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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-11-04
THE COUNTRY BANKER.
His influence on National Finance Dur.
ing Crop Harvesting.

His Influence on National Finance Dur.
ing Crop Harvesting.
Enter the small town for almost any
purpose--to sell books, to seek loca-
ton, 70 look up land titles, to write life
insurance, to get a news story. to col
lect debt-and early in your visit you
will go to the ornate, imposing build
ing on the corner of the two busiest
streets. You will pass lattice crown
ed counter and be admitted to a room
large enough only to hold a desk and
two chairs. There you will come face
TO face with the towns financier, the
Plerpont Morgan OF the community, the
banker. Not an enterprise. not con.
siderable business undertaking. is
started without consultation with him.
The man who sells farm and wishes
to put his money where 1t will earn in
terest goes to the banker. The widow
with few thousand dollars of life In
surance-more money than she ever
saw together In all her life before
asks the banker how to invest II. 1t
would be better II more OF this class
would take the bankers advice when
II Is given. Then there Is the merchant
who owes for n large portion of his
goods. He comes nervously asking IL
the bank will "see him through" the dull
season. The banker gives assent to
one. explains to another. refuses third
and comes at last to read unconscious
~ the business record Of every man he
meets on the street.
The country banker exerts ais great
est influence on national finance dur
ing the crop harvesting season. Wheth-
er 1t be In the gathering of fruit in
California, Of cotton in the south or of
wheat In the plains region, the banker
comes In direct touch with the worker.
Take the wheat harvest as covering
the widest area and creating the most
intense demand during it's existence.
In single state 10000 harvesters are
needed besides those already at work
on the farms. Through the labor bu-
reaus and railway departments whole
train loads OF workers are secured from
states at distance. These helpers are
mostly itlnerants, and they have no To-
cal standing. A grain raiser went
among his laborers one Saturday night
and, asking their names, proceeded to
make out checks for the weeks work.
What shall we do with them ?" ask
ed one
Cash them at the bank, OF course"
who will identity usY"
The employer saw the point, tore up
the checks and secured currency with
which to pay the men. That made a
demand on the bank Scores OF other
farmers We're doing the same thing.
Hundreds OF other communities did it.
The result Is that the country bankers
draw millions OF dollars from the ere
serve centers" every harvest and to
some degree change national financial
currents thereby.-C. NJ. Harger in At
lantic Monthly.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-11-04
SPECULATION.
One View OF the influence Of the
Stock Exchange.

One View Of the influence Of the
Stock Exchange.
Now, let us see what speculation
does. What justification is there for
it2 Americans are known as the great
est OF all spectators, not merely stock
spectators or spectators In commod-
ity futures. but as spectators general
", willing TO take risk, anxious to
put their intelligence, their wit, their
brain. Drawn and resources against the
tricks OF fate. And we have grown
and grown steadily. expanding pOllt-
lcally and intellectually, and who shall
say not morally2 Legitimate specula-
tlon, then. has some good effect, some
proper function. some economic basis
and excuse,
Some OF the things that speculation
on the stock exchanges and on the
commodity exchanges make possible
are or should be obvious. 1t divides or
limits the risks OF trade. gives mar
ket at all times for securities or com
modltles. makes II possible for every
one TO know what the market value Is
of any security Of wheat, cotton, corn,
oats, coffee, etc, II keeps pace with
the Increase In trade, Spectators are
always ready 10 buy or sell at the
market price. II follows the fluctua-
ton IN values and registers these
changes IN the market prices. 1t
makes possible the development OF the
country along great broad lines, II is
a means Of warning those who are
holders Of securities that the value OF
thcir property Is decreasing and makes
II possible for them to take proper ae-
tion In the premises Il Is an insur-
ance for the producer. the manufac-
turer and yltalizes the farmers credit.
These things are overlooked when
speculation Is attacked, aud that Is be-
cause the gambling factor in the spec.
ulatiye market is more spectacular,
more Intrusive and more susceptible
To picturesque denunclatlon. Specula-
ton begets certain evils impossible OF
eradication and which assume their
present form simply because the spec
ulative markets facilitate their devel-
opment. Abolish the markets and they
will manifest themselves elsewhere. no
less vicious and no more easy to rem.
edy, 20 root out.--John Paul Ryan In
Metropolitan Magazine,
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-11-04
When servant. Msrs. Fined.

What would servants OF modern
times say 10 the following rules and
regulations that were adopted over 800
years ago In the household Of Sir J.
Harrington. the translator OF ArlostOp
A servant absent from prayers to be
fined twopence, ntterlng an oath,
penny leaving a door open. penny;
penny ane for any beds unmade. FIRE
unllt OF candle box uneleaned after :;
any one breaking any OF the buffers
glass, a shifting, twopenCe tine for any
one who has not laid the table for din.
ner by half past 10 or supper by O: any
one being absent without leave. four.
pence fine; a penny fne for any fol.
lower visiting the cook; a fine Of a
penny for any visitors room left un~
tidy for four hours after he or she
dressed; penny tine II the hall be
not cleaned by in winter and Z in
summer Il fine OF threepence II the
stairs be uneleaned every Friday after
dinner.
All these fines were deducted from
the servants quarterly payment of
their wages,-London Standard.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27
FINEST STREET IN IDAHO"
Main Street Grade Gives Richfield a
Magnificent Thiroughfare.

Main Street Grade Gives Richfield
Magnificent Thiroughfare.
Work was begun the last of last
week, on the grading of Main street
from the depot to the top of the rise
at the water tower. Fourteen teams,
some of them with six horses, were
on the job Monday, and the way they
leveled up the street would surprise
any one who never saw that many
teams at work in one place. The
whole street is being brought up
or down-to grade; the high places
are cut OF, and the low ones filled up,
until uniform grade is being estab-
lished all the way. There is enough
fall to make a fine drainage, but not
enough to make it cut out with the
rains or mleting snow 1t is the in
tention to have the street sprinkled
as soon as the grading is finished, and
to keep 1t up all through the sea-
son, leaving Richfield with the finest
Main street in the state of Idaho. 1t
has just enough slope, pointing away
up north to the Sawtooth range,
which appears at the end of long
vista, to make it look imposing The
excellent new buildings that are go
ing pom both sides of the sire ct,
are such as would do credit to any
town
Richfield has something to be
proud over, in the condition of its
streets Most towns never get these
improvements until the settlers have
become spawned from going up and
down the hills and hollows In the
streets, and then they cannot enjoy
the decent grades when they do come.
But Richfield is graded from the de-
pot clear to the end, and graded right
It's a good place to settle, and to
stay, where the people and the big
companies G oat it to make things
right in the beginning.
Come to Richfield and see the
streets. They're all right. But there
will be 15-foot concrete walks laid
on Main street later this season, so
there will be something new even for
the man who lives here now.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27
Extension Given to
Settlers
Residence Need Not Be Established
Until Next Year On Account
of Delay In Furnishing
Water to Lands

An important ruling has been
made by the state board of land COM
missioners to the effect that entry
men under the Idaho Irrigation pro-
ject may secure an extension of
year in which to establish residence.
The ruling is made in view of the
fact that water was not available
April 1, and that it will be impossi-
BILE to raise a crop this season after
June 1, when water will be available.
The board also had under consid-
GRAFTON extension of time on defer
red payments, but after carefully
considering this matter 1t was agreed
that the question was in the hands of
the irrigation company and the set
tiers, by the terms of the conract be-
tween company and entrymen. Ac-
tion was accordingly not taken with
respect to extension of time for de-
ferred payments. The board has en-
deavored to arrive at some solution
of this problem so that the settlers
as well as the investor will be pro-
tected, but after extended considera-
tion of the matter reached the con-
clusion that such step could not
consistently be taken in view of the
fact that contracts exist between the
entryman and the company.
Order of Board.
The order of the state board of
land commissioners with respect to
the extension of time in which to es-
tablish residence on lands under the
Idaho Irrigation company project is
as follows:
Under the Idaho Irrigation COM
pany project water will be available
for the Richfield and South Gooding
lands June ], 1909. Entrymen are
given six months time after said
date. On account of water not be-
ing available April 1, 1909. extension
of time to April /, 1910, in which to
establish residence may be secured
upon filing affidavits containing suf-
fient facts to justify the same
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27

! thousand acres of the finest grazing
land in Idaho. The average rainfall
of these lands is about fifteen inches
annually, very much greater than
the precipitation throughout the re-
mainder of the Twin Falls section.
The lands to be irrigated are a
fine soft loan Of volcanic origin, with
no alkalai and but little alluvial soil.
1t is a region Of giant sage-brush, in
many of the more Sheltered parts the
sage brush growing to height of
eight feet or more. Agricultural ex-
perts state that these lands are par
ticularly well adapted to the produc-
ton of winter apples, sugar beets.
potatoes, field peas, alfalfa and the
various grains. The general slope
of the country is almost entirely to
the south, the grade being from five
to eight feet to the mile. None of
the land is located more than six
miles from the town of Dietrich and
the main line OF the Oregon. Short
Line.
The Town OF Dietrich.
The work Of development is In the
hands OF ]. G. White G Co., OF New
York, the greatest contracting firm
in the world. The character of the
canal work done by that nrm is Of
the highest type.
The Idaho Irrigation company has
had plans drawn for the new hotel
that is to be located at Dietrich, and
which will cost when completed
something over $4,000. Systems of
water works, sewerage and electric
lights will be placed in operation at
the earliest possible time. II proper
arrangements can be completed the
townsite opening will be held the next
day, after the drawings for the land.
Those who have watched the
growth of towns throughout the
Snake river valley are entirely con-
fdent the Dietrich should have an
and f1attering growth. The
tOWH VIII nave duOuC Tie same dled
of fertile irrigated land as Twin
Falls, with probably half million
acres of fine grazing lands to the
north and east, and has the advan-
tage of being on the Main line of the
Oregon Short Line Railroad 1t will
not be any surprise to those interest
ed to see a city of four or fire thous-
and people grow up there within the
next four or five years.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27

any Idahoan from participating in
the drawing, as the method of con-
Quoting the opening makes it certain
that the last person to register may
well be the first to secure a filing.
1t is now anticipated that there will
be filings to the number of many
thousands, and it is generally esti-
mated that the crowd present at the
drawing will be larger than have
ever attended on a similar occasion.
Special Trains Arranged For.
Arrangements have been complet-
ed to bring people to Shoshone from
all points The Oregon Short Line
and the o. R. G. N. railways are ad-
vertising special rates on those sys-
TENS of 1 and one-third fares for the
round trip, tickets being offered for
sale on June 8, 6, and 8, good re-
turning until June 16. A special
train service has been arranged for
with the Oregon Short Line, a train
leaving Richfield at seven o'clock in
the morning on June 6, 7, 8 and 8,
running to Shoshone, and leaving
the latter place at eight o'clock, rum
ming to Dietrich, seven miles east OF
Shoshone. This train will return to
Shoshone for lunch, returning to Die
trich at one-thirty In the afternoon,
and coming hack to Shoshone in the
for supper This will enable those
who desire to look over the lands
to stay at either Richheld or Sho-
shone in comfort and still have all
the time they may desire to see the
land offered. Under the present sched-
ule of the O. S. L. parties may leave
Minidoka or American Falls to the
east, or Glenn's Ferry or Gooding
to the west, spend the entire day on
the ground at Dietrich, and return
home by bed time. At Richfeld a
new hotel has just been
while at Shoshone there
are two large hotels and numerous
restaurants and other houses of en-
tertainment. A large number of
tourists and stadard sleepers will be
provided, which will be held at Sho-
shone, and will supply accomoda-
tions for any uncared for overflow
Lands Are All First Glass.
During the past two weeks large
number of persons have made care
full examination of the lands in the |
Dietrich segregation. Without ex-
ception the report has been that this
is the largest body of first-class land
ever opened under the Carey Act in
Idaho. The land is in much more
compact form, and with less waste
and than in any other previous Sc
yregation. 1t lies in rectangular
'orm, with extreme length from west
% east of twelve miles, and from
north to south Of six miles. The new
own of Dietrich is located on the ex-
rene northern boundary OF the tract
ind about its center from east to
vest. To the north of the segre-
cation there are several hundred !!
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27

H. M. Moore and company have
purchased the H. W. Anderson Drug
Store, and have taken charge. Mr.
Moore comes from Iowa City, Iowa,
and is a graduate OF the university
of Iowa Of College of Pharmacy and
understands the drug business
thoroughly. He will also carry a
dne line of stationery and cigars.
The store will be known as the
Keystone Pharmacy.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27
Special Trains for Dietrich Opening
Rchfied May Expect Many Visitors During That EvenLand
Drawing to be Held at Shoshone June 8

Shoshone, the opera house has been
secured, and carpenters have just
completed remodeling the lower floor
as registry Office. This Office will
be opened on June /, and registra-
tions will be allowed until the night
of June z. Parties who desire to Sc
cure lands at this drawing are re-
quired to register prior to the day
OF the drawing. At the time Of re-
gistration, there must be deposited
with the registering officers the sum
of 1926 a nacre for the amount Of
land applied for. In the event that
the person registering concludes not
to make filing, this deposit is at
once returned and the effort to Sc
cure land has been without cost. If
a filing on land is made in an amount
less than the person has registered
for, a return is made to the entry
man of the surplus Of his deposit,
the remaining sum being credited as
a first payment of twenty-five cents
an acre to the state for the land, and
Of SO an acre to the Idaho Irrigation
Company for the water right
The remaining sum owed for water
right, does not commence drawing
interest until water is actually avail
able for the irrigation of the lands
taken Nor is the entryman required
to make settlement or improvement
until after six months from the first
of April of any years on which wat
er has been made available for use
on the lands. When water is finally
available the entryman is required
to make settlement within six months
and If he so desires he may make the
necessary improvements, advertise,
and prove up within a period of thir-
ty days after actual settlement has
been made.
Each entry is given serial num-
Der, and the entryman is given
receipt showing that number. When
the uTdWiUS is Hduc, DiOOho u "CON
numbered from one to whatever the
last entry number is, are placed in
a large barrel churn which is revolv-
ed until the blocks are thoroughly
mixed. They are then drawn from
the churn, one by one, until all have
been drawn. The first number drawn
Is the first fling, and so on till the
last. In this way absolute impartial
ty is secured and each intending
purchaser has an even chance of Sc
curing the more valuable lands.
Demand for This Land
During the past month Messrs-
4urtt & Co. have been in daily re-
,eipt Of from $50 to 800 letters from
points throughout the middle west,
he Rocky Mountain Region, and the
Pacific Slope states, requesting In
formation relative to the Dietrich
ands. 1t is already apparent that
he number registering for this draw
ng will be sufhcient to exhaust the
lmount of land offered many times
,ver. However, this should not deter
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27

What will probably be the only
Carey Act land drawing to be held
by the State Land Board in Idaho this
year, will occur at Shoshone, on
June 8, 1903. The land to be open
ed comprises the Dietrich segrega-
tion of $4,000 acres situated directly
east of Shoshone. This segregation
was asked of the general land Office
by the state land board in the sum-
mer of 1908, and at that time had
never been surveyed. The survey
has since been completed.
Land Board Contracts for Dietrich Re
clamation
After the segregation had been
made the State Land Board entered
into a contract with the Idaho Irri-
cation Company, for the reclamation
of these lands through the extension
of its system of canals, the contract
providing that the Irrigation Com
pany should be reimbursed for its
outlay by charge of $50 an acre for
a perpetual water right, this charge
to be first lien upon the land en-
braced within the segregation. I'm
der the arrangement as finally per-
fected the payment of this water
right charge is extended over per-
iod of about twelve years, with in
terest on deferred payments of only
six per cent per annum. The con-
tract contains provision that water
for irrigation shall be furnished by
April l, 1909.
AS a matter OF ract the irrigation
bitches to supply the entire tract will
be completed prior to the first OF the
coming year. Work on these ditche.
is now in progress, with large force
of men.
1t was not until very recently that
arrangements were completed by the
State Land Board for the opening OF
these lands to entry. 1t was then
decided that the opening should be
held In Shoshone, which is short
distance west of the west boundary
of the tract. Although the opening
is held by the State Land Board, the
making of arrangements has been
left with the general sales agents OF
the Irrigation Company, Messrs. c.
B. HURT & Co., of Boise. The firm
has had the honor of engineering the
openings of the largest Carey Act
Land drawings ever held in Idaho,
being the sales agents for the origin
al Twin Falls segregation, the Big
Wood River segregation and the Sal
mon river extension of the Twin Falls
On the latter occasion
which was held at Twin Falls city
year ago, the $4,000 acre segregation
was all taken within three days OF
The opening. At that opening there
we're more than 4Oe0 persons regis
.ered for land, and about fifteen hum
1red entries were made.
Land Drawing At Shoshone June D.
1909.
For the opening on June =, at
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27
10000 ACRES OF LAND.

To be opened for settlement under
the Carey Act at Shoshone on June
8th. Reduced rates In effect VIA Ore
gon Short Line. June, 8, 6, 7. and 8,
Limit June 1th. For descriptive lit
erature address D. e. Burley, General
Passenger Agent. Salt Lake City,
Utah.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27
10000 ACRES OF LAND.

10 be opened for settlement under
the Carey Act at Shoshone on June
Sth. Reduced rates in effect via. Ore
gon Short Line, June, 8, 6, z, and 8,
Limit June 10th. For descriptive lit
erature address d. E. Burley. General
Passenger Agent, Salt Lake City
Utah.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1909-05-27

For the opening on June s. al
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-09-03

one umbrella and silk necktie; j.
w. Mesic. three pounds OF conee;
Academy Pharmacy, one pound OF
candy: S. Mirmelstein, one hand bag;
j. p. Fraiey, one box cigars; Ben
theater, 100 five-cent tickets OF al
mission to Bell; Ben Fish, one hat;
Maryland Bakery Company, pies Tor
pie contest; b. II. Turner, Smi,nheio
ham; Wilson and Hunnicutt, 80 cigars
Cole Tobacco Company, 80 cigars;
National Biscuit Company, one dozen
Uneeda; William Gordon, best pair
Of trousers his shop produces; Lauck
Jewelry Company. one gold ring; c.
c. Epes & Bro. one kodak; Lewis
Cigar Company. so cigars; Purity
bntter Store. two Jars preserves; II.
Massel, one umbrella and silk neck
tie; Paul Hahn Specially Company,
one hand saw.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1909-09-03
violation of the ordinance during any

violation Of the ordinance during any
one year.
There was some discussion as to
what PERSONS should be allowed 70
run the machines and one or two or
the committeeman seemed opposed to
the granting OF licenses to women.
However, the committee finally decld-
ed TO issue no permits to boys under
sixteen years OF age. One OF the
said he thought women
should be barred. while another asked
TO be allowed to resign from the CON-
mittee before any such provision
should be adopted.
Few changes were made In any OF
the other various provisions OF the
measure They are unimportant and
no fights were made on them.
Mayor Marquis Jones and President
ID. S. Jones, OF the common council,
were present and took an active part
in the discussions.