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Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-05-14
Serial No. 03132

Serial No. O3132
Notice for Publication
Department of the Interior
U. S Land Office at
HALEY, Ida, April Is, 10
Notice is hereby given that Albert
Collins of Glenns Ferry, Idaho, who
en- February 4, 1904, made desert en-
try Serial No. O3132) No. 1l67 for
lot 4. section 81, township S, range
Ia q. Boise Meridian, has filed no.
tice of intention to make final proof
tn establish claim to the land above
described, before Register and he
ceiver U. S. land office, at Haley
Idaho, on the 18th day of June, 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses:
Jerome J. Phillips, or Glenns Fer
ry, Idaho.
Robert D. Gorby, Of Gienns Fer
ry, Idaho.
William G. Bryant, of Glenns Fer
ry, Idaho.
Ralph s. Silvers, of MountainHome
Idaho
Nav ,a.,une II P. +. HORNE,
Register.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-05-14

Mrs. Oren Underwood will enter
tain the w. c. T. u at the home #
Mrs. Geo. Mahoney on Friday after.
noon, May 20, at p. M. After a
short business session a debate will
be had.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-05-14
KING HILL NEWS


ing for a visit with her brother.
G. f. Cassaday was in Good
ing on business the first OF the
week.
q 81 Hammett was in town
Tuesday and Wednesday.
DR.. Morrison was called to Sc
sttls Washington, Monday, on &C
count of his sons illness.
Mrs. George j. McCabe very
pleasantly entertained number
of her lady friends on Wednesday,
afternoon
Clyde Huff spent Saturday and
Sunday with his parents at Nam
pa.
George Richeson and Joe Row
berry were over Sunday visitors
at Boise, Ila. They stopped off
between trains at Mountain Home
and Nampa.
Bridge Contr actor, VIM. Camp
bell is spending this week at
Highland Park Fruit Ranch.
Mr. and Mrs. Huff are enjoy
ing a visit form his sister, Mrs.
Knowlton, of Nampa, and her tw
children.
Douglass Heller came up from
Bliss, Tuesdsy,bu only made a
short visit.
There will be services he.e
tottth morning and evening on
Sunday May 15.Everybody well
On Saturday May 21st the
King Hill Dramatic Club will
give the play entitled "the King
Comedy in three acts by Bernard
Francis Moore.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-05-14

The M. e. Ladies' Aid will hold an
exchange at the Keener Drug Store
today. All kinds of cooked food will
be offered for sale.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-05-14

A meeting Of the board of directors
of the Mountain Home Water Users
Association was held In Attorney
Watts office for the transaction OF
the general routine Of business.
Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-05-14

Roses Rolled Rye, the best of break
fast foods. Ontario Cash Store
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17

Sale of Timber-M issoula, Mont, March l,
l9lO.-Sealed bids. marked outside bid, Tim
Der Sale AppliCation,- February lo 1910, Kan
iksu," and addressed to the District Forester,
Forest Service, Missoula, Montana, will be re:
ceived up TO and including the llth day OF
April, 1910, for all OF the merchantable dead
timber, standing and down. and all the live
tim Der marked for cutting by the Forest officer
before cutting begins including approximately
572 acres in Sections Is, 81 and 2S, Township 81
North, Range West, and Section "a, TOWNSHIP
So North, Range West Boise Meridian, within
the Kaniksu National Forest. Washington
estimated to be 1875 NJ. feet B. NJ. white pine,
2SO7 NJ feet B. NJ Western larch. 1892 b. feet b.
NJ, Western cedar, 296 NJ. feet B. NJ. Douglas hr,
1865 NJ. feet b, NJ. merchantable dead timber.
log scale. more or less, 0,745 cedar poles ana
an unestimated amount OF shingle bolt mater
ial. No bid of less than $500 per NJ. feet y. NJ
Tor white pine, ~ 10 per NJ. teet b. ID for west.
ern larch, Western cedar and Douglas FIR, 81 90
per NJ. feet B. NJ. for merchantable dead timber
of all species. Q cents per linear foot Tor cedar
poles 40 feet and over, ~ cents per linear loot
for o. 80 and 35-fOOt poles. 10 cents Tor 2Ofoot
pole, and rs cents per cord for single bolt ma.
terial will be considered, and deposit OF
$500 must be sent to the Western Montana
National Bank of Missoula. Montana, payable
to the bank, for each bid submitted to the DIS
trict Forester. Timber upon valid claims Is
exempt from SALE The right to reject any ana
ali bids is reserved. For further Information
and regulations governing sales address Forest
Supervisor, Kaniksu National Forest. Newport
ester 43-5
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
Steyenson's Gun of Misery

r. L. Stevenson. writing in 1893 to
George Meredith, in an eptstle quoted
in his Letters" says. with heart
touching pathos:
''For fourteen years l have not had
q days real health. 1 have wakened
sick and gone to bed weary. and |
have done my work unf1inchingly. l
have written in bed and written out OF
it. written in hemorrhages, written in
sickness, written torn by coughing,
written when my head swan Tor
weakness, and for so long. it seems to
me, have won my wager and recover
ed my glove. l am better noW-have
been. rightly speaking, since first l
came TO the Pacifc-and still few are
the days when l am not in some phys
ical distress. And the battle goes on
Ill or we'll is a trifle so that it goes. L
was made for contest, and the pow
ers have so willed that my battlefield
should be this dingy, inglorious one OF
the bed and the physic bottle. Ac
least l have not failed, but l would
have preferred a place Of trumpet1ngs
and the open air over my head
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Whetkx' Eooa,

Natural soap Is not heard OF very Of
ten, but it not only exists, but IS highly
priced by Jack Tar in the tropics when
the purser reports that the ships sup
ply Of soap has given out. Then all
hands are sent ashore to gather 4 sup
ply OF natural SOAP" which H. found
on the shore in the shape Of whelks.
eggs. The whelk is little Shellfish. OF
marine mollusk. which in Europe IN
eaten like mussels. cookies. oysters
and clans. but in the tropics it is
more highly esteemed for the soap it
provides iu the shape OF its eggs. The
eggs are found in a light yellowisn
mass which is composed OF some Eve
or six hundred capsules. One fish
alone produces millions OF these eggs
In the course OF the year. They are
found ON the shores Of the Atlantic,
but are very profuse on the@ i1tertfop-
zeal coral reefs, where sailors take
large quantities aboard for use rs
SOaD
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
aIackburn's EIouuence,

The story is told Of senator Proctor
Of Vermont in "reminiscences by Vice
President Stevenson that when invited
to go out of the senate chamber just
before the days session began he re.
Piled Excise me. | am paired with
Blackburn on prayers" When the
Rev Dr. Butler retired from the
chaplaincy of the senate Rackburn's
speech surpassed all others for ardor
and felicity of expression. The coun-
terpart Of the scene that followed his
closing words had never been wit
messed in Legislative assembly. All
were in tears 1t was even said that
venerable senators who had never shed
a tear since the ratification Of the
treaty of Ghent actually sobbed aloud
and refused to be cOmforted At
length. amid silence that could be felt,
all Adjournment was effected. and the
senator's passed olt to their homes. AS
he passed The cha ir Senator Vest in an
undertone remarked 10 the vice presi-
dent. Joe never saw him - Wash
ington Herald.
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Didn't Lose His Temper,

There was an elderly East Indian
colonel whose boast it was that he had
a very tranquil disposition that moth
ing could ruf1e. He took up golf. and
for a long. time his friends failed to
notice any disturbance OF the colonies
outward calm. but one day. when play
ing foursome. he got into notorious
devils punchbowI" bunker and spent
a terrible fifteen minutes trying first
to find the, ball and then to play it
OUT He tried every club in vain, and
at last. glaring like demon, he
smashed them. one after another.
acrossa jagged rock. What are you
doing:' cried the party above tits
all right" he snorted. "It's-it's better
to-break ones clubs than to-aose
ones temper And the caddie gath
cred up the pieces.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
Foreign ceoaraphy.

Children Of Europea, !, hirth ~ho~.
oio enough to receive some dnstructson
~ geography before coming to thas
country hold opinions in regard to the
political divisions Of the earth which
all the American sgeographers and the
teachers thereof combined cannot up-
root. A New York teacher found that
OUT when she tried to impress upon a
young Austrian miss that Columbus il
the capital OF Ohio.
lt is Cincinnati, on. the Ohio" re-.
torted the Austrian maiden politely.
but firmly.
Maps and printed text were produced
10 prove her error. The pupil was in
noWise convinced.
1t wasn't that way in our geogra.
phy at home,'' said she. And the next
DAY, to uphold her contention, she
brought the geography on which she
based her assertion. That book was
not perfect product Of the geography
makers art, for it certainly did state
that Cincinnati, on the Ohio river, was
the capital of Ohio.
But that is mistake" said the
teacher. Then day after day, when
the girl was called upon to recite, the
teacher put the question of diseprd,
"What is the capital OF Ohio y and day
after day. at the risk Of bad marks,
came the positive reply. Cincinnati,
on the Ohio. New York Press.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
Diamond Cut Diamond.

Patrick II. AcCarren," said . Brock
Ign lawyer, "knews how to handle men.
He met straightforward men With
straightforward methods. and tricky
men he bested with wilief tricks than
their own.
"Once he illustrated his policy to
me with story. He was like. he
said, the rich Peter Higgins.
When Peter was young and gag
two friends, being hard up, put up.
game on him.
IS Peter they said, you might pay
US that So we lent you
when did you lend me 81? said
Peter haugh1ly.
why, night before last, when you
were drunk wassthe reply.
-"'Oh, yes said Peter. I remember
now. But, hang it, + paid you back.'
"'Paid us back? When?
Last night, when you were sdrunk.
Don't you remember
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How to Know the Twins.

The Beverly twins. Fred and Frank,
were such exact counterparts OF each
other that none Of the neighbors could
tell them apart. and even their mother
sometimes had her doubts. The re-
semblance is accumulated by the fact
that they are dressed exactly alike.
How In the world can you yourseii
tell which is which, Mrs. Beverly:
asked q caller one day.
ITO tell the truth" she answered,
~ can't always. But if l hear noise
In the pantry and | call out, FREQ, u
that your and he says, Yes, mamma,
| know it's Frank and that he's IN
some kind of misc hief. "-Exchange.
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HIS CONUNORUM.
Propounded In Prose, It Was Answered
In Rhyme.

Propounded In Prose. It Was Answered
In Rhyme.
In the olden time before the war,
the days so famous for generous nos
pitality in the south. brilliant party
was assembled at dinner in beau
tiful country homestead. Across the
table wit flashed back and forth, and
the guests began to vie with one an
other in proposing conundrums.
Mr.. Alexander r. Stephens offered
one which puzzled the whole company,
What is il that We eat at breakfast
and drink at dinner
For some time no answer came, ana
the bright eyes Of The southern orator
began TO sparkle with triumph. when
Colonel Johnson taking mp the Com
monplace Book" Of the hostess, which
lay conveniently by. wrote impromptu
upon the nyleaf the following answer:
What is eaten for breakfast and drunken
for dinner?
Is 1t coffee or eggs or butter or meats?
Sure double the stomach Of obdurate sin
ner
Who eats what he. drinks and drinks
what he eats.
But let AS consider. Tis surely not but
ter
Nor coffee nor meats whether broiled or
roast,
Nor boiled eggs nor poached nor fried In
batter.
1t must then. be bread An. yes-when
It's toast,
Atlanta Constitution.
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A Pot Walloper.

The parliamentary register for 1896
showed that there was then only one
pot waiiOper in all England. One see
Ing the term for the first time might
easily imagine that a pot walloper was
species of ichthyoSanrus or some 9th
ei reptile of a past age. 1t will be dis
covered upon inquiry. however. that
The term pot watloper' is literally one
who boils pot aud was applied to vot-
ers in certain boroughs of England
where before the passage Of the re-
form bill Of 1882 the qualifications for
suffrage was to have boiled (walloped)
bis own pot in the parish for six
months. london Notes and Queries.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
A CONVERT.
Hs Is Now a Firm Believer In Psychic
Phenomena.

Hs Is Now Firm Believer In Psychic
Phenomena.
do l believe in the occult? Sure. I
do" said the suburbanite as he set
tied down into his seat in the smok.
ing car and filed his pipe. II was
just as great skeptic as you are until
a week ago. l was firmly convinced
that table manipulation was a fake,
that mind reading was pure guess
work and that all alleged psychic phe-
nomena could be attributed to natural
causes. But now I'm willing to ac-
cept the entire propaganda Nothing
is too obscure for me to accept on
blind faith. I've experienced COM
plete change Of heart, as they used to
say in the old camp meetings.
You see, it was this way. My
friend Bpggins. who is really a bug
on the occult, induced me to go to a
seance with him the other afternoon
ting. In spite OF my nonbelief he said
l was good subject, and l guess l
was The lady who was delivering the
soul fluid told me l should have trou-
Bile with a stout, dark woman. All
the way out on the train that evening
the idea haunted me- l couldn't get
il out OF my head
And, say. she was right. What
happened? Why. when l got home
found myself up against the PROPOSE
ton Of firing the colored cook. Sure,
I believe in the occult Got light ?"--
New York Times.
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A VINDICTIvE KNIFE.
The Weapon That Tried Several Ti~..
to Kill kipiino.


to Kill kipIina.
Ny mind has flown back down the
years to London and into the Iary.
corner room on the second fioor VI,
lters street, Embankment Gardens o.,
the wall fronting the Thames bano,
the most vicious looking knife | have
ever seen. 1t Is serpentihe in shane
and its downward point is as sbarn as
u needle.
What a villainous weapon said.
Yes" replied Kipling, and | forgot
the name he gave it or the section OF
India from. which it came. ..That
knife has tried to kill me severa,
rimes. It's always on the watch.
When l got it there was affixed to it,
ilhe button on a foil, one joint of q
mans backbone. The knife had been
run into the vertebrae, given a savage
twist and brought away with it a piece
OF human framework"
AS he spoke he approached the gilt.
tering, snakelike knife.
Don't touch itr' l cried. you
ought to keep it In a locked box"
He didn't touch it, so far as saw,
out as he raised his hand the knife
dropped like a plummet and stood
Quivering in the floor within an inch
Of his boot.
Look at that.' he said and stood
there without moving a muscle until ]
saw how nearly the sinister blade had
come to impaling his foot. - Robert
Barr in London World.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17

A we'll managed farm is the best
source of wealth nowadays. The
farmer is the man Of substance and
influence and there is no healthier
life than his. Invest your money
in farm and you will feel indie
pendent. The firm that handles
Real Estate regularly as business
ought to know something about
property values.
We have made a speciality OF the
business for a great many years
and recognize a bargain when. we
see it. We offer a choice selection
OF Stevens Co. farm lands in suit
able locations and at tempting bar
gains. =,
You will admit that it is we'll
worth while to. have our experience
as a guide. We can show good
land at $40 per acre. other at sl5
and up to $25. If looking for farm
land or small tracts. call or write
for our list.
Newport Wash. Land 70.
Newport. WASH
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
HOW LONG is A DAY7
Some Of the Worlds Inhabitants EAT
SIS Meals During One.

SIS Meals During one.
IF we should meet u man ana ne
should casually remark that Ne ate
3l5 meals yesterday we would ooupt'
less be somew hat astonished at MS ap-
BETTE. Likewise we would Ieel sorry
for the man who said that. having
foolishly eaten three eggs Win Dacou
for breakfast. he had no appetlte Lor
his Christmas dinner. But maybe the
first man wss from Spitzbergen' where
rhey have a day three ana NAH
months In length whereas the poor
chap who missed the Christmas feast
lived in Finland. at Torena, Where
Christmas day is something less than
three hours long.
On tbe whole. il would be rather
wise If one should undertake 10 40
certain work. TO receive so much per
dry ia payment, to understand just
where the work is to be done, else one
might have to labor eighteen anu
half hours at Stock holm, if it happen
ed to be the longest day OF the year,
or all the time from May Il 10 july II
II at Wardbury In Norway. In ST
Petersburg the longest day is nineteen
hours and the shortest five hours AT
Torena. Finland. there is twenty-five
hour day. At London and Bremen the
longest day is sixteen and nan
hours. while at Hamburg and Dantzlg
there are seventeen hours IN the long
est day. In Washington the longest
day is about fifteen hours Exchange
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
Wonderful Cactuses.

The largest cactuses in the world are
those to be found In parts OF Mexico.
The curious bristling plants common
In greenhouses and even in botanical
collections give but poor idea OF the
size and beauty Of this variety. 1t 10
common. for example, TO find single
plant growing TO height OF eight or
ten feet which will weigh several hun.
dred pounds The cactuses grow In a
bewildering variety OF forms and cob
ers. Their blossoms are corresponding
II large and varied.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
Crushinaa Lawyer.

De Wolfe Hopper WAS once wit.
ness in suit for SANDER and the
opposing counsel in the court room
said:
You are an actor, believe"
yes. replied Hopper.
lis not that low caliny:"
81 don't know. but it's 80 much bet
ter than my fathers that I am rather
proud Of it,
What was your fathers Calling
may | ask?'
He was lawyer" said Hopper.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
Wonderful Musical Memory.

Sir John Staine1 had wonderful
musical Aeinory. 1t was put to the
test once at the Crystal palace when
be bad 70 play the organ in the Mes
slab" and folio copy. on which alone
he could see the score. was not forth
coming. The conductor was in despair
Sir John cut the knot by a wonderful
four de force. playing the part fault
lessiy right through and entirely from
pemory. probably the only time the
Messiah" has been so rendered.-Lon-
don Standard
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Numismatics.

Nephew Gust returned from abroad
This frame piece. aunt. got in Paris.
Aunt Hepsy wish nephew, you'd
fetched home one Of them Latin quar-
ters they talk 80 much about.-Louis-
lille Cour!eE-Journal
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department OF the Interior.
Land Office at Spokane, wash;

| MATCH D. IylU.
NoticeI is hereby given that David G. Beggs.
OF Penrith. WASH, who. On March Z. 100, mace
WV and NJ swZ, Section 26. Township
81 North, Range A E W. M, has
filed notice of intention to make final I'VE
above described, before sidney W. Rogers,
United States Commissioner for the Eastern
District of Washington, at Newport, Wasn.' on
the 9th day of April, 1910.
Gregory. of NewportsW ash. Knute.o Fellana'
of Penrith. Wash. Thomas Carey. OF NeWpoI.'
WASH, and Jesse B. Gallaher, OF PenriIn, ASH
3-10 3.N Hal ]. COLE. Register
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
A Cynical Citizen.

Us your town Improving:
Yep" answered Broncho Bob. The
Axures show that the tone Of Crimson
Gplch is improving. The population
has DECREASED 80 per cent In the last
year, and | don't know OF anybody
whose absence wouldn't be benefit"
Washington Star.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17
P,ayino Il Down Low

Il haven't much use for Blithersaey."
said the proud papa.
"Why:" asked the proud mamma.
Il listened to him for an hour today
while he told me about what his baby
had said OF tried to say, and just ASH
was about to tell him about ours he
left me. saying he had to catch q
train. Baltimore American.
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BY Main Strength.

They were listening to piano solo,
at club after dinner party.
Il know a girl" she whispered, who
played the piano. and she had only
four fingers ON one hand"
You'd think from the way this one
is playing said he. that shes hadnt
any."-New York Press.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Department of the Interior,
Land Office al Occur 'AIene, Idaho,

Land Office at Occur d'Alene, Idaho,
February 5. 1910.
Londe, OF Newport, Idaho, who, on May %. 1907,
made Homestead entry No, 5249 Serial No. O203i J,
for SEA OF Sec 8, Twp S. n, r. E. W NJ, has
filed notice OF intention to make final commu.
tatiOn proof, to establish claim TO the land
above described. before the Register and Re-
eeiver. U. S. Land Office at Occur d'AIene,
Idaho, on the 22pd day OF March. 1910.
Claimant names as witnesses: 8. w. Hapt0n-
stall, James w. Heisner. Charles HeisLer and
J. ". LeFeYer, all of Newport, Wash.
2-l03 ". H. BATTING, Register.
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A Eraaaart.

PA. what Is braggart:'
He's a man. my son. who Is not
afraid TO express bis real opinion Of
himself - Boston Transcript.
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17

The great question is not so much
what money you have In your pocket
- what yuu win buy with it.-Rusktn.
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His. obIisatisnss

81 owe Pjenks call.
"Going there this eTeninG:
mo. You. see-eR-that Isn't Ill
owe him."-Clevelaud Lsadsr.
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tween brethren in misfortune-Le
.SaSi.
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tnHuited.

Have you lived in this town very
long. Miss Scarf
"Of course not. Do look old
enough to have lived anywhere very
long?"
The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1910-03-17

Is yours Il small businessr
Have you anything To sell?
Or do you want to buy anYthtng?'
Have You farm or house to rent?
Try these short time low rates
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GENERAL DIRECTORY
CIVIC SOCIETIES

NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Lodge No. l44 F. & A. NJ.
meets LIST and 3rd Thursdays in Vawter's
HILL A Reid w. NJ.
s. W. Rogers. Sec'y.
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