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The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22

The right-of-way committee for
the proposed new route of the
Boise Valley Road that is to 90
through Meridian, report that
all bnt one person have signed
right-of-way deeds for the land.
A few days ago several deeds were
out but all are now in with the
one exception. Manager Dickey,
of the Boise Valley, who has been
away from Boise for several DAYS.
has returned and states to the
Times that while no decision can
be made until an assurance is
given that free right of way all
along the line will be given, the
next few days should see an sd.
justment OF the difficulty.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
Bell Office 20 Close.

Manager Jones, of the Mountain
States Company, was in Meridian
this week, and announced that
the Bell Office here would be
closed April 1st. The efficient
local operator, Mrs. Lizzie Long,
will take position with the Bell
company in Boise. He also an
nounced that the company ex-
pectes to complete the "cut-over"
of the Independent phones May
18th, and Meridian will enjoy the
free phone with Boise subscribers
until that time. The Times would
suggest that those who wish to
visit with Boise friends over the
wire had better do 90 before the
toll charges 60 into effect, as it
will cost l0c then for every three
minutes conversation.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22

west OF Meridian which I will set
to prune trees this spring. These
trees are already bought. They
are all Italian prune trees. / will
build a nice bungalow on this
place this year, to be used by the
man who will have charge of this
orchard.
Il will set out this spring 100
acres to apple orchard. The trees
for this orchard are already bought
and the land is plowed, ready for
planting. The varieties of apples
for this orchard are Rome Beau
ties. Jonathans and Winesaps.
There is q good house ON this
place now. This place is six
miles northeast Of Nampa on the
Boise Valley railroad"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
April 26th Arbor Day.

Governor Hawley has issued a
proclamation asking that April
26th, be observed as Arbor Day.
He says: "At the suggestion of
the state superintendent of public
instruction I would recommend
the universal selection of Friday,
April 26th, 1912, as Arbor day,
subject of course to the conven-
fence of the county superintend-
ents and will designate that day
or the day chosen by the county
superintendent in any county as
a day in which exercises shall be
held in the public schools of the
state suitable to the occasion; and
would urge upon all of our people
hearty cooperation in the ex-
ercises and the spirit thereof"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22

Business man in the smaller
towns throughout the country are
asked to "whoop it up" for Taft
while the Chicago Daily News is
authority for the statement that
julius Rossnwald has been in
frequent consultations with the
President, and is kaown to have
contributed largely to his cam
paign fund. Rossnwald was slated
for the position of Secretary of De-
partment of Commerce and Labor
when the elevation of Secretary
Nagel to the supreme bench was
talked of. Who is Rosenwald
The Jew president of Sears, Roe
buck & Co.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22

west of Kuna, and the cost will
total $4,000 for the two.
ID. X, Hubbard is in Kuna fire.
quently, looking after his interests.
Lester NJ. Campbell is another
former Boiseite who is improving
a fine farm near Kuna.
Rev, A. IT, Hays is looking after
farm near town, and also holds
religious services each Sunday In
the town hall.
q, FL. Hogue is busy superin-
tending the reclamation work, a
large amount of which has been
done in this locality recently.
Some of the largest contracts are
being finished, however.
d, q. Sabin, Of Parma, was in
kana, selling some alfalfa and
clover seed.
W. Fl. Williamson Of Kuna has
sold college Maid the guideless
wonder to A. G, Ruby, of Portland.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
ManvilIe Orchard Sold.

According to the Statesman the
Manville orchard has been sold for
$4,000. The deal was closed be-
tween J. S. d. Manville and the
trustee Company of Idaho, the
purchasers this week.
Within the next week, the or.
chard will again be on the market.
The company plans to sell the
property under the united system
with B. E. ReYburn in charge as
consulting horticulturist. The
purchaser of the land from the
company may get as small unit
as the half acre but his ground
will be managed and cared for
under the supervision of the ex-
pert and as part of the 60 acres of
the original orchard. 1t is es.
timated that there are fully 5000
trees ON the property, all Is years
old, they have been producing
among the best apples in the
Boise valley for the past six or
eight years.
4 The trustee company is plan.
ming to put up a $4,000 cannery
and by product plant for the
orchard and other properties OF
the same kind in the Boise valley.
Experts figure that 30 per cent of
the apple crop of the states is
wasted because of the lack of
plants to handle the by products.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
Noble to Plant Orchards.

Robert Noble, of Boise, late
owner of the Boise Valley line, in
a recent interview with q Capital
News man said:
"If ] live four or five years
longer, | calculate to put all of my
land in orchard. / own between
four or five thousand acres of land
in the Boise valley, and will Giant
it all to fruit trees. principally
apples and prunes. Twelve hun
dred acres of this land are located
between Nampa and the upper
dam of the Deer Flat reservoir.
The balance of my land lies north
east and northwest of Nampa."
! have so acres four miles south
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
Three-Year Homestead Bill.

The Borah three-year home.
stead bill will pass congress next
week. and will undoubtedly be.
come a law. Through the pro.
visions of this bill only three
years of residence on @ home.
stead will be necessary, instead of
tive, and it will apply both to new
applicants and those now on
hofneateada.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22

Notice is hereby given that
there will be . primary of all re-
publican voters in Meridian pre-.
oinct at the village council cham
Der, in Meridian, on Thursday
March 28th, between the hours of
2 and 7 p. m., to select delegates
to county convention at Boise,
on the Saturday following. Ths
Boise convention selects delegates
to the Lewiston state convention.
w. +. DowNEy.
Meridian Precinct Committeeman.
Baiky iivsr7 Try DR. Mties' Laxative
T&blssA
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
kuna is Busy.

A representative of the Times
was at Kuna Monday, and noticed
the evidence of growth and i'm
portance of the town and neigh
borhood, A fine new depot is
being built which in size and ap-
pearance is ahead of the one in
Meridian. 1t is located con
venient to the business part of
kuna, and has ticket office. bag
gage and waiting room, ard living
rooms overhead for the agent. It
is completed aud will be in use BY
the LIST of April The name of the
agent has not been announced.
A rural route will be opened up
April lst, so P. M. Fiss says. It
will serve 100 patrons west of
Kuna, and extending over to.
Beaumont postoffice. {
Several new houses are under
construction, and G. s. Matthews
has completed large business
building 28x62, the upper story
of which will be used as lodge
and public hall. The lower story
will be used as a pool hall. barber
shop, etc. .
j. FL. Young is erecting $4,000 |
residence, and it will be an orna-
nent to that part of town.
L. M. Beal has completed fine
mile north of kuna, |
and as he has a half section of
land will be kept busy looking
after it. He has moved his family
out from Boise and will make his
home on the place.
Mr.. McBirney is building
house three miles north on his
new place.
J. p. Parson is building a house
l4x26 and barn on his place q
miles northeast. This is also
newly. .watered land. just from the
sage brush. Cliff Wood will oc-
,upy it.
M. Anson, a Boise cigar maker,
has new house 8 miles west, and |
he will establish cigar factory on
the place, He will call them
Sage Brush Perfectos."
E. A. Cleaves has taken charge |
Of the Kuna hotel, and with his
two sons, are real live boosters
for the Kuna country. Harry is
with his father in the hotel, and
hey also do real estate business
J. A. Cleaves has the meat market.
His nephew Geo. TalIman, runs
he barber shop.
H. A. Thomas, the former hotel
nan. has built a house on his
Iuburban place. |
L. A. and J. A. Martin and the
spencer Lumber Co. are busy
getting out lumber for new enter
,rises.
E. s. Young and son, have just
Irrived from jefferson, Iowa, and
ire putting up two houses a mile
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1912-03-22
Meridian Roosevelt Club.

Pledged to work for an in.
structed Roosevelt Delegation
from Ada county to the Lewiston
convention, to be held on May is,
The Meridian Roosevelt club"
was organized at the Times Office
Saturday evening March 10Th,
with large starting membership
and amid enthusiasm. The club
will not confne its efforts to Mer-
idian precinct alone, but will en-
deavor to secure Roosevelt del
egates to the Ada county conven-
ton, at the primaries in the pre-
cincts of White Cross, Maple
Grove and Kuna. j. f. Baird was
elected president and v. B. Led
man, secretary of the club. These
officers together with E. T. Hunt,
will circulate petitions to increase
the membership of the organiza-
ton. Sentiment here has been
found to be strong for Roosevelt,
or Progressive" candidate and
there is little Taft support.
On motion the following res
olutions showing that it is the in
tention of the local Roosevelt club
to cooperate and work in harmony
with the Boise Roosevelt club were
adopted:
"We desire to promote by all
honorable means the campaign
now being carried on in other
parts of the country, to secure the
nomination of Hon. Theodore
Roosevelt as a candidate for Pres
ident of the United States, and |
realizing that in Union there is
Strength" form this association of !
Meridian voters. We will use
o ur best efforts to secure a del.
egation to the Ada county conven-
tion at the primaries to be held in
the different precincts ON March
28th, who will favor a Roosevelt
delegation to the Lewiston coz
vention.
We desire to cooperate with
the Roosevelt Borah Club now
in Boise, the object
of which is to either pledge the
Idaho delegation for Roosevelt OF
for some other progressive, the
choice of which will be deter
mined later on in the campaign, or
at the national convention.
We recognize in Roosevelt
man who has been keenly alive to
the interests of the great west,
and it was this great desire to see
the new empire west of the Rocky
come to it's own that
caused him TO support the measure
that allows the proceeds of the
sale of public lands to BE- used in
building immense reclamation en-
teEprises"
.- !
1
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-26
The content, Of that bottle
spell Death

your daughter to be would be inca
pable of such an act. Now, have a
proposal to make. want to telegraph
these California Stuarts. Please give
me the exact address of the cottage,
and your daughters age"
s'The name of the cottage is Heath
Cottage, Westchester. My girl was
nineteen on the 10th of last month .
do you happen to know the hour
fixed for the execution"
Eight o'clock in the morning"
/ wrote telegram as follows:
Stuart, Orange Flower Ranch, Los
Angeles, California. Susanna Tanker
vile, aged nineteen, is to be executed
at eight o'clock in the morning, on the
fifth Of December, for the murder of
Jane Stuart, of Heath Cottage, West
chester Evidence to save her life
earnestly requested"
1T won't do any good" said Mrs.
Tankerville, sadly, when I showed her
the message, "but send it, if you want
to. There must be another way, and
believe / have found it. DR.. Halifax,
Providence brought me here. When
you left the room just now to see your
patients, my eyes fell on manu-
script which lay on your desk. read
it, and it inspired me. Thank Heaven,
even now it is possible to arrest the
arm of the law. have found the
means here
AS she spoke, she held up a tiny
bottle. I recognized it at once. 1t
had lain on my table when left the
room. It contained serum in which
typhoid bacili had been cultivated.
I sprang forward suddenly, and
snatching it from her hand, locked it
into cabinet which hung on the wall.
She turned very white and stretched
out her arms appealingly.
You must give it back to me-" she
whispered hoarsely; Il must have it
back
you must have lost your senses,
I responded sternly. 81 cannot posi-
bly, give you that bottle. What it com
tains is not to be used on any human
subject. The contents of that bottle
spell death. 1t is full of cultured
bacilli of typhoid. 1t has been spe-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-26

insane with terror. Hitchin went to
fetch a doctor and the police. The
house was examined, and the garden
knife which Susanna had been known
to purchase a week back was found
in the girls room on chair, stained
with blood Then Susanna disappear
ed. Her flight made suspicion doubly
strong and her arrest followed. You
can see what fatal web of circum-
stantial evidence was thus woven
around my girl. The motive was sup
posed to be discovered in my daugh-
ter's desire to get the old woman out
of the world before she altered her
will, and the fact that Susanna had a
large fortune of her own made no
difference in the feelings of judge and
jury against her. All ] ask for is a
postponement Of the execution, doc
tor If I can secure that, something
tells me that my child will ultimately
be saved She must not be executed
on the 9Th of December. / am obey
ing an impulse stronger even than
maternal love. A voice is command
ing me, and / must obey it,
what is the name Of the family in
California, the relations of the MUIR
dered woman?'' I asked.
"They bear the same Stuart,
and live in Los Angeles, on the
Orange Flower ranch
what do you know about these peo-
ple?"
Scarcely anything. After the
death the old iadys papers were read,
and there were several from a man
named Robert Each letter contained
an earnest appeal for money. The
last letter which Miss Stuart must
have received six weeks before her
death contained an urgent request
for $1,000"
"Was it granted?"
II do not know. Miss Stuart kept
no copies of her own letters"
'Has this family of Stuarts ever
been in the East?'
$50 far as I can tell, no."
Nevertheless" l said, 81 believe
that it is in the West we must look
for the murderer. Mrs. Tankerville
my opinion is not worth much, but as
far as it goes I am with you heart and
soul. Your child never killed Miss
Stuart. A girl such as you describe
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-26

/ of the windows, a square OF glass hav-
ing been removed, and the catch
slipped back. So far the police had
been unable to secure clue to the
thieves.
Days passed-my money and plate
were still missing, but my mind was
too full of Mrs. Tankerville and her
daughter to trouble much over the
matter. No response had been re-
ceiyed to my telegram to California.
At last the fourth of December ar
rived About three o'clock in the
afternoon Mrs. Tankerville made her
appearance. Her eyes were bright
and eager, but her face looked more
drawn and white than ever
'Dr. Halifax" she burst out i'm
petuously, Il have something to con-
fess to you. First Of all, you know
that the execution is fixed to take
place in the morning at eight o'clock.
But judge, jury, governor, chaplain,
warders may all be nonplussed, for a
greater than they interferes. Doctor,
my child lies at deaths door. She is
dying of virulent poison, and / gave
it to her. When / last visited you,
and you had left the room for short
while, I read that paper of yours.
The information I thus obtained drew
my attention to the little bottle on
your table. I slipped it into my peck
ct. You came back and ] was foolish
enough to tell you what / had done.
You snatched the bottle from me and
locked it up. You thought you had
put terrible temptation out Of my
way. Now, doctor, will you please
lock and see If that bottle Of serum
is still in your cabinet?"
1 turned to the cabinet and search
ed, but the tiny bottle was missing.
What does this all mean?" / asked.
eft means that a mothers love can
overcome all Obstacles returned Mrs.
Tankerville. 'sYou have been annoyed
by burglary, doctor. Well, was
the thief. / had an accomplice, real
thief, whom paid heavily, and whose
name shall never disclose We cut
the glass in your window and entered.
I secured the precious bottle and put
1t into my pocket. But It was neces-
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1912-07-26

cially prepared for an important ex-
pertinent, which you would not under
stand. In an ordinary case it would
give typhoid of the very worst type"
'.You must pardon me, DOCTOR she
said. 81 am unstrung, nervous, and
hardly know what am doing or say
ing. / did not know all that when
tried to take the bottle. And now I
must go. / thank you for your kind
sympathy
When she had gone sat down to
think matters over. The woman was
a widow, and the child awaiting a
shameful death was her only one.
The innocent child-for / felt that
she was innocent-had aroused my
keenest sympathy. There seemed to
be no way out of the trouble, but /
could not rest until I had gone to
Westchester and looked over the
scene of the crime. 1t was all useless
cropping in the dark, but felt i'm
PEELED to do something, anything that
might have some bearing on the case.
Like Mrs. Tankerville, it seemed as
though were obeying the command
of an unseen power. When / had
forwarded the telegram to Los An
geles boarded train. for Westches-
ter. It rained heavily when got
there, and put UP at hotel, intend
ing to stay over night and visit the
cottage in the morning. did so, but
my examination of the inside and out
side of the premises yielded no in
formation calculated to throw a new
light on the mystery. questioned a
red-haired man who was acting as
caretaker. He was willing enough to
discuss the tragedy, but derived no
particular benefit from his conversa-
ton. I also interviewed the servant,
old Peggy, and the man Kitchen, but
learned nothing more than had been
! made public by their testimony at the
| trial.
Having discovered nothing I re-
turned to the city to be met with the
information that a burglary had been
committed on my premises the pre-
vious night. Some plate and a sum
of money had been removed from my
consulting room. MY cabinets had
been burst open, and many of my
surgical instruments thrown about.
The thieves had entered through one
The Marshall republican., 1912-12-20
SLATER

A horse driven by Miss Hoener.
tlughter of Frank Hoener. who
lives in west Slater. became frigh-
tened at a motor 'yc'e driven by
Henry II. Faulkner last Monday
morning, ran away, turned over
tbs buggy ami threw the young
'idy into the street at Gillian &
Steel's implement houEc. Fortu
lte.y she was not SCRIP lsly injur-
ei but the buggy was badly brok-
en-. Had not the ringle tree broke
releasing the horse from II tkc
result might have been s~cr.ous.--
TIE rem1inl OF Mrs. Mc,issl How
Ell. aged about IS year. VIII, died
in LaMoure County, North Dikota.
arrived here the first OF the week.
The funeral services conducted by
Rev. r NJ. Ta,bert. were held ut
Concord church Tuesday afternoon
and the remains buried In the
church yard at that place. The
deceased was the mother o. Mrs.
Alfred Shepard OF this lo:alty, ard
formerly lived In this ooun;y.-Ru.t
Ter.
The Marshall republican., 1912-12-20

\ sRleht OF"
3En8efs.ss3'..'erg3a.s "a. : Sc !
The Marshall republican., 1912-12-20
Man Coughs and Breaks
Ribs.

After a frigh, full coughing spsll
a man In Neenah, Wis, felt terrible
pains in his side and his doctor
found two ribs had been broken.
What agony DR.. Kings New Dis
covery would have saved him. A
Few teaspoonsful ends a late
cough, while persistent use routs
obstinate cough,, exp,ls stubborn
colds or heals weak, sore lungs. AZ
feed sure It's God send to hu-
manity." writes Mrs. Rffie Morton,
Columbia, Mo. ".or I believe I
would have consumption to-day, II
Ghsd not used this great remedy
Its guaranteed to satisfy. and you
can get a free trial bottle or So
cent or 500 size at P. II. Frank
Inns.
The Marshall republican., 1912-12-20

MIAMI

A three room frame house on
the farm of Judson and Lacy Case
bot was burned Wednesday, and
a large quantity OF oats that had
been stored in 1t was destroyed.
The house was located about three
miles northeast OF town on the
long hill known as Lookout noun
tain which le1sd from the bluff to
the bottom. The house had not
been occupied for almost two
years.---Fo.low'ng quar-. G. " tn
his sweetheart, Peter E. Llwcon,
of Safer went to Kansas City and
enlisted in the ravy January :. III 8
year. He was sent to the tr,in,ng
school ut San Fran-isco AMI ther,
a few weeks later he received a
forgiv.ng letter from the girl at
S'aten He deserted January IS.
returned to Slater and was mar
rled Lawson WIS arrested Fri'ay
at Safer. and will have to arswsr
to the chlrge OF de5crtion. He
was seat beck to San Frantiscr. He
c'1im7 h 10 only seventeen years
old. When he enlisted he gave his
age as n!neteen.---In the msn.h
OF October Postmaster Sullivan re-
ccived 1899 pounds, ~ ounce, of
mail and sent out iii5 pounds and
is ounces. During November he
received 1874 pounds AMI on o nee
and sent out 1899 pounds. The
total weight o! the mil han lied
by the office amounted TO 10 $50
poun'ls ~ cunse5 during thu sixty
one days, an average o. 2,6 poun's
. ounces every iay.---Rufui Kit
chen, son of Mr.. and Mrs. G.. G.
Kitchen OF east Of NJ m, to1t'n es
very m.---Scott Irwin and fam
lily, who have been living at Emer-
son, Ia, the past year or two.
have moved back to the lower bet.
tom.---While loading col rom
n car on a siding at Blosser Friday
the rear end OF a wagon belong ng
to George Taegtmcysr oni IN
charge OF Douglls Isaac was crush
ell when Missouri Pacific engine
bumped into the car containing
the eoaL---James Erwin Is In a
serious condition at tn, home of
his mother In the lower bottom.
and his death may be expected at
any moment. He his been II wi h
consumption for long time, and
for the past two or three days has
been very low.-News.
The Marshall republican., 1912-12-20
NELSON

Mrs. Reed Finley accompanied
Mrs. Lewis Finley to Booryil'e Sun
day where the latter had an oper-
alton performed Monday.---Mrs
Don Richardson and title dauyh-
ter returned Monday from a weeks
visit with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Joe Kennedy OF Sweet Springs.
"A series OF ~protracted meet
r being conducted at the
Methodist church OF this city by
the pastor, Rev. Snapp. The meet
lhgs begun Monday night and will
continue during next week and
perhaps longer. Rev. A. r. Faris
OF Marshall win assist In the meet
ings' after this week. All are cor
daily invited to attend these meet
ings and hear some interesting
sermons.---Lewis Ballard, wife
ana baby of, Sweet Springs spent
several days this week with Mrs.
John Thomas and family. They
contemplate moving here in the
near Ffutura.---We undt RS and
that all the arrangements have
been made for the erection of an
e:ectr!c light plant at Blackwater
and work will begin 40 o as
the material arrives, It is Prob
abe that Nelson will get electric
lights from the Backwater station.
Record. las
The Marshall republican., 1912-12-20
SLATER

Hurry Orr, wife and little daugh-
ter, Mary Craze spent the week
epd with the flmTieI OF Chas.
Brown. June Smith and j. b. Ster-
rit.---Dr. Caldwell, wal called
asst week to w. NJ. Miller's near
Shiron to gee Madison, their seven
year Old son. The little fellow
had fallen down on the point OF a
penal. sticking II about three
inches into his leg. He was dong
very nicely at last report.
The Marshall republican., 1912-12-20

and on account o. its noise. failed
to hear the approach o. the Flyer
which struck him AMI threw him
about a hundred feet. He was dead
whea picked up his head having
been crushed by the impact OF the
engine. He was the nephew OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Kobs OF Black
burn.-Recori.