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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-11-07

Now that the campaign is over
and the issue will be in the hands
of the people tomorrow all in
dications point to the reelection
eff President Wilson by a large
majority of both the electoral
and popular votes. This is
shown by reports from all over
the country as we'll as by the
published reports of newspaper
polls and straw votes in all sec
tions.
Republicans concede that in
addition to the solid south, Okla
homa, Missouri, Kentucky, West
Virginia, Maryland Deleware,
Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada,
Nebraska and Montana, with to-
tai Of 1876 electoral votes, are alb
sOlutely sure for Wilson. They
also concede that Wilson has
more than an even chance of
carrying Kansas, Colorado, Utah,
Wyoming and South Dakota, with
%, making a total of 224. In
addition to this the democrats
claim Minnesota, Wisconsin, Ill
inois, Ohio, New York, Idaho,
Oregon and Washington as alb
sOlutely sure for him and that he
has better than an even chance
of carrying California, Indiania,
New Hampshire, Massachusetts
and Connecticut and an even
chance in Maine. In fact the dem
ocratic leaders are predicting a
landslide for Wilson and that his
majority in the electoral college
will be fully as large as it was
four years ago with the Progress
sives in the field.
This prediction seems TO be
carried out to a great extent by
the result of the nationwide
poll being taken by the Rexal
drug stores all over the country
According to this vote Wilson
would have 28f electoral votes tC
25O for Hughes. This vote give:
New York to Hughes by 500 vote:
out of a total of over $4,000 cas-
and California by 10 votes, IN
DIANA by less than 900, Maine
by i28 out of 1000, North Da-
kota by 6 votes out of 1000
Washington by 30.
: According to this vote the en-.
p tire southern and border states
= give a big majority for Wilson
I while the remainder of the state
= are close, Hughes getting Onl,
= about 5000 majority of the pop
ular vote in the remaining state
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-11-07
Commissioners
Reply to Gazette
NO ONE MAN CONTROL ON BOARD
No Section Favored Money Expended On Roads
For General Benefit Of County

ans home, or within the Plum
mer Highway District.
The only road leading toward
Plummer for which county mon
ey has been appropriated is the
Coon Greek road connecting the
Benewah road with the Plummer
Highway District. The building
of this road was urged by the
people of st. Maries and is more
for their benefit than any other
section as it affords a direct
route to Spokane.
BY far the greater part of the
roads which we have made or for
which we have appropriated mon
ey are on trunk line roads lead
ing from st. Maries to the out
side world, such as the st. Maries
.Tekoa road, the st. Maries- -Har-
risOn road, the Tensed road lead
ing from st. Maries to Tekoa by
way of Tensed, and the st.
Maries-Clarkia road
AS to the insinuation of the
Gazette that we are of the spine
less kind led by the nose by the
corporations" we will leave it to
the people to say whether we are
spineless or not, but we defy the
Gazette to point to a single Of
fetal act of ours in which we
have favored the corporations
against the remainder Of the peo-
pie.
j. T. MORAN
j. w. SKELETON
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-11-07

1t is essential, in order to
block this scheme that the demo-
cratic state ticket should be ell
ected and not only that, but a
democratic legislature should be
chosen as we'll, a legislature that
will cooperate with the governor
and other state officers. Every
person who puts the rights of the
individual over the rights of
money and of the big interests
and corporatios should support
the democratic state and legisla-
tive tickets.
In this county in particular
the people should support the
democratic legislative ticket. AS
will be seen by reading their
platform of principles in another
column of this issue, they are for
the people and against the cor
pOratiOns.
From reports received from
different parts of the state, it
seems certain that the demo-
Gratis will be successful not only
in electing their state ticket but
in controlling the legislature as
well, but the republicans, backed
by the moneyed interests, are
making a desperate fight The
national ticket has been aban-
doned by the republican organiza-
tion i'm the state and it is con-
centrating all its efforts on the
state and legislative tickets in a
last desperate effort.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-11-07
KINZEL GETS VERDICT
FOR $35, 100000

The personal injury case of
William Kinzell, of this city
against the Chicago, Milwaukee
& st. Paul Railway company,
which was tried in Wallace last
week, resulted in the largest per
sonal injury verdict ever given in
North Idaho. After a triel last
ing four days the case was Civ
en- to the jury Friday evening and
after deliberating about two
hours they brought in a verdict
for the plaintiff, assessing his
damages at S35,OOO.OO.
The jury found for the plain
tiff on all the issues, Disregard
ing the testimony of the hospital
association and railroad doctors,
who testified that in their opin-
ion the plaintiG was not injured.
DR.. o. d. Platt of this city, Dr.
j. H. Shepard of Occur d'Alene
ad Dr.. John Marshall of Spokane
were witnesses for the plaintiff
and testified that his injuries
were permanent and incurable. A
number of railway men from this
city attended the trial as wit
nesses.
Attorneys William d. KeetOn Oi
this city and John p. Gray O.
Occur d'Alene represented tn,
plaintiff. Robert H. Elder o.
Occur d'Alene and George Kort,
of Spokane were the attorney.
for the railway company. Mr.
Gray was unable to be present a
the first day of tue trial and Mr.
Keeton conducted the case for tn
plaintiff alone until the secon,
day, after which Mr.. Gray assist
ted in the trial.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-11-07
ENTERTAINs SUNDAY
SCHOOL CLASS

Leo Carlock entertained the
members of his Sunday school
class last Thursday afternoon at
the home of his parents in honor
OF his eleventh birthday. Games
and the election of president
were the amusement features.
Refreshments we're served. Those
invited were Charles Leaf, Ches-
ter ELS, Clarence Mutch. How
ard White, Glen Hopkins, Fred
Merchant, Kenneth Sanders, Al
bert Jones, Fred Holsclaw, Sell
don Williams, Leonard Carlton.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-11-07
ST. MARIES HIGH SCHOOL
DEFEATS oAKEsDALE

The local high school football
team defeated the heavy Oakes
dale team on the local field last
Saturday by a score of i6 to 6.
The game was the best that has
ever been seen on the home field,
being hard fought from start to
finish. The teams were fairly
we'll matched, as the score would
indicate, and both were deter
mined TO win, as neither team had
lost a game this season. The
Oakesdale boys had a consider
able advantage in weight but this
was more than offsent by the SUI
perior team work of the locals.
The game was played on a mud
dy slippery field which handi-
capped the lighter team and kept
the score low.
For twenty-five minutes after
the kick-oif the ball remained in
Oakesdale's territory, but at this
time Morley, ex-high school star
and late umpire for the visitors,
gained so yards on two end runs
and by some wonderful plunging
put the ball over the line for six
points. About this time the iden-
tity of the "phenom" became
known and a protest was entered
at the end of the half by the To-
cal coach. After considerable
argument the offender was with
drawn by agreement the score
being allowed to stand.
With twenty minutes left to
play the local boys proved their
mettle by smashing their way
through their opponents, gain
ing ground constantly and cross
the goal line twice for a total of
f3 points. In the last quarter
Gregory made a neat place kick
from the 25 yard line for more,
making the total i6 to 6. Much
Z credit is due Underwood for his
skillful handling of the team.
Mulroney and Collar, in the back
field, did excellent work as did
Martinsen and Mashburn in the
line.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-11-07

10 the people OF Sl. mdileS.
The false and unwarranted at
tack of the Gazette upon the
board of county commissioners
i'll general and on j. Il. Moran in
particular requires an answer on
our part for the reason that 81
lence in regard to the charges
might be construed as an admis-
sion of the truth of the article.
We believe that John w. Skel-
ton has lived too long in st.
Maries and the people are too
we'll acquainted with him and his
independence to think he can be
dominated by any one man.
Neither can anyone who knows
Charles T. Wells, his hard com
mon sense, good judgment and
inhexibility of temperament be-
lieVe for an instant that he was
under the control or domination
of any man.
The fact of the matter is that
all matters coming before the
board were discussed and an
agreement was reached before
action was taken. With two
such strong men as SHELTON and
Wells on the board the fact that
the board was harmonious shows
of itself that there was no at
tempt on the part of the chair
man to dominate it.
The Gazette charges that we
have shown an utter disregard
Of the interests Of the people and
taxpayers of st. Maries and to
prove the assertion says the COM
missiOners had notified the city of
st. Maries that the county would
not maintain the bridge across
the st. Maries river.
The facts are: We notified the
city that we would not maintain
the west approach to the ST..
Maries bridge, which is in the
city. AS to the bridge itself and
the east approach we have and
will continue to maintain it at
the expense of the county.
The reason why we took the
action we did (and this action
was the unanimous action Of the
board) was because we had been
informed by our legal adviser
that we had no jurisdiction of a
bridge OF a part of bridge with
in the city and that we had no
right or authority to spend the
county's money on it and that we
would be personally responsible
on our bonds to the taxpayers
for any money expended on it.
He cited us to the case of the
City of Kellogg VS.. the county
commissioner of ShOshOnC
county in which the supreme
court held that the city cOunci
has the exclusive control O
streets and highways within Tho
city limits and have full power
to construct bridges and repair
and maintain the same with thu
city limits and that the board o
county commissioners have no
the control of the roads ant
UIluktS Wllilll llb bAbg AAAAAANo civ
are not required to conduct ant
maintain bridges over sixty fee
in length at the expense of tn
county over streams crOssinl
highways within the city limits.
AS this bridge was partially il
and partially out Of the city W
suggested to the city that
friendly suit be had to determin
the liability of the city and cOun
ty but as the city has made n
move in this direction we pre-
sumo that the city attorne
agrees with the county attorne
that the county has no jurisdiC
tion over that part in the city.
AS to the charge that the con
missiOners have abused the
power and have favored M
Moran's section, it is absolute
false. The records will bear I
out in the statement that not
dollar of county money has bee
expended in Plummer, Mr.. No
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-11-07

ID. b. Kennedy, logging man.
ager for G. A. Branson. was in
the city Friday on his way home
to Coeur d'Alene to vote.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-11-07
PLUMMER COUPLE
MARRIED HERE SATURDAY

Chris Nelson and Alice Simon
son both of Plummer were grant
ed a marriage license Saturday
afternoon by County Auditor w.
Il. Shepperd. Later they were
quietly married, William d. Kee-
ton, justice of the peace, ofiiciat-
ing. The groom is a prominent
business man of Plummer and is
also we'll known in this city.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-11-07

H. A. Gordon of Butte was
business visitor in this city Fri
day and Saturday.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-11-07

L. f. Reilly, bookkeeper for
Cox Bros. at Fernwood, was in
the city Friday.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-11-07

f. B. holland was at Plummer
Monday in the interests Of his
for sheriff.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1916-11-07

J. f. Faulkner of Occur d.
Alene, superintendent Of the In
terstate Utilities company, was in
the city Saturday evening in con-
sultation with William Goeden,
local manager of the company,
and arranging for hadling the
election returns Tusday even
ing.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Moving Picture Shows.

An observer says the reason that all
classes like motion picture plays Is
that each person puts into the mouths
Of the silent actors the EXPLANATIONS,
words and lines that he himself would
use under like circumstances.
Incidents and situations are flashed
On the screen, but the spectator tells
the unspoken story to himself, and
there is no possibility of artificial.
strained or incomprehensible dialogue
What the spectator imagines is the
thing that is natural to him. To one
who watches Hamlet with Yorick's
skull the words Of the play may come,
"Imperious Caesar, dead and turned to
clay, might stop a hole to keep the
wind away" To another's imagination
Hamlet says. "Well, we all gotta come
to it"
Could explanation be simpler, yet
more profoundly true? - Richmond
imes-Dispatch.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
The Early Circus.

Leaving out of count the great cir
cuses Of Rome and Antioch and com
ing down to something Of modern
times, the first circus in England was
on a footpath known as Halfpenny
Hatch, in the Waterloo road, London
There, in ITO, Astley's first perform
ance was given, with the aid of a
drum, two flies and one clown. A
charge of sixpence was made for the
front standing places. There was no
building and not even a tent, but mere
ly ring Of ropes and stakes. PRINT
tive as were the arrangements, Ashley
soon attracted good audiences and was
able to add to his program conjuring,
transparencies, yaulting and tumbling,
with displays of fireworks. In course
Of time he was able to hire an inclosed
ground ard erected seats under a sub
stantial roof. He called the place Asst
ley's amphitheater riding house.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Watch Your Shoulders.

When standing before looking glass
notice if your shoulders are the same
height. Generally the right is higher
than the left. The reason for this I'M
evenneSs lies i'll the way one sits. You
get into a comfortable chair at your
desk, and ut once you rest your right
elbow on the arm of your chair or
your desk, thus throwing one shoulder
higher than the other. This is especial
~ the case where one writes a great
deal When you notice that one Shout
der is higher than the other the thing
60 do is TO change your way of sitting
at your desk. Two simple exercises
will be beneficial. The arm of the low
er shoulder should be extended up-
ward, the hand grasping a dumbbell
That of the higher shoulder should be
lowered and made to support a heavy
weight
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
MADAGASCAR,

The great island of Madagascar, in
the Indian ocean. lying off the east
coast of Africa. was officially recogniz-
ed as a French colony in 1896 after Il
war Of occupation. The majority of
the natives are not Africans. the Ma
layan element predominating in their
greatly mixed blood. OF the total pop
ulation of more than 100000 by the
Last census, the HOvas, the dominant
race, numbered about $4,000. and they
are regarded as belonging to the Ma
layan stock.
The Sakalavas.- whose negro affini-
Ties are strongly pronounced. rank next
In numbers, and besides other indigo
nous races there are many persons of
Arab and Indian descent. The seat of
the government is at Tananarivo.
which has population of about 6O.OOO.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Wet Weather and CanneIs.

Camels are very sensitive to mois-
ture. In the region of tropical rains
they are usually absent, and If they
come into such with caravans the re-
suits of the rainy season are greatly
feared. The great humidity of the air
explains the absence of the camel from
the northern slopes of the Atlas and
from well wooded Abyssinia. This
sensitivenesS expresses itself In the
character of different races. The fin
est, most noble looking camels, with
short Silklike hair. are found in the
interior of deserts, as in the Tuareg
region in north Africa, and they can
not be used for Journeys to moist re-
gions. Even in Fezzan. south of Trip
oil, the animals are shorter and fatter,
with long coarse hair, and in Nile
lands and on coasts it is the same.
These animals, too. are less serviceable
as regards speed and endurance.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Hs.rina but Not Listening.

In the course Of q visit to Nagpur, the
capital Of the central provinces, writes
Mr.. Stanley Coxon In his Indian remi-
niscences, heard Of an amusing end
ing to a civil case. 1t was an appeal
case, and on one side was a Mr.. Stan
yon, an English barrister, and on the
other q number Of native pleaders.
The arguments on both sides had been
heard, and the case closed for judg-
ment-
Suddenly one Of the native pleaders
got up and addressed the court once
more. Mr.. Stanyon suffered 1t for some
time; but, losing patience, he also stood
up and, addressing the court, said.
"Your honor, would beg with all re-
spect to point out to the court that my
learned friend opposite Is entirely out
Of order In addressing the court, and If
I may be permitted to say so the court
has no right to be listening to him."
The court, who at that time was
writing, put his head over the desk
and said, "Mr. Stanyon. it's a great
piece Of impertinence on your part to
assume that the court Is listening to
him"
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Double Action Waterfall.

There are a good many salt water
cataracts in existence. They may be
found in Norway, southern Chile and
British Columbia, where narrow f1ords,
or arms of the sea, are INSTRUCTED by
barriers of rock: The rising tide flows
over the filters through such reefs into
the great natural reservoirs beyond,
but the water is held back at the ebb
until it breaks over the obstruction In
an irresistible torrent. Most curious
of all is the waterfall at Canoe pas
sage, where the island of Vancouver
approaches the British Columbia main
land. Here the f1oodtide from the gulf
Of Georgia to the southwark is held
back at a narrow cleft between two
islands until it pours over in a boiling
cascade eighteen feet high with per-
haps double the volume of the Rhine.
At the turn of the tide. however, the
waters from the north rush back into
the gulf, producing a cascade of equal
height and volume. The waterfall &C
tually flows both ways.-Baltimore Sun.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Women and Golf In oIden Days.

Clark, in his ''Golf, a Royal and An.
Gent Came" printed. a few decades
ago, recounts how strangers at the old
St Andrews course abroad were given
a trial on the famous holes, and If they
proved to be of the tribe of turf dig,
gers and sand filters they were igno-
miniously thrust into the outer dark
ness of the "women's green" The &C.
commodations accorded to women iii
the old days were In the nature of a
sop to Cerebus, merely to keep them
quiet and satisfied while the men III
dulged in the more serious pursuit of u
serious business with a better equip
ment on a finer course. In the annals
Of one old golf club 1t is recorded that
since a certain green was habituaIly
flooded and generally useless it was
recommended that a new hole be built
In its place and the old green given
over to the women.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
chicory In France.

Chicory. so extensively raised In
France. is harvested either by hand or
by blowing. As fast as the plants In
one line are pulled the roots are gather
ed in heaps after the removal Of the
leaves and are roughly cleaned. They
are then transported to the factories,
where they are mechanically washed
In flowing water and dumped on a per-
forated conveyer that permits them to
drain while travelling toward the root
cutters. The roots, when cut I'm small
pieces, are conveyed to the malt kilns
or special driers. where they remain
thirty-six hours or more, and after
cooling they are bagged. The chicory,
having now become friable, passes into
q series of crushers. After each crush
ing the broken material is passed
through sifters that divide 1t into four
grades. From the crushers the chicory
goes to the roasting retorts and then
receives a final manipulation, that Of
tinting, which consists in giving the
grains a coating Of impalpable chicory
dust. The last operation is that Of
packing the chicory, either by hand or
by neutrality-suspicious..
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
, Birds as OracIes.

\ most remarkable superstition Of
:" Kenyahs of Borneo is the consulta-
i'l Of birds. If, for example, Ken
II has to undertake a long journey
2" will not risk 1t without having first
'nSulted the ''flakki," a kind of hawk.
f The hawk flies with its wings spread
iii to the right side it is a good sign.
uut if it goes to the left or flaps its
Wigs then the journey is not begun in
my circumstances. The next day the
Nenyah tries once more until the hawk
Il: as the sign which he wants. Thus
- continuation of the journey de-
ends on the flight of the birds. Some
bios are of greater Importance than
p.,ierS. and also to the singing of the
:Iir.is attention is given. Other animals
re also consulted, and the sea Dyaks
all every animal a "bird'' when they
consult it.
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Oriuin of the L altar ".

The letter V may be regarded as the
mutilated remains Of one Of the sym
bols used by the ancient Egyptians I'm
their hieroglyphics or picture writing.
A common animal In their country was
the two horned sandviper, a represen-
tation Of which stood for V. The priests
ultimately found that for the practical
purposes of everyday life 1t was q
waste of time to use elaborate hero
glyphics and invented a kind Of short
hand to meet the occasion. In this the
snake was reduced to a V with dash
W) to represent horns and body.
The Phoenicians adopted this letter,
and from them we get our V by loss of
the dash, leaving only the two little
horns of the original picture. This
snake is still common in Egypt and Is
probably the one mentioned In Genesis
Xix, II, Dan shall be serpent by the
way, an adder in the path, that biteth
the horse heels, so that his rider shall
fall backward" Travellers tell us that
1t is still addicted to this unpleasant
habit
The broad ax., 1916-03-25
Her SUGGESTION.

In the American Magazine a woman
tells Of a suggestion she made as the
result of a butchers Indifference.
81 don't wish to complain about
your service" she stated to the man
ager, "but / should like to tell you how
to improve it-at least in my town."
The manager smiled in a wearied
sort of way and resignedly asked,
"Wen?"
''Tell your butcher at Blank to ex-
tend the same courtesies to a woman
who makes a twenty cent purchase of
pork chops that he does to one who
buys a two dollar leg Of lamb. Your
man is a good butcher, but he is hurt
ing trade by humiliating your poorer
customers. His method of obtaining
big sales will result in no sales"
The manager, to her surprise, jump
al up and grasped her by the hand.
Thank you," he said, "for the sanest
criticism that has come to me for
Ecells." And he gave her a good Job
hen and there.