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The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04
TAXING CAREY ACT LANDS.

1t is hoped that the state supreme court will soon be able
to pass upon and settle the question Of taxing Carey Act land
before it is patented by the government. In this part OF the
state, where the Carey Act land comprises most of the really
taxable area, it is a serious question indeed. Almost one
half our total taxable valuation is in such lands; the rest is in
town and corporation property. If this land can escape tax
alton, getting for its owners all the benefits of school and
councy and state government with the legal right to vote still
further burdens on corporations and towns and owners of pat
ented lands, it is time to know it before bonded and other in
debtedness is allowed to grow too big. fthe taxes OF all the
people are to be paid by only one-half Of them, it's time for
the burden bearing one-half to know it.
1t is not given to the Recorder to judicially determine the
liability to pay taxes on this Carey Act land-but it isn't a
good citizenship spirit that urges the anti-tax campaign. 1t
may have the support of the written law as interpreted by
some fetch %worshiping courts. But paying taxes to help sup
port the government is a moral duty, whatever the written
law of evasion; and no man can measure up to a high enough
standard Of citizenship who inyokes technicaities that would
require another man to bear his load. And it is a mere
technicality in this case. There is an attenuated chance that
there will be a delay in getting a government patent to these
Carey Act lands; but not one per cent of the probability Of
the chance to lose ones house by fire or ones horse by acct
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04
H TARIFFS ONLY A SYMPTOM, 0 A DISEASES

1t is purely a speculation, that can not be proven either
way, as to what would have happened if Taft had been re-
elected. Prices of labor, of living, of produce, of manufac
lures, have not gone down, despite the tariff agitation. They
may do so, however. when the changed law goes into effect.
Yet it is doubtful whether any prices are going to fall appre-
Gladly because of the changsng tariff 1t has all the effect OF
an opera boufe or moving picture-show war; with a few real
warriors, maybe--muzzled and law-cipped-and a host OF
salaried, cigarette smoking, dilettante warriors who don t in
tend to soil their stage uniforms or muss up the scenery. 1t
is doubtful whether anything short of a permanent, powerful
tariff board will ever effect an equitable change IN the tariff.
And this year raises a grave question of whether after all the
tariff is the sole or even the chief culprit in the high-price war.
Ineficiency in production, and an abnormal, exaggerated idea
of rights and necessities on the part Of the worker; an in
excusable multitude of non producing middle-men and go
betweens; and traffic and trust combinations at the top that
juggle the laws of trade and Of the courts for their own gain.
Maybe the tariff is after all a mere bugaboo, that %f1ghtens
but never touches us while the real dangers pluck us, unseen
This country needs a social. a business and a moral educa-
tional awakening such as Father jain brought to the
once divided and distracted Germany when he preached phys
zeal efficiency and patriotism through the Turnverein. We
need more efficient production; the abolition or transform
alton of our parasitic, idle rich classes; the training ofthe nat
ional conscience SO that the law will not give nor the lndiyid-a
ual receive an uneaIned income, a tax on those who work;
and enough training in the rudiments Of business to find al
way to abolish special privilege and an excessive non-produc-
ing middleman class.
This revolution will have to come through the schools; it
can not be expected through pulpit, or patriotism that mere
l yields a sword or shoulders a musket, or through politics
that works for the spoils Of office.
The new Idaho state school commission, which starts in
practically unhampered by law, and with the whole field of
commons sense to choose from, has a golden opportunity to
start this great new national movement.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04
When Men Carried Muffs.

We would call men effeminate II
they carried muffs, but for nearly a
century, beginning in the reign OF
George III, they were as much USED
by men as by women. We see them
still on the stage when old plays like
"School for Scandal are revived, and
the sight of them is curious in our
eyes. Quaint %conceits there were in
those times and earlier with regard to
muffs, many of which have been re-
peated to please modern women AS
long ago as 1903 there are records. in
the wardrobe accounts of Prince Hen
ry, of two embroidered muffs, n of
cloth of silver embroidered with
"purles, plates and Venice twists Of
silver and gold, the other Of black
sateen embroidered with black silk
and bugles."
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION

l, N. Shockley, of Richield, Idaho,
assignee of Andrew j. Davis, who
made entry No. 1125 under the
provisions of an act of the legisla-
ture of the state of Idaho, common
ly known as the Carey Act
approved March Bird, 1899, which EN-
braces NW1-4 SEA- Of section l, town
ship A south, range IS east B.
NJ, do hereby givenotice OF my in
tention to make final proof to es-
tablish my claim to the land above
described, andthat l expect to prove
that l have resided on, reclaimed
and cultivated said land as required
by law, before Charles j.. Isle,
representative of the state board
of land commissioners at Rich-field,
Idaho, on September 9th, 1918, by two
of the following witnesses:
A. j. Davis, N. j. Cole, j. S. Gildea,
C. H. Crawford, all of Richfield, Idaho.
N. SHOCKLEY,
Entryman
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04

lars Isl, CO0) Of coupon bonds of said
Districq. Said bond to be Of the de-
nomination of One Thousand Dollars
Isl, O00), to run for five years from
August IL, 1918, and to be redeemable
and payable at the expiration of said
five years from date of August II, 1913,
and to bear interest not greater than
six Co. per cent per annum, payable
semi-annually.
Sealed bids for the sale of said bonds
will be received by Henry Fulbright,
clerk of SAID School District No. 8, at
his home north of Richfeld, Idaho. in
said District No. 8, at any time up to
noon of September II, 1913. Said
Board reserves the right to reject any
and all bids received. No bids will be
considered for less than par.
Board of Trustees of School District
No. 8, Lincoln County, Idaho,
FRED A. ENGLE, Chairman.
HENRY FULBRIGHT, Clerk.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04

A bath In which four horses car
stand in hot brine, has just been NJ
ted up at Droitwich, England. Ihe
bath has been built so that the horses
can walk into four stalls, where they
will find themselves in about 2 feet =
Inches of warm brine. After standing
in this for the number of hours or
dered by a veterinary surgeon they
will be brought out, dried and proper
~ bandaged, to avoid all risk OF catch
ing cold.
Droitwich brine is twelve times as
strong as ordinary sea-water, n the
cure is intended for racehorses. polo
ponies and hunters. The proprietor
says that he has for years used the
brine, made hot, on lame horses by
dipping b~andages in 1t and applying
them to the legs. He has found the
cure successful for strains, bangs and
rheumatism.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04
HANGING UP STOCKING
BY GUsSIE NEssLER.

ooh, l believe in Santa Claus and
IN hangin' up my stocking'?" repeated
the girl from the clock department.
We'll, should say l do! If all that
part of it was taken out of my kid life
there wouldn't be much left to smile
over. I'm not the only one who thinks
like that, either.
IF Santa Claus doesn't do another
thing on earth, he keeps the kids
straight for a while, anyway, and that
helps a lot when there are several or
wen more of them and only one
mother and father. With most girls
Santa Claus is good for a whole
months mindin' and dom as told, and
even the boys toe the line for a week
at least and the squally kids let them
selves be shook still when they are
told if they don't stop they won't get
anything in their %stockin's.
"Hangin' up your stockin'l Amt
that about the best that ever happens
to a poor kid? Well, l should say yes,
and rich ones get something out of it,
too, l suppose. The stockin' must be
tAO iOA6CCt liz III lAC 4Ouott uOL U6-
cause you are greedy but because you
want to give Santa Claus a chance to
be as generous as he wants to be.
1t must be hung right. Then it will
not be overlooked or hard to find.
You begin about six o'clock in the
evenin' to get your stockin' hung to
suit you, and you are spanked back to
bed at midnight for sneaking out in
your bare feet for the eighth time to
place it more c~onspicuously. Then
you cry yourself to sleep, or what
passes for sleep on that night, so
eventful and nerve rackin'. Real
sleeps out of the question, as you
have been present all day at the din
ner preparations and are so stuffed
with odds and ends of everything you
can scarcely waddle after you tumble
out of bed to arrange and rearrange
the stockin'. They can hardly get a
whimper out of you when you are
spanked-not too much, just enough
to show you that ma is still on the job,
Santa Claus or no Santa Claus. Final
ly you fall asleep feelin' about as you
do when you are ridin' on the cars
are not undressed.
AT daylight or earlier you are
awake and, like a flash, it all comes to
you. Santa Clausi The stockin'i You
ire up with a spring on the Ice cold
1oor and openin' the door to get a
)eep at your present.
Il remember the first Christmas
hat came around after pa died. I
NOW now that ma didn't have any
more money than was needed to get
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04

along with, so it took some work and
fggerin' to get that stockin' filled.
But I'll bet you, for every ounce she
put into it that time she has taken out
many a pound of love since. She
lost anything for what she
did.
1T was her own stockln', as mine
wasn't considered big enough, and l
had been assured that Santa Claus
would not know the difference.
when | got the first glance of it on
Christmas mornin' and saw it was
filed almost to burstin' and hat a
beautiful doll was beside it holdin' out
its arms to me, | was so frightened,
surprised and happy that l woke up
ma with my cryin'.
I'm mercy's name, child, what is
it?' she asked. All | could do was to
gasp and sob. He has been herel
Looki'
Honest, If live till die I'll never
forget that mornin'. Nothin' would
make me touch the stockin' with the
mysterious gifts in it. Ma had to pile
out in the cold and hoist me and the
whole business into bed, where l could
examine everything at my leisure. AS
for breakfast! The idea of any one
wantin' oatmeal on such a mornin'i
Il had to get acquainted with that
doll and take a bite off the candy
cane and the candy dog. Who wants
bread and butter when there are an
orange, nuts, figs, dates and bonbons
to eat? Even dinner had no DRAWN
power against such attractions, for l
was so happy over what Santa Claus
had brought me that l haven't got
it yet.
Kids are kids, with kids minds
and kids thoughts in EN-, and kids,
hopes and fears and joys, too, an
Santa Claus belongs to EN-, and an
one who takes him away from the
couldn't ever have hung up his ow
stockin'."
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04
NOTICE OF SPECIAL ELECTION


Notice is hereby given, that pu~-
suant to ordinances numbered 27.
28 and 20, there will be he'd at the
Recorder Publishing Co. Office. in
the Village of Richfield, County of
Lincoln, and State of IDAHO, on SEN
TENDER 18Th, 1913, a special election
CT the qualified electors who are tax
payers OF said village for the pur-
pose of ~yotingfor or against the fol-
lowing several propositions:
l. The issuing OF bonds, puIsu-
ant to said ordinance number II, to
the amount OF two thousand dollars
$4,000 70 provide for the funding
OF outstanding Indebtedness of the
said village evidenced by and 0 st
ing OF warrants described in said
ordinance, such bonds to mature five
hundred dollars ($500) on January
LIST of each Of the years 1915 to
1918 inclusive.
2. The issuing of bonds pursu-
ant to said ordinance number 2S, to
the mount of fifteen hundred dol
lars C$1,500) to provide for side
walks in and for. said village, said
bonds to mature five hundred dol
lars ($500) January LIST of each
of the years 1918, 1919 and 1920.
8. The issuing Of bonds, pursu-
ant to ordinance number 20, to the
amount of five thousand dollars,
$4,000, to provide for the purch-
ase of a building site and the con
struction thereon ofa public building
for the use of the village, such
bonds to mature five hundred dol
lars ($500) January LIST in each of
the years 1922 to 1881 inclusive
Said respective ordinances do, a.
mong other things, provide that
there shall be levied an annual tax
to pay the interest on the bonds
mentioned in said respective ordi-
nances as it falls due and also to
constitute a sinking fund for the
payment of the principal of such re-
spective bonds at maturity. Such of
the bonds aforesaid as may be auth
orized at said election will be sod
pursuant to the provisions of sec
ton 2319 of the Political Code of
Idaho as now amended and will bear
interest at the lowest rate at which
such bonds can be negotiated.
The voting at such election will
De by ballot and the polls thereof
will be open from 9 o'clock in the I
morning until Z o'clock in the after =
noon. None but qualified electors
Who are tax payers of said village
ire, under the law, entitled to vote
1t said election.
Done this Sth day of August,
-913, by order of the Chairman and
he Board of Trustees of the Village
# Richfield and pursuant to the r
i5'ons of the 0 dinalces aforz said.
A. l.. FLETCHER,
Village Clerk.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04
Hurt Above the shoetop,

AS she was alighting from a trolle
near her home late Monday nigh
Miss Emma Sieger Of Brooklyn sill
ped and fell. Patrolman James Sla|
terry was at her side in a jiffy.
Where are you hurt?" he inquired
THAT is none of your business
was the sharp reply.
Madam, there are troublesom
times in the police department an
unless l send in a report l am yer,
liable to get a complaint" said tn
policeman.
Then just say l was injured abov,
the shoetop," exclaimed the young
woman as she walked to her home.
The report at the station house il
that Miss Sieger's shin was scraped
York Correspondence.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04

dent or theft or ones crop by an insect pest. Yet these 9th
er forms of property are taxable; and they are not more read
lily transferable than Carey Act land. 1t is childish to argue
the law, when every man knows that when one man fails
to carry his part of the tax burden, he is sponging off every
other man who does pay. This cannot apply to the man who
hadn't the money to pay his taxes; only to the desire to in
ton.
Taxes have been high, and it has been as great a burden
to the Recorder as to any one else, to pay on Carey land and
on other property. But for every man who lives here, en-
joys our schools, our roads, our government, the protection
of the laws, there is an obligation to pay and not to ask 9th
ers to pay for him.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04
School Bonds for Sale.

Notice is hereby given that the trus-
tees of School District No. 8, of Lin
coin County, Idaho, will offer for sale
to the highest bidder for cash, lawful
money of the United States, on Sep
TENDER 18th, 1913, at l o'clock p. m. at
the school house in said district, north
of Richield, Idaho, One Thousand Dol
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04
WHO WILL HE BE

There is being quite a bit of gossip, even during this hot
weather, on who is to be the next governor. There's a lot
of time to decide that; every man is entitled to at least one
vote--his own--on honest belief 1t might be any one of a
dozen named candidates or a thousand good possibilities; no
one man is essential.
But whoever he IS
He is going to come closer to the workaday common peo-
pie than has been customary! His name doesn't matter!
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04

The Capital News wonders at the Recorders advocating
the use Of alcohol for fuel, SO saon after Lincoln county went
wet We always favored burning the stuff; using it to
fire a stove or an engine instead of to fire a man from his job
or from his family. It's like a kicking mule that you can't
sell, or a fea-covered sheep dog you can't give away---a good
enough servant ont in the stable and in the fields, but scan
dalous brother to invite into the parlor and the home. Alco-
hol wouldn't intoxicate a stove or an engine!
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04

Whether one may believe the state should or should not
advertise at the San Francisco fair, no one is going to doubt
that, since the appropriation has been made, Major Reed,
the commissioner, is going to give Idaho at least that much
real, optimistic publicity. He and Prof Jones will make
some of the optimlsts from other states look like a pessimist
with a threatened attack of five or six new, formidable dis
eases he couldn't name SO as to buy even a quack remedy.
going to put Idaho on the map, in shining red!
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04

II some one will furnish the money, and some one else
the technical experience, the Recorder will join the partner
shipNwith the ideas for an Idaho automobile that should clean
up the market. The auto is here to stay--but it must be
built to stay out of the repair shops. No one with much
travelling to do can afford to use a horse these days. Butthe
ultimate machine hasn't yet been built.
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04

Nobody could read the six-page editorial defense of the
shoe machinery trust in 'The Fra, without wondering if
Ebert Hubbard ism a far closer and more serviceable fra
to the awfully rich than to the awfully poor. He reminds
one of Bailey and Standard Oi--and the common people!
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04

There may be no war with Mexico. And again, there
may be. No statesman or prophet can guess closer!
The Richfield recorder. (Richfield, Idaho) 1909-1931, 1913-09-04

Bread From Dried Goldfish.
In Iceland a bread is made from the
flesh of dried Goldfish beaten to q
powder.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-20
Albee

Fred St. John Of Wayburn, Canada
arrived last Wednesday night and
visited with the Geo w. Friday family
for a few days, left for Watertown
and Clear Lake Friday night return.
ing Tuesday morning, leaving again
on the morning train for Minneapolis.
The Item a weekly paper printed at
Revillo under date of June 18th 1878,
had an article on the Revillo-Albee
base ball game that was played on
our diamond on sunday June 9Th.
We wish to correct this article, as it
was trimmed with too wide a ''foun-
cing'' and alltogetr err TO much mater
ial was used. Don't think the article
was copywrited. neither was il 'Paris
Style OF ga me Mt. TO the fans that
Witnessed the game, and read the arti-
Gle must with all honesty say it was a
one-sided game and in favor OF
the Albee base ball team. WI assure
the Item and the Revillo team that
there is no i'll feeling. only we wish to
comment on the article a. it was got
ton up, and there were too many hits
on the wrong Size of the 'edger, and
that the Revillo team suffered from
overdraft. This article is not copy
writed and can be used again.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-20

Insure your growing crops against
hail in an old reliable Insurance Co.
Call on Martens Bros, Milbank, S.
d. It
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-20
Madison Two

Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Hoyt and child
rem OF Milbank Sundayed at the Ans.
den home.
Mrs. Chas. Miller and son Ray OF
Hanse are visiting at the 5. &. Nor
ton home at present.
The dance in Hennings barn was
well attended and enjoyed by all.
Miss Dotson Of Milbank spent Sun
day with her friend Miss Darling.
They also attended the picnic AT La
bolt.
Mrs. Amsden and Mrs. Harvey
Hoyt called on Mrs. Chas. Siers Sun
day afternoon.
Mrs. Kruger and two littl e daught-
ers her mother and two sisters ex pect
to leave for Goodrich, N. D.. Tues
day the 18th for a visit with Mrs. kru
gers sister Mrs. Chris Hitler.
a great deal Of road work was done
10 this nelghborhood last week.
Seven from here attended the picnic
IN the Bally grove at Labolt Sunday.
The bal game betweeu Madison and
Labolt Sunday was won by the latter
score 9 to IL
Oscar Manning Chas. Raw and Art
Chrisman were Milbank visitors Sat
urday evening.
There is to be a dance at Frank
Teddys' Friday evening the .0th and
one IN c.. w. Amsden's barn tine 9th
a good time assured at both places
and ever ybodys' welcome.
! Art Chrisman called at Mortous2
Sunday evening.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-20
East Melrose

Rev. Mueller OF Big Stone was a
caller at Rev. Kahl's Tuesday.
Miss Efle Hoeke, who has been
performing domestic duties for Mrs,
John kocKx, returned home Tuesday.
Melrose was pretty we'll thined out
during circus time in Milbank.
Miss Ella Johnson Of OrtonyilIe,
spent a few days with her sister, Mrs.
B. Hoffbeck.
One Of Joe Van de Voort's boys
contracted blood poison from the
scratch OF a rusty nail on his hand
and is in a very serious condition
The road overseers with their force,
in. the neighboring districts became
very active by the looks of the re
paired roads. Intelligent and splend
ed work is done.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-20
The Thrift Of Glasgow.

Glasgow sets a splendid example OF
thrift and enterprise to the other cities
and towns Of Great Britain. 1t does
not even scOrn to collect and sell it's
waste paper and to traffic in scrap
iron. thus adding many hundreds a
year to its exchequer. Its cleansing de-
partment does business with half the
counties Of Scotland. 1t owns nearly
1000 railroad cars and does a wide
range of business from bog reclaiming
TO market gardening and butchers
wOrk.-LOndOn Tit Bits.
The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1913-06-20

The Revillo Item, speaking Of the
death OF Frank Hink who died from
lockjaw ia the hospital 1T Ortonyilie
after the runaway accident IN which
mis- leg was broken, gives the follow
ing obituary.
Frank Hink was born July %, 1894
at Idavrove, IOWA. Do the 18th 81
February. 1906, ne was united 10 mar.
riage to Miss Gertrude Hartgenbush,
and to this union was born four child
rem. In the summer of 1907 they
moved to Summit, S. D., whp re they
made their home for two years, when
they rented the G. M. Engebretsou
farm. one mile east Of Revillo. In
tire year of 10il they became tenants
on the Ed ward SpieriDg farm two
miles past of this village. The De.
ceased is survived by . wife and four
children, the oldest child being siz
years old and the youngest child be-
ipE 4sixteep mOesAs. He also leaves :