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The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-06
Thiessen on Livestock Board.

BOISE, Jan. 6.-Henry Thiessen of
Sweetwater, Nez Perce county, has
been appointed by Governor Haines, n
member OF the state livestock sanitary
board to succeed Charles w. Leaf
whose term expired
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-06
Think New York Needs New Charter.

NEW YORK, Jan. 6.--At the lun-
cheon of the Merchants association
here today the chief subject for dis
cussion will be: why New York
Needs a New Charter" President
George McEneny of the board of al
dermen has made a study of the ques-
ton and prepared arguments showing
how a model charter would promote
economy and efficiency in the govern
ment Of the city,
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-06
McCIear Takes Office.

BOISE, Jan. 6.--Judge ]. L. McClear
OF Coeur d'Alene has assumed the Of
fee of district attorney for Idaho sue
ceeding c. H. Lingenfelter. Mr.. Nc
Clear made no announcement as to fu-
ture plans.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-06
MAY END SQUABBLE
IN BAKER COUNTY
GOVERNOR WEST NOW TREATING
WITH SHERIFF RAND TO END
MARTIAL LAW.
Quiet and Sheriff Willing
to be Pacified-Special Deputy
Sheriff VIII Aid in Work.

SALEM, Or, Jan. 6.-In a message
to Sheriff Rand of Baker county, Gov
ernor West today offered to withdraw
the militia from Baker county in re-
turn for cooperation in suppressing
alleged violations of the liquor law
and the suppression of disorderly
houses in Baker county. AS pledge of
good faith the governor has asked
Sheriff Rand to appoint Special Agent
Snodgrass as a deputy sheriff for 60
days without pay to assist in the work
The governor today removed from
his military staff Samuel White, judge
advocate general of the Oregon militia,
because he is alleged to have taken
sides with those opposed to the gov
ernor's law enforcement activities.
Conference at Huntington.
HUNTINGTON, Or, Jan. 6.-An
early end of the conflict between state
and military forces in Baker county
seemed near today as a result of a
conference being held by Colonel B. X.
Lawson and Sheriff Rand.
They progressed to point where
the sheriff agreed to name a deputy
sheriff to take charge of the conditions
at Copperfield relieving the necessity
Of martial law. The only hitch was
over how the deputy shall be paid. |
There has been no attempt to close the
saloons here yet.
All Quiet at Copperfield.
COPPERFIELD, Or, Jan. 6.-No Ii
Iuor remained in Copperfield today and |
he town is quiet. Colonel Lawson left
Captain Metcalf, special agent, and
lbout seven guardsmen to watch the
own while he returned to Huntington
afternoon with the rest of
he militia. He is expected to return
Wednesday. The militiamen will be
etained here until the establishment
# civil government.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-06
Increase in 1918.

I'm 1912 the actual value of prop
erty in Moscow, real and personal, as
found by the assessor and equalized,
was s2,025,342. In 1918 the value OF
real estate alone in our city was fix
ed in like manner, at $2,058,317.00 or
$32,975.00 more than both real and
personal property were valued at the
year before, so it will be observed that
the increase In valuation was clearly
out of proportion to any possible in
crease in value.
when we remember that the city
OF Moscow levied Is mills and that In
dependent School District No. levied
10 mills, making a total OF rs mills
of the 34.2 mills levied for all pur-
poses against Moscow property, we
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-06
NOTE OF WARNING
OFFERED TAXPAYERS
OF COMMERCE MEMBERS TODAY
HEARD TAXATION PROBLEM DISCUSSED.
In an Address Before the Club Today He Pointed Out
the Problems of Taxation and Gave Interesting
Comparative Data.

Sounding note OF warning to the
taxpayers of Latah county, urging
! them to study and compare the sums
raised through taxation for the past
two years and drawing attention to
the increase yearly of the expense OF
owning property, William NJ. Morgan,
| the well-known attorney and prom
inent citizen of Moscow delivered a
strong address at the luncheon of the
| chamber of commerce at noon today.
1t had been announced that Mr. Nor
gan would address the club and there
was large crowd present who heard
his remarks on the taxation problem.
The subject matter of the address was
of such direct interest to the taxpay-
ers of the county that The Star-Mirror
takes occasion to publish them
Some months ago a committee was
appointed from this body to investi-
gate the subject of high taxes and to
ciated by the members of the cham
Der of commerce that the task assign
ed to said committee is one of consid-
cradle scope and Importance and one
which requires the expenditure of a
great deal of labor, so that no dis
content at what may appear to be de-
oh ha al
Mr. Morgan.
THE time allowed by law within
which taxes for the year 1918 may be
paid without penalty has just expired
and the great bulk of money raised in
this county by taxes is now in the
hands of the treasurer. Such a spirit
of discomfort prevails throughout the
county by reason of excessive taxation
that it seems to me to be timely that
some answer be made to the oft re-
peated question why are our taxes SO
high?' | am not a member of your
and am not dissatisfied with
it for failure to report at this time,
but having recently come into pos
session of certain facts and figures
tending to in part answer this question
and feeling that these facts and fig-
lres may be of some advantage to the
and of some interest to the
chamber of commerce and possibly
assist in producing a movement which
nay result in a material savings to
he taxpayers of this county in fu-
ure, if the movement is started now,
lsk your indulgence for a few minutes
n order that this subject may be dis
ussed.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-06

My attention was forclbly directed
to the question of taxation when this
year was called upon to pay in taxes
upon my home $500 more than twice
as much as even has been exacted from
me in any year before when, as a mat
ter of fact, the only taxable improve
ment which has been added to my
home in recent years has been the
building, at an expense of 100000 OF a
sidewalk and curb for my highly in
tellectual and cultured fellow citizens
to admire as they walk past on the
parking. My increased tax burdens
are not out Of proportion of those of
many of my neighbors living here In
Moscow, and probably not out of pro-
portion to some of the other citizens
OF the county. One of the reasons of
the increase in the amount of money
in 1913 over that of former years is
that in 1913, probably because the
state shifted from basis of 40 per
cent of the actual value of the prop
erty for purposes OF taxation to a 100
per cent, or actual value, for taxation
purposes. levies are too high. Anoth-
sr reason, applying particularly to cer-
ain property is that valuations are too
high when compared to other proper
y in the county.
The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1914-01-06

Continued on Page a
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-27
Daddy; Bedtime
q. The Visit to
O[OIV The Old Man
In the Woods.

~ ACK and Evelyn were waiting for daddy to come home. They were
through playing games, and 10 they felt quite tired the only thing they
wanted was daddys story So Is oon q he came into their DON I'VE
- Jn rushed up to hm and said, Daddy do tell us tonight O story about
q little girl"
Aney we're just about the same ages that you two children are They had
yer Hsw nelghboEs, as they lived i'm a very small place where there were only
a lew houses Near their house were long stretches of woods They had
heVer bsen to the other side OF the woods nr had they ever really walked
very fr into the forest, for it ws said in the little hamlet where they lived
har a queer old man had a little hut about a mile and a half through the
lonely road The reports Of him also were that he lived all by himself
"a hat ne ate rabbits and cartridges, for which he went hunting every day.
bt 10 one had ever seen him. % they we're all afraid Of him. e
One day Bobbie and Agnes had BEEN playing all the games they could
thin IT.. You se there were n o other children in the tiny town, and e. they
always bad to play by themselves. OF course they were devoted 10 each other
and had a very good time, but sometimes they would have liked a change.
This day, though, they were tired OF all their usual games. Let's 20 and
the old mn h the woods suggested Bobbie.
do you dareg asked Agnes.
Yes, said Bobbie, for Tm sure he is not SO dreadful L. he In made ont
to be- and. anyway, I'd like to see him.
$50 would l. responded Agnes
Now, the mother and daddy OF Agnes and Bobb6s had never told them
dreamed they would dare go.
But of they started, and after walking quite a distance they came to o.
funny hie ut with smoke coming out of the chimney. When the old man
saW Robbie and Agnes he called out in a happy, excited voice: I'm having
visitors! Hurahr
HI took the children I'm his hut and showed them som wonderful picture
BOOKS He told Their how delighted he wa to have visitors, IS he knew he
q thought queer, but really he wasn't at ALL except that he loved to live
In the heart Of the woods. So the children promised to see him often, and he
promised to show them more picture books, and before they left he gave them
each a biz piece Of delicious apple pie"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-27
Mr.. Taft,s Trousers.

Lincoln State Journal: Having lost
eighty pounds in weight and six inches
IN glrth ex-President Taft finds his
trousers too large. A New Haven tai
Tor has been given the contract to re-
duce Mr.. Taft's trousers to Mr.. Taft's
present 4S-inch waist line. An amazed
world Is Informed that the operation
involves thirty-five pairs.
This means that Mr.. Taft has at
least thirty-six pairs OF trousers, for
or course he has not gone to bed or
into barrel while the thirty-five arg
at the tailor's. TIlirty-six pairs OF.
|trousersi What business has any
man with thirty-six pairs Of trousers?
Mr.. a never succeeded in getting
en- rapport with the American people.
Now we know why. He was d good.
solid president whom people respected
III We're never enthusiastic about.
aour democratic American has two
pairs OF trousers, one for weekdays
and one for Sundays. What instinct
told him that Mr.. Taft had this skele-
ton, thlrty-five pairs Of trousers. in
his closet2 We are o supernatural
lst enough to know the explanation.
me fact remains, nobody can have
l~thlrty-six pairs of trousers andtbs
masses "a subtly suspect. that he iii
not of them.
MT; Taft may refuse to see the po-
iltical disadvantage Of having thirty
SIX pairs OF trousers. He will yet have
70 admit its economic disadvantage.
suppose, after these trousers are re-
iyIsed downward. Mr.. Taft grows tired
OF dieting and is himself revised up-
ward. You can cut trousers down.
You cannot cut them .sulpt.', Even !.
man on Professor Taft's $4,000 s.-lrv
must feei the loss Of fhirty-six sattrs
of trousers grown. too small. Wiew If
any way YOU will, that ihirty-six pairs
Of trousers is a mistake.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-27
May Help You m
IN Are Affected

Proper diet, fresh air and temperate
habits are beneficial to persons suffer-
ing from Lung Trouble; but in a great
many Instance reports show that the
addition OF a medicine for this affec-
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complished good results. Read what it
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Madison Lake, Mimi.
March. 1909. and September, 1903, /
was with hemorrhages of the
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each time to my bed. My doctor ad-
vised me to go West. In November I
started for Denver, Col. After my ar
rival I met Michael Brody, who, upon
learning OF my condition, urged me to
take EckTnan's Alternative. I kept on
taking the medicine and improved fast.
In March, 1910, I returned home. I am
entirely well, have a good appetite and
sleep well. When I left Denver my
weight was 100 pounds. I now weigh
165, my normal weight. I thank God
and your Alternative for my health"
(Above abbreviated; more on request.)
Eckman's Alternative has been proven
by many years test to be most eff
cacious for severe Throat and Lung
Affections, Bronchitis, Bronchial AS
thma, Stubborn Colds and in upbuild-
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The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-27

dual purpose COWS, COWS that paid me
better than any others / ever kept.
l for one am not afraid to use the
word "dual-purpoSe". 1t begins with
ID" and so does the word double,
and the right kind of dual purpose
stock rightly handled will almost if
not quite double the income from that
source. To keep so purely bred a beef
animal that 1t cannot raise it's own
calf, or SO special a dairy animal that
its calf is not worth raising, seems
to me a distinctly less profitable pro-
ceedlng Tor the average farmer of the
northwest at this time. than to grow
an animal that-will pour two streams
of gold instead of one into the farm
treasury: h is particularly true at
this time when a great meat shortage.
not to say famine, faces the whole
country. We know this does not agree
with some of the great dairy experts
or the past, but We are up against
present day conditions, not theories.
and must meet, them, and the hand
writing on the wall needs no inter
prefer. Even so faithful a friend Of
the special beef or dairy animal as
that greatest Of farm journalists. Hem
Iry Wallace, recently said: "Whateyer
may have been said of the dual ,pur-
pose COW in theupast, she is certainly
coming to her WI on the. farms Of
the west today, where in the future
the meat OF the country must be
grown" =" af@ #f@f -
| would not for the world say a dis
couraging word against the purely
dairy animal for the '~gilt-edged dairy
farmer" with ample and comfortable
quarters, with convenient water, and
experience in handling; but where we
nave one such farmer in the ~northwes
we have a. dozen, if not a hundred,
coarse feeders, a world of coarse feed.
and all too often a rather coarse win
ter climate to handle them in. These
beety mixers, grades of Red Polls.
milking Shorthorns, heavy HoIsteins'
etc, will stand more grief, and do we'll
at both the pail and the block. UPON
coarser feed, coarser treatment and in.
coarser buildings !, and climate.
than will the a strictly special
type or COW. And with less confine-
ment there will be less tuberculosis.
and kindred troubles. But the great
apostle Of the dual purpose. COW. Prof.
Thomas Shaw, comes after me, SO I
need say no more. / mention this
subject only in the interest of greater
stability in our, agriculture; for chang
ing to this, that or the other breed of
stock after one is well started is most
costly instability. So now, when the
whole northwest is rightly turning to
stock of some; kind, it seem to ma the
time Of all others that we start right
that we make no mistake that may
require a costly change to correct.
Minnesota made this mistake and dur
ing the seven years I spoke In her
from two to four men ad-
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-27
DEVELOPMENTS IN WHEAT.

1.-THE wheat market the last week
has been dominated by the develop
ments in the international situation
says The Minneapolis Tribune. THE
reluctance with which prices respond
ed to the European strength r to
emphasize the weight against the
domestic position Of wheat, but with
export business expanding as markets
abroad advanced the buying power
was great enough to overcome the
statistical handicap and establish top
quotations for the veal,
ut is a situation, however, that is
based on supply and demand from the
commercial standpoint. The surplus
in this country is large and the i'm
porting countries, judging by the
weekly volume of the worlds ship.
ments. are not facing a paucity of
offerings. Independent strength on our
part could. easily throw the domestic
and international price. positions out
OF their. present healthy adjustment,
checking current activity at the sea-
boards.
Europe. nevertheless. is absorbing
wheat freely despite the liberal ac-
crzaiilations in the visible supply, and,
notwithstanding. that II Is difficult to
see any pressing necessity for active
buying. Taking the probable full sea-
sonaI requirements into consideration
the losses in Argentine and the re.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-27

duction Of the Australian surplus with
the larger Asiatic demand for this
wheat, the shortage south Of the
equator Is very likely to be felt at
some time, but that seems to be more
a future contingency than an immedi-
ate factor.
THE domestic trade, however, Is not
concerned with the reasons which
have stimulated the European demand
for wheat, but is interested in the
placing of Its surplus abroad. What
ever the underlying cause of the lare-
er consumption, it has given us the
broader commercial market SO neces-
sary to reduce the weight of the &C.
cumulated hedges in the pit.
IF the developments in the internal
tlonal market are to broaden the
foreign demand for our surplus, neither
speculation cal ignore this legitimate
OASIS for better prices, nor car the
domestic flour buyers, who have
bought from hand to mouth on the
supposition hat they will have no
difficulty in obtaining their supplies
at lower prices on, feel so certain of
their position. But wheat, being as
1t is on a merchandising basis, the de-
mand for the American surplus must
continue in substantial volume in
order to establish a permanently high
price level"
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-27
N. .. KEEPS

1t will be good news to all North
Dakotans that w. B. Richards, for the
past nine years head Of the animal
husbandry department of the agri-
cultural college, Is not to be lost to
North Dakota. Mr.. Richards has
gained national fame as a horse and
cattle judge and has done as much or
more than any other one man to raise
the standard of live stock in North
Dakota.
Because Of poor health he has been
forced to leave the class room for
awhile for work that will take him
moro into the open air, and has ac-
cepted the office of field-man in
Dickcy county for the Better FARMING
section of the North Dakota Experi-
ment station.
professor Richards has really en-
larged his field. He goes from the
four walls Of the class room to take
charge or tWenty-eiGht townships Of
North Dakota's great outdoors,
Dlckey county is becoming interested
in live stock growing, and that county,
is mighty lucky in getting one Of the
b~est-posted 1.-Two stock men in the
country.
But the best feature Of the trans
action is the fact that Professor
Richards still continues a close ON
nection with the institution with
which he has so long and SO ably been
connected.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-27
EDITORIAL COMMENT


Des Moines Register and Leader:
The new mayor of Boston was elect
cd by what Tho Philadelphia Public
Ledger describes as the cohesive
power of public plumber.
1t was a stormy day, and the good
people" staid at home. incidentally
the women cast a merely scattering
vote. just when their strength was
needed.
1t is little wonder that o~ficeseekers
come to rely upon the concentrated
efficiency of the Skaters and Leviches
of city life. Bad weather does not
keep them from the polls. and they are
never forced to ask. when they get
there. which candidate to vote for.
City government will never be good
government until the good people
wake I'D.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-27
AN ERA OF HOSPITALS.

Inc news report of an aged citizen
OF Philadelphia who killed his wife. at
her request, because she had been SER
lousiy injured, and declared that she
hadn't much faith in hospitals, CON
talns the hopeful reminder that the
dread and mistrust of hospitals. which
used to be common enough, is almost
entirely a thing Of the past. o..
One of the most tragic figures drawn
by Charles Dickens is that Of tbe
Wrelcheu OLD woman in Our Mutual
FRIEND. who refuses to permit a
little child that has been placed in
her care to be taken to the hospital
where 1t might have been restored to
health. until it Is too late for the nhv-
sicians to be Of any help. But since
day the hospitals have under
gone a wonderful change, and popular
sentiment has changed c~orrespond-
lngly.
In alr1ost the average case the doc
tors first advice now is that the na-
tient h be taken to 2, hospita1 The
TACT mas oeen recognized that all the
medicines are less potent to heal than
the ~benignant natural forces which be-
gin to exert themselves as soon as the
invalid has been removed from the
turmoil of a humble home, with it's bad
ventilation, unsuitable food and other
unsanitary conditions.
The best medical skill can avail b11t
little when it must combat these evils.
while very little medical skill is
enough in a majority Of cases, when
the patient has been removed to a
place where the atmosphere is con-
duclve to rest, where air and food are
right, and where skilled nurses are in
attendance.
1t is moi the least of the evidences
or the march Of civilization that hos
pitfalls are now among the most COM
mon OF institutions in the larger cities.
and that ailing people are beginning
to regard them moro and more with
longing when the processes Of vital
waste have been going on more RAD
idly than the processes of
ton.
The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-01-27

continued from rage Inrce.
Today here, as formerly in Mime
sofa. so much has been said and done
in the interest of dairying, that to
many the words "stock" and dairy
ing" are almost synonymous. Now
while pure dairying, with special pur-
pose dairy cattle, is n of the most
profitable lines Of stock farming but
a small per cent Of any community
are really good dairymen, Or ever will
be, and we believe many of our farm
ers would do well to carefully look
into the merits of mutton. beef and
pork production before investing too
heavily along purely dairy lines. If
they have a leaning to da1rying and
still would like to have beef growing
a part Of their farming, there are Ways
to combine the. two. Breeding a part
Of their COWS to pure bred beef bulls
and feeding all these calves for beef,
baby or older and breeding the choic-
est mixers to pure milking sires,
from which to grow heifers to add
to the herd, has. been found very
profitable and is recommended by no
less an authority than Professor Smith
of the Minnesota Agricultural college.
A. w. Moe, their president of the
Minnesota State Dairymen's associa-
lion, WUlle Wllti' IIiS la WI NJ
bred his entire herd Of Jersey and
Jersey grade cows to, a black polled
bull. Not a calf had horns on, and
the last one al as black as it's sire
and these calves at twelve to eighteen
months old sold close to the top. To
have kept them longer they would
have lost in form, and lost money
too a f@H Il " !
I. know this is high treason with
some special cow experts, but it
makes money and appeals to the aver
age farmer. W.
Again those wishing to combine
beef and milk, and by far the most
of us do, should look we'll into the
great merits of the Red Polls and their
grades, and the Shorthorns and their
grades of milking strains.
It is claimed that 80 per cent Of
the milk and beef of England comes
from this class of cattle and still
many Of our experts claim they can
not be bred and should not be if they
could. I can breed a dual purpose
hen, and have bred thousands of dual
purpose sheep. Yes and ! have bred