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American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-11-26
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American Falls, Idaho
TWIN FALLS MAN ACCEPTS +.
PLACE ON COMMISSION


John w. Graham OF Twin Falls Will
I'LL the vacancy left on the Idaho pub
lie utilities commission by the recent
resignation of Judge ID. w. Standrod
Governor Haines announced the APP
pointment of MIR. Graham. The new
member VIII commence the work
about December l..
AZ. Graham has been practicing
law in Idaho for the past four years.
lie is Al years OF age and a native OF
Canada, but was educated at the Uni
versity of Nebraska. He practiced
his profession In Fremont. Dodge coun-
ty, Neb., and was for four years pros
ecuting attorney Of that county, and
had altogether Is years experience
as a lawyer.
The appointment which he has just
accepted will hold until four years
from the first Monday Of January,
1915. Since Judge Standrod held the
long term or the utilities commission.
81 rendered the appointment to Mr..
Graham only after / had given the
matter long and thorough c%onsidera-
tion," said Governor Haines, " and
/ have the utmost confidence In his
ability and his fitness for the place. ]
am more than pleased that he has ac-
cepted the appointment. II was a
question. however, not Of finding a
nan who would accept the office, but
u who could MI It. ] am sure Mr..
Graham is the right man."
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-11-26
PROPOSE RADICAL CHANGE
In IDAHO SCHOOL REVENUE LAWS

it has been recommended that the
county raise a tax which shall equal
SIS for every child of school age. The
state and county would, therefore
raise $40 for the educating OF every
child of school age. The average cost
Of educating a child is $2S. This
would leave only about IS per capita
for the district to raise.
The proposed bill has many minor
details for the purpose of adjusting the
assessment for small districts.
Would Have Visitor.
The educators recommended a high
school visitor, whose duty it should be
to visit and examine high schools I'm
the state with a view to learning ac-
tual conditions and to standardizing
the work.
The heartiest of endorsement was
given the state board of education / n
a unanimous vote of the assembly, and
resolutions were also adopted highly
approving the work Of Miss Grace M.
Shepherd, the retiring state superin-
tendent. Miss Shepherd introduced
Miss Mccoy, the incoming superinten-
dent, who was cordially greeted.
New Ones Interested.
County superintendent from all OF
the 33 counties except five-Bear
Lake, Franklin, Power, Idaho and Gus
ter-were present, these county uper-
intendents all being i'll. Miss Shepherd
was particularly pleased with the
number of newly elected superinten-
dents who paid their own expenses to
come to Tn meeting from pure inter-
est in the work. They were Miss Mills
of Blaine county, Miss Wilson of Boise
county, Miss Atkins OF Bannock coun-
ty, Miss Journey of Goooding county
and Mrs. Sullivan OF Minidoka county.
Professors Axline, Reed and Soulen
represented the state schools OF his,
or ~educationi
Both Mise Shepherd and Commits
sioner sisson were highly pleased with
the outcome of the three day meeting
and feel hat 1t will pave the way for
a clearer understanding OF the educa-
tional needs Of the state and for a
closer cooperation among all the edu-
cational forces.-Boise Statesman.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-11-26
QUARTZ FIND ON SNAKE
RIVER STARTS RUSH
Wendell Sees Stampede Of Fortune
Seekers to the New Fields.

Wendell is enjoying something OF a
stampede of gold seekers from a dis
covery OF a ledge Of rich quartz be-
tween that place and the famous
Thousand Springs OF the Snake river.
Ed Aun, a farmer. made the find.
When he sent a portion OF the rock TO
Salt Lake TO an assayer. the report
came back that the specimen would
yield $50 in gold and $3.50 In silver
for every ton. Naturally the news
spread and within a few days all the
locality had been staked into mining.
claims.
The location OF the discovery In d.
rectly west of Wendell, six miles. at
a point where the rfmrock widens out
two or three miles from the canyon,
In the midst of the desert waste still
In the government holding.
People have been nocking into the
region by all sorts Of conveyances and
afoot.
For many years old time miners
found -four gold In the bed Of this
Snake river. both below and abov'
this point. but so far as reported
there was never a sign Of where th'
washings came from. There neveI
has been. before this discovery. wha
could be called a mother lode. Th'
men nov on the ground declare tina
Aun's ind II nothing less than one o
the sources of the -four gold. In ques
Of which me old timers = them
: selves out
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-11-26

Former President Taft Ut Chicago
Points Ont the Need.

Former President Taft urged the
need of a greater standing srmy, In
an address TO the Congregational club,
at Chicago.
we should keep . navy that would
make It dangerous for any foreign
rover to land on our shores, should
have . reasonable army mot only for
protsctIon against the invasion q
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-11-26

armed foes, but for moral local pro-
lection for u o0.0o0,0 900 souls.
Why not have an international
court to settle all dispute. and an I'm
ternational police patrol7 / believe
when the European nations are
through nghting they will have IN OBJ
Jet lesson showing them that psacs
has some elements worthy Of admira-
alton.
I'VE . Fortunate" said Mr.. TAN,
I'm having been kept out Of ths pre-
eut European war and We ought 70
support the Administrations b Keeping
~ cut"
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-11-26
OFFICERS DESTROY WIRELESS
Revenue Service Men Take Drastic
Action But Make No Explanations.

without giving any reason for their
act oficials Of the United States rev.
enue service boarded Thursday the
fast steam yacht Winchester anchored
on Staten island in the upper New
York harbor and destroyed the yachts
wireless outnt A detachment Of men
had been placed in charge OF the YES
eel previously BY the revenue cutter
seneca. The government ofhcials I'm
Stmated that they were scttng on
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-11-26
Ask us How We'd
Buy Lumber
and see

If we don't put . new ASPECT
on this high cost talk. Sure,
some lumber is higi, priced. but
in building a house you don't
have to specify clear" through
ought. There's more than one
grade of lumber and there's
many kinds of wood. All you
need to insure you full value
for your money is u suggestion
here and there from some one
who knows lumber. We believe
we can qualify in that respect.
We've been handling lumber for
a good many years and have
watched its wearing qualities
under different conditions. Most
sll lumber is everlasting when
properly used and cared for, >but
right there is where you need
discriminating Judgment. II
you're figuring close to get the
biggest value for your money
we'd like to talk over this ques-
ton Of lumber with you. Come
in.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-11-26

lone of the best cleaning houses for
educational ideas that has ever been
held in Idaho" was the way Superin-
tendent Siders of the Pocatello schools
characterized the recent meeting of
county and city superintendent.
A number of radical changes were
suggested at this meeting. which 1t is
said will tend to place the schools Of
the state on a higher plane of eff
cheney than they have ever been, and
at no greater cost than has been here
tofore expended, If they are adopted
The most important action of the
members of this meeting was the rec
ommendation to the state board of ed
ucation that a bill be drafted to per-
NIT the adoption of an entirely differ
ent method of raising the school rev
venue, which embodies no increase I'm
the revenue, but a different way Of
raising it.
Works I%nequally.
At present the school funds are APP
portioned as follows: state tax, $751;
273, or a little over 7 per cent;
county tax, 81. O05. 6S7.57, or about
27H per cent; district tax, $2.397, 454,
or nearly 65A per cent; these figures
being for the year 1913-a total of
s3,670,415.90. This shows that the
county bears SO per cent of the entire
school tax, since the district tax is in
cluded in the county's share Of the
burden.
These figures were compiled by the
office of the state board of education,
which called attention to the Unequal
ity of county taxes in the several coun-
ties. For example, Clearwater county,
the richest I'm the state per capita, has
a school revenue of $7129 assessed
yaluation for every child of school age.
and OF this sum si845 comes from
corporate taxes, the railroads and the
timber, cassia county, the poorest
county in the state, has 1873 per
capita.
To Equalize Revenue
A fivemI! levy, the limit allowed by
law In Clearwater county, would raise
s3a FOR each child In Clearwater. and
in Cassia only a little over SO. 1t was
the idea OF the educators present that
this should be more evenly equalized
! by having the state raise enough mon
ey each year to amount to IS for each
child to be educated, this money to be
distributed where It is needed, IL being
plainly shown that Clearwater county
will not need the full amount. This
IS will include the 2k per cent raised
on school lands.
The state Of Washington. II wal
stated, raises SO per capita. and thu
Washington schools lead all others II
the country in many respects.
With this aid from the state II wa
believed nearly the same educationa
advantages could be enjoyed in tn
poorer counties that are enjoyed in tn
richer ones.
Extend to District.
A similar method of equalizin
r school money within the counties wa
: advocated. AS an example II was eli
e ed that the poorest district I'm Ad
county has s12.s1 for every child
' the district, while the richest distrit
has thirsy-one thousand dollars fo
each child. The richest district in th
: entire state. in Latah county, has 70,
= ty-seven dollars per child
: In order to equaiise this burden I
educating the children Of any count
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1914-11-26
IorICR

To the Teachers Of Power Co.
Teachers examination for Eovem-
Der VIII be held At the American Falls
school house Nov. 1878. All teachers
not provided with certificates are 70
quested to write this examination
". 1ITTELD. County Supt
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-09-04
MAKEUP MAN IN BAD MIxUPi'
Transposed Lines Of Wedding and
Auction Sale With Very L.
dlcrous Effect.

In handling the slugs which make
up the lines in a newspaper, and In
separating the various items, the
makeup man sometimes gets the lines
mixed up and they naturally read
rather queer. As an illustration OF
what can happen, we cite the mixup
of the Bangor (Pa-) News q few days
ago when the printer got wedding
and an auction sale mixed up with
the following results:
William Smith. the only son Of Mr..
and Mrs. Jos. Smith. and Miss Lucy
Anderson were disposed Of at public
auction at my farm one mile east, In
the presence of 20 guests, including
two mules and IL head of cattle.
REV. Jackson tied the nuptial knot
for the parties, average 1880 pounds
on hoof. The beautiful home of the
bride was decorated with one sulky
rake, one feed grinder and two sets
of work harness, nearly new. and just
before the ceremony was pronounced
the Mendel and Sons wedding march
was rendered by one mich COW, five
years old, one Jersey cow and one
sheep, who carrying bunch OF
brides roses in her hand was very
beautiful. She wore one light spring
wagon, two crates Of apples, three
racks of hay. one grindstone of NOUS
seline de sole and trimmings with
about one hundred bushels Of spuds.
The bridal couple left yesterday on
an extended trip. Terms, spot cash"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-09-04
GOT THE VISUAL EVIDENCE
Eastern Doctor Trails a Drink OF
Punch From the Lips to the
Stomach.

Having followed with his eyes the
course Of a milk punch from the
mouth OF patient into his stomach.
Dr. Henry v. Broeser of Hoboken. N.
j., began the treatment of a case In
which visual evidence will take the
place Of books and theories in meas
ures to effect a cure. The doctor
seemed specially pleased with the
prospect because, he said, the chances
would be against recovery II he had
to rely on the blind expedients which
practitioners commonly employ In
such maladies.
The novelty In this treatment con-
sists of the use of the Horoscope in
observing alimentary and digestive
processes. DR.. Broeser made the dag
nosis. No one before him had en-
ployed the Horoscope for such case,
so far as he knows.
His patient was placed in front Of
the lighting machine and the X-ray
directed toward the body with an in
tensity of 1900 volts, but with am
perage SO attenuated that the man
experienced no discomfort. The ex-
treme brightness of the ray projected
on glass screen. coated with a salt
solution Of barium, platinum and cya-
hide. a replica in shadows of the
living body, showing the beating
heart and other organs 80 clearly
that when the milk punch was drunk
its passage from mouth to stomach
was perfectly visible on the giass.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1914-09-04

''Mebbe so not" Marcel shrugged
his shoulders. "One mus leeve. An
one mus work. Eh?"
STEADY. Johanni" counseleds Mark.
Don't let him rattle you"
You ear. Jo'ann?" Marcel added
earnestly. Il ave respec' for wat my
fr'en, M'sieu Mark Truitt, say"
They got It," indeed. that after
noon. The Irishman. under the sting
of his boss reproof, ragged and cursed
endlessly in the effort to get more
work out of his men. The gang, irri-
table and sullen, worked erratically.
with feverish spurts that brought in
evitable reaction; the men became de-
moralized, interfered with one another.
Mark, some within of the boss max
ing him a special target for the fusil-
lade of profanity, was hard put to
keep his temper in leash; he was hard
er put to restrain the mutinous Swede.
who itched with desire for assassi-
nation. Toward the end of the day
even the philosophic Marcel grew ILL.,
natured and snarling. Somehow Mark
felt their hospitality of the noon hour
had put upon him a responsibility for
them, though they were his seniors
by at least ten years.
"One must live, you know" he re-
minded Marcel. "And one must work. /"
"One mus not be treat like a dog,
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health again. It is truly great bless
ing to women, and I cannot speak too
highly of it. / take pleasure in recon-
mending it to others. Mrs. ANNIE
CAMERON, RED, No. l, Swan Greek,
Michigan.
Another Sufferer Relieved.
Hebron, Me-" Before taking your
remedies I was all run down, discour-
aged and had female weakness. took
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound and used the Sanative Wash, and
find today that I am an entirely new
woman, ready and willing to do my
homework now, where before taking
your medicine it was dread. I try to
impress upon the minds of all ailing
women ] meet the benefits they can
derive from your medicines. = Mrs.
CHARLES ROWE, R. F. D., No. l,
Hebron, Maine.
If you want special advice
write to Lydia E. Pinkham 4Ied-
icine Co., (cOnfidentiaD Lynn,
Mass. Your letter will be opened,
read and answered by a woman
and held in strict confidence.
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"Would You Mind Saying That Again"
m'sieu." Marcel ripped out long
French oath. "Jo'ann, you ave my
consen' to keel dat 'Oula'an."
Suddenly the Swede dropped his
shovel. "Ay bane by endt. Ja!"
Johann was too slow in his mental
processes to be shamed into patience.
Pick up that shovel and get to
work." Mark commanded sharply.
The Swede blinked stupidity for a
moment. then slowly obeyed.
you our boss, heinz" Marcel
sneered.
mo, Marcel. since noon-your
friend" Mark responded.
Marcel, too, stared and then, with a
gesture of contrition, bent himself dog
gedly to his task.
Mark thought he heard a chuckle.
He looked up to meet the eyes of the
tanner. AS to the chuckle, he may
have been mistaken; in the keen i'm
personal glance was no sign of recog-
milton. Henley, with the labor boss,
departed on his tour Of inspection
Mark gave himself anew to his work,
with a sudden inner expansion. Not
Henley, but the submissiveness of his
malcontent friends" was the cause
of that expansion.
Mark learned that there are a right
method and a wrong of doing even
the simple task Of plying shovel:
that there is fashion of handling
even SO common an animal as the day
laborer which brings out his highest
efficiency. He found, moreover, that
he had the gift-granted as often to
the false and the foolish as to the true
and the wise-of popularity. Men
liked him; they laughed at his jokes:
on a days acquaintance they confided
to him their troubles-sQualid TRACE
dies they were, alas! only too often.
Marcel always called him "m'sieu." a
distinction he accorded not even to
Blair, the labor boss.
One chill, foggy evening, as the
whistle blew, he looked about him and
realized that the excavation for the
new mill was completed.
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white, marched into the room. At the
same time voices came from another
wing Of the veranda.
And then he, son Of the blacksmith
Of Bethel. became q spectator at the
birth of q project that for q brief
but brilliant period was to move the
world to hosannasi
Henley" said the first voice, deep,
yet softly flowing as honey. II have
come to the time Of life when q man
Of sense puts away the lusts of the
flesh"
''Is your digestion out Of order?" in.
terrupted the second, sharper, less
musical and with sardonic quality
that delighted the listener. II noticed
you didn't eat much tonight"
'Ah! 1t is more than stomach. It
is SOUL" the mellow voice flowed on.
my labors and investments have been
blessed with good fortune. So / am
now able to turn my energies to the
higher duties, to doing large things for
humanity. And lately my thoughts
have dwelt much on-philanthropy and
paleontology."
The speaker, like Brutus, paused for
a reply.
"Mmm! Two 'p's." 1t came. quite
alliterative. Go on"
Henley, you are the first to whom
have spoken Of my purpose. It is
fixed. In what nobler work, what
more fertile philanthropy, can q man
cf wealth engage than In the develop.
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CHAPTER iI-continued.

He went again to the cupboard and
took down battered tin candlestick.
He lighted It's candle and started
toward the inward door. Halfway, he
stopped abruptly and turned, his
mouth working strangely.
IF ye ever git rich." he dragged the
words out slowly, even painfully.
come back here an build steel
plant. There's heap Of fine coal an
iron in these hills, an the river an
railroadll give We good transportation.
This valleys meant fur 1t. / was jest
little too early-an' little too igno-
rant, l reckon. But ye're smarter an
better schooled than me. an the times
comm. I'd like to see a Truitt build
It,"
Never before had Simon Truitt
spoken of his dream and failure to his
son.
Why, yes" Mark answered, on a
sudden plying impulse. "1'u think
about It."
Yes. Keep thinkin' about It It's
IT'S big idea"
Mark started. The phrase again!
Simon went to the window and peered
out into the silvery night-toward the
south. Then he moved heavily toward
the door. He turned again; the flick
ering light from the candle threw the
lined, patient face into sharp relief.
Good night, Mark"
Good night, father"
The door closed. For many minutes
Mark. left alone, absently fingered the
pocketbook and thought Of the man
who had given it to him. Then he
blew out the lamp and rose from the
table.
He. too, paused at the window and
looked out into the night, toward the
south. He tried to see the sleeping
valley as his father had dreamed 1t,
alight with the fires of many furnaces.
palpitant with the rumble Of many
engines. He thought he saw It.
The picture faded. He saw only a
vague shadowy mass in a moonlit
meadow, the dismantled forge, silent
witness that for those who march
upon the battlefield that Is called in
dustry is no third choice. They must
conQuer-or be conquered!
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million, they say, and amt over thirty
nVe.
And this was the city from another
angle. Tom Henley, evidently, had the
monster well in hand.
The name had familiar ring. Mark
drew from his pocket letter Richard
Courtney had given him that morning
Upon 1t was inscribed, ITO Thomas
Henley, Esquire"
"He may be willing to help you
find work." Courtney had said, IF he
remembers me-"
Mark regarded the letter thought
fully. He wondered what was in It
After a moments hesitation he opened
1T was unsealed-and read it.
my Dear Henley" the letter ran,
Il am sending you one who is the
work of my hands. He is a young
man of parts, good friends as we
say up here in Bethel. with work.
Also he has a nose for money They
are qualities for which you, perhaps,
can help him find a market.
say he Is my handiwork; but he Is
an unfinished product. What, 1 won
der, will the new life that succeeds
me as his mentor make Of him? Per
haps / should let him strike out for
himself and learn at once the ugly
cruelty of the struggle that now seems
to him so glorious. But we oldsters
have the habit of helping youth to the
sugar-plums Of which we have learned
the after-taste. And this in
PRODUCTION Is the last thing I can do
for a young man who means much to
me-"
After many minutes study Mark
came to his decision. He would pre-
sent himself and the letter to Thomas
Henley. He would do it that very
night. He rose from his dinner.
Where" he inquired of the super
cilious clerk, docs Thomas Henley
live? / must see him tonight"
The directions brought Mark at
length into the heart of small COM
munity from which the city still kept
at a humble distance. Not so the fog,
which was no respecter even of gilded
colonies. From tall iron fence sloped
a wide sweeping lawn dotted at exact
intervals with trees and shrubbery.
And in its center doomed a great
shadowy mass. punctured by many
windows shooting broad luminous bars
into the fog. 1t was the castle of the
tanner.
He proceeded with boldness proper
to adventures in Eldorado, past the
waiting carriages that lined the grav-
eled driveway, to the wide veranda.
There he halted. From within came
the strains of music and a gay clamor
of voices. He could not know that
on this night the tanner gave feast,
a formal dedication of the new castle
to the entertainment of his kind. But
he felt the hour to be ill-suited to his
purpose.
Yet 1t was effected.
Curiosity to look within carried him
to window. To his wondering gaze
unfolded vista of Irish point and
damask satin, carved mahogany and
marble figures, gilt-framed pictures
and silken rugs.
And amid this lavish display Of beau
ties paraded bevy of creatures seem
ing to his excited fancy to have
stepped out of Arabian Nights"
Unity" he said, will like that"
While he stood there troop Of men,
CARRIED in a monotony of black and
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Horse Hadn't Had Fair Chanct


An lrishman who was selling a
horse to an English agent, who was
buying for the British army, was
asked by the latter would he guar
antee the animal as fit for his males
tvs service.
"Of course I WILL" replied Pat,
whereupon the bargain was completed.
Some time afterward the agent met
Pat at a fair.
"Why, you scoundrel," exclaimed the
Englishman, you guaranteed that
horse as fit for his majesty's serv-
ice, and he turned out useless for the
army"
'Then, hang it man, why didn't
you try him in the navy?" was the
reply.