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The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-10-16
Germans Trying
a New Advance
{ Continued from psge Uze.l
Aged Man Would Enlist.

BY United Press
London, Oct. Recruiting Off
GERS attached to the cavalry division at
sherediteh were nearly bowled over
with surprise when gray beared man
applied for place in the cavalry.
He was Henry Chaplin. and admitted
that his age was 70 years.
"Old as am, ! can stiIl do fairly
hard day in the saddle, he said. 80
/ have applied for a place where on
horseback can strike blow Tor my
country"
The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1914-10-16

Use Wire to Get Range.
By United Presc
London, Oct l6.-A Curious story
recently received from Villers Cor
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-12
CHAPTER VI.

If the Eagle Tail mine had been To-
Gated In Arizona-or even farther
down in Old Mexico-the method Of
jumping the claim would have been
delightfully."- simple.
The title had lapsed, and the land
had reverted to the governmental
it needed in Arizona was new set of
monuments. q location notice at the
discovery shaft, q pick and shovel
thrown into the hole, and a few legal
formalities.
But In Mexico It Is different. Not
that the legal formalities are lacking
far from it-but the whole theory of
mines and mining is different. In Mex
leo mining title is, In way, q lease.
concession from the general gov
eminent giving the concessionnaire
the right to work certain piece Of
ground and to hold It as long as he
pays mining tax OF three dollars an
acre pear year.
But no final papers or patents are
ever issued, the possession of the sur
face OF the ground does not go with
the right to mine benath 1t, and in GER
tain parts of Mexico no foreigner can
hold title to. either mines or land.
A prohibited or frontier zone, eighty
kilometers In width, lies along the In
ternational boundary line, and In that
neutral zone no foreigner can de-
nounce mining claim and no foreign
corporation can acquire title to one.
The Eagle Tail was just inside the
zooes
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-12
Copyright. 1914. by Frank A. Munsey. }
SYNOPSIS.

Bud Hooker and Phil De Lancsy are
forced. owing to q revolution In Mexico,
to give up their mining claim and return
Of qadsdsn Bud meets Henry Kruger, a
wealthy miner. who makes him a PROPOSE
ton to return to Mexico to acquire title
to very rich mine which Kruger had
cheated out Of the title by one Arason.
The Mexican had spent q large sum In
an unsuccessful attempt to relocate the
vein and then had allowed the land to
revert for taxes. Hooker and De Lancey
start for the mine.
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-12

None betterl" cried the Spaniard,
shaking his finger emphaticaaly. It
Is Of the best, and, believe me, my
friend, we should be glad to have you
stop with us. The country down be-
low Is little dangerous-not now.
perhaps, but later, when the warm
weather comes on.
but in Fortuna-no! Here We are
on the railroad; the camp Is controlled
by Americans; and because SO many
have left the country the Mexicans
will sell their prospects cheap.
"Then again, IL you develop a mine
near by, it will. be very easy to sell It
and II you wish to work it, that Is
easy, too. am only the proprietor Of
the hotel, but II you can use my poor
services In any way shall be very
happy to please you. A room? One
OF the best! And II you stay week
or more will give you the lowest
rate"
They passed up the winding stairs
and down long corridor, at the end
OF which the proprietor showed them
into a room, throwing open the outer
doors and shutters to let them see the
view from the window.
"Here Is little balcony. he said.
stepping outside. whore you can sit
/ and look down on the plaxa. We have
tho band and music when the veather
Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1914-06-12

get as gay as you please.
"Oo-ee!" piped Phil, "hear the boy
talk!" But he said no more of wine
and women, for he knew how they do
complicate life.
They rode to the east now, follow
Ing the long. fat footprints of the bur-
ros, and by all the landmarks Bud
saw that they were heading straight
for the old Eagle Tail mine At Old
Fortuna the river turns west and at
the same time four canyons came In
from the east and south. OF these
they had taken the first to the north
and it was leading them past all the
old workings that Kruger had spoken
about. In fact, they were almost at
the mine when Hooker swung down
suddenly from his horse and motioned
Phil to follow.
There's some burros coming" he
said. glancing back significantly; and
when the pack-train came by, each
animal piled high with broken wood,
the two Americans were busily tap
ping away at section of country
rock. A man and a boy followed be-
hind the snimals, gazing with wonder
at the strangers. and AZ Phil babe
them q pleasant "Buenos dias!" they
came to q halt and stared at their
industry In silence. In the interval
Phil was pleased to note that the old
man had only one eye.
GO BE CONTNUEDl
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-11-27
LOCKING UP POSSIBILITY
oT coNTEsTlNG TWo OFFICES

A delegation from Jerome made up
OF defeated Democratic candidates for
sheriff ana Clerl. Mesgrs. Jenkins ana
Roberson. and Bob Frazer and Henry
Han were in shoshone Mr. Hall is
the lawyer and Mr.. Frazer the personal
suide, philosopher ard friend VINO are
relied upon in a contest that may be
undertaken by the two defeated can
didatos. It was stated that they are
not sure of their ground as yet, whether
there is TO be a contest or not. For
both the offices in question the Re
publican candidates, Messrs. Wheeler
and Lundin. were returned elected.
Under the law contest may be started
over any county office within twenty
days after the canvass of the returns
by the county commissioners, which
was completed on the 11th of No
vember.
Roy Jones. the Democratic ex-sherin
Of old Lincoln county. and A. f. James.
Gooding lawyer. We're up here in the
interest OF the contest on Wednesday.
They visited jerome also.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-11-27
KNIGHTS OF PYTHlA5 MEET
WITH GooDiNe BRETHREN

Knights of Pythias OF shoshone to
the number Of twenty three paid a
fraternnal visit to the Cooling lodge
Tuesday evening. when second degree
work was put on by the visitors, with
Archie Bowler as Chancellor Com
mander, Fred Gwiu as Master at Arms
and John H. Helman as Keeper Of
Records and Seals. The degree work
Of the shoshone team is noted in all
the State of Idaho for its artistic
finish. Between the two lodges there
is a generous rivalry in the same mat
ter For Tuesday nights exercises
County Assessor ". P. Kennedy was
the candidate
The Gooding lodge served a fine
banquet for the occasion. The sho-
shone visitors were J. W. Lundin, }. II.
Helman. Frank Millsaps. Fred Gwin.
e. c. Merrifeld. Harry ". Anderson.
a. =. Bowler Vern AIiusaps, George
D. Campbell. John ". McFan. Hail
Horne. DR.. zeller, Paul S. Haddock
J. r. Boutwell,, c. r. Morse, J. W.
Newman. Clarence Wheeler, ". W
Custer. Walter White. S. E. Todd,
Russell Fuller, NJ. T. Whitenack and
V. V. Bower
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-11-27
MILES AND BILLIONS.

Two news items illustrate two as
poets of the extremity of war. One
was the official statement on behalf
of the British government that this
war will cost Great Britain two and a
quarter billion dollars, or four hun
dred and fifty million pounds sterling
this year, out Of which three hundred
and fifty million pounds. or all but
half billion dollars, are to be raised
by loan. The other is a story attri-
buted to a Catholic priest to the effect
that he saw forty thousand Austrians
who had been killed in one battle
buried in one grave six and one-haIf
feet wide and over four miles long. in
to which the bodies were placed touch
ing each other and three deep. Side
by side, these dead bodies would have
filed q grave twelve miles long. When
we begin computing the cost Of war
by the billions and the dimensions Of
graves by miles. we are beginning to
comprehend the true magnitude of the
horror.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-11-27
PART OF COOLING SILVA
RANCH SOLD FOR $4,000.

The last so of the old Silva ranch,
on Little Wood River, two miles east
of Gooding, has been sold this week
TO Joseph NJ. Sells. from Cooperstown,
North Dakota, the consideration being
100000. The Silva ranch is one of the
oldest in this section and one of the
best. The ranch house and orchard are
located on this so. The soil is of
great fertility. over 5000 bushels of
oats being raised on so acres.
Mr.. Sells arrived with his family
three weeks ago and brought out five
car loads of horses and thoroughbred
cattle. He is anselderly farmer of the
type. who achieved success
in North Dakota and came to Idaho
for a milder climate. He is brother
in-law of c. A Smith Of Haddock.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-11-27
FIRES IN CAR FLOORS.

Nobody knows until he tries how
hard it is to put out a fire started in
the woodwork of a railroad car. par
ticularly in the floor This was dem
onstrated this morning in train Is,
when one Of the baggage cars contain
ing theatrical scenery bound for Twin
Falls was seen smoking from under
meath. The floor was burning. The
railroad people turned on the hose
after cutting into the numerous layers
Of the floor and yet The men were not
so sure that they had stopped the fire
when the car was sent on in the train.
It was said that spark from the To-
comotive had caught in the woodwork.
Most modern cars carried next TO the
engines are now Constructed wholly Of
steel to save them from Gre.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-11-27
SEEDcROWERS' MEETING.
Meeting at Twin Falls December 20
Promises to Be Most Important.

= PROMISES 70 De MOST Important.
At the meeting in Twin Fails Thurs
day Of d. c. MacWatters Of jerome,
president. and J. W. Sessions cf Po-
7 catello. secretary of the Idaho Seed
Growers association, and the local
convention committee, the complete
program for the Idaho State Seed
Growers convention, which is to be
held in this city December /, ,, and
3, was arranged. The members of the
convention committee are L. A. Sny-
der, Q. G. Zuck, J. f. Denny, ". E
Starr, N. a. Thometz, f. V. Berg and
William Cheek.
Much interest is being manifested
in the coming convention and seed
show. which promises to be most i'm
portant and successful
All the exhibits will be displayed
in the high school auditorium. where
the sessions of the convention will also
he held. Besides some $500 in cash
prizes there will be many special
prizes offered for seed exhibits.
Aside from daily pleasure excur-
sions to Shoshone falls there will be
other special entertainment features
including a reception and smoker at
the Commercial club rooms on the
first evening, an entertainment by the
Twin Falls High school on the second
evening and banquet at the high
school auditorium on the last evening
This banquet viii be served by the do
nestle science department of the high
school.
The principal speakers for the oc-
casion will be D. w. A. Orton from
the department of agriculture at
Washington, D. c.; DR.. NJ. A Bran
non, president University of Idaho,
Moscow; DR.. ]. A. Widstoe, president
Utah Agricultural college; DR.. G. r. !
Hill and DR.. f. S. Harris, Utah Agri- !
cultural college; Professor O. D. Cen
ter, Boise; H. Harlan, Payette; J. S !
Welch. Gooding; o. E. Scott. Pocatel-
10; Professor n. S. Robb, Moscow: !
D. w. Dewey, Jerome; Charles H.
DeCamp, St Anthony; D. c. MacWat-
ters. Jerome
One of the most important matters
which the convention plans to take up
S the movement looking toward the
Improvement of present seed law in
he state, including state inspection
md Standardization of seed potatoes
/ measure recently adopted by num-
Ter of other states.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-11-27
BONDS TO BE SOLD.

Some months ago when Shoshone
water bonds of $4,000 We're offered
right in the midst of the uncertainties
of the world war there was no satis-
factory offer for them and they were
not sold. AS showing the better feel
ing that has sinee prevailed the town
trustees recently received three sep
arate offers for the bonds at par. The
bid received after all are informed Of
the conditions will be awarded the
issue. The proceeds are to be applied
bidders have been notified and the best
toward purchasing and reconstructing
the ShoshoDe water system.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-11-27
1T ISN'T YOUR ToWN-ITs YOU

If you want to live in the kind of a
town
Like the kind of town you like,
You needn't slip your clothes in a grip
And start on a long, long hike.
You'll only find what you left behind.
For there's nothing that's really
new
It's a knock at yourself when you
knock your town.
It isn't your town it's you.
Real towns are not made by men
afraid
Lest somebody else gets ahead.
When everyone works and nobody
shirks
You can raise town from the dead.
And if while you make your personal
stake
Your neighbor can make one, too.
Your town win be what you want to
see.
It isn't your town-it's YOU.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-11-27
THE IDAHO HOG
BRINGS WEALTH
TREE sUYlNc AGENCIES AT
GoODlNG ALONE ARE DIsTRIs-
UTINc OVER s274,o0o PER MONTH.

Says the Gooding Leader: Few
people realize what the Idaho hog is
doing for southern Idaho. We all
know the hog is working day and
night to bring about the prosperity.
but ii anyone should tell you that the
hog buyers Of Gooding alone are pay
ing out approximately $4,000 every
day to Idaho farmers. you would put
it down as about 70 per cent fiction.
But it would be 100 per cent fact.
There are three hog buying agencies
with headquarters at GoodiRg. They
are Harry Filte, who buys for the San
Francisco and Los Angeles packers;
G. r. Blasingame. who buys for the
Cudahy packing plant at Los Angeles,
and the Gem State Packing company.
which buys the hogs needed for its
own packing plant here at Gooding.
Mr.. Fike is now shipping thirty-five
cars per week, worth about $500 per
car, which amounts to s16S,0O0 per
month. Mr.. Blasingame is shipping at
the rate of about 100000 per month
and the Gem State Packing company
is using about $4,000 worth per month.
a grand total of s274.OoO. or over $4,000
for every day distributed, among the
hog raisers CT southern Idaho through
the Gooding agencies alone
The great bulk of the hogs pur-
chased by the Gem state Packing COM
pany come from the Gooding tract a
few being purchased at Wendell and
Richfeld. This company is paying out
$500 per day to the farmers Of this i'm
mediate vicinity and the effect of this
cash distribution is noticeable in i'm
proved trade conditions.
The other buyers have their agents
strung out along the line from Pocatel-
10 to Huntington and draw their sup
ply from all over southern Idaho The
cars are assembled at Pocateuo and go
to the coast in solid trains.
Although the hog is yielding south
ern Idaho 10000 per day through
agencies alone. the hog rails
ing industry is only just started.
a few years this section viii
be producing five times the number Of
hogs now marketed and the mortgage
ifter'' will perform the same service
-or this state that it did for Kansas
md Iowa.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-11-27
MORE coYoTEs-LEss RABBITS.

The flockmasters say they have
never known so many coyotes as are
lurking about their herds this fall.
The taking off of the bounty for the
destruction of the pests may have had
something to DO vita the increase.
At the same time the rabbit pest seems
to be lessened. Possibly the coyote
increase is the cause. At any rate
the floekmasters regard the depreda
tions OF tho coyotes as q real menace
and are preparing destructidn for
them in the form Of poisoncd ears
casses Of old and useless bucks to be
thrown in their way.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-11-27
WHO PAYS FOR
CANAL BRIDGES?
QUESTION BEFORE TIE SUPREME
COURT INVOLVING VALIDITY OF
OLD ORDER IN LINCOLN
County.

Tho question whether the Idaho r.
rigat.on company or the counties Of
Lincoln and Gooding r1ust pay for the
bridges over the companys' canals is
to be put up before the State Supreme
Court on an appeal to be taken by
Goodiag County from decision re-
Gently made by Judge Walters in favor
Of the Company.
The action is based on an order o.
old Lincoln County in 1909. designat-
ing as public highways all section
tines en- the lands included in the Ida
10 Irrigation oompany's segregation.
This was prior to the construction Of
the canals and the statutes provide
that irrigation companies must build
bridges on public highways crossed by
their canals.
The irrigation company contended
that the order Of the commissioners
was invalid and that public highways
could not be created in such a man
ner, and this contention was sustained
by Judge Walters. Twelve hundred
dollars IS the amount involved in
Gooding County.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-11-27
FARMER FATALLY
SHOT BY OWN GUN
WAS CARRYING WEAPON ON HAY
RAKE WHEN 1T SLIPPED AND
WENT OFF.

Frank Neilhouse, a dry land farmer,
was brought into Minidoka last Tues
day with his left shoulder almost
blown off as a result of the accidental
discharge of a loaded shot gun. He
was on a hay rake about four miles
from home when the gun which he
had with him slipped. In endeavoring
to catch the weapon and keep it from
falling to the ground, it became en-
tangled with the teeth of the rake and
the entire load went into his arm.
The injured man then rode a mile and
a quarter to the home of Fred Baltz
for assistance. He was Immediately
brought to town to await the arrival
of east bound passenger train No. T.
In the mean time everything was done
to relieve the sufferer and to keep up
heart action. which was very weak be-
cause of loss of blood. on arriving at
American Falls Mr.. Nenhouse was
speedily taken to the hospital and am
putation was performed. But before
they were able to get him free from
the influence Of the anesthetic, the
patient expired.
The deceased was well known in
and around Minidoka, having resided
on a farm north of town for several
years. He leaves to mourn his loss a
wife in this country and four brothers
and three sisters in Austria Hungary. /
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-11-27
RAEsIT POISON.
CJerone News.)


The county commissioners recently
authorized the purchase Of 500 ounces
cf rabbit poison, according to arrange
ments made last winter with +. e.
Ward, representative of the govern
ment department having in charge the
eradication and determination Of these
pests, to be distributed among the set
tiers of the county.
It is now necessary that the farm
ers of the different districts Of the
county meet and organize and select
some one from among them to receive
and handle the poison. None Of il will
be given out until this is done. Some
one must be authorized by the farmers
themselves to distribute this poison
as it will not be given out by the
county authorities promiscucusly
There is no doubt but the jack rab-
bit pest can be very materially abat-
ed by the proper use of poison during
the winter months. especially when
they are forced to come onto the farms
from the adjacent sagebrush on ac-
count of the snow covering the native
forage
Farmers in the different sections
should meet very soon and designate
some one to receive and distribute
the poison in compliance with the rules
Of the board Of county commissioners.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-11-27
8 o o 8 9 o o 8 o o . Z: . 9, Z
FACTS FOR THE FARMER.
BY Peter Radford, Lecturer 9
National Farmers Union. Z

. 9 @ o 8 o 9 o 8 o q o o o . 9
No farmer is perfect, but our mis-
takes can be reduced to a minimum
by intelligent reading and intense
thinking.
When the farmer fully realizes just
how closely his interests are bound
up with those Of his neighbor and
feilow-fa farmer. then will farming be
come a profitable business.
The highest duty Of the State and
Federal governments is to place agri-
The prosperity Of the farmer is CO.
incident with the prosperity of the
State. ana Fundamentally the well
fare Of the people depends upon the
cultivation os the p.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-11-27
BANDIT FRANK JAMES
DYING AT AGE OF 73.

EXCELSIOR SPRINGS, Mo-, Nov.
21.-Frank James. a famous member
of the band known as the James gang
who terrorized the southwest during
the period Immediately following the
Civil war, was stricken today with
heart disease and is in a critical con-
dition at the James homestead. He
is 73 years of age.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-11-27
CUTTING Of TREES
on SCHOOL YARD
TRUSTEES AGREE TO LET POPU-
LAR WILL GOVERN IN MATTER
AND DESTRUCTION is HALT
e.

A delegation Of the town board Of
trustees, Mayor Mcslahon and j. L.
Beckett, besides dozen or more ladies
oe The Study club, appeared before the
public school trustees on Friday night
to ask that the work of cutting down
the trees bordering the high school
grounds be stopped. 1t was ascertained
that the tree cutting had been started
by order of majority of the board be-
cause they thought there were too
many trees on the grounds. It was
intended to take out only the try r,sn
the inner side of the sidewalk. y 20, 'iS
This seemed TO be precisely what was
not wanted by anybody present. Mrs
VIII Newman, who was appointed
spokesman for the ladies', said thar
the two rows of trees were, before
being partly cut out, one of the pretty
features Of the school grounds. She
met the objection to them that they
gave too much shade upon the school
building and lawn by stating that
they stood almost wholly on the north
and therefore their shadow fell not
upon the grounds and building
to the south but fell the other way
She thought the destruction Of the
trees was altogether nl-advised.
Along the same line We're statements
made by Mrs. T. Disney Hrs. Fred
W. Gooding. Mrs. J. L. Beckett, Mrs
J. r. Melvin and others. President
Price Newman stated that the board
had given the order for the cutting
Of the trees not for any capri
cious reason bat because the trees had
been considered as destroying the {
grass. Trustee Willard Fields said his /
vote was given just as he would have !
acted if the trees had been on his own |
lawn. He said he was glad to have /
the opinions of others, however. and |
would be governed by the wishes OF
the majority Of the people in interest.
S. Z. Todd, a trustee, was the only
member OF the board who dissented
from the action taken by the trustees.
He said he was not present when the
tree-cutting order was made. 1t had
taken thirty years to grow those trees
and he was strongly opposed to their
destruction just to save q little grass
or a little work in giving extra at
tention to the grass under them. NJ.
T. Whimack expressed strong objec-
ton to the destruction as did also J.
L. Beckett, who said the sentiment OF
the townspeople as he understood It
was the same way.
Mr.. Todd scored against the action
taken with respect to the telling OF
the trees to afford light in the rooms
when he recalled the fact that there
had been complaint about too much
ight so that the trustees had gone
ahead last year and froscoed the rooms
n a darker shade. He thought it a
very thoughtless thing to say the least
o destroy trees in the way that had
oeen commenced on the school yard.