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Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
A WILD CAT TALE
Water and Frosted Rails Trap the
Animal and Death Follows.

Animal and Death Follows.
What is by long odds the best hunt
ing story Of the season comes from ST.
Regis, and the section foreman, Nels
Thompson, who looks after the Snake
track at that place, Is the hero. 1t is
probably the first case of It's kind on
record, and esta blishes an interesting
precodeat in the killing Of wild cats
These yarmints have heretofore been
considered ct victims for any means
of determination, however unsports-.
manlike 1t might be- They have been
shot, trapped poisoned aud drowned,
but Nels Thompson has introduced a
new method ofdoing away with the cats
whose only rawback Is the fact that
It can never be generally introduced,
as the conditions under which 1t is
operative do not exist in every locality
where wildcats are found. TO success
fully carry out the Thompson method
il Is necessary to have a cold day, a
deep stream and railroad track run
ming close by it.
One morning recently as Thomson
and his gang of sturdy ScandInavians
were pumping their handcar along the
track ON the way to their work, which
that day was along the clay bluffs east
OF st. Regis. they were somewhat star
tied by the angry snarllng of wildcat
ahead OF them. They slowed up the
car as they rounded the bluff and a
strange sight greeted their eyes The
morning was bitter cold and fringe
of Ice bordered the banks of the St
Regis River, which rushed along just
below the track. Broken ice and a wet
trail up the bank showed that the cat
had just swan through the icy stream
and explained his present predicament.
For he certainly was In the gravest pre-
dicament In which ever wildcat found
himself He was fastened firmly to
one Of the steel rails by one fore foot.
The suppositlon is that the cat had
come through the river and leaped up
the track embankment. His Inst Jump
brought one of his wet forefeet upon
the rail and, according to the familiar
principle of physics, 1t froze to the
steel There he was, held as fast as II
In the jaws of trap. The ground
showed that he had struggled to free
himself, but his efforts had been in
vain.
AS the handcar approached, the cat
swung around to face the intruders,
and In doing so another foot struck the
rail and was held firmly few more
struggles, a strong brace to free the
captive feet and the two free pedal ex-
tremitles touched the rail Snarling and
with flashing eyes, the captive creature
watched the section men alight from
the handcar, but he was incapable of
resistance. A blow from a crowbar
cracked his skull and the victim of cold
water was dead. 1t required a strong
pull to detach the frozen feet from the
rail, and when they did come patches
of skin still adhered to the steel.-Ana-
conda Standard.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
TOPICS FOR FARMERS
a DEPARTMENT PREPARED FOR
OUR RURAL FRIENDS.
How Poultry May Be Made to Pay
Two Potato Crops in One Season
Uses of the Alder Bush-FaII Plow-
ing of Sod Ground.


just why some cannot make the poul-
try yard paying institution is quite
plain. Like everything else, it all lies
with the man and how he goes about
it. One fellow goes at it. He has read
considerable about It. He builds large
and completely fitted up houses in the
most practical way, buys high-priced
thoroughbred fowls and starts In to
make it go. 1t takes such il man about
one season to learn that he knows little
and needs experience. This Is bought
from a small beginning and with sew
eral years actual work with them.
Branching out largely at first is sell
dom done by prudent or practical per-
son. Anybody can feed and perhaps
rear brood of chicks. To keep few
hens for private use where they live
upon the refuse of your table is one
kind of chicken business, but when you
are in it for your bread and butter,
with hundreds, and perhaps thousands,
under your care, it is quite another mat
ter. 1t can and is paying live workers,
but never drones. Don't go at 1t unless
you have patience, tact and lots of am
bition. These are very essential points
of value to any man who hopes to sue
coed.
Weed out the flocks, disposing of real
ly old stock and the undesirable young.
A few good hens, well cared for, will
raise more chickens next summer than
If great flock is crowded together in
unhealthy coops.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06

butcher would like TO buy a beef or
number of them from the farm RS in
his neighborhood. but he is resh aimed
by fear. He cannot get enough to sup
ply himself through the year. Indeed,
the farmer generally only cares to mar
ket his fattened stock in cold weather.
So the Western shipper EFFORTS from
his customers an lronclad agreement
to buy meat only as sent by him. Yet
we think if farmers would buy or raise
young stock and fatten 1t, they could
make a market selling beef or mutton
by the quarter, or dividing il still
farther for the accommodation Of their
customers. No law to restrain this
right can be valid, as has been repeated
~ decided by very high authorities
American Cultiyator.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06

At the Norfolk (Neb) sugar factory,
$50 tons of beets daily are now being
made into granulated sugar. That sin
gle factory expects to turn out 10000
600 pounds of sugar this season, paying
to farmers in and around that locality
about 100000 for beets, to say moth
ing OF the immense amount paid for
labor limestone, fuel, coke, lubricating
oils, etc. The crop is excellent and
farmers enthusiastic, as some of them
are receiving $50 to S125 per acre for
the crop, while the townspeople are
prosperous and happy with money cir
culating freely. Land there is renting
from So to $40 per acre for beet culture.
Much the same state of affairs exist at
Grand Island, Neb. Large numbers of
farmers all over Nebraska and neigh
boring States are visiting these sugar
factories, and intense interest Is being
aroused In the effort to vastly develop
the industry in this country. Agricul.
tulist
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
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Uses of the Alder Bush.

The common sweet alder bush, or
elderberry bush as 1t is often called, is
regarded by neat farmers as a nuisance,
TO be destroyed as quickly as possible.
Yet it has many uses, and some farm
ers' wives especially. have learned to
turn 1t to profit. Its fruit when dried
makes very fair pies If some acid is
mixed with it, We have known it to be
used with grapes, the latter being extra
sour and without something to temper
them requiring too much sugar The
juice of elderberries with sugar makes
the standard heavy wine which old
fashioned people used always to keep in
the house to use when sickness made 1t
necessary. Finally the blossoms are an
excellent febrifuge, and some should al
ways be put up to use when fever from
unknown causes attacks any of the
family.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
A Home supply of Vinegar.

During the past twenty years the
writer has made no cider, yet our cider
vinegar kegs are always holding out
like the widows cruise of oil. How is
it done? We buy some sweet cider
from a neighbor and add it gradually
to the twenty gallon kegs that have
had pure vinegar In them so long that
they have had several sets of iron
hoops. AS they have stood on the cell
lar bottom, full or partly full of strong
vinegar for twenty years, we conclude
that vinegar preserves wood, as the
slaves are still sound. 1t is always pos
sible to get pure, sweet cider in the fall,
hence the vinegar keg or barrel once
started is good, for aught we know, for
hundred years.-Exchange.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06

Gold weather. whether damp or dry, will
produce, even if we are extremely careful,
sudden soreness and stiffness Of the limbs
and muscles. This is much owing to sud
den change Of temperature from warm
room to outdoor air Cold contracts and
warmth expands or reiaxes, and II Is for
this reason that when one is sore and stiff
from sudden cold, the application Of 81.
Jacobs Oil brings Immediate and sure re
lief, as it gives warmth and relaxation TO
the stiffened muscles and makes supple the
sore and cramped limbs. With vigorous
rubbing with this great remedy for pain
no one need suffer with soreness and stiff,
ness more than q very short time. 1t is
especially the best remedy for suffering
where we require prompt cure, and 1t Is
particularly the best because its cures are
permanent.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06

Turf. Farm and Home gives the fol-
lowing rules for milking:
First-Work rapidly; slowness causes
loss of cream.
Second-Milk thoroughly to the last
drop, because the last milk is the best.
Thlrd-Mil at the same time every
day.
Fourth-Milk crosswise, that is to
say, one fore teat on the right and a
hind teat on the left, and vice versa
the milk thus flows more copiously
than by parallel milking.
Fifth-Milk with four fingers and not
with index and thumb, a fault too com
mon with mixers.
Sixth-Do not employ any kind of
milking machines.
Seventh-To milk young, FESTIVE
cows, raise one of the fore feet.
Eighth-Always keep the hands clean
and also the cows udder, and all dairy
utensils.
Ninth-Durlng milking avoid dis
tracing or disturbing the COW.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
THE BOILER EXPLODED.
Fireman Fatally soaIded at the Medical
Lake Asylum.

Fireman Fatally scaIded at the Medical
Lake Asylum.
Medical Lake, Wash, Dec. 81 AT
IL O'Clock this morning this town was
shaken by a heavy explosion, which
was by many thought to be the shock
of an earthquake. Some buildings
were very peroeptibly Jared. and their
windows ratified furiously 1t was not
until after daylight that the cause was
generally known, when it was found
that one of the boilers at the hospital
for the insane had exploded There
were four boilers in use, generally for
steam and heating purposes, all in.
closed in q brick house at the rear of
the hospital, but Immediately adjoin-
ing. One of these boilers had exploded
with such force as TO utterly demolsh
it. throwing fragments in every direo-
tion. A large section Of it was driven
backward against the head of one of
the other boilers, driving the latter
from its foundation and partly into the
rear wall of the house.
Fritz Theilman, the night fireman,
was standing near the boiler at the
moment of the explosion, and was
blown out into the yard along with the
flying bricks, pieces of boiler, timbers,
etc, and so badly scalded and internal
ly injured that his life is despaired of.
He says everything was in proper shape
with the boilers, and he cannot account
for the explosion. The boiler house
will have to be entirely rebuilt and the
remaining boilers reset on their founda-
tions.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
A DESPERATE SUICIDE.

Woman Throws Herself Under Her
Hu4band's Locomotive.
New Haven, Conn, Dec. 31.-Ella
Eager, whose body, torn and dismem-
bered, was found on the road of the
Shore Line III this city, committed sui
eide by throwing herself under the
wheels of the locomotive which her
husband, Engineer Fred Eager, was
running. The couple had quarreled
two weeks before and had separated.
The wife grew moody over her misfor.
tune, and the neighbors say that she
often remarked that she wished she
were dead.
AT 6 o'clock in the evening she put
on her things and went ont. She went
to the station and her husband saw her
there inst as he had come ON for duty,
ready to make his run to New London
He did not appear anxious to see his
wife, and it is supposed that Mrs
Eager, noticing his Indifference, be-
came desperate and resolved on suicide
The woman walked away from the
depot and followed route along the
railroad track. Her husbands train
started at 600. AT that hour she
was few hundred yards from the
depot. The train came on with in
creasing speed and achieved rapid mo.
mentum when it came to Mrs Eager.
To carry out her resolve was the work
of an instant.
After being killed her body was car.
ried along for 900 yards when it was
caught in a frog of the track and
thrown to one side. The husband sped
away ON his engine, little thinking of
what the machinery under his feet had
done.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
M'KlNLgY's ESCORT.
Chicago Hussars and Cleveland G avs
VIII share the Honor.

Chicago Hussars and Cleveland G avs
VIII share the Honor.
Chicago. Dec. 31.-When Major Nc.
Kinley takes the oath of office March
4, his personal escort will be formed
of the Chicago hussars squadron and
the Cleveland Grays, Cleveland's crack
organization. The hussars were asked
and promised last night in a big meet
ing at the Great Northern hotel to ac-
cept the honor of the escort.
This matter was considered early by
President elect Mckinley. Both of
these bodies offered their services.
Finally the Grays were selected. The
Grays deliberated, and then decided it
would be the nice thing to invite the
hussars to share the duty with them.
All the members of the escort will be
mounted on black horses, and they
count on making an effective display.
The hussars will stop over on the way
home at New York for one day and per.
haps give fancy ball
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
Proper Colts TO Raise.


The farmer who attempts to breed
speed alone stands no more chance to
make a financial strike than boy In a
pin lottery without any ticket. But at
the same time, he should not lose sight
of the fact that he who buys for road
purposes calls for not only a good-sized
horse. but one eyen-gaited, and quite
speedy. believe there is more money
in raising the right kind of colts, and
preparing them for the market than any
other kind of stock on the farm. The
first thing to be considered by the farm
err is what strain and what cross will
come nearest to filling the bin of public
demand. Like produces like" Is an
old adage, and quite Unconditional
Stockman.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
GENERAL MARKETS.
PoRrLANp, Or. Jan. l. 1879

PORTLAND, Dr., Jan. l, 1897.
Flour - Portland, Salem, Cascadia
and Dayton, "a SO; Benton county and
White Lily, $40; graham, 1915; SUI
perfine, ~ 30 per barrel.
WHEAT-Walla Walla. 81@82c; Val
ley, SAC 85c per bushel,
0ATs--Choice white, 40@42c per bush
ell; choice gray, 3S@40c.
HAY-Timothy, $500 per ton; clover.
5000 900; oat, $S.00@l0; wheat, $50
10 per ton.
BARLrY-Feed barley, s2l 90 per bon ;
brewing, 1922.
MLLsTUFFs - Bran. $500; shorts,
1880; middlings, *23.00.
BUrTKR--Fancv creamery is quoted al
45c; fancy dairy, Soc; fair to good
20@221ac.
foTAToEs. -- Oregon Bnrbanks, Boa
&c; Garnet Chiles, 70@S0c; Early Rose,
$1,000 per sack; California river Bur-
banks, DOC per GENITAL; sweets, $l.25@2
per Genital for MERGED, $3.50 for jersey
Red.
ONIoNs-S5c per sack.
PoULTRY-Chickens. mixed. $2.00@
5.00i broilers, sl50@2 90; geese, S. 90;
turkeys, live, 121ac; ducks, $3@4.50
per dozen.
Eees-Oregon, 32I6c per dozen.
CHEESE - Oregon, lie; Young Aineri-
ca, l2c per pound.
TALLow-Prime, per pound, 21a a Sc;
No. and grease, 20216c.
WooL-Vallev. 10c, per pound; East
ern Oregon, 6@Sc.
HoPs-New crop, 9@10c.
BEEF-Gross, top steers, 1915; cows,
s2.00@2.25; dressed beef, 4@516c per
pound.
MUrroN-Gross, best sheep, wethers,
1915; ewes, 1910; dressed mutton, be
per pound.
VEAL--Net, small, &c; large, Ago
per pound.
Hoss-Gross, choice, heavy, $3.25a
$50; light and feeders, 81. SO; dressed,
$3.50@4.25 per cwt.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
Term,te. Destroy a Cable.

The French Academy Of Sciences was
informed last summer of the destruc-
ton OF an electric cable in Tonquin by
the attacks of termites. The cable cross
ed marshy tract and was enclosed in
a tube of lead. The insects bored holes
In the tube and completely destroyed
the insulation of the cable. 1t has been
proposed to guard the cable against
future attacks by enclosing It in an en-
velope of cotton and jute impregnated
with sulphate of copper, which, it is
believed, would prove fatal poison to
the insects.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
sAN FRANcrsco. Jan. l. 1907

poTAroEs Garnet Chile, 4O@50c !;
salinas Burbanks, S5c@S1; Early Rose,
70@S0c; River Burbanks, 500 Acc !:
Sweets, $l.25@l 80 per GENITAL.
OsIoNs-50@60c per sack for yellow
EsGs-Store, 23@26c; ranch, soc /;
ducks, 25c per dozen.
BUTTER-Faney creamery, zee dc
seconds, 20@2le; fancy dairy, Die;
seconds, l7@1Se.
CHEEsE-Fancy, mild. new, 1l@12of
fair to good, 9al0c; Young America.
l@l21ac; Eastern. 1922 per pound
HoPs-S@10c per pound for new.
Wool = San joaquin and Southern
coast, poor, 4@5; do good, 1920; San
joaquin foothill, good to choice, 616 q
779c; do years fleece, 4@5Iac; Nevada,
heavy, 6tG7c; do, choice, 5@815c; North
ern, choice, 10@l1c per pound.
HAY-Wheat, SS@l0.50: wheat and
oat, S7@10; oat, S658 barley, $1,000
8 so; alfalfa, first crop, s4@5 do second
crop. $5.50@6.50; clover, S6@S; stock,
s450d5 so; per ton.
Cirrus FRuIT-Mexican lines, 5000
300; California lemons, $1@s1.25; do,
good to choice, $1.50@2.00; fancy, $3.50
@3.00 per box.
TROPICAL FRUIr- Bananas. $1.00@2. 00
per bunch; pineapples. $2.0o@3.0O.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06

Help ever the helpless, be it drown,
Ing fly or brother houndering through
the difficulties of life's first tasks Ii
needs not vastness Of resource. or ex.
tent of power to minister such heart.
help as the true-hearted can render. |
see you the friend Of the friendless,
the ungrateful, and ungracious; the
raiser Of the fallen. though perehance.
only perversely to fall again; the cheer.
er OF the cherries, though it may be
they droop again when your bright
presence has passed away.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06

SEATTLE, WASH, Jan. /, 1897.
neutrality-suspicious. excellent
1925; Novelty A, $4.75, California
brands $500; Dakota, $3.50; patent,
So. %; buckwheat flour, $3.50; per ewt,
1850; graham. $4.50 per bbl; 10-lh
sacks, $3.50 per cwt; rye flour, SIS. 90
per Dbl; lob sacks, $3.50 per cwt; rye
meal, $3.50 per Dbl; per cwt, So. 40 !,
rolledoats, $5.75@6 per Dbl; hominy,
$3.50 per ewt; cracked wheat, IS.
rolled wheat, 1925 per Dbl; whole rolled
wheat flour, $3.50 per cwt; pearl barley,
per 100 Id sacks, $500; split peas, 41kc |;
table eornmeal, yellow, 81 .65 per cwt in
l0-lb sacks; Dos, $l.50; white, los, $1.75;
Dos, $l.65; faxed hominy. $500 per keg.
WHRAT-Ghicken feed, $500 per ton.
OATs-Choice, $24925 per ton.
BARLRY-Rolled or ground, $22.00 pei
ton.
CoRN--Whole, 500 per ton; cracked
f23; feed meal, S23.
MnLsTuFFs-Bran. $1,000 per ton !;
shorts, $40 %.
FEED-Chopped feed, $1,000 per ton
middlings, S24; oilcake meal, $2S.
HAY-Puget sound, per ton, 5000
Eastern Washington. $I3.
SUeAR-Golden 9 in Dbl, 43sc per ID !,
extra G IN Dbl, 41aei dry graduated in
Dbl, DC; cube, csc; powdered, 55sc
spot cash.
BUrTER-Faney native creamery, brick
26c; select, 23c; tubs, 2lc; ranch, lsc.
CHEEsE.-Native Washington, l0@I2c.
PoULTRY-Chickens, live, per pound.
hers, 7@8c; dressed, collie; ducks, $2d
800; dressed turkeys, 13@ 15c.
EGes-Fresh ranch, 30@32c; Eastern,
&c per doz.
FRESH MEATs-Choice dressed beef.
steers, be; cows, 4Rc; mutton, sheep, Sc
per pound; lamb. &c; pork, &c per
pound veal, small, &c.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06

Oakland, CAL, Dec. sI.-~Torn frag.
ments of the body Of man were found
along the Southern Pacific tracks for
distance OF a thousand yards TODAY.
At first it was thought some tramp had
fallen from brakebeam and had been
mangled, but finally a human face
that Of young man. was found n,.,,r
The track. 1t had been riddled with
puokahot, and the suupposition Is that
murder has been committed and the
nooy placed on the track to hide the
Traces q the most dastsrdly crime in
we recollection Of years.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
Dogs and Feminine AYect;on

Edward w. Box writes of Dogs and
Feminine Affection" in the Ladies'
Home Journal, and points out the
dangers of caressing a dog. however
well cared for it may be. The most
eminent physicians" he asserts. have
concluslvely shown that the practice
of allowing the body of dog to came
into close contact with the human body
Is fraught with the greatest physical
evils. The cleanest dog in the world
is not without this objection. 1t cannot
be. a dogs nose should never be al
lowed to touch any part of the human
skin, The most casual observance Of n
dogs habits will show the reasons for
this. In fact, from whatever stand
point one chooses to look at the nat
ter-=from that of cleanliness, health or
bodily danger-the practice of pettiny
dogs with close embraces of any sort IL
a positive wrong. Women cannot I've
too careful about this, either as the
practice affects them or, If they are
mothers, their children. We can be
fond of our dogs-many of them de-
serve human affection-but we should
bestow this fondness with a little care
full regard for common sense. One
point, of all others. cannot be too are
fully regarded; the face should never
be brought into close contact with a
dog. A sense of cleanliness alone
should forbid this, even il positive
danger did not Turk in the practice"
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
Germirntinr Nnta.

The success of terminating nuts In
the spring depends upon the condition
of ripeness and the method of keeping
them during the winter. Nuts should
not be allowed to become too dry before
burying In sand. When gathered too
early the kernels shrivel up and have
but little terminating power, hence
they should not be gathered until the
kernel is full and plump. If there is
any danger of mice getting into the
boxes where they are buried during the
winter, wire netting should be nailed
over them.--Exchange
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06

Paris, Dec. S1.-There is an exhi.
bition at the Volney Club Of 100 real.
istic paintings of Napoleon's Russian
campaign by Varestchagin, being ter.
ribly vivid and impressive lesson of
the horrors of war. Vsrestchagin had
prepared catalogue passing severe
judgment upon Napoleon's enterprise.
but the committee of the club prohibit.
ed the sale of the catalogue Yarest-
chagin became much irritatod, and he
VIII close the exhibition week earlier
than he intended to.
Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1897-01-06
Two Potato Crops IN One Season.

Two Potato Crops in One Season.
Last fall / bought few bushels of an
early red potato out of the cellar-Chi-
cago Market, Rochester Rose, or some
thing else-and laid them in a place
on the roof of low shed to start their
sprouts, thinking to forward the crop
in this way. After while / planted
most of them, but few still lay on the
roof until July IA, when part of the
garden patch having been dug for new
potatoes, | planted forty hills to see
what they would do right in the old
hills. BY this time they were sun
burned, black as coal almost, and their
stubby sprouts, covered with tiny
green leaves, were two inches long.
The weather was dry and hot, the earth
dry as ashes, and nothing was seen of
them till light shower brought them
up July 81, From this their growth
was rapid, and there was a larger
growth of vines than the first crop had.
A frost cut them down Sept. %, but
they were nearly ripe. The first crop
did not ripen. but they would have
grown little, If any, more. Mr.. Waldo
i. Brown, who has green corn by the
time mine is fairly up-not more than
foot high at the most-could raise two
crops in this way with all ease, and
so could any one who has a degree or
two less latitude az degrees 80 min
utes). The potatoes you lay out on the
boards must be recut; then they will
keep until ii is time for the second
planting. Two crops of potatoes is bet
ter than the crop of fall weeds we see
so often where garden potatoes have
been dug.-New York Tribune.