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The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-17

A town Is even a less desirable
place than city, to foster tealousies
and nourish contentious. All should
learn to know that whatever will con-
duce to the welfare of a town cannot
injure her citizens. The dispositions
made manifest by her citizens point
to her downfall or her rise. The
character of the people make the
town, not her structures, towering
houses, domes and monuments, and
when people lose interest in promo
ton of their town, and begin crouch
ing at each other, they need not hope
to thrive. Harmony among people of
a community Is indicative of It's pro
gress. Farmers cannot be at variance
with each other and expect to prosper;
merchants and business men cannot
churches cannot nor can any similar
organization or community.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-17

Once more a "soulless corporation"
has shown that its head has "red
corpuscles" in his blood. Tom Hum
bird, head of the Humbird Lumber
company. of Standpoint, has donated
outright 10 acres of land near that
city for the establishment of an agri-
cultural farm by the state university,
and has written Howard Elliott and
l.. w. Hill of the Great Northern
urging them to contribute 81 900 each
to help raise the additional $1,000 re-
quired in cash to secure the EN-
dorsement of Dean Carlyle. who has
the matter in charge for the state.
The Standpoint paper In commenting
on the matter says: Captain Olney
paid glowing tribute to Tom Hum
bird before the commissioners Tues
day when the committee of citizens
waited on the board to ask county aid
for the demonstration farm. Mr..
Humbird Is worthy of every praise
for his attitude in the demonstration
farm matter and came through" for
everything asked of him by Dean
Carlyle and more. The incident will
do much to cement feelings of cor.
diality between the town and its
greatest industry. And that good feel
ing should exist. Neither can get
along very well without the other
and the relations between the mill
interests and the community should
be of the character that will pull to
gether for the benefit of both. Mr..
Humbird has indicated in the present
instance that he values the good opin
ion of the community in which his
interests lie''
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-17
TEXAS AND IDAHO.

In Texas 1t Is unlawful for a man
to get drunk except in his own home.
In Idaho a man can get drunk any
old place and there is no law by
which he can be punished. In fact,
law in Idaho doesn't amount to much
anyway. Banklooters, horsethieves
and other kinds of thieves are par
doned before they get accustomed to
prison fare, and several men who
committed cold blooded murders In
this state, some Of them from Idaho
county, walked out of the peniten-
tiary after serving brief periods of
sentences ranging from ten years to
life imprisonment. Why the state
board of pardons persists in doing
this sort of work Is hard to under
stand. And the indeterminate SEN
tence is hoax. Why sentence a
criminal say for from l to 10 years?
If he Is deserving of a ten years
term give 1t to him; If only one
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-17
MAKE USE OF SPLIT LOG DRAG
COMPULSORY.

Good roads advocates OF our neigh
boring state Washington, are prepar-
ing for presentation to the 1915 leg
islature law which will compel road
overseers after each rain to drag
their roads with the split-log drag.
The trainers propose to pattern the
bill after the Iowa law, which pro-
vided in Iowa for the expenditure of
81, 200. 900 each year for no other
purpose than dragging earth roads.
The results from the use of the split
log drag In the central west have
been so uniformly excellent that com
pulsory laws have been passed COW
ering the main travelled roads of sew
eral states.
The results from the use of the
split-log drag In Spokane county, II
Is claimed, are q demonstration OF
the practicability Of this tool for
earth road maintenance. and the cost
of the operation Is comparatively sc
small that 1t should appeal to every
taxpayer.
1t is proposed that the drag mer
shall be paid for their team and
time at the rate of soc a mile fol
each round trip. The average width
of the roads here, says the Spokes
man Review will necessitate two
round trips, and the cost for OPP
Grating the drag will be 81 mile. A
road will be dragged an average o.
eight times In the spring and foul
times in the fall, making the main
tenance per mile by means of tht
split-log drag average $12 year.
road, which formerly rutted to {
depth which made travel almost i'm
passable, after each dragging will
rut less and less until the surface o.
the road will become compact, resis
moisture and travel almost as wei
as a macadamized highway.
1t is necessary to have a road prop
erly ditched and crowned before US
ing the drag In order to get first
class results, although drag help
almost any kind of a road temporar
lily.
l You can not make paved roa'
through the use of the drag, but yo'
can make or you can very mucl
improve the condition of any road up
on which it is persistently applied.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-17
1oRAH's CANDIDACY.

Editor Barker, of the Standpoint Re-
view. says he thinks Senator Borah's
letter to a Kansas admirer sets at
rest for the time being at least the
talk that Idaho's brilliant member
Of the upper house of congress may
be a republican candidate for presi-
dent in 1916 But his discussion of
the matter, instead of bearing out
such conclusion Is a positive argu-
ment against it. The quotation from
the senator's letter and the argument
follows: 81 have not my lightning
rod up as is now being published
abroad, and l haven't the slightest
intention of putting 1t up. | am not
and cannot be misled by the gener-
GUS work of friends as to the real
situation or persuaded into the belief
that there is any possibility. much
less probability of such a thing hap
pening, and l promise you as my
personal friend that l do not propose
to divert my mind into a serious con-
sideration of the matter"
1t Is hardly to be conjectured, how
ever, that II Senator Borah Is draft
ed" he will refuse the call and the
call Is coming as surely as the elec-
ton, IL political conditions as they ex-
list today continue until that time and
there is no great reason to believe
that these conditions will change. No
progressive candidate In the republi-
can party can unite, through the
charm of personality and the abso-
lutte cleanness and vigor of his polit-
ical record. the warning party fac
tons. His nomination will come
from the great arbiters of these
things. the people themselves. and
Senator Borah has already grown to
full stature in their confidence and
esteem.
The republican party Is not going
to run counter to pubic demand agar
very soon. and 1t De IN that fact that
Borah 3 strength y growing. BY 191t
he will be able to repeat his perfor.
nance Of 1912 in Idaho when by al
most unanimous consent of the cleo
torate of the state he was bigger thar
any boss" or aggregation Of poll
ticians. through his firm grip upor
the people themselves.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-17
SENATOR DUBOIS SORE

Ex-senator Fred T. Dubois has re-
turned from Washington apparently
highly discouraged. The Mormons
have captured the entire Wilson ad-
ministration. Postoffices, and other
offices, we presume will go to Nor
mons as freely as to gentiles. A
great institution rs the Mormon
church. 1t runs every thing under tn
sun and there are those who think
that 1t exercises some influence on
that luminary. 1t even runs the Ida
no legislature which requires more
than the powers of man. Senator Du.
bois does not blame Wilson yet. He
lays the burden Of his woe at the
doors of the secretary of state and
postmaster general. These two men
are keeping the president in the dark.
He proposes to Immediately start a
propaganda for the purpose of en-
tightening the president. The presi-
dent no doubt needs enlightenment
on this as well as several other Ques-
tions, but we fear that Senator Du-
bois will be unable to get the light
ON the right spot. President Wilson
aided and assisted by his cabinet. Is
playing a few politics himself. He
sees out here. in Idaho, Utah and
Wyoming, nearly q dozen electoral
votes which may come in very handy
at some time or other. He knows
that the Mormons are some factor in
the west and there is no use IN an
tagonizing them. In consequence en-
lightenment as to their activities Is
not welcome at the White House.
The Tribune was under the impress
sion that Senator Dubois would have
considerable Influence with the VIII
son administration. II seems other
wise, which Is too bad after the great
harmony stunt pulled off by Messrs.
Bryan and Clark few months since.
It Is ever thus. Few politicians ever
know "whers they are att to quote
from the illustrious Tom WATSON
|
Caldwell Tribune.
Norah Marks has kindly preferred
the information that Senator Dubois
upon his return from Washington had
criticised the administration for the
attitude it assumed toward California
both In regard to the Japs owning
land and the white slave and West
ern Fuel swindle, over the arbitrary
postponement of which cases U. S.
District Attorney McNab resigned
So 1t is evidently the opinion of a
number of persons that Senator Du
bois is not the best pleased man In
the state of Idaho with the present
national administration.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-17

The patience and endurance OF the
editor il one of the marvels OF the
age. George Barker, OF the Sand
point Review, met Mayor Ewing OF
that city on the street one day last
week, and, In that never falling
friendly spirit of the newspaper serb
jocularly saluted his highness with
the familiar name of Hello FRANK"
when the municipal chieftain respond
ed with an unprintable name and
what was intended to be a knockout
blow" on the cheek. He then smote
him on the other cheek. After havinf
complied with the scriptural injunc-
ton regarding the offering of both
cheeks, the editor with a reproachful
look in his eye and movement
which for celebrity and skill surprised
the spectators as we'll as his oppon-
ent, proceeded to tangle up with the
director of city affairs in a manner
that made the earth tremble. The
mayor was hauled into court and
made to pay a fine of $25 with Sig
trimmings, and at the same time was
made to listen to a lecture on his
duties and relations to the press
while the editor went scott free
There is a moral to this which 1t is
hoped the fighting public will catch
on to, without asking to have II
demonstrated.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-17
CAN'T IMAGINE IT.

Democratic office seekers in Idaho,
1t is said, are soliciting the aid of
Senator Borah in the prize drawing.
Borah's influence with the admins
tration depends largely ON which
wing of the disorganized democratic
party in this state he favors, and we
believe the senator is pretty close to
Uncle Jim Hawley. But imagine Wis
ener. editor of the Grangeville post
office, asking for Borah's endorse.
ment. Even Nora Marks wouldn't
think of making such wild state
ment.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-17
WILL NOT "EMBRACE" THE
CHANCE.

Our good friend Branscombe of the
Grangeville Globe tears into Nora
Marks, the political writer who uses
Boise date line, and among other
things tries to make out that Marks
is a woman. That's the risky part of
it. Well, perhaps he knows; but un-
til we are assured that this particu-
lar political prognosticator does not
strut around In a new-fangled Balkan
MILDLY Blouse Chats the latest) there
will be mo remarks" ON Nora Marks
political pipe dreams from this end
of the e.-Mountaineer.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-17

The honorable mayor Of Standpoint
undertook to thresh the honorable
editor of the Standpoint Review for
criticizing his administration of the
oity's affairs, In which he was not
overly successful. He was also re-
quired to pay $44.65 damages and lis
ten to lecture at the hands of Judge
Wood, In which he said among other
things: when you take office your
official acts become matters Of pub
lie discussion. The press has right
to discuss them and Mr.. Barker has
a perfect right to discuss In his pa
per your acts as they present them
selves to him. II take public OF.
flee my official acts then become
public property and open to discus
sion whether they arise from mis-
takes in policy, from bunghng OF
from whatever cause. So long as
Mr.. Barker's paper does not discuss
your personal affairs and confines Its
discussions to an honest expression
Of convictions concerning your off
cial acts you have no privilege o.
directing the paper as to what Il
shall or shall not say. You have
your remedy at law II those acts
overstep the bounds of decency OF
misstate facts"
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-17
The remarks Of one of O

The remarks Of one Of our ex-
changes are not unfounded when II
says: Give the postoffice department
its way and it will soon put the news
paper man and small merchant out OF
the way. After refusing to let the
newspaper man who fights the big
mail order houses, send his printed
wares by parcel post and enjoy the
freedom of the mails that other BUSH
ness houses do, it has said to the mai
order houses that 1t may send Its
wares to anyone whom It wishes. and
that the department win collect for
same In other words C.. o. ID. parcel
post came in on July /, but the
newspaper man cannot take advan-
tage Of It for his customers.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-17

In regard to an extra session OF
the state legislature the Richfield Re
corder says: mo legislature in the
history of Idaho would do its work
more intelligenuy or safely" What
do you know about that, Mr.. Fields
Editor Lisle may be unaware of the
fact that the Mormons ruled the roost
during the regular session, and in
that event it would be an easy mat
ter for one ION the inside" to make
him draw down his sweeping asser
ton and the implied challenge in
cluded .-Mountaineer.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-17

year, let 1t go at that. The fact of
the matter Is the laws OF today are
not feared by the low and the vicious.
and 1t is little wonder that the daily
press is full Of stories of heinous
crimes. -Kooskia Mountaineer.
The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1913-07-17

Fred Floed, former secretary to
Gov. Hawley, will be editor-in-chief
of a new democratic weekly soon to
be launched in Boise. 1t will be
called New Freedom" which has a
decided anti-Mormon ring.-Kooskia
Mountaineer.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-11-13

Bismarck, N. D., Nov. 6.-The fact
that Secretary of State Thomas Hall
was said TO have refused further de-
liveries OF the 1913 Blue Book till GER
tain corrections had been made and
also till the inferior quality of binding
had been overcome, has caused no lit.
tie comment about the capitol build
ing.
A search of the records proves that
on August 80 the Journal Publishing
company Of Devils Lake, which com.
pany has contract for the first four
classes of state printing for the pres
ent biennial period, and which work
is being produced by the Dakota
Printing and Stationery company a
concern that was not established in
Bismarck till after the Journal Pub
fishing company secured this contract,
filed an estimate for a payment Of
$4,000 on the 1913 blue book, the
Journal Publishing company claiming
in sworn statement contained in this
vouches that they were producing 49,
900 blue books which would contain
from $50 to $50 pages, and that they
at that time had 4S0 pages completed.
On that date Taylor Thompson, sign
ing as state printer approved for pay
ment this voucher in the sum of $780,
$4,000, but the printing commission
with State Treasurer Olson and Sc
cretary of State Hall only present ap-
proved the voucher for $8,212.50.
which amount was paid by the state to
the Journal Publishing company on
that same date as a part payment on
the 1913 blue book. It was not till the
last week Of October that any of those
blue books were delivered and I'D to
date only 200 copies have been receiv-
ed by the secretary of state. So
lOI ulu JllC NOll-
tain, and so inferior was the binding
that Secretary Hall called the print
ers' attention to the fact that he did
believe that he would receive any
more copies till the book was
produced up to the required standard
quality Of workmanship. But the state
having paid the printers two
months ago over $4,000 on this work,
it made the situation really serious
one, and it has been paid upon the as
surances that these errors and infer
ior binding will be corrected that is
quite likely that the balance Of the
books will be finally accepted.
The condition of affairs concerning
the blue book has also led to inquir.
les regarding the condition of state
printing funds in general. In that in
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-11-13
Mj0Ot Woman Webs
Third Old Soldier

MinOt, N. D., Nov. 7.-Linilus White
rs. veteran of the civil war who fought
with Company A, Sixth Minnesota,
and Mrs. Francis Porter. who blush.
ingiy confessed to 81 years, widow
and land owner, were married today
in the courthouse by Court Commits.
sioner w. 3. Bates. Mrs. Porter pro
posed to Mr.. White when she visited
the old Soldiers home at Minnehaha
Falls, was accepted and they were
married with two newspaper men as
witnesses.
They left for a short wedding trip
and viii be at home within month at
Mr.. Whites little cottage. which the
bride has promised to pay for soon
at Columbia Heights. Before the
court con,nisaioner and the witnesses
the new Mrs. White calmly kissed the
aged bridegroom. declared be was her
third old soldier husband, and that ehe
loved him very dearly, ever since abe
.aaw him on her first visit to the home
six months ago.
Arm in arm, the white-haired pair
the bridegroom walked haftingly on
the arm Of his champion and spouse
walked from the room on their way to
their honeymoon.
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-11-13
Welded.

A wedding took place at Fargo last
Thursday, the contracting parties be-
ing Miss Lena Tweit of Litchville but
formerly Of Kathryn and Mr.. Oscar
Pearson. who lives northwest of Itch
vile. The bride was attended by her
sister Miss Clara Tweit and the groom
by Mr.. Oscar Anderson.
The wedding party came to Kathryn
Friday. and in the evening charivari
party was formed and proceeded to the
Columbia Hotel where the newly we'd
ded party were. The charivarists
were however soon silenced by an in
vitation to come in and partake of re-
freshments, after which dancing was
In order for some time.
We join with the many friends of
Mr. and Mrs. Pearson in wishing for
them all the joys that welded bliss
can afford-Kathryn Recorder
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-11-13
state IS IN MIDDLE OVER De.
FECT|vE Blue BOOKS FOR 1918
Over So, 1000 Was Paid For Work Before De|iy-
ery---bo0kS Must Now Be Refused by the
Secretary of State.

stance the records show that in jan
uary LIST, 1913, there was the sum OF
| S2,192.S6 to the credit of the public
prin ting fund, but the legislature con-
vened the following week and durins g,
the session there was appropriated by
! legislature the sum Of $4,000 for the
following" two-year period, making a.
total Of $S2,192.S6 that was available
for state printing for the period Of
from January LIST 1918 to January LIST.
1915. Up to date there mas been paid
out of the public printing fund the sum
Of $65,l79.32, leaving a balance of but
$16,2l3.54, and there is pending before
the printing commission at the present
time bills in the amount of $4,000 for
completed work which will leave but
$6,213.54 available fur the payment OF
state printing from now till January
LIST, 1915. That Governor Hanna eau.
toned the legislature early in the SEES
sion that economy should be follow
ed in having state printing executed is
shown in message the governor sent
to both branches on January o. 1913,
urging that extravaganza be avoided,
How much attention the Legislature
needed the adllonition of the governor
is shown in the fact that the SEN
ate passed a resolution In line with
what the governor recommended re-
garding Legislative printing, but the,
house upon the representation made
by the printers who had the contract
for state printing, that the state would
receive cheaper printing than any time,
during the history Of the state, failed
to pass any resolution in line with
the governors warning, and as a re-
suit the cost of printing the bills and
journals for both branches cost the
state for the session of 1913, $32,586.S5
which does not include miscellaneous
printing for the legislature such as
Autographed letter heads, and other
small printing, which will amount to
fully $4,000 by the time the state has
made final settlement with the con-
tracing printers. With the legisla-
tire and the state departments paying
no apparent attention 70 Governor
Hanna's warnings as to economy the
governor is helpless to head off this
extravaganza and with the public
printing fund Of over $4,000, practi-
cally exhausted at this time, it would
seem difficult to determine how print
ing needed for the balance of the two
years period is to be paid for, as by
the time final payment is made for
the blue book the fund will be ex-
hausted completely. ...
The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1913-11-13
ElDR|DCE ELEVATOR HEARING BEGAN
TUESDAY AFTERNOON At JAMESTOWN
bafdir Buying Is AI|eQed---farmerS' Company
Charged Competitors with fraud and Op.
preSSlOn--W K. Powers IeStifieS.

jamestown, Nov. 6-The state rail
read commission took evidence be-
SHINING Tuesday noon IN Jamestown
II regard to the charge OF the Farmers
1evator Co. Ct Eldridge of fraud and
oppression in the grain trade at that
point. The allegation was made
AGAINST the Powers Elevator and the
0ceident Elevator companies.
ecmmi. s'oners Stutsman. Anderson
and Mann sat as the examining body,
Secretary Gushing also being presen,
and S:enographer Olson.
A brief outline Of the charges as
preferred against the two elevator
lines was outlined by Pierce Blew
EFT, member of the Eldridge Farm
ers Elevator Company and when Mr..
Powers of Minneapolis, Of the Pow
ers Elevator Company took the
stand.
Mr.. Powers took up the charges
in considerable detail and went over
tho ground at length, stating partic-
NlaTly that he and his compay were
doing all that lay within their pow
er 10 comply with the state laws re-
lating to anti-discrimination. He out
lined the peculiar conditions at the
several main line wheat-buying points
and how the competition of the -four
mills Of jamestown and Valley City
were controlling factors in their
zones Of influence, how another zone
Of influence upon the price was ex-
erted at Medina where there also is
a local mill, and at Windsor where
still another condition exists where
the Powers Elevator, Co. is alone in
the field. Mr.. Powers says his CON-
pany annually sells to the -four mills
Of jamestown and Valley City mil
lion bushels of grain. ....
Mr.. Powers also dwelt upon the
fact that the hour mills had to buy
grain to keep them in operation IL
months while the bulk of the grain is
marketed 10 three months
George Game, proprietor of an in
dependent elevator in jamestown, was
next called and he injected consider.
able good humor into the hearing by
his replies to questions and state.
ments Of fact in regard to the local
situation.
Some IS farmers and elevator men
were present at the hearing which
was held in the city ball.
Among those present are ". K.
Powers, Willis Helm. Mr.. Deveney,
ana c. E. Purdy Of Minneapolis, W.