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second-class matter January
Entered
4,1906, at the post office at Silver City.
Idaho, under the Act of Congress of
March 8, 1879.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 1908.
There has been a movement started
in Oregon to try to defeat Hon. Geo.
Chamberlaiu for U. S. Senator. This is
following the precedent established by
the machine politicians, to defeat the
will of the masses as expressed at the
polls. While this has been looked for
by those who know the personnel of the
republican leaders in Oregon, yet we
do not believe that they will be able to
accomplish Chamberlain's defeat. If
the legislators who have pledged them
selves to abide by ttie choice of the
people as expressed at the polls at the
general election, as was done last June,
repudiate their pledge it is a sure
shot that Oregon has cast her last
republican majority and henceforth
that state will be found strongly
democratic.
Such is the Law.
The comparison of the public senti
ment of this locality with that of the
vicinity of Caldwell in reference to the
aid and sympathy extended to unfortu
nate widows and orphans, is much to the
credit of Silver City. 11 makes one feel
grateful for having located in the midst
of such a community as this. Here, all
is sympathy, and every want is sup
plied to the unfortunates, while in and
about Caldwell they invoke the aid of
the law and send poor children to a
penal institution simply for the crime of
being poor. If the "boosters" of that
region would expend a small amount of
the money that they are Bpeuding in
advertising the country into a relief
fund and aid the helpless and destitute,
they would find it would work to advan
tage. As it is they are getting consid
erable notoriety that, they would be
glad to suppress. The republican pros
perity that that republican community
is experiencing seems to be only for the
rich and well-to-do. Only a few more
years of such "prosperity" aud we can
look for a law to be enacted that will
make it a capital offense to be poor.
The following from the Parma Herald
hits the nail squarely on the head :
A few days ago at Caldwell three chil
dren were taken from their mother and
sent to the reform school. The only
reason for doing so was that the mother
could not make euough to afford tosend
the children to school. She had worked
day in and day out in order to get
enough to clothe aud feed lier childreu
and they were taken from her because
she couldn't earn more iu these piping
days of republican prosperity. It was
not claimed that the children were vis
cious—they simply don't attend school,
and the state took them a« ay from a
mother that ha I shown lier devotion to
their welfare as few mothers have done,
aud sent them to a peuai institution
when there wasn't a shadow of guilt
against, either mother or children. Day
after day the mother would grub sage
brush and haul it into Caldwell and sell
it to obtain the necessaries of life for
herself and children. Day after day
she thanked God that she was still per
mitted to keep lier children, even at a
coat that, providentially, few mothers
know. Yet the law took these children
from her, while with tears running
down her withered cheeka she pleaded
to the judge that Bhe might keep them
and still toil for their support. They
were sent to a penal institution—and
from their future that stigma will never
be removed though they live a century
—when there was not a single charge
of misconduct against them. Who ia
to blame? The mother? She did all in
the limits of human endeavor to care
for and protect liar children The citi
zens of Caldwell? They should, per
haps, have done more than give the
mother the name of "Sagebrush Jane."
The Church? We pass it up, although
there are good, earnest Chriatains aud
humanitarians in Caldwell. The law?
Aye, THK LAW.
Of all the rotten laws inscribed upon
the statute books, the law that will take
unoffending ohildreu away from a lov
ing mother, whose only crime is that
she can't work hard enough aud earn
enough to give her offspring the oppor
tunities she would, the Idaho compul
sory school law is the worst, ft goes
beyond the limits of idiocy, aud in a
measure approximates the mentality of
the Ninth Idaho legislature. About
the only duties of parentage that the
law doesn't place in ctiarge of the pro
bation officer is the family increase,
aud it's a wonder that he isn't em
powered to supervise that.
JACK LONDON'S NEW BOOK.
Jack London has just written a book
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THE PACIFIC MONTHLY has pur
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with a desperation of courage that pre
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of strength with sublimity of purpose
His inspiration is a woman of the
higher sphere of life, but bis motive is
the mighty impulse that animates asoul
and brain born to expand until fetter
ing ignorance is sundered and igutble
influence is trampeled underfoot.
It is not too much to say of "Martin
Eden"that it possesses more of fascina
tion and virility, grips the imagination
and the tympathies more keenly, and
imparts more of courage, than any book
produced in years.
Send 50 cents in stamps to THE PA
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you THE PACIFIC MON ! ELY for six
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If you are in need of a suit of clothes
call at Sweeney's and examine his fine
line of samples and have a suit made to
order by competent tailors. He guaran
tees a perfect fit and the goods are "all
wool and a yard wide." Don't miss this
splendid opportunity but attend to it, at
once and get a bargain.
The Nampa Iron Works, Ltd., make
all kinds of castings in iron and brass.
They are well equipped for patterns, have
a machine shop in connection. A full
assortment of pipes and pipe fittings. If
you have any machinery to sell, list it
with them.
Philipp, the hardware merchant, has
jnst received a large variety of heating
stoves, cook stoves, ranges and other
goods. Call and select what you need
at once and get a good bargain.
Regular Trips
Between Itehanmr and
Silver City. Stage tie
parts from Delamar at
H a. m. Departs from
Silver on return trip at
2 p. m. Passengers and
Freight carried Stops
at Dewey en route
Delamar Livery, Feed
and sale STABLes
JOHN HOHE
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Wall Paper,
Paints,
Oils,
Window Glass,
lîrnshes, Varnishes,
Picture Frames, and
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Nampa, Idaho
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THE MINT
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Headquarters for
Wines, Liquors, Cigars,
Etc. Etc.
Good Pool Tables
LOWERY & AURA, Proprietors
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SILVER CITY
CIGAR MFG.
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Headquarters for the Famous
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A large line of Saddles
Blankets and Spurs
"Best Grade o_f
GL0YES
all Kinds and Trices
WE MAKE OUR OWN HARNESS
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Our Prices Worth investigating
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