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Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-10-10

levy county #
The approximate valuation of the proposed tie
s4SG0o0 TIE
territory
will be s100S0000.
The estimated OF maintaining the
S -
State Taxes 30,0O0.00
sSS,3O0
Taxes for 1872 s1OOSOOCO
Expenditures for 1872 ~. S6,3OOOO
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Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-10-10

Probation officer Dr;sco1 was q
Caldwell visitor on Tuesday of this
Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1912-10-10

p. V. Has WashouJ.
A washout on the Payette Val e,
railroad delayed the Afternoon trail
On Tuesday until "Wednesday alter
noon. The washout was caused b,
the overflow from the waste Of thu
Noble Ditch at Buckingham statiS-
The close of the irrigation s
caused most OF the ranehmeu
shut csf the water from Their la.
erals and turn the same hack int
the ditch. The wastewsy at Eu-k
inghatn consequently carried
large head of water as 70
out several rods Of the 2. EzNe
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17
Lincoln and Summer.

Lincoln was modestly proud OF his
stature and of the effect of the phYsi-
cal man, especially when actuated by
noble sentiments. He used to speak
of his height TO every tall man he met,
and to propose measuring another
suileless habit of qualification.
The only refusal he is known To have
received was from Charles Sumner.
who was also tall and proud of his
height. Sumner was worrying the
President. as he often did. about sohe
perpleXing matter. when Lincoln
sought To change the subject by
abruptly challenging him to measure.
Sumner declined, said Lincoln.
making fine speech about
this being the time for unit
ing Our fronts against the enemy.
and not our backs But | guess he
was afraid, though he is a good piece
of a man. | have never had much to
do with bishops where | live, but do
YOU know. Sumner is my idea of a
bishop. Harper Weekly
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17

arrest of labor union men for causing
destruction of life and property by
dynamite explosions evidently died
away with the sensational outcome at
Los Angeles. Yesterday nearly so per-
sons were taken into custody on the
same charges in Is states without 4
single hNstericals outburst Even Mr..
Gompers had nothing to say. No one
imagines that this calm is the result
of despair over the justice of legal
procedure in this country. Labor men.
in common with others, are silent be-
cause they know that, however. it may
be legally. the burden of proof NOR
ally is now upon the arrested men
The tables have been completely
turned since thel kidnapping" and the
conspiracy" of which the McNama-
ras were the victims" SO recently:
and the hatred with which Detective
Burns is probably still regarded in
some quarters is mingled with fear.
not SO much of his power To railroad
his captiVes TO prison. as of his abil-
ity to prove that they belong there.
That this is a far healthier atmos-
pherc than that which surrounded his
initial movements in the matter is as
obvious as it is gratifying 1t means
that the cases are to be tried in tie
courts. and that the verdicts rendered
are to be accepted with that subStan-
tial unanimity which is essential TO
permanent respect for our judicial in
situations.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17
Congress Orags Along.

With the dates for the assembling of
| the national conventions of the two
| great political parties only about 80
! DAYS distant, interest of anticipation
| i'm their developments grows apace
along with liveier activities of the adj
voeates who got into the field early.
| So far the President making industry
has mainly been confined to dissent
natiae literature in which the aSpir-
ants loom heroically. but all that viii
he forgotten when things begin to
| happen in primary elections and con-
yentions which choose delegates TO the
national event. Unbiased, sensible
people, are only amused by straw
votes and vociferations as proceeding
from some other impulse than interest
in a wise conclusion. The next few
weeks win see something of this sort
which will afford the one reliable evil
dence Of preferences.
1t now looks as though the coming
campaign viii be fought out for the
most part on the tariff, or questions
closely related to methods of handling
moneys derived from the people by q
vast system of taxation. Already two
and half months of the second SEES
sion of the end Congress have fled and
SO little has been accomplished that
the sultry days of summer begin to
rise in the distance ahead of the law
makers One or two more special mes
sages are expected from the President
Bet with all the need for hard work
ness, it is presidential year and things
never go along when there are big
political affairs to consider
Midwinter has passed and hardly a
measure of Importance has been
passed by the Senate. An agreement
for vote on the arbitration treaties
has been reached, but for evidence of
earning salary that wouldn't be a
whole lot to a business organization.
things up with a big ladle. Democra-
ey MUST have something to talk
about in the campaign. you know, and
the representatives, have simply got to
get the woodchuck. They are tariff
making (by main strength and awk-
wardness) and slashing at supply bills.
They are making the most of the OPP
portunity, for it has been a long time
coming and its stay promises to be
brief
All considered. the present session of
Congress is not spectacular to watch
from the outside, and inside enthusi-
asm is dulled by thoughts of fences
that need repair.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17
CLIMBING JAPAN's FUJiYAMA.
BY Middle Afternoon One Reaches The
Desoiate Barren Gone.

BY tile middle of the afternoon !
had left vegetation OF every descrIp-
ton behind, and was struggling up
an almost perpendicular elevation
ard literally wading through bed
OF ashes. Nothing more dreary ana
desolate could be imagined than THIS
barren cone. covered with ashes anu
cinders, With only occasional masses
of projecting lava by way of reiiei'
writes a Traveller describing CLIMB
to the summit of f'ujiYama in Japan.
Here was rude village Of lava
huts. for the accommodation of pilgrim
guests. Prices fer entertainment. as
may be imagined were quite in pro-
portion to the nigh altitude.
Bu; pecuniary considerations are as
naught. compared to the grandeur
aad beauty of the view from this pre-
cipitous height. on one side stretch
ed the waters of the boundiess fael-
fic: on the other lay the Is provinces
of Nippon with their lakes and rivers.
mountains and valleys, softened oy
the deepening shades of twilight,
Round me stood white-robed pilgrims,
reverently chanting. and elappinS
their hands. as the landscape slowly
faded into obscurity, and clouds gath
cred round the side of the mountain
isoiating us from earth. and consign-
ing US to a realm of unreality.
The scene at sunrise was, perhaps,
even more weirdly beautiful. Look
ing down The cone, one seemed To
he gazing into "a fathomless leaden
sea. through which the red sun was
forcing its way. to the aceompani-
ment of the monotonous chanting OF
the pilgrim throng Suddenly the peak
was illumined with rosy glow; the
heavy clouds dissolved into hlmY
fragments, and chung to the mountain
side for a moment, then vanished
disclosing the view OF the evening
previous. but with lights and sllad-
ows drawn in stronger relief. ! had
witnessed perfect sunrise on Full
yama-a sight not vouehsafed to
every aspiring one. Manchester y. H..
Union.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17
Democrats Aiding Taft.

The Washington Post, claiming To
be independent in politics but regard
ea by many as fayoring Democracy,
is becoming Disguised with Demo-
cratic performances in the National
House. In its issue of the 18th, the
Post says. editorially:
sample of the manner in which
the House Democrats are looking af-
ter the interests of the people in their
tariff reduction bills is shown in the
olive oil item of the chemical sched-
ule, just agreed upon. The present
duty upon olive oil is 80 cents a gal
lon, or about "a per cent. ad valorem
which affords protection to domestic
producers of pure olive oil and en-
ables them to go ahead and build up
a new industry. The new bill cuts
this duty to 90 cents gallon, or about
20 per cent. ad valorem. This destroys
the protection enjoyed by American
producers and means the ruin of their
business.
French and Italian olive oil is adult
terated with cottonseed oil. Ameri-
can olive oil is absolutely pure. The
IuTE lODu law JtAtdlt6Gs VI NONit'Nf NAi'AN
imported oil shall be properly brand
ed, but DIR. Wiley is authority for the
statement that ii is almost impossible
10 detect a blend Of cottonseed with
olive oil, il the proportions are half
and half. So heavy were the importa-
ticns of cottonseed oil by French and
Italian olive oil manufacturers that
the French government quintupled the
duty on cottonseed oil against the pro-
test of the virtuous manufacturers
who were adulterating their olive oil
for American consumption. The in
creased cost of this adulterant and the
dutv on olive oil enabled the Cali
fornia producers of pure oil to built
up a business.
The Democratic bill, ii enacted int
law, will destroy this business an
American consumers will be forced t
use the foreign adulterated oil a
prices fully as high as the perfeetl.
nure oil now produced in California
Experienee has shown that the con
eurner never benefits by tariff re
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17
The Treating Evil.

DR. Harvey W. Wiley, who for many
years. as the governments chief chem
list, has guarded the nations stomach
against germ evils. believes the Amer
lean people are fast becoming a race
of .tippIers.' Moreover, we must put
the brakes on our liquor imbibing
prociivities.' he says, 'or else suffer
moral and physical degeneration
Never at loss for a corrective meas
ure. DR.. Wiley comes out with plan
TO stay drunkenness
First. stop treating in clubs he
says. Have every club adopt an anti
treating rule. The treating evil has
grown to such an extent that / have
stopped drinking in my club. I have
not stopped because l am stingy, eth
err" DR. Wiley explains.
Now, having disposed of the clubs.
we pass on to the saloons. | would
stop making saloon keepers pay huge
license fees. The real tax should be
put Oh the Iedl III tIlhSiS. hohN cNSi :
person who wants to take drink take
out a license and pay, say 81 year,
for It, When a man goes into saloon
make him present his license and pay
one cent internal revenue tax for ev-
cry drink he takes. Do these things
and you will stop drunkenness.
So much for another plan to save the
world. 1t looks attractive in DR.. Will
ey's words-and we have nothing but
admiration for DIR. Wiley-but would
inodestly suggest that the tendency
would be toward making hypocrites of
those dear bar tenders. II other
words. the less number of drinks a
barkeeper remembered that man had
drunk, the more money the man would
have left with which to buy drinks.
Boiled down: There is more than a
cents worth of profit in drink.
So far as the stop-treating plan is
concerned, it is just as easy TO stop the
sale OF liquor as to stop treating. AS
a drunken man knows no law, 1t seems
lust about as well to arrest him for
drunkenness as for violation of the
anti-treating law. a much easier way
would be To make the manufacture of
booze a capital olfense.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17
ICE-BOUND ISLANDERS,

Such Il story of winter hardshlps as
that from Holland island in Chesa-
peake bay cannot be read without
thrill of human sympathy. Two hum
bred and fifty human beings marooneu
in their island community and cut off
from the rest of the world for 80 days
by impossible ice barriers would seem
to belong rather to the Labrador re-
gion than to the familiar Chesapeake
bay.
This is but one more item in the
long account of death and privation
marking the intense cold which has
prevailed in our latitude. Fortunately
it has been found possible to furnish
relief to the men. women and children
on Holland island before pestilence and
hunger stalked among them
Yesterday mornings dispatch in
The Press" brought the reassuring
news that the two supply vessels
which battled with the dangerous ice
foes for the 10 miles between Deals
island and the isolated community
reached their destination in safety.
The hardy islanders We're without oil
and -four, but they had shot wild geese
and other birds to supplement the ra-
tons. The plight of the Holland is
landers is one of the stirring tales in
the days news which impart so much
more human interest to the newspaper
than enters into most novels and ro-
mances. Philadelphia Press. I'd
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17
Saturday, February II. 1912.
How Old Was Ann7

A dispatch from Paris leaves us
very much up in air" regarding the
age of this dear old bali of mud
tsometimes referred to III other worlds
as The place where Lamont A. Stevens,
the economist. was born). The dis
patch reads
Radioactive metals. which have
revolutionized the. old notions as to
the makeup of matter, promise to up
set all existing theories as to the age
of the earth. Professor John Bosier
in a paper read before the French
Astronomical Society, dealing with
the ages of various kinds of rock, cal
culated upon the basis of the amount
of helium contained in each, declared
that a sample of the later tertiary
period must be S.000.o0G years old.
The professor further concluded that
the eocene rock must be 15eWo,0e0
years old, and the primitive igneous
10000. 900 years old. The most dar-
ing assumptions hitherto have ae-
corded to the earth an age of not more
than 100000.0e0 years
1t does seem long time to look
back, doesn't it? Well. never mind.
The earth isn't half worn cut, and
Bryan may yet be President.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17
The Maine Special Session.


Massachusetts, where the legislative
session is pretty much continuous
performance, is in a position to envy
Maine. where the law makers are
commonly assembled only three
months out of every two years, but
it can hardly appreciate the furry
caused by the coming special session
at Augusta. 1t is not simply that II
Is the first special session called in
Maine since the outbreak of the Civil
War. but it is the prominence of the
perennial liquor issue that occasions
all the activity of preparations in the
various political camps.
Last fall Maine voted to retain in
the constitution the prohibitory
amendment of 1884. The campaign
was exceedingly strenuous, and the
margin of the "drys" was extremely
small. Gov. Plaisted appears to feel
that if the question is submitted again
in some other form. perhaps allowing
local option only in the large centers,
the result will be reversed. The main
object, therefore. Of the special session
is to pass another resubmission resolu-
tion-if enough Republican votes can
be secured to give the necessary two
thirds. The "drNs'' insist that ma
jority, however small, is still ma
jority, and that the verdict of last Sep
TENDER settles the matter for the pres
ent generation. Incidentally. the spe-
cial session will shuttle the four con-
gressional districts a bit. and perhaps
tinker the election laws. but, as for
many years in Maine politics, the pro-
Ihibition problem is the one big thing
Maine Democrats have some shrewd
leaders--witness the delay in the spe-
cial session until after the March cleo
| tions-but there is a general feeling
that the party has not made good IN
Office as regards either the promises
tof economy or the handling of tbf
lliquor issue. 1t was one thing to fine
fault from the outside for half cen
tury, and quite another TO take up thu
responsibility Of running things.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17
ANCIENT CITY OF THE ANDES.
Tiahuanacu, Is Il As Old As The Hills,
Or Is It New.

Investigations Of ancient cities in
South America are attracting much
attention nowadays. There are the re
mains of the great city of Tiahuanacu,
on high barren plateau in the An
des, over 1900 feet above the sea.
that is ore of the unsolved mysteries
Of the silent past One savaut even
estimates its age as 12Q00 years and
thinks that it was built when the Ans
des were much lower than they are
now and that it has risen through the
slow ages With the slow emcrgence OF
the mountains Others think il is not
so old as the Christian era.
If stones could speak these ruins
would reveal story Of deepest inter
est. The difficulty in solving the mys-
terry is due To the present nature Of
this region This city. covering a large
area. was built by highly skilled ma
sons. with the use Of enormous stones,
one weighing 10 tons, Apart from the.
menoliths ct ancient Egypt there is
nothing in any other part of the world
to equal them.
The point next in interest To the
enormous size of the stones is the eX
cellence of the workmanship. The
lines are perfectly straight. the angles
accurately drawn and all surfaces lev
el. The upright monoliths have NOR
tises and projecting lodges to retain
the horizontal slabs in place. The
cary ings are complicated, but accu-
rately designed and executed. afford
ing ample proof Of the advanced stage
reached by the builders in architectu-
al art Flights of stone steps. recently
discovered, prove that the ancient city,
which is now several miles from Lake
Titicaca. was once on its shore. Here,
indeed. was Il great metropolis built in
Il region where corn cannot ripen, nor
a dense population he supported; yet
the vestiges of the ancient civilization
silently proclaim Il state of affairs en-
tirely ifcrent.-Christian Science
Monitor.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17
Not to Be inundated.

In d certain New York town there
lived an eccentric character whom ev-
eryone called Uncle Hi In his old
age Uncle Hi experienced religion
and one night was asked to lead the
prayer meeting.
AS he could neither read nor write.
the request might easily have daunted
him had he beer less courageous
man. But Uncle Hi was not one 10 be
daunted
Very solemnly lie rose, and drawing
his unusually tail form to its greatest
height said
Brethren. sing the one thousandth
Psalm
After silence, broken only BY an
occasional litter. some one said, There
aren't as many as that.
Sing as many as there be, then
Numbered Uncle Hi-Youth's Compan-
ion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17
Editorial Comment
Hon. Albert Burleish and Aroostook.
eft. Fairfield Review

eft. Fairfield Review
Hon Albert A. Burleigh of Houlton
was was in town this Wednesday
morning looking after his candidacy
for the Republican nomination for SEN
ator from Aroostook county. Very few
things in the political future are as
nearly certain as Mr.. Burleigh's nom
nation by an overwhelming majority.
1t looks to us as if the Republican
party would not pe using itself fairly
and would not be doing the square
thing at all by such man as Mr.. Bur
leigh, not to nominate him hands
down and then do its best toward
electting him. That Mr.. Burleigh
would be one of the most useful men
i'm the whole Maine senate, If he were
there. goes without question ON the
part of any one who knows anything
about his past career. Any county
honors itself by sending such man as
Mr.. Burleigh to represent it,
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17

duction ON such commodities. The
middlcman merely adds to his profits.
If the Senate should join with the
House in passing this bill, the olive
oil producers will have to look to
President Taft to save their industry
from destruction. Other industries
are ia the same fix. The Democrats
could not give Mr.. Taft better cam
paign weapon than TO pass tariff
bill tearing down American industries
and thereby enable him TO veto it.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17


Say. what's the use in taking stock IN
all the things we hear.
Why rip the lining out of Jones anu
make Smith look so queer?
You cannot always tell, my boy-perhaps
it's all lie
just get around behind the tree anu
watch yourself go by
"You will find that things look different;
the crooked parts are straight,
That Smith is not the only man who
sometimes stays out late.
Perhaps your Wife's own husband some
times gets all awry.
SO get around behind the tree and watch
yourself go by.
I'm business as in pleasure, and in the
social life,
1t doesn always pay. my boy, to let
yourself run rife.
So try and do the best fer those who in
YOUR pathway lie,
And get around behind tree and watch
Boston American.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17
Trouble.

Some Of your friends say you will
be candidate and some say you
won't"
We'll" replied the wary statesman
what do you expect me to do at this
stage of the game? Break in. and try
to be umpire ?"-Washington Star.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-02-17
Coming Events

Fob 27-E. kenuebec Pomona. River
side.
March Especial Election or state son
atofs IN Androscogsin and Waldo Co9n=
tics.
March educational Civic Federation,
Washington. f.. &.
March Somerset County Veterans
and Ladies' AuNiliary. Skowhesau.
March Especial Election OF state Sen
atofs ia York County
March Estate Board OF Trade. Au-
Mareh l5-Meeting of Governor ami
Council
Maren 20-speciol Session of Maine
March 27-Malno Methodist Confersno.
at Lewiston
April Fast Maine Methodist Con
terence, RockIand
April 10-Statc Republican Convention.
Bangor.
Junc 5-6-piYision Encampment, Sons OF
Veterans, at Gardiner.
June 5-6-Muiue Division. Sons OF Vet
Grams, Bangor.
June lS-Natlonal Republican Couven.
tion Chicaeo
lane 26-2s-Aiainc Pharmaceutical Assn
Convention, ST. Andrews, y. Il.
July 2G-Aug 2-Fhe Young Peoples
Missionary Conference. Ocean Park.