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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
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No Beggars in Lombardy.

To the tourist through Italy the con-
trast between the north and south PROV
inces in the matter of beggary along
the streets and highways has been
often remarked. There is little or no
begging in northern Italy, as there is
In Naples. In the southern part of the
peninsula the people are mixed with
the scum of the levant In the north
the country is agriculturally rich and
there are no crop failures. The irriga-
ton system is so good and the water
from the mountains so plentiful that
the plains of Lombardy are a delight
to the eye. The people are a business
people, serious, self-contained and self
respecting. The south lives off what
the tourists spend. the north lives on
their business.
The average tourist stays in Naples,
including Pompeii, Vesuvius, Sorrento,
Amalti ten days; Rome two weeks,
Florence five or seven days, Venice
four, Genoa one and Milan one or three.
Tourists generally do not see Turin,
and Milan and Turin gave me a dis
tinct pleasure. The big opera house of
Milan, known as La Scala. has been
very little used of late years. 1t be-
longs to the past. Regulations were
made there formerly, but not now.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
Gigantic Steel Mill at Everett

There is no longer any reason to
doubt the report given out nearly two
years ago that a gigantic steel and
iron mill company was in state of
formation to build mill on Puget
Sound. Since that time the coke and
coal mines at Hamilton, Wash, near
Everett, have come under the control
OF President Hill, of the Great North
ern, and further and exhaustive pros
pecting on Hamilton and Texacla
islands prove them to be literally sup
piled with ore. Railroad and street
car building in addition to the num-
erous trolley line projects has rem.
dered an enterprise of this kind an
absolute necessity. A plant to meet
all the demands sure to be made up.
on it will have to be a big one, the
estimate running up to as high as
$18,000,000. 1t will in all probability
be erected at Everett, or in that i'm.
mediate vicinity.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
Big Thing for Eastern Or. son.

William Pollman and number Of
other Baker City men have filed on
the waters of Rock creek, and have
announced their intention to estab-
lish a power system for the genera
ton and transmission of electric pow
er to this city. 1t will be necessary
to construct ditch about three miles
long, to convey the water to the site
of the power-house, where a fall Of
several hundred feet can be obtained.
From the power-house, which will be
located several miles from the city,
the electric current will be transmit
ted by means of copper wire to this
city to run mills and factories and
light the city. The company, which>is
to be formed by Mr.. Pollman and his
associates, will expend about $4,000
on the power plant. 1t expects to
have from 1000 to 5000 horsepower to
distribute. This will be all the power
that will be required in Baker City
and vicinity for several years. The
work of building the plant will be
started as soon as the arrangements
for the necessary material can be
made. This is a very important mat
ter for Baker City and all of Eastern
Oregon.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
Will Handle ANYTHING Afloat.

The first section of the Moran
Brothers Company's floating drydock
has been launched at the companys
yards at Seattle.
The new structure is 200 feet in
length and so feet in width, with tow
ers 30 feet high above the pontoon
which is II feet deep. 1t has float
ing capacity of 1900 tons and its own
weight is 1000 tons. In its construc-
ton there was used 100000 feet Of
lumber and $50 tons of iron. Centrif-
ugal pumps, operated by electric mo-
tors, will be used to empty the water
compartments by which the dock is
to be lowered or raised in the water,
together with any vessel which may
be placed in it,
Work will Immediately be begun on
the second section of the dock, anu
when it is completed the two will be
used together, MAKING a dock 400 feet
In length and large enough to raise
the largest vessel afioat in the Pacific
ocean, while the addition of the third
section, which is in contemplation,
will enable the company to handle
and repair the largest vessels ever
under construction anywhere in the
world
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
Made Some Pin Money.

r. G. McCroskey, who owns and
cultivates 400 acres of land near Gar
field, Wash, has finished threshing
his wheat and finds gthat he has a
total of $4,000 bushels of wheat for
this seasons crop. Mr.. McCroskeys
crop averaged 35 bushels to the acre.
He had about 1000 acres of wheat, the
remainder of his land being in oats
or other crops. He has figured all
expenses of the crop just harvested
and finds that his wheat cost him
an average of 23 cents per bushel
placed in the warehouse. He sold
$4,000 bushels before the beginning
of the harvest for ASH cents per
bushel. Wheat is now worth 40 cents
per bushel, and if 1t were all sold at
the present prices Mr.. McCroskey
would net II cents per bushel, or
1896 per acre from this single crop.
But adding the amount sold at As
cents per bushel makes the total aver
age, If the remainder were sold at
present prices, s6S7 per acre net
profit. Multiplying this by 100 gives
a total net profit on this crop of wheat
of $6S70.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
To Open Boise Basin.

The railway project from Boise
to the Boise basin is. being put on a
firm foundation. A surveying party
is in the field under the supervision
of the chief engineer of the new
company d. o. Stevenson.
1t is now investigating the feasibil-
ity of railway line in the More
creek canyon from the mouth of More
creek to the mouth of Grimes creek,
a distance of about 81 miles. This
is very bad piece of country, broken,
rocky and precipitous. If the railway
is feasible here, it will be easy the
rest of the way.
The railway is projected chiefly be-
cause of the great timber belt ira
versing large portion of Boise
county, which the line would tap.
The mines of Boise basin, Idaho City,
Placerville, Quartzburg, Centerville,
Bannock, Grimes Pass and Pioneer
vile would add largely to the business
of the corporation, but it is entirely
upon their timber that the business
men at the head of the project figure
for sufficient revenue to justify the
line.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
In Round Figures.

Not long ago lady was giving lee
ture Her subject was the human fig
ure and the requirements in the way of
proportion. for beauty. She herself was
of generous-one may say unwieldy-
size, and her manner was supercilious
and lofty. She was trying to demon
strate the relative sizes of the limbs as
they really ought to be.
For example," said she, twice
round my thumb''-she held it up
"once round my wrist; twice round my
wrist, once round my neck; twice round
my neck, once round my waist"
Here she paused, and shrill voice
from the audience exclaimed:
"Twice round your waist, once round
Hyde Park
The lecturer hastily passed on to an
other branch of the subject-London
Answers.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
The Guernsey Does Things.

The big whaleback steamship
Guernsey, which was the first vessel
that ever carried over 3,400, 900 feet
of lumber out of Portland or any
other Pacific coast port, left Manila
October Is for Portland, under char
ter to load lumber and piles for the
Orient. Unlike the most of the lum-
ber-carriers which come across the
Pacific in this trade, the Guernsey is
not coming in ballast. She is report
ed to have on board 1900 tons of hemp
for Portland and San Francisco. The
consignment for the Bay City will be
landed in this city and sent to it's
destination by rail. The Guernsey
has been in the service of the Pacific
Export Lumber Company for nearly
two years, and on her last trip across
the Pacific made herself famous in
marine annals by having a broken
shaft repaired and a new propeller
shipped in mid ocean.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
Chrysanthemums Take a Back Seat.

The newest floral wonder is the
Shasta daisy" originated by a flower
grower of California. 1t measures a
foot in circumference, and, when one
was exhibited recently in a florists
window in San Francisco people lit
orally fiocked to see it.
1t is really a new kind of flower, and
has been produced by several years
OF crossing and selection three differ
ent kinds of daisies being used-the
common American species, the larger
and coarser European sort, and the
japanese daisy.
There are three rows of petals of
the purest white, and each blossom is
upheld by a single strong and wiry
stem which is nearly two feet long.
One advantage of the Shasta daisy
is said to be that it is exceedingly
hardy, enduring much cold. so that it
can be grown out of doors. 1t is
claimed that it prospers in almost Sny
kind of soil, blooms all summer long
Tin California nearly all the year
round) and may be rapidly multiplied
by dividing the roots.
popularity of this new and beau.
tiful blossom is that it sometimes
shows colors, indicating that daisies
OF various hues and of gigantice size
may be placed on the market before
long.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
Cuts Out Frisco.

The Western Union Telegraph Com.
pany will soon begin the construction
of a new line between Boise, Idaho,
and Pendleton Or. The new wire will
double the capacity of the line be-
tween the places named. From PEN
dleton west there are several wires.
1t is the intention to put up another
wire between Ogden, Utah, and Boise.
and when that is up most of the
through business from the East to
Portland will come over this new
wire instead of going by the way
of San Francisco.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
Simple Country Food.

I'm confirmed dyspeptic; that's
why l look so pale" said the city man,
gazing almost enviously at the ruddy
face of his old friend from the country,
who had called at his office.
"What you need is simple country
food, man." said his visitor, clapping
him heartily on the shoulder Come
and visit my wife and me on the farm
for a while, and Wen set you up. It's
rich town living that's too much for
you. Now, take breakfast, for instance.
All have is two good cups of coffee,
a couple of hot rolls, bit of steak with
a baked potato, some fresh mullins, and
either cake or bit of veal and ham pie
to top off with. What do you haveY"
The town man looked at his red
checked friend, who stood waiting for
the confirmation of his idea.
"a cup Of hot water and two slices
of dry toast" he responded, soberly.
"But if you think a simple diet like
yours would help me | will make one
more attempt to be a healthy man.
London Tit-Bits.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
Ants and Lemonade.

did you ever know that ants will
make lemonade?" asked the laxative
grocer. Eyes, it's a fact. l happened
to cut lemon the other day, and left it
on the counter. A couple of minutes
later l noticed a bunch of ants making
great TODD around the lemon. The
antics of the little insects were so
methodical that | took few minutes
off to investigate. A little sugar had
been spilled on the counter near the
spot where the lemon lay, and the ants
were busy making trips between the
sugar and the fruit. You may not be-
lieve 1t, sir, but every time one of the
little creatures made the trip he car
ried back a grain of sugar, which was
dropped into the lemon juice and then
eagerly devoured.
ut struck me that maybe the manu-
facture of the lemonade was only an
accidental process, due to the close
proximity of the sugar and the lemon,
so | carefully swept the sugar away.
1t seems incredible, but as true as I'm
standing here those ants hunted around
until they found the sugar barrel. when
the whole bunch troOped back laden
with sugar, which they dipped in the
Juice and swallowed. Wonderful is no
name for itv'-Philadelphia Record.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
New $4,000 Church.

Work has begun on the new s10,-
600 church being constructed by the
congregation of st. Paul's Episcopal
church, at Walla Walla, Wash. The
win occupy a pretty site near st.
Paul's school, an institution of the
church. 1t will replace an old build
walla, which. with repairs and re-
modelling, has served the congrega-
ton for over forty years.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
HIS Explanation.

"How old are you, Uncle William
"Well, sub. | wuz bon in de time er
de high win"
"And when was thatT'
"Hit wuz endurin' er de big freshet,
sub"
And when did that occur?'
well, sub, hit wuz some time after
de stars felled; ter know zackly how OIL
is, ! wuz bon wen dat oak tree yam
der wuz a small saplin', en- lightnin'
hit oil Marse Ben ON de head en- broke
his Jug er liquor. Atlanta Oonstitu-
ton
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
SWUNG Ak TO GET HER COW.
How Woman Shattered a Pound and
Defied n Family.

How a Woman Shattered a Pound and
Defied a Family.
In Mrs. Ger,rude Dander, Philadel-
phia has an AK wielder who fades Car
RE Nation to a pale pea green.
Armed with her favorite weapon and
with a big butcher knife, Mrs. Dander,
according to the Philadelphia North
American, one night recently broke
down a door and part of stall in the
stable of William H. Nugent, at Rich
mond and Orthodox streets, rescued her
COW, which had been impounded, and
defied the entire Nugent tribe to Come
and put her out"
For all of these doings Mrs. Dander
was arrested and charged with mali
cious trespass and held in $500 bail by
Magistrate Wagner
Mrs. Dander, who has so signally
proved her right to her name, weighs
more than 200 pounds. She speaks En-
glish brokenly. When she is angry as
she was at the time, her English is
more than broken. 1t is shattered. The
comely daughter of the house trans
lated her mothers excited recital.
THAT man Nugent," she said, "took
the cow from the little boy who was
taking it home on Tuesday night. The
boy came home crying and told us. My
husband went to Nugent and sad:
Give me my cow
Two dollars and a half first said
Nugent.
"'Show me the damages said my
husband.
Soak your head said Nugent.
when my husband told me | was
oh, such a mad, Yet | waited until yes
terday. Then l heard that Nugent had
nailed the stable shut and that the
COW had nothing to drink.
Then l got the ak and the knife. and
l hit the door a good one, like this, and
yet one like this, and down she comes.
The stall has boards nailed at the back.
and those | smash also. Then | take
the COW out, and she is so crazy for a
drink that she jumps the fence over and
runs a long way to where there is a
ditch with water in.
The whole Nugents come out and
holler, but l just look at them. When
l come home l milk my COW. and she
who gives fourteen quarts every day
gives not half pint. Then l am mad
again, but / do nothing. stay at home.
To-day Judge Wagner says l break the
law, and say yes, that is so, but will
break fifty laws to save that cow"
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
NEWS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST
A Good Weeks Record of Commercial and Industrial
Progress and Development in Oregon, IDAHO
Washington and California.
Railroad and SmsItsr for Oregon Mines.

Railroad and Smslter for Oregon Mines.
The Helena and the Musick Mining
& Milling Companies, of the Bohemia
district, announces that arrangements
have been completed for building a
railroad from Cottage Grove, Or,
southeasterly, a distance of 35 miles
through a region of heavy timber to
the Bohemia mines. 1t is expected
that construction work Will be COM
menced this IaiI and that about half
the track will De laid before spring.
Connected with this, though not yet
wholly arranged 1or is the project of
building a smeiter, either at Portland
or in the Bonemia mining district.
The smelter enterprise is expected TO
follow the complexion of the railroad
and it is deemed probable that both
will be in operation in less than year
from date.
1--WE have gone so far" said Presi-
dent jennings, yesterday, that the
rest of the work is easy. We have
100000 assured for the railroad,
largely on the basis of the mineral
richness of the district as shown by
developments already made. Capital
is eager to build an adequate smelter,
but there would be no use for the
smelter without the railroad, so the
road is to go first. This is the natu-
raj order. | have not a doubt that
the smelter will be provided when
we are ready for it. The field is too
important to be neglected and the
problem of ore, fuel and fiuxes prac-
tically solves itself here"
The money for the railroad enter
prise will be supplied by Eastern
capitalists.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01

You may ride all day through the
country without seeing one rural school
house the yard of which has been prop
erly planted with shade trees or orna-
mental bushes. Ordinarily school yards
are not planted with anything, and as a
result they have a dismal and forbid
ding look. There are few people who
take any interest in the district school,
either inside the building or outside.
This is mistake Every parent should
visit the school and manifest an inter
est in it, This will greatly encourage
the teacher. If in addition to this the
good people plant the yard with naples
or elms, with groups of Towering plants
along the borders, they will do much
for the present as well as the coming
generation.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01
Trying a New Port.

AS an experiment, 1000 tons of
Washington wheat was shipped, DC.
tober 8, to the port of Callao, Peru,
from Seattle, on the big steamship
Memphis. This Is the first consign-
ment of this grain ever made to this
port, and the shippers are confident
that the venture will prove profitable,
in which event other ports will be IL.
Yaded.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01

'Wheww painted the hare 81 never
expected to get away from those dogs.
/ tell you, I'm lucky"
"Of course you are" replied the fox,
"and it's all due to those rabbits feet
you carry around with you."-Phila-
delphia Press.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01

In the time of Pliny silk was supposed
to be be a vegetable product and his
Natural History" contains a long story
of the way in which it was picked from
trees in the East Indies and spun and
woven into fabrics.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01

Mans troubles play a continuous per-
formance; when it is too hot for the
political orator the mosquito gets his
work In
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1901-11-01

At the beginning of the present school
year there We're 6,1S9 school teachers
in New York County (Manhattan and
the Bronx boroughs), 1910 in Brooklyn
and LOCO in the boroughs of Queens
and Richmond total of II, 169 in the
whole of the Greater New York.
Chicago has 5000 school teachers,
more than one-half the number of New
York, but Chicago is a city of large
area, with a compact population in only
a few wards, and it is, moreover city
in which, by reason of the variety and
diversity of the languages spoken by
school children, a larger relative pro-
portion of teachers is required than in
New York.
There are $500 school teachers in
Philadelphia, 1850 in Boston, 1850 in
Baltimore, 1920 in Washington, 1875
in Cleveland, 1000 in Cincinnati, 1900
in st. Louis, 1000 in San Francisco, 700
in New Orleans, 800 in Detroit 800 in
Milwaukee, $50 IN Minneapolis, 800 in
Newark, 1000 in Pittsburg, $50 in
Rochester and $50 in Providence, r. L.
There are in the whole United States
nearly 100000 teachers and instructors,
including those who give lectures or
special instruction.-New York Sun.
Every parent of public school child
must be impressed with the superficial
development of the latters education.
The absorbing capacity Of the growing
mind is taxed to the limit and often far
beyond it, while the reasoning faculties
are left almost inert. Pupils are grad
uated from grammar and high schools
every year with high per cents, and ex-
traordinary records Of scholarship.
Question them, however, in matters of
general intelligence, or even endeavor
to have them use their hardly acquired
information In any practical way, and
they are dazed and helpless. Pupils,
teachers, school boards and superin-
tendents are the victims of a system
that has been expanded injudiciously
until it has become attenuated to de-
gree that threatens the serious weaken
ing of what should be its vital principle
"a preparation for life. 1t is an injus-
tice to the average boy or girl who
statistics show, leaves school at 10, that
this precious time should be so misap-
propriated. The subjects essential, and
of paramount necessity to them In after
years, are only half taught, because to
T.f BOO n h
tious curriculum so many nonessential
subjects are taken up. Only in a few
special schools is development of char
acter regarded as Of the fundamental
Importance which it is. A glib clever
ness is stimulated that without the bal
ance of moral principle becomes, IN
weak natures, sometimes actually per
nicious in its after effect.-Harpers Ba
Ear.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-06-19
MINISTER CONGER.
Called ON the President and secre.
tnry Hay Preparatory tn His
Return tn China.

Washington, June 15.-Hon. Edwin
IL. Congcr. United States minister to
China, is in Washington for the pur.
pose of calling on the president and
Secretary Hay preparatory to his re.
turn TO Picking. lie saw both these
officials Saturday. Mr.. Conger has
been kept fully advised by the state
department of all the correspondence
relating to Chinese affairs since he
left his post of duty two months ago,
burt desired n personal interview with
the president and Mr.. Hay before re.
Stunning the conduct of diplomatic
affairs in China.
Sunday night Mr.. Conger expects
TO leave here for brief visit TO New
York and Boston, after which he will
return to his home in Iowa. He will
sail for China from San Francisco
July II or earlier, if arrangements
can be made.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1901-06-19
REMAINS REMOVED.
Dody Of Baron Won KetteIer, the
German Ambassador. Taken Up
asd shipped tn Germany.

Peking, June 15.-The body Of
Baron Won Ketteler, the German min
lister who was murdered by Chinese
in the early part of the troubles in
China. was removed from the legation
grounds Saturday morning and ship.
ped 70 Germany. Impressive cere-
monies, military, diplomatic and re.
ligiOus. were held before the body
left. An American guard Of honor
accompanied the remains 10 the train.
DR.. Mumm Won Schwartzenstein the
German minister. expressed 10 Mai.
Hobertson. commander Of the Amer
lean legation guards the appreciation
Of the German officials.