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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-06-27
For years Bruin has been per

For years Bruin has been per.
mitted to roam unmoiesteI. The
hotel garbage can has been his and
many times has he taken the pro.
visions of campers in various parts
of Uncle Sans domain, secure in
the knowledge that he would receive
no greater punishment than being
driven away.
AS a result of not being shot or
disturbed in other ways, Bruin has
multiplied. No place in the world
has such bear population as the
Yellowstone. California, where the
bear is an emblem, is as nothing.
In California they shoot their en-
blems, while in the park it is a
crime to point gun at one.
There are bears everywhere. If
man goes fishing he is likely to
look over his shoulder and find a
bear waiting for his portion of the
catch. If he camps out at night,
bears fall over his tent ropes in an
effort to locate his grub box"
Bears sit alongside the roads and
grin at the stage drivers. They
greet the cooks at the Guyser hotel
the first thing in the morning and
are the ones to bid him q last good
night. The expression, cts bear"
is said to have originated here.
Bruins fate has been decreed, so
it is said, by an irascible army Of
ficer, who recently took an outing
here. Said officer is of high rank,
comparatively speaking. He enter
ed Yellowstone prepared to have a |
good time. His commissary was
laden with fresh meat and materials |
for charlotte russo, and in addition
he brought along fresh vegetables.
He arrived with his family, at his
place just about dusk. The
trained servitor-trained in every
hing save bears--put up the tent and
made supper All turned in think
ing of what a nice breakfast they
would enjoy.
But they didn't enjoy it.
When they awakened at sun up,
was devoured. Even the
,orn starch. The officer had to ride
20 miles for material for feeding.
He has recommended that bears
)e thinned out, and it is related that
he has influence enough to carry
)ut his suggestions to conclusion.
Hunters will not do the work. No,
he soldiers will shoot the bears
md will kill enough to control the
of some other high Of
icer losing his supply of rations.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-06-27
YOUR PRODUCTS WANTED.

idaho will have one of the pref
tiest buildings and one Of the best
all-round exhibits at the Panama-Pa-
cific International exposition in 1915
OF any state in the union" said Ma
jor Fred R. Reed, state commission
er of immigration, labor and stats
tics, who passed through Pocatello
yesterday on his way to the upper
valley of the Snake.
There is no use in taking the pub
lie into our confidence regarding de-
tails of how we intend to bring this
about" continued the major.
Should announce that the front
stoop Of the Idaho building would
be painted green someone would be
sure to object and demand red Our
plans compass the good of the entire
state. We intend to put Idaho on
the map and with the cooperation
of the agricultural and horticultural
Industries Of the tsate, we will swing
a tidal wave Of immigration to Ida.
no.
"My idea in the matter of exhibits
is to cut down the quantity and to
build up the quality. A thousand
pumpkins in line make an impress
sive display, but one blue ribbon
winning pumpkin is better than a
carload for exhibit purposes. II
Falls is found to raise the
best Turkey Red wheat in the state,
Ne will have Turkey Red wheat
rom American Falls. II nixon
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-06-27
MARKING OUR NORTHERN AMI
ALASKAN BOUNDARIES

Two of the biggest jobs of survey
ing ever attempted are the marking
of the boundary between Alaska and
Canada, which has just been COM
pleted, and the marking of the south
ern boundary of Canada, which is
now in progress. Both surveys,
says the July Popular Mechanics ma
gazine, in an illustrated article, are
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-06-27
BEARS AT RICHFIELD TRACT.

Did you know that there are big
live, really bears on the Richfielt
tract?
Bears like the kind that have
scared children for ages? Bears
black as tar, Dig as horse, bears
, that could eat several people day
and still be ready for good square
meal? Bears that come right out
into open country, miles and miles
and miles away from the mountains
and the timber, and say Wool"
right out loud and dare any one to
take it up?
Well, it's so. There are precise
ly such bears.
R. S. Mcintyre, who recently
bought the S. D. A. Ross place at the
north side of the Idaho Irrigation
Co. tract about 10 miles northwest
of Richfield, was out walking Sunday
with his wife, when they came right
on to hugh black bear. The ami
NAL was not more than rs yards
away, in some rough ground about
mile east of the Ross place, and on
ly little ways beyond the Neill
Morrison place. The bear was not
in the least alarmed-not one-half
so much so as Mrs. Mcintyre, who
was very certain that when he stood
up on his hind legs and said "Woof'
it was the mark of hunger and fer
ocity, and that he had two breakfasts
right in his hand. Mr.. Mcintyre,
while not armed, was not alarmed,
and he gave loud yell which at
tracted the animals attention the
other way. Without hurrying in the
least, and only after shifting the air
for a long time and "Woofing" a
number Of times, the bear finally
walked off; he YVES not looking for
trouble just then. After he had
gene, the McIntyres found q short
cut for home. Mr.. Mcintyre says
tLat the bear was as tall as a man,
when he stood up to investigate his
new visitors. The animal was APP
parently fat, and jet black, prime
coat which would be a prize indeed
for any one-evenfor the bear him
self.
Mr.. Ross, who sold the place, had
told that he believed there were
bears in that part of the country.
A year or so ago, he had a mare with
a little colt, that wandered out into
the rocks at about the same place
where this boar was seen. The mare
returned to the farm, greatly excit-
ed, without the colt. Mr. Ross sad
dl d her, and let her pick her way
out into tho rocks. Finally she be-
gan to show signs Of freight and ex-
element. He finally found the re-
mains of the little colt, half eaten by
some carniverous animal. Mr.. Ross
YVES certain that It must have been
killed by bear, though he could not
find any tracks to be certain.
AS near as can be learned, the bear
Is maverick, with no brand or own
srship anywhere; and he is there for
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-06-27
NO FEDERAL BUILDING

BECAUSE UuClG Odu CduuOI uAuCi
the law commence the erection of a
public building in Pocatello costing
il excess of $4,000 and because bid
ders on two different occasions fail
ed to bid within that figure, Poca-
tello will be compelled to worry a
long for another year at least with
her present inadequate postoffice
quarters. Senator Brady will make
an effort to secure special approp-
ration at the present session of con-
gress and it may be possible that
another call for bids will be issued
some time in July. Two calls for
bids have been made one last year
and the one last month. The low
est bid on each occasion was above
the $4,000 limit.
Senator Brady has written to Post
master Francis Ball explaining the
status of the affair, one paragraph
of his letter reading:
1.-THE present law forbids the treas
ury department to accept a bid in
excess of $4,000 for this building
and I do not feel that we want a
building smaller than the original
specifications called for, as such a
building would be positively made
quate for our mail service. have
therefore, asked them to give me
time to look into the matter of OBJ
tanning special appropriation to
complete the building as was first
specified"
Senator Brady in his letter to the
Postmaster transmits copy of let
ter received by him from Sherman
Allen, assistant secretary of the
treasury, which reads:
Referring to the proposed post
office building at Pocatello Idaho, I
have the honor to advise you that
this work has been twice on the mar
ket and each timn the amount of the
of the balan-
id the second
300 higher
.uau Unau received the first time.
Proposals were received for both
limestone and sandstone. The a
mount of the low bid for the use of
local sandstone was $1145 above that
for the use of limestone. The sec
ond bidders price for the local
stone was the same as for limestone
but was approximately $4,000 higher
than the low bid for limestone. One
of the bidders figures for sandstone
was less for limestone by about ST.
500, but was $4,000 higher than the
low bid. Only two other bid on sand
stone and their bids were above the
100000 mark In asmuch as it is
not possible to award contract in
excess of $4,000, it will be necess-
airy to revise the drawings and OBJ
tain new bids.
The changes that are contem-
plated are to make the building non
fireproof except the first floor. An
alternate will also be asked for max
ing the first floor fireproof. The
size Of the building will not be
changed.
ut is probable that bids can be
asked by the 18th Of July"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-06-27
AERIAL RAILROADS of THE ALPS

Peaks of the Alps that were for
merly accessible to none but hardy
and experienced mountain climbers
have been placed within easy reach
of the ordinary tourist by means of
aerial cableways. and plans are now
afoot for building such line to the
summit of Mont Blanc, the highest
peak in Europe. These passenger
cableways are Developments from
the cableways in common use for
transporting materials in mining dis
tricts, but vastly better, especially in
the provision of features designed to
bring about safety in operation
From the handsome cover design of
the July Popular Mechanics magazine
and other illustrations appearing
within the book some idea may be
derived of what it means to swing
out into space, above valleys, rivers,
low-lying hills and minor crags, and
ascend the heights in one of these
unique cars. One of the latest install
lations is that for taking passengers
from the Eisack valley to the summit
of the Kohlererberg in the Tyrol. The
length of this line is 5,420 feet,
while the vertical lift, from the lower
to the upper station is 2,736 feet or
SO feet more than half mile. Ev-
erything in this line is in duplicate.
One car ascends while the other de-
sends. Each car runs on two steel
cables and is pulled by two steel
ropes, while duplicate braking devic-
es are provided. The cables are car
ried on the arms of IL latticed steel
towers, which are located at intervals
to suit the contour of the ground and
are mounted on foundations that go
down to the solid rock. The highest
of these towers stands about 90 feet
above the ground. Each of these
traction cables is of steel, 1 "a inch in
diameter, and is of such strength as
to carry the car safely in case of a
breakdown of the other cable AT the
same time either of the hauling cable
is strong enough to handle the car
safely, If the other breaks. The car
is suspended from a truck having 8
wheels, four running on each cable.
These wheels are deeply Hanged, and
to provide against falling in case of
derailment, donger that is very re-
mote, the tops of the nickle-steel
hangers on which the car is hung
form gooseneck. Any extreme
swinging of the car due to wind or
other causes is checked by a brake, |
while other automatic brakes stop
the car, clamping the truck to the
cables, in case of excess speed or the
breaking of either a traction or a |
hauling cable. The hauling cables
fail. A system of telephones and ell
ton at the upper end of the line,
which is equipped not only with mo-
tors for direct operation but has
storage battery capable of sustaining
operation for an hour if the motors
fail. A system of telephones and ell
ectric signals enables the driver to
communicate from any part of the
line with either the upper or lower
station. AS final element of safe
ty, in case the entire system fails, a
canvas basket is provided for lower
ing passengers to the ground through
a trapdoor in the floor of the car.
Each car is capable of carrying IS
in addition to the attend
ant, and runs at speed of 600 feet
a minute, which is aboct that of
modern high-speed ELEVATOR.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-06-27
RAILROAD CARS LOST IN QUICK
SAND.

Seven steel cars loaded with coal
sank out of sight while standing on
a siding that had been aid over
quick sand at Glenwood, N. J and /;
is a question whether it WI b. pos.
sible to raise them. Soundings of
the bed of quicksand find no bottom
at depth of 60 feet.--From the July
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-06-27
BOOZE WILL RUN CUTTERS To-
MORROW.
(Pocatello Tribunc.)

tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock,
Sheriff e. E.. Lowry will publicly de-
stroy all the booze stored at the court
house which has been confiscated by
him recently. The public is invited.
Old soaks are urged to be present
and suffer the pleasure of watering
mouths.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-06-27
BEARS TOO NUMEROUS IN MA
TIONAL PARK.

Reports from Washington are to
the effect that the government is
going to thin out the bears in yell
iowstone park.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1913-06-27

someone to go and get.-Richfield
Recorder.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-18

Refuse to Yield to the Wishes
Of the President and Once
More FIout the White House.
Heavy Blow Dealt at Terri
tory by Action of the Upper
House OF Congress - Fight
Not Yet Over

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1s, =
Flouting the wishes of the Pres
ident, the United States senate
today passed the Burnett Dill
lingham immigration bill over
his veto, by a large margin.
The bill goes as originally franz
ed. 1t is believed that the house
will follow suit and the bin will
become a law. The fight, how
ever, il not over and its oppo-
nents are hoping that they may
be able 70 kill II in The. house.
The fight on the veto has been
led by Senator Lodge, who *
pressed himself az pleased with
the outcome in the senate and
confident Of the result in the
house.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-18
wilson OF f To
BOOST FOR
link
The Scramble for Federal Jobs
Takes on Fresh Vim with Ac-
ton of Territorial Committee
OF the BourbonS

Battle for the governorship is fairly
joined at last. With Bertram Riven-
burg in Washington in the interests
of G. j. Waller with Waller himself,
as support, comes now the informa-
tion that Johnny Wilson, national
committeeman is to be sent to the
national capital by Link L. McCand-
less to boost and keep on boosting
the asplrants of the "Landlscked
One" Watson is the only one Of the
trio of aspirants fer the post held
now by Governor Frear, who is not
actively CHASING the job.
The final decision to send the ma
tional committeeman to Washington
was reached enly last night, at a meet
ing of members of the territorial COM
mittee of the party although there
has been talk of doing so for some
days, and Wilson will leave on the
Lurline tonight with Link as his
private banker and hope. Wilson
(Continued on Pace ~
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-18
Republicans of Both House and
Senate Say They Will Fore !.
90 FactionaI Elections

Senator Eric A. Knudsen, presi.
dent of the senate, Representative H.
l.. Holstein, speaker OF the house, is
the program that probably will be car
ried through tomorrow morning by a
welLunited Republican delegation in
the 1913 territorial legislature.
Both of the insurgent movements
that developed over Sunday practic-
ally fell through over Monday night.
The refusal of Senator Cecil Brown
of Oahu to become candidate for
president of the senate virtually as
sured Knndsen of reelection to the
position, and the combine of Oahu and
Maui Republicans and Oahu Demo
Gratis, which hinged largely on the
senate situation, today seems certain
not to meterialize
BY standing together and against a
factional fight over legislative offices,
the Republicans have also defeated
what they declare is flank move by
the Democrats to secure lot of good
positions as well as to stir up dis
sension in Republican ranks. The
Democrats were and are willing to
trade support for good committee po-
sitions. The Bourbons have eleven
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-18
FREAR HAS Plan
FOR new OFFICE
STRUCTURE

1t is understood Governor Frear adj
vocates plan for a new territorial
Office building which would segregate
from the other government depart
ments those of the public works, the
water and sewer and the survey, at
the same time providing vaults for
the safeguarding of the valuable
maps and other documents which at
present are virtually unprotected.
Whether this is TO be included in
the governors general or some of his
special messages to the Legislature is
unknown at this time, but it is Ger
tain that il will be brought to the at
tention of the lawmaking body, With
arguments that wall appeal strongly
to them. ..a-f -.
For one thing, the capitol building
is crowded now, and some difficulty
may be encountered in finding space
for the numerous committees of both
houses. Though it is planned to
surrender to them a portion of the
space in the department of public
works, the latter already is taxed for
room; for that matter, the survey
and water departments also are over
crowded. And so is the board OF
health. That part of the survey
office now in the building with the
public health department would be
removed, it is suggested, andt the
health officials given that entite edi-
fee of which they assert they are
badly in need.
With the removal of the public
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-18
SMITH HERO
AS DRYDOck
COLLAPSES
Contractor Dares Death to
Save Laborer Trapped
=. in Big Wreck Il.

Every great disaster has produced
its hero, and Francis B. ("Drydock'')
Smith, engineer of the San Francisco
Bridge Company, is the hero of the
disaster to Pearl Harbor drydock yes
terday afternoon.
Facing death in a desperate attempt
to save the life of day-laborer whose
name he did not even know, Smiths
deed of cool bravery and heroism is
the deed about which all those who
saw the smashup yesterday were
talking last night and today.
When the crash came and the sec
ond section began to crumble, Smith,
Civil Engineer Carer and others Of
the men who have been putting the
big job through, rushed for the sides
of the dock. They had reached a
point outside the safety zone when
Smith, glancing back to the spot
where the timbers were already be-
ginning to shoot up from the bottom,
saw that one of the two score labor
ers madly scrambling for safety had
in sone manner fallen or been pushed
from a timber on which he was run
ming, into the rising waters and that
be was apparently unable to regain
lis footing.
Disregarding the frantic shouts Of
warning from his companions. even
pulling away from q man who tried to
hold him, Smith ran back down into
the drydock, seized the man as ne
struggled in the water and half-car-
ried, half-dragged him out of the zone
of danger. He reached the sides Oh
the section a few seconds before the
| spot where he had rescued the laborer
became a boiling maelstrom Of wreck
age and foaming waters.
Men who witnessed the rescue say
that it was the brayest thing they
ever saw.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-18

Letters from various steamship and
railroad companies on the mainland
inquiring into the prospects for sum
mer travel TO Hawaii, are constantly
being received at the office Of the
promotion committee.
Secretary Wood was in receipt OF
a letter this morning from the gen
eral passenger agent of the Baltimore
& Maryland Railroad, at Baltimore
asking that literature of the islands
be sent to him for distribution in the
various offices of that company. The
agent is planning a trip to the islands
in the near future at which time he
will make an investigation regarding
the advisability of advertising Hawaii.
"The prospects for tourist travel to
Hawaii this summer are good" said
Secretary Wood this morning. Il am
constantly receiving requests for liter
eture from a number of steamship and
railroad companies. and | feel that
the advertising which they will dc
will tend to turn the travelling public
in the direction of Hawaii.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-18
T FEDERALS ON
VERGE OF
PANIC
(Associated Press cableJ

MEXICO CITY, FEB. fe.-W5th The
federal troops badly beaten IN fierce
sortie Of the rebels led b piax u
person this morning and utterly de-
moralized, another move showing the
weakness Of the Madero position was
taken BY Senior Pedro Lasenraln, min
ister for foreign affairs, this morning
when he announced, speaking for
the president that Madero u willing 70
accept IN principle, his appointment
as president pro TEN. The announce
ment, coming as Il did after the defeat
Of the federaIs this morning and
night Of desperate rallies and inter.
mittent bombardment, - taken a. the
beginning Of the end for Madero. The
federals, 10 10 learned, have sent =
strong detachment Of troops 70 tho
pueblo Of cuernavaca, forty miles
that this is the first step toward safe
guarding the retreat Of the whole sof
the Madero force
It 10 impossible 70 verify anything.
The censorship 10 80 strict that sven
the news Of the death Of eiIasl oii-
more, an American manufacturer, was
held up for time, but by orders Of
General Huerta was finally allowed
through. Gilmore was killed BY .
stray bullet.
General Huerta has issued orders
that no one, not even the senators,
shall be permitted to enter the palace
and no information Of the actual con-
ditions there can be obtained.
A dispatch from Washington an
nounced this morning that Secretary
Knox has advised President Taft that
50 far as can be learned the rules Of
civilized warfare are being observed
and there is, as yet, no reason for in
tervention.
Honolulu star-bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1912-2010, 1913-02-18
'.Insurgenf'' Move
Practically Dead

members in the house and hoped for
the support of Kawewehi, Home
Ruler, as a twelfth. They have four
staunch party men in the senate and
hope that Makekau and Baker will
make two more. In both house and
senate the Democrats have healthy
minority that can always make
trouble for a Republican delegation
split in factional fights.
The Democratic senators were ready
to throw their strength to any Re-
publican who would come out for
president against Knudsen and divide
the upper house regulars. They were
willing to trade their support to an
Oahu man if they could be assured of
some important positions. According
to the information received in the
Republican camp. the Bourbons wish
ed Coke to head the judiciary COM
mittee, Wirtz the public lands COM
mittee, Metzger the health committee
and Iaukea the educational or print
ing committee
However, the Republican senators
have so far refused to split and this
morning give every indication of sup
porting Knudsen loyalty Senator
Cecil Brown of Oanu has told his feI-
low-naembers that be does not wish
to be president of the upper house
and does not feel that he wishes even
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VAUGHAN MACCAUGHEY TO
TAKE MYRlCK'S POST

Vaughan MacCaughey, a professor
in the College of Hawaii, has received
the appointment as principal of the
Mills Institute to take the place of
Stephen s. Myrick, the present princi-
pal, whose resignation has been ac-
cepted by the board of regents and
which takes effect in April ~:..-.....:
Mr.. MacCaughey has been connect
ed with the College of Hawaii for
some time, and is considered very
efficient instructor. He will take up
his work as principal of the Mills In
stitute Immediately upon the retire
ment of MIR Myrick. Mr.. Myrick, it
is understood, has had several offers
of positions elsewhere but will re-
main in the islands for some time
after he leaves the school. -.-..