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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-17
is such good tobacco you feel like yo
lust eat the smoke!

you or any other man ever did roll and put
the fire to! Men, we tell you to wise up
P A. is crimp cut and stays put which
means rolling p A. is as easy as falling off a
log And it's good to remember P. A. is put
up in the toppy red bag especially for you
rollers" Sells for the price of jitney ride, Sc
Now, will the piper" kindly open both ears2
Here's tobacco that has made it possible for
three men to smoke pipes where one
smoked before!
Any way you hook it up, Prince Albert is
tobacco insurance! Yes, sir, it guarantees
your future as well as your present srnok-
ings And just makes your tongue so jimmy
pipe joy'us that your smoke appetite grows
whopping big You men who "dassn't" we
say you go to P. A., naturaI-Hke! Because
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-17

there isn't a bite IN a
barrel of this national
joy smoke.
Unlirnber your old jim
my pipe! Dig it out of
the dark corner, jam it
brirnfu1 of p. A. And
m axe fire with a
match /! Me-o-myl
You get acquainted rDifh Prince
Albert in the foppy red bag, Sc; or
tidy red tin, Zoe, but for the double
back acfion-j JOY, you buy a crystal
glass pound hun,idor. And then
you're ssfl You see, Il has the
sponge noisfener top and keeps
p. A. at the Highest top notch point
of perfection. Prince Albert Is also
cold in pound and h0if-pound tin
hanidors.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1915-12-17

The great picture of the crusader
and his white horse had been profuse-
ly decorated with greens for the occa-
sion, and holly and Ivy had likewise
been wreathed around the helmet and
weapons on the opposite wall
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thing. Who would suspect that the
peaceful and innocent-looking sun dial
in the circle at the west entrance con-
ceaied a vault containing four chemi
cal engines with hose sufficient to
reach the surrounding buildings? For
water pressure an electric motor at the
river and an instantaneous oil fuel en-
gine, driving Il triple pump at the dis
tributing station is capable of deliv
ering several effective streams at once.
The concealment of this fire appara-
tus is in keeping with similar conceal
ments that are practiced everywhere
on the place to prevent jarring note
of modernity obtruding itself The
casual visitor even in the depths of
winter-for visitors ever go to Mount
Vernon whatever the weather-never
notes whence comes the heat tina
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~D,AMoND JUBILEE COST *lso.ooo.

the Jockey Club was rounded 1t was
started with the idea of improving the
horses of the Argentine and at the
same time of promoting good fellow
ship. The government became inter-
eSted in it and the club received some
of its property on the condition that it
could be held only as long as it was
used for races, and that if the races
We're stopped it should be returned.
Today there is no proba bility that that
property will ever go back to the gov
ernment. The club has grown and It is
now perhaps the most wonderful of
its kind i'll the world. 1t has steadily
increased in popularity and il has now
more than 1000 members, although it's
Initiation fee is $1,000 The annual
dues are $50 a year. The club is not
money king institution far as
the members are concerned Its enor-
nous receipts go back into the club
furnishings and charities and to the
building up of horse spirit and race
spirit 1t has spent vast amounts on
its club arrangements. The grandstand
at Palermo cost 100000 and the spe-
cial accommodations there for the
members of the club s150000. The
$4,000. and the ticket office where the
betting is done s125,Oo0 Altogether.
the race track and it's surroundings
have cost more than sl,000,000.
The Jockey Clubhouse in Buenos
Aires is one of the finest buildings
of the city. During my stay | have
had the good fortune to dine there in
company with the American minister
and a party of ten. We sat about
round table in a splendid little dining
room, finer, | venture. than that of
any palace in Europe. and later on
looked into the state dining room,
which is one of the most beautiful in
the world. 1t is lighted from above
and the walls are covered with costly
tapestries and carvings The club
house has been decorated by famous
artists. and it is a mass of treasures
from one end to the other. Entering
from Florida street. the great busi-
ness center of the capital, you pass a
cele brated statue of Diana by Fal-
Suieres and then go up stairs of
marble, with balustrades of onyx, to
the second floor. Upon the walls are
the paintings of such artists as Bon
nat, Bouguereau and Royebet and there
are statues by famous sculptors here
and there.
Notwithstanding the beauties of the
clubhouse, the members are not salts
fed with ii and they have decided to
give ii over to the Argentine government
for use a building for the state de-
partinent or ministry OF foreign affairs.
They are about to build a new clubhouse
on the Gala San Martin. not far from
the Hotel Plaza. This building will face
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sheep. and seems to think farm labor
beneath him.
The Argentine cowboy looks much
like an American Indian. but h'S
complexion is lighter in color. His eyes
are coal black. and nc usually has
full. black. heavy beard and straight.
black hair. His ordinary costume - -
slcuch hat and blanket with stripes.
which is worn over his shoulder. "
has another blanket worn about his
waist. and pulled between the legs {"
the back Under the lower blanket
tend to the ankles and are tied there.
He is proud of his dress. and his draw
ers are often edged at the bottom wi;n
lace. and red or blue slippers may COW
er his feet lie may often hav. or
belt of chamojs leather decorated with
silver buckles and bangles and his
saddle may be embroidered with silver.
with silver StirrupS attached
You can see the homes Of the Sauchos
almost anywhere on the psmpas They
are rude huts with doors so low that
You have TO stcop +" enter them. The
noor of the ordinary house is Of earth
and its furniture is q bed = table aud
one or two seats, the latter often being
the skulls Of bullocks The most or
the cooking is done over the fire. Tho
chief food Is meat cooked over tho
Goals. and the gaucho bastes the roast
with the juice as il cooks One OF
his favorite dishes is carur concuero,
which means cooked in the skin. The
meat is wrapped up tightly in the hide
of the animal from which il comes
and thus cooked. The skin keeps IN
the juices and the result is delicious
The gaucho drinks mate. a tea made
from the leaves of a tree that grows
best in Paraguay. lie takes this when
over he can get il and always ths
first thing in the morning. Mate -
both a stinulant and a food. and II
enables one to =" for 4 long time
without other uouriShmeut. II is used
everywhere through llout Argentina
Every Gau"ho carries q nnif-. This is
"A foot long, and II is used both for cat
ing and also for lighting or to avenSe
an insult When two Sauchos have 4
dlslute iheN sometimes settle II with
their knives: and in oidcn times IL
was cuSionnar ~ FOR them to light with
their l"ft legs tied together each man
ing IN" Other. over ON" arm of each
comhat#nt WAS = blanket. used as =.
guard. and in the other was his knife
NJ tn" drop of "a handkerchief the two
mon began to stab at each other. and
they continued until one was mortallv
Wounded Today The Ypical gaucho is
changing fie H. -adlially pc,ouin-c
civilized, and. as the country becomes
more and more settled he VIII hr Il
JnlnS of the past
FRANK g. CARPENTER
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a beautiful park. and its site alone has
cost s3,500O00. The man who sold the
less than 100000; and the Jockey Club
sale will give you scme idea of how land
is rising in Buenos Aires.
Returning to the demand for horses
for the European cavalry, the supply Of
the Argentine horse flesh is more than
one third as large as that of the United
States. According to the latest figures.
the worlds total of horses is about So
900. 900. and Of these one-tenth are feed
ing the Argentine pampas. The Unit
ed States has about 21,00o, 900 horses and
Russia has Il like number. In round
numbers Germany and Austria have
about 6,ooo,ooo, France, 100000. and
Great Britain 1000. 700. Canada has
about 2.300, ,000-Australia a like number
and Argentina about S.500,000. During
the Boer war many thousands If horses
We're shipped from Buenos Aires to South
A rica and the outlook is that if the
sea route can be kept open for the
allies a large proportion of the pres
ent supply will 60 to Great Britain and
France.
The origin Of the Argentine horse is of
especial interest to us. AS you know,
our hemisphere had no horses until after
Columbus came; and the first horses of
both North and South America were i'm
ported from Spain. They were descend
ed from those produced by the Moors
from the cross between the Barb and the
Arabian. Some We're sent to Mexico
where they ran wild. and formed the
wild horses of our western plains. Others
We're brought to South America and
some of the first came over in the six
teenth century. A part d" the latter lot
belonged to Pedro de Mendoza who,
when attacked by the Querrandi Indians,
had to aba ndon his settlement on the
pampas. He then left behind him five
mares and seven stations, and it is said
that these twelve animals We're the pro-
genitcrs of the great troops of Argentine
horses. The animals increased in such
numbers, that the wild droves almost
covered the pla ms There We're many
horses that mares and gedingS We're
sold 10 the government for two or three
Shiiings each to supply the Indians with
horse flesh. Later tens of thousands of
animals We're killed for their hides and
tail"w, bringing from fifteen to twenty
ShillingS head and il was not until
recent years that horses became worth
from $50 and upward apiece. The early
Argentines We're too proud to ride mares
and during the first quarter of the nine
teenth century more than a half million
mares We're butchered fer what they
brought in horse hair fat and hides.
Now the mare is almost valua BILE as
the STALLION and horse breeding is ex-
ceedingly profitable.
In riding over the country one sees
large droves of horses feeding inside
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l743 shingles show on one side a slight
thinning, the work of the weather from
1743 to 1855. and on the other side Il
bit deeper Weathering, resulting from
exposure from 1885 to 1913. The 17S5
shingles show very little wear
In uncovering the roof ii was feared
that some of the timbers would be
found decayed. Singularly enough, and
as "a tribute to early builders and the
character of the timber used, very lit
tie strengthening was found necessary
anywhere
is a query put every day to Mr.. Dodge
or Mr. Young by some visitor anxious
for the complete preservation of this
national shrine and appalled, by the
fact that all the buildings are of wood.
Then the anxious one is shown some-
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ting and place betting on every race. At
the last meeting eighty-seven horses
were entered and there were rivers of
men and women going to and from the
windows of the betting Establishments.
voted to pool selling. and it seemed to
me that all were putting up some money
on every race. All were wildly excited.
As the horses neared the winning post,
20. 600 people rose with "a yell. The same
emotions We're displayed as these we see
at one of our base ball games. The
crowd was well dressed but there were
more poor than rich. There were many
Italians and SpaniardS and thousands of
native Argentines.
1t is now a third of a century since
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the great fenced Enclosures and there is
Il steady importation of all kinds of fine
animals. including the Clydesdales and
Percherons or draft purposes The num-
Der of horses is steadily increasing. 1t
has more than doubled within the past
twenty years, and ii is estima ted that
there is still room here for many times
the supply now on hand.
Indeed, the possibilities of Argentina
In stock development are beyond con-
ceptiCn. As it is now. less than one
seventh of the land is under cultivation
and / am told that 200 1000. 900 animals
could be fed and still leave room for
more.
the base for the native horse stock of
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SPHERE OF DAYS GONE. BY AT MOUNT VERNON

keeps all the buildings comfortably
warm when the temperature outside is
low.
George Washington had to depend on
open fires. Today concealed hot
water heating plant underground some
distance from the house pumps heat to
all the buildings. From the cellar the
heat rises through the treplaceS to
warm the rooms. only i'll two places
in the mansion are radiators exposed.
One is in the banquet hall, where doors
thanking the fireplace created such II
draft as to overcome the heat. This
necessitated placing an unobtrustive
radiator, unnoticed by most visitors,
against one of the walls.
ON the stairway the heating pipes are
placed at the junction of the treads
and the rises and few who mount the
stairs know that they are there.
This care to keep the incongruous out
of sight extends to the office. even.
Here the telephone, an extension phone,
can be found only by search, for it is
hidden under table
In this office. by the way the great.
built-in cabinets used by George Wash
ington for his files and papers. today
are in use by the management of the
"What seems to interest the visitors
to Mount Vernon most P'' is a question
put to Mr.. Dodge. Mr.. Young and sew
eral of the attendants. and they all
made the same reply: the tomb, per
haps, more than anything else. but
every part and every room attracts its
due attention.
Questions by visitors, such as Whose
house was this?" are few i'll number.
The great majority of visitors come
nf "a IN
and his country seat.
What all the employees at Mount Yer
non comment on, however, is that such
"A large number of the visitors come
from a distance. From Washington
and nearby cities few. by compa rson,
come. But that" remarked one of the
attendants, lis not remarkable. | have
lived in the vicinity of the city of
Washington for nearly sixty years, and
never until last week did l visit the
Washington Monument and go to its
top"
The most impressed and the most
eager visitors. in the experience of the
staff, come from abroad and from the
west. No distinguished foreigner ever
visits Washington in an official capac-
ity but that he journeys to Mount
Vernon to pay silent tribute to the
father of his country. And few other
educated foreigners visit the National
Capital in any capacity without jour
neving to Mount Vernon The spirit
in which they go is the spirit in
which aliens visiting Paris go to the
tomb of Napoleon.
The studious and more intelligent
Americans, especially those from New
England, visiting Mount vernon, aside
from their sentiments OF pride and pa
triotism, display an intense interest in
and curiosity about the every day life
and habits and manners OF the period
,,I,icb UraShinytOn lived. matters
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Argentina Supplies Horses for the European

colts brought as much as $4,000 each.
In 1905 two yearlings were bid off at
$4,000 each; and in 1910 one yearing
sold for $4,000 and another for S19 900.
During that same year one of Dia mond
Jubiiee's colts brought $4,000 and
other $4,000. Within Il period Of seven
teen years the average price of .yearlings
at these sales has steadily risen. In
1903 il was 5000 while since then il
has risen to S3.4i0 per colt. These prices
are for yearlinss only. and they show
what the Argentine has been doing 10
improve its horses of the thoroughbred
strain. AS it is now. there are about
10000 thoroushbreds in the country. aud
there are something like 400 thorough
bred stations and 1900 brood mares in
service. with output of 1,500 pedigreed
colts per annum.
These high priced thoroushbreds are
kept principally for racing and breeding
purposes, but they are scattered all over
the country and they have grea tly I'm
proved the native horses. As to races,
there is no place in The world where
the sport Is more popular There are
about 40 race meetings per annum In
RuenoS Aires. and last year more than
1000 horses ran. and the number o.
actual races We're more than thousand
The amount of money bet was So. 900.
n0u in gold. show Ing an increase over
any of the years preceding. Three hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars are often
handled at q single meeting. and no race
is run for less than $1,000. while some
of the races bring as high from $4,000
to so. 900. In one year the chief win
ming stable came out ahead in twenty
seven races. taking purses To the amount
uf 100000. During that same year the
total value Of the stakes distributed was
more than $1,OOO00o.
I wish | could take you out to tho
Hippodrome near Palermo Park and show
YOU the races They are held N Sun
days and Thursdays, and also on all of
the holidays. Every one goes and in the
grandstand You may see the president
and his cabinet. the chief officers of
the army and navy, and all the world and
his wife besides. The race track is a
wonder II il two miles in length and
has an inner track for training purposes.
The main track is of sand aud earth
The grandstand will seat many thousands
I was told there were about 20 900 there
the last day l attended and these people
paid all the way from 81 to 81
trance fees The races are under the
Jockey club which Owns the track and
manages it. 1t gets 10 per cent of the
receipts. and this amounts to several
million dollars year. a large part of
this sum is given to charity. but enough
is left 10 make the jockey Club the
richest association of its kind in the
world. The Jockey Club has its spe-
cial compartment in the srandstand and
this is supplied with elevators. and fur
nished with cafes and eating arrange
mentS
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story of it. For years, having only ira
dition to go by. the management had
certain type of paper these walls.
Then, in clearing it off for renewal not
long ago, far underneath layers of old
paper and paint, there was uncovered
an ancient paper.
source material identified this paper as
that put on by Washington himself y
sample was removed and sent to Il
manufacturer, who duplicated II ex-
actly. Henceforth that is the paper
which Will be used in this room.
Diaries and letters show that Wash
ington ordered this particular pattern
of paper for the banquet room in an
ticipation of a visit from the Marquis
de Lafayette. II was being put on the
walls one day when the marquis sud
denly arrived, hours ahead of the time
he was expected. The lack OF prepare
tion. the disorder of the house incident
TO the repapering, could not be con-
cealed from him
1t tickIed the humor of the dis
tinguished t'renchman. Let me help,
he persisted and so he, Washington
himself and several more of the com
pany donned huge aprons and hilari-
ously engaged i'll "a paperInS Dee ANA
what is more, they did a thorough and
complete job.
Recently it became necessary to re
shingle the house. And here Mr.
Dodge learned some more facts about
the structure about which he is pre-
suIned to know more than any man
living.
When Lawrence Washington built
the villa in 11i3 he covered the roof
with cypress shingles, quite narrow
ones with the weather end rounded.
Then, in 1885, George Washington made
extensive repairs and improvements,
extending the building somewhat, and
hence had TO use new shingles. Those
he selected were also of cypress. but
broader
He found" said Mr.. Dodge, in re
lating the fact, that many of the 1743
shingles were very well preserved. 50
he used them over again, turning them
over in relaying
The roof remained untouched until
1860. when the association had the east
portico rebuilt and tin roof laid ON II
sleeper pitch This was done by rails
ing the side next the mansion as high
as the base line Of the dormer windows.
In doing this the extension Tapped over
and concealed that portion of the man
sion roof below the dormerS, leaving
the original shingling of 1743 and 1893
undisturbed-
Late in 1913 the Ieaky condition OF
the roof compelled reshingling. This
disclosed the economy worked by
George Washington in turning over the
old shingles, and it also disclosed the
fact that the old roof was painted in
the same color as that used in recent
years.
The new shingles put on in 1913 were
carefully made at Lake Waccaman,
" G. of cypress on the lI43 model,
the butts being rounded to conform to
the old style. But-tnd mere Mr.. Dodge
deDarted for the time from the George
Washington tradition-they were all
soaked in "A creosote preservative-
Today one will find in Mr.. Dodge's $
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But everywhero they go they move as
81 on holy ground
Before the tomb 1T docs not always
REQUIRE the israve-toueI admonition o.
old Charles, the colored guard. Hats
off 10 de general" To secure this marx
OF respect
Though about an eighth of Il million
visitors pass through IN" Mount Vernon
gates each year. cases vf VANDALISM. or
attempts at vandalism, are rare. And
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Onf Million Argentine Cavalry Mounts Cost $0O0NNBg Prices Horse
100000
Fohts Dues
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unseemIy behavior on the estate is al
most unknown.
Perhaps the attitude of those in
charge, by power of example. helps;
for not all who come are fully aware
of the historic and sentimental signif-
cance Of Mount Vernon. The case of the
small town business man shows this.
The men who administer the estate are
all veterans i'll the service. all steepeu
IN Mount Vernon lore, all earnest in the
Mount Vernon creed, which is to main
tain the place precisely as it was III
the days of George Washington
High priests of the tempe could not
be more earnest, more reverential i'll
their work. Sit for an hour in the
office, q detached building on the north
of the property where Gen. Washing
ton kept mis- books and accounts and
met his foremcn and overseers, and
talk with Mr.. Harrison II. Dodge, the
resident superintendent or Mr.. James
Young. the assistant superintendent,
and you absorb at least something Of
their intense devotion to Mount Vernon.
or draw one of the grizzled. grave
and kindly guards into conversation
no difficult task-and note the great
store of knowledge of Gen. Washing
ton and Mount Vernon they possess-how
graphically they reconstruct the life
of the old days. 1t = liberal educa-
ticn in American history hey oner 40
the visitor.
Since July Il. 1855. Harrison H Dodge
has been resident superintendent of
year by the Mount Vernon Ladies' As
sociation to the position. That asso-
citation. by the way, is nation wide in
character, made up of a regent, who is
the executive. and Vice regent for
each state. Some thirty states are rep
resented in the organization.
Not long after he took charge of
Mount Vernon, Mr.. Dodge selected
James Young of Washington as as
sistant superintendent. one or the
or k..r al - h. lac .,f
the time both of them. AT the time OF
his appointment Mr.. Dodge was d
young banker in Washington. But all
his life since has been given to the
care and preservation and study of the
estate which he directs.
An easy and light task" BY no means
if one is TO live up to the high ideals
both Mr.. Dodge and Mr.. Young cherish
Did Washington have this so? Did
he have this particular building paint
ed in this particular color? Were
these steps here in his day" Such
questions they are constantly asking
themselves. To secure the answers
they ever are at work in research, and
so are the ladies of the association
Only a few years ago did the asso-
citation gain access to the Washington
diaries now in the Library of Con
gress, and have copies made for their
own use. These diaries proved d mine
of information and resulted in numer-
Gus minor restorations being made.
The whole country, historical colIec-
tions everywhere, the preserved letters
OF Washington's contemporaries and Wis
Itors, have been ransacked for infor-
nation down to the tiniest detail
As an example, only recently Mr..
Dodge in showing visitor through
the mansion. called attention TO the
wall paper IN the banquet room ut the
north end OF the structure, and told the