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The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-20
FROM MANY POINTS
EVENTS or THE DAY HELD TO A
FEW LINES
DlrS EVENTS BOILED DOWN
Personal, Political, Foreign and othsr
Intelligence Interesting to the
General Reader.
washinuton

Vice President Sherman n a
party of his friends were held up by
Maryland officers just beyond the Dis
fsict of Columbia because their au'
t0m0biIe was NOT provided with q
Maryland license for 1911.
Information was asked for by Rep
resenta1iye Calder of New York from
tae secretary of the navy as to whefh.
or q combination of any kind exists
among the s~hipbuilding firms of the
United States that is operative to the
DISADVANTAGES of the government
The supply depots of the army VIII
Ne redistributed over the country and
placed at centrally located points OF
the various military departments. IL
was decided to locate them in AL
cascs possible near the camps set
apart by the states for the rendezvous
of troops.
VIII the duke OF the AbruZZi renew
his suit for the hand of Miss kath-
crime E1kins. now that her father,
whose insistence that his daughter
should o wed the Savoy prince un-
less she was given full recognition as
= duchess. has passed from the sceneg
IL il confidently believed among his
intimate friends in Washington that
Ne viii.
That the railroads of the United
States have not demonstrated that
their management is both efficient
and economical is the contention
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-20

The Retail Merchants and Hard
ware Dealers association are foster
ing three bills which will reach the
floor In a short time. The first would
Increase the authority of the food
ard dairy commissioner to cover his
examining articles of foo in ran
sit The second is an act to render
judgments for the necessities or NE
a lien upon 10 per cent of the earn
ings of the debtor AND provides Tor
g~arnishmen1 Under the third a
creditor could obtain Judgment IN
the same county where debt was
contracted in cases where the dep
tor changes residence.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-20

KppreSenLdlIV6 AUutlEUH ; pFUpObcu
primary places the town and the u
ty boards in charge of primaries and
elections. All supplies are TO be sent
out by registry by the county aud.to o.
At present the sherins of the CO..
ties deliver the tallcts and boTes ana
perform other services and are allow
ed liberal fees for doing so. MI.
Anderson says he was not intend ng
to hit at the sherifs but to save
The state money. Nevertheless twelve
n fifteen of them from over the state,
are in the capital looking for the scalp
az the representative from Cla X.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-20

Deadwood-Within five miles OF
Deadwood, stiff and nearly frozen FROM
the cold, Sheriff Noonan overlook Tom
Dare, the would-be bank robber VIII ,
escaped from the Lawrence county
jail Sunday night. Dare had been In
hiding in tunnels and greenhouses
and was forced to seek shelter { ON
the bitter cold. Dare told many
stories of his escapades since he broke
Jail but they were all different. Dare
was aided in his escape from the all
by two other prisoners who lowered
him with a blanket through TIRE hole
he had made in the wall. He had
picked" the cell lock with wire from
a broom.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-20

Senator Hitchcock is hopeful OF
getting his insurance easur cali
ing for the repeal of the law on the
publication of the statements, thro
the senat He contends the republi-
can members must vote for il. to be
consistent as the party platform
pledges them to that course.
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-20
THE OTHER SIDE.

Pierre-The Introduce. IN Of a bill N
the house. calling for the a oilt on
yest erday. calling for the abolition
of the office Of the state engineer
has brought the friends of Mr.: Lea
Immediately to his rescue. Such at
tempted legislation they character
lie as absurd and point TO the record
of the department since its creation
as proof of its value.
IT lis asserted that in the first place,
fine ofhce was created at the request
of the United States; that it had to
be before the government would 90
ahead with the great Belle tourche
irrigation project, which will mean
the reclamation of 80. 600 acres of
trrigable land and the expenditure
of over three millions of dollarz-
The insinuations that MIR Lea
turned his own department over to
subordinates in order to assume the
duties of experimenting the con-
struction of the capitol, and thus
The Charles Mix new era. (Wagner, Charles Mix County, S.D.) 1???-1911, 1911-01-20

Or. Bentley is now generally con-
coded to be the champion reader OF
house bills Representative Brack-
EFT of Meade shared in the honors I'M
til Yesterday. when the representa-
tive from Fail River gave first read
ing to a bill of nineteen pages. IN
one minute. Most of that nissute
was consumed in the turning OF
pages.
II. M. Hanson of Stanley Ii after
the position of deputy land com
missioner. ]. e. Truran of Grant
holds the Office at present n Ii a
candidate for reelection
A bill will be introduced shortiy
calling for the repeal of the Sunday
baseball lav
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-06

He was formerly a minister Of the
gospel.
Today's contest was a primary
election. There were only two can
didates and according to the char
ter of the college logs the contest is
decisive and no further election will
be necessary. The campaign was un-
usually spirited, Wilson advocating
the acquisition by the city OF all pub
lie utilities.
Berkeley is the seat of the uniyer-
sity of California. 1t was supposed
that large number of the students
were socialists but out of a total Of
2S0 votes in the precinct where most
of the students reside, only so we're
cast for Wilson. In an address in
San Francisco last week, former
President Roosevelt expressed the
hope that Mayor Beverly Hodgehead
would be reelected.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-06
DEATH OF GEO. NJ. PAYNE
Old Resident of Elmore County Pass
es Away Last Friday Morning.

Geo. NJ. Payne. one of the oldest
residents of Elmore county passed
away at his home last Friday morn
ing about $3.50 O'clock Mr.. Payne
came to Elmore county about twenty
five years ago and bought the old
Range and Valley which he enlarged
and changed to the Elmore Bulletin.
This he published a few years when
he moved the plant to Rocky Bar
where he continued for about year.
He removed to Mountain Home where
he was in the harness until about
four years ago when he sold his in
terests to this paper and retired from
business life. The last few years he
spent in the quiet happiness of his
home. well earned and deserved rest
from a long life of activity.
Mr.. Payne was a member of the
Masonic and X. P. lodges and was ac-
tive in his attendance at the former
until the time of his death and usu-
ally took an active part.
Respecting his busy life we take
the following from the Western Pub
Usher which appeared a short time
ago:
Mr.. Payne was born in Culpepper
Court House, Virginia. November 81,
1894 and removed with his parents to
Alabama when he was a small boy.
In 1S48 he entered the Republican
Pilot and Sentinel Office in Gaines
vile as an apprentice. He soon after
ward went to Montgomery and sought
and obtained employment in the Al
ALBANIA Journal Office, a Whig paper.
edited by a noted political writer,
Col. John c. Bates. In 1850 he re-
turned to Sumpter county and took
chrarge of the mechanical depart
ment of a new paper, the Sumpter
Democrat, launched by Phil Stroth-
er to advocate the election of Frank
lin Pierce. In 1852 he became a part
ner in the publication of the Demo-
crat. but contracting the California
fever, he sold out and in company
with three venturesome young men,
none of whom had attained their
majority. started for the golden land
and arrived in San Francisco March
13, 1853. Printers in San Francisco
at that time were coming money, so
to speak. and in great demand. In
company with ex-Congressman Sam
Inge, Mr.. Payne visited the old Her
aid office and met its editor and pro-
prietor. John Nogent, who immediat-
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-06

the Medbury Valley Investment COM
pany in the sale of town lots and
acreage tracts in this valley, and we
unanimously disapprove of the meth
DDS employed by such federal agents
and inspectors in their attempt to
construe a legitimate and meritor-
ious enterprise into a technical vio-
lation of the law; that such attack
while directed at the officers of said
company is indirectly a blow to the
standing and good name of our COM
munity and will result in serious in
jury to property values, thereby af-
fecting all of the settlers and resi-
dents under this project.
THE MEDBURY VALLEY DEVEL-
OPMENT ASSOCIATION
BY F. E. Wilson, president; R. w
Simpkins, secretary; Henry F. Koch
executive committee.
Approved: Allen B. Eaton, presi
dent Medbury Valley Water Users
association; A. H. Brickenstein, az
torney Medbury Valley Water Isers
association.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-06
CITY ELECTION TUESDAY
Four New Men Elected To Serve the
City for the Coming Two Years.
Stanfleld Retained.

The election last Tuesday was un-
usually quiet and nothing of impor-
ual tranquility that prevails in the
city. Several we're called into action
by the criminal outcroppings of a no
torious character in our midst and
made protest against such base meth
DDS by defeating four of the candi-
dates on his ticket. The candidates
on the municipal ticket are good cit
izens and deserved a better fate, ane
being elected while the citizen tick
ct got away with four Of its candi-
dates and had judgment been used
in the selection a clean sweep would
have resulted.
Mr.. Swain. the only victorious can
didate on the Municipal ticket, is a
good man and had he been placed
on the Citizens ticket would have
cleaned up with a much better ma
jority. The new council will be com
posed of F. G. Ticknor. Jas. stanheld,
NJ. C. Swain. F.. E. Austin and John
F. Gaines.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-06
DEATH OF MRS. DAN KIRBY
Well Known Woman Expires After a
Lingering Illness.

Mrs. Dan Kirby. wife of the man
ager of the Monarch mine at Atlanta
died at 1880 Monday night at To-
CA hospital, where she had bee in a
precarious condition for some time.
A daughter, Mrs. Richard Dono-
van. arrived yesterday from Pitts
burg. Another daughter. Miss Annie
Kirby. had arrived before her moth
er's death. Besides her immediate
family, Mrs. Kirby leaves a brother
in Boise, Ed Gracey, two sisters. Mrs
Ramsey of Grand Junction and Mrs
Richard Leslie of Kansas City.
Mrs. Kirby had a wide circle Of
friends and acquaintance here and
in the Atlanta country. Statesman.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-06

ely offered him Ceases" at $3.50 per
1000. the then ruling price for COM
position. But desiring to make a for
tune in a few weeks he declined the
sit" and proceeded to the mines.
little anticipating the hardships and
disappointments in store for him.
He followed mining from the
spring of SO until the fall of SO, ex-
periencing the good and bad fortunes
of the average miner of those days.
Shortly after returning from the
Fraser River ruch of 1853 he con-
cluded to abandon mining and return
to the printing business, and accord
ingly in the summer of 1859 estab-
llished the Amador Dispatch at Lam
cha Plana and the following year es-
poused the cause of John c. Beck
inridge for the presidency, who. with
Douglas and Bell, was defeated by
Abraham Lincoln The Dispatch was
removed to Jackson, the county seat.
and is still advocating democracy
in that city.
Mr.. Payne acme to Mountain
Home in 1887 and purchased a lit
tie paper called "The Range and Val
ley" but it not affording sufficient
room for his purpose he. in June,
1888, purchased new material and
launched the Mountain Home Bull
letin. a seven column paper, and
commenced the agitation for the for
nation of anew county. His efforts
were successful and Elmore county
was organized in April. 1889.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-06

The warm days of spring turn the
thoughts of the base ball fan to the
great national game and likewise the
slap artist warns up to the situation
and prepares to get into the game
Norm. Dawson is making an effor to
organize a team for this city and is
meeting with considerable encourag-
ment. Mountain Home has good ma
terial for a team and no doubt the
coming season will find Mountain
Hoem with a team well able to take
care itself.
The dance last Friday netted the
boys tidy sum and this together
with a subscription circulated last
week should give the boys a good
fund with which to start.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-06
Nc slIrer Tea.

The Silver Tea by the Daughters
of Veterans at the Club rooms last
Saturday afternoon was very wen at
tended. The proceeds will be used
In arranging appropriate services for
decoration day in decorating tho
graves Of the old soldiers laid to rest
The ladies are to be commended for
their efforts and they should be Civ
en- every assistance in their nobio
work.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-06
SOCIALISTS WIN IN BERKELEY
j. Stitt Wilson Defeats Republican
Candidate for Mayor.

Berkeley. Cal, April For the
first item in the history Of Califor-
MIA. a Socialist was elected mayor
of city Of this state, when ]. Stitt
Wilson. one OF he most prominent
Socialists on the Pacific coast today
defeated Beverly HodgeheVd, thu
Republican incumbent by a plural
ity OF 284 for mayor of Berkeley
Wilson received 275O votes and Hod-
gehead 2466. Wilson was a Eocial-
ist candidate for governor last year.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-06
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B State Normal News. .
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Lewiston, April 5.-The try-out
for the debate with Cheney Normal
school was held Friday afternoon at
the state normal school. The follow
ing were chosen as members of the
team, which will meat Cheney nor
NAL at Cheney. Washington, May s.:
Messrs. Oscar r. Jordan. of Julietta.
Claude II. Lint of Lewiston and r.
A. Mackie of Julietta, with Miss Al
va Freepons Of Lewiston as alternate
The question is that of the Iniative
and Referendum. and is thus stated:
Resolved. THAT the System of Di-
rect Legislation by the People Should
be More Generally Adopted in the
United States" The Lewiston State
Normal team will have the negative.
An interesting and exciting game
of hockey was played Friday after
noon between the Juniors and third
years. the Third Years winning by
score of / to 0.
Mr.. Harold Fix, Tennis LANCER, has
been busy the past week getting out
candidates for the Tennis Team
which will represent the school in
interscholastic contests this season.
1t is possible that a tournament will
be arranged between the Normal
school and Idaho Preparatory at
Moscow. the events being mems
singles. ladies' singles, mems doub-
les. ladies' doubles, and mixed
doubles.
The Girls Glee Club Of the State
Normal, which gave its second an
nual concert at the gymnasium this
week. will appear in concert at Mos
COW, under the auspices of the uni
versity of Idaho, Wednesday even
ing. April 5th. Miss de Larsh Cham
5erlain will Chaperon the party.
Because of the annual session OF
the Inland Empire Teachers Asso-
citation at Spokane this coming week
on April 6..7 and 8. President Black
has declared a recess for the two
days, April 6 and Z. Several mem
bers Of the faculty will go to spo-
kane at that time: Professors Black
Brown, Hallowell, Hibbard, Woos-
ter. and Misses Lytle, Wilson, Deems
Bales, and Mrs. Curtiss.
President Black will probably re-
turn today from Wallace where he
has been during the past week lee
turing before the joint teachers in
stitute of the Northern counties
at Wallace President Black spoke Of
the significance OF the rural school
movement what has been done and
what is being accomplished and the
part that the Lewiston Normal is tax.
ing in that movement.
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-06
PIANO CONTEST
Great Interest Marks Standing of
Candidates for the Past Week.

The past week has witnessed more
votes cast than all previous weeks
combined. The candidates remain in
about the same positions as last week
but have made wide gains There are
only a few weeks left of the contest
and contestants should call at the
store and learn how to secure a large
number of votes. The following is
the standing of the candidates for
the past week:
Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1911-04-06

The annual election of trustee
to serve on the school board for the
next three years occurs on the 18th
of the month. The name of Mrs w.
d. Evans is being promoted to fill
the vacancy and in this we feel there
could be no better choice. Mrs. Ev-
ans is a public spirited citizen and
noe who has taken great interest
in the school She has a large family
of girls enrolled in the schools and
from a standpoint of a patron there
is no one better qualified.
Mrs. Evans will make a good trus-
tee and we urge her election.
The Delta independent., 1911-12-15
THE END.
Present is Best Time


to Invest in Delta Lands.
There has never been a time in
the PAST five years when the buyer
could secure as favorable bargains
in land as at the present.
There likewise has never been a
time when this land, or any good
land was worth more than it is
now.
1t is easy enough to explain this
situation. if it needs explanation, in
the simple slight reversal of times
"a condition that always wrongful
ly sways business judgement.
The careful observer has gener-
ally noted that people are possessed
with almost an insane desire to buy
when price are highest and, on
the contrary, are more willing to
sell when the market happens to be
little stagnant Or lower.
While this is the reverse of good
business sense it is history, past and
present, and true history at that.
We have seen men rush around
and borrow money to buy cattle
when the market was bulled to the
highest notch, and we have seen the
same men trying to sell the same
stockers within year for less than
they cost. in order to pay up their
lloan and get out of the deal. Per-
haps the only reason that could be
given is the love of human nature
for excitement.
But sensible business deals should
be made coolly. Every point of ad-
vantage and disadvantage should be
considered.
For the past few years lands gem
orally have been held high. There
was a land boom-some called it n
land craze. The prices asked may
or may not have been too high. Be
that as it may, it remains a fact
that land today and always, Is the
safest and surest investment at its
value, that money can possibly make
Just at present lands that are
for sale, can be purchased, at least
in many cases, more cheaply than at
any time since the land boom set in
five years ago. Not because the
lands are worth any less, but be-
cause owners. for reasons of their
own, are willing to take less.
1t is merely the influence of con-
ditions and another illustration of
the proper occasion when the busi-
ness head containing brains, sees an
opportunity to invest at a profit.
The future of land values is not
a subject of conjecture, for land will
remain staple when gold has be-
come dross.
The Delta independent., 1911-12-15

turned to me this morning by one of
the Orientals-a man of scholarly at
.ainment and high character. whom
met in the East. These devotees-
fanatics, if you will-have brayed
death and imprisonment to recover
jewel which | take it is precious in
their eyes as was the Holy Grail to
the Crusaders. 1t is question not
merely OF religion, but of extreme
piety with them Under such circum-
stances l cannot consent to appear
against them, nor to countenance any
attempt to punish them. Besides, there
was mistake in the acquisition of the
Maharanee diamond. 1t belongs to
.hese men of the East. They are free
to take it. | surrender all claim upon
t."
With an air of unmistakable respect
Britt turned toward the widow.
In the eyes of the law" he said. ex-
lending the big Maharanee. this stone
Is yours. You may do with it as you
choose"
Mrs. Missioner accepted the stone,
permitting her eyes to linger a mo-
nent on its blazing splendor. Then
she wheeled abruptly and passed the
diamond to the Prince.
1T is yours" she said. Take It,"
Kananda's eager fingers closed on
he gem.
Mrs. Missioner has restored your
property" Britt said, turning to the
Oriental, land | dare say the Chief
will agree with me that 1t is not neces-
sary for us to take your case as far as
the District Attorneys office. You and
your fellow countrymen are at liberty
to go. l advise you to go quickly be-
fore | get to thinking too strongly
about that little upside-down ride you
gave me in Riverside drive. | have
the honor to wish Your Royal High
ness very good morning!"
He made mock obeisance as the
Hindoos. released from their shining
steel bonds. filed silently out OF the
room.
Miss Holcomb." said Britt, "Chief
Manning will procure your release in
just about the time it takes us to go
from here to the court. You will be
discharged at once. Yes. doctor, that
will be complete vindication of your
fiancee. My best wishes for your hap
piness."
Britt then turned to Mrs. Missioner.
AS for the prisoner, Griswold, Mrs
Missioner" he said. 1T makes little diff
ference to him that he was not arrest
ed for the theft OF your diamonds. The
directors of the Iroquois Trust Com
pany have a case against him strong
enough to send him up the river for
long while. l trust. Mr. Sands"
Britt added significantly. that in your
new-found happiness you will forget
the momentary unpleasantnes between
US. After all. you see. was acting In
your interests"
The rare smile the millionair
flashed at the lieutenant as with a pro-
prietary air he took Doris Missioner's
hand In his was as eloquent an express
sion Of friendly gratitude as anyone in
society or the Street" would expect of
SILENT" Sands
THE END 40
The Delta independent., 1911-12-15
Where the Son Sets

The proofreader on small mid
dle-western daily was a woman of
great precision and extreme propri-
ETY.. One day reporter succeeded
In getting into type an item about
willie Brown, the boy who was
burnde in the West End by live
Wire"
On the following morning the re-
porter found on his desk a note
asking, (Which was the west end
of boy?'
1t took only an instant to reply.
1.-THE end the son sets on, OF
course"
The Delta independent., 1911-12-15
tialf of the worry of selecting gifts
for the Holidays is because of the
difficulty OF getting the right goods
and right people together.

a are if wHlc
Shaving Sets lila
Gun Fountain Books Oxford Bibles
Board INC Pos Care
Albums Caander Auomzer Toilet Mani
Beautiful Eeoer Rol Cenfcto
Sets Glove and Handkerchief
The Delta independent., 1911-12-15

II. F. Lake returned to this city
Sunday evening after brief busi-
ness visit in Denver and day or 80
with his family in Gunnison. Mr..
Lake expects to erect a comfortable
home on his ranch near Delta dur
ing the next few months. and the
family will join him here in the
spring.
The Delta independent., 1911-12-15
More Hints For
The Holidays

dpla dcorlau o Gala
is ia the and
edint
O trI
o hveyo and karon asuua
hash nmalW
o youth year
The Delta independent., 1911-12-15
Total Deposits
Total

COUNTY, OF DeItA.
/, W. q. Human, Cashier OF the above nam
ed bank do solemnly swear that the above state
nent Is true to the best OF my knowledge and
b. lief. W. q. HiLLMAN. Cashier
oRREoT- Attest: A. II. STocKHAM, W. b..
SToCKHAM, MILLARD FAIRLAMB, Directors.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this It'll
day OF Dec, 1911.
,,,isALI ALFRED X. KING,
Notary Public.
My commission expires October 10 1915.