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Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-21
Agreement Was Mutual.

1t was announced last May, after a
meeting of directors Of the Gould and
Yoakum systems, that an agreement
had been entered into from which
both hoped to benefit greatly. The
Frisco at Memphis was to have use
OF the tracks of the Missouri Pacific
subs. daries, the st. IxQni1ua1
tain,.S Sout1 l1slssszN
enern to Red RIVER, md
the Texas & Pacific from Red River
to Baton Rouge. 1t WAS stipulated
that the trs fife agreement was to run
for ninety years.
1t was stipulated in the agreement
that the Iron Mountain, which Is re-
gar1ed as the backbone of the MIS-
souri, Pacific System and it's most
prosperous subsidiary would begin al
once upon the relaying of its entire
line with eighty-five-pound steel rails,
would ballast it with rock and would
provide sdings, st lions and all
other improvements made necessary
In anticipation of the large traffle
which would at once begin to flow
down from the lakes to the gulf.
The Texas & Pacific was also te
make similar improvements. Thess
improvements, it was estimated woult
entail an expenditure of from $3,5Qo,
o ITO s6,oo0.000.
ut was st2 ted today by the banker
that the st. Louis & Iron Mountain
had already engaged upon the work
Improvement according to the con
tract. The Texas & Pacific, of whic
Gorge Gould is president, did not be
GIN the work.
Pine Bluff daily graphic. (Pine Bluff, Ark.) 1893-1942, 1911-11-21

For coughing, dryness and tlckl-
ing in the throat, hoarseness and all
coughs and colds, take Foley,s Honey
ard Tar Compound. Contains no
opiates. w. l.. Dewoody 4 90.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23
Board of County Commissioners

Board OF County Commissioners
State of Idaho, County of Canyon
S.
January term, A. D., 1911.
On Wednesday, the 8th day of
February, in the year OF our Lord
One Thousand Nine Hundred and
Eleven, being the 21st day of Janu-
airy, term 1911. Present: D. p.
Dodd, J. E. Kerrick, w. H. Plat,
Chairman, Commissioners.
GEO. w. STOVEL, Clerk.
Be it remembered, that on We'd
nesday, the 21st day of February,
1911, the same being one of the
days Of the aforesaid meeting of
said Board of Commissioners, the
following, among other proceedings
was had, and entered of record Of
said board, in the words and figures
following, towit:
In the ma ter of the petition of
E. NJ Reilly ct al, praying for the
construction Of a bridge over the
Payette river in Canyon County, Ida
no, situated as follows: In the south
west Il of the southwest 4 Of sec
ton 81, about so rods east of the
township line, township 7, north
range 2, w. 3. NJ.
1t appearing to this board that
more than taxpayers of the road
district in which said proposed
bridge is to be situated have signed
the same, and that said petition is
legal in every respect, it is hereby
ordered that the clerk of this board
publish in The Emmett Index, a
newspaper published in Emmett, Can
yon County, Idaho, for two weeks,
the notice that said application has
been presented to this board, giving
location of said proposed bridge and
other facts required by law, and for
the information of the public Civ
ing notice in said advertisement that
the said petition will be heard be-
fore this board at the office of the
County Commissioners at the Court
House in Caldwell, Idaho, on the
18th day of March, 1911, at IL
o'clock a. m, which said time and
place is the time and place hereby
fixed by this board for the hearing
of said petition, and the said clerk
is hereby ordered to notify the 3
Good Roads Commissioners of Good
Roads District No. 2, Canyon Coun-
ty, Idaho, and w F. Dawson, road
overseer of District No. 80, Canyon
county, Ida, all said parties before
mentioned being the road overseer
and Commissioners of Road Dis
tricts in which said proposed bridge
is situated, to appear before this
board at the said time and place
appointed to hear said petition and
give evidence thereof.
State of Idaho, County of Canyon,
SIS.
1. Geo. w. Stovel, Clerk of the
Board of County Commissioners of
said county, do hereby certify the
foregoing to be a true copy of the
proceedings of said Board made and
entered of record on the day and
year first above written.
Given under my hand and seal of
said county this 18th day of Febru-
airy, 1911.
GEO. W. sTOvEL. Clerk.
2O-2t
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23
Notice of Sale cf Bonds
Emmett Irrigation District

Notice is hereby given that the
Board of Directors of the Emmett ir
rigation District, of Canyon County,
State of Idaho, offer for sale one
million, one hundred thousand
C$L!1OO,O0O( dollars of the 1920
year bonds of said District, together
with the accrued interest; and will
receive bids therefor until the 25th
day of February, 1911 at the hour
of two o'clock P. NJ. of said day.
Said bonds are series number one,
issue number one, of the said Irrt-
CATION District and bear date the
first day of January, 1911, and are
payable in lawful money of the Unit
ed States of America, bearing inter-
est at the rate of six per cent per
annum, payable semi-annually on
the first days of January and July
of each year. Said bonds are issued
by authority of Title IA, Volume
one, of the Revised Codes of Idaho.
The bonds and interest will be made
payable at such place as the pur-
chaser may designate.
Denominations of bonds to suit
purchaser Cprovided that the denom'
ination shall not be less than one
hundred dollars and not more than
one thousand dollars) Bids for the
said bonds should be marked Pro
posal for the purchase of Bonds of
the Emmett Irrigation District" and
must be accompanied by certified
check, payable to the Emmett Ir-
rigation District, in the sum of Five
Hundred Dollars; and must be adj
dressed to Harry s. Workman, sec
rotary, P. o. Box GA, Emmett, Ida
no. Bids will be received for any
portion of said bonds. The Board
reserves the right to reject any and
all bids.
Dated January %, 1911.
HARRY S. WORKMAN,
Secretary.
First insertion January 26, 1911.
Last insertion February %, 1911.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23

required in controlling big depart
ment of the British government.
The Canadian post, it is figured,
would give Harcourt the opportunity
TO restore his health by change to
bracing climate and at the same time
broaden his experience in the handling
of colonial matters by actual contact
with one Of English's most important
possessions.
II Sir Lewis Harcourt is the ap-
pointee in Canada 1T will mean that
niece Of ]. Pierpont Morgan would be
vicereine, the statesman having mar
ried daughter of Walter II. Burns,
who married sister Of Morgan.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23

James. would not make the tenure
of valuable public servants in congress
dependent upon the whims and fac
tionalism of districts in which they
live.
There is no constitutional require
ment at present, it is asserted, which
requires that a member of congress
must reside in the district from which
he is chosen, and many important In
stances have been cited where an out
slider has defeated district resident.
The Illinois educators plan came TO
The front recently when he wrote Con-
gresham Tawney of Minnesota, con-
doing with him over his defeat In the
primaries. There is some talk In
Washington of pushing the James idea.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23

is considerably demoralized. Professor
See has found many scientific sup
porters for his new theories as to the
movements of Venus, though some dis
sent from the human habitation propo-
sition. The See theory is that Venus
is much more like the earth than
Mars. Mars, he claims, rotates forty
one minutes slower than the earth,
whereas Venus rotation is thirty-iye
minutes faster.
Captain See is a graduate of the
University of Missouri and later took
a special course at the University of
Berlin. He is the discoverer of what
is known as the double star system.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23

SklDO was staying
there. 1t appears
that the Carnegie
method Is to pay
by gold ra t h e r
than check.
According to the
American tourists
version, Mr.. Car
negie firmly de-
clines to draw a
check on his Lon
don bankers, but
personally goes to
his depository and
returns TO the hO-
tel with a bag Of
sovereigns. These
he counts out on
the cashiers desk,
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23

father was a poor
schoOlm aster and
clergyman who re-
turned from Eng
land to his native
Wales and there
died. 1t was to the
efforts of his moth
err and uncle, Rich
ard Lloyd, a village
shoemaker, that the
sta ties man owes
much of his sue
cess. The uncle de-
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23

American congress
sional voting sys-
TEN which is even
more revolutionary
TO political ideals
of this country than
the popular election
of federal senators.
1t is following the
English practice Of
letting parliament
tary aspirants stand
for election In dis
tricts in which they
do not reside. This,
orpnaS Professor
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23

mai TO SUIT the uem-
ocratic Canadians.
The suggestion that
the queens young
er brother. Prince
Alexander of Teck,
be appointed in
stead of the kings
uncle, is also dis
carded by the polit-
ical forecasters be
cause of his not
having had any ex-
perience in public
Office,
Harcourt. 1t Is
s a 1 d. may accept
the position, as he
finds that his health
I a n OF bear the
strain of the con-
.. an o-ix
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23

The popular interest in the prospect
,,f Mars being inha bited having been
worn out both in magazines and on
the stage, the assertion that Venus
contained human beings much the
same as the earth attracted no little
attention. The discOverer Of the We
nus possibilities was Thomas ]. j. See,
astronomer at the observatory at Mare
Island navy yard, San Francisco, who
holds the rank of captain in the Unit
ed States navy.
If Professor Sees deductions are
correct the entire theory of cosmic
evolution since the days Of La Place
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23

Welsh celebration. he will probably
make a brief tour OF both the States
and Canada.
OF all the statesmen now before the
British people LloydGeorge probably
has the most picturesque career. His
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23

London gossips have about settled
that the next governor general of Can
ada will be Sir Lewis Vernon Har-
court, minister for the colonies. II
has long been unofficially decided that
the Duke of Connaught will not sue
coed Earl Grey because he is too for
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23
c. A. Gaylord
Baggage Transferred
and Light Hauling
Leave orders at the McNish store
Backache, Rheumatism, sleeplessness

Backache, Rheumatism, Sleeplessness
Result from disordered kidneys. Fo-
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they will help you. Mrs. j. B. Miller
Syracuse, N. Y, says: For long
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land rheumatism. l had severe back
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and where / used to lie awake with
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derful things for me-" Try them
now. B. B. Davis.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23
Speedy Relief from Kidney Trouble

Speedy RELIEF from Kidney IrOubIe
81 had an acute attack of Bright's
disease with inflammation of the kid
neys and bladder, and dizziness,
says Mrs. Cora Thorp, Jackson, Mich
"a bottle of Foley's Kidney Remedy
overcame the attack, reduced the in
flamation, took away the pain and
made the bladder action normal /
wish everyone could know of this
wonderful remedy" B. B. Davis.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23
People of Note
Snapshots at Celebrities
Talked About

PROSPECTIVE
visitor to the Unit
ed States who will
be a awaited with In
terest Is David
Lloyd George, chan
cellor OF the Brit
ish exchequer and
one of the leaders
OF the Asquith Lib
eral administration.
In addition to max
ing an address at
Scra nton, Pa. on
the occasion Of a
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23

one at time. to the full amount Of
the bill. which is always a large one.
OF course this jingling of gold pieces
always attracts considerable attention,
and the inquisItiye are duly informed
that it is Andrew Carnegie of Pitts
burg, U. S. A, paying his bill.
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23
In the LimeIight
Gossip of Persons In the
Dispatches

"HE benevolent ironmaster. An
drew Carnegie, has peculiar
way Of paying his hotel bills,
while he is abroad anyway,
according to an American who was at
London hosiery while the laird OF
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23

we're already seated. To his chagrin
he discovered he had forgotten his
glasses, whereupop Mrs. Whites
friend proffered the use of hers. These
proved useless and the chief justice
turned to his wife with. May l try
your glasses. my dear?'
The second experiment proved sue
cessful, and as the jurist settled him
self comfortably to sean the program
he remarked gallantly:
"Fine-fine, my dear! l felt sure
your glasses would suit. Everybody
knows l always see through your
eyes"
President Edmund ]. James of the
University of Illinois has set in motion
-. g., fefA 81 a
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23


termined his neph-
ew should be professional man and
worked night and day to earn the nee
essary money. He even learned French
and Latin that he might prepare Lloyd
George for his examinations.
The future chancellor passed these
successfully and became a solicitor In
his native town. A curious incident
lifted him into the limelight.
A dying quarryman asked that he be
buried beside his favorite daughter,
who lay in the center of the church
graveyard. But the man was a dis
senter, and the well known bitterness
of the conflict In Britain between the
church and nonconformistS caused the
vicar to refuse and direct that the
Quarryman be buried in the suicides
plot. The Infatuated villagers got
Lloyd George as their champion, and
he advised forcible burial in the spot
the old man desired. This was done,
and the subsequent legal proceedings,
taken to England's highest courts, up
held Lloyd George and finally put him
in parliament.
1t has been learned that Chief JUS
tice Edward d. White of the supreme
court is not only an able jurist. lover
of baseball, a devotee of pedestrian
ism and an admirer of art, but is not
ed for his gallantry and aptness of
speech as we'll
Recently he arrived late at concert,
Joining Mrs. White and a friend who
The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1911-02-23
Weak Heart

Many people suffer from weak hearts, They may expert
shortness Of breath exeton pain the heart
dizzy feelings oppressed breathing after meals their
become blurred their heart sufficiently strouk
pump blood the e1tremes they have cold hands
and feet appetite because of weakened blood supply
the stomach heart tonic Alternative should be
which has bad aer-efect. Such Dr. Pierces Golden
Medical Discovery which contains dangerous narcotics
nor aIcohoI.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-19
PROMINENT CAPITALIST AND CIT
,zEN OF ELDoRA PASSES
AWAY.
FOR MANY YEARS PRESIDENT
OF FIRST NATIONAL BANK
Former County Treasurer and Promi.
mont in Business and Politics-ssrvsd
Friday at Methodist church-other
News of Iowa.

Eldora, Dec. l9.-James II. Eales,
banker and prominent citizen. died at
his home here this morning. following
G long illness which had become acute
during the past few days. His death
was caused by general breaking
down.
Mr.. Bales was born In Jefferson
county. Tennessee. In 1916. He came
to Iowa in 1857. first settling in keo-
ktk county. and to Hardin county in
1873. During tho civil war Mr.. Bales
served as n member Of Campany II,
Thirty-third Iowa Infantry In 1854
he was appointed deputy county treas
urer. in which position he served four
years. He later was elected to the
He was married in 1868 to Sadie E.
Hammer. of Jasper county.
For several years Mr.. Bales served
as president of the Hubbard State
Bank. and from 1892 to 1907 he was
president of the First National Bank OF
Eldora, retiring because OF impaired
health. During his long residence in
the county he was prominent in busi-
ness and political affairs. and became
wealthy.
Mr.. Bales was member OF the
Friends church and Rev. w. ]. Hadley,
of Des Moines, Will have charge OF the
funeral services, which will be held
Friday afternoon from the Methodist
church.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-19
PROSPECTS OF SETTLEMENT or.
TROUBLE IN CHINA GROW.
ING BRIGHTER.
SIX GREAT NATIONS s
TENDER THEIR sERvlcEs
Absence Of Any Strain to Impede Ne.
aotiations-concsds That Manchu
Dynasty Must Fall and New Rule Be
Established in Empirs-Spssdy Con-
clusio,4 Of Peace Plan Predicted.

Shanghai, Dec. 19.-Promise Of peace
in China became more definite today
with the announcement that all six Of
the great powers-Japan. Great Britain.
the United States, Russia, France, and
Germany-ares united in a co-operative
effort to assist DR.. WI Ting Fang and
Tang Shao vi in their negotiations.
There was rejoicing when it was
learned that the representatives Of the
six powers were preparing to offer
their assistance 70 speedy conclusion
of an understanding.
It is clearly understood that this ac-
tion by the powers is taken. In the most
friendly matter.
The pour parlers between Wu Ting
Fang and Tang Shao vi opened with
surprising smoothness and there was
complete absence of any strain which
might have seriously impeded the
diplomatic progress of the conference.
It is evident, however. that the con-
tinuation of the Manchu rule. even as
concerns the imperial rule a. Peking.
Is considered unlikely by either side.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-19
JOHN e,cELow DEAD.
Venerable Diplomat and Author Passes
Away AZ His New York Home.


Venerable Diplomat and Author Passes
Away AZ His New York Homo.
New York, Dec. 19.-John 3igelow,
the venerable diplomat and author,
died at his home here today.
John Bigelow was born in Maiden,
Ulster county. New York Nov. 25. 1917.
He was graduated from Union Col
lege in 1885. and was admitted to the
bar in 1889. He was inspector at Sing
Sing prison in 1s45-46, and from 1Si9-
61 was one Of the editors Of the New
York Evening Post.
Mr. Bigelow died in the 95th year
Of mis- age in the old fashioned house
in Gramercy Park that has long been
his residence. Three days ago he suf-'
fered return of ah ailment incident
to advanced age. which confined him
last June to his summer home in High
land Falls. I,
In 1861 he was appointed consul to
Paris, post he held for four years. In
1864 he was made United States minis
ter to France. where he remained un-
til 1869.
Mr. Bigelow was chairman Of Cover
nor Tilden's canal investigating COM
mittee in 1875 and secretary Of state
of New York from 1875 to 1877.
Mr. Bigelow was widely known as
an author and among his best known
works are: France and Hereditary
Monarchv" "Some Recollections Of Ed
ward Laboulaye," Writings and
Speeches of Samuel ]. Tilden," Life of
BENJAMIN Franklin" France and the
Confederate Navy" The Bible That
Was Dead and Is Alive Again" THE
Mystery Of Sleep THE Proprium. or
What of Man Is Not His own" etc.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-19
JURY FOR PACKERS CASE
Three Farmers Permitted to Sit on
Final Pansl-Takine Of Evidence 30.
gins At Once.

Chicago, Dec. 19.-The jury which
will try the Chicago packers indicted
charged with violation OF the Sherman
antitrust law, was completed and
sworn in at noon today. Taking of tes-
timony will begin at once.
The men who will try the packers
are Asa Bannister. farmer, Napervillc;
H. l. Bucklin. farmer, Dundee: Burton
H. Meyers, insurance man. Naperville;
w. J. Thomas, clerk, Ottawa; G. H.
Mare, drug clerk, Chicago; H. o. Bates.
tailor, LAGRANGE; ]. H. Edwards. tele-
phone inspector. Ottawa; Jacob Gleim.
baker, Ottawa; Adam Glow, farmer.
Plainfeld; Thomas Scott. millwright,
Chicago: ]. E. Harvey, grocer. Wilton
Center; e. ]. Ryon, salesman Streator.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-12-19
IMPORTANT WILL CONTEST.

Austin. Minn.. Woman Asks Dover
Right in Husbands Estate.
Austin. Mimi, Dec. 19.-Perhaps one
Of the most important will contests in
the northwest in recent years was
scheduled to be called today in which
Mrs Levy Bemis is seeking dover
rights in the property Of her late hus-
band who died leaving an estate valued
at 100000. By the terms Of the will
the widow. who was the third wife, was
to receive 100000. q similar amount to
go to Victor Bemis. a son, and $4,000
each was to be placed in trust for two
other sons The principal bequest,
$4,000. went to the home for aged
persons. M
Not satisfied with the will William
and Frank Bemis. to whom the trust
funds had been left, had the estate ap-,
praised. This appraisement showed
$2s3,177 worth of property. whereupon
Mrs. Bemis sued for third share,
which would abount to about 100000.