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Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06
Inconsistent.

The governments prosecution of the
lumber trust is based IN the theory
that the alleged Combination In re-
straint of trade" has made prices I'M
duly high. 1t is, therefore, by the
governments contention, an "unrea-
sonable restraint"-within the rule
Just declared by Chief Justice White.
The motive Of the prosecution is adj
mirable. But the governments right
eou zeal to prevent the trust from
holding up prices is strangely incon-
sistent with the same governments
giving the same trust its one great
weapon Of extortion-the tariff on
lumber. 7
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06
"Except Rails"

The prices OF steel bars, steel bill
lets, ~beams-every form Of steel, exs
cept rails-are lower than at any
other time during the past f1ve years.
Steel rails alone continue to sell at
the same price that was fixed by the
trust ten years ago. Why the excep-
ton? Whoever thinks out the reason,
for himself will have put his finger
on the crux of the whole railroad stu
alton. Other forms of steel are
bought by men who have no other,
interest to serve than their own, and,
no purpose other than to take advan-
tage Of dull times and get their goods
at the lowest possible prices; steel
rails are bought BY the men who run
the railroads, who are the same men.
that u the steel corporation, and
they are more interested In the pros
perity Of the steel company than Of;
the railroads.-Collier's Weekly.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06
THE SIGH EoRLElsuRE.

Lives there the man who has not sighed for
leisure? And lives there the man who in his
more sober moments, has not been honestly
glad that he must work? Human nature, which
sweetens under toll, sours in leisure. And it is
by no means sure that the fall from innocence
which first brought work into the world "and
all our woe" was not bringing salvation dis
guised as labor. Faithfulness will dignity and
beautify even drudgery; no matter what the
work Is, provided 1t Is honest, If 1t is done well
u our instructive respect. Besides,
II we did not all have to work 30 hard to keep
alive the jails would have standing room only.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06
Way to Stop Hiccoughs

Simple cases OF hiccough are often
relieved by such measures as sucking
Ice II taking salt and vinegar. says
the New York Medical Journal. Pull
ing the tongue forward and holding 1t
FOR some time ii an effective pro
redtre.
Sometimes obstinate hiccough Is re-
iieyed when the patient ID strong nv
having him hang with The arms XXI
tended and grasping ons beam Or
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06
For Consideration.

Considering that the steel interests
have usually fixed the tariff duties to-
suit themselves, why should Judge
Gary not be satisfied as 1t is instead
Of suggesting that the government
also fix prices for its products. Sup,
pose a government were, under the
Gary system, to guarantee the steel
trust lower prices than 1T favored,
would the steel trust punish the gov
eminent?
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06

not relieved to tickle HIS nose and
sneeze, ~whereupon the ~hiccough would
be sure to go.
The spelling ~"hiccough' Is recent,
being a combination Of the syllables
"hic' and the latter term Of cough"
which ID without either physiological
or chronological basis: the pronuncia-
tion. with perhaps the rarest excep-
lions, Is still that Of the older form
"hiccup,y earlier given variously-as
"hickup, 'hiclsupsnickup." "hickliop,
hitchcock Hitchcock and "hickett, 4
with quasi Diminishing sufixes ock,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06

centuries before the Span
lsh first set foot in the new
world.
Probably the largest, and
certainly the most magnif-
sent, of the ruined cities
which the Spanish conquer
ors found on their arrival in
Yucatan was Chichen liza,
around which even in it's
desolation there still clus-
ter a thousand traditions of
former %sanctity and splen-
dor. The name Chichen liza
is Maya, and means Chi,
mouth. Chen-wells and liza,
the name of the Maya tribe,
who lived in the neighbor-
hood of the place. 1.-THE
Mouth Of the Wells of the
itzas' therefore is the
meaning of the name; nor
could a more appropriate
one have been applied to
the place by any people.
The whole peninsula of
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06

Here desolation is wide
spread. 1t seems as
though an earthquake
must have shaken the
liza capital at some
time.
Row after row of col
umns have been over
turned and now lie pros
trate within a foot Of
their original positions.
Perhaps a capital or
a drum here and there
is broken. but for the
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06

ct; but the "hick. a syllable aptly ex-
pressive Of the spasmodic sound pro
duced by the conditions giving rise
70 the particular disturbance, is found
In all references to the origin OF the.
term to which the writer has been
able to obtain. The term singultus is
rarely used.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06

Ray and his daughter were strolling
about town, the latter stopped before
the soldiers monument and labori-
ously began to decipher the names.
With o disappointed look she turned
to her father and said: Dad, amt
your name here?" Glancing at his
daughter, he replied "Clementine,
be dead?p
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06

pole, SO that his feet do not touch the
floor. With all the abdominal muscles
tense, have him hold his breath Is
long as possible.
Sneezing il very eticIent In certain
cases, since 1t is the exact opposite
to hiccough. being a sudden expira-
tory act. In Plato's Symposium the
physician E~ryximachus recommended
too much. either to hold his breath or
70 gargle with q little water. and IL
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06
Beef Trust and the Courts.

: The beef trust insists that the only
way for it to find out whether its re-
straint Of trade is likely to be consid-
cred reasonable or unreasonable byI
the court is to go ahead restraining
until the court decides on its particu-
lar case. And If fertility in obstructive
resource can prevent the court from
ever reaching a decision. why all the
better.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06

But, of course, at the time Of Mr..
Lorimer's el~ection--or selection-Mr.
Aldrich was too much engaged In put
ting his tariff bill across to give any,
thing else any attention.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06
Good Reason for Absence.

Bill Ray Of Nantucket followed, but
tn popularity never quite eQuaIed his
predecessor. the old. belI-ringer and In
irnitable tcwncrier. CLARK One day as
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06

II you discover that you made q mis-.
take, don't stubbornly insist upon
keeping 1t up; let 90 and run.Ed."
Howe.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06
Not the Only one Affected.

Colonel Roosevelt says the effort to
boom him for 1912 Is cruel. 1t ID. But
not only to the colonel.-Miiwaukse
News.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06

astronomers OF no mean aDlllly, nav
ing observed and recorded without the aid of in
uments of precision such as are known to us
The lengths of the Solar and Venus years, and
probably the lengths of the Mercury and Mars
years. In addition to this they had developed
q calendar system and perfected a chronology
which In some of it's characteristics was supe-
rior to our own.
The the ancient glory of this people had long
since departed when fernando Cortez first
came in contact with them on the coast of Yu-
satan in 1913. Their star had set. Their great
est cities had been abandoned and lay in ruins,
and their country was Frustrated by the quar-
Eels Of a score or more of petty independent
Shieftains, each Of whom was waging war on
The other. Even the memory Of the older cit.
.es, of their culture, such as Palenque, Copan
and Quiniqua, for example, seems to have pass.
I'd from the mind Of men, their former existence
forgotten. Famine, pestilence and internecine
strife are al said to have been contributory
causes to the decay and eclipse which overlook
This brilliant aboriginal civilization several
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-07-06

oNG before the discovery OF America
there flourished in southern Mexico,
Guatemala, and parts of Honduras a
great civilization. which has been call
ed the Maya. 1t may be said at the
outset without exaggeration that this
civilization had reached a height
equalled by no other people of the
western hemisphere prior to the com
ing of the white man. In architecture
in sculpture, and in printing the
Mayas excelled. Their priests were
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-01
KEEP DOWN THE WEEDS

Some months ago the Promoter
called attention TO the noxious
weed law passed by the last legls-
lalure, and quoted paragraphs OF
the law. Attention might again be
called TO that matter and anyone
interested reminded that there is ar
effective way Of coping with the
noxlous weed nuisance. The law
provides for a petition to the coun-
ty commissioners asking that a
certain road district be made a
noxiOus weed district, which petit
tion, if granted. empowers the road
district officers to force the ex-
termination Of weeds to the ex-
treme. in certain cases where the
owner neglects or refuses to eX-
terminate them, of causing the
same to be exterminated and the
cost taxed up to the property hold
er. Before the law can be made
operative, it should be remembered
the nOxious weed district must be
created as Indicated Promoter.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-01
SENATOR B0RAH RETURNS TO
THE GEM STATE

Senator William E. Borah arrived
home Tuesday evening from Wash
lnglcn following the adjournment
Of tie special session of congress.
When interviewed as to reports
that he may be a candidate for vice
president he stated that he believed
the rumor was due to kindly inter
est of the press but does not take
the matter seriously.
He explains that his constitution
al amendment for the direct cleo
tion of senators passed both houses
going through the senate with the
Bristow amendment, providing for
federal supervision Of such cleo
lions. and is now i'll conference and
Will be taken out and probably
ldaho's junior senator has another
Idaho's junior senator has anOthe
important bill pending which will
be introduced at the next session.
1t has for its object the putting an
end to the lame duck" govern
ment pond in barring defeated SEN
alors and representatives from ap-
pointments TO political jobs. Glasses
present policy as scandalous.
Senator Borah admits that his
name has frequently been classified
with the progressives, although he
has voted both for and against
them. He is glad to be back again
in his native state and Boise. his
home. When Secretary Fisher ar
rlVes he will tour with him through
the southern portion Of the state
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-01
ANOTHER SMALL JOB FOR THE
SNAKE RIVER

10 irrigate another 10000 acres
of dry land near Ontario, Oregon,
plans are now being completed to
install an electric pumping plant
In Snake river four miles north OF
town, to supply water TO portion
of Dead OK flat. George A. Snow
of Chicago and Salt Lake and his
associate, Walter i. Moody of Chi
cago, in company with their chief
engineer, C. A. Tush, of Twin Falls,
have been working out the de-
tails OF this project, which they
expect to install under agreement
with the land owners. The lands
under this pumping system lie
along the west bank of Snake river
rising gradually from the river to
a height of approximately 100 feet.
A battery of eight or ten large CEN
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-01
DRY FARM CROPS
ON UPPER SNAKE
COLONEL HAMER TELLS OF
REMARKABLE RETURNS
WITHOUT IRRIGATION

The Journal office was visited
last Saturday by our genial ex-con-
gresham. Colonel Hamer, of st.
Anthony. He was accompanying
Mr.. C. C.. Moore, post master OF
st. Anthony to The latter's ranch
in the Hagerman valley not Tar
from Bliss, where a short vacation
will be spent in one Of the most
picturesque and productive valleys
in Idaho. The colonel was all the
more inclined TO make the trip ow-
ing to the fact that his family has
not yei returned from touring Eur
ope. II wouldn't be possible for
live citizen Of the Gem state to
neglect an opportunity Of boosting
for his own locality and the good
things the colonel had to say of
the upper Snake river region
would be revelation TO the drouth
stricken people of the Mississippi
valley
The dry farm bill which Colonel
Hamer put through congress, is
bearing fruit in Idaho if nowhere
else. as some twenty thousand
acres have been entered this sea-
son in the st. Anthony-Idaho Falls
country. His own dry farm will
yield sixty five bushels OF oats to
the acre. Wheat on dry farms will
turn out from twenty to fifty bu-
shells per acre and other grains in
proportion. The yields on irrigat-
ed farms are cOrrespondingly great
er. AS a matter Of fact the head
officials Of the Oregon Short Line
are troubled about how to move
the tremendous crops Of the Upper
Snake valley ana a lOup is being
planned from Idaho Falls to st.
Anthony which Will give d new line
on both sides of the present rail
road. In reply to question re-
garding politics, the colonel favors
reciprocity and is in hearty accord
with the administration on general
issues and especially on the tariff.
In closing the conversation, he
spoke of the administrative ability
displayed by Taft when governor
Of the Philippines and expressed
the opinion that President Taft is
a greater man than most people
have given him credit for, although
at the present time the public
has taken him into greater favor
than ever before That he will be
renominated and elected again is
the firm conviction of Colonel Ha-
mer.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-01
Shows His Courage.

Arthur Allen, a IL year old lad
from Hagerman, was thrown by a
runaway team near Bliss, and his
hIp badly fractured In this con-
dition he laid for three hours in
sun and dust until some person
happened by and helped him to
Bliss.
There at hotel he was cared
for until DR.. j. H. Cromwell could
be summoned from GOodlng. The
injury was temporarily cared for by
DR.. Cromwell and the boy removed
to his home in Hagerman, where
I,r. Cromwell set the limb.
During the long hours in the sun
and dust, when the boy laid on the
ground, later in the hotel while
waiting for DR.. Cromwell, and then
during the agonizing ride from
Bliss to Aagerman, not a murmur
escaped the lips of the boy. His
only thought was Oh MS mother
who. widow with 8 children,
needed the help that came from his
earning power The lads courage,
his devotion to his mother and
disregard of his own pain attract
ed the attention of General Super
lntendent Num-, Of the Beaver
River Power company, who hap
pened in Bliss while the boy lay in
the hotel. Choking down something
in his own throat, Num- slipped
aside and wrote a check for $4,000
TO the order of the mother.
In Hagerman the people collect
ed additional funds for the main
tenance of the family pending the
recovery of the boy whose cour-
age has won for him warm spot
in the heart of the community
Herald.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-01
PROF. WEAVER OUTLINES Ill. ).
WORK FOR 19l1-l2.

Work will begin in the Shoshone
Public schools on Tuesday, Septem-
Der 5.
The number Of teachers in the
high school corps has been increas-
ed this year by the addition Of
commercial teacher. This will en-
rich the course Of study by making
complete business course posi-
BILE.
A choice of three courses will
be offered in The high school: Uni
versity Preparatory, High School
commercial, and Special CONNER
cial.
Students entering high school for
the first time or wishing to take
special or irregular work, will
please register on Monday afternoon
from 1870 to 1870 at the superin-
tendent's office in the high school
building.
There will be a meeting of the
Shoshone city teachers on Monday
morning at ten o'clock in the
high school assembly room.
r. L. WEAVER. Superintendent.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-01
WATER IN
ABUNDANCE
FARMER NO LONGER GRUAIBLES
OF SHORTAGE, But OF
OVERFLOW

In speaking Of The abundance Of
water on the idaho irrigation pro-
ject this season, Judge j. l.. Fuller
recently stated that the middle Of
August ne saw the Maad river
flowing full at the o. ). L. rail-
ROAD crossing just west Of Gooding
ior The first time within his mem-
ory. Heretofore, that section Of the
Malad has always been dry III the
miodle Of August, for the past
thirty years. The present flow
comes of course from the Magic
reservoir and it evidences the
abundance Of irrigating water
therein. This flow is all waste un-
less it is diverted onto the Glover
Creek segregation Of The North
side project which has been using
water from this source all the sea-
son. Judge Fuller was reminded
of this condition when he saw
plenty of water at Ticeska at the
western line Of the county at the
time OF the Boise trip the middle
of August Another reminder Of
flush water conditions this year
was the complaint of an old time
raucher on the Little Wood river
that somebody had been flooding
the road near his place Every sea-
son before this, the rancheF has
complained about somebody steal
ing wster that he was entitled TO
use Cut on the Dietrich tract
one can see evidence of water
abundance everywhere A single
horse in sage brush pasture is
supplied with a pond into which
pours stream from the nearest
canal Tie only reason there was
a Shortage OF water in the season
or 1910 was because the Magic res
erVoir contained only about thirty
or forty feet Of wateB at the time
the irrigating season began. The
led condition of the dam
was the cause Of this shortage. If
ltlf are dily lCdho III biC DA6 lC7
ervoir the company can run the
water down late in the fall and
ferret them out and seal them
thoroughly before it is time to
commence the storage of water for
the season of 1912. The people Of
the entire Wood river region real
ize that they live Hnder an irriga-
tion system that is able to deliver
the goods, and with a soil that is
equal to the best i'll southern Ida
no or any other country, they are
satisfied that their lot is cast in
pleasant places where investments
Of labor and capital are certain Of
liberal rewards.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-01
sHosHoNE LINCOLN COUNTY IDAHO FRIDAY SEPTEMBER l. 1911

in samples of grain, grasses, fruits,
and vegetables, etc, and assisting
to properly arrange the products
OF exhibitions, good service will
be rendered ID all concerned. An
other plan and possibly better on,
is tilat adopted by some localities,
country ta collect samples from
Of sending a man throughout the
The Farmers and ranchers, gathering
whatever may be desirable for eX-
hIbiticn. The fact that the farm
er> everywhere are cooperating
With enthusiasm in the dctermin-
aliCn TO make the Lincoln County
fair credit to Lincoln county as
sures a splendid outlook and a
most satisfactory outcome.
Very liberal cash prizes are be-
ing offered by the fair management
furthermore many special prizes
are being offered by various towns
and something like Si500.00 more
will be hung up for cash and spec
ial prizes A special prize offered
by the Wendell Mercantile Co, is
attracting considerable attention;
the winner Of same will carry away
from The fair the distinction Of
being The hOnliest man in attend
ance. II is indeed remarkable That
every man to whom this prize is
mentioned has some particular
friend whom he considers more
eligible than himself What is
needed now is an attractive prize
for the prettiest girl in attendance
al The fair. Lincoln county is fast
becoming famous for its fair
daughters and the competition for
this prize would doubtless be keen
The outcome of the fair, so far
as he management, the people Of
Wendell and Lincoln county can
see it, at present promises to be
a huge success.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-01
Are Pleased With ShoshOne

Mr.. Sarah Price and daughter,
Miss Mary Price, of Philadelphia,
who VISITED the past week on the
North Shoshone tract, departed for
theil home Aug. 80. The occasion
for their visit is j. NJ. Price and
family. who settled on Carey
claim north or town last spring.
Mr.. Price is son and brother Of
the Philadelphia visitors. The Ia
dies were on a return trip from
Alaska and our Pacific coast, and
the home going was hastened be-
cause the elder lady is director of
physical culture in a Philadelphia
school. They were delighted with
southern Idaho and the North Sho-
shone tract.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-01
IRRIGATION IN
INFANCY
PERIOD OF FRU1TAGE NOT FAR
IN THE FUTURE BUT
STILL TO COME

irrigation projects in Lincoln
county are still in their infancy
The surface of the ground is only
barely scratched in places. It is
safe to say that they are barely in
flower, the fruitage period is still
la the future. This is true of the
Twin Falls North Side segregations
and also of those of the Idaho r.
rigation company The MinidOka
government reclamation project is
further along and is nearing the
fruiiage period There the land is
mostly under cultivation and the
tremendous crops of the present
season are evidence of a fruitage
That will open the eyes of all be-
.colGers to the possibilities Of ir-
.rIgaiion farming. But TO witness
aae limit of irrigation success at
e time when the farmers Of the
painfall countries are crippled by
roulE. one must needs take a
swing across the Twin Falls South
Side project and gather statistics
III crop production that must star
le the farming world. Who can
doubt that Irrigation is king when
Il single irrigation tract c0mpris-
Mg a single county in the Snake
gyer valley in southern Idaho, that
81 Twin Falls. has raised an all
saifa crop in the season of 1914,
Chat is computed at 100000 tons
and worth $500 a ton in The stack
Hhat means that a single hay crop
81 The Twin Falls South Side pro-
lect is worth today 81, 100000. Ad-
miiting that the alfalfa crop is the
largest single crop Of the project,
still il is only one Of many varieties
.ag tartn 9roduets. every. one of
which has done its best to turn
out a bumper yield and the goods
are there to show success in the
effort. Potatoes are also a splen-
old crop this season and the quail
lily rivals the best that can be
grown in Colorado OF any other
state. The orchards first set out
on this tract are just coming into
bearing and the yield is more than
satisfactory. Every season since
the first planting has witnessed
The starting of still greater or
chards till the number of trees,
mostly of apples, planted the pres
ent season is computed at an even
million. When trainloads of ap-
Piles are going out Of this tract
as alfalfa is going now, the period
Of fruitage will be at hand. The
settlers Of the newer projects in
county will soon be reap
ing returns as great as are the
people of the South Side project.