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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-07-01
A New Land Commissioner.

Gov. Mcconnell has appointed
Mr.. A. A. Crane, of Harrison, Land
Commissioner for this state. The
duties of the commissioner are those
Of general supervision of all state
lands. The appointment is an ex-
ceptionally good one as Mr.. Crane
possesses the necessary qualifca-
tions for the position and is man
of energy and push. Please accept
our congratulations Mr.. c.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-07-01
Retirement of Major Barnes.


With each change of the national
administration there is supposed to
follow a change of the national pol
icy. To this the general public is
easily reconciled. Although Of less
importance there is likewise a
change in the personnel throughout
the land in the civil service. Of
icials with whom the people have
come in contact for years and whom
they have learned to admire, are
displaced that adherents of the win
ming party may be installed. 1t is
here that the greatest obstacle lies
to reconciliation with the admin
istration Of a new party.
So far as this remote end of the
republic is concerned we need only
to call attention to the retirement
of our genial friend Major Joseph
|. Barnes from the collectorship,
to illustrate this point. Major
Barnes will lay down his official
duties at the boundary line with
the regret of every one who knows
him or may have had business with
him, whether democrat or republi-
can, whether citizen or alien. He
has dignified the service and he will
leave clean and pure record, which
his successor will do well to inn
itate.
Major Barnes is a delightful com
companion, a jovial, even tempered
gentleman and a good citizen. 1t
is therefore, with much satisfaction
we are able to state, he intends to
make Kootenai county his home
In this connection we cannot for
bear to alude to the good lady, his
wife, whose dispensation of hospit
atty at the boundary line has
added so much to the pleasure of {
visit to the Barnes home. Hel
friends all over Kootenai county
will be doubly pleased to know
that she will continue to live in hel
picturesque home.
Mr.. Hill, who will take up tn,
Office Major Barnes lays down, is {
young man Of excellent reputation
We have no doubt but thai he vii
do his duty with credit to himsel
and his superior officer. We extenc
him a hearty welcome to the ney
field, and can wish him no bette
q luck than that he may retire wit
+ as many and unselfish friends a
his predecessor.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-07-01
THROUGH TICKETS

THROUGH TICKETS
To and from all points in America,
England and Europe can be pur-
chased at any ticket Office of this
company.
Full information concerning rates
time of trains, routes and other de
tails furnished on application to
any agent, or A. d. CHARLTON,
Assistant General Passenger Agent,
No. 121, First street, corner of
Washington, Portland, Oregon.
Trains pass Sand Point as follows:
Passenger No. 3, West bound ....... 1;55 a. NJ.
4 East bound ....... 8:44 P. NJ
Local Freight No. IS East bound. $3.50 P. NJ.
No. 81 West bound. S:45 A. NJ.
Passengers are not carried on
Through or Extra Freight trains.
For information call on
G. E. REDMAN, Agent,
Sand Point, Idaho.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-07-01

plete all arrangements.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-07-01

that is noticeable in the Washing
ton exhibit is the fact that the jars
have not in many cases been prop
erly labeled. Everything has fruit
labels, whether it be peaches, pota
toes or peas.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1893-07-01
IDAHO AND WASHINGTON.
Idaho Has the Best Exhibit in Many
Departments.
IDAHO STATE BUILDING,

is the opinion of rival of Idaho
fruit:
"Much adverse criticism has been
lavished upon the display of fruit
made by the state of Washington,
and in some respects it may be de-
served On the whole, however, it
is too early in the season to proph-
esy. Much of the criticism is the
result of a feeling that Idaho is
ahead in the competition for prizes,
and that Washington is somehow in
the rear of the procession. At the
present writing there is absolutely
no ground for such a fear. Idaho
has truly made a magnificent ex-
hibition. She has, in fact, surprised
everyone, not less for the character
than the variety of her fruits. 1t
has been we'll chosen, well packed,
and the jars are conspicuous for
their handsome appearance. The
Washington section adjoins that Of
Idaho. 1t is larger than Idaho's,
and more fruit has been placed on
exhibition than in either Oregon or
Idaho. Counting out California
with its oranges and lemons, inter
est seems to be centered around the
three states mentioned. Idaho
people are loudly boasting that they
are in the lead in every line, and
Colonel Babcock, of Arkansas, who
Judged the fruit ten days after it
was on the tables, is considerably
chagrined over the inference that
he has been talking too freely. AS
matter of fact opinion seems to be
divided as to which Of the three
states has the best exhibit. In
pears the Idaho pear is variety
which we have not, but in Bartletts
Washington seems to be ahead as
regards size and flavor. In apples
the Idaho folks are making great
boasts Of Blue Pearmains, but for
variety and sweetness Washington
and Oregon seem to be both-ahead
of Idaho. Washington Strawberries
are inst now the marvel of every.
body, not more for their remarkable
size than for their flavor. Oregon
comes close III this respect, anc
Idaho while it has a good exhibit
is not in anyway up to either
Peaches and watermelons ar,
claimed by the Idaho people, bu
the Washington and Oregon Offici
ais are quite confident of the sue
cess of their respective exhibits. Ii
grapes also Washington is ahead o
Idaho, while her prunes are certain
ly equal too, if not superior. Idah
has twenty-five different varietie
of apples, and Washington some
thing like thirty. In dried fruit
if Idaho goes ahead Of Washington
at all it will be on account of tn
higher altitude at which the fruit
are grown. 1t is not at all likely
however, that Idaho will be first i
the aggregate, and as for Oregon sh
will have a great deal to do to bea
the Washington exhibit. One res
son for Oregon's good exhibit is tn
fact that the display is the result {
numerous county and state fair
Idaho seems to have her who
fruit crop at the fair. If any fau
can be found with the Washingto
fruit exhibit, it must be on accour
of the greater neatness displaye
by the other states, and the great,
care with which the fruits ha,
been selected. This, however, is l
fault of the commissioners. 1t
the fault of the growers. A gre
competition will take place wht
the spring fruits come in. A wol
The Progress., 1893-10-14
A FAMOUS TOUR.
THE GREAT FARMS AT
LARIMORE.
They See Forty-FIye Deering self Bind
ers, Manned by $50 Men, Moving in
Time.

Fortv-five Deering Twine binders.
forming procession half mile in
length and steadily moving through q
waving sea of wheat-suCh was the
sight that greeted the foreign commits
siOners to the Worlds Fair during
nanza farms of North Dakota This
imposing spectacle was witnessed on
the great Elk Valley farm at Lari-
more, n. d.. farm comprising =, 900
acres, or nearly nineteen square miles,
10000 acres of which formed one un-
broken, fenceless field of wheat. To
witness this sight the distinguished
spectators, comprising fifty foreign
diplomats. Worlds Fair commission
ers and representatives OF the foreign
press, together with an equal
number of Americans eminent in
World Fair, railroad and commercial
circles, had undertaken the discom-
forts OF thousand mile journey from
Chicago; and the exclamations Of de-
light and surprise, and the cries of
bravo" that rang out on the air
showed that their expectations were
vastly more than realized. From ST.
Paul through Minnesota and North
Dakota they travelled as guests of the
Great Northern railroad. and the
farther north they Travelled the warmer
and more cordial was their reception.
Here at Larimore they found the eli
max of interest and the highth of hos
pitality. They were met at their
train and escorted to carriages by
what seemed to be the whole popula-
ton of the little city of Larimore,
headed by o. II. Phillips, the mayor,
Gov. Shortridge and n. G.. Larimore.
the proprietor of the great farm which
they were to see. Silently, and al
most breathlessly at first, they viewed
the mighty phalanx OF machines; then
quickly alighting from their convey
ances they followed the machines on
foot, eagerly peering into their
mechanism, as if bent on finding the
secret Of their perfect, automatic, al
most noiseless action. For an hour
or more they followed the machines,
asking innumerable questions of
Mr.. Larimore and his sons, when
their attention was called to scientific
tests of draft that were being made
under the supervision of Mayor o. II.
Phillips and Mr.. c. III. Olmstead.
The machines tested, the Deering
Pony binder and the Deering Ideal
mower, were remarkable because
embodying the ball and roller
bearings, such as are used in
bicycles and bicycle sulk-
les. Twelve tests were made on each
machine with a registered Osterheld
The Progress., 1893-10-14
IMPORTANT STATISTICS.
Figures Compiled by the Interstate Com
merCe Commission.

The fifth statistical report OF the in
terstate commerce commission has
just been submitted for the year ended
June 30, 1892. The total railway
mileage of the country was III 563. 50
miles, being an increase during the
year of 3160.7S miles, the smallest in
crease for a number of years. The
railways which during the year were
added to the class OF railways operat-
ing mileage in excess of 1000 miles
are the Philadelphia and Reading
railroad, the Atlantic Coast Line as
sociatiOn and the Union Pacific, Den
yer and Gulf railroad.
The total number OF employees in
the service of railways was 821, ,415.
being an increase of 81, 1870 over the
previous year. The capitalization of
the 162, $3.50 miles covered by the
report was SO, ,74S,1 1874. The
total number OF passengers carried by
the railways during the year was $780,
958,211. The gross earnings from
operation of railways were 81, III, ,407,-
343. The operating expenses were
$3.50, 997, $50. The number of railway
employees killed was 1854, being less
than the number killed during the
previous year. The number of en-
ployes injured, however, was in ex-
The Progress., 1893-10-14

The monkeys Of Gibraltar rock are
said to enjoy the rare distinction OF
being the only monkeys in Europe not
kept in captivity. 1t is agreed that
they found footing in Europe long,
long before Spain as Spain was ever
heard Of. Before the sea wore away
the land and made what is called the
strait of Gibraltar Europe and Africa
were joined together and animals
roamed from one spot to another as
they pleased. When the time came,
however. that the strip of land was al
last swallowed up by the greedy
ocean, the strong current prevented
creatures that were not at home in
the water from crossing to and fro as
they were wont to do. Among the
unfortunates whose wanderings were
thus unexpectedly cut short were
many African monkeys, and the rock
monkeys the present, whose num-
bers, 1t Lay be added, are growing
less and less, are undoubtedly de-
scendants of those prehistoric fellows.
OF course II follows that the Barbary
spes-the monkeys living on the At
rican side of the strait-are the first
cousins of the occupants OF "Gib."
The Progress., 1893-10-14
BEAUTIFUL MRS. BEECHER.
A South Carolina Belle whom the MI
kado Caused to BE Beheaded.

Many newspaper readers will doubt
less remembe; the shock they felt in
the fall of 1894, when they read that
the fair and frail Countess POurtales
had been beheaded by special edict
of the MikadO of Japan. 1t may now
be interesting to recall briefly the
main facts in her strange and event
full life. Miss Mary BoOzer, the re-
puted daughter of Peter Burton, her
mothers second husband, was born
near Columbia. ). c., some time in
the forties. Her mothers first hus-
band was welded on his deathbed in
Philadelphia; the second died in q
very singular manner in Columbia;
the third committed suicide in
Newberry, South Carolina, and
the fourth was abandoned by the
muchly married but beautiful woman,
whose remains now repose in pau
per- $ grave in New York. Such were
the antecedents of the lovely Countess
Pouatales. When Gen. Sherman left
Columbia's smoking ruins in 1865
among those who followed his army
were Mrs. Feaster and her daughter
Mary. or Marie, as she called herself,
BoOzer. The young woman is repre-
sented as having been accomplished,
graceful. vivacious and with a color
more transcendantly beautiful than
the rose" and before she had been
long in New York she fascinated and
became the wife of the wealthy
John Beecher. She lived in
magnificent style, her toilet at
the park and at the Jerome club
house, exciting the envy of every one
who saw it. But she soon began a
Irritation with prominent member
of the jeunesse dore of New York.
Mr.. Lloyd Phoenix, but, in a fit of
jealousy, shot at him as he passed up
his sisters steps on Fifth avenue.
After her husband separated from her
she fed to Europe in pursuit OF Mr..
Phoenix. In Paris Mrs. Beecher
sported on her divorced husbands
money, generously given to her, and
led life OF luxurious pleasure. She
had the handsOmest turnout on the
Bois, and gave most sumptuous din
ners. Count Pourtales then fell in
love with and married her, and though
Paris was crazed with her beauty
perhaps for that very reason-he
sailed with her for Japan as an at
tache of the French legation. In
Japan she carried on so lively flirta-
tion with the French officer that
Count Pourtales claimed that their
marriage had been illegal, and, leav-
ing her, returned to Paris, whittier
she followed him. After another
round OF the widest extravaganza in
Paris she fascinated -, whom she
married and who accompanied her
back on her last voyage to Japan. II
was not long after their arrival that
her third husband abandoned her on
account of her too great intimacy
with the prime minister OF Japan.
Thereupon she became the mistress
The Progress., 1893-10-14

Of the Appleby Twine binder. whose
presence was a surprise to the com
missioners. told the history of his
early struggles and the final universal
adoption Of his invention. He paid a
glowing tribute to Mr. William Deer
ing. To whose enterprise he said the
world was indebted for the introduce
tiOn and general adoption Of the ma
chine: Said he: In 1879, when the
Deering company made seventy-tive
o! these binders. peOp.c smiled know
ingly and predicted failure. The next
year when Mr.. Deering made 5000 of
the machines, the manufacturers of
the old reaper and the wire binder
said he was crazy. IL he was crazy
all the manufacturers of harvesting
machinery who have been forced to
follow his example have also become
violently insane, Laughter and the
millions of farmers who now use the
invention are fit candidates for
a lunatic asylum" Laughter and APP
plause.
The eXcursiOnists left for Alton and
the great Dairymple farms at 4 p. m,
where they witnessed threshing ma
chimes at work on crop of wheat
that was cut from 1000 acres by 1870
Deering binders-a make that is used
exclusively by the DalrympleS. From
Alton they journeyed to Fargo. where
they were royalty received and shown
the marvellous result of the western
pluck, which in a season of hard times
had built a solid city of brick and NOR
tar on the bed of ashes that had lain
smoking there only ninety days be-
fore. From Fargo the guests re-
turned to Chicago brimful OF enthusi-
asm ever the wonders they had seen.
The Progress., 1893-10-14

Time when felly is all right. 70, am,
been payin me fool compliments anf
tellin me I've got a great gait an, an
an out-an'-out hustler: which ai,..
You want to know what am SO
I'm girl who is scrappin' with bard
luck for livin'." :"
You like that phrase-the pictur.
esque emphasis of it. There i some
tnlng III III that tells the whole story
oi 'ne woman who works for a living;
ior thls Is a continuous battle, as be-
Tween two stripped fighters in a ring.
Ihere is only one other phrase that
describes the struggle as well-that of
Ihe man who lamented that all his
llte he had been climbing the creased
pole of adversely"
That's what I've done all nv life. ="
the lady assistant says. I've scrapped
with hard luck for livir'. Do like
dancin'? Dancin' for s. a week from
10 IN the mornin' to IL o'clock at
night? Do you think yer'd like it?
Nav. That's what l sez. nav, II
amt only the dancin'. It's the fools {"
This is Miss kate's favorite word for
the gender masculine. I daresav sbo
should know. She sees masculinc
vanity at its worst, when it BEGINS its
hrst peacocking and posing; when il
smirks and grins, or is noisy and
laughs. The young east side hobble-
Nehoys practice their street-corner
batteries on her. She is the BARRIERS
chair in which they are made fit To
appear in the society" of the lady
about Second avenue.
You sometimes think with some de-
gree of consideration. of the actress
banded from the arms of the villain
to those of the lover and elderly uncle.
and do not wonder much that the
actresses OF your acquaintance are not
distinguished for retentive delicacv.
And through the rambling story the
lady assistant tells you hear the same
hard note.
Miss Kate's hardness, however. is
defensive and not provocative She
judges men by the commonest of them:
those of the earth, very earthly. No
worse than men made out of porcelain.
perhaps, but at all events less pleas
ing. So she thinks all men fools.
Some day, it may be, Miss Kate will
know men better-but let us hope for
the best!
ceS Eoini.lo cduSnI Il glimpse OF
a t1uttering skirt and white hand as
a woman entered cab-and wrote
novel.
You went with Miss Kate to the
door of the academy, and she shook
hands with you.
Say" she said abruptly, thanks.
You're not comm back for them other
lessons?"
No." you say.
Thanks" she says, softly, 81
knowed you wasn't"
And you, too, could write a novel.
The Progress., 1893-10-14
ST. LOUIS CARNIVAL.
BRILLIANT SUCCESS OF THE
AUTUMNAL FESTIVITIES.
Enormous Crowds Enjoying the Hospi-
tsIity Of tho Metropolis OF the West
Attractions.

ST. LOUIS. Mo, Oct. S.-The Co
mmbian festivities in this city con
tinue to attract visitors from all di-
rections. The territory which looks
upon St Louis As it's natural CONNER
cial metropolis is represented by tens
of thousands of citizens, while from
more distant points the attendance
has been and continues very large.
The foreign commissioners, who came
down from Chicago to witness the
Yelled Prophets parade and the other
ATTRACTIONS, were unit in pronounc-
ing the street iluminations the most
magnificent ever witnessed. and they
were also delighted with the eXpOsi-
ton, the fair, and the city generally.
During their stay they were able to
see the largest brewery in America,
largest drug house in the world, the
largest shoe factory in America, and
several other manufacturing and re-
tail establishments of mammoth pro-
portions.
The tenth annual exposition will
terminate one of its most successful
seasons on Oct. 21, and as this practi-
cally includes the carnival, it is inn
pOrtant that arrangements be made at
The Progress., 1893-10-14
Photographic Experiments.

One of the interesting results OF the
recent experiments in England in
photographing flying bullets has been
to show that the disturbance in the
air travels faster than the bullet
itself. The photographs exhibit air
waves in advance OF the bullets. even
the latter are moving faster than the
velocity of sound. In one case where
the bullet was moving considerably
faster than sound travels in the air it
was preceded by an atmospheric dis
turbance which, at the moment the
photograph was taken, was half an
inch in advance OF the point OF the
bullet. Even when the bullets were
travelling four times as fast as sound
the atmospheric disturbance kept
ahead of them.
The Progress., 1893-10-14

& Eickmeyer dynamometer, each re-
presenting the draft involved in cut
ting a foot swath, 100 feet in length,
in twenty to twenty-five seconds of
time. The six cutting tests with the
binder showed an average of only
29S pounds Of draft. Six tests fol-
lowed in which the machine was run
in gear over the tops of the stubble
Just cut. This test, which is known
as 'rolling draft" showed an average
draft OF 207 pounds. The Deering
Ideal mower, a new machine also
fitted with the bicycle bearings,
showed cutting draft in heavy grass
averaging only 126 pounds, and a
rolling draft of only 92 pounds. The
remarkably low draft-about half the
draft OF ordinary machines--shown
by these figures for both machines
was carefully noted by the astonished
visitors as demonstrating the practi-
cability of the bicycle bearings. The
same Pony binder drawn by two light
mules cut an acre OF wheat In 22i
minutes.
PAPER TwINE USED.
A notable feature of the binder test
was the use on the Pony binder Of the
Deering paper" twine, made from
wood fiber. This twine, patented by
William DeeriDg & Co., bids fair to
prove q Waterloo to the twine trust,
as it Is said that it can be made and
sold at prices considerably below
those now paid for the hemp and
sisal fibers.
Al the close of these tests the COM
missioners, together with a party OF
spectators, were rendered good, sub
stantial prairie chicken dinner by
Mr.. Larimore. Toasts followed. Gov.
Shortridge, Mayor Phillips and Rev.
]. ii. Keeley delivered eloquent ad-
dresses of welcome. Appropriate re-
sponses we're made by ID. NJ. Deper-
alta OF Costa Rics, Mr.. Grinevsky, the
assistant Russian commissioner, Don
Alberto Gomez Ruano of Uruguay,
Mr.. Harry Vincent OF Costa Rica and
Judge Atwater. Mr.. Lsrimore also
spoke. He said that by using the
best methods and machinery he had
reduced the cost of raising and mar
keting wheat to between $3.50 and
$500 an acre.
Nh. APPLEBY SURPRISES THE coxMIs-
sI0SERs.
Nr. John F. Appleby, the inventor
The Progress., 1893-10-14

London has q donkey show every
year. 1t is conducted by very impor-
tant personages for the benefit Of the
costermongers. Prizes are given for
all sorts Of excellence, but the highest
prizes are awarded to the donkey
showing the best care, the object Of il
all being to make the coster kind to
his donkey. The affair is always q
great success. the donkeys and DON
key carts looking smart with their
roses and ribbons, and some Of the
donkeys showing coats like velvet.
There were sixty-seven entries at the
show held recently.