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The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-10-27
Kootenai Comfy Debt.

The report Of the auditor aud
treasurer of Kootenai county for the
quarter ended October Z, shows the
t1tal receipts Of the quarter To he
ST., ,796.38. This includes $29, $40. 80
taxes Of 1910, $l5,08l.49 special
school taxes and $11,ll7.92 state
school app0rtionment, besides num-
erous lesser items Of revenue, among
them an item Of interest on bank de-
posits amounting to S4O8. 55.
The report shows the total county
Indebtedness to be $2l4,373.92, and
cash IN treasury to apply on the debt,
SIT. 1884
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-10-27
LARGE ENDOWMENT FUND
Idaho School Lands Bring Big
Revenue.

AVouV 0CuVOl A6uOS BRING Big
Revenue.
A Lewiston dispatch dated Oct. 81,
says:
At the conclusion OF the sale OF
state school lands held here yesterday
State Land Commissioner George Day
stated that Of all the western
states none is 10 better shape as. To
school land endowment than Idaho,
aEd he predicted that at no far future
date 1t would not be necessary to levy
special taxes against property to raise
funds for the maintenance Of tie
public schools uf the safe.
According I" Mr. bay the sch,ul
endowment furds m,w total about
81, 900, 900, the mnnrv bringing In
good rate VI inlcres, by being loaned
by the state on farui lands aud gilt.
edge bonds.
There still remain Ia the state ap.
proximately two million acres of
school lands to be disposed OF, aud at
the minimum price OF $40 per acre
about $40, ,OO0, 900 will be added to the
fund, and with the lands seldom sell
ing at the minimum figure II Is est-
mated that no less than $40, ZOO, 900
will be received. Aside from the two
million the public schmls Of idaho
are interested Ia l5O. 600 acres of
special land grants, including q great
amount Of timber lands, th'ss tracts
being secured In part by exchanges
made In lieu Of sections 10 and SO of
|: each tow nship granted ~ the state
,, by the government, the lands being
taken up by the interior department.
and included 10 the forest reserves
and others given.
Under the state constitution 10
more than 16. 900 acres Of school lands
can be disposed Of IN single year. 1t
Is ! the policy OF the state To distri.
butte the lands to he sold to all Sec
tions Of Idaho. SO that each year
some OF the lands located In each
county will be disposed OF.
The state land board last year re-
allied over $lOO, 900 frt m the leasing
OF school lands for pasturage and
grazing parp0.es, this sum growing
to its present size 10 the last 10 years.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-10-27
|. 0. 0. F. GRAND LODGE
New Officers Elected at Twin Falls
Last Week.

At the meeting OF the grand
lodge OF the Independent Order OF
Odd Fellows held In Twin Falls last
week the following officers for the
ensuing year were elected: 0. M,
Ha rvey, Weiser, grand master; S. D.
Taylor, Boise. deputy grand master;
Jar pes f. Ailshie. Boise, grand
warden and home trustee for four
yea r term; Geo. H. Handy, Caldwell,
gra nd secretary; w. A.. Coughanour,
PaYette. grand treasurer and W. Il.
Heard, Moscow. grand representative.
The appointiye officers are: George
D. Robertson. Cottonwood, grand
cha plain; e. d. Storey, Boise, grand
marshal; VIM. s. Brainard, Wardncr,
grand conductor; Vim. Hummel, St.
anthony. grand inside guardian; W..
3. Mitchell, Parma, grand herald.
Toe grand encampment elected
officers as follows: S. G. Isaman,
Lewiston, grand patr arch; Geo. E.
Hurlbert. Boise. grand high priest;
Geo HerringfeIdt. Ashton, grand
senior warden; Geo. II. Handy, grand
scribe, holdover: A. +. Gipson, Cald-
well, grand treasurer; P. w. Johnson,
CEur d'Alene, grand junior warden;
r. \. Guyon, Montpelier. grand
representative. year. Appointive
officers: Riley Rice, Cottonwood,
grand marshall; Judge J. NJ. Stevens,
81 .ckfoot, inside sentinel A. X.
Stf,ddard, Nampa, outside sentinel.
Rebekah Assembly officers: Sarah
p. Driscoll, Payette, president; Retta
Holman, Moscow, vice president;
Anna NJ. Hite, Rupert, warden;
Fl ancis Crossen, Emmett, secretary
r. May Gilbert. Harrison, treasurer
Sa .ah ]. Handy, Caldwell, home
tr, lstee. Appointiye officers, Mrs
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-10-27
actiVe Held service, should they be
needed.

ne'u service, should they be
needed.
Robert N. Fell, state mine inspec.
LOT TOT Idaho, says that southeastern
Idaho possesses one OF the best de-
veioped and highest grade phosphate
deposits 10 the United States. This,
ne says, is the Waterloo mine near
montpelier, Bear Lake county. which
IS owned by the San Francisco Chemi.
cal company. The mine has a con.
servatively estimated resources OF 2O,-
100000 tons Of high grade calcium
phosphate.
Railroad companies 10 Idaho must
construct aud maintain cattle guards
at regular crossings in the desert,
whether the railroad right Of way is
Fenced or not. II this is not done
the corporations are responsible for
injury to cattle that wander on the
tracks and are killed by passing
trains. This. In brief. is the mean
log OF the decision handed down by
the supreme court last week.
The state food and sanitary lnspec
tor has started SUIT against Boise
pharmacy for having sample packages
OF medicine distributed about Boise
by boys In such a manner that chill
dren could get the sugar coated
pellets and eat them for candy. The
pellets 10 question are said to contain
powerful poisnns. 1t is SAID samples
are similarly distributed 10 various
parts Of the state. The maximum
penalty is $500 fine or six mouths
imprisonment.
Appearing by invitation before the
Ada County Bar association at Boise,
October 20, William BaIderston of
the U. S. land office read an address
attacking the short comings of the
legal profession and the delays and
abuses Of civil, criminal and appellate
procedure. In reply. John f.
Nugent, taking the part Of the law
yers, blamed the newspapers for the
difficulties 10 securing juries, claim.
log that every detail of cases are
published so fully that few men can
be found who have not heard of the
case and formed some opinion on it.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-10-27
FIRE AT COEUR D'ALENE
Big Store Burned. Loss About
$I25,ooo.

XASoDSVV
Fire from an unknown cause ruined
the second story OF the large brick
store building Of the Idaho Mercan-
tile company at Occur d'Aiene at an
early hour last Sunday morning, the
loss Of property being estimated at
Sl25, 900, said to be fully covered by
insurance. The Grcmen, assisted by
a large crowd of citizens, fought the
flames for three hours and succeeded
10 saving the postot,ice and Elite
hotel, buildings adjoining The fire
loss was confined to the second floor
of the building, the main floor aud
basement goods being damaged by
smoke and water.
Besides the other loss,s, the Dire
burned out the Unitel States land
office. Through the heroisn of
Deputy Vim. Ashley aud Clerk Will
r.. Somerville, the tract ani serial
records were saved with several
vouchers 10 the safe, brt corresponss
dence from the land commissioner,
applications for flling, all proofs for
homesteads during the Gu rent month,
all plat books showing the townships.
and all old records, containing valu-
able data, were DESTROYED.
The law Office Of Colonel Thou as
Mullen, containing his $1,000 library,
carrying little insurance. was gutted
Bennett Williams lost dne assort-
ment OF maps. His loss is $4,000.
General Manager w. +. Sander of
the Idaho Mercantile company states
that the damage will be repaired aud
the store enlarged.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-10-27

Ross, marshall; MIS-. p. w. johnson,
c'nductor; Mrs. Hutchin and Mrs.
Lash, inner and outer guards.
There are l34 lodges in Idaho In
good standing, and 100 past grands
took the grand lodge degree. Tha
next session OF the grand lodge will
be held at Wallace in 1912, winning
over Welser by vo.e OF 0: 70 a.
The grand lodge aud subordinate
constitution and bylaws were adopted
at this session and were ordered
printed.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-10-27
this state you can find, if you ca re
to investigate, that for sordid and

to investigate, that for sordid and
base motives property has been
assessed as low as S per cent of its
value. This was done 10, throw
the burden of taxation on the othe er
counties, and this infamous prac
tice has been followed by the
counties until it has become in :
tolerable.
81 have fought against this con :
dition with all the power |
possessed in the past months; but
| will fight far more vigorously and
effectively next year, if God gives
me the health and strength"
Discussing the subject of exemp-
tions, Governor Hawley took a
position in favor OF a modified
form of Henry Georges single tax
idea. He said he would exempt
the improvements on city lots and
farm land, up to a certain point.
This, he said, would encourage the
poor man to build home or take
up and improve piece of land.
At the same time, it would make
it less profitable for the speculator
to buy up vacant lots and unim-
proved farm land and hold on to
grow rich because of the thrift of
his neighbors.
Judge John F. MacLane was
called upon and spoke briefly. He
favored the segregation of state
and county taxes, as has been done
in Pennsylvania, New York, Con-
necticut and New Jersey. He
would raise revenue for state pur-
poses from taxes on public utilities
and from inheritance taxes, and
let each county raise its revenue
for county purposes in its own way.
This would eliminate the problem
of equalization as between counties
because, for instance, under such
system it would make little
difference to Ada or Canyon county
what assessment the other made
for county purposes. Judge Mac
Lane also favored limited exemp-
tions on Improvements on city lots
and farm property to encourage
home-building and at the same
time penalize the land spectators.
He also thought state tax COM
mission could be created and given
all the power necessary, without
any change in the constitution.
Ira E. Barber regarded !. unsafe
and unwise to make radical
changes. He thought the chief
evil grew out of the prodigality of
Legislatures, commissioners and
councils in squandering public
moneys. He thought that if econ
omy were enforced in the admins
tration of public affairs the evils
would disappear. He favored the
limitation of the taxing power by
constitutional enactment. If that
were done, he thought the people
of the state would be quick to work
out other necessary reforms.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-10-27
A brilliant comet. very much plain.

A brilliant comet. very much plain
er than Halley's comet, is attracting
the attention OF stargazers. Now the
comet is clearly visible in the north.
eastern sky about o'clock in the
morning. II appears just ahead OF
the tail Of the dipper, and the tail,
which is quite beautiful and full Of
light, sweeps across quarter Of the
circle.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-10-27

The Mexican federal forces are still
nursulpg the rabels under Zapata 10
the southern part of the republic.
Little progress is reported In tie
efforts to quell the insurrection.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-10-27
hAWlH ON TAXATION
Sees Much Injustice In
Present System.
NEW LAWS ARE NEEDED
Appeals to Lawyers to Aid Abolish
ing Evils.

ing Evils.
Governor Hawley was the princi'
pal speaker at the opening session
of the Ada County Bar association
annual convention last Friday
afternoon and he discussed his
favorite theme of taxation and
revenue, says the Boise Statesman.
Nothing in government, he said,
was so important as the assessment
and collection of taxes, and branch
ing out from this statement he
discussed the revenue laws of this
state, the evils that exist in the
present system, as he views the
situation, and some of the remedies
he considers necessary.
The governor favors p new
constitutional convention to re-
model the fundamental law Of the
state, but pending this he thinks
something should be done to i'm
prove the revenue laws of the state.
They have been in existence, he
says, since 1868. They were
modelled after the laws of California;
but while Idaho has stood by this
antiquated system, California has
gone ahead. The constitution,
the governor said, simply per.
petuated the antiquated revenue
laws in existence in the territory
before the constitution was adop-
ted.
Governor Hawley thought it
wrong to place in the hands OF any
one man the power to assess all
the property in the county, for the
reason that no one man has the
time and the capacity to ascertain
values. In addition to this, he
said that under the present system
most assessors are chosen because
of political work they have a
political pull, or because their
election is demanded by certain
interests that are looking out for
their own selfish mercenary ends.
Justice in the matter of assessments
is impossible, the governor holds,
under the present system.
A direct appeal was made to the
bar association and to the individ.
ual lawyers to exert their influence
to have the evils in the revenue
system eradicated as speedily as
possible, and in this way put Ida
ho in line with the most advanced
states in the matter of taxes.
AS to the remedy, the governor
advocated state tax commission
of three or five members, the com
mission to be created by law, witt
power to make Investigations II
the various counties, assist tn.
assessors, the county commission
ers and the state board of equaliza
ton. These commissioners, th'
governor thinks, should be fre'
from political dictation and shoult
be paid good salaries to enable
them to devote all their time t,
the duties of their Offices.
The governor also favored th'
creation of a commission in eacl
county to assist the assessor ant
with power to raise and lowe
assessments.
Replying to question as Il
what are the specific evils com
planned Of in the present system
Governor Hawley described tn
inequalities as he claims to fin
them.
"Cash value cuts no figure" h
said. alt is not question @
whether property is assessed a
100 per cent, or 200 per cent, o
50 per cent, or 10 per cent, so lon
as all property is assessed on tn
same basis. l hold that full cas-
value is best. In the counties Q
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1911-10-27

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Mohave County miner., 1911-06-24
Articles of Incorporation.
 OF Trout Creek Mining, Milling and Power Company.

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS: That we, the undersigned, have this day associated our selves together for the purpose of forming corporation under the laws of the Territory of Arizona aud in accordance herewith and to that end we do hereby adopt. execute ana ac. knowledge the following Articles of Incorpora- tion:
 ARTICLE 1.
 The names of the incorporators are J. H Hayes and Robert T. Waters, and the name Of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
CIGAR NAMES ARE SCARCE
Just About All the Catchy Words
 Have Been Spoken For

From the Chicago Evening Post.
 Names for cigars are becoming scarce and, pending a closed season, the man who comes across with new one which Is to the liking of a label lithographer can cash his idea.
 Lest this cause an ill-advised activity it must be said at the outset that the ideal name carries picture with it.
 Thus, the first fancful flight would be in the direction of the discovery of to- bacco itself, and a cigar named sir Walter Raleigh would be housed in a box bearing a picture of the English knight surrounded by American h. dians. This picture readily lends itself to the bright colors of lithography
 'Pocohontas" is another sample in stance, and an obvious one, considering that Indians and tobacco have been so generally coupled in the betting as to have been perpetuated in the wooden signes of the tobacconists shops.
 The evolution of the cigar name Is not now with cigar manufacturers so much as with the Photographers. They have registered almost all the available ones to be encountered in philanthropy. music, art literature the drama and the pro- fession of arms
 Their lists look as if the compiler had ploded through a biographical diction- ary of the worlds notables.
 Comparing the cigars thus named, 1t seem that the actor and the philan- thropist suggests nothing but cheap smokes to the manufacturer. The great painter and the Italian composer of a past generation are relied upon to con- yey the impression that the cigars named for them must be superior.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
BURTON GOES ID
 GET AN AVIATOR Officials Plan to Make Air ship a Feature at the
 State Fair

B. B. Burton, president of the Ala bama State Fair association, will leave today for Chicago to attend the great international aviation meet at Grants park. The leading aviators of the world will be present as over sS0,O00 in prizes are offered for the various contests. Every style of aeroplanes will be entered and will include the new hy droplane, biplane, monoplane and other
 airships.
 In addition to the d-famed avia tors. the only women professional avia-
 tor in the world will be present. MT. Burton is attending the meet in the interest of the Alabama State Fair | association, who not only intends to feature the airship at the approaching fair but who desires to secure the latest and best there is to be had In that | line. In this connection G. J. Curtis. secretary of the Georgia State Fair association, was in the city last week | for the purpose of @aking arrange ments, if possible, with the manage ment of the Alabama fair to have an
 aeroplane race from Birmingham to Macon. where the Georgia fair will be held at the same time the fair is
 held in Alabama. The proposition IS l to have an aeroplane start from Bir- mingham to Macon and at the same I hour have one leave Macon for Bir- minsham. The two airships will be of | the same kind and power, and prize will be offered to one that makes the journey in the shortest time. The dis | tance is over 200 miles and the race should prove of much interest to the people of the two states. The matter has not been definitely decided on but will be taken up on MT. Burtons re- turn to Birmingham.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
Striking Backwards

"I keep a colored man around the house who waits on the table and does various things said the lawyer, "JIT to year ago he was getting $25 z month. Then he came to me one day and said he must have more money or he would strike We talked 1t owe, and settled on BPS per month. He has got along at that figure ever since un- til the other day, when he walked in on me and said.
 "'Mistah Blank, Ise sure got to ro on strike dis time
 But I thought you were satisfied Robert I replied.
 "'No. sah--no, sah. hain't dun sat- sfed.' t
 ".well, how much more do you want?
 "I don't want any mo, sah'
 Then what's the trohble?
 "De trouble am, sah, dat de strike business am in de air all round me, and Tze got to strike or bust
 And are you going to leave?
 "'No, sah.
 But you want more moneyv
 ".No, sah.'
 ".Well what then?'
 ".A year ago. sah, l struck lords fur 42S. Now, Ize gwine to strike back wards for de same old l25. Sorry. sch. but must dun strike or desc white folks round were will think I'm jest common trash and hev no respect fur mel - ----,>utL(
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13
FACTS ABOUT GULF STREAM

equator and the suns equator were in the same place and their axis of revo- lution were parallel the sun would shine on our globe equally from pole to pole. Half the earth would be fully illuminated. and the other half in shad- CIV every "A hours, and day and night " ould be of the same duration every W here as at the equator, There would te no time when the north end of the earth would be turned away from the sun for six months while the south end vas enjoying light and warmth and no altera ton of these situations, so that in Ia word we would have day and night, but no summer and winter. nN
 The seasons are caused by the fact tl.at the axis of revolution of our globe, Instead of being parallel to that of the sun, is inclined to or from 1t at an angle Of 231s degrees The result is that for six months the north end of the earth is turned to the sun and is illuminated by it. and for the next six months the north end is turned away from it and Is left largely ia the cold and darkness.
 But suppose the axis of our earth by some mysterious force was turned at right angles to the suns axis. Then the poles would De relatively where the equator Is, and the equator where the roles are. Then the polar regions would become tropical and the tropics be buried in snow and ice. The Hindu cos ncgony tells of such a time at the he ginning of the Kali Yuga, or age of heat
 Such chan ges of relative position might take place slowly without any violent destructive effects upon the population of our planet. but any sud- cen change would produce violent con yulsions in botl. land and sea- These speculations have given material for much theorizins by astronomers who have sought to prop up their conclu- sions with mountains of figures.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-08-13

From the New Orleans Picayune
 Some scientific interest has been aroused in the fact as announced upon the basis of thermometric tests that the hot water of the Gulf Stream Is flowing up the channel of the Mississippi river md that while temperatures of SS dc grees were found outside in the sea, In : side the Passes the water was as warn cs S4 degrees, and even in front of the city an average of S1 was observed
 The theory of the existence and oper- stion of the Gulf Stream is that it has its beginning in the Eight of Benin, a great bay on the west coast of equato- rial Africa, where there Is a mighty rddy caused by the blowing of the w inds from the south and west agains, the coast The current being started moves to the eastward around the rortheast coast of South America and through the Caribbean Sea and the Nucatan Pass Into the Gulf of Mexico where, after circling around from scuthwestward to northeastward and southeast it flows out through the Flor ida Pass into the Atlantic Ocean. Oi course not all of the tremendous current that flows out of the Gulf of Guinea uni : der the equator enters our Mexican sea for great part is diverted northward among the passes between the islands VI tiC " '-St iiOidi CI1ipcid6O, put WS set enough of II to make its tempera' ture and current important items to the savigatOrs in our seas.
 It Is strange that the warm waters G. tile stream should be able to force their way up the Mississippi river against its current which often has four to five mile velocity, but the river is low just how and doubtless makes little resist : ence to ,he warm water, which, being lighter floats above the colder water ot tie river
 Whether a new state of things has been discovered in these relations ot the river water to that of the sea, or a commonplace and ordinary occurrence that has not been previously noticed, cannot be stated here. but it Is claimed by geologists that in a time far back in ti:e past the Gulf Stream flowed up ths Mississippi rive. forcing its water far irto the Arctic Sea, and so warming up Alaska and Siberia that the. ancient Inastodons or hairy elephants could eubsist there, and that, vegetation suit ed for their sustenance fiourished there until by some change in the climatic cycle. that region was locked in ice and the dead elephants found there in Ma lures cold storage had been preserved through unspeakable ages.
 There Is a theory among the clima- tologists that changes of climate occur periodically or in successions of ages tut that however long the period they recur In routine and orderly succession
 There are no valid grounds for any theory that the Gulf Stream Is starting again on its way southward through the Mississippi Valley. because great alterations in the respective levels of land and sea would be required, never theless speculation on the mechanism end operation of the moving forces of T IL .axsJ : interest
 For instance our changes of season ars due to the inclination or obliquity cf the axis of our earth to the axis of the sun, or more properly to the plane Ef the sIan,s equator. If the earth .