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Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-02-03

orchard products took more prizes
in the lats year in the east than
those Of our. sister states who have
been contesting for no logner a time.
These premiums were distributed
over a large area and were not con-
fined TO any particular class Of fruit.
The orchards from which these OK
hibits were taken show what a man
may do with a small tract of land,
for they Will average about 10 acres
eacn over the state, and their rev
enue viii average an income of more
than 500 per acre. The enormous
returns will seem fabulous to some
of the uninitated, but it must be a
money-making proposition, for with
in the past year more than 10000
acres have been given to this in
dustry. i'm addition to those already
producing and under way.
The number of acres of land that
have been put under irrigation in
the past few years from an empire
of no mean nature, and the output
of the agricultural pursuit shows an
accounting of which many of our
older sisters in the effete east would
/ boast with pride Irrigated lanCa
] a
and a half acres. and the agricul-
tural output for this year will creep
above S7O,OOO,0OO. This is one OF
the answers when the question of
the states prosperity and its re-
sources arise.
The lumber industry is another of
Idaho's assets which must not be
overlooked, for the revenues that
come annually from this source run
into astonishingly high figures.
The bank is the thermometer by
which the pulse of a tsate or COM
munity is read and the prosperity
or depression gagged During the
past year the state of Idaho has
added to her banking rolls the
names of pa new Institutions, and
these have brought with them prac-
tically $7,OO0,0OO to be placed as
a guarantee 20 the man who comes
among strangers and who looks care
fully before he decides to cast his LOT
with us.
Another thing that is of import
ance to the home seeker is the state
land sales which are conducted under
direction of the state. These lands
are sold at public auction to the
highest bidder, giving everyone an
equal chance TO offer what he thinks
it worth TO him, and at terms thai
make the price really a secondary
consideration. The amount of thes.
annual payments is much less thar
the rent paid by the average tenant
in the eastern states, and the fac
that he is free from taxes until the
final payment is made, makes al
! argument that cannot be disputed
: After the title is acquired and tbs
) land put in cultivation the owner
. may return to the board selling hin
the land and float a loan that viii
, help him gain more of the state'i
= broad acres, making his first invest
/ ment carry him through.
Idaho is always reaching out foi
{ capital and men, and it has Ion.
z sought for some source to fill espec
} tally the former want. and it is be
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-02-03

lievel by the conservative element
that the newly organized lahO State
Life Insurance company will go far
toward bringing new capital and
keeping at home that which we all
ready have.
In the matter of churches and
schools. Idaho ranks at the top with
any of her western sisters. for none
facilities and stronger religious
bodies than it,
I'm closing. / would quote from the
closing remarks of an address de-
livered by a prominent ldahoan be-
fore the National immigration con-
gress at Madison Square, New York,
in which he speaks as follows:
Mr. Chairman and gentlemen.
four days travel to the westward.
I'm the section that has brought me
from the cradle TO manhO0ds estate.
is a strong and virtuous people-a
people who by their example are
chivalry are the days of the living
present, Year by year they are re-
deeming their land from the wilder
ness even as their fathers before
them redeemed it from the savages.
Where but a short time ago was the
sombre grey of the barren desert
there is now a land of gardens. 1t
is a land. rich as the Niles stored
valley and fair as the vision that
came to Israel as Israel dreamed of
Canaan And there is but one cry
that comes to you in our bountiful
fields where truly the harvest is
great and the laborers few; men
who will help us adorn our hilltops
with schools and dot our green val.
/ leys with homes; men-from what
ever land or cline, of whatever race
or creed only that they hold Am
erican citizenship richer then q
/ ieweled crown only that they
esteem an American home above tn,
palace of a king
Give MS such men as these-pro
tect us against the scum of Asia
and we will help our countrymeI
keep the faith committed unto M
by Washington; we will keel
brightly burning on our highland
the sacred fire of liberty and viii
help you to bring to perfection The
republican model of government
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-02-03
SINGS PRAISES
OF FAIR IDAHO
STORY FROM THE PEN OF +. II.
HANCOCK. AS PUBLISHED IN
THE COAST MAGAZINE
Pays High Tribute to Frank II. Bull
as Dean of Our Irrigated Prosper
ity-Cites Wonderful Growth and
Deals in Amazing Figures

Last week we called attention.
locally. to an article from the pen Of
Il. II. Hancock chief clerk i'm the office
of the secretary OF state, as published
in the Coast Magazine" and we are
now able to reproduce this very fine
tribute to nine years of irrigation in
Idaho:
More water, cheaper water, deeper
soil, better SOIL cheaper soil, more
sunshine, no tornadoes. less zero
weather, more schools, better schools,
more churches
Away back in 19OO-it seems a
long time to us who look back-a
man in far-off Sharon, Pennsylvania,
f. II. Bull saw a vision. and that
vision was an irrigated Idaho. In
duced by Idahoans who were seeking
capital to carry out their plans, he
paid the state visit The result of
that visit was the lighting Of the
Aladdin Lamp i'm the waste places and
the bOlssOming of the desert into the
paradise which has been for so long
in the minds eye of a few sturdy be-
levers in an irrigated empire We
stop today where, at that time, was
aa junction of the trails from the
winter and summer range, and find
an up-to-date city,where the upbuild-
ing of the country IS uppermOst and
property values higher than the back
of the proverbial cat.
"The Bulls were the forerunners of
the greatest development that any
decade has Witnessed. Their work
was as the proverbial flash that ig-
nted the magazine which has
broken out il. different places from
time to time until the vast Idaho
desert has been transposed into q
veritable garden, and those canals
which carry its life-blood- have eX-
tended themselves until their sym
metrical lines form about a continue
Gus chain from the eastern to the
western confines of a commonwealth
that could move independently OF
her sister states; and one that viii
continue to grow until the young mar
of today who gaze in awe and wonder
more than his father and grandfather
have in the past 20 years. The ole
timer tells us, why, when / came
to Idaho"-but we have all heard i
and know his experiences almost al
we'll as if we had accompanied hin
in his wanderings and shared hi
trials and tribulations. But the da.
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of the bull whack and the mule
skinner has gone. They have passed
before the march of progress. and
the poetic natures of the present
generation are so overshadowded by
reaching out to grasp the presented
opportunities that they have gone to
their last estate sadly unsung and
much less honored.
And the answer is What's the use?
Get it before the other fellow beats
you to it..
The present day Idaho offers you
all the opportunities of our fathers,
and more, unattended by the hard
ships they had to overcome and with
countless facilities of which they
never dreamed. And when we search
for the source from which many Of
these witnesses have emanated, we
must give due credit to and show
much respect for the Idaho state
land board This body has been the
mentor of the people where questions
have arisen through which they
might suffer and labor under hard
ships And while there are those
who would possibly disparage them,
the masses of the people know that
their COUNSEL has been wise and their
actions just, Their work has been
for the farmer and an easement of
the conditions surrounding and at
tendant upon him.
Not that Idaho is entirely depen-
dent upon agricultural pursuits. for
she has other resources to which she
can point with equal pride, from
f.l
would equal a kings ransom. Hides
wool, lumber, gold, silver, copper
lead and zinc, the output of which
is increasing so rapidly that the
stranger is slow and hesitant in his
/ belief until you show him the certi-
/ fed figures and then he acts as
/ though discretion was the better part
of valor He must stay and see fol
/ himself to be convinced, and as 8
/ general rule he doesn't stay Ions
until he begins wondering why he
didn't come sooner.
The following figures are about as
good an argument as can be laid be
fore the average newcomer and home
seeker. These figures show merel.
the output of some resources for Tho
year 1909. the number of acres o
land under irrigation and the mum
Der of new banks which have com
menced business during that period
The output of the mines has giyel
the country benefits to the amour
of S22,165,191.
Manufacturing. while in its in
fancy, has paid in wages to the PEG
pie of this state over $6,OOO,0O0
Pwhile the industries show an outpu
of their various finished products o
over $26,OOO,OO00 And it is
pretty forecast to say that by tn
way in which Idaho cheap power
being utilized, this amount will al
most double in twelve months.
Commercial orchards. the Idah
industry that has awakened the in
terest and admiration of more tina
4 one visitor at the eastern frui
shows, is just beginning to cas-
aside its swaddling clothes and tax
on the air of the grown-up. Idah
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-02-03

The mantle of charity and forget
fulness has clothed most of the old
scars of the Civil War This Is
united nation; the American people
is one today and only a few ripples
break the great smooth stream Of
national unity One Of these APP
peared in Washington recently. Con
gress established the national gall
lery of fame. allowing each state
to designate two men to put forward
as their greatest and best. and their
marble statues to be placed IN the
congressional gallery Idaho has
there the statue of former Senator
Shoup. a great and able man. other
states have named their foremost
citizens. and the inches in the great
gallery are fast filling up. Virginia
named Washington and Lee. The
latter was objected to by some Of
the G. A. r Posts of the north This
raised a row of no small proportions
in the national capital and especially
In Virginia
The war is over; the battles are
merely an episode in the nation S
history. though at one time they
marked the gasping of q nation sick
unto death. Whatever any state
may do. the war Is dead and gone
the statues .of all the Lees and
Jacksons and Davises and Mosbys
and Johnsons could never reviyify
another war on the same basis. If
any state choose to honor one Of
these warriors, 10 is a state matter
Looking out over the magnificent
congressional gallery Of fame where
the silent statues stand it could be
said Of them. as oil Sir Christopher
Wren, the architect of St. Pauls
cathedral In LonOdn. If you would
see his monument, look about you.
With a nation, united. free. pros
porous. they have the grandest
monument heart could wish But
II some state. proud of a man whom
even his enemies believe was a just
and an able and a Christian man.
should nominate him for a small
place in the gallery Of fame. II robs
no one Of his need Of praise. The
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-02-03
THE NEW IDAN-HA


Leading Hotel Of Boise
Political ana commercial head
quarters Entirely remOdeled.
THE IDAN-HA GRILL
Caters to the best First-class
trade only. Moderate prices Table
d Hote Dinners daily
Two blocks from depot. Centrally
located.
ROOMS ST. Up. EUROPEAN PLAN
Running hot and cold water in
every room.
lBAN-HA HOTEL CO., Ltd Props
CHAS. M. CIRCUIT Manager
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-02-03

sublime Lincoln. the faithful Grant,
the dashing Sheridan, represented in
marble in this same gallery, wouldn't
war with the silent Leei Why
should we. For the war is over
Richfeld Recorder
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-02-03

The famous Challenge" potatoes
from the Idanha Ranch for sale i'm
sack lots al market prices
Inquire of
38-4t r. T.. BULLOCK.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-02-03

The Maverick is on sale at VIII
sons News stand.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-02-03

ADVANTAGES OF CONVENTIONS
One Of the wisest steps taken re-
Gently by Governor Brady for the ad-
vancement of good government was
the call for a convention of the coun-
ty commissioners of the state, and
some excellent results have followed
the gathering A proper understand
ing of the special road tax law for
the first time has obtained through
out Idaho with the result that this
extra levy has not been made eX-
cept where conditions and the prop
erty owners required the impOst
Greater uniformity in methods Of
local government also has followed
the Boise convention, and at the
next gathering of the commissioners
a legislative program will be pre-
pared for submission to the legisla-
ture with a view to further improv-
ing existing methods of county gov
eminent Lewiston Teller
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-02-03
FROM THE STATE PRESS.

BUSINESS HONESTY.

In these days of great wealth ac-
quired by dishonest methods, il is re-
freshing to know that there are men
of large property to whom not the
slightest business faint attaches.
Such a man was the late ID. O. Mills
of San Francisco, of whom it is said
that throughout his long business
life he never wronged anybody. Such
a life is in refreshing contrast to
that of some other men whose inn
mense fortunes have been gained by
a systematic fleeing OF the public.
Not only did Mr.. Mills make his
money honestly, but the enterprises
in which he was most engaged We're
designed TO benefit the class that
most needle 1.-THE toilers. Such an
example Of business honesty. bene-
fcence and success ought to prove
an inspiration to many a young man
entering upon business life. News
Miner.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-17
500 REWARD, 500

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure is
the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
a constitutional diseased, requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catarrh
Cure is taken internally, acting direct
ly upon the blood and mucous surface
Of the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease, and giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers that
they offer One Hundred Dollars for any
case it fails to cure. Send for list Of
testimonials.
Address F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by all druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipa-
ton.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-17
ROBBERS TRY TO BURN MAN
Masked Men Attempted to Thrust
Waterman Into Furnace

Hagerstown. Nd Feb. Is. - Three
masked men assaulted and robbed
John C. Neibert. night Waterman al
the grain elevator and Touring mills
OF Boyer a Heard and afterward trieC
70 throw the body of their victim into
the furnace. Failing In this. the mer
placed Neibert in the large fiywhee'
and started the engine He escaped
death. but Is In critical condition.
The Waterman was making his fina
round when the three men attacked
him from the rear. Overpowering him
they took the several dollars he had
in his pocket and then securely bound
him
The assailants tried 20 thrust him
headforemost through the furnace
door. His brood shoulders. however
defeated their purpose. but he was
terribly burned. They then placed his
half conscious body In the nywhee'
and started the machinery but AT the
nrst revolution he fell ont IN a hear
upon the floor and. becoming Brighten
Cd, the men fed.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-17
ASHsy were entitled 20



Referring to CLAWS report TO the
president. a magazine article by him
and his testimony before this commit.
tee. Mr.. Vertrees asked II he had made
any direct accusations
Claws said he had Intentionally re-
Trained from making anw charges: ne
presented the facts To let the people
draw their own differences
Asked what he thought the facts
showed. witness replied that the land
department was not In safe hands and
that the peoples interests were not be
ing protected in the Alaska cases"
6allinoer's Offioisl Misconduct
CLAWS said fatty that he thought
the facts established Official miscon
duct on the part OF BAIlinger and Den
nett
Called on to explain why then he
made no charge OF corruption. he said
IF | had thought the facts warrant
ed charge OF corruptness would
have gone TO the grand jury instead Of
TO the president"
CLAWS said he did not believe there
were any corrupt motives on the pari
OF Ballinger or bennett. but their no.
protecting the people was Intentional
Pressed further. witness said per
haps he and Mr. Vertrees didn't have
the same view OF the meaning of cor
rupt" Il think he added. when 8
man acts corruptly he acts criminaIly
There are no charges OF criminality
here"
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-17
Thls corraetor coo resuIrs.

Score years aro a contractor bald
tng railroad in a warm climate was
trcobled great deal by sickness
among the lsborerS
He turned his attention a, once to
their food and found that they were
getting fnu rations Of meat and were
drinking water from a stream near by.
He issued orders to cut down the
amouss OF meat and TO increase greatly
the quantity Of Quaker Oats fed TO the
men
He also boiled Quaker Oats and
mixed the thin oatmeal water with
their drinking water. Almost instantly
az signs of stomach disorders passed
andhis men showed decided improve
ment in strength and spirits. This con-
tractor had experience that taught him
the great value Of good oatmeal IS
The cost was small; loo for regular
sire packages; II is also packed in her
medically sealed tins for hot climates.
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-17

IN the Clerks office of the Circuit
court of the county of Stafford on
the 9Th day of February, 1910.
Daisy Knight, plaintiff, against w.
A. Knight. defendant. In chancery.
The object of this suit is to obtain an
absolute divorce from the bonds of
matrimony by the plaintiff from the
defendant. And an affidavit having
been made and filed that the defendant,
w. A. knight, is not resident of the
State Of Virginia, it is ordered that
he do appear here within fifteen days
after due publication hereof, and do
what may be necessary to protect his
interest in this suit. And il is further
ordered that copy hereof be published
once a week for four weeks in The
Free Lance, newspaper published in
fredericksburg, Va, and that copy
be posted at the front door of the court
house of this court on or before the
next succeeding rule day of the court.
A copy-Teste:
c. A. Bryan, Clerk.
G.. B. Wallace p. q.
fl0lW4W
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-17

LIEUTENANT E II SHACKLETON
the Hubha Z medal of the National
Geographic society. recently awarded
him.
The intrepid young explorer is com
ing 10 the United States TO deliver e
series Of lectures during the early
spring and summer. The first Of these
will be under the auspices Of the so
ciety. I'm this city. on March &c. In ad
dition 70 the president many high OF
hcials Of the government and members
Of the diplomatic corps will be present
and the occasion will be notable one
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-17
To VIM. A. Little, Jr., and to all

To VIM. A. Little, Jr., and to all
persons interested:
At a delinquent tax sale held in the
city of Fredericksburg on December
18th, 1902, for taxes returned delinquent
for the year 1901, the undersigned be-
came purchaser of two lots, viz: Nos.
20 and %, in block 10, of the map and
plot of the Fredericksburg Develop
ment Company made by Won Schon &
Garner, and of record in the Clerks Of
fee of the Corporation court of Fred
ericksburg, said lots being situated in
Fredericksburg, Virginia, paying there
on the amount bid at said sale, and
having subsequently paid thereon all
taxes and levies subsequently aceruing
thereon.
You will please take notice Of said
sale and that IN Monday, June 9th,
1910, ! shall obtain from the Clerk of
the Corporation Court of Fredericks-
burg a deed, or deeds, conveying unto
me the aforesaid lots Nos. 20 and % in
Block 10, of the map and plot of the
fredericksburg Development Company
aforesaid, as above set forth.
Very truly,
Alvin T. Rowe.
Alvin t. Embrey, Atty. j27wtj27
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-17
Woman KiIs Herself In Trouoh.

Huntington. Pa. Feb. Is - Mrs
William Shafer. OF Mount Union. com
mitted suicide by tying two fiat irons
to her neck and lying down length
wise In watering trough which con
tained but six inches OF water Worry
over the continued Illness of her faith
er and mother and domestic trouble.
ow her own are supposed TO have II
duced her 10 take her life She wa:
thiriyseven years old
The free lance. (Fredericksburg, Va.) 1885-1926, 1910-02-17
EXAMS FOR MIXERS
Less Of jobs May Follow In Anthracite
Region

Wilkes Barre Pa. Feb l5.-From 4c
to 80 per cent Of the miners In the an
thracite mines OF Luzerne county vii.
lose their places by the campaign OF
elimination started by the miners
examining board. Every miner viii De
compelled to undergo the state exam
nation TO show whether he IS or IS
not so familiar with mining conditions
that he is a competent miner. As the
law provides that each one examined
must be able 20 speak and read Eng
fish. 1t IS estimated that many OF the
foreign-born miners will lose their
places. Coal companies and mine in
spectors estimate that the elimination
OF incompetents viii reduce the mum
Der Of mining accidents 80 per cent.