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CCEUR D'ALENE PRESS
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Editor and Publisher
JOS. T. SCOTT.
I* TO ADVKH1 IsP.Rh.—A ll copy for ehsngrM or
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0 clock in.
SCOTT AND HIGH TAXES,
f Rathdrum, Idaho, - October 15,
[ . 1006 .
1 The Journal, Coear A'ditto®, Idaho:
Dear Sire—J. T. Seott uses much
of hie space to roar about the high
taxea, claiming that they are con
stantly increasing. In Mr. Scott's
alone, hie taxes laet year were
•177,27. This year they were 1117,
• difference in favor of Mr. Seott of
♦60,27. Tbia includes the tax ou
everything he own#, Including the
®oott block, which lie .re<ieutiy^aold
for 10000. |gg M
Yours respectfully,
C. J. SHOEMAKER,
We have long suspected that Carl
waa furnishing the '•brains," for the
Journal, but in the above oaae he ne
glected to instruct the editors that
hk dope should appear as "editor
k'!" tsad the oat is uow out of the
nag. if Carl has taken his figure*
from the assessor's books there is
something rotten lu that office. He
says our taxes are 160.27 less tbnu
they were last year. As the comity
had no surplus left over from lust
year's taxes and It is claimed the re
duction this yoar will nmouut to a
total of 140,000, there will bo u
deficiency of that amount or the re
publican commissioners squandered
140,000 more than was necessary of
the people's money. We do not care
which way the republican chairman
figures it, the voters know there is
something wrong.
We do not know whose figures are
correct, Carl's or the assessor's, but
we iiave received a postal card notice
from the assessor stating that our
taxes this year are 18.58. We were
congratulating ourself ou tiie great
reduction from 1177.27 a year ago
and had just begun to breathe easy
when Carl hurled another set of fig -!
ares at us. Now we waut him to ex
plain who ia right, and who is respou
sble for the look of business methods
which prevail In the assessor's office.
Who oan give us some aasurauoe that
either the statement of the republican
chairman or the asessor is correct t !
When we pay our taxes we may Hud
them even higher than last year.
Tltere seems to be no doubt of oue
thing, that there is need of reform In
the aseesaor's office.
Now Carl, the next time you fur
nish your subordinates "grey matter"
say to them lu the language of that
great man from Maine, the late Mr.
Blaine, "Burn this letter."
It ia said that wheu Chairuiau
Shoemaker received a oopy of the
Journal ooutalning a statement of our
tax case over bis signature, the air lu
the treasurer's offloe took ou « deep
blue tinge; that all kinds of uuooin
plimeutary things were said about
ths editors of the Journal, even to the
statement that they uever did kuow
anything. Home of the telephone
wirea became so hot that the oper
ators thought au electrical storm was
sweep lug over Rathdrum.
Martin Harris, republican nominee
for corouer ol Freemuut county, is u
three-ply polygamist. lie recently
had a child by his third wife, aud
boosted about it to a woman iu Du
bois. The Hepublicsu idea seems to
pattern after the Mormou church
idea, via: to exalt, not puuish, po
lygamists_
It ia public talk that J. 8.
Turnbull, publisher of the 8t. Maries
Gaxette, is a Mormon, a believer"iu
and a defender of polygamy. Judg
ing from his defense of the Mortnous
and his neospapar comments, If he is
not a Mormou polygamist, his moral
sensibilities must be hluuted from
some other"cauH*.
krtanar Ho Mima *t „ h I.
Manager Armour of Detroit has tmiu.
hind word* for Jake Stahl, saying that
»e had tUu rough edge* kn x-ke- t gt
htru a* a lender ami that n» the Wadi
lngtoti club bad paid for this e tucatt ol
tt would Is* foolish to drop him Jest ,-t
a time when he was getting to know ai'
the ropes
OSeMsI* B*«ta. VWih.ll PrwHc.
The Carlisle Indian football team
practice recently. Uleu Warner.
Cornell's conch, has arrived at Cs,
Usle and Is the first of the arr.iv of
root halt specialists who will »dvH*
Indian Coaches Pier and Hudson
Warawr was former Indian coach
T.ra. He.* .. OKI..
Ecr turnlu-; the hose upon Joseph
Camming,, a sporting writer. Del
Mason, tint Baltimore baseball club
pitcher, waa fined $50. Mason claimed
he was justified because Cummings
* story not complimentary to
miu
tuilm liite
To Save Her Good Name
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Not long after I began to practice
law I waa assigned by the court to de
fend a man for having entered a rich
man's house and ntolen a lady's watch.
The moment 1 laid eyes ou him I was
astonished. He was not only well
dressed, bnt bore the marks of a born
gentleman. The name be gars was
Alfred Stark, but I did not suppose
that was his real name. I took him
aside to Interview him as to the line
of defense, and to ray further surprise
he told roe there was to be no de
fense. He intended to plead guilty—
that is, unless I saw soma technicality
by which be might go free without en
tering upon a trial. I aaw none; (Us
man pleaded guilty and wee sent to
the penitentiary for ten years.
I* Wes about flv# years later, when
1 had achieved some success In my
profssslon, that a card was hand ad
me at my office bearing the name of
lfti. Clarence T. Boetwick. When the
visitor was shown into my privets of
fice I mm a young woman d r es s e d is
moa ruing end wearing a widow's cap.
(toe could not have been more than
twenty-five years old. sad, though SOU
possessing beauty, It had been marred
evidently by suffering. When we were
alone she asked me:
"Do you remember a man you were
appointed some years ago to defend on
a charge of entering a gentleman's
house and stealing a lady's watch V
"Perfectly."
"Would you know him by his pic
true?"
She drew from a shopping bag she
carried on her arm a photograph and
held It up before me.
"That's the man," I naid.
"Supposing that I can furnish proof
of his Innocence. Could you secure his
freedom ?"
"Only by inducing the governor to
pardon him."
She then gnve mo the facts In the
case which I took down In legal form
anti that afternoon I went by train to
the capital and having obtained an in
terview with the governor, said to him:
"Seven years ugo Howard Read met
and won Jeannette Pitman. They
were both very young and since Rend
had bis wuy to make he went west for
the purpose. At parting the two plight
ed what they called an everlasting
troth, not to be broken even after one
or the other died. For two years they
corresponded and at the end of that
time Miss Pitman wrote her lover that
her father and mother were bringing
to bear upon her a pressure to force her
to marry a rich old man. Soon after
that she wrote that she had yielded.
"Read at once took a train and start
ed for the east. This the parents of
Miss Pitman knew he would do and
had all the arrangements for the wed
ding made before they permitted the
letter announcing the fact to go through
the malls. Indeed their daughter was
married the day It was mailed. Read,
erased by his misfortune, went to the
new home of the girl he bad lost re
solved to see her, not stopping to think
of the futility or the probable conse
quences of such a course. The young
wife was weak enough to see him.
While they were together the hus
band's step was heard without For a
moment It looked as If the lady would
be Irrevocably compromised, but she
waa saved by the presence of mind of
Howard Read, whom the old man had
never seen. Snatching her watch Read
told the wife to leave the room by one
door a moment before the husband en
tered by another. Read, caught with a
watch belonging to the lady of ths
house, made no resistance and was ar
retted. giving the name of Alfred
Stark.
"The lady (Mrs. Bostwtck) was pros
trated. She gave as a reason a nat
ural terror at a burglar having boon
caught In tbs house. When she was
told that the man would be seat
to prlsou for a term of years her
nerves seemed to collapse entirely, and
her husband could only reassure her
by promising not to prosecute the bur
glar. He did not prosecute. The
state dhl It lu hla place, but this be
did not tell his wife, and she supposed
her lover had gone free.
"Clarence Bostwtck lived five years
after his marriage. At bis death his
widow, who had completely lost track
of Uoward Read, began au Investiga
tion as to his whereabouts. To her
surprise -In- found that a short time
after her meeting with him a uiun had
been sent to prlsou for robbtug her
husband. Securing the name and ad
dress of the attorney who had had
charge of the case, she cauie at once
to roe
"Armed with Mrs. Bostwlck's affi
davit. 1 had uo difficulty lu aecurlug a
pardon for Howard Read, alias Alfred
8t*rk. aud haviug telegraphed the lady
to meet me at my office the next morn
ing I started for home. When I told
her of my success she swooned from
the sodden unloosing of the nerve
springs that had kept her up. In half
an hour we were on a train for the
prison and by noon drove up to the of
fice of the warden.
"I would have permitted the young
widow to bear the pardon to the pris
oner aloae, but the warden went with
her, and I therefore went also. I
shall never forget the expression of
the prisoners face when he saw
through the liars the woman to save
whose good name be had sacrificed
himself or the succession of Illumina
tion* of his counteuauee as he reed the
evidence of his freedom and noticed
•he widow's emblem.
"The lovers were not much longer
separated. Mrs. Bostwtck was very
rich aud Read had put away some
thing before his misfortune. They
srent abroad and were married long
before the expiration of the conven
tional year of mourning.
ROBERT C, BELL,
Grace George in "Clothes".
Surrounded by a splendid assem
blage of well known and able actor*
and actresses, Grace George has made
a successful appearance at the Man
hattan theater In "Clothes," a study of
city life by (.'banning Pollock and Av
ery Ilopwood, a Cleveland newspaper
writer.
Appearing with Miss George are Guy
Standing, Frank Worthing, Robert T.
Iiulues, Douglas Fairbanks, LouIkc
Glosser, Dorothy Iievelle and Anne
Sutherland—surely a goodly array of
'•talent.''
The work of Miss George and of her
foregoing associates Is at all times as
effective as the play will permit.
The story In brief outline Is the ad
venture of a gtrl of Ingenuous bat valu
disposition, who Indulges her tastes for
pretty garments and other extrava
gances In the belief that she is receiv
ing an income from a legacy loft bet
In the care of her father's lawyer. The
latter has lost the money in bod Invest
ments and Is supplying her with hi*
own money in the hope that she will
marry him after his invalid wife's
death. When he finds sba is attracted
by another the scoundrel leads hii
riva{ to believs that be has been pay
ing her biile with her consent end thus
succeeds for a time in clouding her
good name.
The plot also Includes the downfall
of a rich man through bis own mania
for affluent appearances and the soclnl
extravagances of bis wife.
Mr. Worthing os toe scoundrel gives
an unnsnally fine performance in a
drunken scene at the climax. His dis
..HACK CKO HOE.
play of raso aud chagrin ou hi* dis
covery thnt his victim had escaped
from him gave the audience a genuine
thrill.
Miss George's gentle personality and
Ingenuous manner quite capture the
audience's sympathy. She expresses
emotions only In mlulature, but her
performance has the sing of sincerity,
and she does not fall to sound a not..
Don't Fail to See
-OlIR
FEATHER
DUSTERS
Special sale tor a few days. Regular tjoc dust
ers selling for................................. 25 c
Coeur d'Alene Drug Store
CLEMENT WILKINS, Ph.. Q.
FOURTH STREET FAIR
Has a new assortment of
SOUVENIR GLASSWARE
Wishes of all descriptions for household use.
Oar stock of Wall Paper is complete and we can certainly please vou both
ia stjle and price
HEY THERE, HIRAM!
■ »luce }<>u ami Mandy ha. iw and got hitched up 1 want to slve vou > bii ^
XwM hune .elite what'll do ymi* bmpu'gmd Wh™ Bwud M«rv «Mt«l 1 01
owu h*>ok It waVl tike It he ih.w-.cUv. Mery used to dip wleklnTu taller amt them'I
»*■>**>. " te'Do.'tshl that Roekefrller Invented cob '
ifia« »* imt them candle, ..Me .ml bunml them internal oil lamp* just to he 1 »
H"*? 1 Iff* 00 Yoult oW ■'■o' x53d beep a heap better oB it he hmlstciek to tafler 25?
hlTi# ,b *'- ** > n U Msuy hiked you vimugMien out o' that there fim that ntebtTdl
halt dremed wasn l «!»>» I )o*t rerkno. It wen't be Knot befcwe mu'll 3i»ve » r.ISii. J
youUKstera klekln' around tbe Ulile aiul '.-u just IfeUeri to vour nl.l dad lb-tr? hav*
nothing to do nlth candle* or that oonsarued oil but go down and U.ve thVni VIlerJ slo
ln 1T' MrT nw "' ,eH,r house Thev won't coal vou am moreth?,!
ilS.'Li.ST"'i'SSE<-*rrful, the light don't ,s„i more than adSl««"
b£a tetter* MteT 1 U>en» new tight* t-*ck la SS yaw old dad w*m?d
Uncle Jimmy
of real Intensity at the play's dlma*.
As It stands the play Is an uncou
ventlonal comedy, with at times »
melodramatic tinge. Its spark of lu
terest Is bright throughout. Increasing
frequently to a warm glow of emo
tlonal force. Us drift is the portraya
of feminine vanity, extravagance anc
capriciousness and the disasters t<
which such weaknesses may lead. A
gown desired, secured, worn and cast
aside by the heroine in the four suc
cessive acts Is used as a symbol of the
vicissitudes through which she pa.,sc
The satire of the whole Is trenchant
but kindly, and It Involves Interesting
and correct estimates of human nature.
On the other hand, there are some
loosely constructed situations and pas
sages of dialogue that seemed strain*-.'
and artificial. Minor characters are not
easy to Identity, and the climax of th«
{day. In which la portrfyad the distrust
of a lover for the girl be has been
struggling to marry, on the bare word
6f a self evident cod. leaves, for the
moment, an exceedingly bitter, taste.
But this defect Is afterward overeon
in a very pretty and unconventional
final act ROBERT BUTLER
The fmeatao* S y ■ t * tn.
After tiie teams In the major league
have played 1(8) games or more each
deteat takes off more points In tb*
standing than each victory adds to It.
Same Him «*fcatoa«" Walsh.
Eight shutouts have been twirled by
Walsh of the Chicago White Sox. He
leads both leagues In administering the
crdclmlnc.
BARGAINS
IN REAL ESTATE
$1?*<)0.—W 11 buy 2 lots with si now 5 room
hoiiHri. bath room miicI clothes good
ceDur mul outbuildings. Good location.
81300.—5 room new house with hath room
and pantry. Good outbuilding*. t itv
water.
r $1050.- A new 4 room cottage with good
outbuilding'*, city water lu house. Fine lo
cation.
$1000.—Will purchase a large lot w ith a 3
room House, good outbuildings, city water.
*1000. -160 acres of No. 1 farm land on
Coeur d'Alene lake. I*ou house ami barn,
p enty of spring water. This is a snap.
$210. -1 lot 51x216 feet
$250.-1 lot 55X122 feet.
$375 —Will buy a bunch of 3 lots all fenced.
Robt. W. Collins
Real Estate Insurance Loans
Suite 8, Wiggett block
Exchange National
Bank
Paid Up Capital, $100,000.00
Depository for
The United States
State of Idaho
Kootenai County
City of Coeur d'Alene
Wm. Dollar, Pres. F. A. Black
well, Vice Pres.
V. W. Platt, Cashier. Geo. H.
Freedlander, Asst. Cash.
mjp.
Hotel Idaho!
European Plan
Coeur d'Alene
Most modern and bat j
equipped hotel in
State of Idaho.
Coeu
d'Alene
Barn
Livery
Livery, Feed, Transfer
.on: TURNOUTS SPEAK
FOR TIIEM8E1.VK*
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Phone No. 88
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l>ay
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ger Ser i*e
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BANK & TRUST BUILDING
Interstate Phone 15 Bell Phone 153
CIGARS to BURN
And you enjoy the burning
at
A. E. Ashcraft's
Billiard and Pool
Parlor
The Best of
Everything
Sherman street, near electric depot
Celebrated
HOWARD
HEATERS
For coal or wood.
Don't fail to see them
before buying a coal
stov*. It will save
vou money. Largest
and most complete
line of heating stoves
in Coeur d'Alene at
prices that will sell
them.
Colquhoun Hard'
ware Co.
Gherman street Coeur d'Alene
WANTED
A buyer for 20 or 40
acres of good farm land,
5-room house, good barn,
6 acres in fruit. Will
sell either 20 or 40 acToi
with improvements. 2
miles from P. O., jfe' mile
from end of city pipe line.
Terms to suit purchaser.
C. A. DeSaussurel
OBlce above Coewf d'AKHie Brugl
GO TO IT
The Spokane
GOLDSMITH BROS., Proprietor*
A free lunch all day
and the best oyster
cocktails ever
Oysters fresh twice each day
Vour Name on
Books
i* proof sufficient you are insurefi*^
solvent company
FIRE INSURANCE THAT
and pays IOO cents on a dollar i
have a loss is the kind of insur
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books, have us put it there,
fer some ot that insurance of y*
us. It's good advice and you
regret it.
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