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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-02-10
EVERYTHING HIGHER.
Prices Have Climbed Steadily for
Several Years Past.

Ten years ago when the price OF
staples began to move up cent and
two cents pound it was felt, but
not as burdensome. There was no
cutlery; but now that the increase in
the simplese articles for mere sub
sistence is marked not by cents and
fractions of cent, but by 25 and so
and 100 and, in the case of lard, ac-
utally zoo per cent, this business of
the increased cost of LIVING falls on
the average wage-earner, especially
the office wage-earner who has no
labor union to send his market value
up-falls with the heavy hand Of
a tax collector in time of war, or
tribute levied by a conqueror. As
matter of fact, with the exception
of two or three staples like cotton
and wheat prices are higher today
in America than they have ever been
in time of war. Never has the coun-
try been SO prosperous. Never has
there been vaster. abundance of all
the staples supplying human sub
sistance; yet never in the history of
America have all the staples of liv-
ing gone to such level of extortion-
ate prices.
Take cotton, for example; within
the last year it has reached and re-
NAMED at prices (15 cents) almost
twice as high as the average for the
past ten years and three times as
high as in 1899; but that, you say,
is the result of an especially short
crop and of Dull" movement |
(The bull in turn will tell you in
addition to the short crop is the fact
Of the pagan taking to other gar
ments than those in which he was
Dorn-in word, the all-pervasive
'octor OF more users than producers I
Very WE'LL Take wool The conser-
Vationist will tell you that sheep
lave decreased, owing to depletion Of
he grazing ranges; but the fact re-
mains for the man who pays the bills
hat wool suits for boys, which cost
10 in January, 1903. cost SIP so in
January 1910; that SIP suits have
moved up to $15 in the past year;
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-02-10
HE MEANT IDAHO.
Booster Citizen Who Wrote
of His Beloved State.

The genuine 'pote" who penned
this article may not have lived in
Idaho, but he sure had the Gem
State in mind when he broke forth
into the following rhapsodical song
about his own native state:
HAS it ever occurred to you, Mr..
Chairman, that the cotton cloth made
in South Carolina annually would
make a sheet big enough to cover
the entire face of America and Eu-
rope and lap over the toes of Asia
cor if all the cattle she raises each
year were one COW, she could
browze on the tropical vegetation
along the equator, while her tail
switched icicles off the north pole.
and that her milk could float ship
load of butter and cheese from
to New York?
"Or, if the mules we market each
year, were one mule it would con-
sumo the entire annual crop of corn
of North Carolina at one meal. and
kick the spots off the sun without
swelling its sides or shaking its tail?
''Or, if the hogs we raise annually.
we're one hog, that animal would dig
the Panama canal in three roots,
without grunting, and its squeal
would be loud enough to jar the CO.
,oanuts off all the trees in the canal
,Ona7
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-02-10
EpIroR ROOSEVELT SAYS ~ WAS RIGHT.

The Outlook Theodore Roosevelt associate editor says
thus about Pnchot:
mo one read President Tats letter to Mr. Pin
chot which ends with the statement that the President has
directed the Secretary of Agriculture Mr. Pnchot
from his office the Forester without agreeing however
deeply the necessity Of the action be depored that the
make this dismissal inevitable Whether Mr. Pnchots
of duty and has made his of
ton imperative to his mind not President could
permit such positive refusal to obey orders without abandon
ing all pretense of official discipline and administrative order
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-02-10

publications. Communication by letter is personal and is
really luxury; intelligent information the great questions
Of the day necessity and should be priced Cannon
ism and Aldrichsm would be mild calamity beside the
lowering of the general interest in public affairs that
from reading papers and magazines
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-02-10

The Recorder hasi tyetthe money to build that new
main line railroad through Rched But its good business
friend the Oregon Short Line hasright now But twont
have it in yearor will be already spent and the road
built and full Of trains. See Richied Grow
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1910-02-10

Twenty degrees below in New York; storms almost
daily all tip and down the Mississippi valley up over
the roofs of houses Mimesota floods the Pacific coast
Congress blowing hurricane in Washingtonoh yes who
wouldn't live in Sunny Southern Idaho?
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
Al FIAT DENIAL.

As It has been reported from New
Orleans and given the widest possible
circulation that the Baptist convention
when IN session in that city recently had
endorsed Mayor Behrman, a denial j:
in order. According to the record Of
the proceedings a resolution was adopt
Cd correcting tl1e statement that thu
Baptists in session had Endorsed Mayoi
Behrman's action with regard to tht
school superintendency Of New Or.
leans. It may be said that regardless o.
the qualifications and .1se standing o.
the gentleman interjecte the head o.
the public schools Of Ne cans, thai
the arbitrary action Of y Behrmar
was more autocratic thu democratic
Indeed. il was the dragging down of al
Office flied with responsibility ane
honors which should have been left IN
contaminated with the nire of disgrace
fill politics. But what viii not some po-
liticians Of narrow mould not do to sub
serve the interests of. for the time being
dominant faction in politics.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
CHEAP CORN; CHEAP MEAT
Secretary of Agriculture Gives
His Views

Full bins of corn and oats have had
much to do with the fall in prices OF
meat in the opinion of Secretary OF
Agriculture Wilson.
1.-THE present break in meat prices
is hardly a normal development, "
said the secretary. in discussing the
reports from various cities. while
it is true that we should expect down
ward end in prices because of great
crops of corn and oats we have had,
the present sudden drop in meats is
too pronounced to be an effect from
that cause altogether. believe the
drouth in the southwest and the con-
sequent shortage and high prices OF
hay are esponsible for an unusual
movement for this season of farmers
rushing to market with their stock.
They see it pays better to sell now
than to feed through the winter. They
probably are also influenced by an
ticipations of lower market.
'Tt is too soon after the election to
connect politics with the decline OF
prices. The country is full of corn
and oats. That's the reason, funda-
mentally, for lowering of prices"
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
LESS THAN BELIEVED.
Cotton Ginning Report Proves a
y Decided Surprise.

Cotton of the growth of 1910 ginned
to Nov. Ia, according to the census
bureau report, amounts to 8,764, 153
bales, counting round as haiti bales.
At New Orleans and New Y ork in the
markets there was much excitement,
the figures being lower than thought.
The trade was looking for figures of
about 9, 900, 600. For same period last
year it was SIP, 1879 or so5 per cent
OF the total crop of 10, 072, 731, and in
1908 up to that date the ginning was
9, $685. 500 bales, or 49, per cent of the
total crop of Is, 086, 005 bales.
BY states number of bales ginned to
Nov. Id is:
Alabama, 1911, 631; Arkansas, 474, 422;
Florida, 46. 765; Georgia. |, 434, 6o6;
Louisiana, s4,05s; Mississippi, 755,
Jas; North Carolina, 494, 1923: Okla
homa, 735, 237; South Carolina. $685..
300; Tennessee, 1872, 213; Texas, 2,236,
944; all other states, IS, $40,
Sea Island cotton, included, is r.
585, compared with 6s, 495 in 1909 and
Sc. 701 in 1908.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
SHERIFFS SALE
Oct. 80.

No. I3,864-In the First Judicial Dis
trict Court of Louisiana: A. Ii.
Solly VS.. A. C. Pitts.
By virtue of writ of fieri facias. 10
me directed from the Honorable First
Judicial District Court of Caddo PAP
lsh, Louisiana, in the above numbered
and entitled suit, l have seized and will
offer for sale, at public auction, for casa,
according to law, at the principal froat
door of the court house Of Caddo Par
ish, Louisiana, during the legal hours
for sales, on
SATURDAY, DEC. ~, 1919,
Lots six and seven g and y Of the
Town of Rodessa, Caddo Parish, Louis
lana, with all buildings and improve
ments thereon, said sale to be made fer
cash according to law, to pay and sat
1sfy the debt specified in said writ, say
IN the sum of $4,000, with 8 Der cent
interest from October 2, 1908, less cred
its Of $4,000 paid February 6, 1907, aad
5000 paid February 10, 1908, and ten
per cent attorneys fees on amount sued
Tor, together with all costs of this suit,
and recognition Of vendors special lien
and privilege. JP.FIO1JRNOy
Sheriff and ex-Oficio Auctionesr.
Caucasian, November 10, 1910
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
GREAT NUMBER SLAIN.
So Says a Report From Zacate-
cas-. Mexico.

According to report received at
Ell Paso from 100 to $50 persons were
killed in riots at Zacatecas, Mexico,
opposite Tampico. Soldiers are said
to have fired into the mob with disas
trous effects, piling the dead upon one
another.
A dispatch received at El Paso from
Del Rio states battle took place be-
tween Americans and Mexicans, but no
details were given. TWAS said to have
occurred near there.
American Ambassador Wilson tele-
graphed Washington the government
was master of the situation.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
PeouIlar ACCIDENT.

just as Miss Ada Gerdes, seventeen
years old, seated on a motorcycle in
front of Elliott Lindert at Dallas, was
passing the residence of DR.. Percy G.
Baird, her dress iuttered the hot ex-
haust pipe, catching fire. Flames were
communicated to the carbutor, thence
to the gasoline tank, latter exploding.
DR. Baird threw his coat about Miss
Gerdes and extinguished the blaze.
The girl was seriously burned and the
doctor sustained q scorched hand.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
DOUBLE B[OWUP
At WICHITA FALLS
Gas Stove and Coal Oil Lamp
Explode Same Time.
LADY BURNS 10 DEATH
Mrs. Wilkes Had Started Through
Room When Oil Was THROWN
Over Her cIothlng-Two Others
Are Injured.

AS Mrs. W. P. Wilkes of Wichita
Falls, Tex, started through a room
carrying an oil lamp it exploded and
almost Immediately terrifcexplosiou
OF natural gas followed. 1t is believed
Ghe gas had been turned on in the
stove and was not lighted Or else was
leaking. Oil was scattered over Mrs.
Wilkes clothing and before relief
came every stitch was burned from
her body. She did not live a great
while.
Miss Pearl Sykes and three children
were in another room. Her clothing
was set on fire and she rushed to the
street, where neighbors tore off her
raiment. She was terribly burned, as
was also her mother.
Two houses owned by %. A. Riggs,
valued at SIS, 600, were destroyed by q
fire which followed the explosions
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
PROCLAMATION.

Pursuant to Q resolution passed by
the Parish Board of School Directors
of the Parish of Caddo, Louisiana, at
its regular meeting held on the I2th day
of October 1901, I, Isaac Barron, presi-
dent of said board, hereby give notice
that, in compliance with said resolution,
a special election will be held in School
District Number One, consisting and
composed of the whole of Ward Four
of said Parish of Caddo, State of
Louisiana, on the 2oth day of November
1910, for the purpose of submitting to
the property taxpayers, qualified under
the Constitution and laws of the State
Of Louisiana, to vote at said election,
the following proposition, to-wit:
To levy special tax of one mill on
the dollar on all property in School Dis
trict No. Of the Parish of Caddo,
Louisiana, subject to taxation, annually,
for period Of ten years, for the pur-
pose of purchasing sites, constructing
public school buildings, and of equip
ping and maintaining the same, the title
to which shall vest in the public.
For the purpose Of said special cleo
ton, the polling places will be:
Precinct tn Ward A-Chatwin Brss.,
corner Market and Travis. Commission
ers, H. R, Strube, Dr.. G. c. Chandler,
Henry Dillenberger Sr. Clerk, Noise
Levy.
Precinct In Ward 4-Court house.
Commissioners, John S. Young, Henry
Basch Jr, Edgar N. Florsheim. Clerk,
Morris M. Benson.
Precinct 3 in Ward Ferris Hotel.
Louisiana avenue. Commissioners, Gahe
Leadman. Edward F. Neild, w. II.
Werner. Clerk. James H. Ross.
Precinct 4 in Ward Bob Hughes
store, Jordan street. Commissioners,
R. L, Her, B. H. Bickham, H. c. String
fellow. Clerk, ]. H. Marshall ST..
Precinct S in Ward 4-Chas. Steers
old stand, Texas avenue. Commission
ers, w. w. Smith, Michael Bernstein,
A. A. LeRosen. Clerk, David C, Heine.
Precinct 6 in Ward 4-Metca1f's store
Texas avenue. Commissioners, E. B.
Herndon Jr., Roland Williamson, T.
Leslie Pennington. Clerk, T. Fletcher
Bell.
Precinct ? in Ward 4-Zwally's stu
dio, Common street near head of Texas
street. Commissioners, John F. Wise.
D. H. Deas, ]. w Jones. Clerk, J. n.
Bodenheimer.
Precinct 8 in Ward 4-Alfred's store.
Western avenue. Commissioners. Ben
Bernstein, John D. Murray, S. r. e.
liott. Clerk, w. c. Agurs.
Precinct 9 in Ward West End
Bank, Texas avenue. Commissioners. 7.
w. Peyton. L. E. Stokes, T. M. Hall
Clerk, 6. w. Marshall.
Jewella Precinct in Ward A-Monk-
houses store. Commissioners. Tohp
Monkhouse, R. ]. Porter, c. A. Fory.
Clerk, R. E. Rogers.
At said special election the polls will
open at 7 o'clock am and close at {
o'clock pm, and the election win be
conducted in accordance with the laws
of Louisiana applicable thereto.
Notice is also given that at o'clock
pm, December l, 1910, on the 10th day
of November 1910, The said Parish
Board Of School Directors of the Par
ish Of caddo. Louisiana. win meet in
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
AN ORDINANCE

Repeating an ordinance creating Drain
age District No. One (I) oa,sed
April II, 1906.
Section I. Be it ordained bv the po-
ice Jury of the Parish of Caddo in L.
gal session convened, that the ordinance
adopted April II, 1906, entitled IAN Or
oinance creating Drainage District No
one' and appointing FIVE commissioners
therefor, fixing the limits thereof and
hiking its domicile, time and place for
the meeting of the commissioners and
organization of its board, and conform
ing to Act 81 of the General Assembly
OF the State of Louisiana 1904 and an
other laws on the same subject matter"
DC ana the same is hereby repealed
Ayes: Wynn, Miller, Mahlen Pole
man. Scott, Winter, Smith, Naele, Moss
Crawford. '''ss'
Nays: None.
VT. CRAWFORD. Pres
:. I. DURINcgR. Clerk
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
Maze Novel Campaign.

ITO Mechanicsville grocer, one lem
on, cents. " is among the items OF ex-
pense enumerated by Congressman
elect Theron Akin of the TWeaty-fifth
New York district in his statement of
election expenses, fled with the secre-
tary of state, his total expenses being
s169. 76. Mr.. Akin made novel cam
paign against Congressman Durey,
At one meeting he mounted the plat
form carrying an empty dinner pail.
The lemon was used in connection with
this exhibit
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
American Troops Sent.

Troop L, Third cavalry, were sent
from Fort Sam Houston, San Anto-
MO, to Eagle Pass and Troop K to
Del Rio by order of General Hoyt,
commander of the department of Tex
as. General Wood, chief of staff of
the army, said this was done to meet
the emergency. Posts at Laredo, Ea-
gle Pass and Apache were notified to
hold troops in readiness.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
DALLAS AUTOMATIC
TELEPHONE COMPANY
Faes Charter With the State De.
Aartment - AustiN
cEPE1Al s Hall NIlE1oN

Construction Begins O. 0neo and
Plant to Be FULLY Equipped Bee
fore Operations Are - Stars In
the Establishment.
Work on the composition al NE first
installation of $4,000 line automatic
telephone system o to be rnshed by
the Dallas Automatic Telephone come
pany, charter to which has been SEE
cured from the state department at
Austin. Capital paie dp1 stock is
$500, 600.
It was stated by J. G. Caster OF the
company that work. would be hurried
on the Dallas plant, which will use
the latest and MOST improved autos
matte apparatus.
The company has already erected a
commodious building at Dallas, and
pronounced by delegates to the recent
independent telephone convention to
be the most complete anywhers in the
United States.
Ia aoulblOu, underground lnOS nave
been laid in various business streets
prior to paving, and It is stated that
service of limited character could
be given within short time. It is the
plan, however, to wait until the whole
city has heen installed before furnish
ing service. Underground conduits in
various residence Streets soon to be
paved will be installed so soon as the
necessary permission is secured from
the city commission.
Services of hello" girls arenot re-
quired by this system.
The company's ultimate capitaliza-
ton it is stated will be close around
81, 200, 600.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
FAMILY Of FOUR = :
SHOT TO DEATH
Father, Mother and Two Chill.
dren the Victims.
HOUSE THEN SET ON FIRE.
Unknown individual Not FsF From
Barnard, No., Commits Deed
That Is Fiendish and Succeeds

That Is Fiendish and Succeeds
In Escaping.
Oda Hubbell, farmer near Bar
nard, Mo-, his wife and two children,
Jessie, six years old, and Weldon,
four, constituting the entire family,
we're shot to death. In order to con-
ceal his crime the unknown individual
set fire to the house.
Neighbors heard shots at the Hub
bell home, but no one investigated. At
midnight the dwelling was seen to be
on fire aud the people in the neigh
borhood repaired to the scene and ex-
tinguished the flames.
The charred remains of the children
were found in bed in their room, and
it was evident they had been killed as
they slumbered.
Hubbell's body was found lying on
the floor of another room and his
wife's body lay in her bed, where she
probably had been shot without any
warning.
It is believed the man struggled with
the murderer. A pool OF blood out
|-side the door indicated he had been
shot there and his corpse dragged in
side.
Not the slightest clue was left by the
murderer that would tend to lead to
his identity.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
John Gear of New
GENERAL York city bet that
NEWS Henry L. Stimson
HAPPENINGS would be elected the

NEWS Henry L. Stimson
HAPPENINGS would be elected the
governor of the state,
He took off his clothes, put on a bath
ing suit and jumped into the chilly
East river. With rowboat following
he swan to Randall's Island, thereby
complying with an election bet.
Some unknown man described as
possessing a voracious appetite for
eggs in all styles, including raw, has
greatly angered farmers in the vicin
ity of River Head, Long Island, by
stealing this at present costly article
of diet. From one farmer three dozen
we're taken. Considerable ham is also
missing and the presumption is he is
indulging in the friendly shelter of the
nearby woods luxurious meals of ham
and eggs Farmers fortunate to have
any eggs left have stormed them in
their bedrooms.
Captain Haskell B. Talley, charged
at Tulsa, Okla, with assault to muir
der on B. F. Pettus, formerly superin-
tendent of schools at Beaumont, Tex,
was convicted by jury's verdict and
sentenced to three months in Jail and
fined $500. This was his third trial.
Leslie E. Brooks, aged seventy four
years, formerly president of the Ma
tional Board of Trade, editor promi-
nent in Alabama politics and post
master of Mobile during the first term
of President Cleveland, died at Mobile
after a short illness.
In collision near Richmond, Ind,
between a passenger train and freight
three trainmen were badly hurt and
many thousands of dollars worth of
damage was done. Traffic was delayed
a number of hours.
Director Dnrand of the census bu-
reau charges that the census figures of
Grand Falls, Mont, were padded and
he has taken 1910 names from the
rolls, leaving the city a population of
Is, 984.
Liberal leaders alleged to be respon-
sible for the riots at Leon, Nicaragua,
have been expelled from that country
by order of President Estrada.
After attempting to kill her brother,
Miss jeanette Loveless ended her life
ct Lawton. Okla, by taking poison.
Knoxville, Tenn. has 36, 346 popu-
Iation, according to the census, an in
crease of 3. 100 over 1900
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
Auto and Car coIlIdeS

Ina collision between an automobile
and a trolley car at New York all the
seven occupants of the automobile
were injured. George Stivers was
dragged under the trolley car thirty
feet and picked up dying. For mo-
ment recovering consciousness Stivers
said to Thomas Lee, one of the party
who was not seriously injured: ''Tom,
I owe Jim Buchanan (another of the
party, who may not recover, 1915, and
he hasn't even an I. o. q. for it. If I
die, see that he gets it out of my es-
tate. Charles Larkin was also proba-
bly, fatally injured.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
SUCCESSION NoTIcR

No 14o7AIn First District Court Of
louisiana: Succession Of J. z.
Bricksr.
Notice is hereby given that w. D.
Broker has this day applied TO be ap-
pointed administrator of said success
slon' and unless opposition be made
thereto within the time specified by law
ne viii be appointed as prayed for.
Witness the Honorable A. ]. Murff.
Judge of said court, this ord day of No
Venloer 1910. w. M. LEVY,
NOV. 8. Deputy Clerk.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
peath PenaItv For coupIe.

AT De Queen, Ark, John Ford and
his wife, Leila Ford, were convicted of
the murder of VIII Nichols. planter
and lawyer and member of the legis-
lature, and sentenced to hang Jan. 20
next. Eye witnesses testified the wom-
an struck Nichols several blows before
be was fatally stabbed by Ford.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
SUCCESSION NOTICE.

No r4ose-In First District Csurt 81
Louisiana; Suceessioa ST c. S
Britt.
State o. Louisians. Parish sf Cadds
Noticx i hereby given THAI w y Brisi
has this day applied e Be appointed ad-
minissrssor Of said succession, and ia
less opposition be made thereto withis
the tiFae specified hy Iaws he will - ap.
eoinssd as prayed for.
acss tie Honorable E Bell
fudge 81 aaid eosfrt. IS 10th day sf Ne
sssshef g VII.
IL Deputy lezlE
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
AUTO SKIDSp
One Occupant Killed, Another
Badly Injured.

George N. Root, treasurer OF the
Lenox Savings banko of Lenox, Mass.s
was instantly killed, and his brother,
Willis E. Root, was seriously injured,
when the automobile in which they
were riding skidded on an icy 9oad
and was overturned
Miss Florence Mahanna, who was
soon to have been married to George
Root, was also in the machine, but was
not hurt.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24

its Office in the court house, and in open
session proceed to open the ballot boxes,
examine and count the ballots in num-
Der and amount, examine and canvass
the returns and declare the results of
said special election.
This 2oth day of October 1910
ISAAC BARRON.
Oct. 80. President.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
Captain Nsunshower Dies.

Captain Nathan Munshower, COM
mander of the Union Veterans Lee
gion, died at Columbus, o. While in
attendance at the national meeting q
few weeks ago he bruised his right leg
and amputation was necessary. Blood
poisoning followed, which caused his
death.
The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1910-11-24
Thought Done by One Person.

Florence Simpson, eleven years old,
whose head was crushed with fat
iron at Houston while asleep, is dead.
Buck Bridges, eighteen yeaes of age,
dealt blow with window weight at
about the same hour, was declared by
surgeons to be beyond the hope of re-
covery. 1t is believed one person did
both horrible deeds.