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Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-09
Clearwater Country
AsHORT RECITAL OF ITS ADVAN-
TAGEs AND PROSPECT.
Fortunes Undeveloped.
Lewiston, the Only Supply Point for
One Of the Richest Undeveloped
Sections Of the Globe.

Idaho is full of surprises. A careful
survey Of her resources shows variety
and richness that fairly staggers the
investigator, and fair recital of the
wonderful wealth, locked up in her
rock-ribbed hills, sounds like fairy
tale. Her fertile prairies, yet UNI
touched by the hand Of toll, will yield
q wealth equal to any, and her rich
river valleys, protected by deep canyons
and warmed by the Pacific winds. are
the future great fruit growing centers
of the west. No state has been more
generously slandered by the earlier
geographers and writers. 1t is
described as being rugged, broken,
bleak, barren and unprotective.
Luckily, however, Idaho to-day bellies
the statement and shows to the world
the richest undeveloped section in the
northwest. Save in the extreme north
and south, where enterprise,and energy
have gained fair foot hold,
Idaho is practically an undeveloped
country. The developed regions show
wonderful mineral wealth and an
agricultural soil prodigal with richness.
Central Idaho is untouched and untold
wealths here awaits deliverance at the
hands of enterprise and capital.
A well defined section of this vast
inland empire is the Clearwater coun-
try. Lying south Of the Clearwater,
locked in by the deep canyons of that
river and the Salmon river, is one
Of the most productive regions In the
Pacific northwest and the one offering
the best inducements to capital and
investment. 1t is in itself almost
imperial in extent, embracinga variety
Of resources marvellous in detail. Ex
tending back into the rugg Salmcl
river range and well into the crest o
the Bitter Root, lies vast bodies of or
that will, when developed, make thi
section equal, in fame and productive
ness, to any now known. The camp
of Florence, Warrens, Orr Elmo ant
Elk City are already well known
Thousands of rich leads have bee
Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-04-09

fair profit, even at the low price now
prevailing. The development of the
industry is, as yet, only in its infancy.
With an increase in our product, better
transportation and perhaps wooden
manufactures at our very doors, this
will prove great industry and yield
handsome profit.
1t is no exaggeration to say that the
agricultural lands of the Clearwater
basin are not eXcelled in the world.
The same conditions that render the
Palouse country famous exists here.
Irrigation is unnecessary. The annual
rainfall is sufficient to secure crop.
Rye, oats, barley, timothy and wheat
are grown with an average acreage
that excells that of any eastern state.
North of the Clearwater these cereals
will yield this year 40, 60 and even 80
bushels to the acre. South of the
Clearwater the great Nez Perez Indian
reservation locks up a half million Of
acres just as productive, which within
the next year will be opened to home
steaders. About the reservation
boundaries lie the fertile sections
known as the Weippe, Camas Prairie,
Craig mountain and Waha districts,
embracing million acres of the finest
agricultural lands. These lands are
now being rapidly settled and the
advent of railroads will hasten thous-
ands of homeseekers into this section.
The soil is prolific and the yield in
many eases phenomenal. A careful
competition of averages, recently made
establishes that the average yield pei
acre is as follows: Wheat, forty bush
els; oats, fifty bushels; barley, fifty
bushels; potatoes, 200 bushels; hay, five
tons, and so on through the list of farm
products. The two grand trunk line,
of the Pacific Northwest, with thei
half dozen branches penetrating par
tally into this region, are to-day
totally blockaded with the Immense
grain product of this country and east
ern Washington, and it is safe to asser
that before another year hundreds o
miles of railroad, on branch and com
peting lines, will penetrate and opel
up this country to ready and con
venient market. Here homes are chea]
and land Is plenty, crops grow il
abundance and labor reaps "A rich re
ward. What more can the homeseeke
ask for? Here you do not need to wal
+ for millions of capital to open up waite
, bitches and develop system of irriga
, ton. Here nature does the work, an
the bursting graneries, over crowde'
barns and the happy and contente'
, farmer can testify how generously th
, work has been done.
Low in the river valleys along tn
. breaks and bottom lands are the home
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16
BARBER COUNTY PLATFORM.


We, the representatives of the Peoples par
ty OF Barber county, in delegate convention
assembled hereby heartily endorse the action
of the Cincinnati conference, believing that
the declaration put forth there is one of the
most important events of the century, and we
invite the voters of Barber county to stand
with us for the overthrow of the combinations
of capital which have first forced one party
and then the other to submit to their selfish
demands.
We present not merely a theory. Jefferson
ian or LncOlnIan; but like those great states
men, we ask you to meet the conditions which
confront you, and with their fearless states
menship. 'Sink or swim, live or die" we have
unfurled our banner for '92, emblazoned with
the battle cry, Equal rights to all, and spe-
cial privileges to none."
We condemn the action of our state senate
in obstructing reform measures demanded by
the people; and while VIC could not expect the
house, in single session, to reform all the
abuses which have grown up under republican
action for the past twenty-five years, we COM
mend them for what they did, and demand
that they shall continue in the good work till
IL shall be fully accomplished
We commend the efforts OF the county of
NN~R
moral sentiment of the county condemns mock
trials at the expense OF the people. We pledge
our candidates to be law abiding men, who will
not wink at crime or corruption, and we pledge
ourselves TO ask the resignation of any one
found guilty of the same.
We demand an economical administration of
national, state and county affairs, and strict
accounting for all money taken from the peo-
pie in the way of taxation, and we denOunce
the boasted extravaganza OF the recent billion
dollar congress.
We believe that the politics of the past has
become corrupt, and that change will prove
beneficial, and thus believing we invite all
persons who are interested i'm the welfare of
OIIr state and county to unite with us in cur
efforts to bring back the decalogue INTO poll
tics, and to prove that purity in politics is not
an iridescent dream.
We commend Judge Mckay for his firm
stand in administering the law without fear or
favor, and we denOunce the spirit of dema-
gogy which has attempted to bring him into
reproach.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16
NoN-PARTIsAN JUDICIARY.

Tho People Need Less Law and Moro
Equity-Law, as . Rule, Points Out
Methods OF Evading Justice.
The plutocratic press is trying to
make the people believe that they have
taken sudden spasm of patriotic virtue
and that "for the good of the country"
they desire to place the judiciary out
side of and superior to the partisan
politics of the times. The utter falsity
of this claim is manifest at a moments
thought
How does the demand for a pure iu-
dietary sound coming from class of
papers that applaud the acquittal of a
judge like Botlkin or join In the hue and
cry against Judge Mckay against whom
the fiercest criticism was directed be-
cause it was assumed that he had mis-
interpreted the force of an order of the
supreme court? Why do these same
papers fail to criticise Judge Horton.
who deliberately lied when on the
bench he declared that ian action for
the foreclosure of mortgage was not an
action for the recovery Of money only?''
What becomes of this hyperpuritan-
ical claim when the only reason urged
against the peoples candidates in the
various districts is that they have re-
pudiated the consolidated plutocratic
party and burned the bridges behind
them?''
The case is made mp. gentlemen;
your call for a non-partisan Judiciary
is a fraud and SO thin that it will avail
yeu nothing. What can you say against
Judge Doster or any one of the peoples
candidates, except that they disagree
with you in politics? Absolutely noth-
ing.
Whence. then. comes your vindictive
antsgonism to these mep2 r. IS simply
that ron ere oheying The behests Of
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16
Soap From Corn.

Soap Of very good quality is now
reported being manufactured from CORN.
Experiments have shown that bushel
of corn will make two hundred pounds
OF soap. There is probably no cereal
which can be put to more general use
than this one. 1t is favorite table
dish, corn starch being one of its valua-
bic productions, and it is often used in
making whisky. Heretofore it NAV be
said to have been used indirectly I'm the
manufacture of soap, being principal
agent in forming the fat on ham and
bacon, but never until lately was IL
known that corn in it's natural state
possessed some of the most important
requisites for soap making. Now that
this new use has been discovered. the
corn fields need not necessarily be more
numerous in order to satisfy the in
creased demand for the cereal. but the
cultivation of this grain will certainly
be none the less profitable in conse,
quence. Grocer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16
PROPERTY RIGHTS,

IL What the Philadelphia Telegraph Ia
Pleased to Call Usury and Confiscation.
Under the caption ''Fhe Alliance
Doomed" the Philadelphia Telegraph
gets off the following:
1T is coming to 1t at last The alliance
movement has made reckless headway
In its assault upon the old parties In the
west and southwest The people didn't
stop to think much last fall when they
were electing all sorts OF light-headed
theorists to congress, where they will
not be likely to do much harm during q
single term, and most Of them will
never be heard Of again. But when Il
comes to the courts the farmers them
selves are likely to get back some
OF their scattering senses In Kansas,
for instance, nine judges arc to be
elected this fall and the question of
property rights is assuming first timpor-
tanca The average farmer Is intelli-
gent enough to know that he cannot
afford to take any risk when It comes
to dealing with the matter of his pro-
lection from agrarianism and the un-
just Interpretation of laws affecting
homes and other property. So 1t seems
that combination has already been
entered into in six of the Kansas dis
tricts for the purpose of making sure of
the election of sensible men to the
bench. So It will be all around pres
emily, The alliance craze, with its
Utopian and generally queer notions
with regard to the functions Of govern
ment, will speedily run its course. II
will come to a sudden end when it
threatens to imperil tho property rights
Of the people"
Combination to elect sensible" men
to the bench! Sensible men are those
who have more sense than to investi-
gate on their own hook. Men who
have proved themselves adopts in the
art OF managing party machinery.
Men who are above considering the
proposition that families on the farms
they have opened and improved have
any rights which capital and agents of
the poor widows in the east" are
bound to respect Too bad, that the
job Of the politician Is so endangered
as to compel such hoary antagonists to
make common cause against the ig-
norance, the incapacity, the selfshness
and dishonesty of the farmerl Politics
in the Keystone state furnish such shin
ing examples of purity and nobility of
character, that farmers in Kansas
should profit by the observation, and
place none but trained politicians on
the bench. ch.-Nonconformist
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16
County Central Committeeman of the
Peoples Party.

A. McCrRy, Mingoua. a.............. Chairman
Leon bealS, SDurOn ............... Secretary
Medicine Lodge tOwnship-R. Nj. Sparks X. l.
Taliaferro. Z. X. Howard.
Sharon townehip-Perry Hill. VIM. Brown,
Leon E. Beals.
Elm Mills township-M. E. ROddy. s. T. Dicker-
son, ID. +. Coffman.
HazeltOn township-G. W. Drake, j. J. King,
w. 3. Ballard.
Lockard precinct-Jas. A. LOckard. J. s. Jones
l.. 5. McElwain.
NiPpcwalla township-w. q. Springer. r. ID.
Gaddie, G. J. Skeen.
Geer, L. q. Drury.
Sun City township-N. g. Rowley, Green Ad-
ans, g. II. Douglass.
McAdOO township-C. w. Wilson. VIM. Said
ID. T. McAdoo.
Mingona township-wm. Doles. j. d. Pursell,
A. McCray.
Valley tOwnshlp-Lester White, Jesse Haw.
kins, J. w. Jones.
Cedar tOwnship-J. Elmore, l.. NJ. Presnall, ID.
COnger.
EiwoOd township-R. n. Smith. E. Gibbs, VIM.
Jarvis.
KLowa townships. H. Smith, J. G. watrous,
II. @. Waltner.
Moore township -Chas Heskett, r. Clark, F.
Aetna township-T. d. Finley. L. H. Robertson,
Geo. Eckert-
Lake City tOwnship-Noah WarsntaH. F. A.
Lewis, J. w. Lappin.
Turkey tOwnship-M. H. Clements, e. A.
Clark, L. L. Walker.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16

The great demand for the so-calIed
''polka-dot' reminds an Anglomaniac
that the idea belonged to Britain. ana
that the Pritchard racing colors-bird's-
eye blue-were the first of the sort
seen. and probably the start of the
popularity of the combination of white
spots on a blue ground. Every sport
in 1921 wore nanxeea trousers. a bfue
coat with brass buttons, and birds
eye tie The ''polka-dot'' has always
been sporting symbol, and the rage for
II caused By the public's love for the
original Pritchard's horse-a great IA
vorite-has descended to this day.-N.
Y World.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16

give mp their demands on that and the
suo-treasury and land loan schemes
altogether. The anti-sub-treasury and
ant1-third party alliance men Of the
state have determined to organize for
an aggressive campaign which will
commence soon after the the meeting of
anu-sub-treasury alliance men. to be
held'at St Louis, September 1A Hall
viii be the state if not the national
leader OF the anit-sub-treasury forces
after that meeting, and the fight then
waged will be between the non-parti-
san alliance men and the anti-monopo.
lists"
The foregoing is plain and explicit
We now know just where to place q.
8 Hall, w. s. McAllister, ct al They
arc democrats-nothingm more or less
who wish to so modify and reconstruct
the alliance demands as to make It
possible for the democratic bosses to
accept them and stand upon them. The
Fort Worth, Tex, meeting was a
miserable fiasco, and knowing that he
was deemed to defeat at the annual
meeting of the Missouri state alliance,
U. 3 Hall formulated, in advance of
such state meeting, his call for meet
ing at st. Louis, Mo-, for Septem Der Is,
at which time he expects to attempt to
reorganize the alliance e. organize
an opposition alliance, opposed to the
Ocala demands, which is to be a demo-
cratic side show and an annex to the
democratic pnrty.
This is as it should be. Those who
are not for US, are against u.s. Better
are thousand enemies outside the
order than one traitor within the camp.
There is no relief to be hoped for from
the democratic party and the sooner
southern alliancemen are convinced of
that fact the better it will be for the
order.
Men and brethren, rally around the
Ocala demands and close up the ranks.
Intimate to all those who, pretending
to be alliancemen, oppose the sub-treas-
ury plan, that they are simply giving
aid and comfort to the enemy and
should withdraw from the order and
Join the ranks of plutocracy. As well
might one pretend to be Jew and live
on pork diet, or call oneself a Chris
tian and yet blaspheme the name of
Christ, as to claim to be an allianceman
and yet favor the perpetuation of the
present system of finance. The Mis-
souri, alliance made a grave mistake at
Pertle Springs. in failing to force the
issue, thus compelling these democrats
IN disguise to do in the latter part of
August what they propose to do any
how in the middle of September
GEORGE G. WARD.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16
snOuIo lse sTuoIe0.

Farmers should study the land loan
doctrine OF the peoples party-study it
and determine it for themselves if its
probable operation will not be to bet
ter the condition of the debtor class bv
loaning them money at low rates of in
terest Under existing conditions a
mortgage of $1,000 on his farm win
ultimately do up the average farmer
We do not mean the ignorant, the SHIFT
less, or the unbusiness-like farmer: We
mean the average farmer who is intel
hgent. industrious, and careful in his
business methods II you do not be-
iieye it examine the mortgage records
et your eua county -Gyeai WesA
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16
Ina.an Mamie snrar


Prof Fl. w. Henshaw, describing the
Indian method of making maple sugar,
maintained that the knowledge of the
sugar and the process were aboriginal,
dating from times unknown, and not in
any degree derived from the white
man. Indians collect the sap in bark
vessels, which in some cases hold a
hundred gallons. They take advantage
OF cold April nights to freeze the sap,
and in the morning throw out the ice
They evaporate the sap by throwing
hot stones into the reservoirs They
make sugar also from the silver maple
and box elder, and in Canada and Man
itoba from the birch tree The sugar
is eaten mixed with corn. Venison and
rabbits are boiled in the hot sap during
the process of evaporation. Sometimes
pure sugar is the only diet of Indians
for month Popular Science Monthly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16
UNExAMPLED PROSPERITY.

Depiorable State of Affairs Which the Par
ttsan Press Exultingly Boasts About.
Last weeks Cresset says: "There
were farm mortgages released in this
county during the month of July to the
amount of S25, 04O. The amount re-
corded was So, ,O62. There were city
mortgages released to the amount of
$500 and none recorded"
OF the above sum the district clerk
released SIT, 800, and he informs us that
it took Just thirty farms to make the
release. The lands were sold by the
sheriff and bought in by the mortgage
holder, and of course the mortgage was
extinguished; but in every case the
farmer has lost his farm, and In nearly
every case there is great big balance
against the farmer on his unsatisfied
note. The local editor of the Cresset
has worked in the office of the district
clerk long enough to warrant us in be-
heving that he knew what he was talk
ing about when he wrote the above ex-
tract. If he did know, he was evi-
IDENTIFY trying to mislead. The infor-
nation, while true In one respect,
is utterly false in its general scope. It
was intended to convey the impression
that our farmers had sold off enough
wheat corn, cattle and hogs to pay
their debts and had paid this amount of
money to mortgage holders. The sheriff
Is the great ''mortgage-lifter" in this
country, and we believe the sheriffs of
the state are lifting" more mortgages
than the farmers are
Kansas is rapidly getting rid Of her
mortgage Indebtedness, and just about
as rapidly getting her farms into the
hands of corporations, and driving her
farmers to Oklahoma or Colorado.
Talk about good times when the
manufacturers of good times ION paper)
have to falsify the records In order to
mislead the people, and make them be-
lieve that the country is prosperous,
while the farmers are losing their farms
and town lot owners are not able to
pay their taxes.
Call this calamity howl if you like,
but the records will show that the
statement is true.-Medicine Lodge In
dex
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16
A Common Case.

Wife Qaying down her newspaper)-
l see an article here that cure has
been discovered for lockiaw.
Husband with marked interest)-No;
you don't say so?
Wife-Yes, dear. 1t says that to rem
der one insusceptible the germs Of ba-
cilli of tetanus are first injected and
this injection is followed by injections
of tri-chloride of iodine at intervals of
twelve hours. The resultant blood
serum after this treatment is
Husband (interrupting firmly but
kIndly)-There, there, dear, that will
do. You don't need any cure. You
haven't got tit.-Washington Star.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16
NE LODGE KANSAS, WEDNESDAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1891

your pfutocratic masters. who with
your aid. and by bribery and fraud
have enacted system Of laws designed
to rob the people. that you are now
begging for '.non-partisan Judiciary"
In the hope that you can induce some
peoples party men to vote for your
gang Of thieves
The earnestness of the plutocrats to
defeat the peoples candidates shows
that they appreciate the necessity of
having judges In sympathy with their
stealings and this very earnestness will
rouse the people to a realization of the
fact that 1t Is equally important to them
to have judges free from the control of
corporation robbers-Topeka (Kan.)
Alliance Tribune.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16
so IL Goes

Anarchist Vrooman, formerly of
Quenemo, is the peoples party candi-
date for judge of the district court of
Wyandotte county.-Lyndon Journal
The Vrooman family is all right pri-
vately, but all wrong when it comes to
political opinions The young orator
Vrooman made a nuisance of himself
until the Haymarket trouble caused him
to put clamp on his jaw.-Capital
So it goes. The people nominate
candidates who are above criticism and
the plutocrats combine against them
because of their politics and pretend
they want a non-partisan judiciaryI
Men of the caliber of the person who
runs the Lyndon Journal are not at tn
black Judge Vrooman's boots.-AlIi-
ance Journal
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16
Fusion in Kansas.

The republican-democrat fusion in
the state of Kansas on nine district
judges seems to carry out the prophecy
made by the Economist some time ago,
that the democrats and republicans
would go together whenever such a
course was necessary to defeat the re-
form movement There is practically. so
far as reform measures are concerned,
no difference between the two old
parties. To bring about such action
should be the endeavor of all true alli-
ance men, as it would prove beyond
question the charge of conspiracy be-
tween the leaders of the two old parties
that has been so often made by the alli-
ance. Let them go together by all
means The sooner they do so the
sooner will victory for the reform
movement be obtained. = National
Economist
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16
Unconp,imep,a,v.

Mrs. Fangle-Don't you think. Mr..
Brown. that ought TO leave Mabel in
Paris for year to have her voice culti-
yated?
Mr.. Brown (who has heard Miss Ma
bel sing)-I think you ought to leays
her there for at least two years.-Mun-
sey'a Weekly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16
sood-By. McanIster.

The Mississippi state alliance unani-
mously passed articles of impeachment
and expulsion against w. S. McAllister,
assistant state iecturer. This action
was taken because of his opposition to
the demands of the order and his slan-
ders against its officers.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-16
HAD state OF AnaIrs.

A million children working in the
mines and shops of this country, and .
million able bodied men tramping over
the country in search of employment
Puny children working all night with
an overseer standing over them with a
strap to keep them awake. while strong
men are unable to find employment
Women keeping death at bay with
their needles sixteen hours per dar. or
worse still, compelled to find their
bread In brothels or at the hands OF a
hbertinel And In the face of all this
the plutocratic anarchists howl that
there. Is no need of political and social
reform As p Independent