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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
Indian Payment Suspended.

The Statesman publishes u
special from Washington which
says; The payment of the Nez
perce Indian claims to the a.
mount Of 100000 was stopped
today by order of the psesident.
This action of the president was
advised by the secetary OF the
interior, with whom the order
must have originated, and is
considered remark able here. The
claims were in process of exami-
nation by the auditor for the
interior department when the
brief order to suspend was re.
ceived. The treasury depart
ment knows no reason for the
action, as nothing appears in the
records of the auditors Office to
explain it,"
Senator Dubois today wired
the commissioner of the Indian
bureau asking for an explana-
tio1 Of the order, stating that
delay would work hardships.
He has received reply which
says; Secretary absent. 1t was
reported to him that certain
Indians entitled to enrolment
had beed refused. The payment
was stopped until he can inves-
tigate.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
Camas Prairie Cayuse.

We have the Camas Prairie
Cayuse on our table. This may
sound strange to some OF our
readers; nevertheless it is just as
true as ii it sounded more COM
mon place. This Cayuse does
not buck nor show any pug
nacious characteristics, neither
is he what might be called
tame" We cannot say that he
is overburdened with fat nor is
he very lean. He might be said
to be very young but yet he
seems to be old enough to take
care Of himself in any kind Of
company. We hope that he
may live long and that his career
may be successful campaign a.
gainst ignorance and crime and
that he, like good steed that
his name indicates him to he,
may carry the editors into lives
of prosperity and usefulness
in their new home.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
Additional Locals.

Mr.. Simmons and family of
Genesee moved to town this
week.
Hon. w. l.. Thompson was in
town yesterday.
The stars and stripes hung
suspended at half mast yester-
day.
The Van Winkle photograph
ing outfit have moved to Den
yer.
Judge Gilmore is raising a
fine young herd of crickets, near
his shop,
Rev. Silas Perkins will preach
at the Methodist Church next
Sunday evening at s O'Clock.
At Denver, on Wednesday,
Willie Hartman was thrown
from a horse, and sustained
serious injuries. One foot caught
in the stirrup, and he was drag :
ged a distance OF fifty or more
yards.
Corbett Chase was Gown from
the Mountain Monday. He is
rapidly recovering from his
injury received at Cooper's mill
shrot time ago, and will soor
be able to resume his work at
engineer.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
Open For Business

The doors of the NJ. j. Shields
Company, which have been
closed for about three months.
opened for business last Monday
morning The new Organization
will he Shields Company, with
M. j. Shields as the executive
head of The enterprise, under an
arrangement that will enable
him to clear up his business and
get it on thoroughly sound
basis. This matter means a
great deal to the Palouse
country, and especially Mosow,
which Mr.. Shields has done SO
much to develop. The outlook
is for a prosperous year in hnsi-
ness, andevery body will rejoice
to know that Jim Shields will be
prepared4to 10 get his full share of
the good times returning. Elk.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
tDAHo's 1896 WOOL CLIP.

In view of the mum her of east
fern wool buyers and commissicn n
men who have made Boise head
&quarters for month or two, it
seems almost incredible that
pnIy about 100000 pounds of
1885 clip of this state has been
Shipped. This is due to the fact
THAT many sheep men do not
<shear until after the lamb
season. The clip this year will
amount to nearly 100000
pounds, an increase of over
\ Ii 100000 pounds over 1894.
This is very satisfactory sh low
ing in view of the fact the clips
in most western states and ter
ritories have fallen off.
The prices that have been
paid for wool have ranged from
81 to 81 cents. But little has
been bought at the lowest figure,
while there has been but one
clip so far as known that brought
81. Most of the wool has gone
at Z to ".
Hon. John Mcmillan is in the
lcity from Mayfeld He has
just finished shearing and has
about 10000 poun DIS of very fine
wool ready for shipment from
the Mountain Home depot. Mr..
Mcmillan brought samples of the
clip to the city. They are
pronounced choice by experience
ed men.
Silberman brothers in their
wool report for May, say: "Since
issuing our last circular we have
received quite quantity OF new
wool from Utah, Wyoming
sIdahp, and Texas, and we must
sGy thai all consignments with
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31

Notes u hereby given thai E['@
annual school meeting and cleo
tion in school district No. s, of
Idaho county, Idho, will be held
at the school honse in said dis
trict in Cottonwood, OH the
first Monday Of June to wit:
June 3 1895.
Said meeting will be held at
l o'clock p. III. Of said day to
transact sach business as may
properly come before it, and de-
eide whether a special tax shall
be levied for the support of the
school in said district, and to
fix the amount Of such levy not
to exceed ten mills on the dollar
Of taxable ppsorty.
There shall be elected at said
election. one trustee for the term
Of 8 years and one for the term
Of oneyear.
The polls shall be open at
said election, from the hour Of
2 o'clock p. M. to 5 O'Clock z. M.
OF said day.
John Graham.
Chairman Of Board.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31

instructions to sell on arrival
have met a very fair market.
Almost all grades have been dis
posed of at very satisfactory
prices. Wool of medium and
fine quality and sound staple
has sold especially we'll, on a
secured basis of 81 to 33 cents
per pound for medium. These
price are somewhat better than
could be realized for old wool
some time ago. A great many
consignments come TO us with
the request that we use our own
judgment in disposing OF the
same. In such cases we defer
sales, as we think the mraket
will do still better later on, and
it is our customers" They
quote prices of Idaho wool in
Chicago for May as follows:
Fine (heavy) 7 to . cents; fine
(choice) 8 to 10cents; fine medi-
um 10 to II cents; medium II to
IL cents; low medium IL to 19
cents; black 10 to II cents
Boise Statesman.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31

All persons indebted to H. A.
Greving on accounts made from
October |, 1898 to octoberl, 1894
must come forward and settle
by cash or note, as l cannot carry
those old accounts any longer.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
NoTIoE FOR HOMESTEAD PROOF +.

Ernest L, Chase Fl. E. No 1929.
Land office at Lewiston, Idaho.
May the 8, 1895,
Notice is hereby given that the fol
lowipg-named settler has filed notice
of his intention to make final proof
in support of his claim, and that said
proof will be made before the U S..
Land Office at Lewiston; Idaho, on
June q, 1875, viz Ernest l.. Chase
for the NV. Il SE. II, S. y NE. a &
Lot /, See. 6 T. 81 N. r. / w. B. M.
He names the following witnesses
to prove his continuous residence
upon and cultivation of, said land, viz :
Henry Bonner, Albert Cooper, j. S.
Howell and Michael Steger all of
Keuterville; Idaho county, idaho.
B. f. NORRIS, Register.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
Nor ICE FOR HOMESTEAD PROOF.

NOTICE FOR HOMESTEAD PROOF.
Sarah Jane Denham H. E. No. 237l.
Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho,l
April the rs, 1895.
Notice is hereby given that the
following-named settler has filed
notice OF her intention to make final
proof in support Of her claim, and
That said proof will be made before
the U. S. Land Office at Lewison,
Idaho, June l3. 1895, viz;
SARAH JANE DENHAM
for the Lot 4, Section "a, Lot /, Sec
tion IA Lot l and NV Il NE Il Sec
ti6n %, T. 50 N. X. W. B. NJ.
She names the following witnesses
to prove her, continuous residence
upon and cultivation o., said land VIZ :
Charles II May and Iyah Il. Lyons
sof Rustic Ieaho County. Ids no, Will
lam Ciausen Lewiston Nez Perce
County. Idaho and Leland A. Way
land of Cottonwood idaho County,
Idoho. IL 49,
B. F. Norris. Register.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
Beaty's Decision.

Judge Beatty, of the Federal
court, decided one day last week
that the ackno wledgements to
mortgages and deeds SO much
spoken Of in the last few months
were valid.
The case in which the de-
cision was rendered was Hecht vs..
Barton ct al, and was brought
for the foreclosure Of mortgage
on Hotel Moscow property The
portion of the certificate of ack-
nowlegement to which the de-
fendant demurred read as fol-
lows.
"And l further certify that
Lonise Langdon Barton acl1-
nowleged to me on an examina-
ton apart and without the
hearing Of her husband, and
after | had made known to her
the contents of said instrument
that she executed the same freely
and voluntary and without feai
or compulsion or undue influence
of her husband, and that she
did not wish to retract the
same
This decision will have a
tendency to quiet the title to a
great deal of real estate all ovel
this state as this is the form O
certificate most commonly used.'
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
I'm THIS BE TRuEs
Direct Taxes Illegal I'm
ess Levied According to
Representation.

be startling announcement
pade by Col. Noble Smithson
T1n1 knoxville, Tennessee, an attor-
lII( who has had much practice
bre the United States supreme
!. " rt, that the decision on the
INT pme tax case has also killed
internal revenue laws. In
carefully prepared opinion,
Smithson says:
= :. Justice Fuller in his opinion
nj s the constitution divides ted
MI taxation into two classes:
Fst, direct taxes second, inn
It's and excuses, and that direct
ra.f. les must be apportioned a
ing the several states in pro-
ne ftion to their representation
~ the house of representatives.
tine apparently logical result
Tho, this opinion is that all federal
kes, except duties on imports,
BIT is to say tas es collected
Ader the tariff laws, must be
5portioned among the states
cording to their representation
ever W the house of representatives
anvei He act of Aug. 27, 1894, The
ilson bill] Section 4S, provides
0Was Hat there shall be levied and
llected on all distilled spirits
J., tax of $1.10 on each proof
Nlon.' The statutes of the
jhited states levy a tax of six
<6nts per pound on tobacco, etc.
FIT seems clear according to
on lis opinion of the chief justice
lat these are direct taxes on
ase' Arsonal property and not being
Hfoportioned among the several
IA 6Iates according to representa-
pms they are unconstitutional
I'D void. If this view be cor
zzIect the supreme court has not
Hhly wiped out the income tax
q bit has practically repealed the
nternal revenue as far as it eff
let's tobacco, whisky, brandy,
tc.
"If this construction of the
70 opinion be correct, all direct
= Axes, including those on real and
s. PERSONAL property, must be lev
Il ed according to representation,
b that the rich people of New
fork, Massachusetts and other
astern states will pay no more
hx per capita than the poor
People of tfe western and south
I'm states. Of course this is not
b be thought Of. 1t would re
/ ult that practically all revenues
b support the government must
be raised by duties on imports
ind instead of reducing the tar
ff it will be necessary to in
erease it materially. Spokane
chronicle.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1895-05-31
John Graham.
Chairman Of Board.
SHINGLES!

Do you have roof on your
house? | will sell you shingles
50 cheap that you can cover
your farm.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-28
site of tha nnirr Room.

Two points should be kept in view
the ability to do the work in a workman
like manner, with the fewest steps and
in the shortest time, and locating the
conveniences so that they may help the
other work along. Our dairy measures
10 by is feet and lies just back Of the
kitchen and washroom. 1t has two large
south windows, which give it abundant
light on dark winter days and can be
quickly darkened when necessary.
Back of the dairy is room ~ by 1SI
feet without floor, with board parti-
tion through the center. The first por-
tion is for wood or coal, the second for
ice and holds 12O cakes 2 feet square
and about inches thick The ice is
surrounded by sawdust foot in thick
ness, well trodden down, and also COW
cred with the sawdust. On this ice il
placed an icebox by 4 feet. with dou-
bic sides and cover, the ice forming q
bottom, with a thin layer Of sawdust
over it. This box has shelves on which
are placed the fresh meat, butter dish
and milk pitcher for the table. The bot
tom is left for jars and small tubs of
butter awaiting orders.
On the other side of the room is long
veranda, which covers the one horse
tread power that drives the line shaft
with belt run on pulley just out
side the room. On this shaft within the
room are pulleys of the required size for
running the separator, churn and wash
ing machine at the proper rate Of speed.
The advantages of having the dairy
room near the kitchen are that the kitch-
en- fire heats the water for washing the
dairy tools and cleaning up; one does
not have to face the weather in going
from one to the other; the icebox is
near by, a great convenience for the ta-
BILE, also the milk, cream and butter
milk; the line shaft is where one can at
tach the washing machine and a bone
mill to grind waste bones from the
kitchen for the poultry, and we dream
in the dim future Of successful dish
washer run by the same power. A good
walk from the barns to the dairy room
makes a good walk to the house as we'll
On this 80 gallon can mounted on a
stout, iron wheeled cart carries the
skimmilk and garbage from the house
to the barn and pigpens when the men
are going that way.
Every kitchen should be abundantly
supplied with water, and the two rooms
may be furnished with very little addi-
tional outlay. "A good cistern is needed
for the kitchen range, a good well for
cnokinp drinking and hatter YnakiDey
The well should have pump attached
to the line shaft that the horse may fill
a large tank with water for cooling the
cream, washing the butter, etc. The
central point of work about farmhouse
is the kitchen. The work Of the dairy
room is largely connected with it, SO
keep them together, and the conven-
fences Of one will help the other. Clara
T. Sisson in Rural New Yorker.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-28
THE NUMBER THREE.
Some Curious Superstitions Regarding 1t
In the Popular Mind.

Some Curious Superstitions Regarding 1t
In the Popular Mind.
There is superstitious regard for the
number three in the popular mind, and
the third repetition of anything is gen.
orally looked upon as crisis. Thus an
article may twice be lost and recovered,
but the third time that it is lost it is
gone for good. Twice man may pass
through some great danger in safety,
but the third time he loses his life. If.
however, the mystic third can be sue
cessfully passed, all is we'll. Three was
called by Pythagoras the perfect num-
Der, and we frequently find its use sym
bolical of Deity. Thus we might men,
ton the trident of Neptune. the three
forked lightning of Jove and three head
ed dog of Pluto. The idea of trinity is
not confined to Christianity, but oc-
ours in several religions.
In mythology also we find three fates.
three furies and three graces, and. COM
ing nearer to our own times, Shake
speare introduces his three witches. In
public house signs three seems to play
an important part, for we frequently
meet with Three Cups, Three jolly
Sailors, "''Three Bells, "''Three TuHs. :"
"Three Feathers fact, the number
of almost anything of which fertile
imagination can conceive a trio. In
nursery rhymes and tales this number
is not unknown. and il we look back to
the days of our childhood most Of us
will call to mind the three wise men of
Gotham who took sea voyage in q
bowl, not to mention the three blind
mice that had their tails ont of by the
farmers wife. Perhaps there is some
occult power in the number which gov
erns the division Of novels into three
volumes and induces doctors to order
their medicine to be taken thrice daily.
1t is said that some tribes of savages
cannot count beyond three But, al
though they may have no words TO ex-
press higher numbers, perhaps we should
be scarcely justified in assuming thai
they are incapable of appreciating the
value of the latter.-New York Adyer-
tiser.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-28
WINDY CITY wHIRLs.

It's rather rough on aspiring Chicago so
ciety, but nevertheless Queen Victoria re-
fuses to receive at her state balls any
woman who has been divorced. d.-Cincin-
natl Gazette.
A Chicago woman has been arrested for
eating a check. 1t may have been 50 long
since the poor woman had seen check
that she could satisfy her hunger no other
way.-Memphis Avalanche
1t is reported that evidence has been dis
covered that a certain assessor in Chicago
has accepted brides. Discovery Of any
kind of corruption in Chicago can now be
expected. Republican.
Chicago is Dragging about an honest al
derman, and the queer claim is based on
the mans poverty. That is no evidence
of honesty at all, but Chicago is expected,
Of course, to do a great deal Of Dragging
on a small basis. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Chicago thinks that 1t j. afflicted with
brand new throat disease. The malady
il, however, probably nothing but hoarse-
ness brought Oh by the incessant and vo-
ciferous Dragging Of the average Chica-
goan about the greatness Of his city
Cleveland Leader.
1t is said Chicago girls have gone wild
over Trilby's feet. No wonder, then, that
a chir0podist in that city has yentured to
advertise that he will transform the
American fost into a Trilhy and cure
all pedal infirmities caused by improper
shoeingl Nature isn't i'm it in Chicago
Boston Herald
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-28
Dairy and Creamery.

Breed cows in January and February
for winter dairying.
A dairyman has had it dawn upon
him that the commission men who sell
milk, cream, cheese and butter, wear
silk hats and stylish clothes, while the
boys who milk, feed and own the cows
wear ragged and faded duds- 1t il the
idea Of this dairyman that creamery
men and farmers should pool their is
sues and run both the middleman's and
the manufacturer business. Certainly
a combination Of this kind, well lived
up to, would win. Creamery men have
now had experience enough commercial
ly to run their own commission trade,
and it is to their interest to give the
farmers as good show as possible.
Experiments show that the shallow
pan cream butter is inferior to either
the deep setting or separator butter.
1t is probably because there il so much
surface for injurious microbes from the
air to lodge in.
For butter making purposes diet Of
ensilage is worth per cent more than
a diet of roots, although roots should be
mingled with the cows feed occasional
ly to give variety.
The editor Of The Rural New Yorker
says he knows family of eight who de-
rive most Of their support from seven
cows, and they live better than thou
sands Of city people do. even among the
well to do workingmen. Ten cows will
wholly support family OF eight if the
animals are we'll managed and good
market is convenient
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-28
NEW FIELDS FoR NoveLIsrs.
Why Does Not Some Writer Use an Eskimo
as Heroine?

The division Of the earth among con
temporary novelists has not az yet in
cluded Greenland, where some new
writer can lay the scene Of a story in
which the heroine will wear sealskin
trousers and calm her troubled heart
with mighty drafts of train oil
Neither has any novelist seized upon
China, where great things may yet be
done by story teller who really knows
something Of that modern and multitude
nous sphinx, the Chinaman.
But with these exceptions there il
very little desirable territory which IL
not pre-empted. This Of course greatly
hampers new novelists who are com
PEELED to write novels dealing only with
English men and women at home.
England is the common possession of
everybody. and even the American writer
who does not wish to initiate either Mr..
Harte or Mr.. Howells is compelled to
lay the scene Of his stories in London
or in some one of the many little Eng
lish colonies to be found in continental
cities.
The English novelist who wishes TO
write story characterized by some little
novelty is reduced to inventing Dodos or
other fabulous creatures, an attempt
which fails more frequently than it sue
ceeds.
This state of things is SO plain to ev-
cry writer that 1 wonder that no one has
rushed in to occupy the Greenland or
the Chinese field.
A Greenland story would at once at
tract attention because of its novelty,
and we who have never been to Green
land could warmly recognize the truth
Of its local color, and the profound
knowledge Of Eskimo character shown
by the writer.
An advanced Eskimo maiden with
wild desire to wear petticoats instead
of trousers and to drink tea instead of
train oil could hardly fail to charm the
reader.
am afraid, however, that the adj
vanced Eskimo maid would not survive
beyond the first four or five chapters,
for understand that whenever an Es-
kimo woman exhibits symptoms of ad-
vanoed thinking she is Immediately set
adrift on an ice foe-W. l.. Alden in
Tdler
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1895-02-28
rHAwINe OUT FROZEN MEAT.
A Dark Room Treatment Before Leaving
the Cold Storage House.

Dark Room Treatment Before Leaving
the Cold Storage House.
According to the process invented
by Messrs Nelson Bros for thawing
frozen meat in such way as to put it
on the market in sound condition and
avoid the many objections to which the
sale Of the meat while still in frozen
state was open, the chamber Of the ap-
paratus is provided with double doors,
one Of which is extremely thick. so as
to shut out. as far as possible, all .exter-
nal atmosphere. The chamber has no
windows, but is supplied with electric
light.
On entering one sees only some 80
quarters of beef hanging in rows on
hooks over slightly raised open plat
form, with canvas curtain at the back.
Under this platform, however, there Is
a series Of steam pipes. while behind the
curtain there is series Of pipes filled
with compressed ammonia. similar to
those used in connection with the ordi-
nary freezing processes. The steam pipes
under the meat cause current of warm
air to ascend all around it. and as soon
as this current reaches the top of this
chamber it is drawn to the freezing pipes
behind the curtain, by which all the
moisture is frozen out Of 1t, on to the
pipes themselves. 1t accumulates there
in the form Of snow some three-quarters
Of an inch in thickness.
The snow has to be scraped off the
pipes from time to time, and it isstated
that the accumulation during five days,
in the thawing Of 80 quarters of beef,
has resulted in no fewer than 1913 pounds
of water. During that same period the
meat has lost only per cent in weight.
The purpose Of the canvas curtain Is to
divide the ascending warm current from
the descending cold current, and it Is
claimed that the effect of this fncessant
passing Of the air first over the steam
pipes and then over the freezing pipes
is eventually to free it from all mois-
ture When the meat is first hung, the
temperature of the room is almost at
freezing point, but on the fifth day the
temperature of the chamber has been
raised to that of the air outside. By
this time the frost has all been thawed
out of the meat, which is then in con-
dition to be sent to market London
Invention.