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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-12-10
NOTICE 80 CREDITORS.
state Of Andrew Hober deceased:

Estate Of Andrew Hober deceased
Notice is hereby given by the Undersigned
Administrator '1i the estate Of Andrew
Hober deceased to the creditors Of, and
all persons having claim, against the said
deceased, to exhibit them with the neces-
sary youCher within Ten months after the
FIRST publication OF thisnotlce TO the said Ad.
ministrator at Carmen. in the County OF
Lemhi, State OF Idaho.
Dated November 10th, IgIa.
Lazar George Hober
Administrator OF the Estate of
26-4 Andrew Hober Deceased,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-12-10
For Sale. Placer Ground.

one-haIf interest in $50 acres Sit.
uated on Way and Trail creeks, Beay.
erhead county, Mont. Park to park
automobile road runs throuvb
ground. VIII sell at great sacrifice.
For further information address
A. v. ROYCE,
Dab. Glib 'nsVille, Idaho.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-12-10

FiTemsns Bali Nmas. Whites
Orchestra of afteen pieces. Tue
music will he worth the price Of the
tickets.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1914-12-10

est night was degrees on the 10Th.
The total precipi alton for the mouth
vas only ee.onehundredtHs Of an
inch. There were 2l clear days and
8 partly cloudy,
Arrangements are being made for a
turkey shont to be held on Monday.
18th December, near the railroad
iepot.
The next meeting of tn Tsant-a-
nishinA gan club ~ill be held at the
home of Mrs. Ashton on Wednesday
Afternoon, the 10th instant.
See DRYER about wire. Adv.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-11

members. And that's the only way
you can weaken any church-with
its own members.
If the Catholic Church is attempt
ing to destroy our public school sys-
tenn; if it is attempting to gain con-
troll of our government; if it aims to
control this republic from Rome; if
the Pope can give political orders to
Catholics, and can control their
votes as American citizens-why
then there is ample justification for
the organization of all free ,Ameri-
can citizens who don't believe in that
sort of thing. And l am one of them.
will go further than that. If be-
ieved any such thing existed as as
armed wing of any church that had
fell designs on this republic l sure
would favor all preparation necessary
to meet the attack.
But don't happen to believe that
part of it. Invent through the A. PA.
movement twenty years ago, and
where the fight was the hottest. l
heard all of these charges then. l
even heard that on a certain day the
Catholics were going to massacre the
Protestants; and thousands actually |
believed it. l remember the story of
a family in Ottawa county, Ohio, the
members of which got so worried |
over the coming massacre that they
barricaded themselves in the house, |
I saw an entire community worked |
I'D to religious frenzy. l saw men |
discharged from office because of |
their religion. l saw men elected to |
Office because they were members of |
the A. P. Amen who could never |
have been elected under normal con-
ditions
remember the climax. 1t was
ridiculous. Guy G. Major, afterward |
head of the Linseed Oil trust, was |
mayor at the time and leader of the
A. P. A. He had helped clean all pub
lie offices of Catholics. and for No /
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-04-11

he did this stunt on the 18th of
March.
There wasn't any massacre. There
was no assault on the public schools.
The Catholics merely went ahead
and minded their own business, al
though hurt to the quick by some of
the foul charges made against them
as men and women because of the
manner in which they chose to wor-
ship God.
l saw the whole thing die out. 1
saw the independent uprising under
Golden Rule Jones as mayor, when
the people, without regard to party
politics or creed, got together to drive
from office the grafters who rode in
on the wave of religious frenzy.
And then l saw peace and harmony
for twenty years, with the people in
power, with the most independent
and the most representative govern
ment in this country, with labor bet
ter united and better able to with
stand the assaults of organized cap
ital than ever before.
And then l saw the revival of the
old movement, and all that was built
up by Jones and Whitlock and their
truly patriotic associates swept aside
in one election. l saw a people di-
vided, with those who ride on their
backs united.
The bitter feeling would not be
possible if 95 per cent of those in
the movement were not entirely sin
cere and earnest in their belief that
they were right, and that they were
a part of a patriotic movement to
save the public schools and the gov
eminent itself from the fell designs,
of a Roman Pope.
I have nothing but sympathy for
the sincere purpose of the 95 per cent
of members of the Guardians of Lib
erty, and nothing but pity for the few
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20
Some Facts About Lower California

I to bring about failure to develop the
resources.
The climate of Lower California in
general is hot and arid. Northern
conditions are closely like those in adj
joining parts of southern California;
in the middle they are more arid, but
the extreme southern end, though
arid tropical, has more regular sum-
mer rains. The peninsula suffers long
periods Of drought. during which no
rainfall sufficient to start vegetation
occurs over large areas for periods of
from three to five years. These dry
periods may be succeeded by torren-
tial rains, which sweep the country
and roll great floods down to the sea.
Surface water is scarce and limited
mainly to isolated water-holes in the
rocks or to springs from which
streams flow short distance. The
Rio Santo Domingo is the one living
stream within the peninsular which
flows on the surface from its source to
the sea throughout the year. These
conditions have resulted in the devel-
opment of the richest and most extra
ordinary desert fora in the world. The
bird and mammal life, however, is
closely related to that of southern
California. The plains abound with
small desert mammals, such as rab-
bits, pocket mice, kangaroo rats and
others. A large number of the smaller
desert manuals never drink water, *
having been found impossible to teach !
some of them to take water in captiv- |
ity. Antelope, mountain sheep mule |
deer and mountain lions are the only |
large game animals.
The peninsula is thinly peopled and |
enormous areas remain uninhabited. |
The most populous section is the reg
ion south of La PaS, where rains are
more regular than further north. A
few small towns and widely scattered
communities along the coast, with .
limited number of villages. ranches
and miners camps in the interior, Gov
er the population. Lower California
has territorial form of government,
md. owing to its great length, is di-
7ided near the middle into a northern
and southern district. Ensenada and
La Paz being the respective capitals J
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20

Lower California, Mexico's isolated
peninsula. the coast of which the Pa
cific fleet OF the United States is now
patroling, is one of the least known
territories in North America. The fol
lowing facts concerning this arm 6f
land, which projects about 500 miles
der OF California, were given out by
the National Geographic society at
Washington, d C., today:
The width OF the peninsular varies
from about 80 to more than 100 miles,
and its irregular coast-line. over 1000
miles long, is bordered by numerous
islands. Being mainly a mountainous,
desert region. it is thinly peopled and
presents many sharply contrasting
conditions. Low sun-scorched plains,
where death thirst awaits the traveller,
lie close to the bases of towering
granite peaks, belted by forests and
capped in winter by snow; desolate
plateaus of black lava look down on
valleys seemed with green-bordered
streams.
At the time of its discovery in 1888
by an expedition sent out by Cortes
in search of a fabulously rich island,
it is estimated to have been inhabited
by $4,000 Indians, who vigorously re-
scented the intrusion and prevented the
newcomers from getting a foothold for
more than a century. The Jesuites
then came in and were wonderfully
successful in exploring the peninsultr
and establishing missions They estab-
lished three main trails, one along
each coast and the third down the mid
die, which serve as the regular routes
Of travel today. The Indians have
from all parts of their for
mer territory, except a few in the ex-
IRENE northern end.
During the last half century all parts !
IF the territory have been visited. |
mainly by Americans. in search of !
mines and other natural resources, |
'ut little of the knowledge gained has |
become available to the public. Gold. |
silver. copper, iron and other miner
lis and much fertile land have been |
ound, but the scarcity of water. fuel,
orage, and the difficulties of transpor-
alton have united with other causes
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20
ENLIVENEO THE PLAY.
Sentiment and Impromptu Humor at 4
MOVING Picture Show.

Sentiment and Impromptu Humor at a
Moving Picture Show.
Where we went last night" said
a frequenter of moving picture shows,
there was a scene in one OF the films
showing a man and girl. young low
ers. kissing. She was a pretty girl
and he was a fine, manly, young fell
low. and OF course everybody was
deeply interested in the picture. But
at the precise instant that the lovers
lips met some man in the audience ex-
plode1 with a gigantic sneeze, where
ct the whole house blew up with spop-
tanecus hilarious laughter.
I'm this picture scene there was
third figure, that OF a man who had
seen the lovers meeting and who whea
he saw them kiss turned away from
them to smile. He was, TO be sure,
smiling over the lovers; but as he look
ed out on the house at this moment
with that smile ON his face he seemed
like a real man smiling in appreciative
understanding of what had just hap
pened in the audience. At the sight of
his smiling face the audience again
blew I'D But. of course. the pictures
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20
FOREST FIRES HARM FERTILITY

A definite relation between the
amount of humus. or vegetable matter
in the soil. and it's crop-producing pow
err as shown by yields OF corn. is given
in figures just issued by the depart
ment of agriculture. The department
therefore advocates the use of various
methods TO introduce the required
humus into the soil.
Experts OF the forest service state
that the soils of the whole country,
and particularly of the south. have
lost and are losing immense amounts
OF this source of soil fertility through
forest fires which apparently do little
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20
Bed Time ales
Crdy-hedded Dandelions
By Clara Ingram Judson.

n nee upon a time. not so very
long ago, a family of yellow
haired dandelions decided to
move from the forest into the town
they had heard so much about. So
In the fall, with the help of the wind.
they moved and all winter they
worked making good roots ready
for spring.
AS soon as the warm sunshine
came they sent up some green
leaves to see if spring was really
here. The leaves sent down word
that spring had come and that the
new home was very pleasant. So
the dandelions decided TO go up into
the sunshine and see for themselves
what the new country was like
First one dandelion went up all by
herself. and as she stayed, the others
decided she must like il. so they
went too. Till at last six lovely
golden-haired dandelions stood up
ftIaight and tall in the sunshine.
y like this better than the woods"
said the biggest dandelion, "for
there are fewer trees and more open
space" Maybe / will grow bigger
here, said the littlest dandelion,
"for l like the warm sunshine"
And sure enough. The rains came
and gave them water. and the sun
helped with his warmth and the
dandelions grew big and tall. The
iittlest one grew as big as his
mother and was very proud and
happy.
Then one day a very dreadful
thing happened. Two men came
walking by the dandelions' home
and as they passed. one said TO the
other "TuSt see those daudelions
j mean TO dig them up tomorrow
The dandelions were so frightened
they could hardly move just when
they were so nicely. settled to be
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20

immediate damage but rob the soil of
Accommodations of humus. In many
parts of the south. land is being clea--
ed for farming. aud where such for
est land has not been burned. there is
a large percentage of vegetable matter
which provides considerable fertility,
and n good texture. Moreover this
soil has a greater capacity to absorb
and retain moisture, and thus is less
likely to be washed and quilted under
heavy rains. For these reasons, leav-
ing out of account the damage to
standing timber. the departments au-
thorities are agreed that fire should
be rigidly kept out of woodlands.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20
HE WONDERS If
SHE Knows

II wonder II you
know how fair
Y o u make the
world for met
I wonder II you
know that where
You are ] long to
be7
Your smile IS ike
the morning sun
That gladdens all
below;
When you appear
the days begun,
But when we part
the day is done
I wonder II you
know OF fare.
7 wonder II you
known
Gle wonders II she
knows or cares;
Why should he
ever doubt it,
The lOyelorn, long
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20

o. Some years ago when the state of
Texas was in dire need OF a state capi-
toll and was long on land and short on
cash the late Major J. NJ. Beardsley
OF this city engineered deal by which
a syndicate headed by John V. Far
well of Chicago. built the capitol in
exchange for a grant OF 100000
acres of land. The land was then val
ued at so cents an acre. or s1,5OO.OOO,
and today it is estimated to be worth
500, 900. 900. The state land depart
ment has just ordered a resurvey of
tie grant to determine whether there
was any excess over the allotted acre
age turned over TO the syndicate.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20
REAL AND FALSE ECONOMY.

r"Penny wise and pound foolish" 1.
that policy which economies 10 the
b unnecessary impairment of service in
any department of government and this
applies to the course which is being
pursued by the Rock Island municipal
commission in the tax levy II has made
up for the coming year.
BY their votes a year ago the peo-
pie OF the city approved OF the admis-
sion OF a tract in South Rock Island
and OF a bond issue partly for the pur-
pose OF giving fire protection TO the
newly acquired territory. In taking in
this district the people realized that
they were assuming an obligation to
also extend police protection and other
facilities which those who live In a
city enjoy as compared with those who
live outside. II is but reasonable to as
sumo that the vote carried with II ap-
proyaI of expenditure of whatever
money was necessary to fulfill the OBJ
legation. Obviously. the new territory
would not give enough additional rev.
enue to meet the added cost, at least
for several years.
Rock Island is growing steadily in
population within the old limits. Natur-
lily. there is need from year 10 year
for larger sums 10 carry on the munic-
ipsl government. More money will be
needed for keeping the streets and al
leys cleaned and TO furnish police pro-
lection. There are more election ex-
penses than formerly, particularly in
view of the fact that the number of
voters has been nearly doubled, which
calls for large number OF additional
voting precincts. with more expenses
for election officials. A saloon ordi-
nance has been passed which calls for
more strict regulation and more police
are needed IL fl Is TO be properly en-
forced. These are some OF the causes
OF demand for more money IN 1915
than in 1914.
In spite OF this the general tax levy
now being considered by the commits l
sion distributes but SI24,II647. while |
last year the general levy amounted to |
s1zs.524.51.
Here IS a comparison OF the items
which appear in both this years and
asst years leVys:
fQfA 1919
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20

Ing look he wears
Has told her all about II.
Although he never tells her SO.
He may be sure that she VIII know;
Love needs no speech-long. long ago
Love learned to do without IT'D
'T wonder II you ever guess Z
That when you nnger near
The world Is filed with loneliness,
That when you leave tbs drearf
For you, sweetheart, II is that all
The feirest breezes blow,
And from the skies the stars would fan
Responsive to your witching calli
You smile to gladden. and to bless
wonder II you know
Gle wonders II his sweetheart knows
Or has the wit to guess it;
He tells II everywhere he goes
His looks and sights confess 1t;
He thinks her lips forbidden fruit,
Al. let him cease from being mute.
And boldly. bravely press his suit
She longs for him to press IT'D
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20
Unabashed.

Years ago lsidore de Lara used to
sing his own songs at concerts to his
own accompaniment. The most popu-
lar OF them was The Garden of
Sleep" Once-so runs the story-Mr.
de Lara was Garden of Sleeping at
a private house. and he was immense
ly annoyed by George Moore. who
went on insistently talking after the
song had begun. Mr.. de Lara sang q
few bars and then sprang indignantly
to his feet.
Mr.. Moore" he said, II was singing
the other day before the Prince of
Wales. and he spoke. and | stopped
We'll. my dear chap" replied Mr.
Moore calmly. ''he survives"
Mr.. de Lara had humor enough to
join in the general Iaugh.-London An
swers.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20
The Black Sheep.

What" asked the man who had re-
turned to his native town after an alb
sence of many years, became of Ed
Ferguson"
Ed? Oh, he's doin' fine. Got the
best livery stable anywheres around
here and runs the depot hack"
Lets see, he had d younger broth
er. hadn't he?"
Yes; Lem. He never amounted to
much. Wrote poetry and painted pic
lures. guess the family Kind of dis
owned him. At least, he went away
several years aso, and 1 dunno what
ever became of>him."
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20
War Had No Terrors for Her.

81 can't understand how it is said
the natty lieutenant, that you are
able TO be go calm"
why shouldn't 1 be calm?" replied
the beautiful girl who had found a
temporary refuge upon the mighty
warship.
Il should think the firing of our
guns would Brighten you Even men
who are not used TO them generally
exhibit signs of terror or, at least,
of nervousness. They don't appear to
disturb you ar all"
"Oh, no. I don't mind them. You
see, have become accustomed to
such sounds. That's one of the ad-
vantages Of living where an automo-
bile backf1res every few minutes"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20

4 Pennsylvania man dropped dead
Immediately after landing a carp
weighing II pounds and the coroner's
Jury was divided in opinion as to
whether his demise had been caused
by excitement in the struggle or dis
appointment when he found out what
he had hooked.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20
Just the Man He Wanted,

Doctors often scare people TO
death by letting them know how dan
gerous their maIadies are" said the
white-haired physician.
Say. doc" the young man replied.
would you mind coming with me to
diagnose my rich old uncle's case?
And Ia be willing to double your fee
IL you would speak right out plainly
in case you found anything serious
the matter with him"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20
May 20 In American
History.

1172-Dorothy Payne, famous as DOE
~ Madison" wife OF President
Madison. born: died 1S49
1S3EMarquis de Lafayette, French
ally OF the American Revolutionists'
died In Paris: born 1857.
1S64--General p. G. 4. Beauregard
Confederate army effectually dot,
tied up" General Buffers Federai
army at Berpiuda Hundred. Oh
James river.
l9l3-H. NJ. Fiagler. capitalist ana
railway maenate. died; born 1850
III the news all the time-The Argus
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20
Certainly.

why do you always read the news-
paper criticisms of the opera so care
fully after you have attended a per-
formance?"
People will be sure to ask about it,
and one must be able to answer as If.
one understood something about 1t.
you know"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20
Quite = piHsr.no.

hthei-Jack told me that he never
ioVed any one before. Marie Well,
excuse me for saying so. dear. but he
ana | once We're engaged Ethel-Oh.
I>didn't ask him about engagements.
] only asked him about Boston
Transcript
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20

Vera Cruz is having its first bath,
American methods OF sanitation be-
ing put in operation by the army. II
nothing else should come OF the oc-
cupation it will prove to have been OF
incaIculable value as a health meas
ure
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20

American railroads. operating 120,-
600 miles OF lines call attention to
their proud record of the year ending
with March. in which not a single pas
senger was killed That is a standard
worthy of bearing in mind. Safety first
IS the best motto, even in our hurrying
age
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20

dCCOuuN. lsoVN.OV AsfVVsNN
Auditing account 10000 $4,000
Fire department. 2S.0O0.O0 $4,000. 90
Interest account. 100000 100000
Office account -. 10000 619.4O
The tax to be levied for the police
department is the same as a year ago.
there is $4,000 more for the health
and $4,000 more for the fire depart
ment Last year there we're $4,000
in the contingent fund 10 be drawn up
on in emergencies but this year but
SI.2sO.40 is set aside for this purpose.
The estimate OF revenues outside OF
the tax levy is practically the same as
Il was a year ago. Hence IL is quite
evident that econonlizing must be car
ried TO the point OF impairment OF the
service. particularly in the fire, police
and health departments.
No one cares to see money wasted.
but on the other hand the people do not
object to paying for service II they
are getting their moneys worth. They
expect the fire station which they have
voted money to build in the south
western part of the city. to be equipped
and manned. and this cannot be done.
Il IS said. with the fund set aside for
the fire department. They expect the
city to be properly po,iced. the streets
and alleys kept clean. garbage dis
posed OF and needed improvements
made. Failure TO provide for these
things merely to keep the tax levy
down is bad policy
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20

Six students of the university OF Chi
cago were arrested for going through
the golf links for a nickel prize to be
awarded to the man who showed most
skill. II goes against the moral fiber
of the authorities OF Chicago to see
residents pitting skill against a nickel.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20

81 TERMs-Ten cents PER week BY car
In advance.
. Complaints OF delivery service should
be made to the circulation department
which should also be notified in every
instance where it IS desired TO have
paper discontinued. as carriers have no
authority in the premises.
All communications OF argumentative
character. political or religious. must
have real name attached for publica-
ton No such articles Will be printed
over fictitious signatures.
Telephones IN all departments. Cen
trail Union. Rock Island las. 1145 and
2I4s.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20
Faith.

Don't you think" she asked, that
women are likely to have deeper,
stronger faith than the men heve?"
They must have" he replied, '-or
IT wouldn't BE- possible for 50 many
beauty doctors to continue in the
business"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-05-20

dug up and thrown away! Such z
thing never happened in the forest.
All day long they talked in whispers
about it. All the night through they
worried about how to save them
selves.
When the morning sun peeped
over the horizon, what do you sup
pose it saw?