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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28
New Statehood.

Pend dOreille Review: 1t is
always to be noted that outsiders
surveying the Inland Empire field at
once suggest the feasibility of new
state embracing eastern Washington,
eastern Oregon and northern Idaho.
Governor Folk when he was in Spo-
kane recently said that oneness Of
interest and geographical location
suggested the new state idea to him.
There seems to be no good reason
why the new state should not become
reality, no good commercial reason
at least. The political reason is a
different matter. In order to ac-
complish a new state Oregon would
have to set off her western territory,
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28
Coina Too Far.

''Yes," sighed the suburban man,
who had just moved in, "at the last
place l had the prettiest little gar
den that ever bloomed until my
neighbor's chickens scratched the
roots up"
'"And did you kick?" asked his
new acquaintance.
"You bet! ! got a big tomcat
that soon made mincemeat Of his
chickens" -
,"What then ?" -
"Why, the next I knew he had
bought ferocious bulldog to watch
for my tom." -
"H'm! And did that end the
trouble?" -,
"Oh, no! I borrowed q wolf from
an animal trainer to kill the bull
dog" -
"War to the knife, Ell? What
was the next chapter in the bitter
feud?"
"There was none. I heard that
he was about to purchase a tiger to
kill my wolf, and as | couldn't af-
ford the price of an elephant to
kill his tiger l thought it best to
move"
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28
Washington's Governor.

Rockford Register: Governor Hay
is house cleaning these days and the
more he cleans the more dirt he seems
to find. Justice of the Supreme
Court, Milo Root. resigned to pre-
vent impeachment; Secretary of State,
Sam H. Nichols, resigned; State
Auditor, Clausen, under suspicion;
AdJutant General, Ortis Hamilton in
jail for embezzlement Of $500 of
funds; State Land Commissioner w.
E. Ross, shivering in his shirt sleeves;
and Representative Macarthur of Spo-
kane county asked to hand in his re-
signation as member of the state
pharmacy board for soliciting money
last winter from druggists to defeat
certain provisions Of the pharmacy
bill. The people admire our chief
executive, M. E. Hay, who does not
hesitate to do things.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28

Washington would have to do the
same and Idaho would have to cede
her Panhandle to the combination.
Each OF the three state legislatures
would have to agree to separation
Of their states territory, hard pro-
position in the first place. After that
should be done the general govern
ment would have to create the new
state by act Of congress. Any slip
up along the whole line Of procedure
would blast the hopes Of new state.
hood, Southern Idaho does not de-
sire to part with northern Idaho.
The south understands upon which
side its bread is buttered. It has no
desire to let loose of the mines of the
Coeur d d'Alenes and the state taxes
raised from the great transcontinen-
tai lines which traverse the Panhan-
die. The rich fields OF the Palouse
and the lumber OF Bonner andKoote-
mai also look good to the Mormons.
The south will not part with the
north SO long as the south controls
the state Legislature. The same argu-
ment applies with Washington.
Seattle and the sound will not en-
courage the stepping off Of the
Spokane country.
So long as Spokane is held at the
chariot wheel Of western Washington
and SO long as northern Idaho is SO
valuable an asset to southern Idaho,
with which it has nothing in COM
mon commercially, agriculturally,
politically or in any direction, SO
long will the new statehood PROPOSE
ton be an irridesccnt dream.
1t is a pretty dream. however, and
every SO often some seer like Cover
nor Folk comes along and gives
expression to it. 1t is an idea which
will always be popular with the citi-
zens Of the Inland Empire who will
keep right along suggesting it and
plugging for it until such time as
the conditions now holding them
married but not mated have been
broken down under public opinion
and the great state Of Lincoln is
created from the hills and fields Of
the Spokane country.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28

local team, going round the diamond
one base at time. Castillo followed
and would have scored had he not
been put out in an attempt to reach
home from third; Baker and Towsley
followed and both scored; BriRger and
Baldwin struck out. leaving Satchwell
On second. The score was now tied.
In the ffth each side made one score,
Thompson for the visitors and Bobo
for the home team. After that the
Ath0l nine again took the lead and
maintained II to the end Of the game,
although the Rathdrum team played
we'll and kept up the interest until
the close OF the last inning.
The score by Innings:
Athol- 2lOOl 2020-8
Rathdrum- OOO3l
Scores-Athol: Williams 3, Tom
Rawlings 2, Fader 1. Thompson l.
Wier l.; Rathdrum: Bobo 2. Roberts
I. Baker !, Towsley 2. Struck out
by Thompson, 8; by Brigger, s. Um.
plre-Gibson OF Rathdrum.
The line UPS:
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28
Judicial Murder.

Troy News: Idaho editors have
been commenting on the recent
hanging Of Seward by the state Of
Idaho. There is a growing tendency
to abolish Capital punishment and if
the matter was put to.a vote the
people OF the state would vote to
abolish such cruel and barbarian
methods of meteing out justice.
Civilization has never been advanced
nor crime lessened by taking life as a
punishment. History proves that
severe punishment does not lessen
crime. Then what is gained by hang
ing the criminal?- Does it lessen
crime? No. Does it tend to reform
the criminal and prepare him to
enter the next world? We are of the
opinion that it does not. Juries are
10th to convict where the punishment
is death. If our laws could be so
changed that murderers could be
sentenced to life Imprisonment and
the pardoning power taken away
from the board Of pardons the peo-
pie Of the state would feel we'll satis-
fed.
Our pardon boards use little dis.
cretion in the exercise Of the pard.
oning power and political pulls often
turn dangerous criminals out O
prison through this pardoning power
Abolish capital punishment by al
means, but at the same time take
away the pardoning power. in wha
are now called capital offences.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28
Athol Players Won.

The first game Of the season on the
Rathdrum baseball diamond was
played last Sunday afternoon, the
local team losing to Athol by score
of 8 to 6. 1t was an ideal day and
the attendance quite large. out de-
spite the vigorous roofing against
them, fortune favored the visitors.
A number of rooters were also present
from Athol.
The visitors were first at bat and
Williams. the first man up. scored.
making base at time. He was
followed by Tom Rawlings who also
scored. Fader, who came third,
almost scored, being put out at the
home plate. Harper got to first, then
to second, and Harvey to first, but
Thompson and Milton Rawlings we're
caught out, the side retiring with
Harper and Harvey left on bases.
Rathdrum's three frst batLers uI
went down in succession, BobO and
Castillo failing to- reach first and
Roberts tanning. In.the next inning
Weir, the first at bat, made another
score for Athol, but Sutton and Will
lams who followed were not permit
ted to reach first, and Fader strucl
out, T. Rawlings being left on third
Rathdrum again failed to score al
though Baker reached third. In th'
fourth Inning the Rathdrum player
began to show the visitors that 1t wa
not going to be so easy after all
Roberts made the flrst score for tn
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28
REGISTRATION JULY b
Drawing for Reserve Lands
Begins August 9.
TAFT ISSUES PROCLAMATION
April 10, 1910, Time for Making
Entries.

WASHINGTON, May ~ Presi'
dent Taft today issued a procla
nation providing for opening W
for settlement and entry of abou,
44o, 900 acres of land in the Flat
head, Mont; 400, 900 in the Coeul
d'Alene, Idaho, and between 50,
900 and 100, 900 in the Spokane,
Wash, reservations.
Registration, which commences
on July IS and closes August S,
must be executed and sworn to al
either Kalispell or Missoula, Mont,
for the Flathead lands; at Spokane
for the Spokane lands, and at
Coeur d'Alene for the lands in the
Coeur d'Alene reservation.
Applications for registration
must be delivered through the
mails only to the superintendent
of the opening at Coeur d'Alene
City which will be the principal in
the drawing for all three reser-
vations.
The drawing will begin at 10 a.
M, August 9 and continue until
completed. The time for making
entries has been fixed as April,
1910, for all reservations in order
to enable the successful applicants
to make personal investigation OF
the lands which will be subject to
entry.
Regulations regarding the open
ing of the lands will be available
about June i.
Persons qualified to make home
stead entry will be permitted to
register for any of the lands in
question and former soldiers may
register through agents. Persons
who enter Flathead lands will be
required to pay one-third of the
appraised value, ranging from 81 rs
to 81 per acre. at the time of entry,
and purchasers of the Coeur d.
Alene and Spokane lands will be
required to pay one-hfth of the
appraised values. This must be
paid at the time of entry, the re-
mainder to be paid in five equal
annual instalments.
Portions of the lands are ap.
piled to growth of wheat, oats and
other small grain, and root crops
and fruit.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28
IDAHO SALOON LICENSES
Amount Paid Last Year Was
$4Is,75o.

Idato saloons and dispensaries pay
an annual liquor tax Of $4l5,750, as
shown by a tabulated statement, pre-
pared BY State Auditor s. D. Taylor,
10 answer to inquiry made at that
office, giving the total revenue of all
counties from this source for the year
1908, says the. Statesman. One-tenth
of this sum, Or r.$4l ,575, goes to the
state of Idaho and the remainder Is
apportioned for educational purposes
by counties where collected.
Shoshone county pays the greatest
liquor tax, $73,750. Bonner is second
with a credit OF $40. $50, aLd Koot-
enai with $40, 900. third. Ada county
is fourth, paving $4,000 annually.
Cassia receives the least revenue,
$3.50, or $50 less than that Of Bear
Lake county.
The revenue received was as fol-
lows:
Ada, $24, 900; Bannock, $24, $50;
Bear Lake, $1,000; Bingham, Sl7.l5O;
Blaine, $4,000; Boise, $3.50; Bonner,
$46,950; Canyon, $l3,500; Cassia,
$3.50: Custer, $40. 400; Elmore. $s25O
Fremont, $l5,6O0; Idaho. SIS, $50
Kootenai, 46,900; Latah, Sis, 200
Lemhi, S77OO; Lincoln, $3.50; Ne,
Perce. $40, $50; Oneida, $40, $50; Owy
bee, $l2 600; Shoshone, $75, 750; Twil
Falls, $500; Washington, $77OO. To
tai, $4l5,750.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28
In Effect Last Sunday. -Tw
New Trains.

The new time card on the Northern
Pacific went into effect last Sunday.
Following is the time of arrival and
departure of passenger trains f0r
Rathdrum according to the new
schedule:
Westbound: No. !, $40 a. M; No.
5, 6:48 a. m.; No. %, S:35 a. N; No.
l5, 4 p. M; No. 3, SIT p. m.
Eastbound: No. 4. 2:O3 a. m.; No.
IS, sos a. M; No. 8, l.25 p. M; NJ.
"a, p. NJ; No. 2, lO:44 p. ID.
Trains No. 90 and "a constitute an
entirely new service, running only
between Kootenai and Spokane.
They stop at all stations enroute and
at all sidings upon signal.
Trains No. aud 2 do not stop
here. On the run between Missoula
and the coast these trains stop only
at Spokane, pasco, Ellensburg and
North Yakima, and clip an hour and
half from the former running time
between St. Paul and the coast.
1t IS thought the new train service
and new schedule will prove entirely
satisfactory to the travelling public.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28
TARGET RANGE SELECTED
Company E viii Shoot On N.
Nelson's Farm.

Arrangements were completed
the first of the present week by
Captain Spoerry of Company E,
whereby the company obtains the
use Of portion of Nels Nelson's
farm for military target range.
A rooo-yard range is available, it
is level and affords mountain for
background. The place is but a
mile and-a- quarter north of the l.
& w. N. railroad. 1t will be sur
veyed and stumps removed where
necessary, and it is thought that
the pit and butt can be constructed
and the sliding target erected in
time for shooting to begin within
two or three weeks.
The target will be made by c. E.
Bobo according to the plan of those
used at Fort George Wright. 1t
consists of two targets arranged on
a frame with rope and pulley and
so balanced that when one target
goes up to be shot at the other
goes down to be marked by the
men in the pit.
1t is probable that Saturday af
ternoons will be designated on
which to have target practice un.
der authority of the state. The
company can be marched to the
range by way of the l. & w. N.
track-the shortest route.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28
IN THE DIsTRlCT COURT
Sears Case Appealed.-A. J. Horn
Found Guilty.

Judge Dunn, last Friday, afternoon
sustained the demurrer interposed by
the defense in the case of the state
Of Idaho against Jesse Sears, pro-
prietor of the Turf exchange, charged
with conducting "a gaming house.
The state has no statute covering the
subject. and the prosecuting attorney
was seeking to proceed against Sears
under the common law, but the de-
fense demurred to this procedure and
was sustained. Prosecuting Attorney
Potts served notice of appeal TO the
supreme court.
On Tuesday the jury found A. j.
Horn guilty Of fulgery.
Last Saturday Eslcr w. Wheeler of
Harrison was bound over to the
district court on the charge of horse
stealing. Theodore and William
Bishop are held on the same charge.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28
Large Number Get Diplomas.

The eighth grade examination
board appointed by County Superin-
tendent o. R. Shern was in session
Saturday and Monday grading papers
Of the eighth grade students from all
over the country. Seventy. five d.
plOmas were issued, running the total
of the eighth grade graduates through
out the county for the year to 1868.
The board consists of Prof. B. r..
Riordan, principal OF the Post Falls
schools; Prof. Gilbert Wilson. princi-
pal Of the Roosevelt school and Miss
Mildred Jacobs. d'Alene
Journal
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28

President Taft visited North Caro-
lima last week. being the guest OF
honor at Charlotte on the occasion ot
the anniversary of the MecklenburR
declaration of independence, a ducu-
ment said to have heen promulgated
at Charlotte on May 90, 1875, nearly
a year in advance of the declaration
at Philadelphia.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28
STATE | | !. And M J COUNTY news
Items Of Interest Gathered
From Exchanges.
OF INTEREST. TO IDAHOANS.
Events and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

The Idaho Sunday School asso-
citation held a three days session at
Caldwell last week.
Children are forbidden to congre-
gate on the streets at Wallace during
the scarlet fever epidemic there.
The body Of an unknown man was
found last Saturday 6oatingin Occur
d'Alene lake near the plant of one Of
tho lumber companies.
The Lewiston Normal school is
taking the initiative iin teaching
European history with the aid Of
stereopticon slides.
BY q bare majority Of nine votes
Lcw,ston's proposal to issue $55, 900
school bonds carried at the election
held May 90. Only 4O6 votes were
cast.
Frank Stimson, a Wallace boy who
threw stones at passers by hia moth.
er's home; was arrested last week and
fined 81 and costs, amounting to S.
which were paid.
A nine foot sturgeon weighing 200
pounds was caught in the KooteDai
river below Bonners Ferry last week
by VIM. Maughan. q. NJ. Fry caught
four that were from Ave to eight feet
long.
The Jury in the United States court
has returned verdict 10 favor Of
George Goodwin against the Occur
d'Alene Lumber company for $4,000
for personal injuries received while
working 10 the company's mills at
Occur d'Alene. The action was
brought for $4,000.
John Karlquist, a saloon keeper Of
Boomers Ferry, alleged to have shot
and killed Andrew Underland 10
saloon at Copeland, May 10, was
arrested next morning while hiding
under the sidewalk of his saloon and
was taken to Standpoint TO-; await his
preliminary hearing.
The supreme court Saturday handed
down an opinion 10 the William Blink
ley case, an appeal from Fremont
county, maintaining the state right to
con6scate animals or parts Of animals
when found in the possession Of per-
sons Ia excess Of the number permit
ted by law. Binkley filed an action
10 the district court for damages,
resulting from the conflscation Of 40
elk scalps by the game warden.
After pleading guilty TO the charge
of embezzlinR funds Of the postotiice
at Gem, Idaho, to the amount Of
5000, B. w. Baer, the former post
master. has been sentenced 10 the
federal court at Moscow to pay dne
" $4,000 and to serve 10 months 10
the county jail.
The new state law making effective
license for embalmers went into ef.
feet last week. The law provides fol
a0 examination before state licens.
Ing board. The law also provides
that II aha1l no unlawf,l for rail.
road to. receive dead body for ship.
ment unless the body is accompanied
bya Shipping permit signed by the
health otiicer of the local board Of
heslth and certificate on the outside
Of the box sh6wing. the name and
official number OF. the embalmer b,
whom the body was prepared.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28

Quite a number Of ambitious sena-
tors are unobtrusively taking the
measure of Senator Aldrich's shoes.
Nelson w. Aldrich Is United
States Senator from Rhode Island,
but he really represents Wall Street
and No. % Broadway, STANDARD oil
Office).
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28
Marriage Licenses.

Marriage licenses have been issued
recently by the county recorder as
follows:
May i7.-Albert Sinnett and Mary
Buckley, Moab, Wash.
May l8.-Charles r. Frazier and
Margaret Frazure, Spokane.
May 22.-Fred E. Westcott and
Grace A. Hahn, Spokane.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28

Thomas L. Hisgen, Hearst's candi-
date for the presidency on the Inde-
pendent ticket in the last campaign
has announced his intention 10 the
future to afiiliate with the democrats.
The sum Of s25. 900 is being rais-d
for the survey OF railroad from Coos
Bay, Oregon, to Boise. Idaho.
The new administration 10 Spokane
has ordered all forms of gambling to
cease. 2.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28

Four masked bandits held up and
robbed the registered mail on Union
Pacific parrenger train No. 2, few
miles west Of Omaha, Neb, last
Saturday night.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-05-28

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East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-01
EXPRESS RATE REDUCTION.

The announcement made yesterday
of a wholesale reduction in express
rates ordered by the state railroad
commission, will be appreciated by
the people Of Oregon. 1t means re-
duction of more than 25 per cent in
the charges made by the Pacific ex-
press company. The 100 pound rate
from Portland to Pendleton is re-
duced from SO to $2.25. A CORES
ponding reduction is made between
Portland and practically every point
along the line of the o. R. & n COM
pany.
There are many who will especially
rejoice at a reduction in express
rates. At this time express companies
are practically exempt from taxation
in Oregon They have but little ma
terial property that may be assessed
and the recently enacted law provid-
ing for tax upon the gross earnings
Of express companies was done away
with when the legislature enacted the
law creating the state tax commits
sion.
However, it is noticeable that while
the distributing rate out of Portland
has been greatly reduced no reduc-
ton has been ordered between other
towns. At least a hasty examination
of the new schedule indicates as
much. The 100 pound rate between
Pendleton and Echo is still so cents,
while the rate from here to Athena
remains at 40 cents per hundred. II
might be timely for the railroad COM
missioners to explain why in making
a reduction of rates they did not also
order a lower distributing rate for this
metropolis. 1t cannot be that Pen
dleton was neglected in the matter
because it is not competitive point
because this is competitive point.
Two express companies transact bus
iness in this city, the Pacific express
company and the Northern Pacific.
But possibly other reductions will
be ordered by the railroad commission
at later date. Let it be hoped so
1t is the duty of the commissioners to
stand between the people Of the state
and the transportation companies. II
is but reasonable to expect that in do
ing so the commissioners will treat al
sections Of the state with strict i'm
part!ality. The railroad commission
was not created to provide lower dis
tributive rates for Portland, but t.
protect the interests Of all the people
of the state.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-01
THE REAL QUESTION.

did you ever climb to the top of the
Hill of Fame?
Did you tackle the world and beat
it?
Did you fasten success my friend, to
your name?
Did you meet Defeat and defeat ii =?
Well, may be you did! but the question
today
Is not what you did, nor how,
But what are you doing, and how are
you fixed?
And where are you standing just
now?
Were you born in a hut, or raised in
slum?
Did you wallow through trouble when
you were young,
With never a kind word, or cheer
full?
Well. it isn't these things that matter
today,
Your days were they joyful of tear
full?
The past-we question it not,
But, how are you rated this day and
hour?
Who are you, ana what nave you
got?
We are prone to forget that humans
must die
To make room for others who need
it,
We try to live on the record we've
made;
When death comes, We strive not
to heed it;
And it doesn't matter to any, save
us,
How soon the mortal" we shed,
If we have the sense when we've
shuffled the coil,
To know that we really are dead"
Selected.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1909-05-01
THE FLIGHT.

Hark-how the bugles blow,
Airy bugles that ring!
Full of wonder, over and under
All other tides of sound!
Ohio! but We must go,
We of the wondering wing!
The call comes drifting,
dying and lifting,
Dropping plumes of the palm,
Scent of the Jasmine flower,
Full of the dreaming waves on
the cleaning
Beach of the level sands;
Langourous nights of calm
How we have longed for the hour
When We should cry to them
gladly goodbye,
Seeking the northern lands!
Too much swaying at ease!
Cloying o1 every sense!
Naught but a vision ever ely
sian,-
Glamous of blue and gold!
Never a tang in the breeze
browsing with indolence;
Never the glory of mountains
White with the touch of cold!
But now-away! away!
The summoning bugles have blown
The spell is broken; we know
the token,
We of the wandering wing!
On through the night and day,
Over long leagues and line,
Bearing, hearing, wher'er were
faring,
The word and the wonder
Spring!
Clinton Scollard.