Coeur d'Alene evening press., August 26, 1908, Page 2, Image 2

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CHUR D'ALENE EVENING PRESS
Published by the
PHBS1 PIH.IMMO COMPART
Coeur d'Alene. Idaho.
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Job. T. SCOTT :: Kdltor and Publlaber
The telegraph bring* u* aad tid
ing* from far off Russia In the an
nounceuient that Count Tolstoi, the
philosopher, the philanthropist, the
friend of humanity always, 1* near
ing death s door. When his spirit
takes .'light front the mould of mud
which now forms Its prison, the Rus
sian people, the common masses of
the world, will have lost a friend
whoso life has been devoted to their
betterment, to the uplifting of the
human race and the advancement of
liberty. Tolstoi may pass from
amoug the people of the earth, hut
his work will live forever, ills life
has been spent for his fellow man
and be passes on after having carved
his name in a wall of granite.
lUCPUULlC'AN KI CK
Once more C. L. Heilman has
shown bis political generalship to be
of a high order, and in the county
convention held at Spirit Hake yes
terday he was absolute dictator. Ills
word was obeyed and his slate went
through without a hitch. There was
one protest from E. V. Bougbton,
but the other Insurgents of two year*
ago were among the most meek and
eager to get onto Mr. Heilman's band
wagon. Heilman's command la law
and according to the methods which
are recognised In both the state and
county republican organisations he
is entitled to the state chairmanship
of the republican party. A man who
can bring his enemies to his support
and have them iudorse his ambitions
Is certaiuly entitled to be classed
as a leader whom the common herd
will follow. He has the qualifications
for state chairman of the repub
lican party of Idaho and Jim tlrady
could not do better than to place
hltu in charge of the state machine
when he relinquishes the throttle to
take the nomination for governor,
iteltman Is bigger than his party.'
The ticket Is composed of good
men as a rule, although some of
the nominees may be classed as
chronic office seekers, and others are
not particularly noted for their abili
ty. J. A. Spaulding will make a
good legislator and Mr. Ileebe Is
well qualified for county treasurer
If they should be elected. The three
nominees for the lower house of the
legislature are also men of ability.
This is especially true of T. T. Kerl,
who Is a man of high edu
cation and business capacity. Rut
It takes the votes to put them Into
the offlcisl positions for which they
have beeu nominated, and the demo
crats ure yet to be heard from.
They may put up men who can better
serve the |>eople. and if so. there Is
uo reason why they should not be
elected. Partisan feeling and preju
dice Is not so strong, and should not
domluste In county politics, to the
estent of preveling the best quali
fied from being elected to offices iu
which the most vital Interests of the
people are at stake. If men were
elected to otfice for their business
economy and ability to represent the
people, taxes would not be what they
are In this county today.
Paraguay Is likely to prove the tardi
est of the Latin American republics
lu recognising tlu> possibility of chang
ing the government peraonuel without
a wholesale killing. Until the Para
guayans get a firm grip on the fact
that the ballot la as effective an In
strument ns tbe bullet In bringing
about changes they will coullnue to
have revolutions and a paralysed In
dustry as s result of the uprisings.
A prominent Jap touring this coun
try says that we beat tbe world la
handsome wona-a. tall buildings and
gctlTlty. Probably the Texas onion
and the Georgia watermelon will be
hoard from later.
Veen now there are many, with llar
rlman at the front of the proceeaioo.
Who lore T. it for the ruemles be la
going to make In that African Jungle.
Perhape the government will wait
for that Standard Oil flue until the
royalties on Rockefeller's tuok suiouat
to •89,000.000.
It Is now about settled that ntos
tooths of the boy babies for the nest
four years will have William for a
front name
One mau says be enjoys splendid
health on two meals s day. Sounds
like a glorification of wealth appetite
and digestion
And*
"A Dollar n Word."
There is precedent for the ntto «f
II a word for the articles which Pres*
dent Roosevelt Is expected to writ*
describing bis African experiences.
For a series of articles the price hi
high, but more than that has often
been paid for poetry. Tennyson re
ceived a dollar a word for several of
his poems, and on one poem the sale
netted the author $46 a word, as sev
eral publishers brought It out simul
taneously, each paying a pries com
mensurate with Tennyson's fame, then
■t zenith.
A couple of years ago $12,000 was
paid for 12,000 words from tbe pen of
Iilftrsell, a price which tbs publishers
exploited an phenomenal. For his
popular poem describing the Joys of
life In the country, "Know-Bound,"
Whittier received §10,000, the length
living something over 5,000 words.
Byron received nearly a dollar a word
for "Chllde Harold," which la about
WOO words In length. The small
volume of Moore'* "Irish Melodies"
yielded the author $75,000, almost $3
» word. George Eliot was paid $60,
000 for a aingle book, and Walter
Scott received $90,000 for bis "Life
of Napoleon." The sums paid to
Moore, Scott sod Georg# Eliot were
fortunes st tbe time. In the era of
competition among writers of "best
tellers" Hall Caine has received $75.
900 in advance for one novel and Mrs.
Humphry Ward $70,000. These were
•tar rates paid for names attached to
works which might or might not pay
the publishers for tbe outlay. But
perhaps tbe best criterion for the
Roosevelt-Bcrlbner deal Is the venture
of General U. S. Grant's memoirs,
which Murk Twain's publishing house,
Charles I,. Webster & Co., engaged to
bring sut shortly before Grant's death.
This work numbers less than $50,000
words, and yet the estate received In
'he first two payments of royalties
$350,000, while the sales were still
brisk. Subsequent payments sre be
lieved to hnve raised the total to near
ly $500,000, or considerably more than
a dollar a word, go a fiat rate of a
lollar a word for Roosevelt's African
copy might be a capital bargain for tbe
publishers after ail.
Tbe Everyday Shirt.
The London Lancet has decided that
microbes poison everything fit to eat
snd to drink and the sir we breathe
and, wanting a new scare to throw at
Its readers, lays a violent band upon
the colored shirt. Of course tbe Lan
cet has In mind the fancy colored shirt
which dudes wear and change the
•tylee every year at least In order to
be up to date In drees. But the point
which the editor makes is that a col
ored shirt will be worn longer with
out washing than a white shirt, be
cause It will disguise the signs of
wear longer than a white garment and
hi fact be worn until U becomes an
ngent of disease for lack of Intimacy
with tbe waahtub.
When the microbe faddlat geta on
the scent It la heat to let him hava his
fling. Perhaps the Impecuitlous fel
lows about town sometimes affect the
colored shirt on the score of economy
In laundry bills. However, tbe col
ored shirt has found Its popularity In
the fact that It will stand repeated
washing, and vigorous ones at that
America knows something about col
ored shirts. Its pioneers wore them,
sud that not for style nor to hide dirt,
hut because they would "wash well"
uud last like the hickory which gave
them their name. The white shirt Is
a sham unlssa It Is starched, and then
It Is uncomfortable for the man who
Is active. It quickly shows damage
nnd disorder that hava no relation to
healthfulnces, and It has been dis
placed from men's wardrobes for a
variety of reasons based upon superi
ority of the substitute. The chief
reuse for the popularity of the colored
shirt—In this country at least—Is that
It will take boilings and poundings
and rubbings that would aeon destroy
a white one end come out serviceable
and fresh looking even a second and a
third season.
Tbe births In Prance In 1907 were
over 80,000 less than In 1900 and were
20,000 leaa than tbe deaths In 1907.
Just how long a nation can heap op
with the first class powers In tbe
maintenance of e navy and let Its pop
ulation grow lose every yean Is a
question that the Preach people may
seriously ponder.
Preach scientists announce that ex
treme heat causes crime waves. Then
extreme cold must put everybody upon
good behavior except the man who
fixes the price on front dro troy e re
When an auto and a trolley ear at
tempt to be on the earns a pot at the
tame time thero Is always trouble hat
the driven of machines beep on mak
ing experiments.
While the Brie barge canal will coat
$101,000,000. about one-third of the
estimated cost of the Panama enter
prise. the magnitude of tbe work ex
ceeds that on tbe Uthraoa
Good time to atari guessing as to
who win referee tbe next Easter egg
rolling contest on tbe White House
lawn.
Pair Flay »t the Big Games.
Tbe disputes at tbe Olympian games
hi London this year seem to Indicate
need of an International board ai di
rection, with power to appoint Inter
national Judges. Games controlled by
the spirit manifested at the Olympiad
of 1908 are more likely to engender In
ternational discord than to foster In
ternational cordiality or to benefit ath
letics, The games wees instituted a
dozen years ago by a sport loving no
bleman In the hope that tb{ contests
would have a happy Influence upon the
youth of the participating nations sim
ilar to that exerted by the original
games of the Greeks.
This year tbe American contestants
come away from the games with hon
ors won, yat with the feeling that they
have a genuine grievance. There baa
been friction between tbe athletes of
this country and those of other coun
tries and tha British officials who had
the management of the games. An in
ternational contest would seem to call
for an International authority to paas
upon tbe "event#." If the men la
charge and constituting a final court
were representatives of all the nations
Interested In the competitions, there
would be little ground to question the
decisions rendered. That would be a
simple process of International umpir
ing for International games.
With regard to the guinea of 1008 it
baa been found that the men in charge
were not only not athletes of Interna
tional experience and breadth, but they
were not even of national caliber. Pro
vincialism Is perhaps the proper word
to apply to the spirit which controlled
the games and led to uupleasant con
troversies. A purely local committee
was Intrusted with full management
A way should be opened for an offi
cial permanent International body of
control to initiate, regulate and Judge
tbe Olympic games of the future.
The modern Olympian games are a
refutation of the notion that modern
man Is Inferior to his early ancestors.
Records of ancient Grecian sports do
not seem to pass those of our modern
athletes. Discus and javelin throw
ing were cultivated by the Greeks, but
the American policeman. Sheridan, and
the sturdy Swede. Lemming, would
give the anctente a hard battle for tbe
honors. Evidently civilisation does not
rob manhood of Its original stamina.
Great Britain has added a collection
bureau to its parcels post In the colo
nial service, and dealers can now send
goods around the world C. O. D. by
mall. Evidently no device calculated
to bind the colonies to the mother
country Is being neglected by British
statesmen.
It is astonishing how the race tracks
continue to do business with no betting
going on and most amusing bow the
racegoers continue betting when the
law forbids It.
From tbe number of drowning acci
dents receutly It looks as though very
few of the boat rockers fooled with the
unloaded gun lost Fourth of July.
ANNOUNCEMENT
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in this city for the "New (Jotfee Blend" u
product of the North West.
VIENNA BREAKFAST COFFEE
The most select cup of Ooffee, modern roast
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I |M>uml sir tight ran* Fully guarantee,!
EXCLUSIVE AGENT
J. L. VOELKER, SSS&SS
COEUR D'ALENE, IDAHO
To
Our Dear Friend
The Merchant:
Do you know how to sell goods?
Tour clerks, of course, know bow to
sell goods when people call and ask
for them.
But when people do not call and ask
for what they want and what you have
In stock, what then?
Let tbe people know what you have.
Our columns are open to adrertlsers
with bargains who want to connect
with bargain banters.
Take advantage of the silver set
offered by the Press.
ROB'T W. COLLINS
Real Estate, Insurance. Loans
SUITE 9
WIGOETT BLOCK
SPECIAL BARGAINS
IN ACREAGE
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located in the best part of the Avondale Irrigated
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These tracts are all level and hegvy black gar
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first-class Irrigation, and range In price from
$170 to $225 per acte. There is no better soil,
no better irrigating system, and no better In
vestment In northern Idaho. Only 6V6 miles
from Coeur d'Alene City; fine level roads. If
you desire to purchase Irrigated tracts, see the
above before purchasing; it will pay you. Part
cash, balance, terms to suit.
Nine unirrlgated tracts within one mile of the
city limits, ranging from one to twelve acres,
some well improved; growing fruits of all kinds;
good buildings and city water; ranging In price
from $250 to $500 per acre. These are all
good investments. Look them up.
Eight well Improved farms within a radius of
ten miles of the eity of Coeur d'Alene; No. 1
grain and fruit land, mostly all level; black
soli; no stone; ranging in price from $45 to
$65 per acre. If it Is a farm you want, see
or write us.
SNAPS
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bungalow; large porches; fine fire-place; nice
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only four blocks from postofllce.
$700—Takes this new 4-room bungalow; good out
building; corner lot; all fenced; located two
blocks from school.
$900—A good 3-room plastered bungalow; close
in; two very fine lots; one a corner.
$1550—Takes this beautiful 5-room bungalow.
Very fine lot; beautiful shade trees; east front.
No better for the money.
$700—A good 5-room house; corner lot; very
close In; five blocks from city High school.
Residence Lots in any part of the city or new ad
ditions at reduced prices, also some great bargains
in business lots and properties, and we are head
quarters for renting houses.
OFFICE MOVED TO 105
SECOND STREET
FREE WATER
TAXES PAID TO
1910
TERMS: $5.00 down
and $5.00 per month
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