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The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11
THUNDER MOUNTAIN.

All indications point to the fact
that there will be big rush for
Thunder Mountain this summer.
Prospectors from different Sec
tions of the country are making
inquiries as to the route ETC., and
express a desire to get into this
region. The interest aroused in
these mines, where Col. Dewey
has large holdings, is not confin-
ed only to Idaho but has spread
to adjoining states.
The article published in the
Statesman this week, as to the
amount ore in sight, was incorrect
and lacks considerable of reach
ing the real amount as contained
in the report of Thomas Reed,
the expert, who is western min
ing man of experience. Mr..
Reeds report reached Col. Dewey
last September and it was upon
this representation that he pur-
chased the large interests of the
Caswell Bros. in that region.
Since tnen tunnels have been dug
in and the values have penetrat-
ed into the mountain distance
of 139 feet which of course
greatly enhances the richness of
the mines. A 10 stamp mill will
be shipped from Chicago from
Frazer & Chalmers on the 10th
of next month and will be immed-
lately taken out to Col. Dewey's
property at Thunder mountain.
A contract has been closed by
e. H. Dewey with E. G. Locke
of Boise to do the freighting to
Bear valley and from there the
mill and supplies will be packed
in by Mcclure, Baxter & Co. who
have been packing from Atlanta.
The elevation of the mine is
$500 feet above the sea leve and
there being considerable snow,
supplies cannot be taken in until
the early part of July.
Word has been received here
that the Caswell Rros., who have
been mining at Thunder noun
tain in a crude way, expect to
clean up $12,0 900 this summer
Nampa Leader.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11
~LoCAL NEws-@

DIR. J. o. Allen was out from
Custer last week.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-06-11

We have all read "The Love
Letters of a Worldly Woman, "but
no one has had the nerve to write
up the love letters of Chicago
bigamist.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22

washington unfalteringly and I'M
flnchingly to the gaze Of future gener-
ations.
Every mother and father will think
OF the great and stalwart Washington
with new tenderness for the little
scrawls his childish hands traced on
convenient material. mainly on the
title pages Of his fathers books. Ira
ditlon does not state whether he own
Cd up to their DETACHMENT as bravely
as ne did to the cutting down Of the
cnerry tree. But the series Of sigma
lures there. one written when he was
surely under nine years Of age. and the
others written when he was 10 and II
years OF age, appeal@with singular ten
acity to the mind. as do even the love
lorn ditties Of his later boyhood when
ne extolled the charms Of the lowland
beauty In, verse. The grandeur and
the % dignity and the completely which
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22

The advantages that fall to the lot
Ct man whose surname occurs early
n an alphabetical list are well known.
- q candidate for office upon AN Aus
fralian ballot, for example, a man
named AbhOt has a far ibetter chance
than the most eminent Aweigler. But
the benefit that comes from the Dos
session Of 9 short name has not here
tofDre been senarally recognized. Not
long ago the promotion Of one. OF the
auditors Of tire Treasury department
IAt Washington created vacancy to
which, upon formal Recommendation
70 that effect. the candidate having
the shortest name, being also a COM
spetent man, was appointed. His chief
Auty g to afnx his signatpre to ac-
counts. and as be needs to make but
~ letters in signiag. he can 20 twice
- much 81 q day as q man whose
aAms contains twelve letters. 81
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22

grower, agrfculturist and fruit grower,
the first president Of the United States
has never been duly presented to the
reading public. The introduction Of
mules instead Of horses IN the south
for agricultural work was largely due
to Washington's efforts, ably supple
mented by the King Of Spain. The re-
-demption Of peat boys was. studied ex-
perimentally. Consequently, many Of
these books relate to practical subjects
OF this sort. (. s5s &,
That Washington's mind anticipated
the great questions Of the nineteenth
century Isl amply attested by his will,
viz. a due regard for. his wife's prop
erty rights and Of her wish In regard
to freeing the dover Negroes as he
calls them; a wish To. free all his own
slaves! to see the old and decrepit pro-
.vided for and the young educated in
their new found freedom, the very prob
lens that the United States of today is
trying to solve.
The library of Washington was large
for it's time, although in these days of
immense public libraries, the depart
ment devoted to these volumes seems
small indeed. But the books are great
in interest. and reveal the many sided
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22

Two orders to British officers which
seem mutually contradictory were re-
Gently issued on the same day. Mill
tia officers in England were COM
manded to learn and practice sword
exercise several times a week. Com
missioned men in South Africa, on the
contrary, were ordered to dispense
with swords in action. A,sword makes
an officer a shining mark for the .ene-
my's bullets. Thus theory and prac-
tfce disagreed, as is often the case.
The firing-line test of parade-ground
equipments and dispositions some
times leaves, for the time being, little
OF the traditional in active service.
The commander who refuses to cut
loose from precedent in an emergency
e usually an effective ally of his an
tagonist.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22

vens collection Of George Washington's
books, largely composed Of books be-
queathed to Bushrod Washington,
should not go to the British Museum,
and subscribed enough to secure this
part Of the Mt. Vernon library to their
city and library. For this reason, Bos-
ton can boast Of the largest collection
of Washington's books gathered in any
one place. s3
In the fine explanatory catalogue,
which was made possible by the gener-
GUS bequest of $1,000 from Mr.. Thomas
Dowse. the entire collection is classi-
fed as follows by Mr.. Lane:
to 239-Books mentioned in the in
ventory of Washington's estate, with a
few volumes not in inventory, but Civ
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22
NAMED ny La FoLLETrR.

/ Il . ~
G. f. Cooper of Black River Fails
Becomes OIL Inspector. is
Madison, Wis, Feb. IL. - Cow Ia
Toilette appointed, and the senate con-
firmed G. F. Cooper Of Black River
Falls to be state oil inspector to sue
coed DR.. H. B. Tanner of Kaukauna,
whose term has expired. The place is
worth over $1,000 year. 1t is reported
that the appointment is only tenn
porary, however, and that change
will probably be made when the pend
ing bin has passed to reorganize the
Oil inspectorship and place it on a
salary basis of $1,000 a year. Gov. La
Toilette also appointed Senator Mills
of West and Assemb]ymen Overlook
of Sturgeon Bay and Zinn of Milwau-
kee as the three commissioners to mes
gotiate for a uniform vessel tax law.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22

Victoria, B. c., Feb. 17.-An explo-
sion that it is feared will be one OF
the most horrible mine accidents in the
history of the dominion occurred yes
terday forenoon at the Union mines
owned by the Wellington Colliery COM
pany, Of which James Dunsmuir, the
premier Of the province, is the princi-
pal shareholder. Telegraphic advices
received so far give no complete story
of the accident, but newspaper cor
respondents are now hurrying by
steamers and tug boats to the scene
and the full facts will shortly be OBJ
tainable. AS near as can be gathered
the explosion took place at about III
o'clock in No. shaft, one of the work.
ings of the big coal mine there. This
particular shaft is situated in the vii
lage of Cumberland. There were sixty
men in it when the explosion took
place and not one of them escaped.
The explosion
Ignited the Mine.
The shaft was wrecked from midway
down to the bottom and filled it with
a solid mass of rocks, earth and tim
bers The first explosion was followed
by several more, While the dense vol
ume of smoke issuing from the vent
holes indicated only too truly that fire
as we'll as gas was doing its destructive
work below. AS soon as practicable
after the accident the men of the
shift in No. 5 shaft organized
rescuing party. No. 5 is situated
about a. mile from No. s, but the two
workings are connected by a tunnel,
and through this channel an attempt
was made to help the unfortunate fell.
lows in the wrecked shaft. They had
not cut their way many yards through
the debris when they encountered fire,
which rendered the place untenable
and obliged the party to desist for a
time. They soon returned to their ap-
parently hopeless task and labored he
roically until, overcome at last by gas
and smoke, they reluctantly withdrew
from No. 5 and commenced work on
long cut from No. 4, the only other
means of reaching the men. Work on
this was prosecuted
With the Greatest Vigor
unit! abatement of the fire in No. en-
abled them once more to return there.
Later news is somewhat encourag-
ing, it being stated that the fans are
again working and that the cage has
got LIS feet and is still going down in
No. Shaft. Immediately upon re-
ceipt of the news yesterday at the head
Office of the Dunsmuir company here a
special train was made up and pro.
ceeded at 1:15 to Nanaime.
John Byrnes, eX-member OF parlia-
ment, 'brotherin-law of the premier
and ex-manager of the Dunsmuir min
ing business, said that scarcely any
hope could be held out for the men.
The only way by which any of them
could escape would be by reaching
some of the remote portions of the
mine to which the fatal gas and smoke
could not penetrate. The gas in a
coal mine he said did it work in a
few minutes. Hence the hopelessness
of the task of saving men who had
been in its for hours. The last report
of the inspector of mines reported the
shaft as complying with the regula-
tons governing coal mines.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22
ng evidence that Washington owned

ing evidence that Washington owned
them.
300 to S62-Pamphlets bearing Wash
ington's signature or known from cor
respondence to have belonged to him,
except those mentioned in inventory,
which are arranged with first division.
400 to 414-Volumes assigned to
Washington by Mr.. Griffin, but bearing
no evidence Of Washington's owner
ship.
500 to 663 Pamphlets before 1900
bearing no evidence of ownership, but
may have been Washington's.
$50 to 6S7-Pamphlets bearing the
names of others, but included by Mr..
Grimm.
To purchase these books $4,25O was
raised, the Athenaeum subscribing $500.
Part Of this was expended for book
plate-a vignette Of the interior of the
library-and the paper for the cata-
logues. A collection Of books was also
purchased from s. G. Drake.
The acquisition of this valuable IL
brary was largely due to the efforts Of
Mr.. George Liyermore and 70 we'll
known Bostonians who subscribed $50
each.
It may be a surprise to many to learn
that so large a part sof Washington
library Is owned In Boston.
The library is guarded with the
greatest care. It is housed in the trus-
tees room. where other rare volumes
owned BY this corporation are In
stalled. The visitor Is conducted by q
courteous attendant up stairways and
through corridors until confronted by
. grated iron door. The door locks be-
hind the visitor. who then may com
mune with the past. SgJ
This place Is only visited BY students
Of history and collectors Or Washing
TOMS. II is not sought by the busy
man Of the street. s.
ofthe varied and interesting charac-5
ter Of the volumes in Washington NJ
brary It's difficult to speak IA limited
space, and opinions diner ~ to what
constitutes interest and value. fhei
bibJIomanfac, used to- the interminable
and aIg nmentatiye titles, the italicised
and long-sd type and the quaint die
ton. Will seem quite icon oclastic, doubt.
ieas to the young student, who il lust
discovering the wealt til of information
u nrSt hand which lies III these SELF
Sane volumes. u
~ political economist planter, wool
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22

Some interesting and valuable addi-
tons have recently been made to the
British geological gardens. One is a
lizard possessing two tails. AS is we'll
known, the lizard avoids capture by
leaving its tail in the hands of it's
captor, the caudal appendage ultimate
ly growing again. In this instance IT,
appears that the tail of the lizard be-
came damaged by some means, but
was not detached. A second extrem-
dty protruded from the wound, which
healed, SO that now the lizard DOS
sesses two tails. Another unique ad
dition is the three-striped California
tree boa.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22
On Fair Potomac nj $
slipping Shore.

Mount Vernon! who can tell the charm
OF life on that Virginian farm
Before our country's birth?
For there was simple godly fear,
And woman's grace, and royal cheer,
High thoughts, and tempered mirth.
At twilight, when the chimney glowed.
What wit and wisdom freely flowed,
Laughter and quick retorts!
And then the old-time games what
fun
When George and Lady Washington
Joined in the youthful sports!
And when the night grew dark with-
out.
What mighty themes they talked about
In those historic days!
Or how their souls with rapture scared
When Molly at her harpsichord
Sang gay and gallant lays!
oh, brave and bold were women then,
And pure as women were the men
For that was long ago;
The old then felt the zest Of youth,
The young were sober, and in truth
1t ever should be SO.
On fair Potomac's sloping shore,
Mt. Vernon, as in days of yore,
Is still a lovely place;
But they are gone that gave that scene
Its air domestic and serene.
Its joyous life and grace.
No cavaliers in pointed shoes,
In powdered hair and braided queues
Converse in high-fown clauses,
While ladies listen, all arrayed
In tabbinets and stiff brocade,
Lustrings and gold-wrought gauzes.
No more they dine and make theis
ouns.
Eating love puffs and Sally Lunn,s,
Laplands and beaten biscuit.
While little darkies, single file,
Bring plates of waffles in pile.
As high as they dare risk it.
But there today the tourist fingers,
And round the sign, Keep off your
fingers, 3i $
Are relics to be viewed.
And passing, boats all toll the bell,
And lower the flag as If to tell
A nations gratitude.
Exchanges.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22


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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22

The use of oysters has sometimes
been discouraged on the ground that
they were under certain conditions
dangerous mediums of conveying dis
ease, especially germs Of typhoid fever.
Now physicians are said to have for
hidden another relish nearly as pop
ular at this time of the year. Celery
has come under the ban of the doc
tors, who say that it is equally we'll
adapted to transmitting the poisonous
element of the soil and carrying the
germs of typhoid.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22
Che Beslnilils
whence came the river q s. strong ana


Whence came the river, SO strong ana
clear. Tin IL 10 ,3i s
That waters the meadow far and near1
s From q clear little spring,
Like q lustrous pearl,
Where the MOSES cling. Ss8
5 And the fern-leayes curl, Fl p
On the hilltop height
Bubbling UP 10 bright 4
Fed by mountain rain,
Without faint, without stain. ss
Whence came our Washington. good
and agrand. s5is ss.iIl
Whose name a honored in every land7X
rom a stai Unless youth; yl lSs
rom the upright ways,
From the strength and truth
Of his early days: Sss
From 4 boy hood true; s3s
Pure as mount In dew,
Az unsnllied A thing
AZ the clear illtops spring
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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22
SEARCH FOR SURVIVORS.

Hope Entertained Tint Some One
From the Lucerne May Have
Reached Shore.
St. Johns, N. F., Feb. 1.-THE agent
of the British steamer Lucerne, sup
posed to be the vessel wrecked recently
near Bacalieu, has returned from the
scene Of the wreck and brings portions
of charred plank, leading to the con-
.clusion that the vessels cargo was on
fire before SHE struck and that the
shipwreck was due to her running at
full speed through a fog in an effort
to make some port before the fire had
obtained mastery. The government
has dispatched the steamer Ingraham
to visit Bacalieu, in the hope that
some Of the survivors of the disaster
may be ashore there.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22

A state lecturer for the farmers in
sututes OF Illinois has been exhibit
ing an ear Of corn alleged to have been
raised last year from seed found in a
piece OF pottery in an Indian burying
ground In Arkansas and thought to be
S.Oo0 years old. The stalks were is
teet high and the first ear grew nearly
~ 1eet from the ground SO that the
stalk was strong enough to withstand
any wind.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22

In osborne. county, Kan, the Repub,
tican nominee for county commissioner
died suddenly at noon election day.
His death became known, but the Re-
publlcans. not knowing what else to
90, went ahead and voted for the dead
man and defeated his Populist .oppon-
ent by majority of fifty-two votes.
Inc Kansas courts are now called
upon to decide whether that defeat will
stand, whether dead man can beat
live man for office.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22
u HoIJDON's WASHINGTON.

\ HoUDoN'S WASHINGTON. fsss
Modelled at Mt Vernon ii 17a5 No. sti,l
Keeps its Vigil snrmounting tho ease
GS1,n,taininE the books at the 3Athenaeiifa.i
81 s,sSess stuart pronoMnced this the
signature is that Of Washing ton during
u alis PRESIDENCY. and Of his best time.
events and his distinguis hed services
threw about him nell away III give
place to the picture of thes callow at
tempts OF the clever little boy trying
70 write his name large with ali the
hourishes possible ~ his childish pen,
ail unco nscioIs that It was III be wit
ten M years scoisle vat ii no Euncear-
tain en- rogfaphy A the roll 81 fame
4 # was = weighty volume with the
title q me mciency q . Standing
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22

Great interest attaches to Andree's
Will. which has never yet been proved.
CHS was to have been done at the
close OF the present year, but Andree's
brother, who lives at Gothenberg, and
Is the responsible executor, still clings
with such pathetic insistence to the
possibility OF the explorer being alive,
that the courts have granted further
postponement of twelve months.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22
PIcKPooKET CONVICTED.
Remnant of n Gang That Thrived on
Roosevelt Parades.

Helena, Mont. Feb. I'm. Foster, a
thief OF national reputation was con-
victed of grand larceny. Foster and
five pals followed Gov. Roosevelt in his
tour west last fall and did great exc
cution as pickpockets. One of the
gang, which was rounded UP in Butte,
is dead, and another, Frank Wilson,
known to the police in every city, will
be tried to-day on the charge of pick
ing the pocket of State Treasurer Col
Inns.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22

Some time ago a man died in Blair
county, Pa, leaving an estate amount
Ing to S15,S02 and no heirs. It was
'escheated to the state, but in the pro-
cess OF getting into the states hands,
II was depleted by attorneys fees and
auolts and other things, that all the
state received was s1,551. 1t would
nave got but 1881 if it had not been
LOT the refusal of one of the parties
In the handling of it to accept a fee
OF $1,000 assigned him.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22
SUCCEEDS MAJ. SEARS.

Capt. David Gillard, Corps of En-
gineers, Ordered to Duluth.
Washington. Feb. H. - Capt. David
Gillard, corps Of engineers, now on
duty as assistant to the engineer COM
missioner OF the District of Columbia,
has been ordered to Duluth as the re-
lief of Maj. Clinton B. Sears, corps of
engineers, in charge of the improve
ments of the harbors of Duluth, SUI
perior. Ashland and Grand Marais and
the waterway across Keweenaw Point,
Lake Superior, and the operation and
care Of Portage lake ship canals. Maj.
Sears has been ordered to Guam and
Manila to superintend certain projected
engineering work.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22
MAURICE THOMPSON DEAD.

Famous Novelist Passes Away After
an Illness of Many Weeks.
Charlottesville, Ind, Feb. 17.-Mau-
rice Thompson the novelist died here
yesterday after an illness Of many
weeks. He had been kept alive sew
eral days by the use Of stimulants.
Mr.. Thompson became unconscious
and passed away without a sign OF
pain. All the members Of his family
were at the bedside. 1t is thought the
funeral will be held here Monday.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22
Carleton.s Orator..

Mortified, Mimi, Feb. 17.-Carleton's
home oratorical contest which decided
those who We're to take part in the
state contest. was held in Willis hall
chapel. First place was won by ]. A.
Burnquist; Frank o. Leonard was sec.
ond. These two will be Carleton's con-
testants in the state contest to be held
at Hamline March 20.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22
Probably Frozen to nc,1n

Fargo, N. D., Feb. II. = Citizens of
Hamilton think James McNab was
frozen to death. Sunday night he at
tended church services in Hamilton,
after which he started for a farm
where he was employed. A storm was
raging at the time. McNab has not
been seen since. 1t is feared that he
wandered away in the storm and was
lost.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22
SAVED FROM .rHE GRAVE.

Undertaken Finds That One OF the
a3SSsl Twins II Alive.
Toledo, Ohio, Feb. IL Undertaken d.
Niece Mccoy says that while preparing
for burial the bodies Of the twin cf,i.-
dren Of Mr.. ana Mrs. Mdcann he dis
covered signs Of fife in the body Of one
Of them. The child will live.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22

Charged with Charging Too Much.
! Black River Falls, wis, Feb. II. =
y. 7. Chapman, a pension attorney of
this city, was arrested by Deputy
United States Marshal Pugh and taken
to Madison to answer to an indictment
charging him with taking illegal fees.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22

'PEAfBINA NonTH DAKOTA,

Women arc r1pidly displaclnE nen
g teachers In the schools OF New,
York according to the report OF
Charles r. Skinner, state superintend-
Fent OF public instruction. During last
year there was 'decrease OF 217 in
ne number Of men employed, while
the number OF women teachers in
creased 1,073. sls
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1901-02-22
saiefde From MeIaneI,o1In.

Fargo, n. d. Feb. II. Barney
chrfstianson Of Pembina county sui
cided by shooting himself. He was
about fifty-fye years Of age and a
bachelor. He had suffered from fits Of
melancf1oiia. I'll y