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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-13
NEWS. VIEWS AND GOSSIP
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ness. The confectloners. have entered
the field with elaborate valentine
like boxes filled with choicest bon
bons. and thousands OF youngsters
will reverse the old rule and attempt
10 reach the hearts OF their best girls
by way OF the palate. Books are in
ceasingly popular as st. Valentine
tributes, and New York publishing
houses have brought out many vol
umes OF sentimental verse especially
suitable to the occasion.
The annual st. Valentines kettle
drum entertainment will be held at
sherry's this evening, and many other
social affaifs in which high society
will participate are scheduled for the
night
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-13
GUARDING a Mall.

A gentleman In Jerusalem told me
that he found a Turkish soldier on
guard In some part OF the Church Of
The Holy Sepulcher, where II was not
usual for a sentry to be. and inquired
OF him why he was there.
He pointed to a nail in the wall and
replied. 1T IL my duty to watch that
nall"
Asked why, he explained that the
Latlns or the Greeks--T forget which
had driven the nail with the view Of
hanging a picture; that q rival sect
had furiously objected. saying that It
was an interference with their prop
erty and wanted TO pun out the nail;
that thereupOn the Turkish govern
ment had interviewed aud set him to
watch the nail and see that no picture
was hung upon Il and that It was moi
pulled cut.
To allow the picture to be hung
would have been to admit the claims
OF those who drove In the nail. To al
low Il 70 be pulled out would have
been to admit the claims Of those whC
objected 20 the driving In Of the nail
Therefore the nail must be preserved
and the picture must not be hung. and
10 see that this was 50 an armed sen
try must watch day and night Fol-
aught I know he may be watching
still.--Rlder Haggard's "a Winter Ptl
l grlmage."
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-13
THE CHURCHES.

First Baptist Church-Sunday
school at 10 a. m; preaching at IL
a. m. and $3.50 p. m. Afternoon sub
ject Those Whom God Hath Joined
Together This is a mass meeting
to which all are invited. B. Y. P. U.
at ESQ led by Mr.. Drake. Subject,
Prayer" All members are expected
to be present. Preaching at 1880 p.
M; subject, THE Mistakes Of Rob
ert Ingersoll" The evangelistic SER
vices will be continued through the
coming week and the subjects will
be as follows: Feb. IS, WHO Is
LIAR; Feb. 16. What is Your
Name" Feb. II, How Old are YOU"
Feb. IS, Hands" Feb. 10, THE
Man Who Killed HIMSELF" Feb. 81.
THE Worst Crime Ever Committed.
Rev. w. e. Powell. pastor.
First Presbyterian Church-Bible
school at 10 a. m. A class for every
body. Preaching at IL. a. m. Young
Peoples Society at $40. p. m.
The pastor and congregation welcome
you. Rev. Edward j. Station, min
lister.
Christian Church--Morning SER
vice IL o'clock, subject. The Trans
forming Power OF Hope; evening
service, 1880 O'Clock. subject. The
Preparation all Should Make" Rev.
o. ]. Gist. minister.
Methodist Church--Sunday school
at 10 a. MI public service at II a, m.
The subject of the morning service
is Overcoming and Overcome,
Which? Of a Struggle for the. Su-
premacy between Right and Wrong. F."
Epworth League led by Mrs. Angus
Kennedy at $3.50 p. m. Evening SER
vice at 1880 p. m. Theme. "The EN-
PITY Seat at the Kings Table" Spec
ial music by the choir as follows:
Morning anthem, Praise Ye the
Lord" evening anthem, Holy Spirit
From Above" Rev. w. H. Fry, past
or.
Christian ScIence-services at
room No. 10. wiggett's block. at 10
a. m: Sunday school at IL a. m
Church services on Sundays and al
1880 p. m. on Wednesdays. Subject
Soul" The public are cordially in.
yited.
German Evangelical Synod Paul'i
Church-Rev. opperman will conduct
services at p. m. at Swedish Luth'
eran church. Rev. F. opperman. pas
tor.
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orlaln d on oIory.

OftHtU " Ct0 GtoTys
In the "reminiscences OF Lord Ronald
Cover Is found a story Of the origin Of
the STARS and stripes.
The ''star spangled banner OF the
American republic had It's origin from
an old. brass on the floor Of an ancient
church in NorthamptOnshlre. The brass
covers the tomb Of one Robert Wash
lngton and Is dated 1872. On il ap-
pears the Washington coat Of arms,
consisting OF three stars. with bars or
stripes beneath them On the flrst day
OF the new year, 1776. the thirteen
united colonies raised a standard at
WashingtOn's headquarters.
This introduced the stripes Of the
present, but retained the crosses OF St
George and Sc. Andrew on q blue
ground In the corner. In It'll the
crosses were replaced by stars. as the
Declaration Of Independence rendered
the retention OF the English element
unnecessary and incOnvenient. In thus
adopting the arms OF his ancestors aa
his own distinctive badge Washington
no doubt intended the dag merely as
private signal for his own personal fol
lowing. bat Il was at once adopted "a
4 national emblem. Probably there I
not another case In the worlds history
| IN which the private arms Of an OBJ
scure family have attained such worid
wide eminenee and repute.
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TREASURER PROBE Is STOPPED.
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vestigatlOn. A number of contract
ors. also, will be summoned before
the committee.
All efforts made by the house to-
day to secure the immediate passage
OF the local option bill failed. as
two-thirds vote to suspend the rules
could not be secured. The bin was
made a special order of business for
tomorrow morning.
1t is charged that $37. 900 has been
raised in Boise to defeat the bill. and
the challenge was taken up by the
Ada county solons. An investigation
win probably follow. A bin was in
troduced to place the ban on prize
fights. or even to offer challenges,
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-13
CELEBRATE OREGON DAY
Fifty Years since state Was Admitted
To Union.

Fifty Years since state Was Admitted
To Union.
SALEM. Ore, Feb. 13.-Both the
houses OF the legislature broke the
record yesterday by working until
midnight. The house this morning
adjourned and went to attend, the Ad-
mission services at Eugene where the
state university is celebrating the fl
teenth anniversary OF Oregon state
hood.
The senate did not attend the ex-
ercises, but continued in session. The
measure of Senator sinnott the pur-
pose Of which was to protect all per-
sons engaged in dangerous occupa-
tions was killed. The Johnson road
bill was passed and now goes to the
house for its consideration.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-13
oFFICIAL WEATHER REpoRT

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 13.-Fore-
cast for northern Idaho and eastern
Washington for "a hours ending At
ave D. m. tomorrow:
Snow tonight and Sunday; colder
tonight.
The local weather report for the
"a hours ending at o'clock y. m.
today shows q maximum temperature
OF Al degrees, minimum, 81.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-13
REAL ESTATE TRANsFERs

Following Is a list Of real estate
transfers Of Kootenai county as fur
nlshed by the Panhandle Abstract
company:
Valley Improvement Co. to W. H.
Noe, tracts and Of plat 6, Green
acres; $4,000.
Interstate Irr. Co. TO F. w. Dennis.
hf of tract 2O4, Hayden Lake Irr.
Lands. $3.50.
Taylor Bros. to Andrew H. HoOv-
or. lots 9, II. and IS. block L, lots
13 and rs OF block o. Mcclellan,
s12O.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-13
ARREST MAXIM GoRKEY.

Russian Authorities Want Celebrated
Author.
ST. PETERSBURG. Feb. IA
warrant was issued here today for
the arrest OF Maxim Gorkey the cele-
brated writer and leader Of the revolt
utionary movement in Russia. II is
believed that the arrest is the result
of political agitation.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-13
sun Men to Dine.

Some Of the most prominent men
OF the country will gather about the
banquet tables OF the Hotel Brevoort
tonight to take part In the annual
talkfest andNdlnner of the New York
Sun Alumni Association This will be
the fifth anniversary Of the formation
OF the association. and It will be cele-
brated by a special edition of the Sun
by the former members of the stan.
To be one OF Dana's men was, a score
OF years ago. the ambition Of half the
newspaper men Of the country. Many
OF those who achieved that ambition
have since climbed even higher on
the ladder Of literature fame, and the
list OF those who will attend tonight's
dinner reads very much like q who's
who" In literature.
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Pay 10 cents week for the Even
ing Press and get tOday's news to-
day. 1t makes a special feature Of
local news and you are interested in
this feature.
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Id Tnn PuRLEo

The Press will deem e q special
favor n patrons who fail 20 receive
their paper regularly viii report the
same TO the once, az it % our only
means OF knowing how the carriers
are doing their work.
We win pay n reward OF Sa6 for
evidence that will convict any one Of
stealing papers after they are delivered
THE PRESS PUBLISHING CO.
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SPECIAL NOTICE.

We have discovered that the sal
mon We sold at special price last
Thursday is not what II was repre-
sented 10 be. All buyers OF this
salmon will confer a favor by return
ing same ana We viii refund their
money.
THE IDAHO MERCANTILE CO.
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No one deserves to be praised for
goodness unless be has strength TO be
bad. All other goodness = most oEten
only sloth or weakness OF VIII - Ia
Rochefoueauld
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LEW. Tfnkel, cashier OF the above named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state
mentis true to the best Of my knowledge and
Fw. TINREL, Cashier.
CORRECT-AtteSt
8. @. SARGENT,
A. +. DUPLISEA,
THOS. II. BREWER.
Directors
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 18th
isEALl THOMAS B. HIGGINS
Notary Public
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Ii Is great cleveFness to know how 10
conceal our cleverness.-EA RochefOa-
eanld.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-02-13

Loose leaf ledger or bill pri1
is a speciality at the Press ONCE.
have a complete stock Of papeT
this work. If you use the loose
system let US figure with you.
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TOdAy's news today.
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TOday's news today.
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Report of Condition of
THE FIRST NATIONAL BAN

At Occur d'Alene, In the state Of Idaho, at the
close Of business, February 8, 1909.
The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1909-08-12
IT II BLACK WE'LL,
"W Il Bass,
"W r .4SKINS.


Talk about glittering general
tiles. Some sort OF agreement
has been given to certain par
ties setting forth that DR. A II
Williams and Mr. J S McClam
personally guarantee some mon
ey that has been subscribed for
court house and jail. No amount
specified; no cash put up. 1t
might be $1,000 or $4,000.
Again, the two gentlemen named
may be ever so willing and able
to make good their guarantee
now, but suppose the matter is
tied up for several years, as in
Calhoun county, either or both
of the men behind the guarantee
might be unable to make good,
however willing they may be.
In the vicissitudes of human af-
fairs, especially business affairs,
time brings many changes, and
adversely, like death, is no re.
specter of persons.
But they say they will present
you with public buildings supe-
rior to some of the court houses
near by. Then why not come
out frankly and sQuarely and
tell you exactly how much mon
ey they intend to put in the
court house and how much in
the jail. Surely you would not
let them sell you pig IN u tag.
Your ideas and theirs as to ''su-
perior buildings" may radically
differ and it will be too late to
reconcile them utter the cleo
ton. Before you allow the pub
lie buildings bait to catch you,
find out what each one will cost
and of what materials it is to be
built.
Remember, friends, you have
Just as much interest in Will
liza burg's court house and jail
as the people on this side of the
line. Our sturdy old temple of
Justice for half century has
withstood cyclone, earthquake
and even proved to be tire.ppoof.
Mr. Starr complains of $4,000
spent for metal fling cabinets
to protect from fire your rec
ords Of titles, mortgages and
other papers, which if destroyed
might ruin you financially. Does
he think you will not need such
protection if the new county be
formed and Lake City build the
court house? Suppose the court
house should be a wooden affair,
which is entirely permissible un-
der tie "guarantee", would you
care to risk your valuable pa
pers being swept out of exist
ence in a single night?
Our stately old court house,
about which are clustered the
traditions and associations of
two generations, is admired by
every stranger. Moreover, the
building and the furniture and
equipment are paid for, and
your money helped to do it.
Our new, modern Jail recently
build at a cost of $4,000 also be-
longs to you. The two buildings
are easily worth SoO,OOO or $780,
600. Would you throw aside as
worthless your interest in these
splendid public buildings for
the pig.in-the-bag guarantee"
offered you? Don't exchange the
substance for the shadow.
About Bonding Williamsburg for Court
House and Jail.
Of all the silly and baseless
fabrications, that yarn about
bonding Williams burg county
for a new court house and jail
| &, .r1,, l., l,ae &ha .,1,o Ula
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UIOuS III lOl LII q lliOuSS. AilCl
weeks OF travail and timex
haustive" research MIR Stuart
Starr, the mouth-piece of the
new countyites, has delivered
himself of an "Address to the
Citizens of the Proposed Ne V
County of Rutiedge," which
drags along through twelve col
umns of small type, its appall-
ing length and monotonous
style being an infiction upon
his readers time and patience
that should be punishable as a
misdemeanor, at least Mr. Starr
explains that he wrote it all by
himself and no one familiar with
his inimitable style can doubt
for a moment that the infliction
did evolve from his massive
intellect. He can string more
words together and say less
than any mortal ever did be-
fore, we venture to say. In this
respect he stands unique-in a
class by himself.
We haven't time to wade
through the whole affair, but
will just puncture the gas-bag
as we go along and when the
hot air escapes there will be
nothing left save the collapsed
outer covering.
at may be charged quoth
Mr. Starr, "that | have adroitly
presented this issue to you y y
that there is no time to reply to
such an 'ineXhaustive' present
ment, etc" Adroit indeed, he
deems himself. He launches
forth his invective, the product
of over a month of study, only
a little more than a week before
the election, fondly deluding
himself that there is no time for
reply. And mark you, on an ex-
change basis obtaining among
newspapers, we have been re.
ceiving every week a copy OF
Mr. Stars paper in return for
The Record; but, strange to say,
this weeks issue of the Rut-
ledge County News, of which
the address" forms the supple
ment, has been withheld from
US, and so far as We can learn
by diligent inquiry, not a single
copy up to this time Saturday
night has reached Kingstree.
Thus, you see. this stickler for
fair play and honorable dealing
not only waits until the eleventh
hour to make his attack upon
the editor OF The Record and
other citizens of Kingstree, but
holds back the copy of the pa
per to which we are entitled, so
that but for the fact that a friend
who obtained a copy of the ar
ticle kindly gave it to US, we
would not have known even at
this time that we had been the
object OF this vicious onslaught.
To say the least of it, this is not
reputable journalism, and fair
minded gentlemen of all places
and conditions would repudiate
such methods, whether or not
they were used to bolster up
their side of a controversy.
But Mr. Starr fairly exults over
his ignoble effort to suppress
the answer to his unwarranted
assumptions, fallacious argu-
ments and illogical conclusions.
Note this triumphant pean of
self-gratulation: "And now, my
friends, l have done. While sit
ting meath the 'beckoning bows
(by the way, what are beckon-
ing bows?) of shaded st Mich
els" he thinks great thoughts
and satisfaction exudes from
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Mr.. STARR'S ADDRESS TO VOTERS
CRITICALLY ANALYzED.
The SEARCH LIGHT TURNED ON and WEAK SPOTS P0SEDA POT P0RR
OF ILLOGICAL ARGUMENTS, ABSURD CONCLUSIONS AND
COVERT NSINUAT0NS.

writing paG in hand, no doubt,
putting the finishing touches to
his maga"Ir opus, in fancy gloat,
ing over the slaughter OF the
innocentS at Johnsonville and
other polls, where he fondly be,
, lieves he has most of the voters
disfranchised, and smackin% his
lips over the Barmecidal feast
he anticipates on the 18th OF
August. But "thrice armed is
! he who hath his quarrel just
and "the best laid schemes of
men and mice, aft gang agley."
Mr. Starr bubbles over with glad
some gayety and ill-concealed
mirth now, but after the election
he may with mournful mien re-
call the adage trite but true,
"he laughs best who laughs
last"
In his ante election exhilara-
ton he reminds US OF the fellow
| in the "Arabian Nights" who,
having a small sum of money in
vested it in merchandise, chiefly
china and glass, rented d
booth in the bazaar to sell his
wares. Seated cross-legged, Ori-
entail fashion, his fragile stock
IN trade in d row in front, he
began to calculate his profit
when the goods were sold. HAY
ing doubled the sum invested
and reinvested his capital, he
would sell the second stock, and
so on until he soon became a
millionaire-in dreams. Then
| he would get himself 4 wife
no ordinary woman would he
condescend to favor; no less
distinguished lady than the Sui
tan's daughter would he stoop
to wed. His suit prospered and
the Sultan's daughter became
his bride-in his dreams. Arabian
etiquette is to make the woman
a slave and the rich and haugh-
ty bridegroom had trouble
forcing the royal beauty bow to
his will. He prevailed, however,
and the Sultan's daughter groy-
eled at his feet humbly suppli-
eating forgiveness. TO teach
her a lesson he would not grant
her pardon, but spurned her with
his feet. But as he spurned his
royal spouse he kicked out, and
alas! the crash of broken crock
cry recalled the dreamer to his
senses. He had kicked over
and destroyed his whole stock
of fine china ware and found
himself penniless!
Now, the application is that
Mr. Starr is indulging in some
very roseate dreams, speculat-
ing on the result of this election.
In his dreaming he may, per
chance,smash the crockery ware,
and after the 18th of August,
tind himself, like Othello, with
his occupation gone.
The Poorest County.
Now then let's get down to
facts and figures. eve are told
L H. D.,<
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The Poorest County.

Now then let's get down to
facts and figures. "We are told
IN flaming headlines that Rut-
ledge would be the poorest coun-
ty in the State" says Mr. Starr.
What The Record did say was
that according to the signed
statements Of the auditors of
both Clarendon and Williams.
burg counties and the report OF
the Comptroller General for
19OS-the last available report
-Rutledge county, it formed,
would be the poorest county in
the State by more than half a
million dollars.
We repeat that statement
headlines and all and defy any
mortal man to refute it. Does
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Mr Starr dlsprove 1t: Let us
see. He says he has a letter
from the Governors private sec
retary "a brand new authority,
by the way-why not get some
data from the Adjuuant and In
spector Generally and as how
the Governors private secretary
did write him a private letter
saying that when Calhoun coun-
ty was formed, the property val
uation was only (mark the only)
s.. 2o2, 40. Well, granting that
to be true-Mr Starr says it is
so and it must be so-Rutledge
county would still fall s4s2,000
behind it in property valuation,
which is only s., 900 less than a
half million dollars. Then, too,
the tax levy Of Calhoun for ordi-
nary county purposes was Hree
mills. Had the property valua-
ton been as small as that Of Rut
ledge the levy necessary to raise
the same number OF dollars
would have been 81 mills. On
S2,2S2, 900 (round numberS) the
revenue raised by three NJ lis
could be S6,S46. Now divide
$6,s46 by 81, ,s24, 900 (Rutledge
area in round numbers) and you
get the number of mills it takes
to raise the same sum on the
Rutledge valuation.
The Comptroller Generals re-
port for 190S--see p 31-gives
the levy for Calhoun county for
ordinary county purposes at 3
mills when the property valu-
alton is-p 90 same report
S2,372,O00 in round numbers.
Multiply this property by three
mills and you have 81, ,116 to pay
the ordinary county claims.
Now, to raise the same amount
on S1,S24,O00, the Rutledge val
uation, 1t would take nearly
SO mills ordinary levy. Figure
it for yourself.
When we stated that the levy
Calhoun county was three mills,
We cited the Comptroller Gene
erals report for 1905 as our au.
thority. But Hon J Davis Car
ter informed US few days ago
that the Calhoun levy for the
coming year was placed at p
mills for ordinary county pur-
poses. We want the truth and
we are glad that Mr. Carter call
ed our attention to this. But
even Mr. Carter's information
helps his cause but little. The
present property valuation of
Calhoun is S2,372,OOO, which
multiplied by 2 12 mills gives
$3.50. 70 raise the same am
cunt from 81 $4,000 valuation
would require levy of 3.25
mills, or one half mill more than
the levy for ordinary county
purposes for the whole of Will
liamsburg, which is only 2 3-4
mills. The parent county of
Calhoun, the county OF Orange
burg, had a levy of = 1-2 mills
in 1908 for ordinary county pur-
poses, while Calhoun had three
mills levy for.the same purpose,
according to the Comptroller
Generals last report. See esti-
mate, p 2l9.
Then, too, the little county of
Bamberg, said to contain actual
ly less than the cons titutional
area of 400 square miles, with a
big cotton mill to levy taxes
on, had a levy of three mills in
1908, according to the Comp
trollor Generals report, p 231.
Cherokee, the smallest county,
next to Bamberg, with all its
,o11 ,,,inac and rnap11fa ctl1rin0