corr
OF instructors, with the exclusive us
o. the w~ell-equipped Morrill, hall fC
, class and experimental work, a ne
era in efficiency and influence is {
hand.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-29
NEWS OF The WORLD
sHOVT ITEMS FROM ALL over
The ENTIRE GLOBE.
psview of Happenings in Both
p.stsru and western Hemisphere
our,ng the Past week-National,
historical, Political and Personal
Events.

President Taft was at Houston,
Texas, Saturday.
A slight earthquake shock was felt
!, Memphis Saturday.
Al Hickman, Kyy a slight earthquake
shock was felt Saturday.
Thomas Conan, who was mayor of
New York city in 1868, is dead OF pneu-
monia.
potween l and 2 O'Clock Saturday
norping a slight earthquake shock was
felt at Evansville, Ind.
Slight earthquake shocks were felt
saturday at Alton, Ill, and st. Peters,
Mo No damage resulted.
The predicted 15-cent level was
coached in the cotton market Saturday.
March cotton sold at that figure and
Nav advanced to about 81 per bale
over day before.
Coburg, Germany. The socialists
uon another seat in the reichstag at
recent elections in this city, which had
baen regarded as a stronghold of the
wv
national liberals.
The Portola festival, which for five
DAVIS was celebrated in San Francisco.
closed Saturday, the eliminating event
being a great parade, including a mum
her of elaborate electric floats.
Rear Admiral Henry Erben, U. S. N.
retired, died in New York Saturday, al
the age of II years. He entered the
navy in 1854 and served through the
civil war with a brilliant record.
Louisville and many of the towns
in northern Kentucky were swept Sat
urday by a severe wind storm anC
heavy rains which did much property
damage, but as far as known caused
no loss of life.
Price Ellison of Vernon, b. c., mem
Der of the provincial parliament from
Okanogan, has been appointed commits
sioner Of lands in the British COlumbii
cabinet to succeed +. J. Fulton, who re
signed recently.
Calcutta.-Details have not yet beel
received from the interior, but the bes
information is to the effect that tn
total deaths during the recent cyclon
in eastern Bengal did not exceed 100
and that the fatalities included n
Europeans.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-29
MAY Not Have Died.

San Bernardino, Cal.-The unknown
family of five, lost on the desert IN
San Diego county, may have reached
water and shelter in safety. No word
has come from them, however, since l.
d. Kellogg, the miner, came IN from
the desert. He traced the family to the
west side canal and was there told by
Mr.. Gale, a rancher, that the family had
arrived there the day before in a ter
nble condition from hardships in wan.
dering over the desert without water.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-29
COMMANDER R. E. PEARy
TAKES A NEW TACK
declares 1t Was Impossible for Ras.
mussen to Have Seen Cooks
Esktmoa

Commander Robert E. Peary has tele.
graPhed to scientific friends at Wash.
lngton that it was impossible for Knud
Rasmussen, the Danish explorer, to
nave seen any of the members Of the
Cook party, and that any informa.
tion which Rasmussen received was
therefore not at first hand.
That the story told in Rasmussen IS
report of his impressions of DR.. Cook
as recently made public by Mrs. Ras-
mussen at Copenhagen lacks authority
Is the substance Of Peary's latest
message.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-29
HE DEFEATS THE
ARMY OF ZELAYA
Revolution1sts Are Now in Control Of
Entire Atlantic Coast Of the Repub-
nc-1oo Troops Dead 800 Wounded.

Bluefelds, Nicaragua, Oct. 25.-The
tug Blanca, which arrived here from
Greytown, brings news Of the first i'm
portant battle of the revolution. Gen
eral Chamorras' army fought an en-
gagement on Friday with 1000 of Pres
ident Zelaya's troops at a point below
BOca San Carlos, on the San Juan riv
er. The revolutionists won a decisive
victory, 100 of the government troops
being killed and 800 wounded. Gen
eral Chamorras' losses were slight.
The insurgents captured two Krupp
siege guns and rifles.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-29
McCarren's Mother Ill.

New York.-The aged mother OF
State Senator Patrick IL. McCarren col
lapsed Saturday on learning of the
death of her son. Her physician sad
her condition was critical. Mrs. NC
Carren is "a years old.
Keen interest in the choice Of 3
leader Of the democratic party IN
Kings county to succeed Mr.. McCar-
rem arises from the general belief that
Tammany will endeavor to gain con
troll Of the party's affairs in the Brook,
lyn borough, which the senator had
persistently fought.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-29
R1,ow UP JAPANESE STORE
OUTRAGE At Eureka, California-Bomt
Wrecks the Place.

Eureka. Cal. Oct. 25.-A bomb ignit'
cd bv a slow fuse, was exploded carry
sunday morning in front Of the Japan.
oso art store here. The glass front
wos blown in by the explosion and Ihe
interior of the store was wrecked. Inc
damage was nominal. o..
The store has been in operation mere
-. tbroe davs and is the first oriental
- - he established here since tht
exclusion of Chinese from humOOil
county in 1887.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-29

sworn to in Tacoma by BarriIl in which
the mountain guide denies that he ac-
eompanied DR.. Cook to the summit of
Mount Mckinley or that the doctor
made the ascent in 1906. Bagby re-
Gently interview BaTril in Hamilton
and secured statements from him that
are Numerically opposite to the state
ment sworn to in Tacoma.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-29
Gear Visits italy.

Raccogni, Italy, Oct. 24-Niehoias'
&c all the Russias, made a tn
,mnbsI entry into Italy Saturday
Wbotever NAV have stirred beneath the
surface. the outward manifestation wa
. cordial and popular welcome to the
head of a friendly state.
The Montana plaindealer. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1906-1911, 1909-10-29

been removed from the pastorate Of the
Woodland Park Presbyterian church be-
cause he devoted part Of his time to
selling real estate and raising poultry
and also because he declined to show
has letters Of transfer from the Mime
apolis presbytery. Nj. Bean win now
become a real estate dealer.