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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-31
MARINE:

The Pacific Mail steamship Siberia,
Captain Feeder, arrived off port be
fore o'clock yesterday morning and
was quickly boarded by the quar-
antine officer, who passed the yes
sci without delay. The customs
launch, conveying members of the en-
tertainment committee, with Collector
Of Customs StaekabIe also aboard, was
little late owing to wait for Gov
ernor Frear, who, however, went out
in the tug Intrepid.
The Siberia had pleasant voyage
down bringing eighty passengers for
Honolulu, and eight through passen-
gers will lay over for a future steamer.
Among the local passengers were Paul
lsenberg, returning from a business
trip to the Coast; Mr.. and Mrs. NJ.
Brasch, who, after spending a short
time in the Eastern states, also visit
ed several European countries; Glenn
ent Smith, son of George w. Smith,
wife and child; Jonathan Shaw, the
well-known business agent, who made
a hurried round trip to San Francisco;
George n. Wilcox, the Kauai planter;
Theodore Cooke, son Of the late C.
NJ. Cooke, who was apprised of his
fathers death by George P. Cooke,
who went out in the Doctors launch
to carry the painful news; Dudley
Harvey Elder and Miss Harvey Elder,
brother and sister of C. Harvey Elder
of the Advertiser staff Among the
through passengers wefs General R.
Il. Broadhead, commander of all the
British forces in Hongkong, accom-
panied by his aide, Captain Heath
cote; Pablo Ocampo, delegate to Con.
gress from the Philippines, accompa.
MED by his secretary, A. G. Eseamilla
newspaper man connected with one
of the leading Filipino newspapers in
Manila; Lieut.. O. F. Cooper, q. s. N.
who was here with the fleet last year;
Major McKinstry, Q. s. A., well known
on the Pacific Coast, who is en- route
to Manila for station. Alvin Scale
the eminent entomologist of the Fed
eral service en- route to Hanila; W. E.
Peck, wealthy New Yorker, accom-
panied by his wife and daughter
making tour of the world.
The Siberia left for Yokohama at {
P. m. yesterday.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-31
Congressman Thank officers.

After dinner on Sunday evening
aboard the S. S. Siberia Mr.. Bartholdt.
of St. Louis, as the spokesman of the
Congressional party, expressed TO Cap
tain Feeder and his associate officers,
the appreciation they all felt for cour-
tesies received at their hands during
the trip from San Francisco to Homo
lulu, and the party wished for the cap
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-31

tain and officers a happy continuance
of the voyage. Captain Feeder. re-
spending, thanked the members of the
party.
WIlhelmina Launching.
Information was received yesterday
that the new Matson steamship Viii
helmina will be launched from the New
port News shipyards on September IS.
The Tenney party, Captain Matson s
party and others leave the Coast for
Newport News on September 10 to be
present at the ceremony, at which Miss
Wnhelmina Tenney will be the spon-
sor. The boat is expected to make her
first trip to Honolulu about February
next.
Notice to Mariners.
Stn Francisco, August 10, 1909.
Notice is hereby given that, about
September 20, 1909, the regular char
acteristic of the frst-order light at
Piedras Blaneas, California fixed
white varied by a white flash every
fifteen seconds), will be restored, the
repairs to the revolving mechanism
having been completed.
Shipping Notes.
Captain Lorenzen brought in the big
steamer Siberia yesterday without a
hitch. This is the second one he has
locked since his recent sickness, his
first being the anchorless Nordsee.
Captain George W. Goodwin, former
ly master of the big ship Dirigo, writes
from Calais, Maine, under date of Au-
gust 16: "Many alohas to all my Ho-
nolulu friends. I am having nice time
on the lakes and among the pines of
this dear old State.''
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-31

LOCAL OFFICE OF TIE UNITED
STATES WEATHER BUREAU.
Honolulu, Monday, August 80, 1909.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1909-08-31

Note.-Barometer readings are cor
rected for temperature, instrumental
errors, and local gravity, and reduced
to sea level. Average cloudiness stated
IN scale from to 10. Direction of
wind is prevailing direction during "a
hours ending at 8 p. m. Velocity of
wind Is average velocity In miles per
hour.
VIM. p sToCKMAN
Section Director.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23
THE STATE TO Get
ALL OF ITS LANDS
Special Grants and School Lands That
Have Been Lost to Forest Reserves,
VIII be Recovered.

to be selected as rapidly as possible,
TO put the state resources on safe,
sound revenue-producing basis.
State Land Commissioners George
Day, who has been doing some quite
remarkably effective work for the
state, has selected about 80, 600 acres
for the state since the first of the
year. He will be on hand to make
his 6o-day priority selections from
about 200, 900 acres of lands mostly
in Bingham and Bannock counties,
which will be surveyed under the new
state appropriation. No bona fide
"squatter" or possessory right set
tier now actually on these lands, will
be disturbed by the state selectors;
it will be the state policy to encour-
age settlers to this extent. New
''sooners" who may rush in imme-
diately on the application of the state
for survey, Will receive little con-
alteration, but the settler who has
gone in early to make home will
be respected IN his rights.
As lnstancing the great and busi-
ness-like growth of the state land
! hoard, the school lands are being
leased so rapidly that whereas four
years ago they paid almost nothing
in the way of revenues for leases,
they now pay close TO $4,000.
/ Much Of this land has been used be
fore, but before the present system
iz,ng of the land board business il
was impossible to make them pay q
revenue. The present efficient land
board system is one of the brightest
Incidents of the last four years Of
Idaho history.
The lands to be surveyed ant
cruised by the state lie largely il
, Bingham and Bannock counties
where large areas have been selected
for dry farming The cost of sur
, veylng runs from 500 to $500 pc
! township, and this cost ls returne'
; to the state by the general govern
: ment, the state appropriation beini
= merely loan for the purpose of Sc
t curing prior eo-day right of selee
e tion.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23

Idaho is in fair way to soon se-
cure all or at least the greater part
of her special aud indemnity grant
lands due from the federal govern
ment, says the Gooding Leader.
The last legislature passed a bill
appropriating $4,000 for the sur
vey of the federal lands in the state,
lands that have as yet not been sur
veyed by the general government
The government will eventually
pay for the survey, but by advanc-
Ing the money now to pay for the
survey, the state can have perpet-
ual so day right to make its selec-
tions for it's grant lands due from
the government. When the govern
ment has the curve, made, settlers
have the first chance, and the state
rights are secondary; if the state
makes the survey. it has the first
chance 80 days ahead of the settlers.
Counting all the school lands in
the present reserves of Idaho, the
state is several hundred thousand
acres behind. This condition was
forced on the state without its voli-
ton; and until very recently II was
impossible to get a settlement, or
an order for lieu selections to be
made. Sections 10 and 36, all
through the forest reserves that
cover forty per cent of the state,
are involved in this indemnity or
lieu land settlement, princely area
that the state bade fair to lose TO the
forest reserves at one time.
While some of the land belongs
to the state, and now embraced il
the forest reserves. is of little value
there are vast acres that are of tht
best there is in the state. Magniti
cent forests, rich mineral lands, fer
tile valleys suitable for agriculture
and for home making, ere embraced
in this domain. The unsurveyed
unapproprlated lands. yet in Idah'
do not offer as good land, takin,
the whole acreage. But since tn
ptate can not hold these several sec
tons in the forest reserves, and ca
get no revenues for them even If i
dill maintain lis title, lieu lands ar
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23

Boise, Idaho. April 22.-The
pupils of the Idaho public schools
will soon have an opportunity to
study the history of Idaho from q
most authentic and interesting
source, "The "reminiscences Of a
Pioneer, by w. A. Goulder.
Miss S. Belle Chamberlain super
intendent of public instruction, yes
terday sent circular letter to every
school district in the state recon-
mending the placing of the book in
the school library of each district.
There are over 1000 districts in the
state and Miss Chamberlain feels
sure that at least 1000 of them Will
have purchased the volume by fall.
just as present many of the districts
have spent their entire book allow
ance but by fall more will be avail
able.
In speaking of Mr.. Goulder'i
book, Miss Chamberlain said: 81
am delighted to recommend thii
! book to the schools of the state
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23
RELATION OF HOME
To PUBLIC SCHOOL
Interesting Paper on This Topic Read
by County Supt. Hart at a County
Teachers Meeting.

This subject is one which is of
great interest to the parent and the
teacher, but of vital interest to the
child for he is the one TO he affected
by good or evil impressions. The
impressions made upon these little
minds are made first in the home,
and whether the home is full of
good or evil influences makes all the
difference in the world in the char
acters of the children. J. M. Green
wood, Supt. of Kansas Schools, says,
"W hatever is good and pure and
clean, or whatever ls bad and impure
and vile in the inner life of the in
dividual has it's rise in the home
life" Levi E. Young says, "The
home is the centre of hfe's interests
1t is Gods little paradise, where we
get our first lessons, and as the
home is a place of sweetness, purity
and light, so will the outside world
be place where love and sunshine
dwell. The home can and ought TO
be the one place that is heaven on
earth. Our lives in the outside
world will depend on how we live
in the home. If we live our better
selves there, so In the world will we
become men of light, and so do
| something to inspire our fellow-be-
ings to better life"
John M. Tyler, Prof. of Biology
at Amherst College, says, "Educa-
ton is far older than man. Nam.
mails and birds train their young.
Long ago Nature framed and enact
ed her system of compulsory edp.
cation. The aim of this system il
survival and progress; power, efficl
ency and fullness of life. Natures
first and chief means of education il
the home and family. School anC
college are mainly artificial devices
TO make good the deficiencies p
home and surroundings and TO pre-
pare for the fuller education of life
What the home cannot do the schoo
must"
A century ago home and farm
could furnish ply ysical and manu- a
training and nature study. Coul
train children to industry, economy
endurance, ingenuity to forethongh
and responsibility. The chief bu s
ness of the school was to give th
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23
DEATH CAME IN THE NIGHT
TO JOHN MCMURRAY OF LIBERTY
Was Found Dead in Bed Wednesday Morning
by His Daughter Had Been in Poor Health
for Some Time--WaS Al Years Old.

John MeMurray, one of the old
residents and substantial farmers of
Liberty, was found dead in led at,
his home Wednesday morning. The
discovery was made by one of his
daughters who went to his bedroom
about o'clock to awaken him.
Mr.. MeMurray had been feeling
quite poorly for some time and on
Tuesday night be retired about 500
o'clock. An hour or SO later, his
Oldest daughter who is II years of
age, went to the bedroom to ask if
there was anything her father wish
ed. He was then asleep and she
quietly adjusted the covers about
him aud left the room. Wednes6 ay
morning when she went 10 awaken
HIM, she found that he had not NOV
ed from the position in which he wal
laying the night before. She called
to him, but as he did not respond
she weut 10 the bea,to arouse hin
and was Mortified to find him colo
IN death. =
The authorities were notified
Wednesday, and after being appris
ed of the facts decided that it wa
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23
AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF IDAHO
TO Be STUDIED IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
State Superintendent of Public instruction Rec
ommends Work Of w. A. Goulder to the
School Trustees of the State.

The study of the history of Idaho
by the pupils of the public schools
has been one of my hobbies for
number of years and the lack of
authentic material has greatly ham
pered the work. had prepared a
tiny pamphlet on the subject for
use in the school and Mr.. Goulder's
book will supplement it in a most
helpful way. Then, too, the diction
is so pure that the book can be used
in the supplementary English work,
thus combining the two studies of
local history and English. I under
stand that the edition is limited and
I am anxious to confer with Mr..
Goulder in regard to this. The
teachers and students of the state
are eager for material on the history
of Idaho and will at once embrace
this opportunity of securing 1t. [
trust that Mr.. Goulder will begin
the preparation of the second vol'
ume at once"
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23

knowledge of books which the home
could not furnish.
Now old-fashioned farm life in
many places has disappeared and Its
valuable training has been lost; the
educational efficiency Of the home
has been narrowed and weakened.
Hence the responsibility and bur-
dens of the schools haYe been vastly
increased. 1t must develop a race
of men and women who can meet
the emergencies and endure the ner-
vous strain of modern life In town
and city. School and college must
be institutions not merely of learn
ing but of physical and moral vIgor,
of efficiency and power. They must
develop as well as instruct and dis
cipllne. The school must furnish a
tough, vigorous body as well as a
keenly disciplined mind. We all
recognize that health and growth
are the main business of the baby
and the child. How big a mans
life and power shall be, depends pri-
marily on how fast and how far he
can grow. The chief business tf
the home and lower grades of the
school is to, promote growth not
learning or mental discipline.
Healthy growth of the child is to he
promoted by the use of the muscles.
rather than through mental training
though this also is important.
Exercise increases the appetite.
enlarges the lungs, strengthens tho
heart, and stimulates all the vital
organs. On the growth and deyel-
opment of these vital organs life
and health directly depend. 1t forti-
fies the nervous aystem aga nst hys.
terra and weakness during adult
life. The strategic centre of health
and growth in the child lies in the
muscles rather than In the brain.
Hence the early years of school life
should be years of muscular educP-
ton mainly through games al d
plays. 1t is as much sin to rob d
child of his exercise as to nourisll
HIM unsufficiently. Parents and
| teachers must study the child in
, order to help to develop him pro
/ perly. G. STANLEY Hall of Massa.
chusetts, says, "What is the child
g Continued on last page)
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23
CITY GOVERNMENT
NOW IN new HANDS
Change Made Last Night--Mayor Jones
Hands Out the Plums--Jack Heggie
is Chief of Police.

The old council held it's final
session last night. Mayor Cruik-
shank presided and all councilmen
were present. The minutes of the
last meeting were read and ap-
proved,
Ordinance No. 1l0, providing for
the midnight closing of saloons.
came up for final reading Section
one was amended to include pool
rooms and bowling alleys. The
other sections of the ordinance were
adopted without amendments or
alterations, all ccuncilmen voted in
the affirmative, except Malone.
Ordinance No. Ill, prohibiting
the operation of slot ma 5hines in
The city was passed without E m nd
ment, all councilmen voting in the
affirmative.
Permits were granted to F. /.
Cruikshank, Jones, McLennan and
Douglas to erect fire proof buildings
on Main street.
The council extended the time fol
the laying of the sidewalks on the
north side of Lincoln avenue, be.
tween 9th and 7th streets, one yea
from July /, 1909, and that th'
walk then TO be laid shall be ccmen
instead of lumber.
The minutes of the meeting wer
then read and approved, after whicl
the council adjourned sine die
Retiring Mayor Cruikshank con
graduated the administration on tn
amount of work that had been don
during the past two years an
thanked the council for the assist
ance il had rendered him. He the
introduced Mayor Jones, who e1
pressed the hope that the new az
ministration would work ha
monlously and for the best interest
. of the city.
The officials having all previou
ly taken the oaths of Office, Il
clerk called the roll and all council
, men responded except Roberts.
E. F. Guyon was elected pres
dent of the council by naanimo,
vote.
The Mayor announced the folio
ing standing committees for en-
= ing two wears, the first named {
each committee being chairman:
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23

not necessary to ho'd cnroner's IN
quest. Death was caused from
heart trouble.
Mr.. McMurray was Al years of
age. He came to Liberty with his
parents when child and had lived
there ever since. He is survived
by his parent, and six children,
ranging in ages from to II years.
His wife died about years ago.
The funeral services were held al
the Liberty meeting house this after
noon at | o'clock.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23

Streets and Alleys-Mike Malone,
y. M. Phelps, VIM M. Roberts.
General Improvement-Wm. M.
Roberts, E f. Guyon, J. ]. Jones.
Law and Order-J. M. Phelps,
R Groo, Mike Malone.
Printing!. j. Jones, R. Groo,
E. Il. Guyon.
ordinancc-E. F. Guyon, J. NJ.
Phelps, r. Groo.
Finance-R. Groo, VIM. M
Roberts, J. J. Jones.
WaIer Works-Mike Malone, J.
M. Phelps, VIM. M Roberts.
Board of Health-E. f. Guyon,
r. Groo, J. ]. Jones.
The Mayor then submitted for
confirmation the folio wing list oi
appointments:
City A Attorney-T. L. Glenn.
City Fhyslcian-Dr. Poynter.
Chief of Police-John Heggie.
Night Poilce-John Knuiti.
Chief of Fire Departmental
ThieI.
Treasurer Fire Departmental
B. Whitman.
Secretary. Fire Department
Frank Miles.
Sexton-Fred Aegerter.
Building Inspector. o. NJ
Cart.
, Plumbing Inspector-W. C
Lam bert.
Road Overseer and Supt. of Wate
Works-Jake Jones.
. Weighmaster-Alex Tubbs.
/ On the confirmation of Hegg
: and Jake Jones, Councilmen Phell
n and Jones voted no. The other a
pointments were unanimously co
!. frmed.
r The Mayor then submitted his i
= augural message to the council
which was read by the clerk.
the message, which is quite length
the mayor recommends the enac
-, ment of certain ordinances and 4
carrying out of certain policies
the council. We have only time
" this issue to briefly mention a fe
Of the points in The message,
follows:
Recommends the ESTABLISHING
! # city scales and weigh master a
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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1909-04-23
K. OF P'S ENTERTAIN
GRAND CHANCELLOR

Idanha lodge, No. 8, Knights of
Pythlas, was favored last Tuesday
night with a visit from Grand Chan
cellor Sherman King. After the
routine work of the evening was
disposed of the members listened to
pleasing address from the visiting
official. Elegant refreshments, which
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The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-08
SOME VALUABLE BOOKLETS

The people whose names are on
Wilson & Toomer Fertilizer Com
pany's mailing list are truly fortu-
nate, for they are kept informed of
all the up-to-date ideas pertaining to
the production of the principal crops
of Florida. Only short time ago
this firm issued a booklet, entitled
Florida Vegetables" that contains
fcrty-six pages of articles on all gar
den products. This is followed by a
special booklet devoted to the Irish
potato industry, and cannot fail to be
of great value to potato growers. We
are promised new editions of their
valued fall Citrus Book and Florida
Soils to be sent out during this month.
These are prepared by a corps of ex-
perienced orange growers, under the
personal supervision of Mr.. Wilson.
All their publications are free and we
advise everybody to send for them.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-08
GOVERNMENT BY COMMISSION

Enid, one of the prosperous, grow
ing young cities of Oklahoma and the
southwest, adopted commission gov
eminent by a vote of two to one. Enid
is about the size of Coffeyville, Kans.,
which voted last week to adopt the
plan, and the progress made by these
two cities in the development OF the
new rule will prove of great value to
numerous progressive cities of the
same class in Kansas and Oklahoma,
if, indeed, further proof is needed
anywhere to demonstrate its advan-
tages over the old system.
Of the towns in Kansas in that class
of municipalities, Hutchinson and indie
pendence are already operating under
the new rule and realizing satisfac-
tory results. Tulsa, in Oklahoma, is
at work under the commission plan
and in a recent contract for paved
streets, thirty thousand dollars for
thirty blocks of paving as compared
to former contracts, were saved by
the property owners by the new rule.
Tulsa's experience ought to be all
that is needed to convince the smaller
cities that the modern plan is as adj
vantageous for them as for the great
er municipalities.
Enid is to be congratulated upon
Its early determination to adopt a
form of government that will give it
the opportunity to grow rather than
continue a system that impedes de-
velopmert because of its inef1ciency
and lack of direct business methods
in the administration of civic affairs.
Kansas City Star.
The Ocala banner. (Ocala, Marion County, Fla.) 1883-194?, 1909-10-08
DISCUSS MEASURES AND AVOID
PERSONALITIES

Hon. w. A. Blount of Pensacola has
announced his candidacy for the
United States senate.
With the entrance of Mr.. Blount
into the race, it gives the people i've
candidates from which to choose a
representative.
Hon. ]. P. Taliaferro OF jackson.
vile, the present senator, has made
no announcement or even intimated
that he would be in the race, but n
is conceded by his friends that he
will be a candidate He has made a
good record, is a strong man. and
has many supporters throughout the
state who will do all in their power
to have him returned.
Claude L'Engle of Tallahassee IA
making an active canvass of the state
and says he will keep it up until the
primary. Some have taken him as a
joke, but he is in the race. and will
develop more strength than many
think for.
Ex-Governor Broward of Jackson
vile is very strong man. a good
campaigner, and will make the cam
paign interesting from start TO finish
Judge Reeves is an able lawyer has
been in public life for a number OF
years and has large following. He
is especially strong in west Florida
and many friends will rally 10 his
standard.
1t is to be hoped that the candidates
will discuss the issues before the peo-
pie and leave all personalities out OF
the contest By discussion Of the
measures that affect the people. the
voters will be better prepared to cast
an intelligent ballot and elect the hes,
qualified man to serve them as sena.
tor.-Jasper News.