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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-04
CAN THIS BE TRUE7
Letter From St. Paul Giving
News of Bank Failures.
Papers Silent,

Attorney John E. Jacques re-
ceived advices from St. Paul
in letter July 18th Of the fail
ure of three prominent banks
in that city and the threatened
suspension of a fourth. This
would duplicate and indeed
surpass the panic of two years
ago, if true. The extraordi-
nary feature of the matter is
that while the attorneys infor,
nation is from a reliable
source, no mention, allusion or
even hint at any such wide
spread financial disaster has
made itself apparent through
any associated press dispatch in
any paper in the west. When
it is remembered that the fail.
ure of one bank in city of the
size of St. Paul spells ruin to
possibly thousands, who would
communicate with innumer.
able friends and relatives, then
the practical impossibility of
suppressing such news where
three or four banks are con.
cerned at once becomes appar.
ent. The names of the insti.
tutions stated to have gone un.
der are withheld for confrma.
ton, and further developments
will be awaited with interest.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-04
WEALTH OF AN EMPIRE
Walla Walla Statesman Predicts a
Great Future for the Clear
water Country.

struction of the Snake Valley
railroad from Lewiston to HI.
paria has been let to a Portland
firm and WORK will now be
prosecuted with vigor. This
will be good news for Walla
Walla as it will place us IN d.
rect communication with the
vast country lying west OF the
Bitter Roots and the whole OF
Central Idaho. From personal
and practical experience ex'
tending over thirty years in
that section the editor of the
Statesman knows its wealth,
and in all these years has as
sisted in making known the
Immense wealth of its re.
sources both developed and
dormant. 1t is veritable land
of Caanan, literally flowing
with milk and honey. Its fruit
capabilities has been demon
strated for years and every
kind flcurishes of size and
} flavor not to be competed with
anywhere on the Pacific coast.
, Grapes of every variety, pears
plums, peaches, apricots, ap-
} pies, etc, here find their natu'
: raj home. The fine fat cattle
on a thousand hills prove the
, virtues of the succulent bunch
grass. which is always good
even in the hardest winters
!, along the plains and foothills.
; At the back door Of all this
) natural wealth lie the Bitter
: Root and Salmon river ranges
! Of mountains with more unde.
/, veloped wealth lying dormant
, than in any other portion OF
; the United States. 1t is but a
: very few months since the eyes
Of mining men were directed
! to the rich quartz leads of the
= Buffalo Hump country, and in
0 consequence the population has
0 actually trebled. Towns and
e villages that had been leading
: a humdrum existence for years
e suddenly found themselves
e famous as population poured in
i by the hundred daily; prop.
II erty increased five hundred
: fold in value, new brick build.
1 ings are in process of erection
S and prosperity reigns supreme
:, The wonder is that this rich
G prize for railroad enterprise
q was not seized upon long since,
a and it was not until the pres
ent wide awake business man
IS agement of the O. r. e. N
IS took hold of it that the good
" work commenced. To this
e company, more than to any
i other, is the opening up and
e consequent development due
!, + and assuredly they will receive
= their reward in the riches Of
J. an empire that will be thei1
0 portion. That the railroad
II building will cease at Lewiston
g is simply ridiculous; Lewiston
n is but one point, and ere Ions
Ic we confidently expect to SET
le half a dozen terminals from
g there to Grangeville. Wher
e the O r. & N. road to thi.
~ ~ point is completed it will EN-
" brace at least $50 miles of new
sr road, every acre of which will
be tributary to it, and conse
QuentlV To the rect of RI,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-04

who have taken its name in
vain-men who are guilty of
arson and assassination, and
who deserve the punishment
melted out to such malefactors
everywhere. Organized labor
has just the same rights as or.
gained capital-and the dras.
tic measures now in applica.
ton in the Cnur d'Alene coun.
try are not a menace nor an
attack, but protection. The
state and federal authorities
are not fighting the CGur
d 'Alene miners union as a
union or an organization of
workingmen, but as a criminal
crew of outlaws who commit
dastardly crimes in the belief
that the aegis of the miners
union will yield immunity from
deserved punishment. Those
marauders who masquerade
as a miners union" do more
damage to respectable organ.
lied labor than any of its other
enemies possibly could do, and
deserve disavowal by any and
every labor union, realizing
that wrongs cannot be re-
dressed that way and that law
lessncss always alienates the
sympathy and support of the
real friends of labor" who do
not cater to the mob spirit, but
plainly tell the men who wan
tonlv destroy life and property
that the Molly Maguires were
stamped out in Pennsylvania,
and THAT the similar seven
years reign of terror in Sho-
Ahoue county, Idaho, must end,
lhat the American spirit must
be upheld and American prin.
ciPles must prevail. Much OF
| this mad destruction of prop
grty is the bitter fruit of bios.
SONS blown to us from across
the scas-thc dread result OF
world conditions that must
be impossible under our flag,
The men who perpetrate such
crimes are alien in thought
and action; they have no con
ception of the first principles
of American citizenship, MOI
have they any apparent idea OF
the cornerstone of American
liberty, which is that every mar
in this country has a right tc
do as he pleases-providec
that he does not interfere with
any other mans right to do as
he pleases-a broad PROPOSE
ton and one that applies to
encroachments CT capital or
real workingmen's rights, a.
well as attacks upon those same
rights by any band of mel
claiming to represent the caus'
of labor.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-04
EXPLORE UNKNOWN COUNTRY
The Government Surveyors In Bitter
Root Mountains.

The country embraced in the
Of the Bitter Root river
in Montana and the Clearwater in
Idaho, comprising an area of about
1000 square miles, is veritable
terra incognita which is at last to
receive official recognition by way
of exploration. w. Lindgren of
Washington, ID. c., connected with
the United States geological sur
vey, is in Hamilton, Mont, under
orders to proceed at once with a
geological survey Of the territory
above mentioned, and will leave
shortly for the west fork OF
the Bitter Root river in the
Bitter Root mountains, where
he will examine and report on the
geological structure Of the earth
crust as revealed there; the placer
deposits Of Hughes creek and its
tributaries, the alleged ancient
river channel crossing the Bitter
Root range from northwest ia
southeast, ana the coal measures
on Coal and Slate creeks. Thence
he will go to Mineral Hill. Shonp,
Elk City and Buffalo Hump, and
will return to Hamilton about Sep.
TENDER LIST and make q thorough
examination of the geological con
ditions surrounding the Curlcw
and Pleasant View mining districts
near Victor; after which he vii
again cross the Bitter Root range
by the Lo Lo trail and go into thu
Lewiston district, where lie will b.
engaged in the work of geological
survey for several months.
Mr.. Lindgren will be assisted il
his work by w. Stose, also 0
Washington, who has complete
scientific knowledge of all the sub
Poets 10 be treated.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-04

Travel has set in again Prairie
wards with a vengeance. From
eastern states steady stream has
been vending it's way towards
Grangeville all the summer. The
latest arrivals are c. Huddlestone
and W. II. Giles, of Oshkosh, reg
istered at tie Jersey house.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-04
County Warrants Redeemed.

Notice Is hereby given that the following
to the County Treasurer at his office in MI.
Idaho, Idaho, and that interest on said war
rants will cease on the oath day OF July lsss,
to-wit
Current expense fund, series 1899 warrants
No. 255 to 80, inclusive.
Dated July IA, 1899.
GEORGE NJ. ROBERTSON,
County Treasurer
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-04
Must Obey the Law.
[peLamar Nugget. ]

There is no state or federal
hight against organized labor
in Idaho. The only ones that
are hurting the cause of organ.
lied labor there are the men
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-04
An Epidemic of Diarrhoea.

Mr.. A. Sanders, writing from Cocoanut Grove,
diarrhoea there. He had u severe attack and
was cured by four doses of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says he
all druggists.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-04

II. G. Rowe, magnetic healer,
has removed from Denver to
Grangeville, and this city will be
his headquarters for the future.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-04

tNtN' w w VI CoNSA.
-
From Thursdays daily.
Il. A. Parisot and w. Spear of
Florence are in Grangeville.
The "Grand View" addition to
Grangevillc is now on the market.
julie Bates and wife have re-
moved to town, to reside for a
while.
w. q. Espey, wife and son, OF
San Francisco, are in Grangeville
on a visit.
Damon, one of Harpster's
merchants, is in town today, ac-
companied by his wife.
A large number of Eastern cap
italists are said to be on their way
to Grangeville to seek investments.
A mems club is in the course of
promotion. A meeting will proba-
bly, be held tonight to perfect de-
tails.
The exodus to the mountains
continues daily. But for constant
new arrivals the town would be
very empty.
A little party Of the performers
in the Irish Duke play enjoyed the
hospitality of Messrs. Mitchell and
Stein last night.
Messrs. Jordan & May, recently
from Boise, each purchased q new
wagon and are now contracting
freight for the mining camps.
Registered at the Jersey House
are F. Stewart White and A. B.
Porter of Grand Rapids. They are
looking for mining investments.
Prof. Smith is said to be serious
ly indisposed. 1t is to be hoped
his exertions in the Irish Duke
play will have no serious effects.
The Lewiston temperature is re-
ported to hover between 11S and
122 in the shade. In Grangeville
the thermometer almost reaches 90.
Victor Thrane Of New York is a
late arrival in Grangeville. He
says the fame OF the coming COM
mercial center Of the Clearwater
country reaches right across the
continent.
j. s. Smith is in from the Hump
with some fine specimens of rock
from the Marguerite claim on Bear
Lake. This is one of the numer.
Gus claims located during the fall
and winter, abandoned and now
relocated.
Fish stories are growing with
the hot weather. Frank Hogan
and Tim Powers claim to have
caught 600 trout in four hours a
while ago, The price of dynamite
must have gone up.
Harry Markham is back from a
trip to the Hump and reports q
vast amount of work going on on a
great many claims. There are thirty
men employed on the Cacke~jack
and the property is making grand
showing.
The weekly FREE Press, out to-
day, is another great paper, oil
which thousands ought to be sent
away to people in the states to lei
them know the kind of country We
have out here. Price, 50 per year.
Single copies, wrapped ready fol-
mailing, only five cents.
There was a temporary break in
the water company's pipes neal
the reservoir this morning. This
reduced the power for a time. The
break was fixed in the afternoon
and the flow was as usual. There
is no shortage of water, and never
likely to be.
1t was reported on the streets
this morning that the Northern
Pacific had let the contract for the
construction Of the branch from the
mouth Of Cottonwood creek to
Denver, but we are unable to chase
it home to anything reliable or def
mite.
A recent dispatch from Spokane
says: H. H. Choice, an engineer
who recently arrived here from
G rangeville, either jumped or fell
out Of the window of his room in
this citv from thu third skny.x, ~ II, a
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-04
To the Public.

the firm of Orchard Il Jack is hereby dissoiv
ed and the business will hereafter be conduct
ed at the old place by the NV. NJ. Jack ha'd'
ware Co." =,
All bills owing by the late firm will be pau
by the W. NJ. Jack Hardware Co, who VIII aise
collect all bills due the late firm OF Orenafu@
Jack. W. NJ. JACh,
Ii. ORCHARD,
]. NJ JACK.
Grangeville, July 10, 1899. Oil
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-04
Do You Want Lands?

Timber Lands or Range Lalus'
veyed or uusurycycd, tue AZ iDgs
crate cost by Soldiers Additlo"A
aud Forest Besesye scrip ~,
Haue located $1,000 acres 10, ~
stoekmen and Zimmerman OF Nv
tana. For full particulars eauis''
REFERENCES:
Union Bank & Trust Co,
Helena, Mt. ,v
COLLINS LAND COM nm
JEkE COLLINS, Mgr. feieha' NV
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-04
WHITE BIRD AND GoFF LINE

Leaves White Bird at 1890 on Mon
days, Wednesdays and Fridays. Leaves
Golf at 4 NJ on Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Saturdays. Arrives at White Bird
II nj. A. A. ROBINSON,
General Stage Agent,
Grangeville. Idaho
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-04
Notice.

Notice is hereby given that delinquent ,a ~,
on personal property will not be ADVERTISED, , Iu.
II such taxes are not paid immedlateN .nai
property will be levied upon aud sod i III sJ%
costs. ]. f. McLstS,
5Ia Tax Collector
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1899-08-04
STAGE LINES.

slAaE
ELK CITY STAGE LINE
Leaves Grangeville Mondays "e'
days and FRIDAYS 6suI
Leaves Crangeviile .......''.' nm
Arrives at Mountain House 80 d
Leaves 90" an u|
Arrives at Elk City .....s,.#' 6ap|
Teaves 90 - ..,..-, a
Arrives at Mountain House - Earl
Leaves 6ppI
Arrives at Grangeville :, Tin Sd
Fare to Elk City, &; round ~, h.f
Express to Elk City IS per 100 Pr props
SuRR1pcE Bros fiop~
STAGE LINE TO FLORENCE -
Leaves Grangeville ......'.'''' ~
Arrives at Florence ,...s..''.' sabI
Leaves ......'.'' rpbI
Arrives at Crangeville ..,.,..a ,,iu n
Pare to Florence, IS; rounu .''
Express freight, s. per 100 los' Props
SALMON RIVER STAGE IL
[Daily except Sunday oo,1
Grangeville to White Bird - pp
Arrives at - ~
Leaves 49, M
Arrives at Grangeville. 49,, ..ouud ~
Pare to White Bird, $3.50 100 W
3. Express to White BIRD, rs Prcf
tr.as. CYRUS OvERMAS
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-02

from the emanations of this Office.
The providing of an interesting
employment for longtime prisoners
must commend itself to every
thinking and humane man. The
occupation which keeps both
hands and mind employed is the
joy of the life prisoner. It ena-
bles him to retain his reason,
which the monotony of mechan-
ical drudgery is almost certain to
impair. Over ten per cent of the
inmates of this prison are life
prisoners.
1 hope that people interested
will read the above in a spirit Of
fairness. If there is any statement
contained therein which can be
successfully controverted, l should
be glad to know it.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-02

The PRISON MIRROR, published at
Saltwater, suits us the best of any
paper that comes to our office, and we
have some friends who would be glad
to see us get permanent position as
the editor thereof. Well, it would be
still further proof of the truth of what
we have often stated, that there were
some mighty good men locked up, and
some alfred mean ones running at
large. And such will be the case, as
long as men who appropriate $50
worth of other peoples wealth to keep
their families from starving are sent
to the Penitentiary, and men who steal
100000 are sent to congress. THE
MIRROR does not like the proposed
law which provides that all legal
murders shall take place in the State
Prison. Neither do we. We do not
believe in killing men under any CIT
cumstances, but if it must be done let
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-02

itself would seem sufficient con-
dition of uncertainty, but it may
be added to by the knowledge that
the record which he is striving to
make can after years Of endeavor
be largely lost by the changes
which the political spoils system
may at any time make in the man.
agement of a prison, and whereby
a ward-politician may at any time
become the arbiter of justice in
these cases.
The system of indeterminate
sentences has some good argu-
ments in it's favor-such as being
conducive to good prison disci-
pline, and allowing competent pris-
on officials to exercise proper judg-
ment in the release of prisoners.
But the preservation of the mind,
and the thereupon consequent
bodily health of the prisoner,
should be paramount considera-
ton with the authorities.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-02

DIR. GEO. E. GORAM recently
read a paper before the Albany,
N. Y, Medical Institute, in which
he said
"The digestion and assimilation
of food, the circulation of blood,
the whole process of growth and
repair of the body may be tempo
rarily stopped by an anxious
thought. Anxious thought, then,
may produce functional disease,
indigestion, constipation, insom-
mia, headache, hysteria, and the
like"
The learned gentleman knows
whereof he speaks. The PROPOSE
ton has wide bearing upon con-
ditions which surround prisoners.
If an anxious thought may SO Sc
riously interfere with the most
important functions Of the human
system, what, then, is likely to be
the result of one continued anxiety
stretched out over a period of
years? Do the advocates of the
system of indeterminate sentences
for prisoners realize the conse-
quences which the continued I'M
certainty and anxiety of this sys-
tenn are likely to have upon the
physical and mental condition Of
prisoners?
[ have noticed, whenever prison
men discuss this subject that re-
ference is often made to the fact
that criminals unanimously regard
the system Of indeterminate SEN
fences with particular aversion
and horror, and that fact is usually
cited as an argument in favor Of
the system.
[ have spoken to large number
Of prisoners on the subject, and [
find that it is true that they are
unanimous in their horror of it.
Now, why is it? Are indeter-
inmate sentences longer than those
for stated time? Everyone will
agree that they are not. In fact,
there is no doubt whatever that if
the conduct of the prisoner is good
the indeterminate sentence will
insure his release from prison in
less time than would have been
at all likely had a time sentence
been imposed. We must there
fore look in another direction for
the cause, and [ have no hesita-
ton in asserting that it is the
anxiety and continued uncertainty
about the duration Of their i'm
prisonment which makes the indie
terminate sentence SO much dread
ed. Imagine, for instance, the
state Of mind of man sentenced
to prison for a period of from one
to twenty years in the discretion
of the prison authorities. This in
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-02
THE MIRROR is a weekly paper published

THE MIRROR is weekly paper published
In the Minnesota State Prison. 1t was founded
IN 1887 by the prisoners and is edited and man
aged by them. Its objects are to be a home
newspaper; to encourage moral and intellectual
improvement among the prisoners; to acquaint
the public with the true STATUS of the prisoner;
to disseminate pathological information and to aid
In dispelling that prejudice which has ever been
the bar sinister to fallen mans self-redemptiOn
The paper is entirely dependent on the public for
its financial support. If at any time there should
accrue a surplus of funds the money would be
expended in the interests of the prison library.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-02

ton with the authorities.
To ELL with the Bush bill pro-
viding for the printing of primary
school textbooks in the state re-
formatory. There's already too
much printing being done in the
reformatory as we'll as state prison,
for the good of the craft. This is
one thing that the printers are
agreed on.
The above classical editorial
item is from the Saltwater Ca
zette. It is always painful to read
an opinion which conveys no other
sentiment than selfshness. The
country press is raising quite a
cry against the bill in question,
yet [ have seen no logical argu-
ment against it. The bill should
not be passed, however, and for
very good reasons.
The first and best reason is that
the printing trade is already hope
lessly overcrowded, by reason of
twenty thousand compositors hav-
ing been displaced in the last ten
years by the Mergenthaler Limo
type machine. Thus a young man
who should learn the printers trade
in the Reformatory would have
little chance Of securing work at
that business upon being released.
The second reason, which is also
good, is the fact that the men con-
fined in the Reformatory at st.
Cloud are there only for short
terms, averaging about fifteen
months. It is well-known fact
that the printing trade cannot,
even by the brightest men, be
learned in such a short time. As
a consequence the Reformatory
would be constantly turning out
stream Of apprentices who would
be almost worse off than if they
had never seen a printing Office.
Now, as to the objection about
"the good of the craft which the
Gazette refers to, it would seem
that the objection is to the prin-
ting of this paper, which, it might,
be said, has not been a bad thing
for twelve years past for the con-
Germ which does our presswork.
In regard to the Bush bill, it is
not out Of place to call attention
to the fact that none Of the books
proposed to be printed are now
being produced within this state.
Further, it is claimed, not without
good foundation in fact, that a
certain company enjoys a practical
monopoly in this business and
charges prices higher than are
warranted by the cost Of the books.
| would suggest for the consid-
Grafton of the press that if print
ing plant were located at the State
Prison, for the purpose of manu-
featuring such text books as are at
present made outside the state, and
only life-prisoners were put to
work in said plant, there could be
few objections to the plan.
There are six men at present at
work in the small plant in this
prison. Out of the six, three are
life prisoners all being comparat-
lively young men. Of the balance,
one is a printer by trade and the
other two consist of a lawyer and
a schoolmaster, both of the latter
being compositors. 1t will be read
lily seen that the printing-trade is
not likely to become overcrowded
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1899-02-02
n 0 TIC E..

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