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COEUR
NE EVENING PRE
VOLUME 4, NUMBER 814.
COEUR VAlin, IDAHO, THURSDAY. APRIL 88, 1819.
MUNICIPAL OWNER
SHIP OF WATER
Is Now gp In Taxpayers and lit Take
Two-Thirds Vole to Cany
JUDGE WITTEN
ADDRESSES CROWD
COURT ROOM FILLED TO OVER.
FLOWING BY HOLDERS OF
NUMBERS AND OTHERS.
Was Under Auspices of C. d'A. Reser
vation Settlers' Assn.
Last evening the court room of the
city hall was crowded to overflowing
with ladles and gentlemen, all In
terested in meeting Judge Witten and
.hearing what he had to say regard
ing the filing on reservation land,
which event will begin next Monday
morning at the land office in this
city. ,
The gathering last night was und
er the auspices of the Coeur d'Alene
Reservation Settlers' association,
which organization was formed a few
weeks ago in Spokane by more than
a hundred who were holding num
bers on the reservation, for the pur
pose of protecting the rights and priv
ileges of its members and to promote
good fellowship and sociability among
all who held numbers In the drawing
and were here ready for filing. The
enrollment of the organization at the
t present time Is more than three hun
ired, the majority of whom were
present last evening.
The meeting was presided over by
Ithe president of the association, Mr.
William M. Mast of Spokane, who
holds number 76, and that gentleman
In a short speech Introduced Judge
Witten to the large audience. Mr.
Witten was at his best and for an
hour and a half held the closest at
tention of the large crowd. He ex
plained the duties of the homesteader
and of the settlers, and Instructed in
the homestead law in it x entirely. He
covered the ground so thoroughly
that not a person within the sound of
Pis voice could mistake his meaning
»r leave the building not thoroughly
sted In his duties and of what was
ipected of him in making filing
the homestead land.
In part Mr. Witten said:
''The matters that will engage
he attention of most of you for the
hext three weeks is a very serious
|ne, that of selecting a home, and
|>r the assistance of those of you who
sire a home on this beautiful spot,
making that selection. The re
larks I shall make shall first be
ddressed to the homeseekers, and
econd to the locating agents who
dvertise to assist you in making
pat selection of a home.
''What is a home? And when 1
xy the word 'home,' I mean thii
trine over which the man or ti e
oman who presides over it, Is a
onarch. The home in Its strictest
E inse Is the only safe refuge for
ther man or woman; the only har
>r into which a derelict may float
rith confidence. It Is the place
rhere our wives teach fidelity and
Virtue to our daughters and noble
ness and uprightness to our sons.
"Those who represent the govern
nent, the register and receiver of
he land office here, have their dnty
o perform, a duty to you—and they
ire answerable to you and to their
Ninsclences for their acts. That Is
he business that is before us tonight,
t is a very serious business. You
teople in this genial west hardly ap
( reelate what it means; hut It Is
our duty to provide a home for
hose who will come after you. If for
lothing else—and it Is an obligation
ou om e to yourselves and to those
rho may come after you.
"Wbout dwelling further upon
!*•> part of the business, 1 wish now
0 say a few words to the locators—
8nd I desire to say to you gentlemen.
<Car tin m* on Pace Four.)
The following paragraphs in quo
tation are taken from the signed
statement which has been so freely
distributed in the city In opposition
to the bonds for the purchase of the
water system by the city:
"If the city purchases the water
works, the city council can at any
time Increase the present rates and
transfer any surplus water funds to
assist in paying off any other city in
debtedness. The following adminis
trations will be compelled to continue
those Increased high rates to meet
city indebtedness. The above has
occurred and if the wateT bonds
carry, history will repeat itself In
this case. Can the water consumers
and taxpayers afford to Jump out of
the frying pan into tho fire? We
answer emphatically, no.''
This statement is without truth In
fact and we need only to refer the
people who have lived in towns and
cities owning their own water sys
tem for confirmation of the fact that
water costa less and the service Is as
good in such places as under private
ownership. There has never been an
instance where a city has purchased
a plant and raised the rates, but on
the other hand every time a change
in ownership has taken place It has
resulted In lower rates. The claim
made above is so rbsurd as to need
no argument against it. Simply do a
little thinking and you will come ts
the same conclusion.
''When the call was issued for
bonds to purchase the water works,
if a price had been stated somewhere
near their value, and a Just maximum
rate named, above which no future
city administration could legally in
crease the rate, then the taxpayers
and water consumers would have had
some protection. But as it now
stands, the proposed water bonds
should be overwhelmingly defeated.
Voting the water bonds will not re
lieve the water consumers from pay
ing the present high rates, but must
necessarily increase the rates under
future city administrations to enable
them to rebuild and replace the pres
ent plant with adequate machinery
and good material, and make addi
tions thereto, which will cost over
$100,000 In addition to the 8134,
000 in bonds. Where is that money
to come from? The water consum
ers must foot the bill. It is not put
ting It too strong to state that no
practical business man would make
such a purchase and Invest his own
private capital.'*
The above argument contains its
own answer. If the rates are to be
raised under municipal ownership
and the voters Indorse this statement
by voting against the bonds, they
will be saying to the Consumers com
pany that Its rates are too low and
should be raised and Mr. Dollar and
Harry Day may take the people at
their word. If the company Is com
pelled to make Improvements and
invest the $100,000 which It is
claimed will be the case if the city
buys the plant, no one will be silly
enough to believe that the private
company would not make the con
sumers pay the cost of such Improve
ments by charging higher rates. Then
why continue to pay it high rates
when you could buy the plant with
out paying any higher rates, at the
same time paying for it out of the
profits? For illustration, if a real
estate man were to offer you a home
and agree to deed It to yoj when you
had finished paying for it at $19 a
month or offered to rent it to you at
$10 a month you would unquestion
ably buy the place and get a deed for
it rather than pay rent all the time.
The water works proposition is the
same thing. Will you continue to pay
rent or will you bay It and get a
deed on the same terms of payment?
"They claim tt^t the reason for
the bad water furnished us at times,
is on account of the Washington Wat
er Power company's dam at Post
Falls raising the high water level
of the lake and impounding that ex
tra water there, increasing the de
cayed vegetable matter during the
hot summer and early fall. They
undoubtedly realise that detriment
will Increase each year and that some
new source of supply, which will
furnish better water, must soon he
developed. Naturally, they would
like to have the water consumers foot
the bill in addition to the other heavy
expenses above mentioned. It is un
necessary for the city to purchase
such water works, especially when
the city or water consumers can have
new water works Installed which will
furnish better water and give the
taxpayers and water consumers the
protection to which they are justly
entitled."
Will some of the signers to this
statement point out where the city
or the Consumers company will find
a source of water supply better than
that of the lake. Many eastern cities
would be overjoyed to have it. It
may some time be advisable to ex
tend the Intake pipe toward Wolf
Lodge bay to get out of the main
channel of the lake and secure a
supply of water from the forest re
serve streams, but If so this would
not cost more than $1,000.
"The circular issued a few days
ago by the city attorney, advises you
that 'rather than build a new plant,
turn down the water bonds and let
the Consumers company go ahead.
The taxpayers will turn down those
proposed water bonds but they will
also Install a new water works plant.
The city attorney also states that
'it Is either vote those bonds now, or
keep still and say nothing more on
the water question for the next elgh
teen years.' In our judgment that
statement Is misleading, and sounds
lkle an attempt to , frighten water
consumers and whip them Into line
to vote for the water bonds."
The people know from the report
VALUE OF WATER PLANT
OFFER OF P FOR STOCK
Challenge to William Dollar to Sell His
Consumers Company Stock
INDIANA DEMO
CRATS FIGHT
TAGGART FORCES LOSE AND OOX
VKNTION WILL NAME CAN
DIDATE FOR SENATOR.
Will lie Bitter Fight for tiie Nomina
tion.
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., April 28 —
The fight over the question of wheth
er or not the Indiana democratic
state conveatlon shall Indorse a can
didate for United States senator
and thereby inject the senatorial
question Into the coming congress
ional campaign, will be settled on the
floor of the convention today, Gov
ernor Marshall's forces favoring the
plan and the followers of Taggart
lining up for a fight against the
plan and the contest Is expected to
be a hot one.
Marshall Forces Win.
INDIANAPOLIS, ind., April 28.—
Despite the opposition at the Hag
gart forces the Marshall plan of nom
inating a candidate for United States
senator by the convention carried.
On the floor of the convention a big
fight Is now expected over the Din
ing of a candidate for the senate.
Taggart is an avowed candidate and
will make the fight of his life for the
nomination.
The clothing store of Joe Collins
was closed by Undersberlff Sawyer
last evening, upon a foreclosure pro
ceeding, instituted by the Exchange
National bank, in the sum of 18,000.
with 8800 accumulated interest. Mr.
Collins was not In the city at the
time the store was dosed, and It is
believed that he went to Spokane s
short time before. •
of the expert engineer, Mr. Waller,
that to build a new system is impos
sible because it would cost much
more than the bonding capacity of
the city and after such a plant were
constructed. It would be necessary to
use steam power to run It at a cost
of at least $I,$00 a month for fuel
when such electric power goes with
the present plant at $S89 a month, or
difference in this one Item alone
of $i,SS0. a month In running ex
penses, or $1$,090 a year, or enough
to pay for the present system In eight
years. The stockholders of the
Consumers company who are oppos
ing the sale ought to try again. The
above argument does not convince
any one.
"You can look for them to make
an attempt to minimise the facta
herein set forth, but the taxpayers
and water consumers should not be
influenced thereby. You should make
your own Investigation, and also get
your Information outside of the Con
sumers Water company and thel"
supporters." _
The above paragraph contains the
only truth In the pink circular which
has been so freely circulated agatnst
the bonding of the city for the pur
chase of the water system. Every
one will agree that the water con
sumers should Investigate and we
urge them to make a thorough in
vestigation of conditions under muni
cipal and private corporation owner
ship. Ask your neighbors who have
lived In towns owning their own
plant and we have no doubt what
their answer will be. Probe the ques
tion to the bottom. It Is one into
which the more you examine the
greater will be your conviction that
i the city should own its water sys
I tem. We advise you to get your In
iformatlon from statistics and not
I from the Consumers company.
William Dollar is a shrewd busi
ness man who has made a fortune In
this city during the past ten years
He owns a block of stock In the Con
sumers company and has signed his
name to a statement- which was
printed and circulated throughout
the city to the effect that the plant
of the company in which he is a
stockholder is not worth more than
$67,000, or one half the price at
which the city proposes to buy the
same if the people vote the bonds
for municipal ownership. Mr. Dol
lar has an object in making this
claim and the natural conclusion is
that he does not wish to dispose of
his Interest to the city. He and
Harry Day ure both opposed to the
sale. To test the aincer'ty of Mr.
Dollar's statement that the plant is
worth only $$7,000 we make him an
offer which will enable him to dis
pose of his stock at $1.20 a share or
about twice the price he says it is
worth upon the term* and condi
tions stated below:
The Offer to Buy at 91.80.
We will take ail of the stock of
the Consumers company owned by
Mr. Dollar, paying him cash
at the rate of $1.20 a share, the
stock to be deposited with the Ameri
can Trust company not later than
Saturday morning, April 30. at 10
o'clock a. m. We will agree to take
any part or all of Mr. Dollar's stock
in the Consumers company at the
above price, on the conditions stat
ed in any quantity from 1,044 to
14,440 shares, the transfer to be
made upon the deposit of the stock
os shove stated, and upon the pay
ment by us into the American Trust
company, of the purchase price to
the credit of Mr. Dollar.
J. T. SCOTT.
HEINZE LOOTED BANK
SAYS U. ^PROSECUTOR
Montana Mine Promoter Faces Trial For
Alleged Crimes
NEW YORK, April *$.—After a|
scathing opening addreaa by United
State* District Attorney Wise the gov-1
eminent began In earneat the prose
cution of Its case against F. Augus
tus Heinse, the Mon tans copper man,
who Is charged with misapplication of
funds of the Mercantile National
bank, of which he was the former
president, and with overcertlfioatlon
of checks of Otto Hslnte A Co., which
he and his associates dominated.
To Helnse's operations the prose
cutor referred as "Him flam." and
"bunco" games, while he charged
that the Mercantile National bank
had been reduced to the level of a
gambling Institution. When counsel
had concluded their addresses the
government began the Introduction of
evidence, Important among which was
a letter of August 1, 1907, "O. K'd"
by defendant and addressed to the
Mercantile National bank, as fol
lows:
"Please deliver to bearer from Col
lateral you are holding as security
100 shares of Louisville A Nashville,
100 shares Southern Pacific common,
100 Amalgamated Copper and receive
In exchange 1.000 United Copper
common.''
The securities which the 1,000
shares of United Copper replaced had
been left by Otto Heinse A Co., as
par security for s loan of $150,000
on May 24, 1007.
Juggled Securities for Loom.
Testimony was given to show that
on May 27, 1007, s loan for $150,000
by the Mercantile National was se
cured by 100 shares United Copper
preferred, 300 United Copper com
mon, 300 American Pacific, and vari
ous loan hook entries were read to
show how Otto Heinse A Co. are al
leged to have obtained the loans on
standard securities later, substitut
ing therefore less valuable copper
stocks.
An entry of August 5, 1407, was
admitted after mueh objection on
the part of the defease. It purport
ed to show that $804,440 had been
loaned to a clerk in the United Cop
per company offices and In turn made
payable to the Montana Ore Purch
asing company, one at* the Heinse
concerns. Mr. Wise sought to show
that this loan had crippled the
j hank's legal reeerves.
• H add en Wealth foe Arthur Heteae.
Other entries were read ahowtnc
that on August 14, 1047. Arthur
Heinse. a brother of the defendant,
had borrowed $110,440 on 1,144
shares of United Copper. Arthur
Heinse was a director or the bank at
the time and the loan of $114,444
was placed to hia own account, swell
ing It from $2,094 to $118,444.
The Jurors who are now to try F.
(Continued on fiseead Page.)
TRY TO HUSH STATE
LAND SCANDAL
MAID GOV. BRADY AND OTHER
OFFICIAL!! WILL SUPPRESS
CORRUPTION.
Farther Charges Made Against M. I.
Church.
BOISE. Idaho. April 21.— That
the land board scandal will bn hush
ed up as far possible, and the gov
ernor's promise to probo will fait to
materialise. Is the indication today.
Political leaders have been at work
and those who have heen investigat
ing the Inner workings of the land
department will bo called on the car
pet.
F. A. 8haw today made further
charges against Church declaring
that he had approached promoters of
the Dubois project la Bingham coun
ty with the proposition to secure
favorable action by the board for a
consideration. The land board held
a meeting this afternoon to take ac
tion on the resignation of Church.
ANOTHER PALACE OF MWEKT8
CON FECTTION ERY HTORK
Messrs. Jessup fi Jonee Have Leased
Building at 818 Dhnaus,
Measrs. Jessup 8 Jonas, proprietors
of the Palsre of Sweets confectionery
store on Fourth street, bsve decided
to launch out and have leased the
butldlng at 219 Sherman street for
merly occupied as the U and I bar,
where they will conduct another busi
ness similar to the one on Fourth
street, opening the same the fore
part of next week.
These two gentlemen came to
Coeur d'Alene from Spokane on the
3rd of last December and purchased
the Palace of Sweets, and by strict
attention to business they have gain
ed the confidence of the public and
built up an excellent trade In the
confectionery line. They will still
conduct the Fourth street store, and
at the new place they will tnstal an
excellent soda fountain of the latest
design and convenience, which ar
rived In the city a few days ago. The
fixtures for the place are now being
made by the Coeur d'Alene Sash and
Door Works, and will be completed
the fore part of the week. They will
be made from mahogany and the
Interior wall decoration will match
the fixtures.
JURY DIHCHARGKM GENTRY
ON ASSAULT CHARGE
W. 8. Gentry bad a jury trial yes
terday afternoon before Judge Tif
fany on the charge of fighting, which
act Is covered by ordinance >44 of
the city, the charge being the result
of the fight between Oentry and J.
C. White, which took place on Sher
man street last Saturday evening
Several witnesses gave testimony,
among the number one who said
that Mr. White struck Oentry with a
left hook la such a manner as to
knock the latter a distance of twenty
four feet from the sidewalk lato the
street.
Mr. White was placed on the stand
end gave testimony that he was staad
Ing tn front of Fadge 8 Kerrhlvals
cigar store aboat 9; 10 o'cloek. when
Oentry came ap. seised him by the
arm sad is a commanding manner
asked when be was going to pay
that $744. He said that he became
seriously angry, and with rllacbed
teeth and fist turned and landed a
blow epos Oentry.
At the dose of the hearing the
Jary brought la a verdict of not
guilty and Oentry was released. The
bearing of Mr. Whiten case Is eel
for tomorrow afternoon at 8 o'clock.