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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-09-24

James Carter was held up on
Fourth street In Occur d'Alene last
Friday evening, and relieved Of SIS.
Carter resides on Harrison street and
was on his way down town when the
lone highwayman walked across and
stuck a gun in his face and COM
manded him to hold up his hands.
The l. o. o. F. lodges Of Coeur
d'Alene, Post Falls, Rathdrum. Har-
rlson and St. Maries. will hold a
picnic ut Blackwell park, Occur d.
Alene, on Thursday. September 80,
and the day will be Odd Fellow day
In real earnest. A basket supper will
be one OF the features Of the event.
Press.
One Of the smallest amounts ever
the origin Of criminal suit In Koot-
email county was stated In a complaint
filed at Occur d'Alene, Tuesday, In
Judge R. G. Egbers' court, George &.
Carlyle complaining against 4. O.
Burton, two sawlogs being the cause
Of contention. The complaint states
Burton, a prosperous ranchtr living
near Harrison, did steal one red FIR
log and one white pine log" belonging
to the Stack. Gibbs company. valued
at So.
The grand lodge Of Masons OF Ida
no at Boise Sept. Is, elected officers
as follows: Grand master, George f.
Gagon, Blackfoot; deputy grand
master, Byron f. Defenbach, Sand
point; senior grand warden, f. G.
Bowman, Idaho Falls; junior grand
warden. Oliver E. Barr, Occur d.
Alene; grand treasurer, Charles Him
rod. Boise; grand secretary, Theodore
w. Randall, Boise: grand lecturer,
David T. A. Macintosh, Kendrck;
trustees, Jonas Brown, james A.
Pinney, J. w. Robinson, all of Boise.
For the first time 10 the history of
the Boise national forest, the service
will start in few weeks the work of
planting about 5000 yellow pines on
the exposed mountain sides. These
trees are three years old and are of
the sturdy type which seem to thrive
in the mountain Businesses. The
planting Of the pines is merely an
experiment and II in the spring it is
found that they have weathered the
severe winter frosts, many thousand
will be planted 10 the forest next fall
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-09-24
COOK WANTS FAIR PLAY
Says Peary Should Submit Full
Report Of His Journey.

DR.. Frederick A. Cook, now in the
United States, having arrived at New
York Tuesday. appears to exercise
great self restraint, but can hardly
repress natural annoyance at im-
parchment of his yeracity without
proofs. He requested the Associated
Press to make public the following:
Commander Peary has as vet given
to the world no proofs of his own
case. My claim has been fully recog-
nized by Denmark and by the king Of
Sweden. The president OF the United
States has wired me his confidence.
NV claim has been accepted by the
International Bureau for Polar Re-
search at Brussels; most of the geo.
graphic societies OF Europe have sent
me congratulations which mean faith
and acceptance for the present, and
almost every explorer of note has
come forward with warm and friendly
approval.
IA specific record OF my journey is
accessible to all, and every one who
reads can decide for himself. When
Peary publishes similar report then
our cases are parallel. Why should
Peary be allowed to make himself a
self-appointed dictator Of my affairs?
In justice to hilnself, 10 Justice to
the world and to guarantee the honor
of national prestige he should be
compelled to prove his own case. He
should publish at once preliminary
narrative to he compared with mine
and let fair minded people ponder
over the matter while the fual
records on which my case may event.
ually be proved are being prepared
know Peary the explorer, As such
he Is hero in Arctic annals and
deserves the credit of long and hard
record. To Peary the explorer l am
still willing to tip my hat, but Peary's
unfounded accusations have disclosed
another side to his character which
will never be forgotten.
i. when Peary wired that he had
nailed the Stars and Stripes to the
pole, Immediately sent congratula-
tidns. | then believed, as l do now,
that his work over new route fal
east of my line Of travel was new
conquest of great Importance, and, o1
course, that his observations at the
pole would supplement- my work with
valuable data. There Is room enough
and honor enough tor two American
flags at the pole."
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-09-24
Fremont County "Dry."

At the local option election on
prohibition held in Fremont county,
September Is, the 'drys' won by an
overwhelming majority. Not all the
returns are 10 as yet but from the "a
precincts heard from, which include
St. Anthony and all the districts
where the heaviest "wet" voting
would be done, the returns give 3O65
votes for prohibition and but 4O2 iu
favor of the saloons. The contes,
was an earnest one from the start and
the large vote indicates the interest
taken In the result.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-09-24

Senator Freehafer and Representa-
tive Harris. who have been In the
Marble creek country for several
weeks investigating claims of settlers,
have completed the work and left for
Boise, where they will give a written
report as to the bona fide settlements,
they representing. the state 10 its
dealings with the settlers, having
been appointed, together with Land
Commissioners George Day, to ascer-
tain the facts 10 the contests and
submit their reports. They have
examined hundreds of witnesses aud
made personal inspection of the
claims, aggregating about 125. The
report will be submitted later.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-09-24
CHANGE STATE BOUNDARIES
Lieutenant Governor Sweetzer
Outlines q Plan.

Lieutenant Governor L. H.
Sweetser, in an interview with re-
preventative Of the Salt Lake Tribune,
outlines scheme for a rearrange-
ment Of the state lines of the north
west according to the rivers and
mountain ranges which are the nat
ural dividing lines Of the country. In
part he points out the fact that
Idaho is divided by mountains, the
commercial interests Of the southern
part and those Of the north .rn hay
ing nothing in common, the same
being the case between eastern and
western Washington, eastern and
western Oregon, and parts Of Utah
and California As these differences
are felt commercially and politically,
and are even now causing friction,
Mr.. Sweetser says the time is rapid
ly coming when change in the
state lines will become necessity,
and the sooner the changes are made
the better, as the states are growing
in population and need to be divided
on natural lines to avoid retarding
their development. The country
whose occupation is the same and
whose trade all naturally flows into
the same channel would not then be
divided by an artificial line running
through it, putting part Of it under
one government and part under an
other, nor would it be joined polili-
cally with another section, from
which it is divided by mountain bar
riers, where trade runs in different
channel and the interests and occu-
pations Of the people are totally
different.
Mr.. Sweetser suggests plan Of
division of the northwest by lines fol-
lowing the greater rivers, the noun
tain SUBMITS and the watersheds, in
such manner that Idaho would
| lose the panhandle, but would make
up the loss by piece Of southwest
ern Oregon. Northern Idaho would
become part Of new state con-
tanning an area Of country north Of
Lewiston extending from the Cas-
cades in Washingtons southeastcrly
to the Yellowstone park.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-09-24
Commissioners Let Contracts.

The county commissioners let the
following contracts last week. The
contract for the Springston trestle
was awarded to Carscallen Bros, the
price being $l85 per foot for mud
sills; the contract for the Lane trestle
was let to q. r. Acton, Of Harrison,
the price teing So 35 per foot and the
contract for the Bell Canyon road
was awarded to A. j. Ramsey, Har
rison, the price being 20 cents pei
running foot.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-09-24
BALuNGER HOLDS JOB
President Exonerates Him in
Alaska Deal.
TELLS CLAWS TO STEP OUT
Claws to Publish Facts in the Al
legged Coal Land Grab.

On September Is President Taft
exonerated Secretary Of the Interior
Ballinger in the matter Of charges
tiled by L. II. CLAWS, chief Of the
field division Of the general land
Office, In connection with the Gun
ningham coal land claims ia Alaska
In a statement given out that day
the president declares Mr.. Claws
case embraced only s'shreds of sus
picion without circumstantial evil
dence."
Mr.. Taft also grants Secretary
Ballinger's request for authority to
dismiss Mr.. CLAWS from the service
OF the government "for unjustly i'm
peaching the official integrity of his
superior officer" and takes occasion
to review the evidence in the so called
"Water power trust" and other cases
to refute the charges tLat the secre-
tary Of the interior is out Of sympathy
with the policy Of the administration
10 favor Of the conservation Of the
national resources. The statement
is in the form of letter to Secretary
Ballinger, written before President
Taft left his summer home at Beverly.
The exoneratlon of Ballinger and
| the dismissal of CLAWS are the out
growth of an alleged effort on the
part Of several INSCRIPTIONS rich men
to acquire title fraudulently to i'm
mense tracts of coal lands in Alaska
estimated to be worth many hun
dreds of millions of dollars. The
Alaska coal claims numbered 93l, OF
which the Cunningham group num-
bered IL, and all these claims to-
! gether with some 30. 900 claims have
been pending and undisposed of in
the land Office. Ballinger's order
that action be pressed in disposing ol
! these claims, it is pointed out, was
made in legal effort to clear up the
work of his department and had
reference to all the claims, hut from
the fact that Ballinger had beer
counsel for the Cunningham claim
ants during the interval between ths
time he was commissioner of tht
general land Office and the time o
his appointment as secretary Of thu
interior, aroused the suspicion tina
he was working 10 collusion with tn,
claimants to defrand the government
out of Alaska coal lands. Presiden
Taft, after reviewing the case fully
says he finds no evidence s to justif
this suspicion.
CLAWS has written to the presden
explaining his action and stating tha
the evidence convinced him that Goa
lands in Alaska were about to pas
into the hands of monopoly, and ul
timately he felt Obliged to appeal t
the president over the heads of hi
superior officers, ia an effort to do hi
duty and save those lands for tn
people at large. He further state
he firmly believes the president ha
been misled, and announces that h
will, 10 duty to his country, publis
all the facts in his possession.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-09-24

Z. H. Hartman left brief will
beoueathing his entire fortune to his
widow. It is estimated be left realty
and personal property valued at be-
tween s75, 900, 900 and 500, 600, 600.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-09-24

Halley's comet. the celestial wan
derer which visits the solar system
from outer space every 10 years has
been sighted through powerful teles-
cones. It will not be visible to the
naked eye before next spring 1t Is
approaching the sun DIT speed OF
/ 900, 900 miles day.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1909-09-24
|TE And COUNTY news
IS Of Interest Gathered
| From Exchanges.
INTEREST TO IDAHOANS.
bents and Industrial Progress
Of the Week.

rhe total state and county levy in
ho county is fixed at $3.50 for
b 500 Of valuation.
rhe official count on Bannock
nty shows that the local option
jority was 92l votes.
rhe Boise City saloons have ban
ed the free lunch counter, and the
e morning drink.
The new mill OF the Bonners Ferry
lmber company just completed,
II cut $50, 900 feet OF lumber every
hours and employ $50 men.
Bales g. Jones, Camas prairie ranch.
have received $4,000 for the
ain crop grown this year on their
loo acre ranch.
A hundred Gro tes Of Chinese pheas-
Its will be turned loo 10 southern
laho counties this fall.
The course Of the Snake river
hrough Idaho is more than 800 miles
nd it receives the drainage Of three.
burths Of the state.
Ex- Senator Dubois is farming in
Bingham county and proving up on a
iece Of land near Jerome. He says
is the simple life for him and no
bore politics.
The total tax levy for Occur d.
lene CITY this year is 81 mills.
andpoint's total levy is 81 mills, an
Increase OF Is mills over last year.
Ada county's tax levy this year is
l mills. Canyon county has fixed
he levy at l63 mills. In Nez Perce
ounty the levy is 81 mills, an 10.
rease of 10 mills over last year.
The state, county and city school
AK in Boise brings the total levy uL
10 81. .65 on the $lOO, an increase o1
IS cents on the 500 over the levy OF
9Os.
The sugar beet factory now located
i Nampa may be removed to Twin
Falls, unless larger acreage is Sc
Fured 10 the Nampa section for thu
bext year.
Latah county. that last yea
boosted that she was out of debt ant
burned the last of her redeemed bonds
now finds she has $4,000 still out
stan nding.
A g. A. r. post will be organized
at Idaho Falls. 1t is l8 years sine
a former organization of veteran
held a meeting at that place.
The Twin Falls Times reports tn
sale OF the w. ]. Breckenridge farn
OF 100 acres near that place to Luthe
+. Martin of Illinois, for 100000
spot cash.
1t is reported that many of th
notices sent out by the governmen
to the land winners on the Coeu
d'Alene reservation are returned un
opened. The address given does 90
ind the winner and many will neve
know OF their good luck.
Kootenai county commissioners o.
Monday let the contract for the l2C
foot steel Lewis bridge across tn
Spokane river near the Blackwell
Lumber company's plant to Carscal
len Brothers for $1,000.
Eighty Of the business men G
Lewiston have signed a statemen
opposing local option, alleging a
their reasons that prohibition wi
injure business without effecting
prevention of the liquor traffic.
A vigorous local option campaig
mas been started In Elmore count,
and business mems and taxpayer
league has been formed at Mountain
npme to fight the movement.
September l6 was Idaho day at til
"A f-P exposition. Governor Brad
and staff, and large number OF cit
zans from Idaho were In attendant
at the ceremonies. Governor Brad
was the chief speaker OF the occasion
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
The Poor Children's Idea

BY Rena N. Mead, Aged IL Years. blair
Neb. Blue.
Hello, Emma, mamma said that a small
santa Claus was coming to our house. "
This was addressed to a small girl stand
ing on the corner.
What do you mean by a mail Santa
Clause
Don't you know who Santa Claus it2
Well you see he is a man that comes from
the north pole and goes around to different
chlldren's homes in a sleigh drawn nv
eight RENDERS. His sleigh is always fuII
or goodies and toys for the good children
sometimes he is large, sometimes he is
small.
'When he is large he has a great big
sleigh and has lots of toys and goodies in
IT, lie generally visits just the rich
children Then they get lots of TOYS and
candy. When he is small he has a smaller
Sleigh lie is smaller and does not have
30 many toys. So we poor children do not
get so many things.
Ihey all hang their stockings up bv the
Dig fireplace and Santa comes down to fuI
them' Christmas morning the children
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
The Sleighing Party

BY Helen Rogers, 1912 Lothrop Street,
Omaha, Neb. Blue.
1t showed all one day and for a little
while the next day. so we decided to have
a sleighing party. We asked some boys
and girls IL they would go and they said
they would. Then we engaged a sleigh
for that night. We told the children to
meet at Mary's house and we would have
the sleigh come for us at 1880 O'Clock.
The sleigh came at the right. time and
we got In and were about two blocks away
when we found out that we were not all
there. Then we had to go back and get
the other three. Then we rode for five
miles In the country.
1t was not very cold at first. but It got
colder and the wind blew. The smaller
children got cold and began to fret.
The snow was very good for a sleighing
party and we enjoyed ourselves very much.
We said if this was a success we would
have another one. On our way to the turn
in the road we were trying to think which
way to go. When we came to the turn we
said turn to the right, which was the
wrong way. The driver said, "Al right"
After we had driven a mile we said. I'VE
should come to another turn" We did not
Tor two miles, and when we did, we were
all so cold that we had to stop at the first
We hllbNhtu Il
the house a woman came to the door and
asked what we wanted. We asked IL we
could get warm, and she said yes. We
went in and got warm and the driver went
out to get in the sleigh, but the sleigh
was not there, and he looked and looked.
out he could not find it. He came back in
the house and told the children. The lady
told her husband to go with him to find
the sleigh and the children would stay
there till he came back. We children had
a nice time till 10 o'clock; then we were
tired and sleepy and the driver had not
for us. The lady told us to lay down
and sleep; she would waken us when he
came back.
The driver came at 1880 o'clock and was
tired because he had to run to catch the
horses. So he rested until 1 o'clock. Then
started home. We were very sleepy
ana were glad to get to our warm beds. 1
DO not think we will Want another sleighing
party like this one,
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
(Honorable Mention.)
The Examination PAPER
By -Verna Kirschbraun, Aged u Years,
5ll s. 24th ST. Omaha. Neb. Blue.

by .Nerna kirschbraun, Aged IL Years,
OIL 3. 18th St, Omaha, Neb. Blue.
"Oh, Mildred, we are going to have an
examination in arithmetic tomorrow" said
Majorie Brown, "and it is going to be
very hard"
We'll, 1 will have to hurry home and
study them, so goodbye" and Mildred
went into the house.
II haven't studied much this year, and 1
know l will fall" she said to herself.
The next morning when the teacher
passed the papers for the children to write
on, she happened to give Mildred an extra
one.
On the top Of the page were the words.
Answers to Examination"
This is my only chance to pass" she
thought, "and 1 will take it,"
DO you think you will pass?" asked
Marjorie, as they were going home from
school.
"Oh, I am certain OF It," was the con-
fident answer.
Mildred had copied the answers to the
problems and she was sure that she would
pass.
The next day the teacher read the names
of those who failed. and the last name
was Mildred Brown.
1T is very queer,- she said to Mildred.
but you have the answers to the problems
In last years examination, for the teacher
had kept last years examination paper
and had given It to Mildred by mistake.
'"Well, l have learned one thing. any,
way said Mildred to herself, and that
is that honesty is the best policy"
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

again and thinks they are new nuts. but
they are the same ones all the time" This
made Stella laugh SO loud that the little
red squirrel looked up TO see what was the
matter. And why are the woodpeckers
making such a noise with the tap-tap-tap-
tap, all day long?" "Oh. l guess they
have just moved into a new house and
are just lacking down the carpets" said
Uncle Raymond. He was laughing now,
and Stella laughed, too. Il know what
you are laughing at" said Stella. ITS be-
cause l ask so many questions" "Oh, not
at all" said her uncle. We'll. II you don't
mind It," the little girl replied. Il will
ask you ugly scarecrows are for9'
We'll" said her Uncle Raymond. every
body knows what scarecrows are for; they
are to show the crows where the corn is"
At this Stella laughed so hard that she
had to hold her face I'm her hands. When.
suddenly, she jumped up and said: Il
won't stand 1t another moment; I'm going
right home and tell my mamma that Uncle
is making fun of me- The nher
uncle jumped up and said: Il won't stand
1t another moment; I'm going right home
and tell my mamma that Stella won't be-
lieve a word l say" At this, they laughed
and laughed and laughed, until her uncle
said, Come here. little Miss Question,
think 1t is dinner time and walked home.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

playground brightly lighted and all sorts Of
music and amusements.
Al the other end there was a room look
Ing very homelike. Some of the children
went through the door to the Playground.
After they went in there were always little
troubles ana they didn't have a very good
time and always wanted things they didn't
have.
The Piper followed the children that went
into the lovely homelike room. These chill
dren were very happy. and when they
wished to they could go outdoors, where
there were beautiful flowers and swings
and things children like to play with out
of doors, and when they were tired OF play
ing the Piper would play sweet music for
them.
This land where children are happy is the
lahd OF good dreams and the other is the
land of troublesome dreams. So when little
children are tired and travel to the land
Of dreams and meet little strangers there
they are the little children of HameIin.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
Elsa's Birthday

By Helen Heuck, 1926 Lothrop streo+
Omaha. Red.
Inc Soth day OF November was coming
ana Elsa would soon be u years old. Her
mother asked her what she wanted for her
birthday and she said, "a pony"
On the 10Th Elsa vent on an errand for
her mother, and while she was going home
a little girl, about Q years of age. came
up and asked her if she wanted to buy
some gum. 1t was bitterly cold, but Elsa,
wrapped up in warm furs, did not notice
1t until she saw the blue hands Of the
little girl. When she left the little girl
she had decided what she wanted for her
birthday.
ma night she told her mother and the
next morning, in place Of a pony, there
was a poor little girl. Elsa's mother
finally found 1t was her sisters child.
Thu Elsa found a cousin through her
kindness.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
An Experience with Indians

By Orell w. Freeman, aged u wears. AO5
west Works street, Sheridan, Wyo. Blue.
In the state of Wyoming. near the Crow
reservation, a young mother was left alone
with her baby. She was working in the
kitchen when the door opened and an In
dian chief walked in. Others followed.
They made signs to her for some food.
She baked biscuits and fried meat all
night. Next morning she explained with
some difficulty that she must feed the
chickens. She saw a man coming down
the road. She called him to her and told
him about them. So he went into the
house and told them about a trade not
far away, and so they left.
Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24

Christmas" AS he turned to go, he saw
a well-dressed little boy standing by him.
Il heard what you said, and want you
to go home with me. and I will make you
happy" said the boy, taking Tommy by
the hand and starting towards his home
on Fifth avenue. MY little brother died
a short time ago and 1 want you to go
and take his place and we both will be
happy, for you look like him"
At this Tommy was delighted. and they
reached the large mansion in a few min
utes' walk.
What a beautiful home you have" said
Tommy. Il shall always be happy to live
with you"
Tommy was cleaned and dressed in a
new suit of clothes for the first time in
his life.
He and his new brother spent one Of the
happiest Christmas they could wish for.
Tommy grew up to be a fine young man
and he always was happy when he could
help the little newsboys.