The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1910-03-24
~ CURRENT EVENTS -

| Forty-one state governors met IL
conference recently in Washington t(
cooperate in the effort to secure more
| uniformity among the states. The diff.
| ference in business and legal forms
| in the various states causes much in
convenience which undoubtedly can be
remedied, while marriage and divorce
| laws, labor and food laws and Other
subjects should be uniform throughout
the states The results of the confer
ence no doubt will prove mutually ben
eficial to the states.
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Attention is being called to the fact
that some of the hes men in the federal
reclamation service have recently
quietly resigned their work for the
government and have taken up work
with private enterprises or have en-
tered into private business life. No
complaint whatever has been made
against the duties of the government
employee nor against the officials in
charge of the reclamation service. The
reason given out is that the salaries
paid by the government are not as high
as those paid by people handling large
projects who are willing to pay high
for experts.
Sagebrush has long been spoken of
in tones of disgust-and worse-but
recent articles show that study is be-
ing made CT this despised growth to
discover some useful properties or
commercial value about it. A report
of a more recent experiment says: 1T
was found it was readily crushed into
a pulp and formed perfect mat. By
mixing with earth it became firm, DUST
less, and noiseless, and gives promise
of long wear. So satisfactory was the
trial that this sprjlg many miles of
sagc-brush roads will be laid on the
highlands" Should all this be true.
and come to pass, the despised sage
brush may yet be acclaimed blessing
in the west.
Reports from Lisbon give accounts
of terrible snow storms at Audani and
vicinity, resulting in great packs of
famished wolves swarming upon the
town from the mountains. A party of
horsemen who set out from the coun-
try to tell the authorities of Audani
that the farms and plantations were
besieged by the ferocious wolves and
that the inmates were prisoners, were
pursued into the town by a pack of
over 200 wolves. A great hunt, headed
by civil guards and attachments of in
fantry and cavalry was organized re-
sulting in tremendous slaughter of
wolves, while eighteen of the hunting
party received injuries.
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Sir Ernest Shackleton, the man who,
up to this time has the ''farthest south"
record, will arrive in New York this
week, accompanied by Lady Shackle-
ton. They will go directly to Washing
ton where they will be the guests of
Ambassador Bryce. They will be for
mally presented to President Taft who
will present to Sir Ernest the gold
medal of the National Geographical So
ciety. Next week they will go to New
York, where on April %, after a trip
to Canada Sir Ernest and Commander
Robert B. Perry will be joint guests of
honor at a banquet given by the Civis
Forum at the Hotel Astor. Following
the banquet Commander Peary goes to
London to receive the gold medal of the
Royal Geographical society.
I'll!
While the controversy has been go
ing on over the placing of the statue
of Robert 3. Lee in the Statuary Hall
of the Capitol in Washington, the sta
tue has been unloaded from the rail-
road car, hauled to the capitol and put
in position. The relatives of General
ta1 t.
tors to make no effort to have the US
ual formal resolution of acceptance of
the statute, at present, hence the sta
tue, doubtless, will remain without
formal acceptance until the display Of
hostility toward the south's great lead
7r shall have subsidized Public opin-
ion generally seems to voice regret
over the rather unexpected and I'M
5eemly demonstration of prejudice re-
Gently displayed in this matter.
Sir Knill, lord mayor Of London, in
speaking of the reception to be accord
I'd former President Roosevelt when he
arrives In England in May, says: mo
nan is more deserving of the highest |
lonors the city can afford him than |
Ar. Roosevelt There is nothing an |
tnglishman delights in more than
gripping the hand of o friend and no
ruer friend have we than the great |
American statesman. My first sugges-
ion on learning of Mr. Roosevelt's in
ention to visit London was that |
hould entertain him at the Mansion
House, but very soon l realized that I
UGH a reception would be on too small |
scale altogether. You may depend
Ipon it that the reception at Guildhall
will be as hearty and brilliant as the
ity of London knows how to make it,"
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Prof. Percival Lowell, one of the
rm believers in the idea that Mars
inhabited by highly civilized beings,
as recently announced that he has
cen the Martians commencing work
u new canal. He also states that
mere are indications on the great plan
which seem to demonstrate the re-
ent opening of canal there for the
evelopment of their land. Success
To- nryfy,