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The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30
crChantS Association launches Plan TO Encourage FdCO1eS
FARMING REVIVAL
IS CLOSE AT HAND
Great Land Movement About to
Be Felt in All Sections
of the Country

z O. Mccormick. assistant trafic di.
rector OF the Southern Pacific and
Union Pacific roads. says that great
land movement is about TO be reit IN
all sections of the country Farming
land is in demand A farm land con-
gress will meet in Chicago in NOvsm-
Der. At that gathering all means
oossibIe will be adopted to inform the
farm seekers concerning the advan-
taees of farm life and results will un-
doubtedly be reached as the eneet OF
the deliberations and the great amount
of information that will be gathered
for the enlfghtment of the people
Mccormick is a member OF the ad-
visory council OF the farm land con-
gress. He has all the information re-
latfng to California lands and the bene-
fits of life in California at command
This is a great advantages TO the state.
To dealers in farm lands and TO own
ers OF such lands in California. and TO
farmers the farm land congress will
mean much. A vast amount of data
has been gathered by direction OF Mr..
Mccormick and the facts, collectively,
make up fine showing.
VAST VIRGIN AREAS
North OF Tehachapi there are vast
areas that are yet virgin country
They and the cultivated acres consti-
tute the domain in which the future
commercial local operations OF san
Francisco will be conducted. and in the
development of all the farming couR-
ties. oil producing counties and mining
counties San Francisco also will find
strongN element of its own growth
Here are some returns that give an
idea what the results of the investment
of San Francisco capital in the interior
counties have been in one recent year;
Orchard products Of the state in
lJOo ..--.-.--.--- $4,000. sfVslJ5,-fl
vineyard products in the state In
Garden products Of the state in 1905. s,257,s12
1905 ............--....-..... 25.224.t5O
Poultry and eggs in 190S.---.-.-... 1859, 7SS
Honey. wax, ETC., OF the state IN
lSOe ---.--... --.-.- -------.---- o<o,OOO
Farm products In l9OS. -..-...-.-.. 53.s5s.l l24
In 1905 % 220. $50
Other held crops -.-.-...-..--..-... %, 336. 90
Minerals ..........---...-....... 67,OoO. O0O
Farm animals and prOducts.-...... 50.I62. $50
Sundry products ....-......-....... 25.S5O.0O
Forest products ...............s... 23.775.027
Fish and game ........-....-..-..- 5,oOOOcO
Total ...................... s4O4, 90, III
The San Francisco call., 1909-10-30

1850 1900 IRc
Number OF farms SO - $40 g. Sois
Number OF acres in
farm lands -. !, So. 900 9S 500 OOO q 81.
Number OF acres in ''u
farm lands Cmp). 50 400 IL 91a oO0 soe al,
Value OF all Farm
Property s7.sss.OoO sl.lss.oOo.OOo
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1909-12-16


his return to his own country he was
one OF the young bloOds and declnimed
so violently against the government
that he was bauished ana Joined Pres
ldenf Barrios OF Guatemala. whose
dream was 10 become bend Of all the
Central American repuDrcs. an ainbi
ton that ZelHya himself afterward III
tertained. The young soldier became
a member OF Barrios' staf1 and follow
ed him to his death. Zelaya then re-
turned to his own country. ted revo-
luton and landed In the presidents
chair.
Nicaragua is about the size OF New
England and has less than hnlf
million inhabitants. most OF whom are
Indians. In the old days II WIS chilled
Mohammeds paradise. but II the fol
lowers OF the prophet were 10 see II
they would forswear their religion
Nicaragua has no roads and In the In
terror Is as primitive as In The days
are raising revolutions and avoiding
work. Zelaya has added one other oc- ]
cupation TO those two-that of paying
taxes. He IL great money maker and
has amassed n private fortune OF mil
lions. He IL brave. however. has
shown some military ability aud made
Of his army sonnet hing more than the
Joke It IL In some Latin American
countries
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spends 81 for dinner with wine and
gets so betuddled at it that next day
he Is not sure whether he dmed at all,
but he has a dim recollection that
some lobster disagreed with him,
writes Charles Battell Loomis In the
Smart Set
How wildly extravagant to spend so
No man but millionaire would ever
do such thing.
Still, I'm not sure that we won't
find that Jack NJ. Pekunios, who is
glad to make thousand dollars a
year by the sale OF his landscapes,
has spent just the same amount and
got as little for 1t.
He had years lease of his house,
for which he paid s25 a month, and
on the first of June he left it and
went down to Provincetown to paint
for three months. But his rent for
his unused house went on just the
same. He handed out $75 for not even
sublet it. Said it would be too much
bother
Old Alexander @. Croesus has the
notion that he hasn't much time for
pleasure. SO he and his wife-who is
deaf-go to the opera just once in a
season. and 1t costs them $40
Little Eleanor Shaminart-whose
name bellies her, for she is genuine
clear through-has lots OF time In
the evenings, but she hasn't much
money. Yet she spends just as much
on the opera as Croesus does. only
she gets 50-cent seats and goes 20
times.
Any one can afford anything If he
thinks he can.
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men are gathering by the thousand and
cheering for the budget and David
Lloyd-George. Its author. the Welsh
schoolteacher who rose TO be chancel-
Tor OF the exchequer They are sing
Ing as the French sang the "Marsell-
laise' more than century ago, and
the burden OF their song is that the
lnnd Is for the people. Lloyd George
aud Winston Churchill are rldicuiing
the dukes with sarcasm that Is
spreading grin over the three ma
tions. II reminds one OF the days when
Thomas Paine wrote his Rights OF
Man IN defense of the principles OF
the French revolution. In which he
scored the aristocracy liz words that
ring yet. Paine has been dead cen
fury, but the truths he voiced are the
most living things In England.
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prummlnQ Of the snlns

One of the most remarkable of birc
sounds is the so-called drumming o.
the snipe. The noise is difficult to de
scribe and is often compared to beat
ing. The snipe. in fact, has beer
called the bleater Tennyson used
the word hum. speaking OF "Th,
swamp where huns the snipe."
1t is now generally agreed that tn,
noise is made by the vibration of tho
tall feathers A writer, however
carefully watching the snipe durine
its flights in which it makes this re
markable noise is convinced that tn,
wings assist In its production. This
seems exceedingly probable, since tn,
wings are seen to be in actual ylbra
ton during its emisslon.-Countr,
Life.
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NV ~ veD txlsieacs Of iho House
4 lMis ; Jesp~6zed BY
- FL = h Bril-.
= Dslsst.
~ JAR1Es a. BDcepron.


rs the British house Of lords abou,
to b abolished or radically shorn
Of IL powsrf Tint Il the larger
question looming up behind the
hght over tbs budget IN England. The
warning OF Lord Rosebery that the
very existence Of the upper chamber
y In jeopardy was not an Idle threat
II was given all the more force by
the fact that RoseLery himself IL OBJ
posed 70 the budget. lie would Ike
TO see II defeated. but questions either
the right or tbs policy OF the lords to
bring about that dsfsat. He regards
the stake as too great. In destroying
the budget they destroy themselves.
He Nas ably soeended ~ Lord Bal.
four Of Burleigh. who In plain Eneiish
told the peers that n they won In their
light against the budget their victory
would be but temporary. while II they
lost the defeat would he permanent.
They would not only fail In killing the
budget. but would end their own
power
In adopting Lord Lapsdowns's mo
tion 10 rejert the budget pending an
appeal 10 the nation Il II conteuded
that the peers are guilty OF a twofold
usurpation OF power--oae against the
commons and the other against the
king. Since IGSS the exclusive control
Of financial matters has been In the
house Of commons. For the lords now
to assume the right TO reject imam
ciai measure Is the first act OF usurpa-
tion. Lord Lansdowne's motion re.
quIres dissolution OF parliament. |
The right to dissolve parliament. how !
ever. belongs TO the crown, This Is
the second act OF usurpation.
The Day Of Settlement.
The rejection Of the budget Is not
the nrst o6snse OF the lords. Several
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HUNTING TRIP IN AIRsHlp.
latham Carried His Gun There and
Bag Of Game on His Return.

latham Carried His Gun There and
Bag Of Game on His Return.
Hubert Latham performed sensa
tional feat In his monoplane the other
day, He was Invited by the Marquis
de Polignac, president OF the commit
tee on aviation. TO join In hunt ut
Berru. near Rheims. France. Latham
went thlther from his aviation garage
at Mourmelon. distance OF about
nineteen miles. IN his Antolnette mon
oplane In just half 40 hour. lie took
a double barreied shotgun aud sup
ply OF ammunition with him in the
aeroplane.
He landed at the Marquis de Poll.
gnac's shooting box. breakfasted with
the party, took part In the hunt and few
back to Mourmelon four hours later,
carrying on the monoplsne not only
the shotgun. but also the bag of game,
mostly phensnnts, which he had killed
Great interest In the feat was shown
by the hunting party. The members
Of II were watching for Latham. and
the monoplsne was made out while It
was still far away. IL appeared very
smali when first seen, but rapidly grew
larger and soon was above the heads
OF the huntsmen. Latham made two
circles before he chose landing place
and then came down easily and landed
without the slightest trouble. II was
almost sunset when be started on his
return journey.
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A number Of well known society wo-
men of Bloomfield. n. j.. have organ
lied the National Pin Money league.
The object is to enable persons shut In
by illness to earn money for their
needs by making fancy articles. rugs,
etc. Miss Lillian W. Babcock Is presi-
dent. with headquarters at 343 Belle
vile avenue, Bloomfield
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Memorial to . or... Golfer.

1t was agreed at committee meet
ing held in st. Andrews. Scotland, to
erect a bronze panel representing the
head and shoulders In life size OF the
late Tom Morris. The panel win be
placed on the west gable Of the royal
and ancient clubhouse. The balance
Of the memorial fund after paying the
expenses for this erection will be used
to endow bed ln ST. Andrews Cottage
hospital to be known as the Tom Nor
ris bed and upon which golf profess
SIGNALS and caddies are to have 6rst
claim
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other reform measures proposed by
the preseht government aud passed by
the COMMONS have met their death In
The upper chsmber. just AS Gladstone
BONE rule bill Was killed few years
ago All tbese things have been al
lowed 10 rcyunelste against thu day
Ot Wrsth. Ney have not been forgot
ton. They wv kept In abeyance only
70 be preseeisd as different counts
u The indietasea. when the people OF
England eane to pass Judgment on
their house = peers Has the day of
settlement nHany conner
The LrittA budget is the omnibus
financial mesare Of each year. con-
tatning the tlatlon aud revenue pro
visions. Ttn prssent one. over which
oil this nghi AaS been raised. Ii de-
nonneed as occhibtlc, but the detnI-
tioo II not Accurate. The budget IL
NOW In line whh henry Georges sin
gis tax, whkh ; quite another thing
from socialism The single tar. or
modified form v Il known as the land
tar. has already been adopted In por-
tons OF the British empire. notably In
New Zealand ~ Australia. This
measure would PIT II in force In Eng
land. Scotland aad Ireland The tax
II laid with especial emphasis on the
''unearned Increment" TINT Is. the
.ssar>Heich ls put into the land by
the COMM Wy ard not by the owner.
For example. iniifrowns a farm near
which or on which springs up city.
because OF the city the land Increases /
Immensely In value. although the In I
nividual ewner has contributed moth
ING TO tina, Increase II is made wholly !
oy the community. This Is the un-
earned Increment. and on such socinf 7
value aecruing 10 future the budget
lays Its lmpost. There are other pro
visions In kind; also considerable tax
0n liquor. II is the laud tax and liquor
Tar that have caused the trouble.
Lords and Liquor Interests.
In Great Britain the lind IN largely
owned by the lords, and II now tran
Ipires that these scions OF nobility are
AnAnsihiiy interested In the llauor
concerns. Between the two they get
Z both ways. They are being hit la
The peckeiboek. and that is the reason
hey sre usurplng power that no
Brttine house Of lords has dared as
iufns 10 more than 2Do years. Dare
they assume II! This momentous
question Is now TO be answered by the
Electors Of England. Scotland aud Ire.
and.
There are more than COO peers Ia the
three realms, but ordinarily only a
lpE attend the sessions OF parliament.
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An unsIs.erIy Avow,l

Women would PROFESSIONALLY exer
else = refining influence on politics
said the Sunragette.
EYES," answered Miss CAYENNE
YEARLY: 1 have NO doubt that conyeu
ton badges would be greatly I'm
creased In decorative value and tina
compsign buttons would be vastl,
more numerous.
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the 50 me high handed manner he does
his own subjects 1t is time to put the
fear OF God into his heart
Zelaya has been lord high boss of
Nicaragua for sixteen years. That is
not the official name for his job, but is
more nearly descriptive of 1t than his
official title. To be precise, he Is
known as president and Is supposed to
be elected every four years. But to be
truthful-which Is more important. at
least outside of diplomatic clrcles-he
put himself In by bayonets and has
maintained his power by bullets. True.
the forms OF an election have been
gone through at stipulated times. but
there was no opposition for the reason
that IL anybody else had dared to be
a candidate Zelaya would have had
him taken out and shot
During much of the time he has been
10 office Zelaya has been engaged 10
putting down revolutions or In fight
Ing some OF the other Central Ameri-
can republics. He was putting down
one Of these annual uprisings or try
Ing to do so at the time he got gay
with the two Americans Leroy Can
non and Leonard Groce and had them
shot one morning before breakfast 1t
Is hard to tell why all these Latin
American executions occur before
breakfast. Possibly 1t is for the pur-
pose of giving the executioners an ap-
petite.
How the Trouble Begins.
The ordlnal number of the present !
Nlcaraguan revolution is rot known |
II may be the seventeenth or the sixty
fourth, but anyway 1t Is something |
high When the band plays at an unu-
suai time down there 1t Is usually the
signal for a new revolt. Somebody
wants TO be president, and. inasmuch
rs be will be shot~if he goes about It
In peaceful way. he tries to shoot
tirst.
This uprising was started by the Es-
trada family, which has furnished
some Of Zelaya's chief officials. There
were five of the Estrada brothers, but
one OF them is now dead. The young
ast OF the FIVE, Juan Estrada is the
eader Of the movement aud prospec-
i've president. The two Americans
Cannon aud Groce. who were large
owners In Nicaragua and else
where In Central America. joined the
estrada standard and one of them
vas placed on the commanders stan.
~ crossing into Costa RIGA and at
acking Il. aud the two Americans
we're captured among others. Instead
Il being treated as prisoners of war
hey were summarily executed. 1t Is
bis which has caused the rushing of
american gunboats to Nicaraguan wa
ers and which occasioned the sharp
tote FROM Secretary Knox stating that
he United States would not for one
minute tolerate such action. The exc
ution of prisoners unless they are
pies Is contrary TO International law
nd opposed to civilized warfare.
Zelaya q Chronic Disturbsr.
This Is not the first trouble we have :
lad with Zelaya. but ON former oeca-
ions he has evaded giving satisfac- !
ion on the preteBse that the American .
We're aggressions From well .
authenticated reports that have come ,
rom his dominions he has revived the
errors OF the Spanish inquisition and
ms tried to make of himself cheap
OF Torquemada. the Duke
+ Alva and Cipriano Castro. Zelaya
> better educated than Castro, being
he son OF planter and having re-
eIved bis schooling In Paris After /.
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WEDDING THAT WAS A POEM.
Ceremony Ii Epic introduced by .
Middietown IN. W Pastor.

NeTe'1ony III Epic introduced by q
Middletown IN. ~ Pastor.
A genuinely poetic marriage was the
one at Calvary Baptist church In Mid
dletown. n. x, the other morning.
uniting Clarence B. GRANGE, young
business man of Mlddletown. and Miss
Luella May Clark, daughter Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Isaac NJ. Clark.
The Rev. John A. COPYRIGHT. pastor
Of the church. performed the cere-
mony. which was nearly all In poetry,
and the service was so impressive that
1t promises to become a popular fad
with those eligible for the ceremony.
Mr.. COPYRIGHT only recently assumed
the passionate Of the church. and his
remarkable innovation In weddings
has been decided hit
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ARE EACLAhD'S PEERS DOOMED !?
What thc Budget Is and Taxes That
Caused the TroubIc -fxiraordi.
nary Debate That Has
Amazed a Nation.

Most OF them are never seen within
They are not only absentee landlords,
but absentee legislators. The budget
fight. however, brought practically all
Of them to London. They swarmed
out OF their castles as the rats swarm
ell out OF IIamelin town at the call of
the Pied Piper. Hundreds OF strange
faces appeared In the upper chamber
that never were seen there before and
perhaps never Will be again. Ii was
the holders 81 special privilege rush
Ing TO the defense when an attack on
privilege was threatened.
The ensuing debate is one that VIII
be long remembered In England. though
not for Its brilliancy. IL amazed the
nation. To call 1t sehoolboy AFFAIR
would be to Insult the schools. One
minister termed 1t babyish. Outside Of
few men like Rosebery and Baifour,
Lord Salisbury and the Earl OF Crewe
1t displayed lack OF grasp, breadth and
statesmanllke qualities. 1t was selfish,
personal sordId II was the whine OF
a spoiled boy. When not petulant IL
was deadly duh. 1t was an attempt It
argument by men unfamiliar with In
tellectual habits. Yet the spectacle had
Its educational value. Ii showed to
the British people their so called nobil-
ity In IFS true light. 1t stripped OF the
glamour OF name and tradition. At the
establishment the people at first gasp
ed and then laughed.
The Feet Of Clay.
That debate doomed the house OF
lords-if not next year. then In the
near future 1t revealed these peers OF
the realm as selfish and allied to the
worst elements In the kingdom. 1t
showed them 10 be not only common
clay. but as beneath the average In In
telllgence and morality. Today English
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Novel Social Fad.

An Atchison (Kanl man who will
give man party shortly will have
portieres made Of wienerwurst and
will give prize to the one guessing
nearest to the number OF Sausages In
the decorations.
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$40 REWARD-If anvone w,ll snd

$40 REWARD-lf anyone Will find
and give me full information
about below woman: A widow named
Mrs Ella Williams, age about 3S
years. Has two daughters and one
son. Lived in Emmett in 1905. Kind
" advise me if anyone knows where
living at present and get your re-
ward. Geo. A. IRA, Medford, Ore,
box 800. Sat
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there Is no doubt that 1t will divert to
the telegraph company Il large volume
of the business that Is now handled
at much larger expense over the long
distance telephone system. One very
important development expected to
follow the working out Of the alliance
between the telephone company and
the telegraph company Is the ultimate
reduction IN the expense of sending
telegraph message.
One OF the highest officers Of the
telephone company said that be be-
lleyed 1t would be possible after awhile
for the telegraph company to accept
messages on the basis of a twenty-five
cent charge for fifteen word mes
sage, instead of a ten word message.
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FOR RENT

FOR RENT-Good pasture, close
in, " per haed. Inquire at Day &
Critics, real estate. 3
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FOR SALE 900 gallon water
tank, good as new; also two pipe
connections. c. l.. Carnage. 3lf.
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FOR SALE Scotch Collie puppies
from registered parents. E. S.
Hurd, Payette, Idaho, r. +. d.
No. 2. SIT D
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LOST. FOUND.

TAKEN UP-A stray ram and
eve. Rams right ear underbit
ewes left ear underbit. Brand
not visible. Grant and Mitten's
ranch. 1tp
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LOST fraternity pin marked
]. R. H. Return to ]. r. Hun
ter, P. 0. Box 292, and receive re-
ward. Stf.
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FOR SALE-A 81 Moline wagon,
never hauled a load. better than
new. Inquire at The Index office.
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WANTED Young ladies of good
moral character to take nurses
training; must be at least q years
of age. References required.
Thorough course of training. Adj
dress Mrs. Wayne Elliott Barry.
Supt. of nurses, Walla Walla hos
pital, Wash. 81 Am.
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WANTED Stock to winter. G.
w. Gordon. 3
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FOR SALE Buggy. spring wagon
and harness. S. P. Bane.
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QUICKER TELEGRAMS NOW.
Device to Make = Telegraph Office Out
Of Every Telephone Station.

A revolutionary change In the tele-
graphic facilities OF New York city was
recently predicted by persons holding
high office In the new merger OF tele
phone and telegraph interests. formed
by the American Telephone and Tele
graph company securing the Western
UnIon. The messenger running. or.
more often walking. to the telegraph
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REAL ESTATE

FOR SALE Three lots on corner of
Sixth and Hayes streets. Further
information inquire at Forest Super
visor's office.
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rh. Chimney Climber.

Quoth Santa Claus. "I'm getting fat.
And. though I'm not a churl.
l think the person for this Job
Would be the hipless girl"
-Harpsxs Baxar
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FOR SAL.E-At bargain, three
acres of land on East Second
street. Address Mrs. Emogene
Soule, box 769, Anaconda, Mont.
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Part Played by President ze-
laya, DespOt and Dictator.
HOW THE UPRISING STARTED.
Juan Estrada, Leader Of the Move
mont, 10 the Prospective President.
Side Lights on the Man Who Had
Two Americans Summarily Executed.
By JAMES a. EDCHRToN.

Jose Santos Zelaya, president OF Nj
caragua, has been called the mischief
maker OF Central America. II may turn
out that when he had two American
made mischief once too often. AS an
ordinary thing your Uncle Samuel does
not grow highly excited over these
Latin American revolutions. but when
some two by four despot like Zelaya
imagines he can shoot Americans In
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For FARM LOANS See w. NJ. Way
man.