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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-01-14
"some" Voice.

Here is q story that was told by
Congressman John f. Baker OF Cali.
fornia, the other night, when the talk
topic in the lobby OF q hotel took q
musical turn:
Some time ago the guests at re
ception we're discussing the relative
merits Of several vocalists, when one
of the party turned to Q man named
Brown.
by the way. Brown" said he. you
are something OF q singer. are you
not?"
Not on your life," was the emphat,
ic response OF Brown. Il never sang
a note that somebody didn't threaten
to send in a riot call You are prob
ably thinking OF my brother
Perhaps am, was the thoughtful
rejoinder OF the other. Has he a
heavy bass voice?"
Yes, smiled Brown; so derned
heavy that 1t makes him bowlegged to
carry It."
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-01-14
TOYS FOR THE YOUNGSTERS
They Pass Through European War
Zone and Reach America TO
GLADDEN. Children.

A German invasion of the United
States has been effected through the
port OF New York-a pleasant sort OF
invasion to come from war-Tidden Eu-
rope. Thousands OF jumping jacks,
popguns and yellow-haired dolls;
armies of lead soldiers in very bril-
liant paint uniforms and Noah's arks
and music boxes-in all, $500 cases
of toys-were brought in by the Hol-
fundamental steamer Veenbergen
from Rotterdam.
Special grace extended by the Brit
ish blockade permitted the arrival OF
the cargo of toys TO supply the Ameri-
can Christmas market
Sir Cecil Spring Rice, the British
ambassador, has informed the state
department at Washington OF the
progress of negotiations looking to-
ward the release of similar cargoes OF
Gcrman-made Christmas goods which
have been held up for many months
in Dutch ports.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-01-14
chamberlaIn,s Be eIpe for sueeess.

One night at Lady Jeunes house 10
seph Chamberlain said to me that lie
believed any man Of even moderate en-
dOwment could attain any given aim
which he set before him with unre-
hitting effort and enduring 10 the
end" To my question, Why. then, do
80 many men fall short OF their anbi
tions2" he answered They come TO
the place where they turn back They
may have killed the dragon at the FIRST
bridge and at the second. perhaps az
the third but the dragons are always
more formidable the further we go.
Many turn back disheaTtened. and
very few will meet the monsters to
the end. Almost none is willing to
have a try with the demon at the last
bridge. but If he does. ne has won
forever. Princes Lazarovich Hrebe.
uanovich Eleanor Calhoun In the
Century Magazine.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-01-14
MAhnl5 DIVISION OF WEALTH
Respectable Sum Of Money Could be
Allotted to Each inhabitant
of the United States.

If all the wealth in this country were
divided among the inhabitants there
of, every man, woman and child would
get 1895. Thus the ordinary family
OF five would get about $4,000, which
would give it several years of quiet.
happy living, not counting the diyi
dends IL might yield.
But there is bug in the ointment
II the wealth were all divided, there
wouldn't be anything to live on-no
mills, no railroads, no factories, no
dry goods stores or groceries, and
thus all the avenues of life would be
shut against one. There is much said
about the distribution OF wealth, IL is
distributed and everybody gets a happy
living out OF it becausesit is SO. The
property itself is not divided, but the
thing for which the property exists is
thoroughly distributed. There are cal,
leo, -four, railroads. schoolhouses for
all.
OF course, one has to do something
TO get his share. and this is his good
fortune. II IL would come to him
while he sat doless and thoughtless
he would soon wither away into g
trilobite. II is well that we haven't
got all we want; we'll, probably. that
the rich man wants to get richer
Stagnation Is the last state Of human
ity.-Ohio State Journal.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-01-14
SALMON LOCALS
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES

%BsBs$2E1at8AE11Ss s8f3,Tc4TSY1TfE9sS
W. A. Briney was a Salmon visitor
esterday.
Mrs. Schultz was down from the
ranca the first OF the week interview
ing our city merchants.
$500 to loan on good ranch secur-
tiy. Must be near Salmon. Box 2l3,
Salmon. 32-tf.
George Martin, the popular livery
man OF Leadore. was attending to
business matters 10 the county seat
the forepart of this week.
Floyd Goodell was looking after
business interests ia Salmon the first
of the week from his ranch up the
Salmon.
Henry Bird, the able correspondent
of The Recorder from TendOy, was a
Salmon visitor over Sunday. He has
been afflicted with the grip but was
improving.
The stockholders or the Citizens
National Bank held their annual
business meeting Tuesday afternoon.
The officers and directors of the past
year acre reelected.
Chas. Coffman was down from Iron
creek the first of the week and at
tended the installation of the officers
of the Eastern Star Monday evening.
lie returned home Tuesday.
Mack, the shoe man, has rented N.
l. Andrews store rom next door to
Drs. Whitwell g. Wright, and will
devote his exclusive time to shoe re.
| pairing and orders taken TO measure
| of shoes.
Thos. Holbert Who suffered from q
stroke of paralysis some weeks ago
has improv until he is now able
| to be out again. Tuesday he wa'
over in town visiting with hi'
/ friends
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-01-14
Words In EnuIIsh Language.

The English language is constantly
growing and almost every person q
vocabulary changes from year 10 year
The first edition Of Webster's diction.
airy. two quarto volumes. published in
1928. contained 10000 words and this
number was increased by several
thousand In the second edition OF
Webster's dictionary In 1910. An edi
tion of 1890 contained $4,000 words
and the latest edition has more than
100000. Many OF these are technical
scientific, or for other reasons re
stricted to limited use. but neverthe
less they are words Obviously an
educated man has a larger vocabulary
or command OF words, than an unedu
Gated one and professional writer oil
public speaker needs more than day
laborer. Shakespeare had a vocahu
larry OF about $1,000 words, but some
that he used are now obsolete. while
a large number OF new ones have beer
added Milton used about 5000 words
II is not likely that any public speak
or ever uses more than a few thou
sand words or the average citizen oil
man on the street more than a few
hundred.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-01-14

zeppeIIns Garry Machinery to Turks.
German Zeppelins are said to have
been employed TO relieve the Turk
ish shell shortage by one Of the most
novel schemes OF the war.
One hundred tons Of fine machin-
cry used in the manufacture Of
shells are reported to have been car.
ried from the Austrian frontier
across Servia and Bulgaria TO TuT'
key. The Zeppelins travelled BY
night to escape detection by the Bul
garian border patrols and protests
against violation OF Bulgarian ter
ritory. Each OF the dirigibles car
ried from three TO four tons Of ma
chinery for the Turkish ammunition
works
II reports are true a dozen OF
Count Zeppelin's largest dirigibles
we're used on the 2s0-mile flight from
me Austrian to the Turkish border.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-01-14
NOties Il Slockholdws Meeting. :

Notice is hereby given that the an.
nual stockholders meeting OF the Pho
Heer BanE and Trust Company, Of
Salmon, Idaho, will be held on
Tuesday, the 18th day Of Ja0uAry,
1916, in their banking house In Sal.
mon.
Said meeting will be convened at 4
O'Clock p. m. Of said day The pur.
pose for which this meeting is called
is for the elscti m Of board OF d.
rSctors for said bank, to serve during
the ensuing year, and for the trans
action Of such other business az may
properly come before the meeting.
W. Z. SHOUP, President.
A. W. PIPES, Secretary.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-01-14
FOSSIL FOREST IN AMERICA
YeIlo~stone Park Contains One Of the
Most Remarkable OF Natural
CurlositIes.

Remarkable fossil forests exist in
Yellowstone park. the most remark.
able, IL IL believed. OF the several fos-
sill forests which have been discovered
there are others in Egypt. In Cali
fornia and in AriZonR-because in the
Yellowstone most of the trees were
entombed in their original upright po-
sition and not found recumbent and
scattered about the ground.
In Arizona, for instance, the fos-
slliEed trunks have evidently been car.
ried long distance from where they
originally grew.
In the Yellowstone The trees now
stand where they grew, and where
they are entombed by the outpourinG
of various volcanic materials.
Now as the softer rocks surrounding
them are gradually worn away they
are left standing ereel on the steep
hillsides just as they stood when they
were living in fact, II 10 difficult at
a little distance 10 distinguish some of
these fossil trunks from the lichen'
CoNcIcu otunpb Vi hlilHieu lANAhb npO
cies. Such an aggregation of fossil
trunks is therefore we'll entitled to be
called true fossil forest
II should not be supposed. however
that these trees still retain their limbs
and smaller branches. for the mass Of
volcanic material falling on then
stripped them down 10 bare. upright
trunks.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-01-14
Fake Extras In Japan.

In order to prevent the wanton Is
sue of extra editions of newspapers,
the metropolitan police OF Tokyo,
Japan, have issued instructions TO the
newspaper offices which include q
warning that the authorities are pre-
pared to take stringent steps against
those which issue special editions
without any real news Of special in
terest Among the offenses which
are to be prosecuted is one which con-
Germs the newsboys. They are re-
quired to call out the names of the
papers whose extra editions they are
selling; If they fail to do so they are
to be punished. Publishers and all
those concerned will be prosecuted
for issuing any news which has once
been published before, as people are
being cheated in that way Those
who are responsible for such are to
be punished for fraud. Fancy these
official terrors operating in New York
or Chicago, or even in Philadelphia or
Boston
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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-01-14
Aakinn loo Much.

While prominent specialists agree
that golf is a cure for insanity it Is
doubtless asking too much at the pres
ent stage of science to expect q cure
for Washington Post
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-08-15
BRUTAL ATTACK
MADE ON GIRL
Unknown Man Attempts To As
SauIt Miss NOttiO KindeII
ON BEING RESISTED HE FLED
AND MADE AN ESCAPE.
Attack Made In Laclede ROOming
House Yesterday Afternoon on the
Daughter of the Proprietor.

Foiled in an effort to commit
criminal assault on thirteen-year-ol
Nettie Kindell at the Laclede rooms.
at 2;3O o'clock Monday afternoon, an
unknown man fled before officers
could be summoned and has so far
eVaded the large posse that has gone
In pursuit of him. 1t is believed that
he went in the direction of Buhl.
The man, who is described as being
OF average height and build. Of light
complexion, with blue eyes and blonde
hair and dressed in a blue serge suit
with panama hat, came to the rooms
few minutes before the attempted
crime and asked for a room Miss
hlndell, who is a daughter of the pro-
prietross, Mrs. Annie Fuller, went in
the temporary absence of the latter
TO show the man the room On enter
ing The room, the man suddenly turn
ed and jerking the key from the hand
OF the girl said: II did not want a
room,' grasped her by the throat and
threw her on the bed, choaking her
The girl struggled and struck him
violently in the face several times. at
which he released his grasp on her
throat, at which she sprang up and
rushing out of the room ran back I'D
the hall, and, in her excitement, down
the front steps onto the street. The
man followed closely after her and
reaching the sidewalk at the same
time, darted away, nobody for the mo-
ment noticing in which direction.
Several servants and regular room
ers who were in the front part of the
house at the office saw the couple
rush past and for the moment were
unable to move from surprise. When
the girl returned she was choking SO
badly that it was several minutes be-
fore she could speak, after which she
told of her experience. The officers
were at once notified and got busy,
large posse was sent in all directions
and watchers placed on the canyon
Late last night it was reported that a
farmer had seen a man answering the
general description given, running
with his coat on his arm, in the di-
rection of Buhl at a point several
miles from town.
Up to the present the miscreant has
not been found
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-08-15
TO HOLD BENEFIT
FOR BASEBALL TEAM
Versatile Entertainer b Give Pro-
gram at High School Auditorium,
August "a.

T. Elmore Lucey, poet, actor. hum
orist and formerly a drawing card on
the Orpheum circuit. will present a
varied program at the high school
auditorium, August "A, as a benefit for
the Twin Falls baseball team. Mr..
Lucey is a recognized entertainer of
the best type, and his versatility finds
expression in songs, dramatic read
ings and stories and impersonations
His recommendations are high and
press notices state that Mr. Lucey
presents a clever and clean program
ranging from pathos to humor A
nominal charge of fifty cents for
adults and twenty-five cents for chill
dren will be made and it is hoped that
ths tendance at this program will be
such that a goodly amount may be
turned over to the ball team Tickets
may be obtained at the Macauley cigar
store or from any of the players Mr.
Christian, manager of the local team,
says that the poor attendance at the
games lately has made it necessary to
do something of this nature in order
that the clubs finances may not be
entirely depleted, and urges that as
many as possible, turn out to the pro-
gram.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-08-15
Someone Baked Times Attempt to Secure InfOrma-
ton From Man in Charge of CibS Chlorine PIanI

Created permission, as they under
stood it, by Mayor Sweeley, to gain ad-
mittance to the city water works
plant, representatives of THE TIMES
visited the system Friday afternoon
with a view of looking it over and
gaining information concerning the
operation of the chlorine plant as
suming that as representatives of the
public, and individually as taxpayers
and water users, they would be ex-
tended at least ordinary courtesies,
shown the plant, and given such infcr-
nation as they desired
On arriving at the home Of Arthur
c. Sheets, the caretaker at the reser-
voir near the old settling tank, a re-
quest was made to be admitted to that
building. Mr. Sheets declined to COM
ply until he had called up Water SUI
perintendent Porter, and after a con-
versation of some length with that Of
ficial he reported that he could not let
THE TINES representative see the
plant without a permit from Mayor
Sweeley. The reporter to whom the
statement about entering without a
permit had been made, called up
the mayor, who said that one
of threee things had been true
either he misunderstood the re-
porter, the reporter misunder-
stood him, or he had through some
misapprehension unintentionally made
an incorrect statement, as nobody ex-
cept an official was admitted without
pass. However, he said that under
/ > 1,r tnir TO
misunderstanding, and as the party
was already on the ground, he would
issue a pass, then so that it could be
placed with the water office or in the
hands of Mr.. Sheets and that he would
instruct the latter to show THE
TIMES representatives the system
Mr.. Sheets was then called to the tele-
phone and talked briefly with the
mayor After this conversation, Mr.
Sheets said that he was instructed tC
show the party only the part of the
water system that was then in use
and as the old settling tank was nc
longer in use, his instructions did moi
permit him to show that. Thus THE
TIMES party did not see the settling
tank or the old filter Arriving at the
chlorine tank the party was admitted
into the machinery room, where Mr.
Sheets was asked if he understood the
working of the machinery to which he
replied that he understood it thor.
oughly. Asked how the chlorine was
put into the water he hesitated anc
finally said: II have not been instruct.
ed to answer questions concerning
this plant"
you mean that you we're instructed
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-08-15

not to answer questions, don't you?"
the editor asked him. To this he made
no reply.
Il ask you this question" continued
the editor, "fOr if you are under in
structions not to answer questions we
will not bother you any further.
yes" answered Mr.. Sheets, 81 am
under instructions. l was instructed
to show you the plant, but not to ans
wer questions If you want to get in
formation about its working bring out
some of the head men from the city.
am working under their orders. 1
wish that you would not get me mixed
up in this thing"
Declaring that the object of the visit
was defeated by inability to get facts
concerning the working of the chlo-
rine machinery, the visitors left the
chlorine plant and went to the reser-
voir. The blue water under the weed
covered banks appeared beautiful in
the sunlight. While a picture of the
scene was being taken a snake wig
gled lazily out from the edge and
swan leisurely away
Il suppose that you want to get a
picture of the snake to use it against
the management of the waterworks
system" said Mr.. Sheets. "but you
can no more keep snakes out of the
reservoir than you can keep fish out
of the bitches"
The condition of-the interior of the
old settling tank, through which the
city water ran during the period when
the reservoir was being cleaned, could
not be determined. If the condition oil
the interior was anything like that OF
the outside, it must have been deplor.
able. Weeds and sweet clover hac
grown high around the structure anC
gave it an unkept and ramshackle ap.
pearance, but since the building and
the mouth of the caretaker were botI
/ Theoretically sealed, its condition
inside was not revealed.
Relative to the orders to show only
the part of the system in operation
Mayor Sweeley when asked later in
the day said that this had been given
because he wanted to keep Mr.. Sheets
on the job of attending to that part
and did not want him to waste time
showing the parts of the system that
were not in use. He added that some.
one connected with the water system
in the city would b glad to go out al
any convenient time and show the par
of the system no longer in use. At the
time that the visit was made and tha
admission was arranged for Showing
the party through, Mr.. Sheets was a
his home within few yards of thu
old unused plant, and was not en-
gagged at the chlorine plant or at an,
part of the system then in operation.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-08-15
ANTI-DIWSIONIST
REPUBLICANSDIVIDE
Swim Petitions Cause Rift In
Ranks of the Party
ATHERTON MEN SAY OPPONENTS
TACTICS ARE UNFAIR.
Friends Of Westend Anti-divisionists
Say He Is Fought by Machine-H.
+. Smith Makes Statement

The anti-divisionists in the Repub-
lican party in Twin Falls county are
not practicing the principles of anti
division at this time, for there are two
active forces at work behind the SEN
atOrial candidates. of men who are
avowed and pledged foes of division
S. P. Atherton and A. l.. Swim. The
contest began with the circulation late
last week of petitions on which the
names of the following Republicans
appeared:
For state senator, Arthur L. Swim
For state representative, w. F.
Mikesell, of the Salmon River tract;
Norman Barker of the Filler precinct,
J. R. Hinton, of the Hansen precinct.
And on the other sides of the same
statement the names of the following
Democrats:
For state senator, w. T. Alworth
For representatives Lawrence Han
sen, of Hansen; James Fitzgerald, of
Filler, and Harold M. Sims, of Twin
Falls.
All are strongly endorsed as oppos-
il county division. The arguments
put forth by the men circulating these
petitions were given to THE TIMES
substantially as follows:
A number of leading citizens, in.
J terested in defeating county division
I met last week with a view of uniting
On candidates that would accomplish
that result in the primaries of both
parties. In some cases they were
compelled to chose between two good
men, who were anti-divisionists, in
which case the man was. selected for
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-08-15
MUNICIPAL COURT HAS
BUSY SESSION MONDAY
-Four Drunk and DisOrderly Cases and
One BOOtIegging Case Get Quick
Action.

Four Sunday revelers passed Sun
day night as guests of the city, and
the morning after the night before
were brought before Judge Smith to
answer to the charge of being drunk
and disturbing the peace and quiet of
the city Each pleaded guilty and was
given the choice of paying their fine
OF $50 or passing fifteen days more at
hard labor. Neither of the guests.
James Dolan, Lewis Fay, E D. Young
or Paul Jones, could pay the stipu-
lated amount and all were taken back
to jail
A warrant was sworn out yesterday
for Tom O'Brien on the charge of be-
ing unlawfully in possession of intoxi-
eating liquors Appearing before the
court O'Brien pleaded guilty to the
Charge and was bound over to the dis
trict court for trial
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-08-15
SALMON LAND YIELDS
BIG CLOVER RETURNS

That the Salmon tract is sec
ond to none in productiveness
when it gets anything like a
show is indicated by the results
secured by Elmer Ingraham on
forty acres of his land on the
tract, from which he threshed
141,850 pounds of alsike and
red clover seed last week. He
sold the seed to James A. Steel
for $5,127.75. Last year on the
same land he raised seed which
he sold for Just fifty dollars less
than he received for the crop
this year Mr. Ingraham has
eighty acres in his farm. He
sowed the land from which he
has obtained such satisfactory
results three years ago when
water was sufficient for the
purpose. Since that time he has
tried twice to get stand on the
other forty but owing to short
age Of water failed utterly.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-08-15
FARIS AND RIGERT HAVE NOT
FILED ACCEPTANCE NOTICES

J. W. Faris and William Ring
ert, whose names were filed as
candidates for nomination for
senate and house of representa-
tives in the legislature, be-
fore the Democratic primar-
les, had not filed their accept
ance Of such nominations up to
the time that THE TIMES went
to press this afternoon. This
is the last day on which such
acceptance can be filed. If
they fail to file before night,
there will be no county division
legislative candidates on the
Democratic ticket.
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-08-15
Land Board ActS.

of and the demands of public
tiers attorney will cooperate with Attorney General Peterson han
The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-08-15

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The Twin Falls times. [volume] (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1905-1916, 1916-08-15
THE MAYOR EXPLAINS SOME
MATTERS IN CONNECTION WITH
THE WATERWORKS SITUATION
How 1t Happened The Times Did Not Know The Council had
Authorized An "OffiCap Statement How It Happened
The Times Did Not Get Copy of It. And How 1t HAP
pened That the Electric Contract Was Put Through Without
The Times knowledge

Mayor Busy Time Assuring Citizens of Safety of Chlorine Pro
Insists That There Is No Danger Gives Times Permission
to Investigate Official Statement Was Reply
Times Charges Sheds Light How Council Meetings Are
Called. Nothing New ON Pure Water Subject