Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-11-25

menced in Idaho county. The tax
payers, or a majority of them, will
wage a relentless war against rings
or combines, through this paper.
We hereby serve notice that all acts
of public officials will be freely crit
icised acts of commission and omis-
sion, and no officer (public servant)
will be spared, if guilty of any act
that will prediudice the public well
fare, no matter to what party he
belongs.
The iron horse will be snorting
across Camas Prairie in a few
months. This will change every
thing, as land will double in price
and the unimproved will be inn
proved and the Prairie will show
such an output of grains and grass
es as never before known in this
region. "Look Out For The Cars"
"When The Bell Rings"
The printer must have money, SO
come in and pay up, we have waited
for a year on9sorhe two years on
some; for three and as it takes mon
ey to make paper, we hope that
you will pay up and help us to
make newsy paper, a readable pa
per, and we will do SO when we can.
But it takes money to make sue
sess of anything. So if you are in
debt to us please pay up now.
/ The Nicaragua commission will
be able to give congress the exact
cost of constructing a canal joining
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans just
as soon as 36 computers, draughts-
man and engineers are able to fig
ure it out. It will be something
oyer $12.-Detroit Free Press.
The long distance telephone con
Meeting south Idaho with Oregon,
Washington and north Idaho, was
put in operation Thursday. Cover
nor Steunenberg of Idaho, Governor
Rogers Of Washington and Cover
nor Lord of Oregon were the first
men to Hello" over the new sys-
tenn
The highest mountain in North
America is claimed to have just
been discovered by geological
survey party in Alaska near Cooks
Inlet. The mountain was named
Bullshae, word spoken by the In
dian guide of the party upon first
beholding the wonderful peak. The
members of the party are reported
to have expressed the opinion that
it's ascent would be almost impossi-
BILE. Its height is over 10000 feet.
MARR1ED-At the Catholic church
in this village on Tuesday, morning
by the Rev. Father Mteller; Ed
win Stoltz and Miss. Mary Terhaar.
An enjoyable dance in the evening
followed this happy union. The
REPORT joins a host Of friends in
wishing them great happiness and
prosperity.
The mineral belt Of Western and
Central Idaho is thus described by
the Weiser Ieaho) SiSnaJ:. 's.Be-
ginning at the silver camp of Min
eral, in Washington, county, and ex-
tending along the range of noun
tains on the east side of Snake river
and on the western side rof, said
county to and beyond Warrens in
Idaho county, taking Crooks Corral
and Florence to the northwest and
Long Volley to the southeast, with
Rapid river, Secesh creek and the
tributaries through its center, lies
oneso sof the grandest mineral belts in
J North America, containing almost
every metal known to the miner. 1t
has placer and quartz mines, and
covers an area of. 5000 square miles
or upwards. Its northeastern end
is, lost in the great mountain wild-
erness of chntrsl Idaho, which,. so
far as any amount of prospecting
goes, is, practically untouched, and
might contain wealth to, crush a
Klondike or shame an Aladdin. A
great part of the mountain fastness
of the centrally part of. the state has
been but little penetrated, save by
a few nomadic hunters,
: When this was written the Buff
falo Hump, nor the Salmon river
discoveries had been made. These
exceptionally rich finds will arouse
great interest in Idaho county mi
ming, and make the best showing of