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The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-03-24


Late that evening message was
received at the hotel addressed:
Mgr Inland Transportation Co.
Lewiston,
Idaho.
I'm Haste.
Felix Warren was notified, and
came into the hotel, tearing open
and reading the message, as it was
handed to him.
One hand reaching up pushed his
broad trimmed hat to the back of his
head His fingers plowed through
his dark matted hair, and he stood in
an attitude of deep meditation,
scanning the message before him.
A smile was seen to creep from his
eyes, spread, over his whole face,
and burst at last into hearty laugh.
That's you old fellow! and I'll
bet on it. I'll give you a touch of
high life this time, or Ill eat the
whole Inland Transportation outfit"
This he said, addressing the sender
of the message, then turning to those
about him he asked:
Say, fellows, do you remember
that big red headed expert that came
into this country few years ago, to
examine some placer ground in the
Salmon river country for the Stand
ard Oil people''
He was the big guy that the fol-
lows DUBBED 'Vermillion' from the
dash of his name. Always talking
about the States as though we weren't
part of them. Give you the lead in
the story every time and then go one
better. Made me tired. took him
into the Salmon country and he bored
me all the way telling all the places
he had been. Took us all for for
eigners out here, and treated us as
though he thought that we had been
born on the side of the mountain
yonder and had never seem the other
side.
Il could have stood his boosted
egotism, if he hadn't tried to give
me pointers in holding the ribbons
and steering pioneer cruisers down
these slopes. He seem to have been
acquainted with all the stage drivers
this side the Rockies, and know more
about their business than the best of
EN-"
Thisw the most sensitive point
with Felix. He could stand almost
any kind of slur or bluff, provided
you recognized the fact that Felix
Warren was the king of stage drivers,
this side of the Rockies or any other
side. This proud title was unani-
mously conceded to Felix by all who
knew him.
This title, Vermilion had refused
TO honor, thereby mourning the il
will of Felix and Felix only needed
the opportunity to show him what I
real western stage ride actually was,
This opportunity seemed now at hanc
and was the cause of his outburst upor
reading the message
Don't you remember himi" a,
gain asked Felix rather excitedly, ane
answering his own question continued
well, you bet your life | do, and
am going to let him know it too, fol
here he comes again. waving the
message toward the listeners
Wants me to meet him in Union.
town at to-morrow's train, and take
him up to Centre. In big hurry
Always in big hurry! Heap big maj
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The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-03-24

horses and cattle grazing.
A long deep toned whistle sounded
at the mouth of the canyon, and all
eyes turned to see the steamboat just
emerging into the open valley.
While intently watching this interest
ing sight, cheer went up from the
crowd in the street, all eyes turned
to the top of the Uniontown grade,
and there, coming like streak OF
lightning, was Felix.
His four magnificent mountain
climbers certainly felt their oats.
Their heads Haunting their names in
the evening breeze, told that the
thrill at the heart of the driver, had
passed down the reins to every bit.
Felix Warren understood horse
as few men ever did or ever will
understand them. He had the pow
er of making them understand his
slightest wish and was enabled to in
spire them with his dash and daring.
Would he dare to strike the grade
at his present speed, went up from
every hearth If so, how would he
ever control them, when the greater
momentum was reached, as the
heavy coach plunged down the steep
pitches3
For some distance the road follow
ed the crest of the mountain, then
began a gradual descent that increased
in pitch down the steep side in full
view of the valley below. AS the
stage struck the top of the grade,
Felix gave his whip full swing over
the leaders and cried out, Prince!
Duke" for this was the royal team
of the Inland Transportation, of
which Felix was body, mind and
soul. The horses understood the
Injunction, and instead of Stacking as
usual, struck the grade at full speed.
With disinterested air, Felix had
led his victim into his usual strain,
and as the top of the hill was reached
he was at the climax of thrilling
stage experience in the Cascades.
But when the horses started their
down course, he stopped and looked
at the driver, fearing that his inter
esting story had so absorbed his atten-
ton that he was unconscious of the
! hazardous hill ahead of them. Not
So Felix looked up as the story had
suddenly ceased and said.
Yes, fine roads over in that
country. Used to stage it over there
myself in the seventies. Not like
his cou ntry, all good roads over there.
The roads in this country are some
thing fierce Have to go awfully
slow and watch every turn
j AS he said this the team swung
around short rocky point, the stage
fitting up on two wheels so that the
passenger grasp the seat with one
hand and threw the other about the
waist of the driver. Unheeding his
his movement, the long lash again
swung out over the leaders with a
gunshot pop, followed by a shrill
whistle and the encouraging remark
don't get lazy, boys, we are in a
hurry, don't get lazy" And then
proceeded with his story as though
they were seated in the hotel Office.
You see these roads are fright.
The rocks come tumbling down the
side of the mountain and lodge ir
the road, and if we don't go rea
slow we would be, likely to strike
one and go tumbling down over the
grade"
Pointing down the steep gorge,
along which they were dashing,
Felix remarked in an Indifferent
manner that thing eats up more
teams and coaches than the whole
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1909-03-24

following in
the Pioneer Club bek consider
Pulse, Geo D. Smith, Norman Addison, DR. Mack Williams and
John Byrom-ED
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Continued on page y
New-York tribune., 1909-04-11

BECAME So interested II watching this end
less stream et coal as It flowed INTO the hold.
much IN the same manner that water flows out
~ the buckets .u the endless chain II q pump.
that I timed them as they reached the end ut
The chain. and found that they were dumping
the coal INTO the seemingly Unsuitable stomach
g the transport II tLerate ut slNty-tlve baskets
minute. As we Were being loaded at eight
ports q little work with pencil and paper viii
Show the -aridltE with which We were taking
.r fuel
Gangs relieve one another 1T stated periods
.-t these periods were long ones, and we mar
Es.ei II III, endurance Of the little japanese
women, al. can stand for hours -1rklng like
beavers auG al the time laughing and chatting
ID the best .- humor. They receive for their
.l4v- work al ut ten cents and somefool during
the intervals # rest. The boys receive about
rhrc, cents for their work. On goes the loading
lv vlaE--g.t .-ll i necessity demands all during
the night Huge e.eyr-. lights are hung overthe
side. making It as bright as day and the little
tIg-l-eS their bright culured dresses and heads
wrapped IN bright cloths TO keep out the coal
dust make O. most weird scene during the night
when al who are nnr compelled u be up are
Sleeping. Then IN. noise II the chatter almost
ceases. and only o. hum or uurmur seems To-
come uE from the side a. the ship O. hull one
2. Sleep. a- z --. ue the night III question.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12
WASBIbGTAhGLADDEN.L-LT
AUTHOR cr''
a REc0LLEoTIO@S:-

Jimmies' AT Home with the Jsrdines,
Price. Sl.5o.
last big commission of two years be-
fore in a stock farm in the most ex-
pensive part of Long island where
they chose. as an innocent pastime.
the raising OF Arabian horses. Why
Long island, when even millionaires
put stock farms over in cheaper Jer-
sey. no one could tell Even the Mum
sons themselves had no answer to that
question, but then the Munsons had
no adequate answer TO any question
Of expediency."
The tenth chapter in this book could
be quoted entire and IL might do some
good TO thoughtless persons-not to
real criminals, but to the sort who
have never realized that their mis-
deeds had so ugly name as stealing.
In this chapter Miss Bell tells of the
filching Of ideas by authors and play
wrights from each other, and so strong
are her arguments and so feelingly
Hre they expressed that one knows in
stinctively she has herself suffered
from some literary pickpocket.
Some of the chapters of this book
have appeared in magazines and make
almost complete episodes in them
selves. The book is most charmingly
written and should add new leaves TO
the authors crown of laurel.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12
"The Lost Mine of Mono"

BY c. H. b. klette. Published by the Cochrane
publishing company, New York. Price, 81 CO.
This is the narrative of an adventure
which hefeil pleasure party in the
high Sierras of California. 1t opens
with the appearance of Paul Darlington
at the ranch of his friend, Waring. In
discussing a quartz specimen Waring
tells of meeting in the mountains some
years before a stranger, who. they
find, is Carringtons uncle.
The next morning the party starts.
It's members have heard of the tabled
mine; they listen with ayidity to, every
detail. At the Deerhorn meadows a
mysterious fire appears on the brow
of butte that rises above the basin
just north of Spirit mountain. In max
ing the ascent of the mountain they
come upon hut in the depths of the
forest, where they find man dead
upon his cot. the stranger Waring had
met, and Carringtons uncle. Car
rying the dead mans possessions.
among them a diary which in letter,
strangely enough addressed to him,
Waring has been asked to deliver to
the hermits daughter. Ida, the party
returns to camp. There one of the
party, Sutcliff, displays bit of quartz
identical with that at the ranch, which
he found.
Waring, accompanied by Paul deliv-
ers the packet. 1t develops that the
girl, a perfect stranger whose person
ality has attracted him, has been the
object of his secret alteration. Cir
cumstanees prevent the party from re-
turning until the following summer.
When in camp the night before they
reach the scene of their adventure War
ing relates the tale of the hermit's life
The loss of his wife, it seems, has
benumbed the faculties of the uncle.
The romance of the lost mine possesses
him. Its location is the secret of the
chief. whose life Darlington saves. As
a reward he Is about to divulge it,
when a halfbreed kills him. The white
man is not molested. Enough has been
said to locate the spot, though the mino
itself still remains undiscovered. In
the quiet of the place the faculties
of the man revive and he develops
clairyoyant powers. Finally, he passes
away attended by spirit friends while
awaiting the arrival of Waring and
his companions, whose appearance is
due to suggestion given by Rose.
A strange conyulsion seizes the
mountain that night, and on it's arrival
at the site of the previous years ad-
venture the party find it swept in q
mighty avalanche into the canyon be-
low.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12

leadership of the protest against So
licitation of funds for missionary work
from such sources as the head of the
Standard oil company, and in the
speedy effectiveness of that protest,
derided though it was at first by many
men and many journals, who ought to
have known better.
It is most readable and rewarding
Look, looking out as it does upon life
foursquare. north. south, east west in
place of taking hasty glance in
single direction-and because of this
broad outlook, ii has in 1t the spirit of
healthy optimism coupled with the dis
elimination OF an intelligent and well
seasoned critic of affairs
He has been a busy man, serving
acceptably and effectively the import
ant cnurc--es of which he has been pas
tor in North Adams, in Springfield,
Mass, and In Columbus, O., giving all
the while in generous measure time and
strength as well to colleges, to social
reform and to efforts after clean poll
tics. His output of literary work as
evidenced in the 81 books and in mag
azine and newspaper articles by the
hundreds. has been made possible by
the fact that most of it first passed
through his pulpit did you ever hear
me presch?" Coleridge asked Charles
Lamb. Never heard you do anything
else," replied Lamb. MY friends are
quite entitled to say the same thing
about me-" says Doctor GLADDEN., and
| do not wish from them any other
verdict. Only insist that the pulpit in
these days has wide field open TO ii
and that everything which helps to
prepare the kingdom for which we
pray is within the purview of the
preacher" In this volume most of the
great themes which engage the judg-
ment and the conscience of this eager.
modern life of ours come in for notice,
for eiucidation and for a wise and
friendly lift in such a way as to make
fI,a hook a most zffp,rrl&, ft,,
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12
"a Volunteer With Pike"
By Robert Ames Bennett, author {

By Robert Ames Bennet author OF For the
White Christi etc. Published by A. G. Ne
Clurg & Co., Chicago. Price, s1-5O.
When DR.. John Robinson released the
mud stalled carriage in which the fair
Senorita Alisanda Vallois and her uncle.
Don Pedro, were approaching Washing
ton he took the first step in romance
that was destined to link his fortunes
for a while with those of Aaron Burr,
carry him through perils innumerable
across the continent with Colonel Zebu-
lon Pike to where, far on the other
side of the snow clad peak. his Ali
sanda waited, he thought. for his COM
ing.
The tale is told in the first person
and Colonel Robinson proves a graphic
story teller. The history in the story
is real history. with no exaggeration
for dramatic effect. We meet such
famous historical personages as Aaron
Burr. Blennerhassett, Pike, President
Jefferson, General Wilkinson, Daniel
Boone. Teeumseh and many other char
acters of that day.
Doctor John believes in love at first
sight. After meeting the president and
dining at the White House he falls In
love with Senorita Vallois. all in the
course of one day busy day for him.
but not less so than all the days of his
life, for love, intrigue and dangers in
those stirring days of Thomas Jeffer-
son were matter of course Visions
of empire were yet a menace to the
young republic, and before he knows 1t
Doctor John is involved in the Aaron
Burr conspiracy.
Doctor John and his Spanish sweet
heart are led through dramatic scenes
OF social gayety at the capital, distress
on the wild frontier and hnal imprison-
ment aboard British man-of-war,
IT is of specia1 interest to the readers
of Mr.. Bennet's former books to note
the versatility of the author. His
For the White Christ" and Into the
Primitive" dealt with two sections of
fife far removed in time, location and
interest, and now comes his new story
drawn from the most vital period of
American history. and exhibiting a still
wider range
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12
By Charles R. Brown, ID.


lived TO see technical training unduly
overshadow cultural studies, and to see
the formative influence Of a great per-
sonality in college somewhat OBJ
scured by the emphasis placed upon
those lines OF study which will make
the man more marketable.
His treatment of the foiiies which
followed the war in the unwise at
tempts at reconstruction and his esti-
mates of men and measures at that
period is most admirable He has
many a wise word, born of personal
participation in efforts for civic ad-
vance, 10 say of municipal government
He was the editor of the New York
tndependent when Boss Tweed stole
somewhere from one hundred to TWO
hundred millions Of the peoples money,
and then impudently asked, What
are you going to do about it?" Doctor
Gladden's reJoinder in an editorial tho
week following was this: we are go
ing TO turn you and your creatures out
Of office. We are going to get back AS
much OF the booty you have stolen as
we can We are going TO use our best
endeavors to send you to your own
place, the penitentiaryl We are going
TO make the city and the country too
hot to hold your II was brave word
OF faith. but il proved prophetic-in
less than three months his hopes were
substantially realized by the aroused
and resolute civic pride in the city Of
New York.
The reader will be intensely inter-
ested in the chapter on Horace Greeley.
honest. earnest, forcible, warm hearted,
blundering man that he was, up to the
hour OF his death. and his unhappy
presidential campaign. He will be in
terested in the chapter on the trial of
Professor Thwing Of Chicago and the
general futility of heresy hunting; in-
ested also in Doctor Gladdens s
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12
Concrete Pottery and
Garden Furniture"

By Ralph c. Dawson. Published by Mum 4
Co., New York. Price s1.5o.
This work should appeal strongly to
all who are interested in ornamental
concrete, as the author has taken up
and explained in most practical man.
ner the various methods of casting con-
crete into ornamental shapes. The
titles Of the IS chapters OF which the
book is composed will give a general
idea OF the broad character of the work.
The first two chapters explain a most
unique and original method of working
pottery which has been developed by
the author:
/. Making wire forms or frames 2
Covering the wire frames and modelling
the cement mortar into form. g. Plaster
molds for simple forms 4. Plaster
moids for objects having curved out
lines. 5. Combination of casting and
modeling-an Egyptian vase. 6. Glue
molds. Z. Colored cements and methods
used for producing designs with same.
s. Selection of aggregates. 3. Wooden
molds-ornamental flower pots mod eled
by hand and inlaid with colored tile.
10. Concrete pedestals. II. Concrete
benches. II. Concrete fences. 13. Mis-
cellaneous. including tools, waterproof
ing and reinforcing.
The chapter on color work alone is
worth many times the cost of the book,
lIdS4l uCIl 6S lntIt Is little KNOWN on
this subject and there is a large grow
ing demand for this class of work. The
author has taken for granted that the
reader knows nothing whatever about
the material. and has explained each
progressive step in the various opera
tions throughout in detail These direc-
tions have been supplemented with half
tones and line illustrations. which are
so clear that no one can nisunderstand
them. The amateur craftsman who has
been working in clay will easily appre-
ciate the adaptability Of concrete for
pottery work, inasmuch as it is cold
process throughout, thus doing away
with the necessity Of kiln firing, which
is necessary with the former material.
The book is we.4 got up and is printed
on heavy coated paper and abounds in
handsome illustrations throughout
which clearly show the unlimited pos
sibiIities of ornament ntation in concrete.
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12
Books Received

1.-THE Power OF Speech" By Edwin G. Law
renee; Kinds, Noble & Eldredge. New York.
Rum and Ruin. the Story OF DR.. Caldwell"
By Edward r. Roe; Laird & Lee. Chicago.
Elsie and the Arkansaw Bear" by Albert B.
Paine; Henry Altemus company, Philadelphia.
Heavenly HeFeties." BY Lyman p Powell: G.
P. Putnam's Sons, New York
''Longshore Boys" By W. o. Stoddard Jr.: J.
B. Lippineott company. Philadelphia.
',The Crime OF the Congo" by A. Conan
Doyle; Doubleday. Page & Co, New York
The Book OF Restoration Verse" by William
s Braithwaite; BrentanO's, New York
The Wisdom of Thomas Cariyle'' By Edward
@. Marsh; Brentano's, New York.
s'Rhoda OF the Underground" BY Florence
Finch Kelly; Sturgis Walton company. New
York.
'-Short Cut Philosophy" By Albert W. Macy:
sturgis & Walton company, New York
Poems" by Oscar Wilde; Brentano's, New
York.
"Giri and Woman" BY Caroline Latlmer, d.
Appleton & Co., New York.
Friendship Village Love Stories." by Z0na
Gale; the Macmillan company. New York.
"A Wave OF Life By Clyde Fitch; Mitchell
kennerley, New York.
'@The Rosary" By Florence L Barclay; c. P.
Putnam's Sons. New York.
American Inland Waterway By Herbert
Quick; G. p. Putnam's Sons. New York.
'grhe Story OF Dutch Painting" BY c. Fl.
Coffin the Century company, New York
Words and Phrases Calendar: West publish
ing company, St. Paul
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12

AWE have had 81 books from the pen
N.Y. Of Doctor GLADDEN.. good books
w all, and in "RecoIlections" we
have a book both good and great. He
has lived through 7s eventful years,
and by his editorial connection with
the New York Independent. his pastor
ates Of influential churches and his re-
lation TO important civic and industrial
movements. ne has been a significant
part OF much of that history in this
countT-.
He was present when a Christian
pastor who ventured TO pray that we
Fnight remember our brethren in
bonds" was rebuked by his church Of
fcials for bringing politics into the
pulpit and dismissed He lived TO see
such an attitude OF mind as extinct
as the dodos He began his Christian
life when nearly ali intelligent, con-
scientfOus young men were puzzled and
dfscourag ged by the wooden dogmatism
taught in the majority OF churches-he
has lived TO see religious teaching in
the main become rational and vital.
he began his life when a personal for
tune ample then, would be esteemed
according to present estimates hardly
q modest competence He saw the
really huge fortunes pile up, made pos
sible blythe commercial chances at the
time of the civil war. and still more
bv the effective combinations we know.
And he has lived to see the economic
judgment and the social conscience of
the nation undertake to grappie with
the consequent evils Of this develop
ment in a way prophetic of untold
good.
The -Recoilections" are not All SO
Encouraging. He was present AZ the
Williams college dinner at DeImoni-
co.'s aud heard Garfield say, "A pine
bench with Mark Hopkins At one end
OF il and rae at tie other is good
enough college for me"-and he has
The San Francisco call., 1909-12-12
A New Rubaiyat

'sThe Rubalyat OF Omar Khayyam." Fitzger-
aid Century edition. Illustrations sand de-
signs by Willy Pogamy. Price s.. lin
tied edition signed By the artist. full
leather, $40. Thomas Y. CrOwen Co.,
New York
1t is hardly possible in staid book
review TO describe this unique and
beautiful volume In its preparation
the best skill and resources of the
publishers We're placed at the disposal
of the artist. who was given carte
blanche in his pictorial treatment of
the text. He has drawn by hand every
page-not only the initial letters and
borders. but also every word of the
reading text The coloring is faith
fully oriental and the type a copy of
Arabic characters. No two pages are
alike. and each is autographed in at
least two colors. In addition there are
"a full page illustrations executed in
full color and rejecting the spirit the
verses and the eastern atmosphere
perhaps more accurately than ever be-
fore. In a word. this is distinctively
an artists edition de luxe and a vol
ume which the pronounced book lover
has but 10 see to covet.
The artist has selected the first edi-
tion Of Fitzgerald's translation rather
than the fourth as being more app o.
pirate for a centennial celebration in
the authors honor.