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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1910-01-06

About nine months ago the Church Christ of Grangeyille
called Winston and longman Lincoln Neb conduct series of
meetings beginning JAN 1s and continuing indefinitely The evan
gels arrived Friday and began their work ON Sunday No
vageie Team the Brotherhood has had successful meet
ngs past They experts respective lines Wits
ton graduate of Syracuse University and Iongman Coner
University OF Lincoln Already these demonstrated their
fitness and adaptabl your while to hear Winston
preach and ngman sing Meetings begin sharp and last but
once you will often. - o
Whistons subjects follows:
Wednesday "The Fixed Gulf
Thursday "A Hero Faith Whistons great Base Rail sermon
Friday "Ihe Sheepfold Door"
Saturday 1.-The Three Thrones
Sunday II "The of Books sermon RI scent .na
others concerning the inspiration of the Bible
1oo M The Greatest Sermon Preached" Longman will
ahe twice at each service Please The evangelist re-
quests the help Of every thoughtful minded man make
these meetings quiet and helpful ~ " ~
The Washington times., 1910-03-15
PTNCHOT IS A FADDIST.
DECLARES LOUIS HILL

know about forestry and kindred sub
jects in which h was supposed 70 be
an expert
Not very long ago he broached a
schenle for making a hsh preserve OF
the Pacific ocean waters Think OF
the assininity OF thatl Il is an index
10 his impra ctiCable ideas
The Government reclamation plants
are. with few exceptions. useless, and
IN many Instances junk piles When
the Government finishes a reclamation
project IL charges more for the land
and twice as much for the water as
private concessions will
This Is because the reclamation Of
fiCials are either crooks or incOmpe-
tents I recently came across Gov
ernment reclamation engineer in Ore
gOn who could not md bis wav five
miles from his camp without gettinS
lost, and this was over a country with
IN his field Of operations
There IS too much OF this business
OF having Eastern theorists put in
charge Of our big Western enterprises.
What for instance, does James B Gar
field know about our problems Or
Mr.. Eliot, the former president OF Har-
ward University
The Washington times., 1910-03-15
A CENTER OF
THE STRENUOUS LIFE.

Colonel Roosevelt, arriving at Khar-
toum. the capital of Egyptian Soudan,
In all probability viii take advantage
Of some opportunity 70 praise the
progress the British have made at this
outpost of civilization. More strenuous
work the British pioneers never en-
gagged in than the conquest of the Sou
dan. and no outsider is better able to
Judge Of its scope and skill than the
strenuous statesman who has just
emerged from the East African Jungle
1t was the Arabs-who, in the mid
die Of the seventh century, brought
Egypt under the sway of The famous
CaIiph Omar-that called the territory
Soudan-Beled es-Sudan, the Land of
the Blacks; and this region, we are
told, 'is the home of the true negro
race, though there are various other
pure and mixed elements in the popu-
lation derived from Hamitic and Semi
tic lArab) stock" TIE area of the
Soudan is about 2,5Oo,oJO square miles,
or about two-thirds the size of the
United States, and it has a population
of from twelve to fifteen millions,
three-fourths Of whom are of negro
descent. The Egyptians established
themselves at KhaTtoum in 1921, under
Mehemet All, a noted Turkish pasha-
In 1882 an insurrection, led by the
Mahdi, NIohammed Ahmed, began, and
it continued up to the slaughter of the
British force, under General Gordon, IN
/ 1885. Arab rule prevailed from that
time until 1898, when the Sirdar, Cen
eral Kitchener. smote the Mahdists hip
and thigh at Omdurman The reoocu-
patton of Khartoum then became al
easy matter
Such stirring history as the capita
Of the Soudan possesses must aPpea
with particular force to the energetic
and imaginative American hero now
visiting this famous battle-ground.
The Washington times., 1910-03-15

LOS ANGELES. March 15.-I>ouis w
HnI. president OF the Great Northern
railway. and son Of James J. HiiL de-
nounoed clifford Plnchot, former Chief
Forester Of the United States, and the
cause OF the BalIinser investigation as
an impractical faddist-
I'VE are trying 10 build up the North
west. not from philanthropic motives,
but for business reasons said Mr. Hill
1T IS attractive 10 the man who has
energy and wants % bet er the condi-
ton which the restrictions OF city life,
with the small salary and the high cost
OF living, impose upon him.
The man who lives in the city is pay
ing the farmer for what he suOsists
upon. Which IS the better off2 For
wears we have been preaching this gos-
pei There are millions Of acres OF good
land in the Northwest, as there are IN
California which Oan be had cheap and
where water Is available
This led Mr.. Hill Up 10 what. appar-
entity, IS his favOr1te theme-reclama-
ton work
gagged IN so-Calied reclamation Work
which is costing a tremendous amount
Of money And the results are IN
verSely small
Z know Mr. Pinchot very well, was
with him and some Senators on a three
weeks iunket tril, once and had a good
opportunity 10 find out what he does not
The Washington times., 1910-03-15
CITIZENS DENOUNCE
ANTFHUNANE BILL
Commissioners Scored For
Supporting Antagon-
iStic Measure.

The Washington Humane Society and
its friends are more strongly opposed
than ever to the measure 10 take away
from the organization the fines collected
from persons convicted Of cruelty TO
animals. This was manifested at the
meeting last night at the New Willard,
when prominent cItizans scored the plan
to have Congress mir tnize the effect Of
the anti-cruelty statu IS.
Haunis Taylor, Thomas Nelson PAGE.
Judge William De Lacy, the Rev Wal
lace Radcliffe. and Others criticised the
Commissioners for supporting the bin.
asserting at the same time however,
that their attitude may be due Go their
short time In Office and their un-
familiarity with conditions.
Thomas Nelson Page declared that
the bin would never be considered If IL
did not have the support Of the Com
missioner. He scored the supporters OF
the bill as deliberate plOtteTs in an cf-
fort 20 defeat the ends of the Humane
Society
That the MEASURE VIII meet defeat was
the prediction Of EpuniS Taylor and
Judge De Lac,. The Rev. Mr. WaiCrOn
assured his auditors that he is opposed
to the bill.
According to the Rev Or. Radcliffe,
the measure Is an eft 10 put the
society out OF existence He declared
that the society IS not wanted by its
enemies because II g done too much.
that the bill woUl e passed by Con-
gUess-
A letter was read on ". o. StiIman,
national president OF q e American HUI
name Society. He assorted that t'7t
measure is an attempt TO protect hfI-
tality and to perpe- -uate conditions
which can be only mentioned 20 be con-
demned-
The Washington times., 1910-03-15
UnSung Hero?

a MARYLAND man now rises % say.
forty-five years after the civil v-ar.
Lhat ne won the battle Of Gettysburg.
mat he lost property by reason OF the
fact. valued at si560O, and that he thinks
the Government should reimburse him
Tor his loss. Az ungraterul committee
or the Senate, however. has declined 70
accept the unsupported statement. say
ing that 1T will DO well for the story
books and pamphlets but when Il Is 10
be weighed as evidence Il is worth
little"
The savior Of the Union army In this
engagement signs his name. Harrison
Wagner. He says he comes from
WoOdsbOrough. Frederick county, No
He recites IN his petition that the Gov
eminent owes him an inestlu.able debt
for having saved the battle Of Gettys-
burg from being lost 10 the Govern
Weut and the Union army by having
the rebel spy arrested in Woodsborough
IN 1853. during the Gettysburg cam
paiEn." Further details OF the coup.
which as IT now develops, snatches the
laurels from the Union General Meade,
are not given by the claimant.
TX Is Set forth. however. that his ac-
tivity in capturing the unnamed spy
drew down upon his head the wrath of
! his community, thai his stock OF medi-
cine valued az $500 was destroyed,
! that he sold his lands at a sacrifice
and that he has never been rewarded by
/ the Government which he saved from
defeat.
In It's adverse report 10 the Senate
the Committee On Claims says: The
| evI Idence sustained by the claimant s
| statement alone IS but a Pandors's box
| The barrenuess Of fact Is its weakness,
I The claimant states that he broke the
| backbone OF the rebellion. This state
/ ment may do well for story books. bat
/ when il Is weighed as evidence Il IS
| worth IttleE
The Washington times., 1910-03-15
LEGISLATION AGAINST THE
HUMANE SOCIETY.

Throughout its existence the Wash
ington Humane Society has been a
power for good in the community. It
has carried on its work quietly but ef-
fectively. For some reason there Is
now a movement on foes 20 deprive the
organiza ton of its powers. These rea-
sons, so far as they have been present
ed 20 the public, arc not satisfying or
convincing. The District Commission
ers have seen fit to give their approval
10 the proposed legislation and their
reasons are likewise unsatisfactory and
unconvincing-
We have not heard that the Wash
! ingbon Humane Society has suddenly
developed a tendency 20 infict hardship
or 10 be .Unreasonably exacting n its
/ interpretation Of the law We have
vet TO be convinced that the situation
viii be improved by depriving it Of the
police power within a limited jurisdic-
ton and placing IL solely in the hands
of the uniformed police. The court
records viii show that either the uni
formed police have been woefully lack
ing in enforcing the law or else they
have looked calmly on the violations
of the law and waited for tho official
of the humane society to make the ar
rests. Is there any assurance that the
police viii display the same activity IN
A. c-.4-,--- ,-N--L - 49,, gs--T,--o.5 4
by the humane society in the past II
would seem TO be unnecessary tC
make a change when the only com
plants against the present system
emanate from those against whom TIT
! humane society directs its activities.
The Washington times., 1910-03-15
Mind QptckLy Changed.

ONE Of the witnesses from Baltimore
~ before the Senate Cost OF Living
Committee imagined thaJ a summons
from that body 20 appear as a witness
was not backed by any authority. he
supposed 70 wRs merely a request 20
be needed or not as II suited ones
convenience. Therefore, when Mr.. VIII
lam T. POulton. groceTymsn, received a
summons last Saturday from the ser
Eeaut-at-arms Of the Senate TO appear
Monday morning. he wired the curt re-
ply. Cant come"
When the reply was received the ser
geant-at-arms Of the Senate wired the
United States marshal Of Baltimore 70
notify Mr.. Poulton that IL he would
come TO Washington voluntarily he
would receive s. a day and expenses. IF
he did not chose 10 come voluntarily, 10
bring the reluctant one under arrest
This was communicated TO Mr. POultOn,
and. like lightning, his mind changed.
He wired the sergeant-at-arms: ''Win
be there on time"
The Washington times., 1910-03-15
Still a Fire Horse

THOUGH no longer member OF the
fire department, Dick, a veteran
fire horse, retains the instincts Of his
profession Having given the best years
Of his life TO the service, Dick was
turned over recently 10 the street clean
ing department and assigned 10 Inspect
or Doyle.
While engaged in the peaceful pursuit
Of his new duties, Dick, the other day,
heard the sound of a fire alarm. Deem
ing It his duty to arrive on the scene At
the earliest possible moment, Dick
started down Pennsylvania avenue,
with the inspector tuggins wildly at
the reius.
He was brought 10 a stop at the end
Of mile, and Mr.. Doyle got out end
tried TO argue with Dick that he was no
longer a fire fighter but only an humble
employe Of the street cleaning depart
ment-
The inspector is Of the opinion, how
ever that II will require conSidsra bic
argument to prove to Dick that he Is
not TO respond TO an alarm, and wheI-
ever he hears the sound Of a bell, Mr..
Doyle takes a tighter grasp on the
relnE.
The Washington times., 1910-03-15
Tales Gathered
In The Capital

STATEsMANSHIP of high order
- marked the House debate over the
amount of money TO be allowed for shoe
ing the State Department horses
II required an hours talk 10 determine
how much ought to be provided per
horse per year, and then Il was not
settled The proceeding involved Champ
Clark. minority leader; Representatives
Hanlin. Livingston, Mann, and half a
dozen others. Everybody seemed TO
have an opinion on how much It should
cost TO shoe a horse.
Under the pending bill S157 was al
lowed. this being equal to IS a shoeing
Mr.. HamHn derided the idea Of spending
that much for shoeing a horse. He
could do II for half Mr.. Livingston
said he didn't believe II. He thought the
price was reasonable, or, anyhow, the
amount Of money should be provided
Nobady could tell when a horse wac
going 10 need a round II shoes.
Minority Leader Clark could not stand
Il any longer He was a farmer, and
knew all about 1t. Had 2G0 miles OF
gravel roads In his county. Wore out
horse shoes faster than asphalt once
month was often enough u shoe q
horse Ought 10 be done for $50. easy
He believed in saving the pennies. fol
/ the dollars would save themselves
That's the way he regards appropriation
bills
Then Mr. Mann had some views o1
extravaganza. He thought the allow
ance should be cut down He wasn'
farmer, but he didn't have to be
farmer 70 see that. He objected. Thii
was what he was expected TO do wher
he got up. He is always expected [,
object He now has that reputation [,
sustain.
The Washington times., 1910-03-15
GIGANTIC WESTERN RAIL
ROAD STRIKE THREATENED.

Barely had the announcement come
that the difficulties between the Balti-
more and Ohio and its employees had
been compromised, and encouraging ad-
vices been forthcoming as to the Phila-
deIphia strike situation, when a new
trouble looms up in the labor world
In the West. A strike Of 1900 fire
men and enginemen employed on forty
nine Western roads has been authorized
by the general federated board for
Western railroads Of the Brotherhood
of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen.
The time Of beginning the strike has
not been fixed upon and there is a
slight possibility OF avcrtiug it. but the
outlook is not bright. Mediation by
I Federal authorities under the Erdman
act is the only hope of preventing a
struggle of gigantic proportions, dis
astrous alike TO the employees and to
the railroads involved, to say nothing
Of its effect on the public, which viii
be a heavy loser.
Il AAN ANNtAAN Att' Ply VI AAAAAte-ADA Va ZIG
j Baltimore and Ohio troubles ought to
. point the way e an adjustment in this
case Neither side in the controversy
on the Western roads can afford to risk
a strike. The danger of a strike of
general proportions arising from it is
too great for any reasonable settlement
& to be avoided lightly. The Erdman act
is not as effective a means for adjust
ing troubles between employers and
employed as It could be made to be
1. but in q number Of instances it has
proven valuable. and would probably
S be efficacious in this instance.
It is clearly shown by the outbreal
. Of trouble in the West so closely fol
n lowing the threats Of trouble on East
ern roads that there VIII be no perma
nent peace in the railway world unit
there IS a general readjustment O
wages which will enable the men t
Ameet in some degree the conditions i'm
sbosed on them and their families by
the increasing cost of living.
The Washington times., 1910-03-15

of the propositions of Euclid. The
unhlial impiety is exhibited by one of
Boston's own. The mblushing son of
Noah is a Harvard professor. He
reaches his conclusions by examining
the etymology of the names of the
trees and plants which Left Ericsson
and his hardy sea-rovers found on the
North Atlantic coast. For instance,
the vine from which Wineland the
Good derived its name was not the
grape but the cranberry. Ye bogs of
Jerseyi And yet the mudfats need not
rejoice. The deduction is that the fora
found by the Norsemen was the same
with which they had been familiar in
their own high latitudcs, and hence
they must have landed far north of
Boston bay.
BY humbling the pretonsions of the
Ericsson family, Dr. Fernald exalts the
Mayfiower. The little catboat with its
cargo of millet seed and pedigrees
stands unrivaled.
And yet difficulties still remain. If
the son Of Eric the Red and his beard
ed vikings did not discover Boston,
whence came that fine literary touch
revealed in the sagas? Who instructed
their skalds in the 1iPrling trochees
which so closely resemble Mr.. Longfel-
lows "SOngs of Hiawatha?" Who
etherealized the rugged pantheon where
gods and heroes, like the Ancient and
Honorable Artillery Company, feast in
the halls of Woden2
The Norsemen not discover Boston
at all events, it was a great oversight
The Washington times., 1910-03-15
NEW YORK SITUATION GETS
NO BETTER.

The recent visit of Senator Root TO
New York and his conference with Tim"
Woodruff, Republican State chairman,
have apparently not served TO bring
the factions of the Republican party in
New York State any closer together.
In the midst of a cloud of conflicting
reports and rumors, 1t is clear that
State Chairman Woodruff still retains
his seat, he has not been thrown out,
and he win remain chairman until his
term ends in September, or he viii pre-
cipitate a fight which may disrupt the
party for years TO come.
Senator Root Is apparently feeling
his ground carefully and is not IN a
hurry to act He Is canvassing the
State central committee and there are
The Washington times., 1910-03-15

many intinations that later on a spe-
eial meeting may be held to oust Mr..
Woodruff. This is likely to be the case,
especially II TIE Aids scandal at Al
bany is whitewashed, and if the
Hughes measures are blocked by the
Woodruff Barnes crowd.
All accounts agree that State Chair
man Woodruff is immensely pleased
over the outcome He is defiant of the
leadership of Mr.. Root and of the
wishes of President Taft. In effect he
is bidding the Federal crowd" to 90
ahead and do its worst.
While most of the New York Repub-
lican delegation in Congress is back of
Senator Root, at least in name, the
truth is that Woodruff is in a position
from which he is hard to dislodge. The
men around him know that if they are
forced out of power it will be their
political death. So they are ready for
desperate fight, in which. no quarter
will be given. They are in position to
say to Mr.. Roots
go ahead and drive us out, but we
will fight TO the bitter end and you
viii wreck the party hopelessly."
In the face of such defiance, Senator
Root, who wants peace, is not in the
best position TO use steam roller tac-
ties. 1t is probab,y true that Mr.. Root
and the President rave a majority Of
the committee, bat II is question Il
they dare to invoke their fun power.
The New Yerk situation is one OF
the most interesting political spec
tacles presented In this country foI
many a day.
The Washington times., 1910-03-15
Mr.. and Mrs, Charles F.
Adams Luncheon Hosts
Today.
British Ambassador and
Mrs. Bryce Included
Among Guests.

Mr.. and Mrs. Charles F. Adams en-
tertained a small company informally
at luncheon today al their residence
on Massachusetts avenue Among
their guests were the British Ambas-
sador and Mrs Bryce.
Lieut.. Won Bruening. OF the German
embassy, who has been IN Mexico s.
now on his 0ay TO California, where he
VIII join Alfred q. HOTstmann. also OF
the embassy staff. They Will return 10
the Capital together in time to attend
the wedding Of Miss Constance Hoyt 20
their colleague, Ferdinand Won Stumm.
=
Miss Marie Aldrich, 1879 p street, en-
teTtalned a party Of friends Informally
at d dance last evening
Miss Letterman
Entertains at Dinner.
Mrs Beach Grant, who is the guest of
Mrs. John Wyeth. was the guest In
compliment 20 whom Miss Lettern1sn
entertained party al dinner last even
I ing The other guests included Cover
nor John Lee Carroll. Mrs. stanton.
Mr. ana Mrs Gordon Cumming. Com
manoer Proctor, Mr. Smith and William
| Bowie Clarke.
Mrs Donald Mclean is spending the
/ DAY In Washington, the guest OF Mrs.
Walter Mclean and Miss Mclean, en-
! route 20 her home in New York after
an extended sojourn in the South.
Mr.. and Ms. c. Arthur Durham
/ tertained a small gathering inforrnaIIy,
last evening In their apartments at the
I lroquois IN honor Of their house guest
I Miss Mcintyre, Of South Carolina.
! Among the guests were DT. and Mrs
I Day and Mss Day, Of Virginia: Col auS
I MIS- }. H COileyr Of Georgia Miss
Armstrong. c B. TUllid. L. o. Treat.
I the Hon and Mrs J. Edwin EUerbe
and Miss Elerbe' Of South Carolina
Mrs N. Rosenberg announces the en-
/ gagement Of her daughter, Miss Dora
/ Rosenberg 10 Frank HOltzman-
/ Mrs Simon kann, Of Belmont road.
I entertained the Evening Club last night
I A punet luncheon was served in rha
] o4nlng room' where the table was dec
{ GRATED with spring flowers. The guests
D were AiF- and Mrs Edward Kohner,
4lT- and Mrs Sol Meyer, Mr.. and Mrs
] samuel J. Steinberger, Mr.. and Mrs
I a Slgnunc, Mr. and Mrs Sydney 9.
haulman. Mr. and Mrs 7 BehTend, and
I MI and Mrs Sol Minister
Miss Hattye Calm, Of Baltimore, who
Gas been the guest Of MT and Mrs
Joseph Aueroach, Of the Ontario has
returned 20 her home.
Miss Hattie Kaufman. OF Erederfcks-
( burg. Va, who has been the guest OF
! Mr. and Mrs 3. Sinsheimer. OF Wesr
Washington, has returned 70 her ho-7a
Miss Lorraine Herman, who has bean
visiting Miss J. Sussman, Of Baltimore
Tor several weeks. has returned home
4 Nh and Mrs. L. J. Brown OF 300 Sew
I eLfn street. who have been r1aLf7r =
few days visit 10 Baltimore have re-
turned home
/ Godfrey Schihman. OF GAINESVILLE. Ala.
Who was the guest Of his uncle
Schihman- has left Washington.
/ Nj and Mrs d. J. Kaufrnsn. who
nave spent the past two weeks in Az
lanuc City, have returned home
The Washington times., 1910-03-15
is GAS FIGHT TO BE THROT.
TIED AT INCEPTION2

The fight for an investigation of the
gas monopoly in Washington is on in
the Senate. It is soon to be determin-
ed whether Congress win again throt-
tie legislation which Is of interest to
every householder in the Capital of the
nation
At the outset Of the present agits-
ton the issues seemed TO be pureI$
local Even so they commanded the
attention and consideration Of Con
gress. The report submitted to the
Senate yesterday by Senator Brown
makes the investigation demanded of
interest to every municipality interest
ed in the price Of gas, and at the same
time brings up the issue Of Govern
ment control Of corporations The
Brown report sayss
capitalization is Jhe key TO
Government control and reEUla-
tiOn Of all corporations, subject
TO its jurisdiction. The company
under discussion and inquiry fur
nishes 70 Congress an immediate
opportunity to declare wise and
prudent public policy in respect
10 capitalization of corporations
generally. The opportunity should
not be lost
The opportunity should not be lostl
We heartily agree with Senator Brown
This Congress and this Administration
is pledged to Government regulation OF
corporations. Here is a corporation al
the seat Of the nation, subject to the
VIII Of Congress, which for years has
charged the people Of Washington a
3 rate out of al proportion to the profits
. earned. Although a corporation hold
3 ing a Federal charter, the Washington
Gas Light Company succeeds in keep
ing from tho public its true financial
condition. Congress has a right TO in
ycstigate the company.
The expected move has been made II
the Senate by the friends of the gal
monopoly to head off the investigation
Senator CaIinger wants the iuvestiga
ton referred to his committee. Tha
committee has had IN opportunity 70
many years to give TO the people o
Washington the relief they are nov
seeking through another channel Hav
ing failed 10 give that reIief in thu
past. it is too much to expect tha.
& they viii give it now. The investiga
tion should be conducted by q commit
tee which Is not accustomed to sittin,
heavily on all plans looking TO Iegisla
tion which would remedy the existin.
q conditions