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THE TETON PEAK-CHRONICLE
PUBLISHED IN THE GARDEN SPOT OF SOUTHEASTERN
IDAHO.
VOL. VI
_T. ANTHONY, FREMONT COUNTY, IDAHO, THURSDAY
APRIL 6, 1906.
NO
60.
Boise News Letter.
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eral land office refused to accept
Boise, Idaho, Arpil 4.—One re
sult of the reorganization of the
state land board, undertaken by
Governor Frank Gooding, imme
diately after his inauguration, has
beeii evidenced by a recent dispatch
from Senator Heyburn, announcing
that the commissioner of the gener
al land office had finally accepted
the state's relinquishment of 45,.
000 acres of land on Dumacque and
Joseph Plains, in Idaho county,
and allowing the state the privilege
of selecting other laud in lieu of
those lands relinquished. The state
administration is highly pleased
over the news, aud in the opinion
of the Governor and other members
of the state land board, this action
will result in profit to the state to
an amount greater than half a mil
lion dollars.
In July, 1903. the state land
board filed a blanket selection of
60,000 acres of land in the Lewis
ton land office, the lands selected
being all in the Salmon river coun
try. and on what was soon discov
ered to be lands only valuable for
grazing purposes, and with little :
or no selling value, probably for
many years to
very probably will never have
sufficient value to be worth the I
minimum price of $10 an acre for
the state lands under the constitu
tion. In February, 1904, the state
filed relinquishment of 45,000 acres
of these lands, and in September,
1904, the commissioner of the gen
such relinquishment, at that time
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notifying the state land board, that ;
its filings could only be relinquish- j
ed in the event that the filings con-1
flicted with the claims of prior
settlers, that the land was mineral, |
or that fraud had been practiced in j
the selecting of such lands.
\\ hen the new administration
began, it was decided to make a
strenuous effort to save this large
amount of land to the state. A
vigorous investigation was com
menced, and a mass of testimony j.
was gathered. Senator Heyburn s ,
interest was enlisted and this testi
mouy was by him submitted to the
secretary of the interior, to whom
an appeal had been taken. By
persistent and painstaking effort
the aitention of the land department
was directed to this matter, a clear
showing was made that the various
endowment land funds of the
different state institutions was be
ing depleted by this section, and
the decision outlined in Senator
Heyburn's dispatch was the result.
In addition to this great saving to
the state investigation of the books
of the land department shows that
in one case one institution was
charged with having 1400 acres of
land, which had never been select
ed. Even at the minimum price of
$10 an acre this would represent a
saving of $14,000.
The Intermountain Wagon Road
Commission adjourned this even
ing, after a two days' session, and
Commisisoners M. K. Lewis and
Joseph Wheeler will leave for
home tomorrow morning. During
the two days that the commission
was in session a number of dele
gations of business men appeared
before the board, and piesented
petitions for roads. The commis
sion organized by the election of
M. E. Lewis as secretary. A reso
lution was passed that the commis
sion would demand that half the
cost of anv road it was decided to
be built, must be borne be the
section benefitted. The roads
which were listed as petitioning to
be built by the state aggregated in
probable cost, even if half the ex
pense of building is borne by the
sections improved, over $110,000,
as the total appropriation is only
•60.000 it is evident that not much
more than half the desired roads
can be constructed. The commis
sion reached no conclusion as to
a
the roads to be built.
It was de
cided that early n *xt month each
of the proposed roads should be
viewed, with the object of obtain
ing not only a knowledge of the
probable benefits to accrue from
construction, but also to gain some
idea of the probable cost of the
road.
Executive Commissioner R. W.
McBride is expected to return from
Portland on Thursday. A telegram
received from him today, stated
that work on the Tdaho building at
the Lewis aud Clark exposition in
Portland, has commenced. The
building is to be 100 feet square,
and besides containing parlors,
offices and waiting rooms, will
furnish a large exhibit hall, in
which the state will make a mag
nificent display of grains, grasses,
fruits, vegetable*.!, minerals and
lumber. The building is to cost
$40,000 and under the contract the
exhibit hall is to be ready for use
by May 1, while the whole build
ing is to be entirely completed by
May 20.
Commissioner McBride, backed
by Governor Gooding and the full
commission, is determined that the
exhibit from the state of Idaho
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shall be of so fine a character, that
the state must benefit materiallv
from the fair. Governor Gooding
has already taken up the matter
with the railroad companies, and
has secured the promise of stopover
privileges on excursion tickets sold
throughout the United States. The
question of side-trips to points off
tbt .
main lines of the railways, is
still under consideration, but it is
believed will be decided in favor of
j the requests of the governor .
The capitol buildin commission
has already held several meetingSi
| aud it has been practically decided
that the capitol win not be rem0 ved.
The present p]an is to purcha se the
centra i sc hool building and block
for $25,000, the price at which the
property has been placed by the
school district. The commission is
now advertising for drawings of
j. be ex terior and floor plans of a
, capitol buidliug. These plans will
be opened and considered on June
12 when a p i an will probably be
selected, and the author will be
selected as the architect of the new
capitol building.
Big Mormon Colony for Alberta.
In a special from Spokane, it is
stated that President Joseph Smith,
head of the Mormon church, has
bought 67,000 acres of land in
Alberta, north of the Montana line,
aud proposes to establish a colony
of Mormons on the tract. The price
paid was about $400,000, according
to W. F. Cochran of Nelson, B. C.,
who was in Spokane last week He
was chief owner of the Big Bonanza
ranch, as it is known and this was
the property bought by the Mormon
leaders. The improvements on the
property are estimated at $20,000
The nearest town to the ranch is
McLeod, 100 miles from Calgary.
President Smith visited the land
last September and was pleased
with it. He referred to it as a site
for his colony. The plan is to
break the big tract into small
farms to be settled upon by Mor
mon colonists from Utah and else
where. Although the deal for the
ranch has been closed and the
money paid, the Mormons art not
expected to take possession until
late this fall or early next year.
They will raise this season's crops
at their old homes. Mormons are
plentiful in the Alberta country,
fully 6000 being located in the
rapidly settling country. They are
a sturdy people and make a success
of farming. I believe it is Presi
lent Smith's intention to give each
family small tract, holding general
supervision in the church trustees.
We will lean you money oc your
farm property. THE C. C.
MOORE REAL ESTATE CO.
IMMEDIATE IMPROVEMENTS PROVIDED FOR WILL COST J20.000.
The board of trustees of the Ida
ho Industrial Training school held
a meeting yesterday afternoon in
the office of T. D. Cahalan, presi
dent of the board, at which action
was taken regarding certain pro
posed buildings required in the
development of the general scheme
of the state institution and which
were authorized by the recent ses
sion of the legislature.
The buildings next to be erected
are a girls' cottage, and a stable to
house the cattle that will be re
quired in the service of the school.
These buildings were included in
the original scheme, and the plans
for them constituted a part of those
submitted by the architect J. Flood
Walker, something like a year ago.
The action taken yesterday was
in line of authorizing a continua
tion of work in accordance with
the design previously adopted.
Provision was also made at yes
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The Idaho Industrial Training School at St. An
terday's meeting for a workshop as
part of the manual training equip
ment.
Th« girl's cottage to be con
structed will be of capacity to ac
commodate 25 persons besides the
attendants, this limit being a provi
sion of the law establishing the in
stitution. The cottage is to be pro
vided with e playroom and baths
of a variety of forms. On the main
floor will be a large classroom, and
attendants' quarters with private
baths. On the second floor will be
the dormitory with private bed
rooms, equipped with lockers.
Attendants' quarters and linen
rooms will also be on this floor.
The attic will be used for storage.
The basement will have a ceiling
10 feet in height and will be util
ized for the purposes ordinarily
St. Anthony City Election.
!
The city election Tuesday passed I
off without incident. The first time ■
in the history of this city that there
was not a hotly contested election,
There were two tickets in the field, !
but no politics. C. H. Moon, the '
"father of St.
the Citizens'
Anthony" headed
ticket, and Hon.
James G. Gwinn headed the Peo- ;
pies' ticket'for mayor. The Peo
ples' ticket was successful, but the
vote wa£ very light. There was
no campaigning to speak of and
the people w 7 ere left free to go to
the polls and vote for their choice.
Those elected were: James G.
Gwinn. mayor; J. R. Kiug, police
magistrate ; C. C. Bowerman, clerk ;
J. W. Kenuev, city engineer.
Councilmen, first ward, M. M.
Hammond, A. M. Boylen; second
ward: ii. E.Carey and Jas. Smith;}
third ward, Percy Maryon and W.
F. Jamison.
that department in
The cottage will be 47
n its ground dimen
served by
buildings,
by 50 feet
sions.
The workshop question was dis
posed of by the decision to fireproof
40 feet, of the
basement of the administration
building and equip it for that pur
pose. This was the alternative of
providing a separate building.
i a portion by
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For the stable a plan was devised
that provides for the care of a lira- j
ited number of animals at first, but
as the needs of the institution in
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crease the quarters may be enlarged ;
on an exactly identical plan to any !
required extent, and at the mini
mum of expense to the state.
Provision was made for the pav
ing about the buildings and
grounds that will be called for by
the present and immediately pros
pective development of the institu
tion.
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It is understood that advertise
ment for bids for the projected new
buildings will be made immedi
ately.
Of the six members of the board
five were present, T. D. Cahalan,
president, Mrs. F. A. Pvke of
Dubois, secretary, Governor Frank
R. Gooding, State Superintendent
Miss Mav L- Scott, and Mrs. Han
thorn of Weiser. The last named
was appointed a few weeks ago by
Governor Gooding, and this was
her first appearance in this official
capacity. Speaker J. Frank Hunt
was the member absent from yester
day's meeting.
The issuance of bonds authorized
by the legislature for the construc
tion of the new structures is i* 7 the
sum of $20,0U0. — Statesman.
The city election at Blackfoot
! was the most spirited in the city's
I history. The issues were fought out
■ irrespective of party lines. The
tickets were headed, "Citizens"
and "Taxpayers." The issue of
! the Citizens' party was the reduc
' tion of the saloon license and the
opening of Idaho
street is the street
street. Idaho
running west
; from the depot. The citizens se
will be paid for.
cured four of the five txustees, Mr.
Dippel being the only successful
candidate on the Taxpayers' ticket.
$10 Reward.
Ten dollars reward will be paid
for the return of one sorrel saddle
horse about 10 years old weight
about 1000 pounds, white star in
forehead, old scar on left side of
face, old collar mark on top of
neck, branded K on right shoulder.
Any information of said horse
Address W. L. Winegar,
Marysville, Ida.
Regarding Sugar Beet Culture.
Representative C. C.
Fremont county, one of the leaders
Moore of
of the house during the last two
sessions of the legislature, who is
a visitor in the capital, reports that
his section of the country is enjoy
mg prosperity. The outlook for
large crops in that section is very
encouraging.
The farmers there, he says, are
greatly interested in the raising of
sugar beets. The crop in that lo
cality has been found to be a pro
fitable one for the farmers who
j have gone to work intelligently
and systematically to raise the
beets as they should be raised.
The acreage for the Sugar City fac
; tor y this vear will be very nearly
! if not quite double that of last sea
j son. Then between 4000 and
1 5000 acres were raised, and the com
pany has contracted for 9000 acres
to be put in this spring.
The crop in that section, Mr.
Moore states, has in some instances
run as low 7 as eight tons to the
acre, but it has seldom been below
12 tons if the farmers have gone
about the work according to the
advice of the company.
In one or two instances the crop
has made as much as 25 tons to the
acre. He tells of one instance
where a tract of over 100 acres was
put into beets by the company oper
ating the factory, and averaged 22
tons to the acre, a yield which
would have brought a private raiser
practically $100 per acre for the
season's crop.
Even figuring on a yield of 12
tons to the acre, Mr. Moore says,
gives the farmer a handsome profit,
as the company pays $4.50 per ton,
without any test for saccharine
matter or other formality, making
the income $54 per acre. The Japs
who do the work in the fields,
thinning and hoeing the beets,
take the contract for $20 per acre
while an equal amount is ample
for all the other work, such as
plowing the ground and hauling
the crop to the factory or to the
railroad station. This work is all
done by whites, and gives the far
mer, if he or members of his own
, . .
family can do it, an opportunity to
make good wages in connection
with the prospect for good profits
in the marketing of the beets,
The Japs, according to Mr.
Moore, make good wages in the
beet fields, but insist on doing the
work by contract rather than by
the day. These contracts are for
$20 an acre for a 12 ton crop and
additional pay for a yield larger
than that. Many of the men, he
states, earn as much as $5 per day
during the season of labor, and
they spend their money freely.
He says he has been greatly sur
prised at the character of these Jap
hands. Instead of being penurious
and mean, they spend their money
quite liberally, buying the best of
everything aud paying for it in
gold. Should they run an account
with a merchant, they are honest
enough to pay it promptly at the
end of the month.
Last year, he savs, it happened
in a number of cases that Japs
working in the lreet fields who had
been running accounts with the
merchants suddenly rushed off to
the far east to fight for the mikado,
leaving their accounts with friends
turned to his mother countrv to
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who remained in this country. In
every instance the account was
promptly settled at the end of the
month, the balance of the money
due the patriotic Jap who had re
fight being sent to him there to
help on the good cause. Some
,
,
times, Mr. Moore says, the merch- j
ants were unaware that the partie
ular Jap they had trusted was not
still working in the fields until
after he had safely journeyed across
the Pacific and had donned the un
iform of his country.
The Japs an quite cleanly, be
says. During the season of work
ing in the fields, they take a bath
every night, and appear on Sunday
morning resplendent in good clothes
J and freshly shaven for a promen
of j ade about the streets.
In speaking of other phases of
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is ! * ! 8 ° f SUgar beets and the
j manufacture °f sugar, Mr. Moore
-1 s * ate d that the pulp that was left
after the saccharine matter had
been extracted was dumped by the
company in a large vat, covering a
space as large as a quarter block,
and was sold to the farmers at 35
cents a ton for feed for the stock.
It was used quite generally to keep
cattle in condition during the win
ter months.
While it would not answer the
same as grain to put the animals in
shape for the market, it kept them
in good condition.
The farmers generally seemed
satisfied, he said, with the growth
of the beets for the factory. The
contracts they had signed before
the installation of the plant had
provided that they should plant a
certain number of acres to beets
each year for a specified number of
years, for which the company
agreed to pay them $4.50 per ton.
It was a common thing for a farmer
who had contracted to put in but
10 or 20 acres to be making ar
rangements for a larger field this
season.
The company furnished the seed
to the farmers and made sugges
tions as to the proper manner of
raising the crop, although it did
not dictate in this regard. The
farmers generally, however, follow
ed the advice of the company, as
suming that it had more knowledge
of the subject and could secure
better results than the farmers who
had never before raised beets.-Boise
Statesman.
President Roosevelt's Trip.
President Roosevelt left Wash
ington Monday morning on his
western outing trip, and will be
absent from Washington about two
months. A Washington dispatch
says:
One of the chief objects of the
tr>P which the President has long
had on mind is the reunion of his
j Rough Rider regiment of the Span
j ish-Americrfn war, which is to take
I been arranged
place at San Antonio, Tex., tomor
j row, the seventh, and for which an
elaborate program of exercises has
There will be a
number of brief stops en route,
where the President will make ad
dresses. Leaving San Antonio,
there will be a brief stop and ad
dress at Fort Worth, which will
terminate the public part of the
trip, following which the President
is to go hunting in the Panhandle
of Texas and later in Colorado.
All arrangements have been made
whereby the President will keep
in touch with public »affairs, both
during his railroad ride and while
hunting, so that he will be enabled
to pass on all matters requiring his
attention. The President is look
ing forward with keen pleasure to
his long vacation. The following
statement regarding his itinerary
has been made public:
The President wlli leave Wash
ington on the 3rd over the Penn
sylvania railroad. He will be
accompanied by Secretary Leob.
Dr. Alex Lambert, Gen. Young.
Lieut. Fortesque. M. C. Latta and
J. L. McGrew. stenographers and
representatives of newspaper press
association.
The first stop will be made at
Louisville, Ky., at 9 o'clock Tues
day morning. The President and
party will pass in procession
through the city and the President
will make an address. The train
will leave Louisville at 11 o'clock,
pass through St. Louis at $ p. m.,
a . n ^ at ^ lat P°'Jit take the Missou
ri. Kansas & Texas road for San
I Antonio. A few short stops will
, be made in the Indian Nation
, — ---------------and
j at points intervening. The trip
jeuds at Fort Worth, so far as the
PJ^dic part is concerned. The pres
idem will spend some time hunting
in the Panhandle, and will then go
to Colorado for a hunt of some
week's duration.
SEE HERE.
We have this week two special
bargains in land near Sugar Fac
tory.
C. C. Moore, Rea) Estate Co.