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The Detroit times., 1911-12-01
SMUGGLtRS BRING IN
TONS OF OPIUM ACROSS
THE MEXICAN BORDER
Ell Paso Is Scene of Wholesale
Crime Which Is Debauching
American Manhood.
SENT TO LEADING CITIES.
Madero Government Must Co
Operate If Evil Is To BE
Stamped Out.
SENT TO LEADING CITIES.
sv w. @. SHEPHERD.

Ell, PASO, Nov. 30.-More opium
Is struggled into the un--ed states
across the Rio Grande than over any
other strip OF American border a
ton of the poppy Jelly, worth S+V'ooo'
enters FL Paso secretly from Juaiez
every month, they say.
The opium Is sent Into Mexico from
China. and shipped by rail TO Juarez,
and openly deposited in the vaults OF
"A bank there. Most OF II Is consigned
TO a man who has made fortune out
OF opium.
Smugglers 60 to this bank buy as
many half-pound cans as they think
they can handle, paying cash Tor me
opium at the bank window-$9 or $lO
a can. In Eel Paso, mile from the
bank, a can Is worth $l2 TO $l4. II
he can get II TO the Pacific coast, it's
worth SIS 10 $21.
In the Chinatowns OF Chicago, New
York. Philadelphia or Boston, where
certain chop suey restaurants are
often only blinds for hop joints, ne
will receive $50 or $35 for his nall
pound can OF brown paste.
"A smuggler will spend year IN
thinking up a plot" said one OF the
revenue men at Uncle Sans end or
the FL Paso bridge. The customs
officer has only a minute or two OF
thinking in each case at the moment
when he meets the unknown smugsler
face TO face"
A mother comes over the bridge
pushing a baby carriage. The IN
spector stops her and feels the papy
over. even unwindiIg its shawn.
marez families buy their groceries In
Ell Paso and scores of children carry
oil cans. Little Pedro knows that
mart of the trip TO the grocery store
ia the experience with the customs
men. and SO they walk up smiling, TO
have oil cans tapped by the men III
blue. There was a time when the OIL
can trick, played by children. was
successful smuggling scheme.
Here comes a man on motor cycle.
When she motor cycle first came out,
smuggling opium In the gasoline tank
was common. After the tank trlcK
was exposed, the revenue men dls'
covered that motor cyclists were car
rying opium in their pockets, on the
theory that the revenue men would
figure that, II motor cyclist didn't
carry opium In his gasoline tank, he
wouldn't be carrying any.
The inspectors force peon 70
thrust his grimy hand into paiitui
OF menuda-boiled corn and tripe-
and stir up the Shiny mixture to prove
there isn't can Of opium hidden In
Il. They slap the legs of peon and
find that he has small mask OF
whisky in each sock.
But harnesses on the horses, me
hats OF women in the street cars, the
hubs of buggy wheels, the crannies OF
Pullman cars are all places where
half a pound of opium might be hid
den. And on both sides stretch the
bleak desertlined banks of the Rio
Grande, shallow enough TO be waded'
too long TO be watched.
Uncle Samcant stop. II, but Ma
deros new Mexican government might
by cooperation. kill this yellow perl,
which spreads from here ont over the
United States like gigantic Chinese
fan. moving secret clouds OF deadly
odors TO the remotest corners OF the
land.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-01

To make old and time-honored feast
days masquerade under modern dec
orations seems almost sacrilege.
The many toothsome dishes sacred
to this especial feast undoubtedly will
taste just as good, whatever the sur
roundings may be. Just for the sake
OF tradition however a dinner with
entirely Indian decorations might be
novel.
Those In country home can have
surrounding atmosphere that Is
quite impossible To produce in city
dwelling or fiat. As large portion
of feasting humanity are city people
this dinner will be planned for their
benefit.
In planning decorations the tablS
receives the first attention. Cover 1t
with red crepe paper of the Siner/r
shade. Overlay 1t four chamois skins
colored leaf brown and their irregu.
lar edges caught together loosely with
thongs made of strung beads in
greens, blues and tan color Place
these diagonally on the table with a
large bead mat In the center.
In the middle place an Indian
basket filed with the Indian sweet
grasses and eagle quilts. Use II pos
sible the brown white lined earthen-
ware dishes that come in all shapes
nowadays and serve all things in as
individual way as possible.
The place cards might be tiny birch
bark canoes with a load Of sailed
nuts and the guests names on the
paddle attached TO 1t.
The olives may be in the folds OF
tiny game bag, and the cider served
in Indian pottery bowls.
Above the table a shield ornament
ID with the beads and filed with
feather-tipped arrows may be hung,
with widths of the dull red crere pa
per running to the side walls or floor
base to form sort of tent. The room
decorations should be OF autumn
leaves and sumach II 1t is still TO be
had.
Not that an Indian menu differs ma
terially from other Thanksgiving
menus, still 1t may have some novel
dishes that NAV prove as unfamiliar
rs the decorations are.
MENU.
Caviar Toast Fingers
Oysters on the Half Shell
Tomato Bisque Croutons
Planked Whitefish Water Cress
Roast Turkey. Cranberry Jcny,
Potatoes in Half Shell
Roman Punch
Red Mans Salad
Indian Pudding Pumpkin Pie
Cheese
Coffee Fruit
Pocahontas Punch.
The Pocahontas punch is made oil
the juice OF large pineapple, Juice OF
six lemons and II oranges. pound OF
sugar melted in a pint of water, one
Jar OF canned peaches cut fEc. two
drops OF oil ut-elOves. one tumhier OF
apricot juice. Let il stand and ripen.
when ready to serve pour over a
block of ice I'm the punch bow and
add bottle Of ginger ale
The Indian pudding is the oldfash-
toned pudding so dear 10 our grand
mothers heart and which was al.
WAYS in evidence on this day. made
with the scalded corn meal and suet.
and molasses or long sweetening as
It was called in those DAYS
The delicious New England pump
kin pie is sacred 10 this feast also NJ
has been more or less ignored bv the
modern generation. still IL made i'm
the good old way, II is a dream either
hot or cold. The fruits should he red
The Detroit times., 1911-12-01
One Line OF Consistency.

Very few people in this country
cling 10 the once prevalent delusion
thai President Taft is an efficient
executive with even slight title TO
be called statesman Not a single
clcarminded American we think,
considets him a good politician.
Devoid OF Jact petIlantly intolerant
OF lair criticism. disuustful OF the
people while credulous OF each new
vicious circle OF advisers that hedges
him around, "all things in turn and
nothin, very long" Mr. Taft has
proved himself stubborn in little
Things and vacillating in the great
ones
But there Is no denying That Mr..
I TAFT adheres TO one line OF con
cistcncy. That is this reverence for
Judges not necessarily for Justice
and his use OF courts TO express his
deep-seated though in fairness per
haUs unconscious opposition 10 pro
Gressive principles in general and in
particular 70 those defensive OF hui
man rights in conflict with property
rights
There is genuineness in this false
reverence Of any dictum by any
Judge II is the fruit of temperament
and early training as well as OF the
surrounding influences OF the moment.
BuI il has resulted in an almost UNI
broken course by Mr.. Taft of refrain
ing from direct opposition TO the bet
terments the people demand, while
making or attempting to make their
accomplishment impossible by the in
tervention OF some court so composed
as 10 make a construction OF the law
contrary to the progressive popular
demand foregone conclusion
philadelphia North American.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-01

Potatoes Baked in Half Shell-Se-
lect six medium sized potatoes and
make until soft Remove from oven,
cut slice from top of each, and scoop
out inside Mash. add two tablespoons
butter, salt, pepper and three table
spoons hot milk; then add whites OF
two eggs, we'll beaten. Refill skins
The Detroit times., 1911-12-01

Roman Punch-Four cups water; 2
cups sugar Y cup lemon JUICE; y
cup orange juice; IL cup tea infu-
sion. Make syrup by boiling and
sugar 20 minutes; add fruit juice and
tea, freeze to mush. Serve in trap
pc glasses.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-01

and bake in very hot oven. i've to
eight minutes. Grated cheese may
be sprinkled over potatoes before put
ting back IN oven.
The Detroit times., 1911-12-01

fish, sprinkle with salt and pepper
and brush over With melted butter,
Bake % minutes in hot oven. remove
from oven, spread with butter and
garnish with parsley and lemon. The
fish should be served on the plank,
The Detroit times., 1911-12-01

Planked Whitefish--Clean and split
n three-pound whitefish. Put skin side
down on an oak plank one inch thick
and little wider and longer than the
The Detroit times., 1911-12-01

Tomato Bisque-Stir one quart can
of tomatoes with half-teasDoonfu
of soda for half hour Boil two
quarts OF fresh milk, add to il quar-
ter of pound of butter. salt and pep
per. Mash tomatoes through col
ander and stir them into the boiling
milk; add teacupful of rolled crack
ers; serve Immediately. II milk is
The Detroit times., 1911-12-01

and yellow to carry out the color
scheme For souvenirs use the little
long gourds tied with yellow
ribbons for the ladies that may be
used to dar>, stockings over later, and
half long green gourds for ash re-
ceivers for the men.
This dinner will be found inexpen-
siye except in labor That we must
, expect TO put upon everything worth
having in this world. as the cleaners
bring in the sheaves. we garner our
successes by labor and toll, we can
not buy them.
The benediction OF peace that falls
upon our nation on this day is sym
bolical OF the rest that crowns our
! life's labors, and the chief thought
should be,
Praise the Lord, o my soul,
And forget not all his benefits
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-11-30
WHAT KILLS A TOWN.

The town that has nothing to
do in the way of public improve
ments, remarks wide awake ed
itor, is on it's way to the grave.
Any citizen who will do nothing
for his town is helping to dig the
grave. The man who is so sell
fish as to take no time from his
business to give to town affairs
is making the shroud. The man
who fails to give his patronage
to the local merchant furnishes
the coffin. The merchant who
does not advertise is driving the
hearse. The man who is always
pulling back from public enter
prise is throwing boQuets on the
grave. The man who is constant
ly bowling "can't afford it'' and
hard times is preaching thefuner-
al sermon, and thus the place is
killed dead, buried and damned
beyond the power of a few GO
ahead citizens to resurrect it.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-11-30
HARVEST COSTS
A'REC0M'PARED
Oliver L. Chase Shows that
the idaho" Way is Best
and Cheapest of All.

Oliver l.. Chase is one of the
Camas Prairie ranchers who pur-
chased an Idaho National Har-
vester this spring.
Mr.. Chase has made his COM
munity his home for the past 90
years; has been successful in his
business and is respected and hon.
ored by all who know him.
Slow to Judge; firm in his con-
victions, Oliver Chase is known
the Prairie over as a man who
would not mis-state a single fact,
but as one who can be depended
upon to confine his statements to
what he absolutely knows to be
true.
Mr.. Chase says he likes the Ida
no Harvester; likes its work; and
likes better the big saving it af-
fords in the cost of harvesting.
Eyes, sir, I like the Idaho, .
said Mr.. Chase, 81 like it so well
that / would not give it up for
my money back if I could not get
another.
"I1l tell you just why / like
it. When I bought my machine
/ knew ] had too much grain to
harvest with the one machine. ]
did handle about sixty acres in
this way, but when it came to
finishing up seventy five acres
of school land ! had, l found ii
more convenient to hire q crew Of
headers and thresher that were
near, than to take the binder up
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-11-30

My horses went into the work
in poor condition and L had four
mares in the team with sucking
colts. 1t worked them pretty
hard, but if they had been in
proper shape the work would
have been no harder on them than
is the other farm work.
81 did not try to make as good
time as some of the other boys,
but took things slow at first,
making better time toward the
last. l averaged 10 acres a day
through the harvest and allowing
$500 a day as wages for myself,
so cent a day for each of my
horses, Chat being the price |
have always had to pay so cents
per day for oil and incidentals,
and $3.50 per day for a man to
sack the grain, you can see it
only cost me $1.00 an acre to har-
vest with the Idaho and / only
had to pay out a small part of
this.
"Now, every man to his own
notion" continued Mr.. Chase,
but as for me I'll take the Ida
no machine and the three to four
dollars an acre it saves me in
handling my grain. Then too, it
settles the labor question and
does away with the bother of hav-
ing a lot of hired men to cook
for and worry with during har-
vest, to say nothing of the trouble
of getting the men.
Eyes sir the Idaho furnishes the
easiest and best way or harvest
ing ] have ever tried, and as l
said before l would not take my
money back if I could not get
another Idaho. -
Mr.. Chase's experience certain
iy proves to the most skeptical
the advantage of the Idaho Har-
vester. His accurate figures show
that he saved on one hundred and
seventy acres $668.10 compared
with his actual cost of binding
and threshing; or $545.70 as COM
pared with what it cost him to
| cad and thresh.
Here is food for thought for
the man who wants to make the
most money out of his business,
and without doubt the rancher
who has his own interest at heart
will begin now to make arrange
ments to harvest his next crop
with an Idaho National Harvest.
er-the only machine that will
take his grain from field to sack
for $1.00 per acre-and give him
the dollar.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-11-30
BASKET BALL MATCH.

There has been basket ball
game arranged for Friday night
Of this week at the Armory be-
tween the Grangeville and Voll-
mer high school teams. The loc-
al boys have been undergoing Sc
we're and conscientious drill
ing under the management of
Coach Greenough, and will no
doubt put up very entertain
ing game. The local lineup will
be: Floyd Manning, center; Char
lie Branscombe and Clyde Van
sise, forwards; and Henry Mum
70 and Earnest DeHaven, guards.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-11-30

there. So in the one season / have
had an experience with all three
methods of harvesting.
81 kept track of the results of
each and found that the Idaho
Harvester gave me as good re-
suits and was far the cheapest
and easiest manner of doing the
work.
Now the sixty acres ] cut with
the binder cost me Use an acre
for binding, 35c an acre for Irvine
SOC an acre for shocking, and ]
paid an even $4,000 Cor an aver.
age of 1888 1-3 per acre. out in
cash for threshing, making the
total cost of saving the sixty
acres of grain in this way aver
age $4.93 per acre.
"For heading and threshing rs
acres ! paid out in cash $315.75,
or an average of $4.21 per acre.
"Now with the Idaho machine
/ cut and threshed sixty acres of
barley and one hundred and ten
acres of wheat, or a total of one
hundred and seventy acres OF
grain in all, at a cost of $1.0O per
acre and the bigger part of the
dollar came to me.
II got as much grain with the
Idaho as / did with the binder
or headers and thresher, al.
though / wasted quite bit OF
barley when l first started be-
cause my horses were afraid and
/ did not know exactly how to
run the machine. l did better
though as / went along and the
last eighty acres / figure / did
not waste hardly any.
81 lost exact track of my bar.
ley yield because my hired mar
fed a lot to the hogs without
keeping account of it but it aver
aged a little better than fifty
bushels as it was, while my wheat
averaged better than forty bush
els. My grain was well headed
but it froze out during the winter
and was not thick enough on the
ground.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-11-30

A Boise dispatch contains the
following encouraging news re-
garding the construction of a
north and south railroad, which
is confirmatory of the reports
which the Globe has been pub
fishing for a number of weeks
back. The report says:
The dream of a north and south
railroad through Idaho is to be-
come a reality within another
year, and the two distinct en-
pires forming this state will be
united. For many years it was
considered a physical impossible
ity to build railroad through
the mountainous country separat-
ing the north and the south of
Idaho, but engineering skill has
solved the problem and two great
interests, the Hartman and the
Hill, are engaged in a race for
the accomplishment of the great
task.
AT the present time the great
est activity is being shown by the
Hartman interests, which control
the Idaho Northern, a line in op-
GRAFTON between Nampa and EN-
NETT and being rapidly extended
to the northward. This line is to
follow the Payette river to Pay
cite lakes, and then down Sal
mon river to Grangeville, connect.
ing there the company's line al
ready built. The right of way
has been obtained through the
Long valley as far north as the
lakes, and the survey and cross
sectioning has been finished. On
ly the preliminary work has been
done north of the lakes, but with
the coming of spring the scene
of activity will be shifted to the
north.
An immensely rich section of
country will be opened by the
Idaho Northern. Long valley has
been regarded as one of the gar
den spots Of the west and in spite
of the fact that it has been near
ly 100 miles from a railroad, its
lands have all been taken up and
large area is in cultivation. II
is regarded as one of the best
grain growing sections of the en-
tire west and wonderful stories
are told Of the productiveness Of
the soil. Before Long valley il
reached the road will pass
through a mining district which
will be made a prosperous section
when transportation is afforded
The road will also tap rich tim
bered section and will give an
outlet for the Payette Lumber
company, a Weyerhaeuser con.
Germ, which has extensive timber
holdings in that section.
Until a little more than a year
ago the Idaho Northern was an
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-11-30
BARLEY PRICES SOAR.

All records for prices paid for
barley on the prairie this season
were broken this week when w.
l.. Crawford, local buyer for M.
H. Houser, purchased the Willis
Turner crop, paying $1.75 per
hundred for it. We understand
the crop consisted of about one
thousand sacks. Practically all
of the barley in this section has
been sold except the Jos. Arnzen
crop east of Greencreek. Which
we are told, is being held for
two cents.-Cottonwood Chron-
icle.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-11-30
TWO LINES OF RAILROAD TO
UNITE NORTH AND SOUTH
Boise Dispatch Says assured that Dewey and Pin roads
Will Both Build Down the Salmon River
Within the Next Year:

independent line, but during the
railroad activity when the Hill in
terests showed plainly their in
tention of invading what had beef
Harriman's own territory, con-
troll passed into the hands of the
Hartman people and plans for
the extension which is now being
built were begun.
The plans of the Hill interests
are generally understood. 1t is
known that the Pacific & Idaho
Northern is a Hill road, and it
will form an important link in
the north and south line Of that
system. The Pacific & Idaho
Northern is in operation between
Weiser and New Meadows, a dis
tance of 80 miles. Plats filed in
the Boise land office indicate that
the route from New Mendows
will be east to Lardo, thence
circling the Payette lakes and
taking an entirely different route
from that of the Idaho & North
ern, connecting with the Gilmore
& Pittsburg at some point along
the south bank of the Salmon.
The western extension of the
Gilmore & Pittsburg, which is in
operation from Armstead, Mont,
to Salmon City, Idaho, follows
the Salmon almost the entire dis
lance into Lewiston. The survey
for this line has been completed.
The building of these two roads
connecting the northern and
southern parts of the state will
have a marked effect, both on
the business and political life of
Idaho. At present there is little
in common between the two Sec
:, tions and there never has been.
In climate, industries and re-
sources, northern and southern
Idaho are as different as though
they were thousands of miles
apart.
When the first of these two
lines is put in operation it will
reduce the travelling time between
Lewiston and Boise by more thar
half. Instead of trip through
three states, the journey will b.
a matter of but eight or tel
hours.
/ According to present plans
Boise will profit only indirectly
by the construction Of the new
lines, as neither will be built t.
this city. The Idaho Northern
will have its southern connection
at Nampa and the Pacific & Ida
no Northern at Weiser. Bots,
will continue with but one rail
road, and that a little branch line
of the Oregon Short Line. but
acting on the principle that what
ever helps the state helps Boise
the business interests here are
lending every assistance to the
extensions.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-11-30
FINE FARM BOUGHT CHEAP

Anthony Ross of Greencreek,
bought the old Fred Mertes farm
near Cottonwood last week, pay
ing $50 per acre for the quarter
section, $50 acres of which is
sown to grain on summer fallow.
The place is most favorably To-
Gated with an abundance of wat
er, good roads, mail route, school
house convenient, splendid dwell
ing and young orchard. A farm
of this character for $1,000 is a
snap.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-17

property now on the assessment rolls
in the town of Covington that was
destroyed by fire on the 18th day OF
June, 1911, be stricken from the
oils.
Carried.
It was moved and seconded that
the Eager Ellerman tract of land,
belonging to Poitevent & Favre Lum-
Der Company, in the Fourth Ward,
containing 1920 acres be raised to
$1,000 per acre.
Carried.
On motion, duly seconded, all tim
Der lands of St. Tammany Parish,
La, were ordered placed on the as
sessment rolls as follows:
Glass A, at $500; Glass B, at
$4,000; Glass C, at $1,000; Glass D,
a. $500; denuded lands at $500;
swamp land, at $3.50; farm lands at
$500; sea marshal SO cents
1t was moved and duly seconded
that the Board of Reviewers adjourn
to meet Tuesday, June 20, 1911.
Carried.
GEO. KOEPP( JR., President.
E. D. KENTZEL. Secretary.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1911-06-17
ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
ST. sTANISLAUS COLLEGE

Bay st. Louis, Miss, June Is, IL.
On Sunday the 18th instant there
was a meeting of the officers of the
ST. Stanislaus College Alumni Asso-
citation to discuss for the annual re-
union which will take place at the
college on Sunday, July 2.
The Brothers generously offered
the use of one of the large domitories
to the former students who will ar
rive on the Saturday evening train.
An elaborate banquete has been
planned for the occasion. A very
enjoyable feature of the reunion
will be a boat ride on the bay after
the banquet. A large gathering of
the old boys is expectd this year,
and they have the assurance of a
warm welcome from the entire
faculty. All who intend to attend
the reunion are requested to send
in their names to Bro. Fancis.
Those present at the meeting were
Bros. Stanislaus, president OF st.
Stanislaus College; Bro. Francis,
under whose care are the affairs of
the S. S. C. A. A.; o. J. Krebs, of
Pascagoula; Guy v. Ros, of Moss
Point; L. Breaud and C. J. Tassin,
of New Orleans.