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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-08-07
off for the Orient

Elk Senator Dubois of this state,
Senator Cannon of Utah, Senator
Pettigrew of South Dakota, and
Senator Mantle Of Montana, left
last Monday on their Oriental trip.
The distinguished silver leaders
will enjoy a pleasant and profita-
BILE trip abroad, and the good
wishes of the people of their states
follow them.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-08-07
Don't Affect Old Laws.

The HALEY Times asked Chief
Justice Sullivan if the decision of
the supreme court on the fee bill
would likely cause unusual litiga-
ton upon laws passed at previous
sessions. The chief justice said, in
substance:
While 1 prefer avoiding the
discussion of the points bearing
upon any particular case, l will
state that it is the well-settled pol
icy of the courts to avoid interfering
with public interests, or disturbing
property rights that have long ex-
listed. The reason for this is too
evident to need explanation. If
the people wish to attack the con
stitutionality of any law, they
must act within a reasonable time
after that law goes into effect"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-08-07
LOADS IN DAYLIGHT.

Improved safety shutter, set of three stops
fine achromatic lens, view finder and socke
for tripod screw. Booklet Free.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-08-07
OPENING OF THE MILLS
Two Sawmill Plants Ready to
Start at Bonner's Ferry.
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
The Coming and Going Of Prominent
People. Bonner's Ferry Now Has
an Assay Office. A Big Show Next
Week.

Two smoke stacks went up in
Bonner's Ferry this week, and two
numbering plants are practically
ready for operations The opening
of these mills Will mark the be-
ginning Of quite am epoch at this
place, for the lumber industry
promises to become quite import
ant and extensive. There are vast
forests Of timber, a great water
way for transportation, and grow
Ing market for the product of the
lumber mills. We are not informed
as to what output of lumber is
contemplated by either Casey, Rog-
ers & Childs or the J. S. Signor
mill this fall, as the season is well
advanced; but that they will IN
time be conducted to their full
capacities is question on which
there need be no fears.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-08-07
The tug Kaslo is up after an.

The tug Kaslo is up after an
other tow of logs.
Mrs. James Casey is enjoying
a visit from her sister, Mrs. Charles
Drake, of Gem, Idaho.
Capt. G. R. Gray has been con-
fined to his room several days this
week, but is able to be out again.
MIR. J. P. Beeler is in Kaslo this
week on a business trip. Mr.. Thos.
E. L. Logan is assisting Mr.. Frank
Murray in the hotel.
MIR. w. A. Wright, a brother
of Mr.. S. B. Wright, has been
spending a few days in town visit
ing S. B. He left for his lone in
Illinois on Friday.
The HERALD is turning out
complete line of Office stationery
for the Kootenai Trading Company,
of which Mr.. William VanGasken
is the hustling manager
Relative to the closing down of
SLOGAN lead-silver mines, a we'll
posted mining man says that he
can see no reason for it, as the
mines are realizing a better price
than last year by cent a pound,
while the duty has been increased
threefourths of cent only.
There will be an "Ice Cream
Social" at the church on the North
side on Monday evening, August
16. In addition to serving ice
cream, entertaining recitations will
be rendered. The ferry Will trans
fer all free, both ways, commencing
at $50. The proceeds of the social
will go toward papering the church
building. Everybody cordially in
vited. The occasion will be made
pleasant for all.
MIR. w. J. Mcclure, the col
lecCor of customs at this port, no
doubt feels amply secure in the
possession of his office since Presi-
dent Mckinley promulgated his
recent civil service order. How
ever, Mr.. Mcclure was all right
before, and political dynamite
couldn't bulge him. He conducts
the office in a manner highly salts
factory to his chief, as veil as to
the public. While the Office is no
longer under civil service rules, Mr..
Mcclure will be retained while Mr..
Browne is collector of the district,
a period of something over three
years yet.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-08-07
Steamer Disabled .

The steamer Ainsworth was yes
terday morning towed into port by
the tug Kaslo, Capt. Angus Camp
bell, master. The Ainsworth blew
out cylinder head when near the
mouth of the river, ard Capt. John
Campbell was compelled to call on
the Kaslo to tow him in. Mr.. Bon
nor, the purser, informs us that the
Red Star will take the run of the
Ainsworth until such time as the
machinery of that steamer can be
repaired.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-08-07


Mr.. Grocer: we can't get
along without you. Here
are thousands ofpeople who
want good tea, and tons of
Schfz2ing'S Best for them.
Will you say to your
customers for us: Here is
a tea that | am sure Of I'll
give your money back you
don't like it,?
A schilling 81 Company
San Francisco ais
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-08-07

The Kings Daughters have
purchased an alter table and pre-
sented it to the Presbyterian church,
a very nice present for them to
make.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1897-08-07
Bucklen's Arnica SalYe.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt
Rheum, Fever Sores, letter, Chap
ped Hands, Chilblains, Corns and
all Skin Eruptions, and positively
cures Piles, or no pay required. 1t
is guaranteed to give perfect satisfac-
ton or money refunded. Price 25c
per box. For sale by J. +.
Cook, Jr., Druggist.
Captain Dow, the popular mate
on the Ainsworth, will Leave that
boat to become captain of the Red
Star.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20

Surely, in some part of this great
country, licorice would be found to
thrive. And yet, SO far as has come
to the knowledge of Meehsn's Month
ly, all attempts to cultivate it have
failed. The difficulty seems to be with
the summer sun. Leaves blight and
turn brown as soon as the weather
becomes warm; but this would proba-
bly, not be the case in sub-mountainous
regions. When it is remembered that
nearly twenty thousand tons of these
roots come into the United States every
year from the Old World, it's culture
here is surelya prize worth contending
for.
Some years ago number of parties
engaged in the cultivation of lioorice
root in various parts of this State, says
the California Fruit Grower. The
soil, climate and general conditions
were all favorable and the plants made
good growth and furnished an abund-
ance of good roots, but the cost of Gull
tivation and gathering the roots proved
to be in excess of the amount realized
for root at the market price at that
time. There is great amount of
labor connected with lioorice root cul
ture.
Of licorice root there were imported
into this country during the fiscal year
ended June 80, 1896, S7,123, 46l
pounds valued at 81 ,40l, 74S and dur
ing the last fiscal year G,370, 1857
pounds valued at 81 ,022, $50.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20
Young Vine pruning.

Prof. Hilgard, in his last bulletin
from the University of California,
says: when rooted vine is first
planted, it should be cut back to two
eyes. If the growth is not very good
the first season, all the canes but one
should be removed at the first pruning,
and that one left with two or three
eyes, according to its strength. The
next year, or the same year in the case
of strong growing vines in rich soil,
the strongest cane should be left about
IL inches long and tied up to the stake.
The next year two spurs may be left,
of two or three eyes each. These spurs
will determine the position of the head
or place from which the arms of the
vine spring. 1t is important, there.
fore, that they should be chosen at the
right height from the ground. From
ten to twenty inches is about the right
height; the lowest for dry hillsides
where there is no danger of frost; the
highest for rich bottom lands where
the vine will naturally grow large.
Vines grown without stakes will have
to be headed lower than this in order
to make them support themselves. In
the following few years the number OF
spurs should be increased gradually
care being taken to shape the vine
properly and to maintain an equal bal
ance of the arms.
In general, young vines are more
vigorous th.n old, and tend more to
send out shoots from basal and DOR
mant buds. They should, therefore, be
given more and longer spurs in pro por-
ton than older vines. They also tend
to bud oht very early in the spring and
are thus liable to be frost-bitten. For
this reason they are generally pruned
late tMarch) in frosty locations. This
protects them in two ways. In the
first place, in unpruned vines the buds
near the ends of the canes start first
and relieve the sap pressure, and
though these are caught by the frost
the buds near the base, not having
started, are saved. In the second
place, the pruning being done when
the sap is flowing, there is a loss of SAP
from the cut ends of the spurs which
further relieves the sap pressure and
retards the starting of the lower eyes.
This method of preventing the injury
of spring frosts by very late pruning
has been tried with bearing vines, but
is very injurious. Older vines being
less vigorous are unable to withstand
the heavy drain caused by the profuse
bleeding which ensues; and though no
apparent damage may be done the first
year. if the treatment is continued they
may he completely ruined in three OF
four wears.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20
FOR THE FARMERS.
Some Interesting News for the
Ruralist
SPOKEN OF IN THIS COLUMN.
A Few Sensible Hints to Suit the Busy
Accommodation That May
Benefit our Readers.
Mo.t Important Of Al.

While in my mind there is no doubt
but the display made by California in
Hamburg will result in greatly stimu-
lating the demand in Germany for
such Of our products as form the most
conspicuous part Of the exhibit, says
J. A. Filcher, Secretary of the State
Board of Trade, and while | believe a
little additional missionary effort
would spread this demand throughout
northern and central Europe, yet ! am
convinced from my observations Of
the situation here and abroad that
there is a work yet to be done on the
part of Californians before they can
reap the full benefit of the market
which Europe affords. In dealing
with the Europeans we must be hon.
est; we must so sort. pack and brand
our goods that there can be no possible
room for deception. They must have
full measure, an honest pack and goods
that are chemically pure and true to
sample. Any Californian who would
impose on the European market sim
gle box of goods that does not fill these
conditions is an enemy to his State.
With this rule of honesty established,
the growers should band together in
demanding such price for their pro-
ducts as will insure them fair remun-
Grafton. A market is of no value I'M
less it is a profitable one. If the
grower, in face of the spreading de-
mand for our fruit products at home
and abroad, sells his prunes, or his
peaches, or his apricots, or his plums,
or his pears, or his raisins for less than
profit, it is because he is not organ.
lied to take advantage of the situation.
am convinced that Europe at least
will take practically as much of hi,
goods at price that will insure hin
profit as it will at less figure. o.
course, very low price might induce
extra consumption, as very high prict
would restrict it; but what am aim
ing to impress is that there is reason
able medium within the lines of mod
est profit that can be maintained with
out materially affecting the demand
My otservations in Hamburg impressed
me with this fact. The first quota
tions received there for this season
California dried fruit were very low
and the buying, of course, was brisk
After time all quotations from thi
State were recalled and for week O
more no California fruit could b.
bought there at any price. Subse
quently, when exporters here began t,
quote again, their prices were higher
but it was noticeable that the Ham
burgers bought at the advance figure
with just as much eagerness as the,
had manifested before the raise, show
ing plainly that it was not the oondi
tion of the market abr BAD that cause
the lower quotations in the first il
stance, but the lack of an understand
ing of the situation by our own peopl
and an organization that would enabl
them to take advantage of it.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20

The bill for the reform of the civil
service law which has been drawn by
a special committee of Republican
members Of the House of Representa-
tives makes sweeping changes in the
present system, the most important of
which Is the establishment of five
year-tenure of Office for those Govern.
ment employees who are brought within
the terms of the bill. The measure
limits the application of the civil SER
vice system to the departments in
Washington ami to such other locali-
ties where the total number of en-
ployes exceeds twenty All ap-
pointees are commissioned for five
years, with the power of removal
clearly regulated and vested in the ap.
pointing power. 1t is provided, how
ever, that no removal shall be made
for political or religious causes, and in
case of removal the causes shall be
specified and the papers made record
OF the office. As result of the con.
ference of the Republican members of
the House opposed to the civil service
system, the bill outlined above was
adopted unanimously with few
amendments.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20
China Must Yield to Russ,a,s Demands.

China Must Yield to RussIa's Demands.
London. The HoDgkopg correspond.
ent of the Times says A high Russian
official has left Picking for Canton to
discuss Korean matters with the Vice.
roy, who has been ordered to agree to
his demands.
A dispatch to the Daily Mail from
Hongkong, says it is reported there
that England, Japan and Russia have
arrived at an agreement respecting
Korea. The details of the agreement
are not known to the correspondent,
but the dispatch says the British fleet
is returning to Hongkong.
Paris.-The cruiser Dugusy Trouin,
flagship of the French Pacific squad
ron, has been ordered to Chinese
waters.
Orders have been given to the Off
cials at the French dockyards to hasten
the completion of the warships on
hand.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20

DAYTON, Oregon, was murdered Oh his
farm a few days ago. On his body
were several wounds. and when found
the body was in a sitting posture with
9 huge knife sticking in il. There is
no clew to the murderer. There are
evidences Of a desperate struggle,
showing that Sager fought hard for his
life. No motive is known for the
murder, as be was never known to have
much money.
Il is reiterated in Los Angeles that
Chauncey Depew and other New York
Central railroad men are interested in
the little railroad which has been built
from Kramer on the Atlantic and Pa
cific to johannesburg. IL is stated
that the line will be extended to the
borax mines, distance Of sixty miles,
and also that it is likely to 20 fifty
miles further and make a connection
with d. o. Mills Carson and Colorado
railroad at Keller.
The Pacific Steam Whaling Com
pany Of San Francisco has been award
ed the contract Of carrying the United
States mails from Dyea to Unalaska.
The steamer Excelsior will be put ON
the route, and will run at regular in
tervals during the spring and summer.
The whaling company also intends in
creasing its steamers from cities be.
tween here, Copper River and ska
quay. and intends, if possible, getting
it's full share of the Klondike travel.
The Oceanic Steamship Company
will in the near future make change
in its schedule of steamers plying be-
tween San Francisco and Sydney and
touching en- route at Honolulu, Apia
and Auckland. 1t is proposed to here
after run fortnightly steamers between
the port of San Francisco and the ports
before mentioned. The Mariposa
which was to leave on March Sd will
not leave or February gath. The
sailing days of all the vessels will also
be changed 30 as to meet the proposed
new schedule.
The trustees appointed by Mrs.
Phpbe Hearst for the obtainment Of
an architectural plan of the buildings
and grounds for the University of Cal.
ifornia have just completed their pro-
gramme for an international COMPETE
ton open to the architects of the. world,
which is to be issued Immediately.
The competition will close July 1,
1898, when all plans must be deposited
with the United States Consul at Ant
werp. Belgium. A total sum of at
least SEQ, 900 will be devoted TO prem
iums for the best plans.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20
MOUNTAINS OF GOLD.
FabuIousIy Rich Islands on the
Alaskan Coast.
INExHAUsTIBLE SUPPLY OF ORE.
Lodges Easy of Access, Ideal Mill Sites
and an Abundance OF Water
and Fuel.

Tacoma. - Southeastern Alaska
towns, including Wrangel and juneau,
are greatly interested in what are de-
soribed as mountains of gold ores found
ON the Grayina, Annette and Revill-
agigedeo islands of the Alaskan coast
Immense Lodges of copper and gold ore
have been uncovered ON these islands.
Some locations have been made, but
enough territory remains where the
foot of white man has never trodden,
to keep hundreds Of prospectors busy
for many years. Soils Cohen, who has
returned to .Wrs1gel from a cruise
among these islands, declares that for.
tunes beyond the widest dreams Of
avarice await their practical and in
telligent development. Cohen says:
1T seems extraysgsnt to speak Of
mountains of ore, but that is exactly
what describes these as we'll as the
Prince of Wales and Mary's islands.
Hundreds of thousands of tons of ore
are practically ready for smelters or
stamp mills and may be shipped with
out putting a pick beneath ground
Lodges ten to fifty feet wide, extend
from the beach to the base of noun
tains several miles inland, rising in
places in fantastic shapes like ruins
of ancient castles. Other lodges ex-
tend beneath the salt water and may
be striped at low tide.
Cohen's party blasted open several
lodges. finding gold mixed with white
quartz in each instance. They believe
values will Increase with depth, which
is proven by development work done
on a number of Gravina Island claims,
all of which show up well in free gold.
Cohen says these lodges are compare
lively easy Of access, being near land
locked harbors having seven fathoms
of water, with ideal mill sites and
numerous waterfalls which will furn-
ish power for stamp mills. Yellow
cedar is abundant for fuel. On Revill-
agigedeo, about Georges Inlet and
Helen Bay, very rich free milling
lodges have lately been located. Ora.
vina, the richest island, is thirty miles
long and sixteen wide, lying along
Nicholas Passage and Tongas Nsrrows,
from four miles opposite New Meta
kahtla to sixteen miles above Ketchi.
kan.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20
Americans Imprisoned in Honduras.

Americans Imprisoned in Honduras.
New York.-A Herald special from
Key West, Fla, says. Particulars
have been receive here of the confis-
cation of the American schooner Alice
Vane and the imprisonment of her
crew for an alleged attempt to defraud
the customs revenue at the Port Of
Omoa, Honduras. The Alice Vane is
owned by George H. Curry, promi-
nent merchant of this CITY. She is
about sixty toms burden. In June
last she cleared for Havana, Cuba, in
ballast. with Felepe Gomez, natural
lied American citizen, as master and q
crew of six. After remaining in Ha~
vana a few days the schooner sailed for
Livingston, Guatemala, on trading
voyage.
According to the information Just
received, it appears that the Alice Vane
subsequently cleared in due form some
time in July last from Livingston for
Ceiba, Honduras, and when ON her voy-
age became becalmed off the Honduras
coast, a few miles from Omoa, a small
town on the Bay of Honduras near the
mouth of the River Mstagua. There.
she was boarded by an armed force.
which forcibly took possession of the
vessel and carried her to Omoa, where
the crew was imprisoned.
The Honduras authorities assert the
crew was caught red-handed selling
liquors on board the schooner to natives
he hn1 ar s..r N
also that the schooner had previously
been engaged in extensive smuggling
along the coast
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20

Thomas w. Seymour, founder of the
Benevolent Order of the Knights and
Ladies OF Honor and Grand Secretary
Tor the State of Missouri, died at his
home at Maplewood, St. Louis county
recently, Of paralytic stroke. He
was born in Ireland in 1880, and came
to his country when three years of age.
Later Seymour moved to st. Louis, and
In 1877 he founded Initial Lodge, No.
/, OF the order, which is now known
all over the country.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20

Mr.. Yarrow of Yarrow & Co.. a
leading engineering firm in London.
cables to the London Times that the
result oil his tour of New England has
impressed him with the fact that
most severe competition is inevitable
from the United States. He thinks
the English engineers now on strike.
are Ignorant of the progress Of other
countries, and offers to defray the ex.
penses OF the tour Of delegation that
would go from Boston to Philadelphia.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20
Tho Cold Wave.

Reports from the United States
Weather Bureau stations, and tele.
graphic accounts from fifty two differ
emit sections, show that the Geld wave
was general throughout the State.
The absence of rain and protracted
cold are unusual at this time of the
year. Owing to the great interests
connected with citrus fruits the usual
form of the bulletin has been changed
somewhat and this number will be
devoted chiefly to climatic condition.
The following table shows the lowest
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20

In the Circuit Court at Cincinnati.
Ohio, Judgment for about s75, 1000 was
given Philip Tillinghast. receiver of
tne columbian National Bank Of Ia.
coma, Wash, against forty Cincinnati
holders OF stock in that bank to recoy.
er their double liability assessment Ct
t6i per share.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20

Congressman Loud, who has been
endeavoring to secure free rural postal
delivery for portion of his district.
has received from Los Gstos several
protests against the proposed system.
The petitions emanate from business
men who fear that in case free deliv.
cry is established their towns will, not
attract the country people and that
their interests will suffer.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20
Fears For the Safety OF Captain Phil
Raw.

Fears For the Safety of Captain Phil
Ray.
seattle.-Some apprehension is felt
at the non-arrival of Captain Phil Ray.
y. s. A., who was sent by the War
Department last summer to inquire
into the necessity of military occupa-
ton OF the Yukon as soon as winter
travelling became good, and to reach
washington by the first of February.
None OF the recent arrivals from Daw-
son report having seen or heard any
thing of the captain. 1t is highly
probable, though, that he is coming
out by the way of Copper River, as he
is known to have been impressed with
the feasibility of that route.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-01-20

A French expedition in Africa has
occupied the town of Fashods on the
Nile, Egypt, and is now coming down
the river.