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Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1910-10-08
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Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26

was a moments time in which TO reload.
the thick bushes parted Immediately on
my left front, and through them surged
the vast bulk of charging bull elephant,
the matted mass Of tough creepers snap
ping like packthread before his rush. He
was close that he could have touched
me with his trunk. / leaped TO one side
and dodge behind a tree trunk. opening the
rifle, throwing out the empty shells, and
slipping in two cartridges Meanwhile
Cunninghame fired right and left, at the
same time throwing himself into the bushes
on the other side. Both his bullets went
home, and the bull stopped short in his
charge, wheeled, and Immediately disap-
peared in the thick cover. We ran forward.
but the forest had closed over his wake.
We heard him trumpet shrilly, and then
all sounds ceased.-Theodore Roosevelt In
Scribner's.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26

the shipping and distributing point for a
large area.
The future OF the district is assured
through the fact that the water rights
here have precedence over all other water
rights taken from the Snake river. They
are prior 20 those Of the Twin Falls irri-
CATION projects. as well as the ones which
are known as United States government
projects. and have the best perpetual water
rights in the state Of Idaho. With these
conditions. and with the fact that the
| irrigation system itself is one Of the most
substantial ones which has been built In
| the country, the future OF Pingree Is as
sured.
The opening Of the townsite OF Pingree
and the sale Of the tracts adjoining same
| is not only a proposition Of land for the
! landless." but IL is one where more lands
for those who have lands" is offered. The
steady increase in values Of Idaho lands
makes this not only a safe investment,
/ but one where quick profits can be as
sured. The country round about is not
only wonderfully productive. but the quail
/ ity is most excellent At the National Corn
/ exposition. held in Omaha, wheat grown
| in Bingham county was shown which
| graded with some of the best samples
| shown in the western zone classes. Al
the National Horticultural congress held
products made conspicuous showing win
ming seven grand prizes out of eight for
which they were competitors. At the
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26

colonial time, with historical uniforms and
music, accompanied by former American
populaces. cheering and commenting in ac-
ton, in lay costumes of the different peri
DDS, This parade is to be reviewed SYM
bolically by Lincoln.
The folk pageant symboliZes the fusion
of many nationalities in the American ma
ton.
The pageant illuminations, emblematic in
character, are of three kinds; by electric
and calcium lights and by aerial fireworks.
Besides the above features outdoor and
indoor plays for children and young people,
depicting themes from American history
and folk lore are planned for outlying
parts of the city.
ST. Louis is also aroused to the need for
commanding a safe Fourth of July, and a
public meeting was recently held to inaug-
urate some plan for a sensible celebration.
Archbishop John J. Glennon was one OF
the speakers. Il don't see any patriotism
in noise" declared the archbishop. Il don't
Sc any heroism in the man carried with his
wounds into the hospital after 4 glorious
Fourth, nor I'm the explosion of a toy can
non when the boy eXplodes with the can
non. All this is noise-slmply noise and
nothing more. And the reasoD-can you
think OF any other than recrudescence OF
type?" The head of the police board prom
lsed the cooperation of his department
and many important local organizations
were represented in the movement
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26
FOR MEN AT THE THROTTLE
SkyscFRPer Reared at Cleveland by
Brotherhood of Locomotive
Engineers.

There is about to be dedicated in Cleve-
land, o., what is said to be the greatest
monument to organized la Dor In the world
the new SLOOOOoO building OF the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers. At its dedi-
cation there will be at least 5000 persons
from all parts OF the United States, Canada
and Mexico, besides a large gathering Of
Cleveland folk, No labor organization has
ever attempted SO elaborate headquarters
before.
The building is twelve stories high. 1t
is Of white terra Gotta and is fireproof. Its
ground space is l2ixl7S feet. In the building
there are 400 offices, and the floor space
aside from the auditorium, aggregates
lCl,OO0 square feet.
One OF the features OF the new building
is an auditorium which will seat /. 400 people
and hitch will be one Of the finest in the
city. The seats will be large and leather
cover, and like those of the modern the
alter. large organ will be installed.
The Brotherhood Of Locomotive Engi-
neers. which has a membership Of more
than $500 at the present time. was organ
lied forty-seven years ago this month.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26

Seattle exposition the gold medal award
for best sack of wheat" and for the best
sack OF oats" went to Bingham county,
Idaho, as did also the first gold medal for
vegetables. grains and grasses" and spe-
cial distinction for the county's fruit show
ing. This is the county in which Pingree
is located, the town being in the southwest
portion and but three miles from the Snake
river
The officers of the townsite company are
John Pingree president who is cashier of
the First National bank of ogden. Utah.
and a man who is both conservative and
progressive.
p. A. Dix. the vice president is president
of the Davis County nursery and person.
ally Investigated the orchard and small
fruit possibilities Of Pingree before enter
ing into the company. and James F. Bur
ton. assistant cashier of tine First National
bank OF ogden, is both secretary and treas
urer of the company. The town was named
in honor of Mr.. Pingree and he and his
business associates are men who make a
positive guarantee that the company will
fulfill its obligations.
Idaho now has 10000 miles of irrigation
canals, erected at cost of over So, 0O9 coo.
In this state over $4,000 acres of land are
under irrigation. Bingham county leads
all others in the state, having now 75s 900
acres under the system and with 1935 miles
OF canals. This is all land composed of
the rich lava ash soil which has demon
strated that it will raise unfaillng crops
and the new town of Pingree is so located
that it's future prosperity is assured.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26

The deliberate use Of a tool by a little
sand-wasp might well be supposed to indi-
cate reasoning power. wasp has been
seen TO dig a hole In the earth and deposit
an egg therein, together with a spider,
which she had stung into paralysis 10 feed
the grub which should be Matched in due
time. Then she filled the hole with sand
or earth and jammed il down with her
head. When at last the filling was level
with the ground, she brought a quantity of
fine grains of dirt TO the spot, picked up a
small pebble in her mandibles, and used II
as a hammer in pounding them down
with rapid strokes. thus making this spot
as hard and as firm as the surrounding
surface. Before the watcher could recover
from his astonishment at this performance,
she had dropped her stone and was bring
ing more earth. In moment the watcher
saw her pick up the pebble and again
pound the earth into place with IL. Once
more the process was repeated. and then
the little creature flew away. The whole
OF this performance was so unexpected
that the naturalist who watched Il might
have failed 20 convince skeptics that he
had not been deceived but for the fact
that so respectable an authority as Sir
Herbert Maxwell has reported similar be-
haviOr on the part OF a wasp OF the same
species under similar conditions.-Wash-
ington Herald.
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26

water supply is not only ample in quantity.
but is most excellent in quality. A $4,000
stone and concrete hotel. one which is in
wiling in appearance and with modern con-
veniences. is open to receive guests: a Sl2,-
600 stone business block has been COM
pleted and large warehouse and a num-
Der Of cottages have been built. Fingree
will not have to wait for the development
OF the surrounding country before It can
grow. for nearly all OF the country around
II has already been taken up and much Of
II is already under cultivation. Much more
is being brought under the pillow this year.
as this country is the section which is re-
ceivng the water from the American Falls
Canal company's irrigation system, which
supplies water for over ls5 900 acres Of
most fertile land.
The Pingree Townslte company has sub
divided their tract of 100 acres into about
200 lots and on July 2 when these are
placed on the market, the oregon Short
Line Will run special trains to Pingree to
accommodate prospective purchasers In
addition to the town lots the company will
offer 1.4oO acres OF fruit land, adjoining the
townsite. at the same time. This will be
acre tracts, and there are also ranch tracts
of forty, eighty and l6O acres near the
town which Will be offered.
The irrigated tracts around Pingree are
wonderfully fertile. producing fine crops
Of fruits. grains and vegetables, and the
place will have splendid shipping facil-
ties. There is no other town of Importance
within twenty miles and Pingree will be
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26
WHITTIER We ARE DRIFTING
Safe and Sane Celebration of the
Natal Day.
MODEL PLANS OF TWO CITIES
New York and PittEburK Devise
Ways and Means to Lift Observ-
ance of the Day TO PRtri-
otic Plane.

safe and sane" celebrations OF July 1
arc scheduled in a dozen cities this year
The start made by the city OF Cleveland,
last year, In prohibiting fireworks of all
kinds. producing a record unstained with
blood or property blazes, encouraged the
cause in other cities and most gratifying
results are expected. In many places the
difficulty OF promoting human safety with
stocks of fireworks in the storehouses of
merchants has been solved by the munici-
pality purchasing the stocks. which viii be
exploded with due Formally at night.
Where indiscriminate use OF fireworks is
forbidden provision has been made for va
rious games. parades and diversions de-
signed TO offset the absence Of explosives
and turn observance of the day into pa
triotic. pleasant and sensible lines
what New York VIII DO.
In Greater New York the celebration is
20 be "old-fashioned q" constituting dis
tinct novelty in contrast with former meth
DDS. The most distinct innovation Of the
day." says the Brooklyn Eagle. win be
10 focus attention at city hall, where the
mayor will review the parade, to be fol-
lowed by the exercises concentrating the
centennial Of the first sitting of the city
council there. The parade will be the first
MhlCn mas mafcneu DOWNTOWN lhsteau bl
up for a good while. II viii start a;
Twenty-third street march down Fifth
avenue to the Washington arch thence to
Broadway and down 10 the city hall Al
though the National guard has been re-
lieved from taking part in the celebration
the line will have Grand Army posts
school children and detachments from the
police fire and street cleaning depart
msnts, 50 that It will focus a great deal
Of interest.
The district celebrations win include
patriotic exercises In school houses
throughout the city, and games and ath'
letic contests In fields and parks IN al
of the boroughs. At night the greensboro
bridge and the Washington bridge ovei
the Harlem will be the most notable points
in the elaborate display OF fireworks
which Is TO be extended 10 every borough
while an illuminated automobile parade
will bring the celebration to a timely close
These exercises under the charge of the
mayors committee. Will be supplemented
n several sections BY neighborhood cele-
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26

The Key to the situatiOn-Bee Want Ads
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26
ALONG AFRICAN GAME TRAILS
Mr.. Roosevelt Describes Some of His
Hunting Experiences.
ABSENCE OF SPRING GLoRIEs
The Elephant Considered One of the
Most Interesting and One of the
Wisest of AnimnIs-A
Narrow Escape.

In this part OF Africa, where flowers
bloom ard birds sing all the year round,
there is no such burst of bloom and song
as in the northern spring and early sum-
mer. There is nothing like the mass of
blossoms which carpet the meadows of the
high mountain valleys and far northern
meadows. during their brief high tide of
life, when one short joyous burst of tenn
ing and vital beauty atones for the long
death Of the iron fall and winter. So II
is with the bird songs Many of them
are beautiful. though. TO my ears. none
quite as beautiful. as the best of our own
bird songs. AT any rate there is nothing
that quite corresponds TO the chorus tat
during May and June moves northward
from the gulf states and southern Cali
fornia to Maine. Minnesota and Oregon, to
Ontario and Saskatchewan; when there
comes the great vernal burst of bloom and
song; when the may-nower bloodroot
wake-robin. anemone. adder's tongue. liver
wort. shadblow dogwood. redbud gladden.
the woods; when hooking birds and car
dinals sing in the magnolia groves Of the
south, and hermit thrushe-.. winter wrens.
and sweetheart sparrows in the spruce and
hemlock forests Of the north: when boho-
links in the east and meadow-iarks east
and west si1< in the fields: and water
Ousels by the cold streams Of the Rockies.
and canyon wrens in their sheer gorges:
when from the Atlantic seaboard TO the
Pacific wood thrushes. veeries, rufous-
backed thrushes robins. blue birds. orioles
thrashes, cat birds. house finches. song
sparrows-sOme in the east. some in the
vest. some both east and west-and many,
many other singers thrill the gardens at
sunrise; until the long days begin 70
shorten, and tawny lilies burn by the road
side, and the indigo buntings triI from
the tops Of little trees throughout the hot
afternoons.
No other animal. not the lion himself, is
SO constant a theme Of talk, and a subject
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26
NEW TOWNSHIP IN IDAHO
Pingree, on the Oregon Short Line,
Will Open Saturday.
BIG ADVANTAGE TO INVESTORS
Growth of the section such as TO In
anre Prosperity of the New
Town from the Very Ne
ginning.

PiNGREE. Ida. June 25.-Cspeciai Core
spondence.)-rhe opening OF the townsite Of
Pingree, Idaho, will take place on sat
urday. July ? This will be the open
ing OF townsite where the improve
ments have already been made and
not OF one where they are to follow. The
Pingree Townsite company has cared for
the Interests and convenience OF those who
invest at this new point in Bingham county.
on the new line OF the Oregon Short Line
railroad Union Pacific railway. by maxi
ing over 10000 worth OF improvements be-
fore the townsite and adjoining tracts were
offered for sale.
Streets have been graded. trees have been
set out, water system has been installed
and concrete sidewalks are being built. The
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26

brations calculated, as the official OBJ
servance is. to bring the significance OF the
day home TO the individual citizens and to
crafty the almost universal delight in
fireworks, without undue risk to life and
limb"
John w. Alexander and Percy MacKaye
have been invited to act as masters of the
pageant in a two-year plan for celebrat-
ing the Fourth of July at Pittsburg Per-
haps the best way To make some sugges-
tons usefully is TO give a brief outline of
the general plan submitted to the Pitts
burg committee, Of which the mayor is
chairman, and By which the two-year
plan has been publicly endorsed.
In this two-ycar plan 1t is the hope OF
the pageant-masters TO initiate or revive
certain customs, which in time. and by
their adoption in other American com
munities may become national traditions
Of Fourth Of July festivals. Thus II is
proposed 10 introduce the following Off
cial features:
l-street, participants. These comprise
bahad ana carol singers, heralds, with
retnue) vendors, show makers, antics and
horn bles.
.-Children's parade.
5-Pantomime pageants.
4-Nenders' fair,
5-Awardrng - prizes.
6-Hstorica military parade
Folk pageant Thy night.
S-Pageant illuminations Thy night
The street participants, distributed in
various parts of the city, Will wear vivid
distinctive costumes. symbolical of the
Fourth OF July. designed by the pageant-
masters. OF these the ballad and carol
/ singers, chosen from boys and mems
choirs, will sing in the early morning and
again at sunset. certain simple ballads
and carols upon Independence" themes
In public squares and at street crossings
the heralds, with staffs, insignia, retinue
and blare OF trumpet. will make their
/ proclamations. These will consist Of n
brief invitation to the pageant. an out
line OF the days program and the
reading of the Declaration Of Indepen-
denee" to the people.
Youngsters I'm Line.
The childrens parade, in which no grown
people will take part is devised in four
general divisions. with color scheme accord
ing to the seasons. Each division is TO be
led by a constructed giant, followed by the
children in subdivisions. according to the
] themes from Mother Goose, folklore, his
/ tory fairy tales, etc.
The pantonime- pageants are substituted
for the customary floats. and will consist
of portable wheeled stages, on which the
pantomime players enact certain motives
chiefly humorous, appropriate TO the spe-
cial division of the parade to which they
are assigned.
The vendors fair is a convention OF all
the official vendors at booths in the park
where are to take place the historical
games, athletics. folkdances and songs OF
the young people.
The historical military parade aims &c
present a vivid spectacle OF all former
American troops and armies. from earliest
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26

thousands of years, which we may con-
veniently designate as late mocene or
early pliocene, were substantially equal
in brain development. But in one case
increase in bulk seems to have induced
lethargy and atrophy of brain power
while in the other case brain anu body
have both grown. AT any rate the ele-
plant is now one of the wisest. and the
rhinoceros one of the stupidest OF big
mammals. In consequence the elephant
outlasts the rhino, although he is the
largest, carries infinitely more valuable
spoils, and is far more eagerly and per-
sistently hunted. Both animals wandered
freely over the open country of East
Africa thirty years ago. ut the ele-
plant learns by experience infinitely more
readily than the rhinoceros. Ihe former
no longer lies in the open plains, and
now even crosses them if possible at
night. But those rhinoceros which form
erly dwelt in the plains for the most part
continue to dwell there until killed out
Not the most foolish elephant would un-
der similar conditions behave as the
rhinOs that we studied and hunted by
Kilimakiu and in the sotik behaved. No
elephant, in regions which have been
hunted. would habitualiy spend its Gays
would ii. in such places. repeatedly, and
in fact uniformly, permit men to walk
boldly up 10 II without needing them
until in its immediate neighborhood.
Narrow Escape.
At last We came in sight of the mighty
game. The trail took twist to one side
and there, thirty Yards in front of u.s. We
made cut part OF the sray and massive
head Of an elephant resting his tusks
on the branches OF young tree-elephants
hardly ever feed at noon a couple OF
minutes passed before. by careful scrutiny
We were able TO tell whether the animal
we could see was a COW or a bull, and
whether, If bull, IL carried enough horns
Then we saw that It was a big bull with
good ivory. 1t turned it's head In ny
direction and ! saw its eye; and / fired
a little 10 one side of the eye at a spot
which thought would lead to the brain
struck exactly where l aimed, but the
head Of the elephant is enormous and the
brain small, and the bullet missed H.
However, the shock momentarily stunned
the beast. He stumbled forward. half fall
ing. and as he recovered fired with the
second barrel. again aiming for the brain.
This time the bullet sped true. and as
lowered the rifle from my shoulder ! saw
the great lord Of the forest come crashing
to the ground.
But at that very instant, before Their,
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26
Rising Tide.

A Kansan sat son the beach at Atlantic
City watching a fair and very fat bather
disporting herself in the surf. He knew
that each succeeding wave came a little
closer 20 his feet At last an extra big
wave washed over his shoe tops.
Hey, there! he yelled at the fair fat
bather. Quit yer jumpin' up and DOWN.
Dye want { drown me?"-Everybodys
M&gaIn@
Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-06-26

of such unflagging interest round the camp
fires of African hunters and in the native
villages of the African wilderness, as the
elephant Indeed the elephant has always
profoundly impressed the imagination of
mankind. 1t is, not only to hunters, hut to
naturalists and to all people who possess
any curiosity about wild CT eatures aud the
wild life of nature, the most interesting of
all animals. Its huge bulk. its singular
form, the value Of its ivory, its great in
tellgence-in which 1t is only matched, If
at all, by the highest apes, and possibly
by one or two of the highest clrnivores-
and its varied habits, all combine to give
IT an interest such as attaches to no other
living creature below the rank of man. In
line Of descent and in physical formation II
stands by itself. wholly apart from ali the
other great land beasts, and differing from
them even more widely than they differ
from one another. The two existing species
the African, which is the larger and finei
animal, and the Asiatic-diffcr from one
another as much as they do from the mann
moth and similar extinct forms which were
the contemporaries Of early man in
Europe and North America. The carvings
of our palaeolithic forefathers, etched on
bone by cavern jewellers. from whom we
immemorial past, show that in their lives
the hairy elephant OF the north played the
same part that his remote collateral de-
scendant now plays in the lives Of the saw
ages who dwell under a vertical sun beside
the tepid waters of the Nile and the Congo.
In the first dawn Of history, the sculp-
tured records of the kings Of Egypt, Baby
lon, and 'Nineveh show the immense i'm
portance which attached in the eyes OF the
mightiest monarchs OF the then world to
the chase and the trophies Of this great
strange beast. The ancient civilization of
India boasts as one of its achievements
the tanning of the elephant; and in the
ancient lore OF that civilization the ele-
plant plays a distinguished part.
The Elephant g. Wise.
The elephant Is unique among nle
beasts of great bulk in the fact that his
growth IN size has been accompanied by
growth in brain power With other beasts
growth in bulk of body has not been ac-
companied by similar growth of mind
Indeed sometimes there seems to have
been mental retrogression. The rhin-
ocros. in several different forms, is found
in the same regions as the elephant. and
In one Of its forms IL Is in point OF size
second only 10 the elephant among terres-
trial animals. Seemingly the ancestors
of the two creatures, in that period. sep
arated from US by uneounted hundreds Of