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The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-01-26

Decatur, Ill, Jan. "a James
IT. Harahan, former President Of the
Illinois Central railroad, and three
other passengers in the private car
OF Vice President Meleher, of the
Rock Island railroad, we're killed
and others injured in rear-end col
lsion OF passenger trains on the Ill
inois Central railroad at Kinmundy,
at an early hour. The dead are:
JAMES T. HARAHAN. former
President of the Illinois Central
H. b. PIERCE, General Solicitor
Of the Chicago, Rock Island & Pa
cific railroad.
f. o. MELCHBR, First Vice Prssi
dent Of the Chicago, Rock Island g.,
Pacific railroad.
b. b. WRIGHT. Son Of Gen. Luke
Wright, of Tennessee, former Sec
rotary OF war
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-01-26

Whitesburg Ky. Jan. rs. AS q
result OF an explosion OF a can Of
powder In the home OF Jerry wlles.
q farmer In Perry county, near
the fletcher county line. Mrs Wells
Mrs. Mullins and two children wore
killed outright aud Well was mortal
ly wounded, according to telephone
adyicss reached here today.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-01-26

DR.. John E. Gray on Saturday
killed a bronze turkey which weigh
ed sixty-two and three fourths
pounds. This turkey was the larg-
est ever seen in Warren county
Bowling Green Messenger,
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-01-26

Central City, KY, Jan. 17.-Cen-
trail City is gloomy tonight because
of terrible explosion in the Gem
tral and Loan Company's mine
within the city limits. yet there is
relief that the loss OF life was not
greater The explosion occurred
between two shifts when 24O men
had Just gone out of the shaft
and another shift was preparing tot
descend Had the night shift been
at work the loss OF life would prob
ably have been total, as it is known
that four or five men who were
in the mine met instant death The
fifth is missing.
The damage of the property can
not yet be estimated, but it is GER
tain that the mine will have to
close down for while
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-01-26

President Taft pardoned Chas w
Morse, the New York banker, SER
wing a fifteen-year sentence in the
Federal prison in Atlanta, Ga.up-
on the recommendations of the Attor-
ney General and the Surgeon Gen
eral OF the Army.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-01-26

Glasgow. Ky. Jan. 20 The pro-
iect to convert Mammoth cave into
a National Park is meeting with the
approval OF the people IN this see-
ton. as The time draws near for 4
nearing before the committee IN Eel
ruary when it is believed that
something definite viii be done
rhe committee is composed OF NJ.
II Cmmp OF Bowling Green. Ky, Or
Il, 5 Bruker, of South Bethlehem,
Pa;Gifford Pincott. OF Washing on;
William p, Boreland. oil Kansas, and
W j. McGhee. OF Washington,
A bin has been drafted. and when
the committee meets and recon-
meuds the measure it win be intro
duced and carried through The
5ll provides that in addition to the
cave and the land now owned by the
ave heirs. the Government can
take as much of the adjacent land
as necessary in carrying out the
plans
Il is estimated that the number
u rabbits brought through Mayfield
siace the snow nearly two weeks
ago is 1000, or this number live
thousaund We're shipped away and
two thousand consumed In the city.
One dealer alone has bought and
shipped over 1000. Mayfield Mess
enger.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-01-26

Senator Louis w, Arnett, OF
coylngton, who introduced in the
Legislature a bill providing that a
license tax be placed on coal min
Ing companies of one ceut on each
ton OF output mined, is enthusiastic
over his measure, which he says vii
add to the State treasury 100000
a year. Senator Arnett is strongly
of the opinion that the license tax
derived from this source should re
vert to the good roads fund. which
would benefit handsomely with such
an amount annually Senator Ar
nett says that the nominal tax will
not be a burden to any Of the coal
mining companies.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-01-26

Ohio Railway Company against H.
lB Youns's administrator. from
Carter county was affirmed Tho
verdict in the lower court was for
5000 damages for the death OF II.
B, Young, and this court upholds III
verdict
Whitesbprg KY Jan. ls.--As q
result OF an explosion OF a can Of
powder In the home OF Jerry wlles
q farmer In Perry county. near
the r.etchor county line. Mrs. Wells
Mrs Mullins and two children were
killed outright aud Wen was mortal
ly wounded, according to telephone
adyicss reached here today
Possibilities have have been es
taplished al the new towns OF Me.
Roberts, on wrights Fork. and Dun
ham, on the hcadwaters Of Elkhorn
IN the coal fields. being built b.
the Consolidation Coal Company.
Bardlnc, another office. has been
established at Mine No, i. three
miles below Jenkins. whore there
is much building also under way
David Smith and sydney owens
were killed by an explosion OF dyna-
mite while working on new branch
.of the l. and n. railroad in the
Southern end OF Letcher county
Another man was injured. They
we're thawing the explosive before
a fire. Three fatal explosions have
occurred In connection with the
construction work within the last
six months.
Death visited the home or Mr.. |
and Mrs. Ernest Jayne. 70 Johnson
county. and took from them their
little daughter, Hazel Beath was due
to burns that she received Friday
evening She was relieyeh OF her
Saturday moyhing al
mo hour OF six. The funeral SER
vices were conducted by Rev. II. Il.
Hamilton Sunday morning at 1880.
The parents and relatives have the
sypathy Of the entire community.
Surgent. KY, Jan. lS.- 1t Is re-
ported here from Beaver Creek. ON
The Letcher-Knott border. that the
body of Patrick Cook, aged SO. OF
his county had been found headless
N n dark ravlne far back In tho
Mountains whore band OF moon
miners had been running at large
where a band of noonshiners had
'een running at large.
They had sworn revenge against
Cook as he had informed the revenu
nen as to the location Of the moon
miners Cook had been missing
or nearly week, The community
II Beayerc reek and adjacent sec-
ion are said to be greatly wrought
Up over the finding of the body.
The venerable widow Of tho late
'ol. John oils. was stricken with
artlal paralysis last week | osing
he entire use OF her lower limbs
he Is . lovely old lady nlnety-slx
ears old and in full possession OF
er faculties sho had always en-
Dyed perfect health and her hosts
I friends are exceedingly anxloHo
bout her condition. which Is much
iorc seriouae on account OF her
reately advanced dge.-Pike LItem.
Susan Preston5, aged 81, years.
iidow OF the late William Preston
led last Thursday at the home Of
err son, Iierford Preston. on Mud
lex, and was buried Saturday at
le family burial ground. below
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-01-26

The official call for the Democrat
National convention on June 25 was
issued by Norman Mack chairman,
and urey Woodson, secretary Of the
Democratic National Committee at
Buffalo
Al a meeting of the Democratic
State Central Committee of North
Dakota resolutions were adopted
recommending John Burke Governo
of North Dakota for the Democratic
nomination for President
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-01-26

Frankfort KY. Jan. 19.-The
most far-reaching railroad rate
regulation measure ever offered in
the Legislature was that introduced
In the Senate and House yesterday.
1t is the work of Laurence B. Finn,
chairman of the Kentucky Railroad
Commission, who spent several
weeks in drafting the bill 1t is very
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-01-26

New bills to the number of 1876
were offered Thursday in the two
Houses of the Kentucky Legislature.
Senator Brock, of Harlin, introduced
a bill providing that the pay Of
Senators and Representatives be in
creased to $40 and IS respectively
The Hogwallow Improvement So
'ciety met Wednesday They took
up for discussion the almanac, and
IN a resolution strongly denounced
- untrue several statements that
have recently been made about the
weather Hogwallow Kentuckian.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-01-26

Hazard, KY. January II Mes
sages received here stale that Mrs,
Santy Allen Fuzzy. OF Grapevine,
was found unconscious ON the floor
OF little shack, and bedside her
were the frozen bodies OF her three
alidren
The place had been showed in for
several days, search showed that
there was no food nor fuel in the
mousse. Two OF the children we're
nearly grown. All efforts to re-
store the other to consciousness
nave failed
A neighbor was passing by hte
Fuzzy home and seeing no smkoe
from the chimney investigatde. The
four were covered with all the cover
ing in the house, which proved too
thin Death was due to starvation
and cold, according to the doctors.
The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1912-01-26

comprehensive and supplements
the McChord anti-railroad extor-
ton bin passed in 1900 One of
the triumphs of Mr.. Finn, is that
the railroads as well as the ship
pers have agreed on the measure
and it is expected to become a law
a this session of the General AS
sembly
sweeping changes are made in
the law regulating joint rates and
d. nurrage charges, and it is the
claim of the author that the rights
OF the shippers are safeguarded at
every point.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19
Constant Agitation of
Intervention


From the southwest comes
a.. steady pressure upon the
government TO intervene IN
Mexico, and It is asserted that
the northern tier of Mexican
states are almost ready, TO
voluntarily request Uncle Sam
to take them in. Indications
are, however, that this govern
ment is not at all anxious for
the JOB of paci1fying Mexico,
or.seven adding it to our pos
sessions, and very probably
the balance of the: country,
if sentiment was brought to
the test, would fail to agree
with The people in certain sec
tipns west of the Mississippi.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19
ELIMINATION

with patry
in
who will draw his the
stop
his will
brick WALL
he has s1earned to Elimn
y pr
The who able throw bis
will always doing
should suddenly would
because he would apythng
while
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19
When Is An Indian Not
An Indian

Some people declare that all
Indians are Indians until they
are dead, then they are good
Indians " A peculiar case is
n the docket in. the United
States Supreme Court III
which it will be attempted to
prove that the Pueblos of New
Mexico are not the ordinary
wards Of the government, but
full hedged American citizens.
The Pueblos claim that after
years of community life that
hey are entitled to rank with
other classes of full hedged
citizens.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19
Have You Registered!

There are exactly "a ,O4e
men now in the state OF Ar
iona who are entitled to vote
at the coming Presidential and
Congressional election.
At the office of Secretary OF
S ate Osborn can be found a
duplicate copy Of the reglste'
o. each county and the tota
tor the fourteen counties OF
Arizona is 24,o48. This is
somewhat lower than the tot
al registration for the first
state election, but it must be
realized that the present re-
gistration will be augmented,
as each county register will bt
re-opened for some time prior
t. the day of election. Also
1t must be realized that the
register for the first state elec-
ton was one that had not been
changed for a number OF years
and contained the names of
hundreds of dead men and
men who had moved from
Arizona. The present reglstra-
ton is entirely new and every
name on the long list repre-
sents some living breathing
man within the confines OF
this state.
In the number Of voters re-
gistered Maricopa county
leads, with Cochise second,
Pima third, Yavapai fourth
and ella fifth. The registra
ton. for each county in the
state is as follows: Apache
2o2; Cochise 1890; Coconino
z
o52; ella 1888; Graham 1872;
Greenlee 1891; Maricopa 6552;
Mohave ST.; Navajo o62;
Pima .2o4o; Pinalz 1915 Santa
Cruz $50; Yavapai 1895;
Yuma z62.
Secretary Osborn is of the:
opinion that the registration
will be above the $4,000 mark
before election day as the re
opening Of the county registers
will undoubtedly bring in
many more: names ~
It you haven't registered as
yet, do your duty and regis
ter now. =.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19

British sutfragettes have
gone to wearing a protective
armor of pins to. scratch the
policemen who attempt to ar
rest them. But Harold dear
that is no sign that your Mai
zie is a sufragette.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19
throws a fit

Jim Jefries might come
back by getting the Job of in
-structor in the sporting de,
partment Of the.school Of flour
palism..
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19

There used to be in this
country copper toed shoes that
the small boy could not kick
out in a month. All, those
were happy days for the par
cuts.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19

Australia dreams of being
second Europe some time,
and thus capture the Alnerl-
can tourist business.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19

Scientists agree that. kiss
ing is not to. be encouraged.
But the. custom, appears to
thrive without encouragement.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19

Some of the ambush attacks
reported from Mexico sound
more like ASSASSINATION than
ike warfare.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19

Many a boy has acquired
good, Id bits by no. following
III his. fathers footsteps.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19

Scientists now claim that
sneezes cause infection, which
may explain why everytime
Germany sneezes England
throws fit.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19

: Blessed SIS the man who
would' rather be right than
president: for he has a better
chance 60 VIII out.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19

Let US be calm. That moth
ball odor will soon pass from
ingenious humanity.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19

Unlike most workers, the
mosquito presents his bill be-
tore he does the job.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19

Disqu'eting thought Of the
DAY: Buy your Christmas
presents early.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19
St. PauPs Episcopal Church

Services will be held Sunday
evening at 8 p. M, at St. Paul's
Episcopal church. Sunday School
at 10 a. m.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19

It is awfully hard to keep
the dead past buried.
The Winslow mail., 1912-10-19

Woodrow Wilson wears the
smlle that Won'tcolne off.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-11-01

general, treasurer, supt. of public In
struction, library commission, sum-
mer normal school, inspector of min
es, and their deputies, the sum OF
$l71,660.00 Appropriations for
boards and officers connected with
the Executive Department $336,700.-
90. Appropriations for the Judicial
Department. $245,S10.00. Approp-
riations for Educational, Charitable,
Reformitory and Penal Institutions,
5000, 10000
All Of the appropriations so made
aggregated more than two million
dollars. | am not criticising our
Legislators for their action along
these lines, for I believe the APP
preparations were made for good and
legitimate purposes, but simply for
the purpose of showing the necessity
for the State Board making a levy
against the assessable property in
each county to assist in d~efraying
these expenses, and the amount of
money the taxpayers of Bingham Co.
must pay to the state for the year
1912, is $~oz,UoJ.50.
Now. as a recapitulation of the fore
going matters, showing the amount
of money Bingham county is COM
PEELED to raise by taxation, we have
the following:
Original debt of Bingham
county ........... 9~lo,ool.5U
County current debt for
1872 7~b,144.2O
County School Taxes 80. ~26,100.00
County State Taxes, 1912 3~2,039.95
Making a grand total of -
QeDC 9l~ol,ioo.Vo
of our venue to meet the foregoing
Indebtedness. When the Commiss-
toner's met in July to fix the levy, as
provided by aw, | submitted to the
board a statement of the foregoing
Indebtedness, as neal as it could be
ascertained at that time. 1t was
also determined that the Assessed
Value" of all the taxable property in
Bingham county was approximately
$500, 900. 90. and in order to raise
a sufficient amount of revenue the
board fixed the levy at $2.76 on each
10000 of taxable property, this to
include revenue for the Bingham
county portion of the original debt,
County current debt for 1912, county
school taxes and the county state tax
es. This levy, based on the assessed
value of the county would raise STAG,
1000 90, providing all of the taxes
were collected. | further estimated
that the received from fees
earned by the office of the clerk, aud
itor, and recorder, the probate court,
and from a few other minor sources
would aggregate about 100000.
This would make the total revenue
$155,20O.0 90. which deducted from
the total debt, would leave the coun-
ty with an Indebtedness, at the close
of the year, of $6,536.00. There are
other taxes to be paid by the tax
payers of the county over which the
county commissioners have no juris-
diction. among which are, the taxes
levied by the trustees of the various
school districts and these levies are,
for the present year. from 70 cents
to $3.50 on each 100000 valuation
of the respective school districts.
Taxpayers residing or owning prop
erty in Independent School District
No. 8, which is the only independent
district in the county, pay an addit-
ional tax of $500 on each 800, val
uation and the taxpayers who are
fortunate enough to reside within
the limits of the city of Blackfoot
contribute an additional $500 on
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-11-01

each 800 valuation for city purpos.
es. The taxpayers of the villages OF
Shelley and Basalt. pay $1.00 on each
800 valuation, in addition to their
state and county and school taxes,
for the maintenance of their village
governments.
Is full cash value assessments re.
sponsible for high taxes? No. Sec
1852 of the Idaho Revised Codes
reads "All taxable property must be
assessed at its full cash value"
1t makes absolutely no difference
in the amount of taxes the individual
pays, whether property is assessed at
full cash value, or at only 40 per cent
of full cash value. There is just so
much revenue to be raised and it re-
quires a levy of a certain per cent
on the total value of the taxable
property. If the value is high the
levy will be low and if the value is
low, the levy will be high, but the
amount of revenue to be raised re-
mains the same. The important fea-
ture of our venue law is to secure
a uniform assessment of all the prop
erty of the county. and in my op-
inion this has been accomplished to
a greater extent the present year
than heretofore.
1t cost the taxpayers of Bingham
county to maintain the county gov
eminent in 1909, $~79.257.66., in
1910, $1O9,217.93. in 1911 ~$94,30S.-
II, in 1912, $~76,744.20.
leave it to every taxpayer of Bing
ham county if there has not been
more substantial improvements upon
the public roads of Bingham county
during the past eighteen months than
there has been done in this end Of
the county, for the previous ten
years. and the work has been done
with a reasonable expenditure of
money, as you will observe from the
foregoing figures.
The principal causes of our ex-
cessive taxation is the fact that we
are compelled to support our public
schools from direct taxation; the
fact by reason of the many public
state institutions, the excessive cost
of their maintenance, the salaries
and expenses of the Boards of Con-
troll, as you will see from the figures
in this statement has caused our
state taxes to increase 33 per cent
above any previous year.
Would our Republican friends not
be acting more honorably if they
would place the responsibility of high
taxes within their own party rather
than blame the Governor of this
state simply because he is a Demo-
crat and the only Democrat in the
Executive Department of our State
Government.
One other thing in conclusion. The
Democratic county officials are being
charged with Withholding the tax noti-
ces until after election, for political
purposes. This is absolutely false.
The taxes heretofore, have been due
on the 1st of November, but under
the provisions of u new revenue
laws they are not payable until the
lst day of December and it has been
impossible to complete the tax rolls
and issue the notices by the LIST of
November, and it will be the latter
part of November before the tax noti-
ces are ready to mail out.
J. T. CARRUTH
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-11-01

active work. He was our first coun-
ty treasurer under statehood has been
on the official bonds of many county
officers during the quarter of a ZEN
fury, has occupied high positions in
the fraternities to which he belongs.
and in all his associations has proven
his worth. He is one of the few To-
cal men who passes from active bust
ness life before his declining years
Or failing health make it necessary,
and his large circle of friends share
with him the hope that he may en-
joy many years on the sunny side of
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-11-01

month when the stock is removed to
the new building.
The transfer has been arranged for
some time, and the consumation of
such a plan was anticipated when the
new building was designed, but for
reasons of his own Mr.. Curtis did not
care to make it public at that time.
Mr.. Curtis went into business in
Blackfoot in May, 1885, erecting the
building in which he has ever since
been serving the trade, and now, after
27 years of honest and honorable SER
vices in one place he will retire from