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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06
LOYAL TO HIS DREDGE
A Panama Canal Foreman, Badly
Hurt, Made Happy by Its
Splendid Record.

An army officer who had been in
Panama recently tells this story:
Laurent Roquebert had been general
foreman of dredging at the Pacific en-
trance to the canal for 20 years He
had gone to the isthmus under the old
French company and had remained on
the job ever since. A short time ago
he was badly crushed in one of the
dredges and lay in critical condition
in the Ancon hospital. One of the
engineers went to see him.
How many yards?" said the in
jured man feebly, referring to the
dredging record for the month When
told that they had taken out more
cubic yards than in any previous
month he smiled and whispered:
And the Gopher what did she do?"
The Gopher, like the dredgemaster,
was handed down to the Americans
by the French. This old dredge of the
Scotch ladder type had been at work
at the Pacific entrance almost con-
tinuously for 25 years. The French
man for years was master of this
dredge and he gloried in the fact that
1t was the best on the job. A few
months before he met with the acci
dent, however, dredge No. l of the
Colon fleet had surpassed the old
French relics record. That panied
Roquebert and he had watched devel-
opments anxiously month by month.
The Gopher? Why, she holds the
record by more than 1900 yards"
was the visiting engineers reply to
the question.
The dredgemaster closed his eyes,
smiled and said: I'm very happy"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06
Order Fixing Terms of Court.

Order Fixing Terms of Court.
Under and by virtue of authority in
me vested by the statutes of Idaho,
hereby fix the terms of court for the
Fourth Judicial District of the State of
Idaho, for the year 1910, to commence
and be held in the counties of said dis
trict, as follows, to-wit:
Twin Falls County February Ia, May
%, November 21.
Cassia County-March 7, Septem-
berer 6.
Lincoln County-March 21, Septem-
Der 18th.
Elmore County-April 4, October a.
Blaine County-April %, October a.
Said terms of court to convene at 10
o'clock a. m. on the days above desig-
mated.
1t is further ordered that this order
be filed and entered of record by the
clerks of said court in each county of
said district and that the same be pub
lished two consecutive weeks in news
pader published in the respective coun-
ties.
Done at Chambers at Shoshone, Ida,
this 4th day of January, 1910.
EDWARD A. WALTERS,
Judge of the Fourth Judicial District
of the State of Idaho.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06
INTERESTING ARTICLES
January Outlook Deals With
Missionaries.

Is missionary work in foreign lands
worth what it costs? The question
has been threshed over and over
largely by men who deny it for sor-
did reasons; though there are well
informed, intelligent men who seri-
ously question its utility. The peo-
pie of America have been told by
foreigners, that our religion is not
wanted, that they have at least as
good a code or morals as our own.
and that the vices We bring them at
least counterbalance what good we
bring. But there is something fine
and Utopian in the way the mission
aries of the cross have carried the
Gospel into foreign lands. Our own
country-Puritan New England, Jes-
uit Northwest, and the Methodist,
start for white civilization in Oregon
tells what a religious movement
may be. There are two interesting
articles in the January Outlook, one
giving the work of Has Egede, mis-
sionary to Greenland, and another
giving business mans view of Mis-
sionary work in China. One who can
not visit these countries, and see
what the missionary has done and is
doing, would do well to read these in
teresting articles. There is something
in them that tells better tale than
mere sordid land-and-business grab
bing. They are worth reading.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06
Women in Postal Service.

The distinction of first appointing a
woman postmaster does not belong to
America nor is the employment OF
women in the postal service a new
idea. AS early as 154S woman post
master was appointed to look after
the mails of Braine lie Comte, an i'm
portant town of France. In the try
ing times of the Thirty Years War
the principal Office in the postal serv-
ice of Europe was held by woman,
Alexandrine de Rue. From 1928 to
1916 she was in charge OF the mails
of the German empire, the Neither
lands, Burgundy and Lorraine. She
was known as master general of
the mails. In America, Elizabeth
Harvey was the first to hold a place
in the postal department. She had
charge of the letters in Portsmouth,
N H., in the beginning of the seven
teenth century. A half century after
ward Lydia Hill was placed in charge
of the post Office in Salem, Mass.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06
A Remarkable Vessel.

A floating pontoon of 100 tons dis
placement, designed to expedite the
shipment of coal from Goole, has been
launched in England by the Goole
Ship-building and Repairing Com
pany. The vessel, the only one of
the kind in the world, will be fitted
with hydraulic hoist. BY means OF
this small boats carrying about 40
tons of coal will be lifted bodily out
of the water, tilted, and their con-
tents shot into vessels hold Many
thousands of tons will thus be shipped
in day.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06
Concrete in Gatun Dam.

The mere mass of the concrete
floor and side walls of the locks at
Gatun will be sufficient to give them
great stability; but with a view to
adding further safeguard against
rupture in the event, say. of earth
quake shocks, the government en-
gineers intend to re-enforce the con
crete by imbedding in it no less than
1000 tons Of old rail. This metal
consists partly of a light rail which
was used during the era of French
construction, and partly of more mod
ern American rails. which have been
so badly bent that they can be no
longer used in the track.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06

fsupposition is that the Short Line is
the real party in interest. In support
of this settlers of Camas Prairie cite
that the advent of another railroad
from the Northeast in the shape of
the Gilmore and Pittsburg in sight,
an effort is being made by the Short
Line to corner all the business of
the Camas Prairie country, and OBJ
tain firm foothold in this rich coun
try before a rival road can lay rails.
With a rival road nto this country,
the shipments of livestock and the
output of many valuable mines in the
vicinity would be secured unless the
Short Line was in striking distance
before such transportation was OBJ
tainable.
Residents of the Camas Prairie
country declare that an excellent wa
ter grade can be secured on the south
fork of the Boise to Soldier, and
thence down the tributary of the
Wood river to Richfield, which is be-
lieved to be the route that will be
followed The advent of the Short
Line is also taken as an attempt to
anticipate construction of an electric
line to Soldier from Gooding and
thence to Boise"
The surveyors have been working
back from Richfield towards Camas
Prairie, going over the same route
they took before, and making what
ever checks and corrections may be
necessary. The line as they are now
laying it out, will come just to the
south of town, the depot not being
more than half a mile from here. 1t
will be possible to lay out all their
tracks without having town there
ahead of them to circumscribe their
yard limits, and still not so far as to
be undesirable from any point of
view. Indeed, it is more satisfac-
tory from almost every standpoint, !
to have the road at that distance,
ehdll W nave IL NOl1O I'LL Ou6u bllC
town.
There is every reason to believe
that the Short Line will start in on
work in the spring. The |
line will start from at or near OWN
"a, west of Minidoka, and strike to |
the northwest until it reaches the
af D,o ;,.;o
it will turn almost due west, and /
will hold that general direction to
the end. If it is concluded to go
on directly to Weiser, from Boise,
1t will take an almost due north
westerly direction from Boise to that
point. The surveys seem to show
hat a distance of several miles can
De saved by building from Owinza to
Weiser is said to be less over the
lew route than over the old line now
n use.
The fact that the Camas Prairie
Ind South Boise valley route offers
uch a great possible railroad ton
lage, makes it a certainty that some
me will build there, at no distant
lay. That it will be the Short Line
o go through first, everyone who
tudies the situation must believe.
That Richfield is to be on the new
inc, is pretty well assured. 1t will
make Richfield one of the boom
owns of South Idaho, and no mis-
AXE.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06
Surveyors at Work
Going Over Route Between Richfield
and Camas Prairie Second Tine
Setting Location Stakes.

The Daily Capital News believes
that the new main line railroad is
coming through Richfield, as might
be guessed from the following ar
News
with four forces of surveyors
working on the south fork of the
Boise river, two working up the riv-
er in the vicinity of More creek and
two working down the river from
Lime creek, indications point toward
active construction of railroad be-
tween Boise and Richfield through
Camas Prairie as soon as the spring
opens. The surveyors are believed
by the people of Camas Prairie to be
in the employ of the Short Line. al
though differences drawn from state
ments made by subordinates place
the Northwestern behind the move
ment.
Intelligence of unusual activity
which prevails along the south fork
of the Boise river despite the fact
that much cold weather and snow has
been recorded during the past month
was obtained today from settlers of
the Camas Prairie country, who are
in the city after long drive during
which they were surprised to observe
the forces of surveyors running lines
for a proposed railroad
THAT the four forces on the south
fork of the Boise are working in uni
son is evident from the statements
made to the Camas Prairie men,
members of the surveying parties
working up the river stating that
they expect to meet the force working
down the river in a few days.
"The chief engineers in charge of
the two forces on the lower part of
the river were very reticent about
the objective point of the survey or
with respect to their employers. 9th
er members of the party know very
little about the intentions, stating
that they had instructions to secure
a feasible route up the south fork of |
the Boise river and beyond the fact
that they received their pay each |
first crew, from observations made,
is running preliminary lines, while |
the second is checking and apparent
ly cross-sectioning for actual CON
"Of the two forces on the lower
part of the river one was in the vi
cinity of More creek, while the other
was near the mouth of the south fork
yesterday. The two forces on the
upper part of the south fork are
working out from Lime creek, one
force being several days in advance
Of the other, The engineers in
charge of the latter two forces main
tanned the same reticence with re-
spect to intentions or objective points
rs that manifested in the lower camp I
All four camps are of considerable
size, much larger than 1t is thought
would be necessary to make pre-
iminary survey and a general ere
lence of Camas Prairie settlers
places actual construction as one of
he probabilities of the near future.
Helpers of the upper camps have in
imated that the Northwestern is be-
lind the movement, but the general
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06
Foreigners at German Universities.

Foreigners at German Universities.
The number of foreign students at
the German universities, which, owing
to the increased severity in the condi-
tions of admission, had declined last
year to 1854, has risen to 1921, chief
ly because this is the first summer In
which foreign women could matricu-
late at all universities. The numbers
include 1878 Russians. 674 Austro-
Hungarians. 306 Swiss, 155 English,
154 Bulgarians, 102 Rumanians. 6S
Servians, 60 French. 29S Americans.
IT'S Asiatics and Australians. OF
these 1,1S1 entered for medicine. Ber-
lin and Leipsic are now the favorite
universities instead of Heidelberg.
which formerly headed the list
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06
Regulating Morals by tho CLOCK.


Isn't 1t perfectly marvellous how a
certain act may be legal until the
clock strikes and crime thereafter?
There is piano-playing. for instance.
In the city OF Washington anybody
who pleases may bang on piano until
midnight without interference. but as
soon as the clock strikes ~ piano
playing becomes crime, and the play
er is liable to be marched on to iail
and locked up: To our mind. nine
tenths of all piano banging is Grim
inality. no matter at what time It
takes place: yet we fail to understand
why banging at 1I:59 p. m. Is less rep
rehensible than similar banging at
1901 a. m. Do we run our morals
by the clock?-Savannah News.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06
knowIedne Not Enouah.

knowledge is an excellent drug, but
no drug has virtue enough to preserve
itself from corruption and decay II the
vessel be tainted and impure wherein
1t is put to keep. Such one may
have sight clear and good enough,
who looks asquint, and consequently
sees what is good. but does not follow
it, and sees knowledge, but makes no
use of .-Montaigne.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06
WAS AN ABUSED CONFIDENCE
One Secret Her Dearest Girl Friend
Was Not Particularly Eager
to Discuss.

l like to see a young lady just after
she has become engaged.
There is something in her counte-
nance so entrancingly babylike, such
a far-away expression so indicative of
interior bliss, and possibly success
over comrade rivals.
knew the evening previous from
such signs that all had progressed
favorably
Moreover, had not he entered the
billiard room after she had retired
and giggled aimlessly for while, re-
framing from his usual potations?
Another sure sign.
Now she was ensconced with her
sweetest and most cherished girl
friend in corner of the piazza, and
/ seated just inside the French win
dow behind massive rubber plant.
Rather significant vegetation under
the circumstances, for, curious as to
maiden condolences, candor compels
me to admit l listened.
The bride in prospect cooed her
bliss soulfully into her neighbor's ear,
but through an opening in the leaves
could observe that the latter bit her
lip now and then, and did not appear
enthusiastically joyous or congratula-
tory, as warranted by the occasion.
But the innocent cooling and amor
Gus gurgling did not cease.
And to think, to think" quoth she,
"that such heavenly bliss as fell to my
lot might might have escaped me for
ever Dear Bobl Did l ever tell you
he had proposed to me twice ?"
Then the unsympathetic auditor as
sumed an air of innocence.
Didn't you hear him the first
timer" she inquired with raised eye
brows.
She is not going TO be the maid OF
honor-Town Topics.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06

Now Tobacco Defies Electricity.
Fact that man shocked by 2. 200
volts of electricity was rendered i'm.
mune by swallowing his "chaw" of
tobacco ought to give the publicity
promoters of the weed some good on.
portunities.-New York Herald.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06
The Philosopher OF Folly,

Fortune never comes with both
hands full" observes the Philosopher
of Folly. Il know a girl who has
wonderful voice, but her mouth is so
big that there's an echo, and that
spoils the effect of her singing"
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06
Most Artistic Coin.

The most artistic coin made in the
United States mint is pronounced to
be the new Philippine centayo.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06

Sorrow Is Long.
A day of sorrow is longer than a
month of joy.-Chinese.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-01-06

she is not going to be the maid OF
hometown Topics.
The weekly true Democrat., 1910-05-13

market, defy any one 10 20 to any
northern market and find any syrup
better than that which can be made
here IT home, II some one with q little
capital will only take an interest "a it.
! wish 70 cay q few words more about
the advertising. Do not misreprosont
the country. We have enough natural
inducements properly set forth 70 at
tract any one who desires such induce
ments. Those who are unduly Inhusn.
eed end come expecting greater things
than they find are usually dissatisfied
and DO the country more harm than they
will do good ] read recently Of q com
pany who haG used cherry blossoms and
something else Il have forgotten nov
what Il WasD 10 dscOrsts their Advor,
tisemonts, neither Of which was . ma
tive Of Florida. A man In CahfoFnla
saw the paper, sold out and cams 70
Florida, bringing his family and house,
hold stuR at great expense He b still
looking fOg he cherry blooms and other
lndueement DO you suppose be tod
bic friends 10 come on, everything was
Just as adveFtisedi / know of men
who have invested money IN hrgs sums,
through their friends. but haven't eOme
down yet. The bible tslla us where
your treasure IL your heart will b also,
but { think we can read that these
days, where q mans money is there be
will be also.
Well, have written more nov thsn
you will possibly want 70 read, but
there are 20 many good things 70 say
about Florida, and 30 few people 70 cay
them, and then Jon know they say Whan
= woman starts talking she meyer knOwa
when 10 stop. Hoping yen are not tired
10 death with my tirads, ] am very re-
spoetfully, ,,,,,-
TALLAHASSEE, FLA.
The weekly true Democrat., 1910-05-13
AWFUL NINE DISASTER

TIVE Run1roA Men killed ~ hliDs EH.
plosioA Near Birmingham
PalOs, Ala, Nay 6.-The HStle mining
town Of PalOs b n mourning today.
Fully Ons-half the total male popula-
tiOn Of the town perished yea'erday aS-
tsrnooa IN ths explosion which wrecked
The No. 3 mine Of The Palos Coal and
Coke Company.
Il waa supposed st ths time that lsb
mon weFo b ths mine. hus later infor-
matloa derived through . vgeem oi
cheotlng up fron the boces q he nine
boss lndloatos tlat nsafly, e nol cutie.
200 msn Wrre la ~ mino. oae hln'
drof .nd nfty uegfoos ere ehsueod upen
ml.slnr una nasElg nilE Whites.
The weekly true Democrat., 1910-05-13
How oisen 20 you
eat thls lood2

A shen time ago there appeared n
the columns Of 0ne Of the pronlnent
magahnes en- article On builtlnE bt9il
and muscle BY the proper selectloa OF
che foods you eat.
A rood many people were surprised
% 6nd oatmeal placed n tie top Of ne
lla Of iOodsA recommended; bot 4 the
article had appeared n an Engllsh o.
Scotch. paper every reader woald have
eSPecsed - zee hrsi place given -
good oatmeal.
AZ matter q fast Great Britain
and Europe coma % us tor Tremendous
anarlIleS oi oiAksf Onfa because \
represents % othcm pefiecl lood, being
lhe ncheU IN hEvof ED bo1t ID clean
linea1 ard purity, q all oa,paeaA
hIs psotst q reul,l slls pscle
. nach and b hofInesl.7 oaoled tina
~. - sl'H,Al
The weekly true Democrat., 1910-05-13
A LYING SKELETON

Is the final condition Of any child that
has wOTms--lf II lives. Think OF hav-
ing something IN your stomach that
eats all you take az HOuFishment- Nine
tenths Of the babies have worms, may
be yours has. BE certain tIiat 10 has
not by giving Il whites Creau Vermi-
fuge-it expels ali worms ana is q
tonic for the baby. Price - cents Sold
BY all druggists f1~ft.
The weekly true Democrat., 1910-05-13

Destroys Hundreds Of Lives s~S Md
Property,

Destroys Hundreds Of Lives aSE Mash
Property.
San Jose, Costs Ricay May 6.-The
earthquake which laid waste ne town
Of CaFtago came without warniag and
about eighteen sseOBdA In
that brief space Of time the bulldiRgs Of
The place collapsed, buFying hundFeds 0f
persons The dead were first estimated
at 500. but b believed tonight that the
fatalities were much greater. MAny
hundreds more were injured. Up - .
late hoaE today ESQ bodies had boss ~.
covered.
Following TIE shock twilight wac
turned 10 the darkness Of midnighe BY
eIOuAs Of dust that rose from the ruhas.
Panie snsued and the cries Of the NJ
juFed and fleeing survivors filed the
aiR.
Cooler heads hurried 10 the Telegraph
olica 10 summon help from this city and
A La JuOla. only 70 fnd the Operatoss
dead, the wires down and the railroad
traffic badly impeded.
AZ soon as the news reached San
Jose, Presidont Gonzales ViQnsz. ao-
eompanied BY Prosidsnt-sleet Rieard
JimlneE, and many doctors and nurses
and a supply Of medicines, started sa a
special train for the scene 81 disaster
10 lend hrst ed to the survivors. UpoA
Iha Presidont'a arrival ht Carriage mar
tial law was procl5imed IN ereoR % Ia
eiitato the maintenance Of order. Pro-
visions and clOthlng were also de-
spatehed from here.
The weekly true Democrat., 1910-05-13

Lad.ss' fast black rsuzs Isls hose,
25e pair. Levy Bros. ~
The weekly true Democrat., 1910-05-13

Get yOur Bathing Caps at Levy
Bros. I'd
The weekly true Democrat., 1910-05-13

Subscribe for The Democrat
The weekly true Democrat., 1910-05-13

Hsk Us F0r Quotations
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22

NO. $3.50 acres; walnuts,
oranges, alfalfa; all farming inn
plements and tools; fine home;
large pumping plant. Price $780,
600. This is good.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
List

~
NO. $3.50 acres; walnuts,
oranges, alfalfa; all farming inn
plements and tools; fine home;
large pumping plant. Price $780,
600. This is good.
NO. SOFA acres. Fine sandy
soil; Groom house; barn; 8 acres
Young walnuts. Close to Electric
line. Price $500. What have
you?
NO. 5oo-123 acres; alfalfa
land; land all leveled. Price
$17, 500.
NO. 511-Contains 20 acres.
Fine loan soil. Some improve
ments. Large well. Price 5000.
NO. 512-Is a good trade. 20
acres fine soil; good house, large
barn; pumping plant. Cement
pipe line. Price $4,000.
NO. 514-1O acres near Garden
Grove; new Home pumping
pla t. fine soil. Price $1,000.
NO. $500 acres Texas land,
$50 Fer acre. What have you?
NO. 517-10 acres; 5 acres full
bearing olive trees. Price $4,000.
NO. 51S-38 acres Planciahia
land; 20 acres walnuts; fine mod
ern house.
NO. $40 acres fine soil;
pumping plant. Price $4,000.
NO. 5000 acres full bearing
oranges. Price $4,000. y
NO. 5000 acres alfalfa and
dairy ranch; IS head young cows;
fine improvements. Price $25,-
600.
NO. 503-10 acres, near Fuller
ton; 4 acres walnuts; 6 acres or
anges; fine home. Price $13,500.
NO. $3.50 acres; fine soil;
abundance of everything. Price
$12,500.
NO. 506-40 acres; oranges,
walnuts and lemons, and they are
beauties. Price $4,000.
NO. 524-20 acres. Everything
fine; everything goes. Price, SILL
00O.
NO. 521-10 acres; fine home;
good soil; all set to fruit; it's a
bargain at $500.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-05-22
LEGAL NOTICES
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR DISSO-
LUTON OF CORPORATION

LUTON OF CORPORATION
In the Superior Court of the State Of Calls
fornia, in and for the County of Los Ange-
les. No 74.26i.
In the matter OF the application for dis
solution of the Henry &c Brown Motor Com-
pany. a corporation.
Notice is hereby given that application
has been presented to the Superior Court OF
the State of California. in and for the
County of Los Angeles. for the dissolution
OF the Henry G. Brown Motor Company q
corporation; that an order of the court has
been duly given and made appointing Mon
day, the 23d day of May, 1910, at 10 o'clock
In the forenoon soon as counsel can
be heard at the court room, Department
Eight Of the court. when and where the
application will be heard and determined,
without further notice, If no objections shall
then have been filed. or upon five days fur
ther notice to any persons who shall have
fled objections; and directing tina. notice
be given thereof not less than thirty days
by publication in the Los Angeles Herald.
a newspaper published in the city of Los
Angeles. County of Los Angeles. State OF
California
All persons will accordingly take notice
and may Ale objections TO said application,
If any they have, on or before 10 o'clock a.
M on Monday, the 2Sd day of May. 1910.
Dated April 20, 1910.
(SeaD C. G. KEYES, County Clerk.
BY D. s. Burson. jr. Deputy Clerk.
4-21-83t