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Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-24
TOO BIG FOR PRIVATE ENTER
PRISE.

We have heard a great amount
of talk during the past few years
about the opening of the Bruneau
project, but it now seems quite GER
tain that this great tract will revert
back to the government to be open
ed under the reclamation act
While at one time it was stated that
the necessary s25, ,OOO,O 900 had been
pledged to finance the enterprise,
under the present uncertain condi-
ton of Carey act securities in Idaho,
there seems to be an inclination on
the part of private enterprise to let
it alone, and hence the movement
has been put on foot to turn it over
to the government.
This proposed Bruneau project is
considered one of the largest ever
undertaken in this country. II
embraces practically 100000 acre:
of the finest agricultural land to be
found. The cost of the project, in.
Guiding a complete water system, i
placed at s2l 100000. The system
includes a great reservoir taking il
a portion of the city of American
Falls.
| Governor Haines in discussin,
this matter briefly said the matte
had not been presented in any form
to the state land board, although h
said he had heard it discussed.
1T seems to me-" he said, tina
the greatest need in this state j
good settlers on the irrigation pro
jects we already have. am toll
that there are thousands of acres c
land lying idle on the projects W
have in operation. l would rathe
have the energies of the state an
the people turned toward securin
good settlers for these tracts befor
D others are opened up.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-24
TO OsETTLEAssEssMENTPROBLEM

All members of the public utili-
ties commission are in Shoshone
today for the purpose of meeting
assessors and commissioners from
Gooding, Lincoln and Minidoka
counties and representatives of the
Twin Falls North Side Land Il
Water company and the Idaho Irri-
CATION company.
This meeting has been made ne
cessary by difference of opinion
that has arisen among the officials
of the three counties named as to
how the valuation of the two big
irrigation companies should be di-
vided among the three counties.
This is one of the problems growing
out of the creation of Gooding and
Minidoka counties by the last legis-
lature.
i At the close of the conference in
Shoshone the public utilities COM
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-24
DON'T WANT THE EXTENSION.

The state land board at a recent
meeting granted an extension of one
year to the settlers on the Salmon
River tract in which to make tinal
proof. To this some of the settlers
make objection as they feel that the
extension is more for the benefit of
the speculator than the actual resi-
dent land holder. Accordingly a
protest has been presented to the
board against their order for the
extension. In closing this protest
the settlers offer the following per-
tinent suggestion to the land board
which if it had been followed in
former years would have eliminated
much of the troubles that have beer
occasioned between the company
and the settlers.
If it may not be considered un
duly advisory, we take this occa
sion to respectfully suggest to you
honorable body that, if, when
land and water company signitie
its intention of announcing that
is ready to deliver water and ope
a project for settlement, you wi
investigate and ascertain that tn
water supply and canal system al
in proper condition to permit Of
full delivery, one year in which
make final proof on the lands
sufficient time and better protect
the interests Of those who are to b,
come actual settlers. Under I'll
conditions on this project, we b'
lieve that, such notice having bee
, given by the Twin Falls-Salmo
: River Land and Water company
5 April, 1918, and this being the thin
year the entrymen have had
which to make final proof on the
lands, they have had sufficient tin
$ in spite of the representation of Il
e fact that there was not full deli
o cry of water during 1911, or Il
e first year"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-24

A Chicago dispatch states that a
meeting of tinahciers was held there
the first of the week in the interest
of the affairs Of the Kuhn projects
Ralph Van Netchen, vice president
Of the Continental and Commercial
Savings bank, where the conference,
was held, stated that it was hopec
by those present to work out plar
whereby the company may soon be
taken out of the hands of the re
ceivers and placed on a substantial
basis"
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-24

The dispatches tell of most dis
couragng news to the farmers OF
portions of the Daxotas and Kansas.
Extremely hot weather has pre-
vailed in these sections, the ther-
mometer registering rs high as 10
at some places and with no rain Tor
some time the crops are fast burn
ing up. A farmer near Seneca, ..
OAK, writes that their crops are
pretty well dried up-for the fourth
year now. He says he has in 25C
acres of wheat, so acres of speltz, AZ
acres OF oats and so acres of rye
and will not thresh bushel of any
kind. He said they would be i'm
bad fix were it not for the cattle
Many settlers have left, and more
are going, he says. While th'
farmers of this section have ha'
some reasons to complain about th
water service, they have had moth
ing like the above to contend witt
and snould congratulate themselve
that they are where they can hav
water when it is needed.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-24

The subject of a bond issue
of a few hundred dollars seems
to create n sort of hysteria
among a certain class of citizens in
the average small town. Perhaps
this class Of citizens might be inter
ested in a dispatch from Chicago
under date of July 18th which
says: Cook county (Chicago
is bankrupt. II it were pri-
vate corporation it would be in q
receivers hands In making this
statement today. President McCor-
mick Of the county board explained
that the county is S2, BIZ 900 II
debt, with no assets in sight tt
cover the deficit. This condition Is
due to making appropriations basec
on estimates Of what the tax lev,
will be, and for several years thes'
estimates have been greater than
the money actually collected.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-24

The Twin Falls Daily Press an
nounces that they have acquired the
property Of the News, published al
that place and will continue the
same as weekly in connection
with their daily. We are pleased
to see this evidence of prosperity on
the part Of our friends, Messrs
Melvin < Milligan.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-24

The proposed local option election
in Bingham county has been post
poned on account Of the fact that
the petitioners asking for it failed
to secure the requisite number Of
signers to the petition.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-24

The Mexican situation is reported
more critical this week than at any
time since the warfare began, until
now it is not considered that life or
property is safe in any part of that
nation. The foreign powers look
for intervention by the United
States at any time.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-24

The president has withdrawn
from entry various unsurveyed
islands in Snake river. near Twin
Falls, on the assumption they some
day may he valuable for power de-
velopment. He also withdrew II,
100 acres on the Salmon river foi
pnMer rites.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-24
$500 Per Year
MAY CAUSE TROUBLE.

The recent decision of Judge
DIETRICH, of the Federal court in
taking the assessment from govern
ment reclamation lands, may lead
to all kinds of annoyances especially
for the new created county of Mini
doka, and if this decision should be
followed by putting Carey act lands
under the same ruling, Gooding
county may also come in for a share
OF this trouble, as it is not thought
that either county under this deci-
sion will have the legal amount of
assessable property to entitle it to
be an Independent county. Should
this be the case all kinds of troubl
will follow. All of the acts of the
new counties will have to be legal
lied, and even the marriages per-
formed since the division would
all have to be done over.
The Rupert Pioneer, while SEEM
ing to have no fear as to the re-
quired valuation, has other grounds
for complaint, as will be seen by
reference to its comment on the
decision last week
The decision, however, raises a
few peculiar and interesting ques-
tions. The reduced valuation may
affect to some extent, the school
districts Of the project, just how
much is not known and will not be
until figures are brought down to a
fine point.
The most interesting is the set
tlement made between the parent
county and the new one. Under
the settlement made by the ap-
. praisers and the referee, the law
creating the new county was fol-
flowed, regardless of the protest
made by the appraiser for Minidoka
county and the fact that the case
just decided was then pending. The
! part of the bill covering this point
o reads as follows:
n That the County of Minidoka
Il shall pay such portion of said
: debt as its total assessed value As
v Now Appears as shown by the
d assessment roll of 1912 bears to the
" total assessed value of Lincoln
d county as it now exists Upon
this basis the assessment of the
l. land, which under the decision, is
IT illegal, was figured into the total
re and Minidoka county was saddled
he with that much illegal debt, and
r was also handed neat package by
II having a delinquent tax list of this
is land given to it, dating as far back
n as 1909. Further it was given {
n- delinquent tax list which many
10 DCOplt III NilO llCN NOuuiN llOlu llCil
N official receipts. These lists are t,
rt cover Minidoka county's part of tn
is assets of the old county, but canno
a be collected because of the decision
he and the fact that the people hol'
av receipts for large part of it.
is 1t is not thought that the citizen
sts of the new county will have muc
sympathy from Lincoln county
De- from the fact that the whole divis
an ion scheme was hatched by a fe'
nd county seat agitators, and AS it
ed we'll said that he who laughs la
Ter laughs best, the citizens of I'll
os- present boundaries of Lincoln cou
la- ty can sit back and enjoy the tangl
ent ments the turn of affairs have takel
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-24

We will probably hear more
wailing about undue publicity"
another week, which usually fol
lows any expose of underhanded
methods practiced by the company
unon the settlers.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-24

missioners will go to Pocatello to
consider the equalization of certain
taxes in that community where the
work of the county commissioners
has been questioned.
Lincoln County times. (Jerome, Idaho) 1911-1919, 1913-07-24
VOL. 3.

A decreased flow Of water in the
canals yesterday, was caused &C.
cording to report from the com
pany's office. by break in the big
canal near Wilson Lake.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-15
onsn Windows at NIGHT.

II Is difficult TO get doctors to agree
and to agree with the patient listener
For years ! had been a slave TO the
open, window. the fresh air at night.
That doctrine OF the 0pen bedroom
window was my obsession. but recently
doubt crept in. BY accident the bed
room window had been closed, and /
slept peacefully and woke refreshed
In a clo-sed room. There was no ven
lilstion of the Official medical variety
70 "a medical journalist l put tho prob
lem Of the window at night, and. 20
my establishment. be told me that 1
am an animal when sleep and do not
wunt fresh air at all.
"Look nj the animals. When they
sleep they choose the stufiiest hooks
they can Gnd. and they know what IS
best for them. Shut your bedroom
windows NJ night and open them in the
morning" And when | reflected on
the dormousc and the dog ! am en-
Outraged TO tuck my nose with the
other animolS.--London Chronicle.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-15
"A v.ry Monstrous Great SHIP"

In her Life of James w. Miss |.
\. Taylor says that James was untir-
Ing in his efforts toward the realiza-
Ion OF a good Scottish feet In 1911
thc building Of the ST. Michael, "a
very monstrous great ship" was com
pleted. "All the woods in Fife, save
one. had been laid waste 10 build her."
and material was also imported from
Norway. According to Lindsay. this
wonder ship. which was 240 feet long
and 30 broad, numbered all Scotland
70 -et her TO the sea" Her sides were
ten feet thick within walls of oak.
and she cost the king, all told. some
10000 He paid her daily visits when
she lay In the roads. often dining and
supping on hoard. and exhibiting her
to the lords and ladies he brought
with bin. Henry VIII, was covetous
Of her. but when the singular request
was preferred that James would
grant Henry the loan of the apple Of
his eye. the great St Michael. the
Kings reply was to the effect that .r
he would make peace with France he
might command all his ships SIX
months after their kings death rho
Scottish government sold this desirable
shin IL Louis XII.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-15
BENNINGTON, VT. DEC. 1t, 1913.

In the case OF Knapp against the
Waxed paper company settled In
county court last week an injustice
was done that ought 10 open the
eyes Of the public 10 4 condition that
is q disgrace to civilized state.
Mr. Knapp, poor man, working
for small wages was Injured for life
while In pursuit OF his regular en-
plcyment. He will never again be
able bodied as he was before and
must always suffer from the handi-
cap due to the accident. He brought
suit against the company and MS
case was settled for Il beggarly $500
or somewhere about that sum. Out
OF this little sum MIR. Knapp VIII
have to pay mis- lawyer and his doe
tors bills. At the best he won't get
over 5000 for his loss of time and in
juries from which he can never re-
cover. 1t is n shameful injustice
and one OF those things that lead 10
class friction and adds To the hatred
OF the poor for the rich. Nov the
injustice done IL not the fault OF the
wax paper company. In fact II has
paid more than It can afford to and
Is itself the yicdm of injustice. The
injustice Is not the fault OF the
courts and the lawyers. Judge Slack
and the attorneys in the case de-
serve credit for doing the best they
could under the laws and conditions
Az they are. The fault lies In the
state trying 10 use an old English
common law system which does not
1T modern industrial conditions.
What we need is compulsory work
mems compensation that would com
pei the payment Of respectable
amounts in case OF accidental death
or serious injury and which would
compel these payments without law
suit and court expense. Such an act
too would not cripple an employer OF
small capital like the wax paper COM
pany for a decent workmen's compen
sation acl groups employers into
classes and tho whole class becomes
responsible and no one little
company would be put out OF Dusi-
ness by an accident for which 1t Is
only indirectly 10 blame. such a
grouping OF employers makes the
burden on each one small and in fact
USUALLY saves them money through
saving expenses Of liability ipsur-
anco and the expenses Of litigation.
The Vermont constitution has now
been amended so as TO permit Il com
pulscry workmens compensation
ac. Every employer and every
workman should ge, behind The
movement to secure good honest
and effective compensation law in
Vernon.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-15
WoMAN's CLOTHES
What Mother Wore Compared with
Present Modest Styles

FlSoCnN "SNCSb OAJ'SS
"Jemima Jane" the husband said,
''we go this eve to dine with Jones;
now, wear sane hat on your head,
and decent rags upon your bones.
You're goln in for modern styles,
and think 1t wisdom, suppose; and
you are spending piles and piles Of
hard earned rocks for bughouse
clothes. / do not kick at the exp
ense. bnt when you go abroad with
me, want your dress to show some
sense--l care not what the fashions
be.
In olden days when | was young,
the women dressed with sense and
taste; no natron on her person flung
dippy skirt or silly waist. The
women tried 20 hide their limbs, and
Inodestly they decked their frames;
the memory my eye bedlms when
look round on modern danes. So
don't array yourself. ashore, in
things hat make tho people stare
remember what your mother wore.
and something modest like II wear"
Jcmhna Jane. in sore distress,
went up 10 make the needed change.
She had n brand.new dress. with hob.
bles. Sits and dcodads strange; but
since hcr husband placed ban on
all The things she wished 10 VICAR,
the new dress was an aisoran and so
Jemjha tcro her hair. Her eye fell
oman ancient trunk. Jemima cried.
"'rhars what IN do! ~ wear
let ol mothers junk, that's not been
worn since SEQ
Sac logged herself from end TO end
in garments OF the grand CID days.
She wore q stately GrecIsn bend and
monumental whalebone stays; the
sleeves were tight, the waist was
fiaj. with foolish ribbons here and
there She wore dinky little hat
and knottcd net upon her hair. And
from the waistline to the floor the
dress WAS large enough 10 hold TWO
Coca ahapely limbs or more-but
oply Two did il Unfold.
Thon sho blyst on her husbands
gaze ard no evinced no signs Of bliss
bu, wildly cried in his amaze,
Gree. Scot! Who doggonc freak is
this? Can thlB be you, Jemima Jane
the woman that made my bride or
has tho weather soured my brain
and made me daft and orey-eyed?
Can this be you, the once sweet
maid vowed 10 cherish and protect,
or have my faculties all strayed?
Has something spoiled my intel
Ice, >"
1hosc are my mothers clothes"
said JGnc. tho kind OF rags you
IKE 40 best: you know thar they
are aalc and sane and modest Dill
yop cannot rest"
Go take item OF. MS voice
arose. and pus on something up 30
date ~ aoman wcro such duds Az
thcee, no man conld l,oep his brain
stra.Gh. ncver kneG our
mo- hora owned allegiance 10 such
nus;y styles. No wonder tina. our
fathcr groaned through life and
looked on death with smilosl"-
Wall Mason in Judge.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-15
Insurance and Assurance.

They were talking. the little group
of neonts. shout fhe words insurance
aud assurance. some claiming thar the
first ard some that the second was the
better word 20 use
I'm win a Scornrul laugh Boston
igcnt in gold trimmed spectacles said
"NuU are al very ignorant. lnsur-
lnce Is no better and no worse than
assurance Each has n special signih
'ance and each is equally good in its
place Tho place Tor assurance ~
where prccauiion Is taken against
ertaln.v-against. that is. death. Life
assurance. we should say If we spoke
with perfect correctness, The place for
insurance Il where precaution Is taken
IgainSr an uncertainty. such as fire.
,hlpwreck. burglary. Fire insurance
marine insurance. we should say
Exchange.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-15
European Nostalgia For West Africa. !

European Noataisis For West Africa.
There is wonderful charm about
West Africa. says Major Tremearne
in some Austial- African Notes and
Anecdotes" which few Europeans can
throw off. Then he tells of q man
who. after living for ten consecutive
years in lonely part of southern Nj
geria. made up his mind to have trip
home ana sailed away In splendid spir-
IFS.
Tho Gold Coast ports were part OF
West Africa, and so he managed 70
make himself fairly at home while
there. though the life on board ship
was already beginning TO bore him,
and he wished that he had never left
Nigeria. Sierra Leone lie did not like
nj ali rs It was not the West Africa
which appealed to him. and he began
TO long for his home IN the Lush. Aft
er leaving that port and with no sight
of land 10 cheer him he became des-
perate. and on arrival ut Las Palmas
he declared II shall 20 no farther. I
must return at once. ] have had quite
er0uGh oc Europe"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-15
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS. as they
cannot roach the seat al the disease. Ca
tarrh Is q blood or constitutional disease.
and In order "a cure It you must take in
ternal remedies Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally. ami acts directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces. Halls
Catarrh cure Is not qgack medicine. II
was prescribed by one Ni the best ply
sicians IN this country for years and Is
regular prescription II Is composed OF
the best tonics known. cOnbincd with the
best blood purifiers acting directly on the
mucous surface Tho perfect combine
ton OF tho two inrredlcrts Is what pro-
duces such wonderful rfsultg In curing
catarrh. Send Tor testimonials free.
j.. J. CHENEY & CO.. rrbps.. Toledo. o.
Sold by Druggist price soc.
Take Halls amlly Pile Tor constipation.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-15
The Illooible Writer.

\ protest which Michelangelo once
made lo his nephew against his send
ing letters in illegible handwriting Will
arouse p great deaf OF sympathy In the
breast Of modern sufferers from the
same form Of rudeness. 1t is contain
ed In "a letter given in the Life Or
Michel neclo,"
II nevcr receive a letter from vow
without being thrown into a fever be
fore ! can read it. 1 nm at loss TO
know where yon learnt how to write.
Little love here. believe if yon had
30 Nri,e TO The biggest ass in the world
Won wonld take greater care threw
your !. 81 letter into the FIRE because
could not read t. cannot therefore
reply have already told you, and
constantly repeated that every time
get 81 letter from you fever attacks
me hsforo succeed In reading Il"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-15


hlit TO no SUCCESS. Then | used CutlclIra
soap and Ointment. | washed the sores
with Cuticura Soap then let them dry and
then 1 used the Cuticura Ointment. In a
few nights ! could sleep well and in two
weeks my hhnds were completely cured
(SigncD Mrs. George Pcllsey, Oct II, 1912.
generation Of mothers has found nosoap
so well suited for cleansing and purifying the
skin and hair of infants ana children Us
Cuticura Soap. It's absolute purity and re-
freshing fragrance alone are enough TO
recommend IL above ordinary skin SOAPS.
butthcre arc added to these qualities delicate
yet effective eluolhcnt properties. derived
from Cuticura Ointment which render It
most valuable IN overcoming tendency 10
distressing eruptlons and promoting nor
mai condition Of skin and hair health
Cuticura SOAP t25cJ and Cuticura ONT
ment (50c) sold everywhere Liberal ample
OF each mailed free. With 32-p book Adj
d,ess postcard CG;icura. Dept. T, Boston"
SF-Alen who shave End shampoo win Gu
tic,ra SOAP win ndit best FOR skip and -calp.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1913-12-15

\ young lady from the city was 20.
lng one summer 10 make her first visit
20 n consn in the county At the sta
tlon size WAS met by the cousin. and
after ha!f hours drive he told her
they were approaching his farm.
IN one Of The broad fields that met
the Young lady's attentive eye stood q
windmill and gathered around IL. some
stanl.n2 and samc reclining. were
several hogs
Welt. that beats anything ever
heard o." exclaimed the fair one. al
didn't know that You farmers were so
considerable
What docs" aueried the county
rouEln
THAT otc; 5 ,ader" replied the city
girl polniiu. . pretty finger Just
thlHk of having fan out In the field
20 keep those hogs Cool"-Christian
Endcavor World