davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-01
PRESIDENT TAFT FOLLOWS
BEST POLICY

Wed not raw haste, half-sister
to delay" is The motto Of President
Ialt.
II makes "a good policy to pursue.
1t is that OF the statesman who
steers by the steadlasi stars. not
That Of the politician who follows
the wandering wIIl-o'- o'-the-wisp. Out
of il come constructive and lasting
works. Out Of the other come
tumbles into the mud and losing
ones way.
The presidents address TO the
Grand Army of the Republic rem
ders it cle;l again that, while he
wishes and means TO move forward
III the betterment Of the govern
ment, he desires and intends to ID,
sure that he is right before he
starts ahead
Remedies for evils that afflict
public and social life i'll the United
states are proposed that are so ad-
Nanced as to seem TO many pro-
gressINe and reforming men to be
worse in their final effects than
The evils themselves. The presl-
dent does not, therefore, conclude
lhai il is unavailing TO seek rem
edies. But he practically and saga
clously declares that 50 long as
the responsibility for results rests
on him he will not be rash i'll ad-
opting remedies nor quick to ac-
cept half baked theories Of progress
at their face value.
Such conservative progress Is
the political method Of all states
men who have ever succeeded in
leading a people to win and hold
higher levels Of public life. In the
long run it is the only method that
stands the strain of work. The so
Der minded. intelligent, GOd-fear-
ing Americans to whom Mr.. Taft
referred and on whom
he relies can be depended upon to
swing their support to such a
Spokesman Review.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-01
DAIRY TESTS AT WENDELL
GOOD FOR STATE CONTEST

During the Lincoln County fair
to be held in Wendell, October 3,
4. and 5th. test OF dairy cows
will be made under the direction OF
the state agricultural college. Dean
Carlyle will send one Of his field
men who will be in attendance at
the fair during the three days DUR
alton, making tests of all dairy
cows exhibited.
A point of particular interest to
dairymen is the fact that tests ta-
ken at the Lincoln County fair can
be entered in competition for the
state cup the same as those taken
at The Intermountain fair at Boise.
The following is quoted from a
letter addressed to the Lincoln
County fair association; in addi-
lion TO the prizes offered by the
local fair association, w. G.. Carlyle,
Dean and Director of the Agricul-
tural college of the state of Idaho,
offers "a silver cup as grand prize
to be awarded to the owner of the
COW making the best record by
Oct. IA. 1914, at the close of the
Intermountain fair at Boise. The
winner of the cup will hold posses
sion of same until better state
recori is made
The management of the Wendell
Fair AZ ss0ciation earnestly urges all
those ccntemplafing making eX-
hibits at the Lincoln County fair
to prepare their material for ex-
hibits early, without leaving the
matter till the last. In various
towns. the commercial clubs have
arranged for a place to store the
products intended for exhibition
appointing q man to receive and
properly care fer them.
By urging the farmers to bring
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-01
CALLED TO THE WINDY CITY

Pred w. Gooding departed the
middle Of the week for Chicago to
attend a meeting of the directors
of the National Wool Warehouse
and Storage company, he being one
OF the directors from this state. 1t
is understood that Mr.. Gooding is
a candidate for the position of
president Of the company, made
vacant by the resignation of j. E.
Cosgriff.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-01
R. R. ASSESSMENT
SENT SKYWARD
TOTAL VALUATION INCREASED
230 PER CENT OVER
LAST YEAR

Nam 4nes of tne Oregon Short
Line, Great Northern and Northern
aciiic railroaGs in Idaho will have
TO pay taxes on a valuation of $780,
900 per mile, according to the
action taken by the state board of
equalization Monday. This figure
is estimated by the boaru at about
- per cent of the actual cash val
ue Of those railroads, that being
he figure that the state board es-
Inmates that other property in the
state is valued at for taxation pur-
poses. Ihis is All increase Of S43,-
800 q mile Of main line over the
valuation Of Sf6,5O Of a year ago,
or am inereasec of 263 per cent
while other property in the state,
outside of railroads, telegraphs and
telephones. have Deen increased
approximately ll6 per cent, the ex-
act figures not yet having been as
certained in the state auditors Of
flee.
On this the Oregon Short Line'
Wan pay taxes on valuation OF
z26.020, $50 on its main me running
east and west as against szf55, 725
a year ago and on a total valua-
li0n in the state this year of Si3,-
302, i20 as against a total valuation
of main and branch lines year
ago Of only Si3.294,5l0 The increase
In total valuation over that Of last
year is 230 per ceDt.-Capilal News.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-01
ITEMS OF INTEREST OVER THE
COUNTY

w. II Ebberts was in last Tues
day and reports the loss of a hay
corral, stacker pole and patch
of alfalfa by fire, caused by some
careless fisherman Bill says he
has some very good evidence as to
who the guilty parties are.-Hager-
man Valley Sun.
Schultz and Dram have a row Of
potatoes on their ranch that is a
little out of the ordinary. 1t con-
tains twenty-nine hills, the seed
for which came from one Early
Eureka. One eye was planted in
each hill and each one grew a vine
From the looks of the row now this
one potato will produce at least i2O
marketable potatoes.-Bliss Gazette.
McGrew and Simpson dug their
Early Eureka potatoes early in the
week and shipped a car to Kansas
City The spuds were as fine
lot as new ground ever produced,
and Will go a long way toward at
iracting attention to- this segre-
cation as d potato country The
yield ran a little better than three
tons to the acre and will give the
growers a good profit.-Bliss Gaz-
ette.
Did you ever see potatoes grow
on the vines above the ground? If
not, call at this office and be
shown We have a sample. which
was brought in last week by Mr.
A. +. Ross, who lives two miles
south of Rupert, that will convince
you. OF course they are not fully
developed, but that they are po-
taloes is easily determined and one
cannot help wondering what the
result would have been if they had
been protected from The sun and
allowed to grow longer.-Rupert
pioneer-Record.
While driving out Lincoln avenue
the first OF the week, curiousity
prompted US to count the large
stacks Of alfalfa in sight from
point one mile west, when we foun
they numbered ~ The most OF
shese stacks ars nrepanlonly laaSe
and this number will be materially
increased, as all the farmers in
that section are not through with
their second cutting as yet When
we consider that last year at this
time not a stack was in sight, we
can more fully appreciate the ra-
pid development Of the country
Lincoln County Times.
.'Bottle Bottles Who's Got The
Bottle?" is the title of new game
that was played in GOoding for the
first time in several weeks last
Monday. Marshal Saunders is of |
the opinion that the local option |
lid in Gooding is leaking badly by
the actions Of some young men in |
the city so he started to hunt for |
the source of supply Monday after
noon. The marshal failed to dis
cover anything but he did scare |
some people into the belief that
they were liable to be next and
there has been a drouth on for a
Idaho Leader.
Fire, originating from a spark
from d steam threshing outfit des-
trOyed nearly six hundred acres OF
dry farm grain near Rexburg the
first Of the week, according to
advices received in PocatellO. Three
hundred and twenty acres Of the
famous Webster 5000
acre dry farm was burned over,
and the other sufferers We're
Thomas Elliot, brother OF Aaron
Hlliol of this city, who lost 100
acres: Ashly Rands, 30 acres and a
neghbor who lost 80 acres. The
Total loss Is estimated al $4,000.
p0calello Tribune.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1911-09-01

rnugal pumps, directly connected
TO electric driven motors, will lift
the water into three different dit
shes. lhe first viii be on The 80
foot level, the second at 80 feet
and the third at 100 BY the terms
of the contract the works are to
be completed and ready to deliver
water May (, i9l2-Spokesman Re-
VieW.
The Washington times., 1911-06-22
GIRL. IS ADMITTED
TO DISTRICT BAR
WITH HIGH H0HORS
Miss Olive Conger Passes
Examination-Is a Re-
cent Graduate.

Miss Olive Conger, one of the seven
young women graduating this yeal
from the Washington College Of Law
has passed the District bar examina-
ton with colors flying. She was .ad-
mitted at once to practice. Miss Con-
gers papers received high grades. The
result was announced ahead Of HIe
other girls because she is shortly to
leave the city.
Miss Conger is employed in the Gus
toms department of the Treasury and
has been transferred to Los Angel
where she will continue to work a
while, before hanging up her shingle,
1t is her intention to practice SON.
where in the West.
Miss Conger was a brilliant pupil In
the College of Law and graduated sec
ond in general scholarship.
James A. c. Palmer, son of United
States Marshal Palmer. and clerk to
Justice Gould, also was admitted to the
bar, on motion of Attorney Nathaniel
Wilson. He also passed the last bar
examination.
Benjamin Jacobson. of California, also
was admitted to practice.
The Washington times., 1911-06-22
Pastor Pays Tribute
To Percival M. Brown

Paving a tribute to the life and char
acter of Percival NJ. Brown, the Rev.
Wallace Radcliffe, pastor of the Ne"
York Avenue Presbyterian Church'
preached at the funeral of Mr.. Brown
this afternoon.
The services were conducted at the
home of Mrs. George Brown, 1851 Eu-
cid street, and were attended by CON-
mittees appointed by the Chamber OF
Commerce and the Bar Association, as
we'll as by scores of friends.
Following the funeral services, the
body was taken to Congressional Gene
terry for burial. Mr.. Brown Is TO De
buried beside his father, VINO dleo
about a year ago.
Fourteen honorary palloearers were
Chief Justice Harry NJ. Clabaugh, Jus,
tice Ashley NJ. Gould. Justice Danlei
Thew Wright, Justice Wendell P. star
ford, Judge Charles S. Bundy. Capt.
James F. Oyster. DR.. Arthur Ramsey,
William II. Saunders. William I. Gal
liner. Lucian A. Clark, Rasl B. Earn
shaw. William F. GUIDE. Benjamin w.
Guy, William B. Yurpin.
The active pallbearers were: w.
worthiugton Bswie. Ernest H. Daniel.
Aubrey Clark, Walter B. Guy, Jesse l..
Ergood, Vernon z. Hodges.
The committee appointed by the Bar
Association to attend the services fol-
lows: Alexander H. Bell. Conrad H.
SWINE, Charles w. Clagett. A. Leftw1ch
Sinclair, Benjamin S. Minor, Ralph Z.
barnard, Chaplin Brown. Charles 4.
Douglas, Daniel W. ODonoghue, VIII
liam Meyer levin. ..... g.
The Washington times., 1911-06-22
PRESIDENTS SAFE,
LIKE LOVE, LAUGHS
AT THE LOCKSh|THS
They Are Toiling Today. to
End Closed Season That
Began June Twelfth.

And when found the door was
locked,
I pushed and pulled and kicked and
knocked;
And when / found the door was shut
tried to turn the handle, but
That little bit of verse from out of
Alicc's Looking Glass Land has been
repeated DER and Ger by the White
House employees who can't get the Pres
ident's safe open. 1t defies them and
laughs at locksmiths as II 1t were the
very god of love.
Since June u ID has been obstinately
and excessively safe. 1t has been safe
since the days of 81, but 1t has been
reasonably safe, and it's door would
open when its combination knob was
spun to the proper turns. Ten days
ago, however, the door stuck fast As
lightning" to quote again from the
book Of Alice. The officials pulled 1t,
fed it oil, talked to 1t like a brother
and had no response.
Poor Mr.. Durnbaugh-Joseph A. Durn-
baugh, of the Treasury Department
died on his way to get the door open,
June a. He was stricken with heart
disease in front of the White House,
and died in the Executive offices.
They bored holes in the door today,
They are going to reach around ano
poke the tumblers in the BACK. The
surprise may make them do one more
turn.
The Washington times., 1911-06-22
LOCAL COUNCIL OF
BOYSCOUTSFORMED,
MARTIN IS MASTER
New Fairgrounds Director
to Get Additional Sal
airy of 81, 900.

Having elected E. S. Martin as
scout master and elected officers for a
local council of the Boy Scouts Of
America, the men interested in the
movement will meet Sunday afternoon
lat o'clock to discuss plans and con-
slider the constitution and bylaws for
the new council.
At a meeting held in the New Willard
Hotel last night, the men who per-
sonally assumed the obllga ton Of guar
auteeing Mr.. Martin a salary of 81, 900
a year, which with his salary of 81 800
year as Fairgrounds directo", makes
him $500, were relieved of their re-
sponsibility, for a motion was put and
carried approving the contract. Over
$500 OF the $1,000 was raised DIT the meet
ing last night.
Headed by Arthur c. Livingstone as
president, the officers of the newly or
ganized local council will erter upon
their work of extending the movement
In the District of Columbia. Colin H.
Livingstone has offered the scouts the
use Of the grounds at River View.
The officers elected are Arthur c.
Moses, president; Cuno Ii. Rudolph,
first vice president; Henry P Blair,
second vice president: Colin y. Living
stone, third vice president; Paul De-
laney. treasurer. and 4. S. Martin, sec
rotary.
The Washington times., 1911-06-22
BURLESON HEADS
DISTRICTS BODY
ON APPROPRIATIONS
Fitzgerald Appoints Texan
to Subcommittee Control
ing Finances Here.

Chairman John J. Fitzgerald, of the
House Appropriations Committee. re-
garded as the most powerful of all
House committees, in that it appropri-
ates millions yearly for the business Of
the Government. today named the MEM
| beers Of teh various subcommittee that
will give primary consideration to the
| various budgets.
Representative A. S. Burleson OF Tex
, as heads the subcommittee which will
prepare the District of Columbia appro-
priation bill. He is thoroughly familiar
with the needs of the Capital. and has
seen service, as a minority member, on
the District subcommitte of the last
session. The other members of the APP
priations Committee who will handle
District appropriation bills include Rep
resentatiyes Saunders of Virginia, Cox
Of Ohio, Taylor of Ohio, and Dwight OF
New York.
Retains Chairmanships.
Representative Fitzgerald retains the
chairmanships of the subcommittee
that will prepare the sundry civil and
the urgent and general deficiency ap-
non, who was chairman of Appropria-
tions before he became Speaker, was
given ranking minority places on these
latter named committees.
The chairmen of the various subcom-
mittees are as follows: Legislative,
executive, and judicial, Representative
johnson of South Carolina pension APP
preparation bill, Representative Bart
lett of Georgia; District OF Collmpla,
Representative Burleson of Texas:
Notifications, Representative Sherley OF
Kentucky; permanent appropriations,
Representative Saunders of Virginia |;
sundry ivil and urgent and general
deficiency, Representative Fitzgerald.
List of Subcommittee.
The full subcommittee are as fol-
lows:
sundry civil appropriation bill-Rep-
resentatives Fitzgerald of New York
Cchairman), Sherley Of Kentucky, and
Page of North Carolina, Democrats, and
Cannon of Illinois and Malby of New
York, Republicans. ,..,-,
propriation bill-Joseph T. Johnson OF
South Carolina (chaiFman), Burleson OF
Texas. McHenry of Pennsylvania, ana
Ryrns of Tennessee, Democrats, ana
Gillett of Massachusetts, and Taylor OF
Pension appropriation bill-Repre-
sentatives Bartlett of Georgia (chalr-
mani, Borland of Missouri, and Raucn
of Indiana, Democrats, and Bingham
Oh HenuSylNdHla anu NOSN ~
Republicans.
District of Columbia appropriation
bill-Representatives Burleson of Tex
as (chairman), Saunders OF virginia
and Cox of Ohio, Democrats, and Tay-
Tor of Ohio and Ddikht Of New York,
Republicans.
Fortification appropriation bill-Rep-
resentatfyes Sherley of Kentucky
(chairman). Rauch of Indiana, and
Kinkead of New Jersey, Democrats,
and Dwight of New York and Good OF
Iowa, Republicans.
Deficiency appropriation bills-Rep-
resentatives Fitzgerald of New York
(chairman), Bartlett Of Georgia, ana
Sisson of Mississippi, Democrats, and
Cannon of Illinois and Gillett of Mas
sachusetts, Republicans
Permanent appropriations-Rep
sentatives Saunders of Virginia (chair-
mani. Byrns of Tennessee, Kinkead
of New Jersey, and Borland of Mis-
souri,, Democrats, and Bingham of
Pennsylvania, Malby of New York, and
Good of Iowa, Republicans.
The Washington times., 1911-06-22
REDSK|N HOLDS UP
CONGRESS inquiry
OF INDIAN BUREAU
Deliberations Off Pending
Trip to Idaho for
Evidence.

Charles G. Whitman, a Nez Perez In
dian. and a star witness before the
House Committee on Expenditures in
In the Interior Department, which is
investigating the Indian Bureau, has
spiked the wheels of the Committee.
The committee has adjourned until
Mr.. Whitman's arrival from a hurried
trip home, to the Nez Perez reserva-
ton, in Idaho. He expects to bring
back sworn statements of alleged abuse,
Whitman was in Washington earIy
this week, but just before appearing be-
fore the committee Monday, he received
a summons from his people. The tribe
had held council and drawn up a list
OF Its grievances. Whitman was asked
by the chiefs to return and take to
Washington a full statement from the
tribe. He showed the telegram to
Chairman Graham, of the committee,
and Mr.. Graham agreed to postpone the
hearings.
Before leaving Whitman made a state
ment to the committee, In which he
charged religious discrimination on the
reservation. and declared the agent was
too arbitrary in his conduct of the az
fairs of the Indians. He said he was
unable to recover for his wife So $500
coming to her through the sale of her
land.
The Washington times., 1911-06-22
Asylum Holds Schumacher
For Mental Treatment

The condition of George B. Schumacher,
former United states consult at Ense-
NADIA, Mexico. who was arrested at the
White House Monday night-is sucn
that physi :ians at the Washington
Asylum Hospital today declined to turn
him over to his brother. who came to
Washington to Take charge of him.
The doctors say Schumacher is in need
of mental treatment in some institution,
and unless he shows marked improve
ment within the next few days, papers
will he made oUt committing him to the
Government Hospital for the Insane.
Schumacher. who is twenty-eiGht years
old. appeared ct the White House while
the silver wedding ceremonies were in
progress, and insisted upon seeing the
President.
The Washington times., 1911-06-22
P[RANCE FORCE
TO WAGE CAMP AIGN
ON "BOOTLEGG|NG'
Charge of Mrs. Carroll
Against Drug Stores to
Be Investigated.

"Bootlegging." which Mrs. Mary E.
Carroll charges is extensive among drug
stores in the District, is to be tnvestiga-
ted by committee of representatives
of every temperance organization. The
first step was taken yesterday when the
woman's Christian Temperance Union
selected Mrs. Louise H. Earle as its
representative.
What methods will be adopted to OBJ
tain evidence has not been decided. but
Mrs. Emma s. Shelton, president OF the
w. c. T. u. stated today that she did
not expect the members Of the commit
tee would personally attempt to pur-
chase liquors from the drug stores.
1t is to convince the different organi-
cations that the conditions reported by
! Mrs. Carroll actually exist that the
committee has been appointed. 1t Is
considered the first step toward a cru
SADIE against drug stores violating the
| excise act. Mrs. Carroll at a meeting
| of the executive committee of the w.
c. T, u yesterday stated that little
| is done to enforce the existing laws"
She said many druggists violate the
! laws against the sale of poisonous
drugs.
The Washington times., 1911-06-22
Robber of Battleship
Caught on Woman's Tip

Secret Service operatives are elated at
the capture by two of their number in
Buffalo, of Edward Lee Valentine, the
Kentucky youth who is charged with
having stolen $4,000 from the battleship
Georgia while in Havana harbor Febru-
airy II. Two Secret Service men have
been on Lees trail for months. Lee al
ways managed to get away. 1t was his
lavish mode of living which left a trail
behind him.
According to dispatches Lee kept up
the same gait in Buffalo and Toronto.
He spent money freely on several women
and one of them becoming jealous of
another. tipped off" the Buffalo police,
who operating in conjunction with the
Secret Service men. arrested Lee while
he was riding in a taXicab. In a
satchel which he carried with him was
$4,000.
Lee will be given a hearing before a
United States Commissioner in Buffalo
tod4y and says he will plead guilty.
The Washington times., 1911-06-22
Medical Examinations.

Notice is given by. DR.. George NJ
Ober, secretary Of the Board of Medical
Supervisors, to those desiring to take
the quarterly examination for licenses
to practice medicine, surgery, and mid
wifery in the District to file their ap-
LEGATIONS with the secretary on or be-
fore June 30. The examination will be
held July II at the District building.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-18
CITY LEAGUE BOARD s.
WILL MEET TONIGHT
Captains and Managers 10 Complete
Arrangements for Opening Of the
Series on Sunday at Park.

While the fans are waiting for
the City League to open the cap
tatns and managers are planning
how to make the project a success.
They will hold another meeting to-
night at the D. S. A. c. rooms in
New street and final plans for the
opening of the league will be made
at that time. So there is every in
dication that this venture will be
a success, bat it requires the hearty
cooperation of all the sports and
fans in the city. If they do not re-
ceive this the games will be dull to
players and fans alike and If the
fans of this city are real sportsmen
they will witness these games.
If they don't see the opening con-
test they will miss the best games
ever played in this city. Every one
knows what these games are, but for
the benefit Of those who have for
gotten or have just got out Of Jail
the games to be played on the open
Ing date are the Puritans VS.. D. s..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-18
HAS
4 COMPLAINT
Object to Way Ssore Was
Kept Last Sunday.

The Sewaren A. C. has a complaint
to make about the way in which the
score was kept last Sunday in their
game with the MaUrer A. c. They
contend that the Maurer scorer knew
little or nothing about the sport. He
credited the Maurer slabber, Sepen-
ski, with sixteen strikeouts, which
the Sewaren lads admit was all right
but he gave the Sewaren pitcher only
six s~trikeouts. This should have
been fourteen. There is a big differ
ence between six and fourteen and
the Sewaren nine wish to give Pitch
er Deitz all the credit that is coming
to him.
The Sewaren aggregation will
travel to Mt. LorettO this Sunday and
play the fast team there. This looks
like another good game, for both
teams have been playing superb ball
and they think they can do each
other. The Sewaren crowd will go
over to the island with q full team
with good subs and in case anything
should go wrong they will have men
on the spot to replace any damage.
They do not anticipate anything like
this but they wish to be on the safe
side and will work their hardest to
make the heavy end Of the balance.