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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-01-21

but into my office, to talk 1t over
with me-"
They trooped in, frightened COM
pany, and faced the man who became
known in Portland from that day
out as 'the judge who gives the kids
a chance" Judge Gould listened to
their sides of the case with patie.See
and sympathy. The boys had no other
place to play. To throw a baseball
in the streets didn't seem to them
great crime. Judge Gould having eau
toned them as to their future con-
duct and won their regard and re-
spect, sent them away without MAX
ing any threats or imposing any pun
ishment.
That was the beginning of the sys-
tenn in Portland, which has helped
many boy to do the right thing and
has made many good citizens of those
who under a different system might
have become criminals. Few boys
ever sat in the prisoners dock while
Judge Gould was on the bench, and he
stayed for IL years and retired at his
own request.
Judge Linsey has won an interna-
tional reputation by his treatment of
just such cases, but the police court
judges of Portland from the time of
Judge Gould to the present day have
handled cases In that way.
In the case of intoxicated men, scores
OF whom found their way into this
court day after day in spite of the
laws prohibiting the sale of intoxicat
ing liquor in Portland, Judge Gould es.
tablished a probation system. To-day
the system he inaugurated is recog-
nized by the law of the state and a
probation officer takes in hand all such
cases and deals with them as he thinks
best. Judge Gould was his own proba-
ton officer. He exacted a pledge from
every man who he thought might
try to live up to it. Often he knew,
the men themselves, that it was only
one chance out OF a thousand that they
would live up to their pledge for more
than a few days.
BY giving such offenders a chance
he claimed that he aided them in over
coming their appetite for liquor. and
as their viii power increased Judge
Gould found that their appearance be-
fore him came to be less frequent, and
in many cases ceased altogether
Judge Pollard of st. Louis, who began
a similar system, was invited to Eng
land to explain 1t TO parliament. and 1t
was largely due tc his efforts that the
system was recognized by the English
law. In Portland Judge Gould estab-
lished his card pledge system years
ago, and co-operated with the families
OF the men. With their clergymen and
friends In aiding them to reform
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-01-21
MAIL MAN GOES WRONG.
Twenty-eIght Years Of Right Living
Followed by Theft

Salt Lake City.-Charles c. Slade,
superintendent OF city delivery of the
Salt Lake City postoffice, was ar
rested Saturday evening, charged with
rifing the mails. Immediately after
his arrest Mr.. Slade made written
confession of his guilt. For severai
months there have been losses through
the mails, and special postoffice I'm.
spectors have been at work endeavor-
ing to obtain some trace of the thief
Mr.. Slade was the last one on whom
suspicion fell. He was one of the
most trusted employees of the postal
department He entered the employ
of the postal department twenty-eight
years ago as special delivery boy
His diligence and his aptitude for the
work won him rapid promotion. He
has been superintendent of delivery
for fifteen years
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-01-21
COLORADO WILL MAKE
IMPORTANT TEST CASE
Question Of the Legal Rights Of the
Governments Forest Policy VIII
Be Fought to a Finish.

Denver. Colo.-For the purpose OF
testing in the courts the right OF the
rational government to establish for
est reserves within the boundaries
Of sovereign states, the state of Colo
RADIO will be asked TO appropriate
the sum of $4,000 to meet the ex-
pense of such a proceeding. This Is
the substance of a bill introduced In
the senate on Friday.
The bill authorizes the attorney
general to proceed Immediately upon
the adoption of the measure and to
prepare and appear in cases where
the operations of the forestry depart.
ment of the national government ap-
pear to have encroached upon the
rights of the state.
1t is limited in the bill that pos
sibly the operation OF the forestry
system may have retarded the de-
velopment of the state agricultural,
mining and power advantages, and is
preventing the construction and OPP
GRAFTON of irrigation systems that
would be of inestimable value to the
upbuilding OF the state
The bill has provision authoriz-
ing the attorney general to employ
special counsel to assist in legal ac-
tons that may arise as an outcome
of the proposed fight
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-01-21
Went to Death While Asleep.

Messina.-After lying buried in the
ruins of the consulate at Messina for
eighteen days, the bodies of Arthur s.
Cheney, the American consul, and his
wife were recovered at O'Clock jan
uary IS, by a detachment of sailors
from the battlesbip Illinois. The
bodies were recovered in what had
evidently been the bedroom of the
Cheneys. They were found lying side
by side. Mr. Cheney was identified
by slight physical deformity. while
the body of his wife was recognized
by a locket and a wedding ring.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-01-21

San Bernardino. GAIA physical
wreck from exposure to blizzards.
hunger and thirst, while fleeing from
arrest, a man giving his name as
George Lang, OF Minneapolis, has
surrendered to Constable Bagley, of
Cotton, on charge of bigamy, and Is
now I'm the county jail. His first wife,
formerly Miss Elgiva Hurst. he mar
ried In 1905. in Minneapolis. They
separated year ago. Last August.
after a months acquaintance. Lang
married Miss Pearl Price, Of Mime
apolis, whom he met at society
function, he says. and six weeks ago
his first wife's mother made a dra-
matte appearance at a reception
which he and his second wife were
giving, and threatened him with ar
rest, and he fed.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-01-21
BOYS COURT IDEA
SYSTEM STARTED BY GOULD OF
PORTLAND, ME-.
Plan inaugurated Years Before Judge
Lindsey of Denver Was Named
for Bench-Also Father of
Probation System

Portland, Me.-Years before Judge
Ben B. Lindsey of Denver, who has
won worldwide reputation for his
establishment of a Juvenile court. was
elevated to the bench, and before Will
liam JEFF Pollard, Judge of the Second
district police court of ST. Louis, be-
came known because of his system of
administering pledges to men brought
before him for intoxication, Portland
had judge who used both systems
successfully. Judge George f. Gould
fathered the plan, now in operation in
Portland, which has been followed
many years, of giving the kids
show"
He was appointed as judge of the
municipal court when he was but Is
years old by Gov. ROBBIE, and he was
not so far removed from play days
that he didn't know just what it
meant to be a boy. He had hardly
assumed his judicial duties before he
began to shock the matter-of-fact po-
lice officials by his treatment of ju-
venile cases. Judge Gould never would
give boy brought into his court a
record" If he could avoid doing so,
and he was often accused of leaning
too far on the side of mercy.
The first case brought to his notice
as judge was that OF boys accused of
playing ball ia the streets and break
ing windows. The city marshal
wanted to have the culprirs punished
according to the law.
Henry, l am afraid you have for
gotten how it feels to be a boy" said
the judge to the police official. Bring
those boys, not into the court room,
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-01-21
May Settle with Venezuela.

Washington.-After years of pa
tient waiting on the part OF the
United States. there is a prospect
for the settlement by method salts
factory to this country OF the dis
puted claims with Venezuela. The
refusal of that government to arbi-
trate them resulted last spring in the
breaking of friendly relations be-
tween the two countries. W. l.
Buchanan, who has been In Vene-
zuela for several weeks, says he has
reached the basis of an agreement
for their settlement, and a protocol
Is now being drawn up.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-01-21
ENGINEERS ERROR
COSTS MANY LIVES
Head-on Collision on the Denver &
Rio Grande in Which Twenty
one Lives Are Lost.
Encroached Upon Time OF Freight
Train and Caused One of the
Most Horrible Wrecks in
History of Road.

Glenwood Springs, Colo.-Twenty
one persons were killed and at leasl
40 injured, many OF them seriously. In
q head-on collision between west
bound passenger train No. 5 and an
eastbound freight train on the Denver
& Rio Grande railroad between Dot
sero and Spruce Creek, twenty-five
miles from Glenwood Springs, at 9:3d
O'Clock Friday night.
The wreck is said to have been due
to misunderstanding of orders ON
the part of Engineer Gustaf Olson OF
the passenger train, veteran en-
ployee of the road. Olson, however,
claims he understood his instructions
perfectly, but that he misread his
watch, thus encroaching on the time
Of the freight train, which was being
drawn by two locomotives, the first of
which was in charge of his brother.
Sig Olson.
According to reports, Engineer Gus
tav Olson, of the passenger train, had
orders to wait at Dotsero until 1855
1clock for eastbound freight train No.
g, but misread his watch. Parties on
.he train at the time assert that Con.
auctor McCurdy noticed the discrep.
ancy in the time and gave the engineer
cord connecting with the engineers
cab. Ia another moment, however.
before the train could have possibly
been stopped, the crash came, with it's
consequent appalling results.
Engineer Olson Is said to be crazed
with grief over the sad occurrence.
He is one of the oldest men on the
road. and has always been regarded
as a careful engineer
The imDacf of the two trains VIZ q
such that the three big engines were
| jammed together until they resem.
bled one piece of mechanism, while
the lightly built combination baggage
and express car and the smoker and
! day coaches telescoped one another
moving down the passengers in their
seats like "A reaper in grain field
Eight men and women were decapi
tated as though cleaver had beer
used The heavy Pullmans at the rear
of the train crushed what remained OF
the cars ahead
Only one person In the day coach
| Alice Williams, aged four, escaped
alive. She was found pinned beneath
| the wreckage by trainmen, slightly
bruised and covered with the life blood
from the body of her mother, who was
| instantly killed, and whose body lay
across that OF her daughter.
The wreckage caught fire and the
horrors of a holocaust we're only
averted by the uninjured passengers
and members OF the train crews. who
used shovels and boards to throw
snow upon theh flames, putting then
out before they could eat their way
through the debris and consume the
dead and living. And to make mat
tiers worse, second wreck occurred
! Sunday morning, east of Glenwooo
| Springs, after the first relief trair
reached that city with the injured
NARROWING the second relief train car
! rying other wreck victims and the
bodies of nineteen dead, for nearly ter
| hours
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-01-21
Bank Wreoker Sent to Prison for Fir
teen Years.

Pittsburgh. B. f. Rinehart, for
mer cashier and vice-president Of the
Farmers and Drovers National bank
of Waynesburg, Pa. which insEtu-
ton failed over two years ago for
100000, was found guilty at noon
Friday of wrecldng the bank, and
was Immediately sentenced to serve
fifteen years ~ the penitentiary by
United States Judge James s. Young
Rinehart was not present when the
verdict was read. but entered g. few
minutes later Judge Young then
caused a sensation among all con-
cerned by Immediately calling Rine-
hart before him and imposing SEN
tence.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-01-21
HsIns Acquitted Of Murder Charge

Flushing, N. Y.-Thornton j. Hams
was on Friday acquitted of the
charge Of murder in the first degree.
which grew out of the killing OF
William Il. Annis at the Bayside
Yacht club, August 10, 1903. Hams
stood guard over his brother. Captain
Peter G. Hams. jr.. while the latter
shot Annis, but did not actually par
t:cipate in the shooting. His brother.
Captain Hams, has not yet been put
on trial. This is the second time
that Hams has been acquitted OF a
murder charge. In 1891 he was tried
In Virginia for killing his former
friend, Edward A. Hannigan. of Fort
ross Monroe. with whom he quarreled
while camping At that time he was
acquitted on the ground that he acted
in self-defense.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-01-21
Many Millions Needed for Navy.

Washington--In reporting the nava1
appropriation bin to the house on Sat
urday, the committee on naval affairs
fixed the amount needed for the
maintenance of the naval service dur
ing the fiscal year 1910 at S135, GO, 1888,
as compared with 1922 ,662,4S5. the
present appropriation. The bill CON
tains communications for an IN
crease of the navy by two 26,O0O-ton
battleships. Five torpedo boat de
stroyers. four submarine boats and
four feet colliers are also provided.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-01-21
Social Leader Pleads for Woman suf-
fraoe.

New York.-Mrs. Clarence III. Mac
kay, whose fame heretofore has rest
ed upon her achievements as a social
leader, gathered fresh laurels for her
self in the role of political exponent,
and public speaker. Before an au-,
dience made up of society women and
woman suffrage advocates, Mrs. Mac.
kay. who has just been elected presi-'
dent of the Equal Franchise leagne.
strongly advocated granting OF the
right to vote to women, on the the
DRY that sit is impossible TOR the half
to express the whole
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1909-01-21
Arbitration Treaty With Austria Has
Been SIcned.

Washington.-Wit the signing of
an arbitration treaty between the
United States and Austria-HungaGy
at the state department Friday after
noon, conventions of that character
with more than twenty nations OF the
world have been agreed to- The
treaty now goes to the senate for
ratification. Secretary Root also
signed an extradition treaty with
Honduras. officials of the state de-
partment declined to say whether the
treaty is retroactive.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-23
Phoenix Sewer Question.

The board of trade committee having under investigation the question of a bigger and better sewer system for the city of Phoenix, held another meeting last evening in the office of E. A. Tow Ter. The particular feature of the meet ing was the presence of MT Black, the owner of the present city sewer system, who came on invitation. He recited to the committee the present conditions in the city from his viewpoint, both as to the sewer and it's condition and the needs of larger system. Asker so place price on the present sewer, he named Ss2 1000, the amount of the pres ent bonded indebtedness of the com pany. The committed, before adjourn ing, called another meeting, when thu members will discuss among themselves various phases of the situation.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-23
conrtland Needs Water.

One of the principal drawbacks to the new camp of CourtIand is the ques- tion of water supply. As has been stated, the only available water supply at present is from the Raseom well in the Gleeson canyon, which belongs to the Calumet X Arizona company, and who are at the present time furnishing water for all of the hoists as well as all of the water used for domestic pur- poses and the well is pumped dry every four hours to supply the present de mand. Unless further water is develop ed from some source, there IS bound to be a shortage of water ere long. An abundant supply of water can be ob tained in the vicinity of the Soldier Holes near the old Turquoise mill where the water in the Sulphur Springs valley comes within few feet of the surfae' and at one time there were several ar tesian wells running. It is about sever miles from Courtland and would require lift of about 450 feet by the pumpinl plant. N. F. Wilcox of St. David, wil make an effort to develop artesian wa ter. He is preparing to drill wei in the canyon between Gleeson am
 Leadville, and hopes to strike flow
 a depth of 800 feet.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-23
oomparison Favorable to Arizona.

Chaplain Orville l Nave of Los An peles. father of Associate Justice Fred erick s. Nave, who has been in the eity on business, will leave for home tonight, says the Phoenix Republican. MT. Nave is interested in whatever interests Ari' zona benefeially and is therefore an advocate of statehood. It would be or advantage to the territory, he believes if gentlemen who are accustomed 70 life about state capitals could be sud denly transported to Phoenix that they might compare the intelligence, energy and general appearance of the people who are congregated here with those who gather about hotel Hobbies m Col umbus, Harrisburg, Springfield and oth CT capitals of the eastern and mlddit states. There would then, MT. Nave thinks, be no eastern questioning re
 garding the population of Arizona o'
 the character of it.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-23
Tucson s Boosters.

At the meeting of the board of di, rectors of the chamber of commerce held in their headquarters in the oid Pueblo building yesterday evening, the following officers were elected; Presl' dent. George F. Kit; vice president, George T. Fisher; treasurer, Byrd Brooks; secretary, II. V. Tailor. The board immediately took up the matter of subscriptions for 1909 and decided to immediately set to work on them Ii developed that recently number oi the members have increased their SUD seriptions and it is hoped that many more will be persuaded to do likewlse as the chamber is in need of consider able money for publicity purposes dur ing the coming year, and it IS hoped t' secure much more than last year.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-23
onening of Reservation Deferred.

"lt is extremely improbable that the Fort Yuma Indian reservation wlii pc opened for entry until fall, although no official announcement regarding the date has been made by the reeretary of the interior,' was the statement made by Supervising Engineer l.. .. Hill of the reclamation service. The reasons for the delay are due to both climate and irrigation. MT. Hill says 1 it would, be extremely unwise to open the reservation to settlers at the begin ming of the heated term.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-23
Holding Up a Railroad.

The railroad building from Douglas to Courtland, like our own local road, is meeting with some obstacles m se' curing right-of-way. The Douglas In ternational takes the right view of the matter and says: "There is not much danger of railroad being held up TOT a fight-o way through the Sulphur Springs valley, with it's breadth of twen' ty miles of practically level ground but such an attempt might do muel harm to Douglas in forcing termina long ways from the city. Douglas should stand ready to assist all the raii roads desiring to enter this city in SC curing reasonable terms for right way and for terminal.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-23
THE EIGHT. HOUR BILL

The eighthour bill, which was intro duced on January l9 and referred to the committee on mines and mining, reads as follows:
 Be It Enacted By the Legislative As
 sembly of the Territory of Arizona:
 Section l. That Section l of Act No. s, Session Laws of the Twenty Second Legislative Assembly of the territory Of Arizona be and the same is hereby amended to read as follows: ''Section 1. That the period of employment of working men in all underground mines or workings, and of hoisting engineers and furnace men at smelters, be eight hours per day, except in eases of emer gency where life or property is in i'm minent danger" Section ?. All Acts and parts oi Acts in conflict with the provisions of this Act are hereby repealed. Section 3. This Act shall take effect and be in force from and after its pas sage.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-23
Wild Animal Hunters Busy.

Unmistakablc evidence that hunters and trappers fear early action by the legislature in reduction of the boun- ties paid for the scalps and hides of bounty wild animals is seen in the daily receipts of hides in the supervisors of fee, which are increasing at an alarm ing rate, says the Journal Miner. Scalps and pets representing $243 in bounties were received Monday by Clerk Peter of the board Yesterdays receipts rep resented bounties in the amount of $2s9, comprising fifty-two wild cats nine coyotes and mountain lion.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-23
Elvy's Sudden Exit.

Henry Elvy, who mas charge of a garage at tsc lower end of G avenue in Douglas, had narrow escape sun day from the explosion of a gasoline can. The oil had been used, according to Elvy, but there was a peculiar gas which had accumulated in the can When a fire was lighted near the can if suddenly exploded, throwing Elvy through the front door. He was not seriously injured, but was badly skinned about the head as he was shot through the door, head first.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-23
Rond Bid Awarded.

The bid of the Prevalent Savings Bank Trust company of Cincinnati for the remaining $60,O00 worth of Phoenix city water works bonds was accepted at the meeting of the city council held last evening for the pur- pose of considering the bids submitted The successful bidders offered pre- mium of $454s for the bonds. This is one of the highest premiums ever paid for similar bonds outside of the large cities. In fact, the premiums offered by nearly all of the thirty bids opened last night were of a high order. Four bids were received by mail two hours and thirty minutes too late. They came II on the morning train, while the bidi closed at midnight Monday night,
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-23
courtIand's Rival Townsites.

There seems to be several townsites contemplated in the vicinity of Court land. The latest statement is that there are several Douglas men who are anx- ious O begin surveying for the new townsite and it is expected that this will be opened up in the near future. There are many who are anxious to get hold of lots in any of the townsites there, and the first one opened will doubtless have quite rush. w. M
 Reese, who has been out there for sev
 eral days for number of Douglas cap
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-23
Bisbee Elks' Building Plans.

The local Elks are enthusiastic over a set of plans for their new building, which have just been submitted, says the Review. These specifications call for a three story building to entirely cover the lot owned by the order, and which was the site of the building de stroyed by fire. One attractive feature is a proposed roof garden. No plans have as yet been even officially eonsid cred. The matter will eoufe up nex' Thursday evening, when special meet ing is to be called The building itseli will probably be under way within month.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-01-23
Arizona News
 and Comment
University Wants s5o,ooo.

The University of Arizona hopes to receive an appropriation of s5O,ooo from the present legislature, which is now in session in Phoenix. At the sessioh two years ago, request was made TOT $50,0 ,000 and the lawmakers allowed S4o' ooo This money was expended on the new science hall which is now nearing eompletion. It is stated, however, that in order to completely furnish the science hall it will be necessary to se- cure additional funds. Several or the buildings on the campus are in need of repairs and to complete the entire work. the Citizen says, il will require about $50,000.