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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-02-19
PAYETTE.

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During this month we publish all
letters OF contestants without
correcting.-Ed.)
PAYETTE, Idaho, Feb. 17.-Great
excitement has been occasioned by the
find of gas in the we'll Of the
Ontario Cooperative Oil and Gas
Company at Ontario. Sevarl explo-
sions Of gas have occurred there late
ly. Two blow-outs occurred there
Monday and the flow of gas is now
stronger than at any previous time.
A strong flow Of gas is constantly
escaping from the mouth Of the we'll,
making continual roaring and hiss
ing sound that can be heard many
blocks away. The fumes of gas can
be scented quarter Of mile from
the we'll. A two-inch pipe has been
attached to the well and extends In
the air about Is feet above the a.
foot derrick. The escaping gas from
the well has been ignited and blaze
from 10 to is feet burns continually
and can be seen for miles around at
night, the tall derrick resembling a
light house. This blaze can be dis
tinctly seen at Vale, a distance Of is
miles. Another two-inch pipe has
also been attached to the mouth of
the well and extends about AZ feet to
the northwest and lighted and the
flames from this are stronger and
larger than the one at the top Of the
derrick. The we'll is located Just
south Of the town of Ontario, four
miles south of Payette.
The company has arranged to run
their machinery and drill with the
gas and dispence with the use of coal.
The well has been tested and
registered 160 pounds pressure. 1t is
thought that this is not the full power
of the well as the gas is compelled
to pass through about 2,210 feet of
mud and water in reaching the sur
face. 1t is claimed that 100 pounds
pressure of gas will light and fuel a
city as large as Portland, Ore, If this
Is true there is now gas enough es-
Gaping from the Ontario we'll to fur
nish light and fuel for Boise and all
the towns in the Snake river valley.
A stream of about 10 inches of
water is continually flowing from the
well being forced to the surface by
the gas pressure.
Payette Councilman and the Typist.
Councilman Jones advertised for
stenographer some time ago, and the
morning certain young lady applied
for the position at his office he was
In a rotten frame Of mind. Hence
the following conversation:
Munich chocolates?" he asked.
mo, sir"
Talk slang?'
"No SIR"
Make eyes at the fellows when
you' re not busy?"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-02-19
PRESTO ITEMS.

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letters of contestants without
correcting. -Ed.)
Miss Taylor had Lincoln day ex-
ercises at her school Friday, after
which she went to Blackfoot to spend
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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-02-19

Read the Payette items this week
and get wise on how to hire stem
ographer. u
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1909-02-19

Pocatello is making an effort to
get the next annual meeting Of the
Dry Farming congress.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-03-18
DIR, Abbott's Ideal Woman.

New York, March 15.-Dr. Lyman
Abbott says that the ideal woman
must not change her styles at the
dictation of Paris, nor should she
allow herself to become the servant
of the milliner and dressmaker.
In an address in Brooklyn, ne
said:
"A womans idea of modern In
dustry is playing bridge whist morn
ing and night. Her idea OF modern
life is to be supported by some one
else.
1.-THE ideal woman does not con-
slider work unwomanly. She believes
that whatever concerns her husband
concerns her. If the ideal woman's
family finds fault with her cooking
She does not blame the cooking; she
blames the food and changes it.
woman was meant to be mans
companion, and it the idea were
properly carried out, there would
be no afanities.'
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-03-18
His Wounds Self.Inf1icted.

Monticello, N. Y, March 15.-Ber-
nard Solomon, who was found dying
of a dozen knife wounds in his burn
ing house to-day and who told the
police that he had been attacked by
a neighbor named Berkowitz, to-
night confessed to the district attor-
ney that his wounds were self-infict-
ed. He had become tired of life, he
said, and after trying to kill himself
with a knife, had set fire to his
home.
His motive for blaming his condi-
ton on his neighbor was not dis
closed. Physicians say that Solo
mon can not live. He has been un-
conscious for the greater part of the
time since he was dragged from the
burning house by the police.
Berkowitz and two others, who
were arrested by the police on the
strength of Solomon's first story,
weer released tonight.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-03-18
EntOmbed in Well.

Laurens, March 15.-Entombed in
a caved-in well for five hours and a
half, John Fields, negro well dig
ger, was finally rescued without
further hurt than a few bruises on
the face. This accident occurred late
Saturday afternoon when Fields was
descending the walls of the well In
the backyard at Mrs. Eloise Shells
residence on Main street; a rock was
dislodged by the mans foot, precipi-
tating a general cave-in. But the
rocks did not fall the entire depth OF
the well; instead, they formed an
arch under which Fields was i'm
prisoned from o'clock until 10:30
that night. Great skill was evidenced
in removing the rocks without let
ting some fall and kill the unfortu-
nate man, after the arch was reach
ed, and broken.
When taken out, Fields was able
to walk to the street and get in a
carriage, his most serious hurts be-
ing slight bruises about the face.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-03-18
BATTLE WITH FISHERMEN.
FOUR PERSONS INJURED IN
FIGHT NEAR LANGLEY.
Wardens' Party Arrested on Charge
of Assault But Released Soon
After-None Seriously Hurt.

. Augusta, Ca, March 14.-Satur-
day night about o'clock Pink viii
liams and Charlie Weathersbee,
game wardens, Of the Langley game
preserves, Butler Weathersbee, the
Langley constable, and a party of
fishermen, who were fishing on the
preserves without the knowledge
and consent Of the wardens, got into
a fight, which ended with several
of the fishing party and one Of the
Wardens party being shot.
It is said that Pink Williams and
Charlie Weathersbee went out to the
preserves to see that no fishing was
being done. Upon arriving at the
pond they found the party fishing
with nets. Weathersbee wished to
have a witness for the illegal fishing
and sent Williams back to Langley
to bring another man as witness.
While Williams was gone the party
of fishermen, it is said, gave Wealth
and he left within the given time.
In the meantime Williams, who
had been sent back for a witness, re-
turned with Butler Weathersbee, the
Langley constable, who is a brother
of Charlie Weathersbee, and Will
Buck and Collie Watson. Williams,
Weathersbee, Buck and Watson
went over to the party of fishermen
and asked what had become Of the
other Weathersbee. The party seem
ed ignorant of the fact that they
were constables that had come for
their arrest, and told the officers
what they had done to Warden
Weathersbee. Upon the officers try
ing to arrest the party, the fisher
men opened fire.
The fight ended when Charlie
Weathersbee was wounded in his left
arm. Jesse Bush, one Of the fish
ermen, received wounds in both
legs below the knee, and hole
through his hand. He made his es-
cape, and it was thought he was
dead. Later his hat was found, in
which there were 16 holes. He re-
turned to Langley yesterday morn
ing.
Proctor, another fisherman, re-
ceived a shot in the head. Ripley,
also a fisherman, was shot in the
head. The fishermen are said to
have gone to Langley from Warren
Vile. None were seriously hurt.
Later in the day a warrant was
sworn out by the fishing party
against Williams, Weathersbee and
Buck, who were charged with as
sault. They were arrested and car
ried to the Aiken court house. DR..
w. B. Wright, of Langley, and Su-
perintendent A. T. Smith, of the
same place, went to Aiken and Sc
cured their release.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-03-18
Mother Shot by Her Son.

Aiken, S. c., March 16.-News
comes to this city of the accidental
shooting of Mrs. Ben Richardson,
former resident of Aiken, by her lit
tie son, Ralph, on Saturday night,
March 13. The child, who is about
five years old, was testing the gun
to see if it was loaded, when it went
off, the whole load striking his
mother in the right side. She died
in a short while and before medical
aid could reach her.
Her maiden name was Murrah.
The remains will be inferred at the
cemetery of the Harmony Methodist
church, near Johnston, S. c., in the
neighborhood of her childhood
home.
She leaves a husband and three
children to mourn her loss.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-03-18
The Civic Association.

A woman can:
Abolish unnecessary noise.
Establish travelling libraries, and
SO bring reading matter within the
reach of all.
Clean up her own back yard and
make it such a thing of beauty that
it will be an inspiration to her neigh
bors.
See that the health of her fellow.
citizens is cared for by securing the
appointment of a public nurse whose
duty is the care and instruction Of
the poor.
Insist upon paved sidewalks.
Demand clean streets, and gel
them.
Get rid of tramps by having an
ever-ready town woodpile. No work
no pay.
Beautify her street with window
boxes.
Prevent telephone and telegraph
companies from hacking off and mu'
tilating the branches of trees.
Arouse public interest in the pub
| lie welfare.
Keep her garbage box clean and
covered, and insist upon her fellow
citizens doing the same.
Regulate the public care of the
aged, sick, insane and paupers, sc
that only sane, wholesome and hu
name treatment of these dependents
is possible.
Establish night schools.
Visit the prisoners and brighter
their lives.
Teach the poor to save by estab
fishing a savings collection with
door-to-door bank collector.
Teach the poor to live by means
of the visiting housekeeper.
| Insist upon clean slaughter
houses.
Enforce the laws which forbid
expectoration in public.
Beautify her city as did the wo
men of Portland, Ore., by planting
roses along the thoroughfares.
Place drinking fountains within
the reach of man and beast.
Insist that her children be taught
by competent teachers.
Rid the town of the smoke nuis
ance.
Open rest rooms in public build
ings for public comfort.
| Open kindergartens, schools, mis-
sions, recreation centres.
Apply her knowledge upon ever!
household matter to the larger fielt
of municipal and State housekeep
ing with magnificent results.
She can, because she has done
every one of these things. Ane
when she does them, all towns ane
cities will be clean, happy, whole
some places in which to live.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-03-18
Destruction of Orchard Rubbish.

Just at this season of the year..
those orchardists who have not al-
ready done so, should make careful
inspection of the premises, removing
and burning all dead and dying
wood. 1t is in just such places that
many of our most injurious erchards
pests pass the winter. And besides.
such rubbish serves as an Ideal
breeding ground for many OF these!
insects. 1t will only be few days
now before most of these insects VIII
have left their places Of protection TO-
begin their work of destruction upon
the budding orchards, then it will be-
too late for action. 1t is extremely
important that some action In the
matter be taken Immediately. There
are many orchards in the state tn-.4
tested with San Jose scale that have
been pruned and the badly infested
material left lying in the orchards
This mistake should be corrected, be-
cause such infested material is o.
menace to the rest of the orchard
and to the whole community IN
which it is found, being constantg
source of infection. Then, there are
those trees that are heavily infested
with the Shot-Hole Borer, recognt1-
ed by the small round holes In the
bark, resembling those made BY
number shot and usually general
unhealthy condition of the tree.
This insect passes the winter as q
small white grub in it's burrow In
the dead tree, emerging in spring az
small brownish beetle. Trees are,
often completely girdled by this in-i
sect, causing them to die In the
course of few weeks. Besides the
two just mentioned, there are
numerous other insects that inhaMt
dead wood and rubbish lying around
the orchard. No one will attempt
to deny the fact that by destroying
all prunings, dead branches and
trees, and other rubbish about the
orchard the coming generation OF
insect pests will be considerably de-
creased, rendering control more
practical and certain.
It is therefore to the advantage OF:
every individual owning an orchard.
whether it be one of commercial i'm
portance or merely one for home
consumption, to put forth every ef-5
fort to get the orchard as free az
possible from any dead or dying
wood before the pests emerge from
their winter quarters.
Don't put this matter of till to-
morrow or some time next week,
nor pile the prunings just outside:
the orchard, but destroy them COM
pletely by burning and do this fna-:
mediately.
w. A. THOMAS,
State Entomologist
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-03-18
IN THE PALMETTO STATE
SOME OCCURRENCES OF VARIOUS
KINDS IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
State News Boiled Down for Quick
acknowledgements About
Men and Happenings.

Will Campbell, a negro train hand
employed in the Seaboard yards at
Greenwood, had his legs cut of
while at work in the yards early
Wednesday morning, and died sew
eral hours later from the effects OF
his injuries.
Young Wade Cothran Pinson, who
was convicted of manslaughter in
Laurens for the killing of his friend
Boyce, was sentenced to serve two
years in the penitentiary. His at
torneys have appealed to the State
Supreme Court.
A hearing was had before Judge
D. E. Hydrick, in Columbia, last
week in the matter of application
for a receiver for the Southern
States Trust Co., and the judge re-
fused the application. This means
that the concern can keep on doing
business.
There is a movement on foot in
Charleston to erect an eight-story
office building, to be known as the
Peoples National Bank building, this
institution occupying the first floor
Mayor Rhett, president Of the bank,
is pushing the matter. This will nc
doubt be the tallest building in
Charleston.
w. P. Meetze, a young white man
of Lexington county, was arrested
last week on the charge of obtaining
money under false pretenses, the
charge being brought by Lexington
bank He was released upon paying
the amount of the transaction, and in
this it seems that the bank was COM
pounding a felony.
At the recent session of the legis-
lature $500 was appropriated for
a monument to the women of the
Confederacy, this amount to be avail
able when a like amount had been
contributed by the citizens of the
State, thus making the monument
cost $4,000. The State newspaper
has begun the raising of this $500,
itself heading the list with 500.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-03-18
Lyens Trial Begins.

Jessup, Ca, March 1.-two hun
dred talesmen were summoned to-
day and an effort will be made to-
morrow to select a jury to try For
mer Sheriff w. NJ. Lyons and his son
Former Deputy F. Lyons, for the
killing of NJ. Fleming Smith, a drug
gist, here on the night of December
IA, 1908. 1t is not thought a
change of venue will be asked
though the feeling here at the time
of the killing was such that the
father and son, the county's officers
were removed to Chatham county
Jail for safekeeping. They are now
in jail here. Women here are col
lecting funds to erect a monument
to the alleged victim of the former
officer, claiming he "died to protect
the name of a woman
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-03-18
TILLMAN ALL RIGHT.
The Senior Senator is Apparently as
Well as He Ever Was.

Senator and Mrs. Tillman spent a
couple of hours in Columbia to-day.
Senator Tillman was on his way
home from the meeting of the trus-
tees of Clemson college. Mrs. Till
man had been on a visit to relatives
at Greenwood.
Senator Tillman looks remarkably
we'll. He said that he had never felt
better. His face is well filled, his
complexion ruddy and healthy, and
altogether he looks well. He is de-
voting himself to indoor exercise and
says it is fine.
Senator Tillman says that the
Clemson board transacted consider
able business. The board has asked
that Major Marcus B. Stokes, orig
inally of Hampton county, be de-
tailed to Clemson College as COM
mandant to take the place of Capt.
Minus, resigned.
Senator Tillman expects to spend
month in Trenton, as he does lot
think the Democrats can do very
much in the tariff situation, and he
is satisfied that the Republicans will
carry out their policies.
Senator Tillman talks with much
interest about his fight against the
confirmation of the appointment of
DR.. Crum, and said that one of the
remarkable things about his fight
was that for hours he held up sixty
senators while he was relating his
"reminiscences of reconstruction and
his fight with McLaurin.
The senator says he feels quite
well enough to 60 out on another of
his lecture tours, and incidentally
he thinks that the wild talk" in
which he indulged while on his lee
turing tour had done much to clear
up the atmosphere with regard to
the race question.
Mrs. Tillman says that Senator
Tilman is not to 60 on any more lee
ture tours, but she is quite willing
for him to go to Europe again. Co.
lumbia special to News and Courier.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-03-18
Colored Flagman Hurt.

Virgins, S. c., March 13.-While
on an east bound special from Green
Pond to Virgins on the Westmore-
land Lumber Corporation railroad,
Edward Frazier, a colored flagman,
was run over and lost both feet in
some way. He was on engine No. 4,
and opened a switch to direct the
special to Virgins. He made false
attempt to run under the moving
train and fell with both feet under
the train and the heavy weight of the
mogul crushed both feet off.
He was brought here for medical
aid. DR.. Daniels, assisted by Dr.
Ackerman, of Walterboro, made the
necessary amputation. There is nc
danger Of his losing his life, however,
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-03-18
CANNON STILL ON TOP.
Republicans, Aided by So-called
Democrats, Retain Old Rules.

Washington, March 15.-Uncle
Joe Cannon is still on top in the
house. At one time the Democrats
and insurgents defeated his auto
cratic rules, but when Champ Clark
proposed to adopt the resolution
agreed on in the Democratic caucus
for general revision of the rules,
% Democrats, including five Georgia
members, bolted and voted with the
machine Republicans for mild re-
vision proposed by Fitzgerald, of
New York, who led the bolt, and the
boilers and the Cannon Republicans
voted to give Cannon the power of
appointing committees, including
the rules committee, with practical
ly the same powers as before. The
five Georgia boilers were Livingston,
Griggs, Howard, Edwards and Lee.
The insurgents stood manfully to
their guns and the fight against Can
non would have been won except for
the bolt of the Democrats.
The bolt of Fitzgerald was gen.
orally expected. He has been slated
by Cannon as a member of the i'm
portant committee on rules. If the
Democrats had won their fight to-
day the appointment of committees
would have been taken out of the
speakers hands and Fitzgerald
would have missed the appointment.
It is expected that all the boilers
will be given good committee as
signments. Only nine of them are
from the South, the five Georgians,
Broussard and Estopinal from Louis
lana, who, by the way, are nearly al
ways counted on to vote with the Re-
publicans, Sparkman, of Florida,
and Moon of Tennessee.
Six of them were New Workers,
the Tammany crowd, the other eight
are from different Northern and
Western States.
The regular Democrats are very
much wrought up over the action of
the boilers, who may be ruled out
of the party caucus, because the Den
yer platform is so explicit upon the
question of revising the rules of the
house so as to take the autocratic
power away from the speaker. The
rules adopted, it is true, take away
small modicum of this power, but
leave him with the most important
and most dangerous power.
The Cannonites are jubilant to-
night, for although they did not get
all they wanted, they got the COM
promise which it is believed had the
sanction beforehand of Mr.. Cannon,
and as soon as it was proposed by
Mr.. Fitzgerald word was passed
around among the Cannon Republi-
cans to vote for it, as it was all
right. Another reason why it is
generally believed that the Fitz-
gerald substitute was prearranged
with Mr.. Cannon is that the speak
er was quick to recognize Fitzgerald
after the previous question on the
democratic resolution was voted
down. Several wanted to be recog-
nized, but the speaker somehow saw
only Mr.. FITZGERALD
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1909-03-18
Father and Son Charged With MUIR
der.

Jessup, Ca, March 14.-W. B.
and F. A. Lyens, father and son,
and at the time of the killing, sher-
if and deputy sheriff of Wayne
county, Georgia, will be brought
here from Savannah to begin their
trial for the murder Of Fleming
Smith, a druggist. The prosecution,
it is said, will try to prove that Smith
was murdered because he offered to
help raise a fund to prosecute Sher-
if Lyons, because of remark he
made about a woman" More than
20 pistol shots were fired in Smith s
store here at the time of the kill
ing and it is said the only witness,
besides the father and son, was hid
den under q counter in the store.