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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-29
KAM1AH's NEW SCHOOL SITE.
School District Secures Indian Lands
Upon which to Erect New Building.

Judge Edgar Steele, accompanied by
G. D. Hodge, court stenographer, came
in Monday evening for the purpose of
holding special session of court in
the matter Of School District VS. owners
of Indians lands that was being con-
demned for high school purposes. The
case after many witnesses were ex-
amined took on turn toward COM
promising and before evening this had
been effected. The district securing 10
acres of land adjoining the Davis tract
on the south, paying the owner the sum
of $2S75.o0.
As this is one of the most attractive
sites in the valley it is considered by
all who have Investigated the matter to
be a good buy and now settles the con-
test that has been going on as to whe-
ther the district would yet be able to
secure the land, and it is to be hoped
that in the near future work will com.
menee on building in order to have
the structure ready for school within a
few months.
Clay MeNamee appeared for the land
owners and County Attorney F. E. Fogg
presented the school district case to the
eourt-Progress.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-29
Umbrellas and Parasols.

Fashions change In umbrellas as we'll
as In clothes We find on visiting the
London museum that George ". used
to carry a green silk umbrella fringed
with gold and about twice as large as
the umbrella of today. Parasols. too.
have diminished in size since they first
came into use. Henri Estienne. writ.
ing in 1878. speaks of a rarasol as ca
pable generally of sheltering four per,
sons from the sun. And when they
diminished in circumference the ma
terial remained of the heaviest Red
velvet parasols. with henvy gold
fringes. were carried by ladies' OF fash.
ion In the days of Louis XIV. At that
time It was possible. when crossing a
bridge In Paris. to hire parasol at
one end and deposit 1t at the other. the
charge for the accommodation being
sou.-London Chronicle
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-29

Gov. Wilson takes the position that
it is as much the duty of the people
to own the party machinery as it is
the Government machinery; for this
10 government of parties, and the
government can therefore, be no better
than the influences which put it in
power and keep it in power. In the
past these influences have been corpor-
ations and individuals seeking special
privileges from the government and ex-
acted from Government Officials heavy
tribute in return for having financed
the campaign that give these officials
their position of power.
Gov. Wilson wants nothing and will
have nothing of this sort. He wants
the people to own the party, which
means they will own the government.
Therefore he wants the Campaign
Expense incurred in making him Presi-
dent of the United States, and in
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-29
A CHANCE.

why did you change physiciansr'
had read all the books the other
doctor had In his waiting room,"-
Louisville Courier journal.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-29
LINcoLN's MOTHER.

The Family Psdisrss Of the Hs"kses
and Their Ear'y Deeds.
A frieno requests me to give for pub
lication. II ] can do 40. sketch OF tne
family Of Nancy Hanks. the mother VI
Abraham Lincoln. She tells me she
has read every history OF Abraham
Lincoln and considers 1t very strange
that nothing has ever been written py
the historians Of the presidents motn-
err. except that her name was Nancy
Hanks.
The historians never made any ei-
fort to trace the pedigree OF the ram
lily. Raymond. in his Life and state
Papers Of Abraham Lincoln. declares
nofhing ia known concerning her an
cestry or early life. He merely men,
lions that she was virginian BY BIRTH
The name Hanks Is rare In America.
vet we have q straighter line on the
pedigree of the Hankses than We have
of the Lincolns. Beyond the grand
father Of Abe Lincoln. we know abso-
lutely nothing Of the family pedigree
The earliest account we have OF the
Hankses II their arst appearance IN
Gloucester county. Va. In 1873. In
deed book No. g. land grants. page
472. l,;73. is recorded the grant OF 2lA
acres to Thomas Hanks And on page
476. same year. 1873. Is recorded pat
ent to Thomas Hanks for 200 acres. In
the early colonial history OF Virginia
person who paid for the passage OF
person who came to settle In Virginia
was entitled TO land grant OF several
hundred acres. This was why he was
given grant Of land. The patent of
800 acres which IL recorded was land
paid for in cash or tobacco. which was
the circulating medium in Virginia. In
course Of time the family increased
and emigrated westward. We next
hear Of them In Orange county. f4O
miles west Of Gloucester. Among the
marriages recorded In Orange court
house on March 26 1903. is Rodney
Hanks. son Of Reuben and Elizabeth
Hanks. to Alice Chandler. But they
didn't stop at Orange courthouse We
find family of them In Rockingham
county. Va. in 100. and another In
Shenandoah county. In 1870 Abraham
Lincoln. grandfather Of President Lin
coin. removed to Kentucky from Rock
iingham county. Va. and we are i'er.
tain that the Hanks family was with
the Lincolns during that journey. The
next account we have of the Hankses
is in 1906 In that year. in Kentucky.
Thomas Lincoln. father OF the presi-
dent, married Nancy Hanks.
The next account Of the Hankses was
at the battle of Tippecanoe. in Indiana.
Nov Z. 1911 We find the names OF
Peter and James Hanks. Peter was
killed He was member of Captain
Berry's company of militia from Ken.
lucky. James belonged to a company
of mounted riflemen and was from
Kentucky They may have been broth
ers. and If so | am certain they were
the brothers of Nancy Hanks. In six
year after the battle of Tippecanoe
Thomas Lincoln removed from Ken
lucky to Indiana -Des Moines Regis
ter
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-29
NEWS FROM LIVE KOOSKIA.
Highway District Build Bridge. Accor-
ing to Mountaineer,

Jas Buchanan left for Cottonwood
Thursday morning, having received
word from his old friend Bob Watson
that his son was very i'll.
The third annual Idaho county Sun
day school convention will be held in
Kooskia Tuesday September 8. The
program will be printed next week.
Mrs. Beekley and daughter, Of Sum
mitt, Idaho, were visitors in Kooskia
this week. The place looked good to
them and Mrs. Beekley purchased two
lots on main street from N. P. King.
Ray Hovey is the owner of pet
bear, also young deer inclined to take
to the .Eays of civilization, and it is
Ray SIN hilton to keep adding to the
menagSri until he gets whole circus
of his own.
ID. q. Decker returned last week with
his pack train from the st. Joe coun-
try where he has been working for the
government. His work included the
gathering of bodies of men who lost
their lives fighting fire two years ago
The remains were given proper burial
for which an appropriation was made
by congress.
An extra crew for work on telephone
construction in the selway forest start
ed out this morning in charge of Lou
McNair. They will start at the Sci.
way falls and work along the Selway
river to the Three Forks, distance of
81 miles. 1t will take about 80 days to
complete the work mapped out in that
locality, which will be about all the
new work in this line undertaken this
season.
The forest service has been doing
good work in the construction of tele.
phone lines for the past few years,
and a splendid service is maintained
although it is far from being what
forest officers desire. Some day it
will be perfect.
Scant appropriations is the only
reason why this work drags along, and
it requires some close figuring at the
forest headquarters here to get the
system in such good working order as
it is at present.
The commissioners of the Kidder-
Harris highway district at meeting
held Monday let contract for the con.
strnction of concrete pier under the
east end of the Kooskia bridge. The
work will be done by the Security
Bridge Co. of Minneapolis at the cost of
$475.O0 and Frank Shaw, of Lewiston,
western manager for the company, will
oversee the work.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-29

hnicker-Did your wife hear a bur-
gar II the rellar: Bocker-No: she
heard a burglarette In the cellarettA.-
New York Times
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-29

Be philosopher. but amid all yous
philosophy be still q man Hume.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-29

The same company built the bridge
across Salmon river at Golf, and also
secured the contract for the bridge
across Cottonwood creek at Sites. The
work on the Kooskia bridge will be
completed about November LIST and we
look for good substantial job.
The bridge has been source of much
trouble and expense for several years,
as all cheap bridges are, but when it is
strengthened and the new pier put in.
it will be in good shape to withstand
the antics of the South Fork in times
Of high water.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-29
Why Madae Declined Tea.

Madge. three years old. Ia OF a posi-.
tive nature and always ready with In.
dependent opinions A woman visiting
Madge's home sat next to the little girl
at table and offered her a spoonfuI of
her tea. which was declined with an
emphatic shake of the head.
Take little" urged the visitor
lust little for your stomachs sake !"
Il amt dot no tummick ache was
the indignant reply. Indiana polls
News.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-29
Learned by Experience,

Hes the most careful man I ever
knew"
THAT so?''
Yes asked him II he could change
$40 bill the other day. and what do
you suppose he didy'
81 don't know"
He made me show the $40 bill be-
fore he'd commit himself Said he'd
been touched for IS that way before i"
Detroit Free Press.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-29
VIII Exhibit Swiss Cattle.

L. Nj. Harris, the original Swiss cat
tleman of Idaho County, has just pur-
chased Swiss heifer from Junction
City, Oregon, parties and will receive
the animal in few days. The heifer
is now being exhibited at the Oregon
state fair and will be shipped from
there to Grangeville. Mr.. Harris will
exhibit the heifer as well as a male
of that breed during the fair here
and farmers should not overlook a
careful inspection as the Swiss cattle
seem well adapted to this country.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-08-29
Her Explanation Of Il

what are you laughing atY'
"Maud's letter. She writes that they
nad roggy weather all the way across"
i don't see anything funny IN that.
NO. but she adds that the captain
must have neglected to take out clear.
ing papers. Boston Transcript.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-31
Honest Advice to
CONSERVATIVES

Somehow there. exists a vast amount
OF skepticism as TO the possibility OF
curing Consumption. We state none
tut facts and are sincere in what we
assert The reason we advise all Con-
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promptly and faithfully is because we
Rave the reports Of many recOveries,
one OF which follows
1913 SusQuehanna Ave, Phila-, Pa.
Gentlemen. For two years was
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lungs and our family physician ad-
Vssed another climate, as to remain
would probably be fatal; however, / re-
manned and when 1 recovered sutfl-
GENTLY 10 walk about the house ] was
left with a frightful hacking cough,
y hich no medicine 1 had taken could
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1902, that / learned of Eckman.s Al
tcrative. In a short time my cough was
gone and ] was pronounced -WelI or
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fear Of COnsumption."
(Signed) HOWARD L KLOIL-
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the system Does not contain pOisons'
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Tor additional evidence
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-31

RISS MARGERY SOMEBODY
MI SOMETHING, of Devonshire,
= England. has fallen in love
with a Turk and run away and mar
ried him. and now she's gone to Tur-
key to wear veil and anklets. and live
in a harem. and learn to like sweet
meats favored with perfume, and be a
real harem heroine. How romantic
for a few weeksl
The Turk is a very handsome Turk
and very well educated-and, OH he'd
die if Margery Somebody Something
didn't marry him right then and there
gave her rubies as big as pigeons
eggs and emerulds the size OF thlm-
bles. and ne fairly hung her IN d1a-
monds the very week they were mar
ried.
And then-he's so divinely Jealous
almost died Of fury when the waiter
asked her what she would order next
and threatened to commit murder II
she allowed her own first cousin VINO
had been brought up in the same house
with her ever to speak to her again.
Delicious, delightful, glerious-for a
few minutes
But afteTWard2
Poor little AIargery Somebody Some
thing. 1 wonder how long it viii be
tin she Will give. all the emeralds in
Turkey TO see one honest English Iaces
and how long viii il take her 1 won
q
and to wish she had never been born
when she has to sit on a cushion and
smile at the antics of greasy bedl-
zined dancing girl, who makes per
fectly shocking eyes at the handsome
Turk right before her very eyes2
Life in q harem2 How romantic II
does sound-fountains, bulbuls, black
slaves. the clash of anklets. the
swish of tinselled wells. But how stu
Did, how wearinsly. maddeningly stu
Did il must be after the first p hours.
No one to talk to but the handsome
Turk. and he doesn't care much to hear
women talk. thanks. No papers to
read. no books. no friends, no travel
ing. nothing but sweetmeats and wells
and perfume and-the Terrible Turk
Mystery. seclusion. secrecy-how
well they sound in a book. and what
q bore they always are in real life.
Mysterious people are never clever
people, they are just dull and very Of
ten cruel. that's all.
The dark flashing eyes that are 50
anuring before marriage can become
a frightful nuisance after the wedding
ceremony If they never do anything
but flash. And, putting everything
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-31
one KILLED AND
MANY INJURED
Aeroplane Dashes Into the
Boxes Trying to Avoid
Hitting Unknown Man.

Seattle, Wash, May 31-While avi-
ator Cliff Turpin in a Wright aero
plane was sailing down the field at
the Meadows yesterday at 4 speed Of
so miles an hour, an unknown man
rushed across the track and would
have been beheaded by the machine
but for the quick action of the avia-
tor who turned upward and toward
the grandstand, which was crowded
with people. It seemed 10 the Occu-
pants Of the stand that Turpin's aero
plane would dash among them, but he
checked its speed and lowered its di-
rectiOn so that the machine struck the
tier Of boxes in front Of the stand a
number of people in one of the boxes
were hurt, and the aeroplane, it power
shut off and momentum cut short by
the collision with the stand, fell upon
the heads of the crowd Of people
standing in front Of the grandstand
and overlooking the old race track
where the ascent was being attempted.
The injured were conveyed to the
county hospital in automobiles. One,
a man, died at the hospital without be-
ing identified. Raymond Chapman, 10
years old sustained a fractured skull
and is in serious condition.
The meet was declared off i'm
mediately after the accident
Dead Man From Galesburg-
The man who was killed was identi-
fled at the MOI cue as George Quinby,
aged %, civil engineer, whose home
was in Galesburg. III. Identification
was almost impossible as his entire
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-31
DEVELOPMENT
PLAINVIEW REAL
ESTATE VALUABLE
Spectator Clears $4,000 on
Two Lots in About
One Year.

Plainyiew, Texas, Nay ST.. W.
Clinkscales sold this week to T. -
Johnson, Of Paris, Tex, two lots on the
north Side OF the square for $500.
Clinkscales bought this property. which
was formerly owned by Dr.. Dye, about
year ago for S5,5U0 Mr.. Johnson
plants TO erect a brick building on the
property. but it is announced that he
viii build on his lots on the east side
Of the square some time this summer
and prior 10 Improvement on the north
s-Ce. Several large brick structures
VIII be commenced in PlainvieW at an
early date
The people of Staked Plains are ex-
pecting a promised visit from an eN-
I-eciuCu from Yale us.iS ersity that is
pciug fitted ouC 10 search for the fossil
rclnalzs Of prehistoric horses 1t is
hCpeC 70 induce the expedition to visit
IlalnYleWs since many Interesting fOs-
sus have ben discovered here r. NJ
Trick discovered in shallow gravel
pit near town last year, bones which
resenbled the leg bones Of a horse and
which measured six to eight feet in
length They were placed on exhibit
ton in store windows, but upon being
exposed to the light crumbled com
pletely within a few days Other rare
specimens have also been discovered
since that time. The soil OF the plains
appears to be aluYial and in the pits
and further down in the logs of the
irrigation wells around Plainview,
smells and bones and other interesting
indications are that this is a made soil.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-31
The Only Democrat
By Ebert HUBBARD.
Copyright, 1912, international News Service.)

A BOVE all things this age stands
"A for temperance. industry, eco
Homy. efficiency. The parasite
and the barnacle were never in such
bad repute as they are today
Men who insist on throwing money
to the English sparrows supply amuse-
ment. but they do not command re-
spect.
FOR the first time in the history Of
the world we are agitating the propO-
sition Of getting government on a bust
ness basis We are eliminating the
economic slack and taking up lost
motion.
The highest ambition Of every good
business man today is to be good
public servant, and this was the con-
trolling impulse in the heart OF Thomas
jefferson.
Thomas Jefferson carried no excess
baggage. He was feet 10 and
weighed $50 pounds. He used all the
body he had
He rode horseback until his 80th
wear I've particular horses that he
owned and loved have come down to US
in history one is Wldare and the 9TH
er is Eagle.
This horse Eagle Thomas jefferson
rode up the hill to the capitol. There
he tied old Eagle to a post and went
in and took the oath of office as presl-
dent of the United States. Not only
did he do this once, but four years
later he did the same thing, riding the
same horse
Was any horse ever so hOnored be-
fore2 To have carried on his back the
kinEliest man that America has pro-
duced on such a mOmentous errand, not
only once but twice-and twice was
enough.
The last time that president Jeffer-
son took the oath Of office he had to
elude a valiant captain of militia who
insisted on acting as escort for him
jefferson simply beat him to it, and
after taking the oath of office he
mounted old Eagle, turned his head
toward the white house and rode on an
easy trot down Pennsylvania avenue.
He met the escort in brass buttons, silt
and braid and feathers coming up the
street looking for their man. Jeffer-
son declined their invitation TO turn
about and ride at their head, circling
the capitol, on the plea that he had
work TO do.
To him there was something greater (
than military display; something no
bier than to make a noise and attract {
And that one thing to hiu
was to serve humanity
jefferson was a great writer and had ]
a peculiar. distinct literary style, all 4
his own. He gave US a lesson in the 1
use of the period. His verb always /
fetches Up He said things clearly, I
distinctly, succinctly, forcibIy and well |
The idea was clear in his mind, and he
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-31
DEVELOPMENT
PLAINS FARMERS
ARE IRRIGATIHG
Hale County Has More Irri-
gated Tracts Than
Ever Before

Plainview, Texas. May 31-Irriga-
ton on a large scale is being prac-
ticed in Hale county this year. The
majority OF the wells are putting their
water on orchards and alfalfa. There
are more than 12,O0e acres Of alfalfa in
the county and 1000 acres of bearing
orchards. With from to u wells flow
ing at the same time, each from a mil
lion and half to two million gallons
per day, within few miles Of Plain
view there has been no perceptibAe di-
limitation in the head of water. There
are also a thousand Windmills I'm the
their toll from the subterranean
streams.
Fruit prospects are ideal The E
DOWden orchard of 20 acres is being
irrigated throughout this year for the
first time. This orchard last year,
without irrigation, yielded 10 percent
interest on a S4oO per acre valuation.
and some Of his peach trees yielded 50
worth Of fruit per tree. There are from
80 TO 100 peach trees to the acre, which
Ould show q producing value Of $500
per acre. T. H. Berry, who has let -
contracts LOT wells IS putting in a
s. 100000 gallon capacity. 1t will be
ilLIed by an irrigation well. As il is
OF the dirt variety much water will
De lost BY evaporation, but he an
nOunces that he viii stock il with fish
and make them pay the expense Of
keeping it full
P. b. snyder has started his new -
n. p Bessemer oil burning engine to
work this week. His crude oil costs
three cents in carload lots which puts
ms expense Of delivering water at less
than 81 per acre foot. f. Graham Isl
Trlgating oats among other crops.
This is the first experiment with irrf-
gated oats on the south plains. but
many many are claiming that he win harvest
near 100 bushels to the acre.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-05-31

face had been cut off by the prOpel-
Ter of the aeroplane and il was not
until a friend recognized a ring and
the laundry marks on his clothing that
his name was known.
Quinby, who was also wireless
operator, had just returned from Alas
ka on the steamship Bertha on which
he served for one round trip
The list of injured includes.
Raymond Chapman, 10 years old
fractured skull, probably fatal.
Thomas Chapman, Seattle, father OF
Raymond Chapman; cut about head.
Not serious.
Mrs S. C. Hoover, Seattle, leg brok-
en-, internal injuries.
Mrs. +. r. Lang. Seattle, left hand
Crushed, necessitating amputation-
J. Cliff Turpin, the unfortunate
aviator, was badly bruised but es-
capped serious injury. The coroner S
Turpin pending an inquest.
Turpin's face was severely lacerated
when he was thrown against the wire
bracing and tubular steel frame.
I saw a man start to cross in front
of the machine just as ! was rising"
said Turpin. 4 knew that an acci-
dent was unavoidable, but to save his
life I tilted my left plane to pass over
him, knowing that the machine would
be thrown, but hoping TO guide il into
the open field. To prevent its over
turning on the track I had to elevate
the right wing also and the sudden
swerve threw men just enough TO the
left that the left silerOn caught in an
upright iron pipe, turning the aero
plane into the granCsJand-"