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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-09

A mind content both crown
kingdom is.-Robert Greene.
The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-09

1.-THE BEST MEDICINE
14or COUGHS { COLDS

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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-09
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The Bon Homme County independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1904-1913, 1911-03-09

Bloom-I'm glad I met your wife.
She seemed to take fancy to me.
Gloom-Did she? wish you'd met
her sooner.
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Carter and family
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injured n bis home. near MOSCOW. loaiio.
III. gweadner Mas a former resIceal q
Ibis town.
Mrs, ". 81. Cooke and her daughter.
Mrs. Ramsey, after spending the sum
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The Young Mems Christian AssoCiz-
ton rms CITY. he5d fhe5r annual reception
last Friday rig1t. tfe 5th inst The Re
c-D5on Co1-niat7e were busily engaged
handing he large crowd II attendance.
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College GEE Club enliVeDed the occasion
R5tn some 61e SECTIONS The Brad
dock He1gfis OreAestrz also re3deFed
Soul- inc selections.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-10-13

The employees II Ene1 nils d the
United Kingdom number about 5000.
shose average earnings 81 The par week
q September. 1876. were s7.oo. For
those AGO worked neither less Dor more
than FIJI time The average earnings were
fz.cz.
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-10-13
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pieao1 u tie Fre6erck City AbaiiOir
y an. the fersiizing department as erect
I'd Vas not IS accordance gjfh the require
m nts u Abe Bureau " AUiBiai l'ioDsfry.
IN consequence tie opening u tbs ezten-
size indE rs vii b. delayed ieH weeks.
The Uanag cement are NOW conlerring with
the United States authorities 10 Washing
ton cIiF and hope 70 satisfactorily adjust
the pending difficulty
The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-10-13

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promote. al rs friend 4. " Bissell.
both 81 Washington. are here and setilig
up the issues connected with the com
pzny local people.
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The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30
Sites SIGNALETS.

Pete Neatly made the trip to
Grangeville and back a few days
ego to haul over the household
effects of j. N. Oliver, Jr.
Ben Henry, now in Oregon
writes his brother John that he
is pulling down 5000 a month as
"a baseball player. He expects to
return to Sites in June.
1t is generally reported that
Miss Marie Hitler, who has just
resigned as school teacher at Elk
City, is to go to Central America
as the bride of pr. G. A. Parks.
Bob Romero, who early in the
winter fell off of a load of wood
he was hauling in Elk City, and
who was seriously hurt, was a
local visitor this week and is
greatly improved.
New bulkheading, strong
double pier has been put in the
central support of the Sites
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30


provements were under way on the
Hlbe river, in Bohemia, the river traf-
HC, as a natural result of the better
czlannel, increased fivefold But traf
d@ on the competing railways in
cMeased still more largely and the div
iAends on the main line, from Teplitz
to Aussig, rose to 16 per cent. per
annum.
Similar results followed the canali-
cation of the River Main, from May
| ence, on the Rhine, to Frankfort,
| which was finished in the latter part
/ Of 1886. The river traffic, which
amounted to only $4,000 tons in that
year, began to grow and has kept on
growing. being 1,273,00o tons in 1902.
There are two railroads between
Frankfort and Mayence. one on each
side of the river What happened to
them? Did their business show a Sc
r1ous falling off? Or were they forced
into the hands of receiver? On the
contrary their traffic, which was 911,-
900 tons in 1886, also began to grow,
and by 1902 had reached 100000
tons, or more than double what 1t was
when the railroads had a practical
monopoly of the business OF Frank
fort.
The mere statement of the in
creased tonnage does not tell the
whole truth of the matter, for the
tonnage was not only more than
doubled in quantity, but greatly
raised In grade. so that It could pay,
and did pay, much higher rate per
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30
PRICES BEAT MAIL ORDER
HOUSE.

The Troy News relates the fol-
lowing experience of one of the
citizens of that section in his deal
inGs with the local merchant and
theNmail order houses, which turn
ed out profitable to the Troy cit
izen, and most likely will do so
in a majority of instances. The
Globe would earnestly recommend
that all its readers who contemp-
late sending away for goods first
give the local merchants an OPP
portunity to show just what they
can and will do in the way Of
meeting the competitive prices
before they send their money
away and take it clear of local
circulation. The News says.
Frank Nero, one of the most
wideawake farmers east of Troy,
believes in giving the home mer-
chant chance to get his BUSH
ness. He came to Troy about a
week ago and brought with him
a list of goods which he propos-
ed buying from Montgomery,
Ward & Co. if he could not do
as well in Troy. He wanted to
be sure, however, that he could
not do as well in Troy, so the
Chicago bill was shown G. A.
Broman, his local merchant, and
the result was purchase OF
everything ON the bill out of Bro
mans store and saving OF
about $500 on the bill besides
the freight. Mr.. Nero found that
ON some things he paid a little
more for it in Troy, but on the
whole he could do better for cash
in Troy than he could by send
ing to the mail order houses, ano
besides he examined the goods
before he bought and they were
ready to be taken home by the
time he was ready to start fol-
home. We would urge upon al
farmers who depend upon thu
catalogue houses to first submit
your wants to the local merchan
and if he can't do as well will
you or nearly as well, you will
have some excuse to send away
Don't come in and ask the mer
chant the price of one thing ant
then compare with your eastern
catalogue. Give the home mer
chant a chance at it by submit
ting to him your whole order ant
tell him it is for cash and thel
see how much the whole bill viii
foot up. BY buying a big guam
ity at a time and for cash tn
local merchants can afford t
make you a special price and the
will do So"
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30

Mrs. G. A. Pangborn and Mrs.
Mark Howe, after leasing their
restaurant went to the Salmon
river country for several weeks
outing. Mr.. Howe is now at the
mines on the river, which are To-
Gated on the old Robe ranch, on
which extensive work is being
done.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30

bridge across the Clearwater, Lee !
Carpenter did the work, and he !
was so engaged when his house
caught fire.
James Colgrove has made one
of the richest free milling dis
coveries ON his claim. The Black
Pine is about 112 miles from Oro-
grande. Mr.. Colgrove has a good
sized quartz ledge. He has 4 men
at work. The rock assays as
high as $248 per ton.
The independence mine is er-
Getting a small 2 stamp mill. The
property is located on Crooked
river about three and half miles
below Orogrande and it is near
the Idaho Champion mine. The
owners are Frank Pickolich and
Frank Sockolich, who are Aus
trians.
Mrs. +. M. Tull of Oklahoma
City, Okla, sister of II. G. Oliver,
and Miss Anges Oliver of Spok
ane, his niece, returned to Spok-
ane Saturday after a few days
visit in Sites. 1t was their first
visit here. Mrs. Tull will return
shortly to her home in the Mid
die West.
William III. Gross is digging
turnips in his garden patch aver
aging 3 and 4 pounds in weight
One fine specimen he showed to
the editor tipped the scales at ex-
actly 5 pounds. Pretty good for
turnips dug in March, ehY Yes,
but that s the caliber of garden
sass we raise in Idaho county at
all times in the year.
Mrs. Lillian Foley, school
teacher of Occur d'Alene, was an
over-Sunday sojourner in Sites,
having come here, as she said,
to go in to Elk City and finish
the term of school there. Assert
ing after her arrival here that
she had telephoned to Elk City
and learned they did not want
her, she returned on Monday to
| Spokane.
G. Olson, a prominent rancher
of Clearwater, who ON Nov 20
1910, left on a visit to his old
home in Norway, returned home
March 16, hale and hearty and
much pleased and benefited by
The long journey. He was accom-
panied by Helmer Lervic, a new
: conner to America, who is now
living with him at Clearwater.
Ten cars containing 10000 ties
have been hauled by the "pick
ling factory at Paradise, Mont.
to Arrow, and from there dump
ed at varying distances along thu
railroad to Sites by Conductor
Pridaux's crew. All are creosot'
soaked and when put down ar,
expected to- last a long time. Al
, extra gang will commence laying
them soon at the Sites end of tn
track.
Miss Matte Wilkins, of Ell
City, who three weeks ago passet
! through Sites to Spokane, it wa
learned this week, went 'to be
: come the bride of William Boyd
manager of the American Eagl
: mine. Miss Stella Wilkins, ais
Of Elk City, arrived in Sites Sal
; urday and left Tuesday for SpoB
ane via Lewiston to meet the hal
py couple.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30
IF YOUR EYES TROUBLE
YOU.

Remember that DIR. E. Beaud-
cite, refractionist, eye specialist,
will be at DR.. Shaeffer's City
Drug store on the 3rd, 4th, and
18th and 10th of each month and
guarantees satisfaction. Examin-
ations made free. m30-tf
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30

Requested by her teacher to
write composition on men, a
bright little miss is credited with
the following effort: MEN are
what women marry. They drink
and smoke and swear but don't
go to church. Perhaps if they
wore bonnets they would. They
are more logical than women and
also more geological. Both men
and women sprung from monkeys
but the women sprung further
than the men,"
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30
INDIAN WAR VETERANS.

The following letter received
by A. w. darlington from the
adiutant general at Boise, will be
of deep inertest to many of the
old boys who took hand in the
Nez Perez Indian war in 1877:
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30
BE A BOOSTER.
F. A. MCCALL,
The Adjutant General

We, as nation, have duties
ON all foreign products to pro-
tect our manufacturing establish
ments and that is as it should
be; but the great number OF
American women and girls, who
have to make their own living
and are compelled to work for
five dollars a week, have no pro-
lection from the cheap Chinese
labor at all, and some of our pro-
minent business men will make
all the money they can off this
class of people and then, when
they have to spend a nickle them
selves, 10 see them go to Chin
ese joint to spend it is rather
hard to account for unless it is
for the extra smell" they get,
that which they cannot procure
elsewhere. 1t is about time that
all thinking people should size
up the men whom they deal with
and those, who have so little re-
gard for the public health; and
care SO little for the people OF
their own race, that they will
patronize a Chineman in prefer
ence to their own people, who
support them.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30
Notice to the Public.

ALL persons knowing themselves
indebted to j. +. Jackson. villa please
promptly call at the Grangeville Saw
ings and Trust Co. bank and settle
same. j. +. JACKSON.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30
FOR SALE.

Two hundred thirty head of
ewes, fifty to lamb this spring,
balance last years eve lambs.
Call ON or address,
T. A. LONG,
m23tf Tolo, Idaho.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30
FOR SALE.

A young Grade Percheron
stallion, 4 years old. Good work
horse. He is dirt cheap at 5000.
Call on
J. w. BYERS
If County Farm
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30
EGGS FOR MATCHING.

Pure bred single comb white
Leghorn eggs for Matching, in
cubator Lots $500 per 100; or 81.
for Is.
GEO. f. BYERS.
Phone 14-4. Grangeville, Ida. m23
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30
Fine German Waterways.

Practically all the railways of Ger
many are state owned and state oper-
ated Out of a total of $4,000 miles
IN round numbers. only about $500
miles are operated by private com
panies. Germany also has one of the
finest systems of waterways in the
world and a study of the balance
sheet of the German railway system
shows that the results which followed
the improvement of the River Main
are not an exception, mere coinci
aence, but are the natural outworking
Of a principle of general application.
In the calendar year 1907. after paying
for operation, maintenance, repairs,
renewals, new equipment, interest on
bonds, contribution to the sinking
fund, and every other item which the
most careful bookkeeping required to
be charged up, the German railways
turned $164 100000 of absolutely net
revenues into the treasures of the
various states. This was $5,050 per
mile Of line operated, while the CORE
spending figure on United States rail
ways for the fiscal year 1867 was
only $1,s67-a little over one-third as
much.
Much the greater part Of the total
revenue of the German states Is de
rived from their railways, II cents out
of every dollar received by Prussia In
1907 being so obtained. Yet German
statesmen keep on, year after year
spending money earned by their rail
ways in building and improving water
ways to compete with those same rail
ways, on which they depend as the
principal source of national income
In the light of the facts given above
1t will not do to say that these Ger
man statesmen do not know what they
are about. On the contrary, they are
acting, as has been we'll said, lin fur
therance of a policy the wisdom Of
which time and experience have full,
confirmed"
Always and everywhere the result
is the same-the improvement of Z
waterway is a benefit to competing
railways. For this result, as for any
other, there Ii good and sufficien
reason, but 1t must be left for another
time to tell what that reason is.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30
Boise, Idaho, March 90, 1911.
Mr.. A. w. darlington,


Grangeville, Idaho.
Dear Sir: Replying to yours
of recent date, with reference to
discharge for persons who par
tieipated in the Nez Perez Ind
ian war, | will say that if they
will send in their names, the COM
pany and regiment to which each
one belonged, we will go through
the records and ascertain wheth-
er or not they are entitled to the
discharge and if so will forward
it to them at once. No formal
application is necessary. Very
truly yours,
f. A. MCCALL,
The Adjutant General.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30

A Southern Idaho Editor gave
a paid up" the following final
send off: Poor Jim Jones slung
his earthly garments on limb
and swan the river yesterday.
He did not stand back because
the water was cold, but plunged
right in and struck out for the
other shore and met the angels
smiling. Jim was poor man
but had his subscription to his
home paper paid up and got
there in good shape. Peace to
his memory.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1911-03-30
GOOD FOR COUNTRY
IMPROVEMENT OF WATERWAYS
WILL DEVELOP RESOURCES
OF EVERY SECTION.
FREIGHT CARRIED CHEAPLY,
Make Direct Saving In Cost of Trans
portstion by the Water Routes, and
Indirectly Serve to Lower Railway
Carrying Rates.

The claim has been made In previ-
GUS articles-and facts and figures
given to support the claim-that wa
terways carry freight more cheaply
than the railways do or can, and that
they compel the railways to carry
freight more cheaply than they other
wise would, making a saving of hun
dreds of millions of dollars year, even
under present conditions, and indicat-
ing a vast Increase in that saving IL all
waterways should be improved And
then the surprising assertion was
made that the surest way to enlarge
the business and increase the profits
of the railroads of the United States
Is to improve the waterways of the
United States. The best guide to the
future is the experience of the rast,
SO let us see what has actually hap
pened to railways when waterways
have been improved.
That the improvements in the chan
nels and harbors of the lakes have
been of great benefit, both to the rail
ways which parallel their shores and
to those which run from lake cities to
the interior, is a fact so plain that
It needs no argument to support It.
There are no more prosperous and
profitable roads in the country than
| those that serve the region tributary
to the lakes. But no one questions
the wisdom of continuing the improve.
ment of the lakes, or of our ocean
| harbors. The real question is as to
the improvement of our rivers. and II
we wish to study the effect of river
improvement, either on railway reve-
nues or national development, we
must go to Europe.