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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-10-14
THURSDAY. OCT. "A, 1909
GOVERNOR BRADrs METHOD.

The Idaho Falls Post says that
some of the appointments made by
Governor Brady are not endorsed by
any means by many of the people,
and that II is reasonable to assume
that they we're not the choice of the
Governor. but their names we're pre-
sented by different political factions.
and hat he had no other alternative
than to appoint them.
No stronger statement could be
made than this that Governor Brady
is part of a political machine OF this
state and that he owes his election
to pre- election promises and is under
obligatian to carry them out, no
matter how great may be the damage
to the state of Idaho nor how incom-
petent may be the appointees to fill
the positions to which they have been
appointed.
| Just such acts as these are what
make people lose confidence in pol
iticians and of6ceholders. But the
remedy of this wrong is near at hand.
People are becoming broad-minded
enough to turn down the politician
or chronic Office seeker, no matter to
what party he may belong, and are
becoming independent enough to 20
to the polls and cast their ballot for
the person whom they believe to be
the most competent to ill the office.
without considering his political be-
liefs. Any party that dominates in
competent men for any position
should receive the condemnation Of
the voters at the polls and few les
sons Of this sort will compel them to !
nominate good men instead of politi- |
clans. Along this line there Is no |
one that can do as much good as the |
independent press. If more of the |
papers would say to their party be-
fore the nominations that they would |
only support men whom they knew
to be competent to fill the Office, We
would have few incompetent Office
holders. If the voters will also give
strong support along this line 1t will
be but a short time until much good
will have been accomplished.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-10-14

There is no doubt about the graft
gang having tight grip on the state
Of Washington. With a supreme
court that can be bought for the cash.
a state senate that votes to clear an
official Who Is proven guilty of graft.
and a secret organization dispensing
public patronage. II would seem to
be time for an outraged people to
assert their rights and clean house
before the graft microbe causes such
serious state Of affairs that decent
people win avoid the state as they
would a cholera camp.-Coeur d
Alcnc Press.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-10-14

THOSE rock-ribbed Texas and Mis-.
souri, Democrats. who have always
been such strenuous supporters Of
Senator's Joe Bailey and VIM. J.
Stone of their respective states. must
nov find themselves in quite a diem
ma. since Mr.. Bryan has taken is
sue with those distinguished gentle
men on their peculiar tariff antics.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-10-14

Don't say that you didn't know
Nezperce and Culdesac high school
foot ball teams we're to play here
Saturday.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-10-14

The merchants of Nezperce carry
extensive stocks of the best merchan-
disc to be had. They advertise their
wares and make attractive prices on
them No wonder they get the bns
inessl
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-10-14

THOSE dear, delightful summer
days thought the man as he paid
for his winters fuel.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-10-14
NOTICE

We are nov receiving grain at our
Warehouse at NezpeTce and are pre-
pared TO receive all grain that comes.
Farmers Warehouse,
w. E. Baird, mgr.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-10-14

All persons knowing themselves in
debted to me viii please pay DR.
Charter at the Office.
]. II. Lewis. Dentist.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-10-14

The fact still remains that the
best wheat and fruit country on this
old earth is the Nee Perez Prairie.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-10-14

Everybody and their friends vii
see the foot ball game Saturday.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-10-14

Princess Flour is the prrest and
sweetest -four ever made.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-10-14

Princess Flour makes bread like
Angel Food Cake"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1909-10-14

Don't 60 to Alberta where the
principal crop Is icebergs. or Mexico
where Il Is volcanoes.
Harding & Ssellmon.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10
CAPITAL TO HAVE AUDITORIUM
Almost 100000 Subscribed, and Cor
poration Will Be Formed.

Almost 100000 was subscribed at a
public meeting at Washington toward
the erection in that city of a great
auditorium building, one of the objects
of which is to accommodate the nu-
merous conventions of national and
international character which meet
annually in the national capital, Sec
rotary of State Root, Assistant Sec
rotary Bacon and other public men
participated.
Fifty Well-known business men have
signed articles of Incorporation for
the proposed building, under the title
of the National Auditorium Company
of Washington. The site is in Seven
teenth Street Northwest, between the
Corcoran Art gallery and the Hall of
the Daughters of the American Revo-
luton. Among the subscribers are
Thomas F. Walsh and Levi P. Morton,
each contributing $4,000.
In urging the great necessity for
such an auditorium Secretary Root
declared that it is "undignif1ed and
most injurious to the city that the
present condition of affairs should
continue" This city, he pointed out,
was without an adequate building for
holding important conventions, the in
augural ball, etc., and the recent inter.
national tuberculosis congress had to
be housed in an unfinished building.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10
TYPES ARE QUICKLY MERGED.
Component Parts of Washington
Crowd Not Easily Distinguished.

The cosmoT olitanism >of a Washing.
ton apartment house is not to be
measured with a yardstick or worked
out according to table Of logarithms
1t is something of such delicate tex.
ture that it requires much experience
in "sizing up" humanity to detect it's
presence. To a careless observer, a
crowd gathered in the lobby of one of
them would be as deficient of types"
as a series of Gibson girl pictures.
II there were an American Dickens,
one who could evolve a panorama of
American characters as typical and
varied as Dickens literary children,
there could be no better place of OBJ
servation and inquiry than where the
confluence of Americans is common.
The pronounced types rarely come to
the capital, and even when an Ameri-
can arrives with some striking ear
marks of provincialism they wear off
with astonishing rapidity. 1t might
be q difficult task to find some one in
Washington addicted to the use Of
"we-uns' and ''you-uns,' but there are
parts of this great United States where
such expressions are not unusual. On
the whole. however, there is less dis
tinction in appearance, manners and
language between a resident of the
United Sta es living on the Pacific
coast and no her resident living 1000
milesaWay than there is between Eng
lishmen living in adjoining shires.
Even the Texas cowboy is said to be
becoming a memory in Texas towns,
and the east side, New York, dialect,
as it is popularity written, was never
used in the BoWery, except on the
stage. Nevertheless, there are shades
of distinction between the American
of one part of the country on the Amer
lean of another part, but they are fine
and not indelible.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10
Chief Justice, That's All.

There are very few people who
know the present designation of the
man who presides over the supreme
court" said Secretary of the Senate
Charles G. Bennett. Generally he is
referred to as the chief Justice of the
United States supreme court. In fact
he is the chief justice. That's his Off
cial title. Most Of our presidents in
nominating men for this Office have
fallen into the error of giving him the
long title. When George Washington
nominated Oliver Ellsworth of Con-
necticut for this post he described it
as chief justice of the supreme court
Of the United States. Andrew Jack
son made the same error in nominal
ing Richard B. fancy. So did Abra-
ham Lincoln when he appointed
Salmon P Chase. Grover Cleveland
was the first president to give the cor.
rect designation. When he appoint
ed Melville w. Fuller he nominated
him to be chief justice and nothing
else. Future nominations will be
framed in this fashion"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10
Wiley Runs Into Bad Chicken.

DR.. Fl. w. Wiley, the conservator Of
good food, almost broke up a dinner
party on dining car that is run be-
tween Washington and New York. The
car was we'll filled when he entered,
and seeing that roast spring chicken
was the headliner on the menu, he Or
dered it. When it was brought on he
examined it carefully and then call
ing the waiter to his side said in a
voice that carried throughout the car:
"This chicken has been in cold stor-
age eight months, three weeks, four
days and five hours. It has Bonassa
umbellas. Take it away" The din
ing car conductor took DR.. Wiley's
name, reported the incident to the gen.
eral superintendent of the dining car
service, and an order was subsequent
ly issued that no cold storage fowls
should be served on that railroad.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10
Pheasants and Generosity.

"Your markets are all right" said
the Briton, amid the stalls of venison,
dollhouse peaches, turkeys, California
strawberries, black bear and Florida
corn. but our markets at this season
are full of pheasants. We've got you
there. For all their extravaganza, your
millionaires won't lay out the money
to preserve the birds, eh?"
The New Yorker laughed.
ooh, won't they?" said he. go over
to Long Island, go to the Seward
Webb place in Vermont, and you will
find as good coverts as any in Eng.
land; as good shots, too, and as good
bags. Your English landlords sell
their pheasants after a shoot to mar
ketmen. Thus they get back some OF
the breeding expenses. But our Amer
lean land owners scorn such petty
economy. The pheasants shot on their
land are all given away to hospitals,
to the poor, to tenants and to friends"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10
SECRETARY ROOT TELLS STORY,
Retiring Official illustrates Difficulties
Of His Position.

There are days when the secretary
of state finds his friends smuggling up
with a view of taking care of other
friends who are holding down berths
in the foreign service. The diplomat.
ic and consular services are in a
way under the aegis of the civil serv.
ice, that is, a mans record on other
missions helps him more than the help
of powerful friends. But word from
the retiring secretary of state about
the efficiency of a certain diplomat or
consul will go long way toward
smoothing his way through the hnox
administration.
Mr.. Root is not an apprOachable or
genial man, but he has his moments
OF relaxation. He is president of the
Metropolitan club, and during the
Christmas recess he made several
visits to greet his old friends before his
| official status changed. He listened at
tentively to some chums who talked
up this ambassador and put in a
word for a friend in the consular serv-
ice. Then he said: Il will try to re-
member all this, and I will do the best
| can. Which reminds me of tale
which the late Lord Pauncefote told
with great gusto. Lord Pauncefote, as
all who were privileged to know him
will recall, suffered greatly from rheu-
matte govt in his later days. and he
walked stiffly and sometimes had to
use two canes. He went one after
noon to make a call, and he remained
quite long time, so long that the
horses got FESTIVE and the groom
walked them up and down the street.
When Lord Pauncefote left the house
the carriage was not in front, and
thinking there was some mistake in
his orders, he started to walk to the
embassy, which was only square or
two. But he had twinges of his old
enemy and the pavement was icy. He
was a large, heavily built man, and
he feared fall. While he was pom
dering over his dilemma, along came
young man in working clothes, and
the British ambassador, after cour-
teous salutation, asked: My friend,
will you walk beside me and help me
home? 1t is just a short ways, but l
am afraid of falling l shall greatly
appreciate it, The young man
looked him over and said, thickly:
old gent, l am pretty full myself,
bat I'll do the best l can, the
very best l cam That's my di-
lemma," ended Mr.. Root. Il am
pretty full of promises already on file,
but III do the very best l can"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10
Felt Bound to Make Good.

A woman in a trig riding habit, viii
in band and dog at side, was steppin
breezily along the tagging around TT
White House ellipse. Her hair wa
tucked under her derby; her tigh
jacket opened over a white shirt, wit.
mannish collar and tie, and the LITE
skirt revealed glimrses of patent
leather boots to the knee. To the
party of tourists who had filed out OF
the gallery across the way the woman
possessed all the value of free show
The half dozen members followed and
stared until she had outstepped them
when one of the party, who was evi
IDENTIFY undecided whether the trig
breezy figure was a he-woman or a
sherman, asked a passing native:
"Is that DR.. Mary Walker?"
The native answered with the au-
thority Of one who knows:
"Why, no, madam. That is Mrs.
Roosevelt"
OF course it wasn't Mrs Roosevelt
and you could tell by the way the
native said it that he knew it WASH t
Mrs. Roosevelt, still
All of us have our temptations.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10
Water Ways and Peace.

The use of common water ways has
always proven a prolific cause of in
ternational wrangling. The joint
navigation Of such waters, the joint
control of water power, the regulation
of fishing rights and the determina-
ton of the use of water in navigable
streams having their rise in one jur-
isdiction and their outflow in another
have led to interminable dispute.
Later inventions, especially the use
of water power for the development
of electrical energy, have only served
to increase the possibilities Of dissen-
sion. There has been continuous
unsettled water ways debate between
the United States and Great Britain
from the time of the colonies. 1t is
therefore Of most happy augury for
the future that treaty has been sue
cessfully negotiated by Secretary
Root and Ambassa Tor Bryce providing
for amicable adj lstment by a joint
high commission of all future water
way and boundary difhculties.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10

gridiron scheme of the regular rect
angular streets of Philadelphia, he
proposed a gridiron system broken by
diagonal avenues radiating from two
chief foci, the main one, the capitol,
and the other the White House.
These diagonal avenues, it must be
admitted, are mighty confusing to a
stranger. When he is wandering along
and suddenly energies into a parkway
from which six or eight streets di-
verge, it needs a level head and an
eye to topography to figure out how
to escape. But this disadvantage
passes away with familiarity and
then the great benefit of the diagonal
plan is apparent. Diagonal streets
give them the finest possible opportu-
mites for splendid vistas of architec-
ture and sculpture.
Washington is full Of "circles,"
where the diagonal avenues cross the
rectangular streets. These are little
parkWays, many of them, unfortunate
ly, distigured by poor statues. Per-
haps some day the town will have the
uGlNC W ScC Iltl vi lucSc plCCCS vi
sculpture and leave the circular spots
of green in all their original beauty.
The diagonal street plan was mere
ly one phase of L'Enfant's compre-
hensive scheme of grouping the pub
lie buildings. At one end of Pennsyl-
vania avenue he planned the White
House flanked by the treasury and the
state, war and navy department build
ings. At the other end of the avenue
on a slight hill he assigned the site
for the capitol, which to-day seems to
float in the air, veritable dream pal
ace, as seen through the mist from
the treasury steps.
South of the White House is the
Washington monument and the mile
and a half from the monument to the
capitol is laid off in the Mall. 1t is
expected eventually to clear off prac-
tically all the buildings south of Penn
sylvania avenue, thus extending the
Mall northward to this diagonal line
On this vast parkway in the heart of
the city the future government build
ings will be grouped. Magnificent OPP
portunities to obtain architectural eff
fects will be afforded by this plan.
Before many years this example is
going to be followed by other cities.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10
Schools to Teach the Use of Mails.

How to use the United States mails
and those of other countries will soon
be included in the education course in
the public schools of Newark.
Postmaster James L. Hays has been
advocating this for some time and
the committee of the board of educa-
ton which has charge of the course
of study has decided to advise its
adoption by the board.
Mr.. Hays says that the school chill
dren, even In the higher grades, know
little or nothing about the mails.
AS rule they could not even prop
erly address letter, emitting some
essential like the state or the city
or the street.
How to obtain a money order or
register a letter was more of a mys-
terry to boys and girls of IA or 15 than
to foreign.born residents.
OF the thousands Of letters sent to
the dead letter Office annually from
New York city, a large portion were
mailed by school children.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10
DEPEW AS A STORY TELLER,
He Protests That the Newspapers
Have Destroyed His Reputation.

Maybe it is a sign of age in Senator
Depew that he should undertake de-
Tense of his reputation as an after
dinner speaker. But he did the other
night, at semipublic dinner, where
he was known personally to most of
the diners, says the Cincinnati Times
Stars New York correspondent De-
pew let it be known that he felt al
ready the charge often made against
him that he told stories and cracked
jokes that had earned retirement eff
my stories are sometimes DID," said
he, "at least they are my stories, and
no ones else. The fact is, the news
paper is the ruin of the modern aft
er-dinner speaker. A good story is
aiken up, sent broadcast ascribed to
any one of thousand speakers rath-
err than the one who originated it,
his own story second time, he es-
capes Kissing only because of his au-
ditors good nature. Let me illustrate
by case in point. Years ago | was
asked to speak at a certain dinner.
sat down and thought. In the end l
invented several stories, among which
was one of the farmer who asked the
transportation department of rail
road for four freight cars to ship frog
in. The summer hotel down at the
point said he, has promised to take
all I can catch. And from the racket
them frogs out in my pond make
reckon | can ship four cars full and
leave enough for next years crop
But little later he revised his order.
I dreened my pond and l found that
two bullfrogs and tree toad had been
dom all that hollerin'.' Well, that
story was well liked, because it illus
trated point wanted to make. The
papers printed it. At the next dinner
I attended, the speaker who preceded
me told it as his own. I've heard that
story an average of twice year since
then, and | have never told it a Sec
ond time. And yet that was my story
The neWsrarcrs have destroyed me
as an after dinner speaker"
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10
Unappreciated Sympathy.

The soda-fountain clerk was en-
gagged in vigorously shaking up a
chocolate and egg, says a writer in
the Bellman, when suddenly the glass
broke in his hands, and the ensuing
deluge made him look like a human
eclair. The Mortified customer leaned
over the counter and tried to be SYM
pathetic. Not knowing exactly what
to say, he finally blurted out, consol-
ingly:
"Oh-er-too bad! Did the glass
break?'
Dripping from head to foot, the
clerk looked at him witheringly.
did the glass break?" he repeated.
did the glass break?" And then with
freezing sarcasm, "Oh, no, not at all!
You just happened to stop in while I
was taking my morning shower
Youths Companion.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10
REINTERRED AT SYCAMORE HILL.
Body of White House Pet Is Removed
from Washington.

To change the resting place of some
usual occurrence, but 1t has remained
for President Roosevelt to introduce a
novelty in the way of disinterment
and removal. Jack, the black-and tan
pet of Mrs. Roosevelt, which was
buried in the White House grounds
three years ago, now lies under the
sod at Sycamore Hill, the presidents
Sumnsar home at Oyster Bay.
Three years ago the members of the
presidents family gathered about the
large tree that stands near the south
portico of the executive Mansion and
witnessed the funeral held over the
remains of Jack.
The body of the dog was laid in a
special casket, and after it had been
lowered in the grave small lilac bush
was planted to mark the resting place
of the White House pet. Three iron
pickets were placed about the grave
to keep visitors from walking over it.
Now all these have gone, and the little
casket, containing the remains Of
Jack, and the small lilac bush are to
be found at Sycamore Hill, alongside
of the grave of Skip, another Roose-
welt dog.
Jack was slightly larger than the
ordinary black and tan and was a
most intelligent dog. Kermit and
Archie were Jacks instructors, and
under their tutelage he learned many
parlor tricks. Occasionally the presi-
dent himself would take a hand in the
education of the dog, whose perform.
ances were at times most amusing.
He could play dead dog" with the
dramatic effect of a Salvini and come
to life at the word police as quickly
as any tramp ever impersonated on
the vaudeville stage.
The enterprise. [volume] (Harlem, Mont.) 1899-1926, 1909-02-10
Hitchcock Is NoncommittaI.

Frank H. Hitchcock is as noncom-
initial on any subject as was the late
Senator Allison, of whom it was re-
lated that when some one said in the
senate in discussing bill to remove
the snow from the streets Of Wash
ington that ut will snow again." the
senator remarked: II will not go that
far. I will say it may snow again.
Hitchcock was besieged for news
when he returned here from Atlanta
the other day. Every question brought
an evasive answer. Finally one news
paper man said: "Will you. tell us
whether you like 'possum meat?"
mo, wouldn't like to say" said hs.
II have always made 1t q rule not
to reflect on anybody. not even q
'possum."