Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1914-01-02
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Crest Loss From Nos Cholera.
f0T cholera is creating great havoc
ia the country and IL Is declared that
there IS a great loss Of TWO billion
pounds Of meat every year the re-
suits 81 the disease. Senator Ken
yon OF Iowa Is back OF bill to APP
propriate one million dollars to en-
able the federal government TO CO.
operate with the states in stamping
out hog cholera Senators Reed OF
MISSOURI and Pemerene Of Ohio have
called the attention OF the secretary
Of agriculture to the Importance OF
! vigorous action.
Startling Revenue Facts.
one OF the new Inventions that
came dlong just ahead Of the auto
mobile aud the moving picture and
few other common necessities Of
{ the time was the cigarette. From
government statistics it appears that
over fourteen billion ele1reites were
consumed 10 the tnited states dur
laF tNe ast aseai years Tic revenue
fe 0n ciarrele Be- eouei4a ably over
miiDln dollars efr. iiy tne ns-
uras Sc appears tbat the use Of whis-
/ ltey in the United states has doubled
in the last fifteen years
Looks Toward Government Owner
ship.
Already the railroads are shaking
In their boots, since the attitude Of
the Interstate Commerce Commission
has led the railroad managers into
the belief that the Commerce Com
mission wants practically to run the
land transportation lines as evidenced
by regulations provided for the par
eel post. and the fixing of express and
railroad rates. as well as the investi-
cations OF wrecks The complaining
railroad companies are telling Wash
ington that the methods of the Com
merce Commission point entirely to
eventual government ownership.
Ashursts Barbcd Fence.
Senator Ashurst of Arizona In ex
planning his bill asking an appropria-
ton Of s300,0 for the barbed wire
fence along our Mexican boundary,
has left the people in doubt as to
whether It is TO keep out Mexican
rebels or cattle ticks.
Another chautauqua Victim.
Chautauqua gets the best of them,
and now Vice-president Marshall has
followed the example Of the illustri-
GUS William Jennings Bryan, Champ
Clark, Captain Hobson and others.
and has signed a contract TO deliver
from thirty 10 forty five lectures in
MISSOURI. Iowa and Kansas next
summer. good deal OF sympathy
has been bestowed upon the Vice
president because of the fact that he
Is compelled TO live on his salary. !
and this restricts him to a palatial |
suit OF rooms and board in one of the |
most aristocratic hotels in the Uni
ted States. whore the charges are so
high that he undoubtedly had to take
up the Chautauqua to piece OUT ex-
penses
An Indian in Statuary Hall.
The contribution Of the state of
oklahoma TO the hall of fame in the /
National capitol win be life size
statue OF Sequoiah. said to be the |
son OF a Hessian soldier and his Cher
okee wife. who served under General |
Braddock and rendered distinguish |
ed service aftcrward living in what |
Is now the state of Oklahoma. Sc
quoiah was the inventor OF the In
dian aiphebet which is used to this |
day In the west. His remains rest In
a cave on the Pacific coast Mrs. |
Winnie Reanhoxie has received her |
commission to perform the task.
There are great many unusual sta
tues In Statuary Hall among |
which is that OF Susan b. Anthony. |
which was placed there by the state |
OF New York. Wisconsin contributed 1
the statue OF Father Pere Marquette |
who explored the Green Bay and Lake
Superior regions in the sixteenth |
century
Wire Takers In Retreat.
The American Telephone and Tele-
graph company has not been slow in
making haste 90 get under cover, and
shield itself from the prosecution in
stituted BY the Attorney General OF
the United states. The action 81 this
telephone monopoly is viewed in
WASHINGTON as an attempt 10 FORE
stall government ownership. but It is
safe 20 say that the sentiment that
has been created by Postmaster Gem
erals and other public officials has
been advanced by the retreat OF the
wire people.
Busy Season Expected.
u Is generally understood that Inn
metiatcly after congress convenes.
that the various committees OF con-
gress viii have weekly sessions and
iegislative matters be given attention
in earnest
IT Is unfortunate remarked Con-
ercssman smith. that the whole
summer should have been frittered
away rs result er the determine