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DID PERFECTLY RIGHT.

The Oregon Short Line officials
have turned down teh request of a
Boise coal dealer for a special train
to bring coal to the Capitol CITY.
and are to be commended for the
action.
When asked for an explanation.
the agent at Boise said
The officials of the Short Line
with whom this mater was taken up.
do not think that a special coal train
is necessary at this time for the re-
lief of the coal situation in this city
in view of the amount Of coal that
Is coming in and the moderation in
the weather. Should it come to a
pinch wherein the situation should
demand immediate relief. the Short
Line will in all probability. furnish
a special. but just now other cities
along the line have to be taken care
of as well as Boise.
The fuel situation in Boise is no
more aggravated than at other
points on the Short Line. and. truth
is. that this little village has been
in much worse condition, as have
many other towns.
The granting of a special" to
Boise would no doubt make matters
still worse for the outlying towns.
and, for that reason. seems to us
presumptive.
We again take pleasure in reiter-
ating that the railroad and the
coal dealers are little to be blamed
for the coal shortage. All through
the summer months the Short Line
offered special freight rates as an in
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day evening there will be another
session of this adjourned meeting,
and it is necessary that every BUSH
ness man be present. 1t is to the
individual interest of every one Of
US. 1t is to the interest of our homes
and our business, our wives and our
children. You must come.
Paste the date on your mirror, on
your desk, on your pocket book, on
your check book Tie a string
around your finger; carry the date
of Monday. January "a. in your
dinner pail Anything, so long as
you do not forget. Concentration is
the first condition of progress. Ideas
make a business and they also make
a city.
Mountain Home needs improve
ments. She needs to be cleaned up
and kept clean. She is going to
have a commercial club that will be
the Invest wire between here and
the state line in all directions. We
are going to help and we are going
to pack that Commercial Club room
on the evening Of
MONDAY, JANUARY "a.
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commodity prices have got to be put
up to carry finance. Oats, by the
way, were % cents a bushel ten
years ago. They are now about so
cents. If the money that that rise
represents had gone to the farmer,
farming would not be as unpopular
as il is today.
Well, | don't pretend to know the
causes of high prices, but this ! do
know, that ! am today paying s
cents more for my butter than I did
last year; that a better class of peo-
pie than heretofore is beginning to
try and evade the compulsory ed
ucation law, and that certain shop
girls whom l know have reduced
their lunches from chicken on toast
with rice border to an eclair and a
cup of coffee In other words, our
great and prosperous 90 country
stands at the parting of the ways. A
little more and you will have the
trunk class of America an underfed
class, being slowly but surely forced
down in the social scale. The labor
ing man, the miner, the servant girl
(Who are being paid mOre) will force
their Children up into the clerk class
only to have their children stick
there or return to them. This would
no longer be America.
This that I say is true, and it seems
to me to merit the attention of all
thoughtful Americans who care for
their country.
We have taken considerable space
to put Miss Hewes' ideas before our
readers for the reason that they are
not only the meat in the cocoanut,
but that. as she says. these condi-
tions must be remedied Prices of
the necessities of life must be re-
duced to a point where it is possible
for the wage-earner to purchase the
necessary amount with which to keep
the body well fed
This can only be done by a sys-
fanatic and honest crusade against
the trust control of the necessities
of life. Laws must be honestly and
vigorously enforced, and if the pres
ent antitrust laws are not sufficient,
others, and more drastic, must be
enacted. 1t is simply a question of
peaceable revolution, or a revolution
of blood. The people must become
educated to the appalling conditions.
If it remains for them to be ed
ucated" through their stomaches,
then will come a condition beside
which the French revolution will
read as a story of child's play
If, as seems possible, the trusts and
trust politicians think that the grow
ing sore on the body polite, which
they are responsible for and are
still aggrevating, is to tester in sill
ence and without injury to them
selves, they are much mistaken, and
may God pity them.
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ducement to the people to put in
the winters supply of coal, and
warnings from that company to
Put in your winters supply now
were of almost daily occurrence.
The dealers took heed of the warn
ings and filled all their available
storage. The poorer class, with few
exceptions, could not put in a sup
ply, and the people and business
firms who were abundantly able to
stock up for the winter would not
do so. They, having the money, pre-
ferred to contract" their coal for
future delivery condition they
knew, if they knew anything, would
work to the disadvantage of the
poorer class, but which, as ever. did
not worry them. The unexpected
and continued cold weather caught
these people short. and, instead of
being able to grab" every car that
came in, regardless of the condition
of their less fortunate brothers.
traffic was tied up and the expected
contract" coal could not be de-
livered. The poor. as usual, have
suffered in silence and tears while
the rich have sent a prayer to
Heaven, a howl to the railroad and
a curse to the dealer, as is not at
all unnatural, because it is habitual
under such circumstances.
There are lots of families in Boise
who are running but one fire and
have scant supply of fuel even for
that, but they are numbered only
among the poor
The rich are still heating their
palatial dwellings, holding receptions
and giving pink teas" between
"howls" for more coal"
Bosses schools have not been
closed, as have those of Mountain
Home The city has not been so
short" that such actions became
necessary, and we venture to say that
there is enough coal in Boise today.
were the bins of the rich investigated.
to supply the whole population with
sufficient fuel for months we're it
parceled out and used economically
by the rich as well as the poor.
Did the rich store this coal last
summer
No, dear reader, they CONTRACTED
it, and have been getting the cream
of all that came in during the pan
ic, while the poor have taken the
''ieavin's' in sacks, at 60 cents per
(smalD.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-01-20
DIRTY WORK.

There never was. and probably
never will be, a political campaign
which does not develop at least one
example of editor who can most
fittingly be designated as the DIRTY
Dog
This individual cannot fight fair.
He never has a good word to say for
1.-THE other fellow" His one aim is
to vilify. If. perchance. the armor
of the opponent is secure, he contents
himself with such utterances as
who is this man So-and-so?." and
makes it his stock in trade. Once
in while he is content to publish
a doggerel exposition of his asinine
methods and then, supposedly, retire
into his kennel and fight his egotis-
teal fieas and laugh at his "wit''
for a week, or until his NANCY ideas
suggest some other form Of viIifca-
ton and abuse to his diseased mind.
He is the most detrimental factor
in the campaign of those he would
support. He is a blot upon the
editorial and newspaper profession.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-01-20
COMMENTARIES ACTION.

The course of the Board of County
Commissioners in revoking the Ii
censes of the Atlanta saloon keepers
is most commendable. These men
had been warned time and again to
desist from unlawful practices in the
conduct Of their business but, while
profuse in their promises of reform.
they forgot" the matter as soon as
the promise was given.
The good people OF Atlanta. even
those who liked their ''toddy." be-
came disguised with conditions and.
seeing no other remedy in sight, roll
led up heavy majority for local op-
ton. We have talked with many
who said that they voted dry"
against their honest opinions in the
matter, but that there seemed no
other way to put an end to the con-
ditions that existed in their home
town. They had made Complaints
times without number, but nothing
came Of them and they were in po-
sition where patience ceased to be a
virtue.
The commissioners acted wisely
and should pursue the same course
IN every instance where proprietors
will not conform to the strict letter
of the law.
1t is only the abuses of privileges
ana law that make the liquor traffic
a matter of contention in politics
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-01-20
ANOTHER YEAR OF pRosrERrrY.

Again, during the few days of the
new year that have passed, the papers
have RECALLED us with the stereotyped
new years news to the effect that
prosperity has come to stay
This news is most interesting and
edifying, and we can now rest in.
peace
OF course the small matters of
strikes, trusts, high prices. low
wages, the paying of representatives
in congress and state legislatures to
assist the trust methods of robbine
the people. the municipal graft in
every city, the increase in child labor.
the white slave" traffic exposures.
the knowledge that ''peonage" in the
south is still protected by law. the
knowledge that the rich are growing
richer and the poor poorer, the pay
ing OF exhorbitant prices for coal.
milk, eggs, hay. grain and all the
other things one has to purchase in
order to feed the inner man and
brute hsould not interfere with our
JOY
Twelve month smore of prosper
ity'-for the trusts and political
thieves.
Just think Of it, 1t should be
heralded with delight by every man
VINO works for living and is trying
to make his one dollar do the work
1t used to perform with ease. He
should welcome this gerat news with
optimistic countenance- smiling and
radent-and then try and buy pork
and beans liver and spuds with his
small wage and pay the interest on
the mortgage on his little home. his
horse COW or household furniture
with his portion of our continued
prosperity"
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-01-20
THORNE. sMPLEx!i UNITYPE,.,


We, supposedly in company with
all other printers and publishers, are
in receipt of an advertising booklet
from the Wood & Nathan Co, en-
titled The Matter With the Printing
Business
The contents is supposed to tell us
all the things we already know
about the Improbable side of print
ing, and then to offer us, as a
panacea, the "Unitype," a type-de-
stroying, misunderstanding apology
for a type-setting machine, that has
caused more Christian printers to
lose their hope of Heaven than all
the sins Of the devil" and the de-
linquent subscriber.
1t is far from our religious prin-
ciples to KNOCK" the business of any
firm, but when Wood & Nathan at
tempt to bamboozle the poor. mis-
guided publisher into the idea that
their coffee mill' is superior to the
linotype, and a money-saver, we feel
it incumbent upon us to send forth
word of warning to our brothers
who have been so fortunate as to
have had no experience with
Thorns, Simplex or Unitype which
ever name they choose to designate
the mechanical type-destroying and
Understanding monstrosity by.
They are "one-man typesetters"
in about the same sense that
threshing machine is a one-man
affair. When they are good. "they
are very very good. and when they
are bad, they are horrid."
The trouble is that they are bad
about four-ffths of the time, and
the other fifth you are constantly
living in expectation"
They carry with them certificates
of the first grade as teachers of
profanity housekeeping, putting
down carpets or erecting the kitchen
stove are heavenly infants in COM
parison.
The only time you enjoy the de-
lights of clean. readable matter is
while the type is brand. spanking
new. and it seems to have a ten
dency of wearing out three
four times as fast as the ordinary
foundry casts.
These machines are a monerel.
fiea-bitten, spawned. cramped. equity.
rheumatic, sore toed. bunyoned. chill
blamed, knock-kneed. sprained. ring
headed, toothless. palsied. ring
wormed, tape-wormed blot on the
face Of the printing business. We
have one here in the Office coal shed
that is eating up interest on the fool
investment, and any publisher who
has the hardihood to buy the type
with which to load its capacious
nav can have the darn thing if he
will cart il away.
With the monster, and also FREQ.
he can have the millions of curses we
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-01-20
SHALL MOUNTAIN HOME BE
UP-TO-DATE d?

There are many things in the way
of Improvements that Mountain Home
is in need Of, and, in this respect,
she is in the same class as every other
city in the state Some of these are
not so essential that they need cause
sleepless nights among the present
generation, but there are a few that
must be looked to at once if we hope
to take and keep our place in the
prosperity procession.
We must have an adequate water
system, sewerage system and lighting
system, and it is up to the people to
see that efforts to this end are at
once instituted.
Some cities are made great through
force of natural circumstance
generally because Of their location
while others must become great
through the initiative of their people
Then there are numerous instances
where each Of these causes contribute
to success.
In the case of Boise, it has been
the progressive spirit of her citizens
coupled with the fact of the location
of the states capital that has made
her decidedly the greatest little city
in the West.
Twin Falls has been built and
nourished soley by the initiative of
her inhabitants, who have opened and
made prosperous a section of the
state which was, up to the time of
their coming, but a iack-rabbit-in
tested range
Idaho Falls, Blackfoot and Ameri-
can Falls are our best examples of
the combination of location and
energy, while Pocatello, the second
in size and best located city in Idaho,
owes the fact of its being solely to
its location. It's inhabitants have
been non-progresive; it has had no
rural community and it's permanent
improvements. aside from its water
and lighting systems, which are
under private ownership and of the
very best, are still in the future. 1t
has no sewers and no pavements.
With ourselves, we have been un-
fortunate in having fallen into the
hands of INSCRIPTIONS spectators
and the water is not yet available for
our lands. But we have the lands
surrounding us and the soil needs
but the baptism to make it as fine
and productive as any in the state.
Therefore, we have the location and
the only essential ingredient is the
requisite energy.
The two most necessary adjuncts
to our well-being are water and
sewer systems. The health of our
people depends on our sanitary con-
dition as a community, and adequate
fire protection is one of the greatest
building incentives imaginable.
Our present lighting system is
entirely insufficient to the needs of
the community, and it is the duty of
the council to grant an additional
franchise. properly safeguarding the
public interests, to a company that is
able to furnish the service needed.
For our other pressing needs. ways
and means should be looked into by
the council.
We understand that several prom
ositions looking to the Furnishing
of water and sewerage are now be-
fore the city officials. but that the
matter of granting franchises has
been held up for one reason or
another.
While not criticising the actions of
the council, we think it time that
some definite action were taken to
the end that Mountain Home shall be
an up-to-date city (which to live.
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and should be compelled to undergo
a thorough brain and voice cleansing
with a mixture of sand and CASTLE
soap.
OF course, this has no reference
to anyone in particular. but such a
character is bound to make its ap-
pearance, so that we will consider
this as sort of a prophecy"
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have heaped upon it. and also enjoy
our everlasting blessings for Riding
US of the double-dyed william.
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MONDAY, JANUARY "a.

The business man VINO, eApenulHB
his energies wholly on his private
affairs, refuses to trouble about pub
lie affairs. priding himself on his
wisdom in minding his own business,
is blind to the fact that his own
business is made possible only by
the maintenance of a healthy and
wide awake social and community
state, and that in defective local i'm
provements. or the lack thereof, his
business suffers and he is the loser
Where there are many of this
class, where the interior of the home
and shop and the few feet of side
walk in front are the ''only things
that count" investments are in
secure, business is stagnant and even
life is less safe than in the public
spirited community.
This we find to be the condi-
ton here, as it is in the majority
of the cities and towns of the coun-
try Our business men are good citi-
zens, good husbands and good faith
ers, but many of them seem to think
that in these three qualities their OBJ
legation to the community ceases.
He is a member Of the Commercial
Club. Oh, yes; he is a member.
But in attendance at its meetings he
is as slack and forgetful as the chain
ofr D.. te~
dues? Yesl Sometimes! And,
having paid them, he considers his
duty done and that the club can live
or die a bornin' without interest to
him or effect upon his business, while
truth is, the activity of the organiza-
ton. made possible by the regular
attendance of the business man. is
equally as essential to his business
welfare. the happiness of his home
and the progress of his children as
is the daily conduct of his business.
Build on the things that are
yours"
The business, social, moral, sani-
tary, educational governmental. and
all other interests Of Mountain Home
are yours. businessmen, and, if you
do not build on these things, you
have neglected your duty to your
self and your community, and the
loss is yours, equally with your
neighbor
To the extent that a man can turn
to practical use the mass of informa-
tion acquired during his more youth
full days, to the extent that he can
apply his mental discipline to the
solution of conditions he meets in
both the business and social world,
to that extent, and no further, can
he develop into a man of affairs and
Of value to his community, and he
can only develop in value to him
self and his home as this process
evolves
Mountain Home needs many things
and we would remind you that it is
intelligent direction and scientific
process that accomplish and sur
mount the difficulties. "The know
ledge that the root of the Greek
louer is derived from the sanscrit"
is of no value in holding ion or
running a business. but the discipline
that enables one to solve the former
problem will help one to solve the
problems Of everyday life-the
problems that confront our city.
Business men are essentially
thinking men. They have been
trained by experience and bv their
natural proclivities to think along
common sense and practical lines
"The only wav to learn 70 th,nt i
to think These men have mental
discipline. not intellectual stufBng
At least. that is the snpnosition nc
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-09-26
TORY HAS IT.

If you are looking for fresh home made candy just go to Toby's Candy Kitchen where it is made fresh daiiy.
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-09-26
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
 SALE.

In the District Court af the United States for the District of Alaska. See ond Division.
 In the matter of <. II. Stevens. bankrupt In bankruptcy. NJ. %
 To the creditors of $ II. Stevens, of Nome, in the District aforesaid, d bankrupt.
 Notice is hereby given that on the 3rd day of october, 1910 at ? o'clock D. m there will be meeting of the creditors of the above named bankrupt lat the office of J r. Hobbcs, referee in the Nome Realty Company's build ing on steadman avenue. to consider an application for sale of the following described property, to-wit:
 one Mergenthaler linotype machine, 1 two-revolution Campbell press. Challenge Gordon job press. Ideal paper cutter complete engraving plant, Remington typcwriters, To- scther with type, stones. rules, lead cutters, cases, and everything pertain ing to the office If the Nome Daily Gold Digger at Nome, Alaska free of an remembrance of $2.ooO and inter est thereon. evidenced by a chattel mortgage given to r.. W. Johnston. of Seattle, Wash. dated May 20. 1909, the proceeds of sale to stand in lieu of the mortgaged property.
 If said application is granted. the sale of said property will be made forthwith at auction to the highest and best bidder for cash. subject to confirmation by the undersigned at continuance of such meeting, which on the conclusion of such sale. will he taken to the 4th day of October. 19lO at o'clock r. m.. in the office afore- said. and to transact such other busi- ness as may properly come before such meeting.
 Dated Sept. 2l 1910. J. F. HOBBIES. Referee in Bankruptcy.
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-09-26
Deeds

Anna | Wauslcfn ta Grace Ir Glcreq. lat 2i in block r. May S- 1aIa
 Mrs. J Turner ta Wm Rouuey. Hu undivided anc-haIf interes, n tha Paisley association claim right limit of Solomon Sept 26 1af8
 John Mauahan ot af. to \. Pafst tae kora fraction au Bourbon crock. Sert 1a 1a10.
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-09-26
MATTERS
 RECORDED
SEPTEMBER 1e, 1910. Proof of Labor.

SEPTEMBER 1e, 1910.
 Proof of Labor. No. l on Nugget gulch. tributary to oregon creek for 1910; A. J. Daly ct al. No. Sheldon on Wonder creek for 1910: c. A. Karneu ct al
 Affidavit of Publication. North American Transportation co. to N. P r. Hatch to No. 3 above on Otter ara.R au5. 9. 1910 Charles NoPcl to William Kinder ct Il. to Grathaiack claim; Sept. r.. 19lo.
 Locations. The Bu; Inc group on Ida guich. q tributary .o p, ita July Q. 1910: Fred Price ct a.
 Power of Attorney. Chas L. Ross to Marion IT. Ross. special powers to sell one certain house: July 30. 1910
 R. J. Thompson to Chas. A. Vogel general powers; Sept s. 1910.
 Deeds.
 William r. Code ct al. to Albert Fink. an undivided one-third interest in No. ? above on Holyoke creek; July
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-09-26
MORE FRESH sPEclALTlEs.

The two Alaska meat boats are due in Nome this week for thr last time Tor this season. the Maclfnaw tonight and the Pacific Cold Storage bs4i Elihu Thomson Saturday
 With the consignment of rrezh meats will be small lot of fresh zhrimps, iabsters. crahs. oysters. haHf- but checks and claims SD get yaur or dcrs in carly if you want taste
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-09-26

Ladies v.tH e. tHst es-a-t r--r reserve the Bowling A fsr#rf except between the hours 2 a r- t1 D. m. by a.yIng natre.
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-09-26

For strenuous exercise quit solitaire and try bowling.
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-09-26
SEPTEMBER 20. 1910.
Locations.

The Primrose as-aeiafiaH .n GiaH#e .gulrh. a tributary tp Gold Eut.. June 20 1910. George Moor, ,t
 The Good Hope aefHtfau claim r.u tundra west or Nuu.. July 1 iga. Frank Peterson ,t af.
 Tho Webfaut assaruHaa glatm rr 2e-mile r'adnrusc. west or Nome. Jue F. 1910 Ivan Ero-uom et aL
 The Thfrd Beach a~suriatnu ucar 22 milo raadhouae west if Nome JuHe :. 1aio, Ivan Erostram ct al.
 The SErapttya assaeiatlan claim au tho right limit of Hastucs crock. Sept. r. 1e1o. Fred Scgaf cf 8r
 Proofs Of Labor.
 Ralph $. fraction an Bamnan rr..k for 1alo. N l.. SrriHgsteEH et aL
 NJ. below on TrtppIe rirar aar 1910. N. F Springstein et al
 Bench NJ on thr rfrht HmIt af Cooper guIch for 1gJo. F. Ha=f.r
 Roosevelt and Nome bench chiH right limit of Glacier rufsn far laia. IT. Q Winqufst ct aI
The Nome daily nugget., 1910-09-26

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