TETON PEAK-CHRONICLE.
VOL. VI
J^nusHED jy THE OiRDRX SPOT OF SOUTHEASTER* IDAHO.
ST. ANTHONY, FREMONT
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS iiuulc a report. The re -
COU NTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY, FEB. 23, 1908.
NO. 48.
LEGISLATIVE PROCEEDINGS
rial News of the Doings of the Legislature
Fresh From The Capitol.
committee of the senate,
Boise. Feb. 20.—The joint coin
ittee composed of the appropria
ods committee of the house and
e finance committee of the senate,
,e been holding nightly meet-1
s throughout the past week, and
ave finally decided on the first
raft of the general appropriation
ct , which will probably be intro
need in its present form about the
iddle of the week.
The joint committee is still dis
sing some matters, and the bill
robablv will not be submitted
ntil the present unsettled questions
ave
been decided. The bill so far
rawn does not provide for the state
nie commissioner, the
miner, nor for the pay
eficienev warrants,
nations for the supreme and dis
jet courts are also lacking. It
e state ex
layment of
1 he appro
pected that the appropriation for
e bank commissioner will be $7,
in créât ing'that office.'^ the else
f e state examiner, it is regarded
î probable that this office will be
i„ed with that of the state insur-1
ure commissioner, some increase
ie present salary of
1,500 a year, and an allowance
ing made for traveling expenses
nd clerk hire. In the general
ppronriation bill there have been
few small amounts set aside for
: improvement of public institu
as. It is expected that bills pro
iding for the issuance of bonds
ill be passed for the improvement
[the penitentiary, soldiers' home,
Diversity and normal schools. It
also expected that a bond issue
have to be arranged for to
try out the objects of the Idaho
termountain Wagon Road com
ission, the bill for the creation of
ecommission carrying a provision
at 150,000 shall be appropriated
the shape of bond issue. Fol
w'imr are the amounts provided in
bill for the different depart
euts of the state :
Governor. $10,200 : secretary of
ate. $19,810; state auditor $16,
attorney general, $13.700;
ate treasurer, $12.200; school
jperintendeut, $1.400: traveling
brary commission, $4.000; board
horticulture. $12,500: mine
spector. $7.200; commissioner of
migration, $8,600; state engi
$10,500; adjutant general,
4,400 : sheep inspector. $4,400;
tejjand board, $40,000: state
aul of pardons and canvassers,
state
university $41,200;
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alio Industrial Reform school,
16,000 : Lewiston state normal
hool, $34.200; Albion state nor
<al school, $10,000; academy of
laho, $36.000; soldiers' home,
: asylum for the insane,
>5,960; Idaho state penitentiary.
Ml.000:
deaf, dumb, blind and
Active youth, $20,500: Insur
ice commissioner, $5,000; capitol
Elding, $10,000; miscellaneous
[penses: (Insuring buildings and
wing bonds of the state officers,
''«99 insurance on general fund
Nrrants, $15,000; fish and game
$2.000; legislative expenses,
O'bOO; Lewis and Clark
exposi
°u. $ !.i,i)00.) The appropriation
ovitlttl for above give a total of
91,910. With other absolutely
Pessary appropriations it is now
Petted that the total will reach
«Jung more than $750,000,
0()() a year. In connection
Hi the appropriations for the
untenance of the different state
ueational institutions it is an
iinicwl that the appropriations
Huiittee is in receipt of an esti
!te from ex-state Auditor Turner,
adve to the probable income dur
S tlie coining two years from the
öowment funds of these institu
ms. According to Mr. Turner's
nrts the following endowment
"Ts will be available during the
ars 1905 and 1906 to aid in the
•inteiiance of these institutions:
liversity, $26,014.19; normal
'ouïs. $34,250.51; academy of
$•' Ï.800. 65 ; insane asylum,
penitentiary, $2,020;
1 ' L ' rs ' home, $2,355.38; reform
tll ' l): $694.17. This makes a
,a °< $77.600.73. Members of
ta !" i'opriations committee esti
lh flint at the jiresent rate of in
tbe following reorganization
Hie land board, the endow
unds of the various state
nal institutions will within
few years earn enough
[ i to year to pav the cost of
fining these institutions.
. house committee which was
T'"Mti'd several weeks ago for the
of investigàting the hooks
sit
the
ate land department, has
iiuulc a report. The re -
th-\V 1 1 that tlK ' COInn, ittee
tliat the general
found
--------- govermnent had
donated 60S, 1)80 acres for the S
mal institutions specified in th,
l icti in the
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, total i' - '.....- • Ln 01 this
•i>.
The report
j admission act but
does not state how i
j total has been selected
states that thirteen of tl.------v' l
are in arrears $12 <)()■> <w i 1 ',"
counties have a'surnffis'ln
! credit to the amount o ^ u"
1 It was also found that in th,' .fi i
i borhood of !) .<180 acres nf^lmïLÎ'
lands have bee., sold co ir
1 law i„ Shoshone count ? t0
j The sales mentioned orrm-id
Dec. 2.1, p)0-> The - • °"
found a number of ,1;,..™^."!"'"^
1 he committee
a number of discrepancies in
the books, but state that the
were convinced that
lias been made during the past two
years to correct the inethocfs of bus"
mess. 1 he suggestion is made that
the committee lie continued and be
hers were convince! .i,„. T'l "~ m "
effort
given authority and fonde F F
I an exhaustive 'investigation Sd
! report to the governor ~
:
: of Miss Scott 's books and SE
tion and care of the defective louth
of the state. According to this
I report during the past two V ear<
the average attendance of 'deaf'
dumb and blind has been 39 Of
these fourteen have been at' the
Ogden, Utah school seventeen at
! the CoioradS'spS, Col "hoo?
und eight at the Vancouver, Wash..
school For their tuition and board
there has been paid out $19,056.76.
i, ral l bpor _ tat1011 of P u P' ls has cost
$1.920.95; ex
on . peU f S ° f attendan ts,
$4.j0.30. and sundry expenses due
aud unpaid, $1/6.68. This makes
a total expense of $22,084.29. The
cost of board and tuition per school
year pei pupil lias averaged $244.
32. and the average cost of trans
portation fier pupil is given as
$38.83. The many friends of Miss
Scott feel greatly pleased that the
committee has filed a report which
is a complete exoneration of that
lady from the veiled aspersions of
Senator Walker, of Ada county.
There is but ten days more of
the session, a fact which is a pleas
tire o every one attached to the
legislatuie, either as a menibei,
attache or onlooker. 1 here have
been a number ot very important
nieasures passed during the past
week. A number of bills have
)een sen ^ ^ ie g°' ernor * which
will probably all be signed by the
latter end of tile week.
The fight over the establishment
of a state school of mines at Hailey
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becoming decidedly acrimonious.
Throughout the session the Blaine
county people have maintained a
large and expensive lobby here,
under the direction of Major Fred
Reed. A bill has been introduced
providing for an appropriation of
$ 10,000, and the setting aside of
good sized land grant for a state
school of inities at Hailey. The
state university at Moscow has also
appealed to the legislature for
good sized appropriatiou for
purpose of erecting and equipping
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tne
a mining engineering building.
Both parties have recognized that
it would be impossible for two state
, , • i ,of,i,i;^i, ö a
schools on mines to be established
and conducted. The Moscow in
stitution lias contended that such
an institution is already in exist
ence there. Hon. Jas. H. Forney,
the fust president of the state uni
versity. has written a brochure on
the matter. Now Major Fred comes ,
ack with a pamp î e w ' '"
p in spice or w îa i ma\ <
up in spice
courtesy. He argues that the Mos
cow school, being established in a
purelv agricultural institution, does
not deserve a school of mines,
while if such an institution were
located at Hailey, the students
could within an hour find them
selves in the midst of^ successful
mining opeiations. There is a
general sentiment noticeable among
the members in opposition to the
establishment of a new school.
The bill providing for the cut
ting in two of Kootenai county, and
the creation oi Lewis and Clark
counties therefrom, has passed the
house by a vote of 26 to 19. The
hill provides that the northern halt
of Kootenai shall he calls
Lewis
Sa inl
countv with a county wat at Sand
'and the southern half he j
"
point
called Clark county
\lene City as til
Those who liav
with Coeur d
county seat.
H-en working for
two counties
deuce in the
the creation < ! tlKSc
express complete con
action of the senate b. ing lavorable
to the creation of two new counties.
The dev lopment of Kootenai coun
ty during the past two vears
been extraordinary.
ha
The vote and
, ! i" PUlatl P n l las almost doubled
.1 iriI1 S tTiat time. It is claimed by
ll f K . lob,,v lu favor of the division
" ie comity that the coming two
years will witness fully as great an
,UCrease ' n growth of ^ *
wealth and
population as the last two and
that in 11)06 the v,
l Ulal l!»UH the vote of the count
! Wl11 be between and 10 000
^ is "«w expected that the coun
ty rk 'Pos,tory bill, which is alike
!" pUrpose with the state depository
' aw ' wl1 ! pas . s the legislature with
I " prov,s,on 'hat it shall not go into
, effec t until two years hence. The
tomUy depository law is an ad
nnnistration measure, and its pas
i f age llas been stronglv advocated
by Governor Gooding. The gover
! 1or ' however, last week stated that
lie would be satisfied if the bill
was passed so that it should be
come operative two vears hence.
1 be governor lias been informed
That in many cases county treasur
*** have had their salaries fixed
' ery low for the reason that banks
| jmsiness of 'the office was^lfrgeîy
J£ d £
°,rer P V,ded for the treas
t , c( ,
Last week an opinion was sent
!nffi f ™ m t IC attorney general's
ftice ' 111 anSvVer to a request from
con t C0Un ' y attorney of Bingham
i "i*'' h ,° dmg that g anies foi
^ **
Attorney Genera
gambling law.
Guheen states
that the opinion was prepared by
bis assistant and sent out' without
his knowledge, and is at entire
ledge, and is at entire
; variance with his views on the sub
ject. As sooii as Mr. Guheen
discovered that such an opinion
bad been sent out, he wrote to the
county attorney of Bingham coun
ty, requesting him to publish his
repudiation of the opinion in the
Blackfoot Mail, in which paper had
appeared the erroneous opinion.
Mr. Guheen also wrote to each
county attorney in the state, calling
their attention to the matter.
RICKS ACADEMY NOTES.
Last Saturday night the second
year high school students gave a
i C obweb"party at the Academy. The
boys unraveled the cords and at the
end of each was a tag with a num
ber on it . These mlnlbres corres
ponded with mini hers ditsributed
among the girls. The boy and girl
holding the correvSponding niibmers
were partners at i unbce on. Vari
ous kinds of parlor games were
p i aye d. The party was highly
enjoyed bv all those who were pres
J - i
ent.
The Academy students have or
ganized a student body. This is
an organization of all the students.
Ballots were cast in the different
rooms last week for the officers of
the body. The fofllowiug students
weer elected : Leo Nelson, presi
dent; Sterling Nelson vice-presi
dent : Ezra Lljenquist, secretary.
It has been decided to handle the
diciplen of the Academy through
a__
the class organizations. Students
will take turns as liall diciplenarian,
who will act for one day at a time.
Professor Christensen received a
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letter last week from the student
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body of the L. D. S. University
regard to the formation of an ora
torical league among the leading
churches. It is planned to have a
representative from each school
take part in a contest to be held
at Salt Lake Citv about the middle
^ Aprü The Ricks Academy
students have decided to send a
representative and have already
and have
started upon preliminary debates.
The students of the L. D. S. Acad
emy will be the hosts of the visit
ing students while in Salt Lake
City.
Washington's birthday was cele
brated at the Academy. Bro. W.
W. Bililngs and Bro. J. D. Spiers
gave short addresses in regard to
Washington's characteristics that
are worthy of our emulation.
STRAYED OR STOLEN : - One
sorrel horse, weight, 1051, about
S or 9 years old, branded K on left
shoulder. Address any information
to W. L. Winegar, St. Anthony,
which will be paid for.
We have just received the spring
styles of the Broadliead Dress
Goods diiect from the mills
Jamestown, New Y o r k. T h e
Broadliead Dress Goods are the best
dress goods manufactured in Amer
ica and sold only to the larges*
stores. For this reason we were
very fortunate in securing the
agency for these dress goods for St.
Anthonv.
.SKALET & SHELL
in I
a
COUNTY CORRESPONDENCE.
LEWISVILLE.
Feb. 20.—Forty-five degrees be
low zero was the record here on!
last Sunday the 12.
The masquerade ball was nota
grand success on last Wednesday
night. There were only a few who
took part.
The wedding of Willie Walker
and Miss Ella May Allen tookplace
Wednesday at the home of the bride
groom's parents, Mr. and Mrs
Walker.
The health of the people in this
community is improving since the
change of temperature.
Lewisville is still increasing in
population ; a fine baby bov was
born to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Taylor,
on Feb. 16th. All getting along
nicelv.
Our citv marshal has been quite
sick the past week, but is on duty
again.
The Overland Comedy company,
with W. E. Bates as manager, pre
sented the five act drama entitled
"Millie, the Quadroon.'' on Mon
day night.
Our sleighing is a thing of the
past.
The basket ball was a grand fail
ure; only three couples being in at
tendance.
SAYERS.
Sayers, Feb. 21.—'The cold wave
lias passed over, and we are having
spring weather. The south wind
took nearly all the snow off yester
day, and it looks like spring is
near.
A. I. Harmon, who was just
recovering from a severe case of
pneumonia, has had a relapse, and
is now suffering with typhoid fever
in its worst stage.
The little one-vear-old daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Cuthbert,
who has been suffering with an ab
cess in the throat, is getting along
nicely.
The board of directors ot the
Park & Lewisville Irrigating Co.,
met last night and opened the bids
for secretary and water master, and
after a careful consideration, ac
cepted the bid of Laura A. Shurtliff
for secretary, and W. W. Selck, J.,
for water master for the ensuing
year.
Mrs. Andrews returned home on
the 17th from California where she
has been for the past month visiting
her sister.
The young ladies of Rigby will
give a dance and supper on the
night of the 24th, for tile benefit of
the choir. The ladies are to buy
the tickets.
Take your eggs to Mary A. Bor
am to get good prices.
.
TWIN GROVES.
Isaac Packer and wife, who were
thrown from a buggy in a runaway
last fall, are both disabled yet. Mr.
Packer is partially paralyzed, and
Mrs. Packer's arms were both brok
en and have never been set. The
physician who attended her seemed
to have overlooked the fact that her
arms were broken, and the result is
she is unable to use her arms. As
she is an old lady the family do not
think it advisable for her to under
go the operation of having the
bones rebrokeu and set.
The freeze last week lias furnish
ed sufficient ice for packing, hilt
some of the people did not have
time to put in their supply for sum
mer use, and the thaw lias made it
difficult to do that kind of work
but we are liable to have a Leeze
any time sufficient to again put up
ice.
John Wellard left for Salt Lake
City last Tuesday and expects to
return in about a month.
There was a jollv surprise party
at William Godfrey's on Monday
night.
very
cold
MARYSVILLE.
Feb. 19.—We are having
pleasant days after the severe
snap.
Our home dramatic company ex
pect to present "Hazel Kirk" in
the near future.
Several concerts are in prepara
I tion, which, will, no doubt, he a
surprise and also a treat to the peo
ple of this place.
There will he a pie patty here
Wednesday. Each lady makes a
pie and the gentleman who draws
the number of her pie, gets her for
a partner and eats lier pie, and
sends her home for more pie, and
while she is gone lie takes some
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other fellow's girl and pie too.
j The Brower band from Ora will
render the soul stirring strains for
' tlle occasion,
Steps should be taken to havere
! moved the unsightly piles of ma
! mire from our streets and also the
other disease spreading stuff that
may he found around.
Uur property owners should be
encouraged to plant trees the com
ing spring, that our streets may he
mviting to ourselves and those who
may come to visit us.' We should
improve our village that it may he
the means of drawing people here
by its attractiveness.:; We have a
nne ward house that is a credit to
the place. We point to our Central
school building with pride, and our
horaes are becoming of a more
modern type. Our people are com
mencing to plant orchards, and
why not beautify our streets by
removing the sage brush and plant
ing nice shade trees in its place,
and put nice fences around both
our public and private buildings,
This all has a tendency to add to
the value of our propertv.
Andrew Hendricks, the lad who
was crushed under a load of logs
some ten days ago, is getting along
very nicely under the circumstances
and nature of his injury.
Eli M. Harris, who with his fam
ily weut to Cache Valley points to|
spend the holidays, lias just return-1
ed home. He returned a few days j
in advance of Mrs. Harris and the
children to get the home in comfort
able condition.
There was a canal meeting Sat
urday, of the Yellowstone Canal'Co,
and some other parties who want to
join issue with them and all take
out one ditch. They apparently
have two sites from which to take
water, but cannot agree which one
is the best. Quite a number were
here from the Green Timber ditch.
J. H. Egbert, deputy game war
den, went to Lake the last of the
week to revoke the shipping per
mits of those persons who have been
shipping trout from their private
pouds.
J. G. Harris and Mrs. W. Sauls
berrv went to Rexburg Thursday
to visit with their mother They
expect to return with their sister
from Gentile Valley, who will
spend a few weeks visiting rela
tives in the city of the pines.
There was a birthday party at
Uncle Joe Lamborn's Monday
night. The chickens were squar
ing al' day so there was something
good for tlie guests to eat. Many
returns oi the day. Uncle Joe,
There is talk of a grocery and
provision store being opened in tlie
north part of town in the near fu
ture—competition is the life of
trade.
Russia Wants to Stop War.
London, Feb. 21.—A disnatch to
Reuter's telegram company from
St. Petersburg, confirming the asso-j
ciated press advices of February 17
and 18. from St. Petersburg to the
effect that peace was under consid -1
jeration, adds: The conditions on
which Russia is prepared to m a ke
peace have practically been agreed
upon, these are as follows:
Korea to he placed under Japanese
supremacy. Poit Arthur and Kiao
Tung peninsula to he ceded to |
Japan.' Vladivostock to be declar
ed a neutral port with an open door.
The eastern Chinese railroad to be
placed under neutral international
administration. Manchuria as far
north as Harbin to be restored as
an integral part of the Chinese em
pire.
The difficulty lies in settling the
question of indemnity upon which
it is known Japan insists, but it is
thought that this difficulty is not
ment
"Quiet, did yot
boss, I liah a wif-*,
phonograph."—E:
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insuperable. The most trustworthy 1
opinion at St. Petersburg is that
in view of the internal situation
and the enormous difficulty carry
ing on the war, peace on the terms
outlined will he concluded within a
comparatively short time if the in
demnily question can he arranged,
hut it is quite possible that Russia
will risk another battle before a
decision is reached.
Plenty of Music.
In the heart of the great pine
forest we found the old man sitting
by his cabin door.
"But it is so qu'it here." we
said, "it is a won Lr von don't
feel lonesome.'' 'J he old man
dropped his corncob m his astonish
say? Why, 1
a mule en a
BIG REAL ESTATE DEAL CLOSED.
Hotel Riverside and Adjacent Property is Now
Owned by California Capitalists.
Last Monday the deal was closed
whereby E. J. Warner transferred
\v "S UWUWt^f Harrison
nn'th, ' ' X , ' ,P™^ rty
on tlie southeast corner of Bridge
and Main streets including the
Hotel Riveiside, the old Con I
building and the buildings occu
pied bv Downev's meat market and
Jensen Bros.,' the consideration
being $10,000 cash. The Haines
Bros, reside at Santa Cruiz Calif
ornia. They do not contemplate
a change of residence in the im
mediate future, hut purchased the
property above mentioned after sat
isfying themselves that the future
prospects of St. Anthony and the
surrounding country were brighter
than anvwhere else in the north
west. Haines Brothers are old
friends of John Kruger, cashier of
the Commercial National bank
and tliev examined this country at
his instigation. They formerly
were sheepmen in Wyoming, but
now have sufficient means to live
and invest where they choose. It
i-s highly probable that this in
vestment will lead to others of even
more importance in the near future
b y their friends who also are be
coni ' n S interested in this section,
?°*b_ gentlemen left for their Cal
j 1 '^. 0I 1 n , 1a homes^ yesterday morning
highly pleased with their invest
ment.
Advertising Does The Business.
Fred Drake, of Nebraska, a
cousin of Mrs. M. J. Walter arrived
here Thursday of last week, in
search of a location, and wherever
Mr. Drake locates, a dozen other
families will locate. He left Neb
raska with five or six other home
seekers. They were loaded up with
advertising matter from the Mini
doka and Twin Falls country before
they had proceeded very far on
their western journey. Upon ar
riving at Pocatello, none of the
other gentlemen would think of
coming up this way, saying "there
is nothing advertised up in that
part of Idaho." Mr. Drake left his
friends and came up purely on a
visit with his relatives here. After
leaving Pocatello, several men on
the train accosted him with the
questions, "Where are you going?"
Are you looking for a location?"
etc., and upon answering in the
affirmative, lie was told : "Don't
locate near St. Anthony, that town
is dead ; it is going back each
year," and much more of the same
tenure. The Lord bless those
hypocritical liars, who spend so
much time misrepresenting this
locality. This, without question,
is the richest part of the Gem state;
St. Anthony lias grown from a
cross-road village to a city of the
second class; the Oregon Short
,s 11 P S more S ra ' n , produce and
lve sl<Jt 'b f ro111 Fit- Anthony, tnan
a l ly °*b el istation on the line north
0 , ^ ocatellg; this is the best water
ed sec < : ' on °f Idaho; there are more
' acres r ' c b farm lands in Fremont
! com,t V than there is in the Payette
i vab f y alld 1 win Falls country
j cora bined.
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Important Will Contest.
. A wil1 contest of considerable
lln P° r tance, especially from a legal
standpoint, will he tried before
Probate Judge Donaldson next
Monday. It seems that Mrs. Lov
ina Cutshaw, wife of former sheriff
of Fremont county, J. B. Cutshaw,
died at her home in Market Lake on
the 12th of December last, and that
two weeks before her death she
made a will bequeathing her prop
ertv, which is valued at between
$L990 and $5,000, to several of her
children and leaving others entire
, unpro-vided for. I here are eight
children, five sons and three duugh
ters - All she left two ot her
dau ghters, Mrs. Kate Balmer and
:^ rs ' Ayres, was an old rock
ln ? chair each. 1 he legal contest
t0 break the will was started by her
daughter. Mrs. Pettit, of Ruby,
Montana, and it is started on the
grounds that Mrs. Cutshaw was
insane at tlie time of making the
will and had been for some time
before and until the time of her
death, and that undue influence
had been used by her sons to make
the will as she did. Holden Bros,
are the attorneys for the proponent
and King and Soule are attorneys
for the contestant.
We loan
Farms.
C. C. Moore Rea
money on Improved
Estate Co.