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The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-12-26
ArHoL NOTES.


The dance at A. Hornbeck's ranch
last Saturday was grand success.
Earnest Williamson went To Spo.
kane to spend Xmas with relatives.
Miss Essie Dyer and Miss Sanders
of Wilbur, Wn., arrived 10 town 70
spend the holidays.
Amos Clark, Henry Augustine and
]. A. Williams, the merchant, visited
Rathdrum Wednesday.
Mr. Frank Hart returned home
from the ClagstOne ranch where he
was doing the cowbOy act.
WIN. Gribble, Of Granite, was on
the streets Of AthOl the last OF last
week shaking hands with old frlends.
The wedding OF Earl G. Batters
and Miss Lena Neil will take place In
the near future at the hall OF the l.
O. O. f., Rebeccas and M. w. A. ia
all Of which both young people belong.
Mart Bougheris last week succeeded
in killing tlne large cougar near his
place. This is the second one to bs
killed in these parts In less than
month.
M. r. f. Wilson left last Friday
for his home IN Wilbur. Wn., to spend
Xmas with his family and will return
after the holidays.
Mr.. A. A. Snla+h last "wednesday
while falling treo WAN caught and
had his leg broke. s,rA Lieberx and
F. Wenz set It. He Il doing well At
this writing.
The Athol Sunday School gave a
Christmas tree in the school house A
good program was rendered and then
Santa Clause made his appearance.
After shaking hands with the little
ones he distributed the presents ..
mong young and old alike.
The Ladies Benevolent society and
the Ladies aid society united their
fairs into one and served supper and
all present report good time. Those
present from Granite were A C. Noble
and wife; Miss Annie Clark. Mr.. Bre.
wer, and the school teacher.
Harley Dyer went last week to vii.
bur, Wn., to see about some hUrses
which he will ship tn his ranch In the
Alberta county. b. c., and has re.
turned to Athol and spent Xmas and
will remain month. His pa timer.
Jack Cotton writes him that 1t 10 IS
degrees below zero.
Mr.. VIM. Joseph Of the Big Bend
country and Ed. Wonderlick Of Moran
) Prairie, Wash. arrived in Athol and
after looking over the country one day
went to Cneur d'Alene city IL ret
plats and information conce.Byse
these parts. They are very much i'm
!. pressed with the prospects here and II
they can 6nd tract of land suitable
/ will locate
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-12-26


At the Ithaca gun club shoot for
ROats, ducks ETC., Christmas day, L.
Il. Eilert got the first at the 300 ID.
range. Two other goats we're won by
T. L. Quarles and d. f. DANNY ~
the 100 yard range.
James N. BOurn. Of ROsalia. Wn.
was visiting with his brother. =. r.
BOurn. the fOrepart Of the week,
while on his way to Sandpo int
S. L. Vidger Is ready to receive logs
At his new milleite in town
The masquerade hall was grand
success snd the supper 1t Mrs. Mule
dy's restaurant WAS pronounced excel
lent by everyone.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-12-26
Commissioners Proceedings.

FRIDAY, dec. IVtn, JSVl.-Ahe
board met At 10 O'Clock . N pursuant
to adjOurnmeut: w. w. Bush and Il.
ID, McKinnis being present Minutes
Of Wed nesday's meeting read and on
motion duly approved.
Time arrived to open the bids for
the driving Of pil!ngs for the boom
for the Fl. Sherman bridge, and A.
F. Narlow's bid being the lowest and
hest bid, the contract WAS awarded 10
said A f NARROW, the proposition be.
ing to drive SO pil!nys for tina sum Of
$243.75.
Commissn McKinnis and Bush
having examined the bridges complet-
ed by VIM. Oliver At Trestle Creek
and Pack River, report the same to
be tlrst class and in every respect sat-
isfactory, and the auditor is hereby
authorized to draw warrants in the
following sum in payment Of same:
VIM Oliver, Pack Rv bridge, $687.O0
g driving 6 pilings for
approacl,es 5000
VIM Oliver, Trestle Crk bridge $3.50
At this time. the hoard adjourned
until 1880 p NJ.
AFTERNOON SEssION:-At the as
sembling of the board al 1870 p m the
following bills were allowed: LaClede
Lumber Co., rent VI bdg. for election,
$. Jas G Scribner, use Ut rooms for
election, Sc; L. D. FarMin, holding
booths, 81. A letter being on file
FROM Mrs. Geo E. Dunn asking THAT
SIS he allowed Mrs. P. LaBelle, =
widow and INDECENT perstsn living on
the Occur d'Alene lake, the same is
hereby allowed and the auditor au.
thorized to draw warrant as follows:
Mrs p LaBelle, county charge, SIS
At this time the reslgns tion Of
Chas. H. Harte, as justice Of the
peace II Occur d'Alene precinct was
taken up and duly accepted.
In the matter Of change Of road
dist. No. 8. 1t 10 ordered by the board
that the following change be made in
road dist No. =; beginning 1t NE cor.
ner Of sec 3, twp. 81. N range east,
thence west one mile, thence south
miles, thence east miles to intersect
boundary line OF dist No s.
In the matter Of running saloons
without bonds: 1t 10 hereby ordered
by the board that the sheriff Of Koot-
enai county proceed to the premises
OF Thos. Cleland At West Sandpuint,
Ida, and notify him 10 deliver good
and sufficient license bond vt once
and upon his refusal to do 50 to close
the esta blishment.
1t is hereby ordered by the board
that the sheriff Of Kootenai county
proceed to the premises Of McDevmo,
h Mcdonald 1t Naples, Idaho, and
notify them to deliver Z good and SUI.
6cient license bond, IT once, and
upon refusal to do 40 TO close the es-
t2blishment.
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-12-26

premises Of Joseph Thibedeau at
Naples, Ida, and notify him to de-
liver good and sufficient license bond
at once, and II he refuses to do ~,
close his establishment.
In the matter OF the election Of the
Justice Of the Peace, for Rathdrum
precinct. The board having discover
ed that IN error had been made In the
count Ia declaring Stephen Adams q
justice of the peace Of Kathdrum pre-
cinct. therefore II il ordered by the
board that the certificate heretofore
issued to Stephen Adams rs such JUS
tice Of peace.elect; be recalled and
that the clerk Of this board issue GER
tiflcxte To Thomas Waddle ~ such
justice Of peace-elect. The following
bills were taken up and allowed:
W w Raid win deli verinp IN Its S35 IS
The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-12-26

Jno + Fuller, tracing milage for
school road districts, 500
At this time the hoard adjourned
sine die Attest:
JNO. c. CALLAHAN. r. D. MCKINNIs
Clerk Chairman.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-03
HAS a CURIOUS TRANSFORMATION.
Tn. A.olotl become. Another Ami,


In Certain Localities.
Naturalists have long been familiar
with a newt-like creature. breathing.
by gills and lungs both, and inhabit-
ing the lakes of Mexico and other Am
erican waters. This is the axolotl. It
was also discovered that in certain
localities this creature, which by the
way breeds freely in Mexico, sheds it's
skin, casts of its gills and it's tail
fin. develops another color of body and
leaves the water to become a land
newt. Under this latter guise it il
known as the amblystoma.
Naturally. the explanation Of this.
curious transformation rests on the.
fact that the axolotl is really the.
young or tadpole stage of the ambly-
stoma form, but the popularity here
is that in it's first stage it should
breed and multiply and continue to
reproduce axolotls, as II 1t were a per-:
fectly mature animal. The occurrence,
Of such cases points out to susssOne
way in which species a be eJSaved.
for, had we not been acquainted with
the relationship Of these forms, no.
body would have hesitated to des-
cribe them as two essentially distinct
animals!
Lately 1t has been shown. says the
London Chronicle. that, while In Colo
RADIO and Dakota the transformation
is complete, in Mexico the axolotl
stage is apparently permanent. Here,
probably, the influence Of environ-,
ment on q living being Is typically
illustrated. {
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-03
TO CATCH
Advice Given by q Farmer Puzzles New York Man on His
4f Vacation. I

L A- l" H. - -LL .FnH.tt.|T .H IL
Although there are few men of his
age more active than William Curtis
Gibson Of East Houston street, the
Oldest survivor Of the Volunteer Fire
Department, he gives strong proof of
his Scotch ancestry occasionally by
his inability to appreciate . joke.
Mr.. Gibson was born in New York
and he has always lived here. His
friends say that only once in his life
has he Travelled more than ten miles
away from this city. That was las.
summer, when he went up to the Cats
kills.
It was on this trip that he met a
farmer who disgusted him with every
ing rural. Mr.. Gibson says. he never
met q more stupid man, and when he
tells his squirrel story to prove it all
his friends laugh. The experience
speaks for itself.
Mr.. Gibson was interested in the
farm at first because it was a novelty.
At the end Of the first week he said
to the farmer:
Say, this is great. I am glad I
came. / wish that l might take some
Of your squirrels back to New York
with me as souvenirs of this trip"
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-03

LlEL ~ tH NtA-r .n.H o. ~ .~-| r ~.
"sure you cam" said the farmer.
ttJllst go out and help yourself to as
many as you want. I've got more Of
them than I want
THANK you, very much, but how
will I get them?"
Catch 'em, of course. It's easy
whom you know how"
.A1l right, you tell me how and I'll
catch a few"
WELL" said the farmer, "frst OF
you creep up as al you a get
to them"
"Yes,'' said MI. Gibson.
"And then you make the right kind
of a noise to attract them and they
will come to you"
What kind Of a Nose ought ! to
maker" asked Mr.. Gibson eagerly.
;"Just make a noise like q nut" re-
piled the farmer, and of he walked.
When Mr.. Gibson tells this story
he says positively that a nut does not
make any noise and that a farmer who
had lived in the country all his life
without discovering that fact is too
stupid to live anywhere else.-New
York Sun.
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THAT reminds me-" said the travel
ing man, "of an experience at Nc
Leansboro, ILL.,, years ago. It was q
bitter cold Sunday morning when !
went to the depot to take a train west.
It was the only one that day and u
in about, an hour. The waiting room
was cold. Huddled in q corner was y
country woman. a waiting passenger
with. two small children. both crying
from the cold. An empty stove, no
coal, no matches. no agent in sight.
while debating wha. to do TO re-
iieye q trying situation. thought !
heard q noise from within the ticket
once. which was hidden from view ny
window. covered with paint. I lis lis
tened closely, and soon distinguished
the hum Of voices from within.
sA little scratch In the paint COW
erinng the ticket window revealed on
close examination four young men on;
the inside by q warm stove playing
cards. one was eyidentIysthe agent.
aEnnraged, 1 kicked on the door and
alternately ratified on the window till.
Win 4 sloR, hestitating shove. It vent
~ littie and from within the agent.
Z vomth With 81 snrly air, demanded.
what as you. wsant??' Boiling with
5rage. yet impseerrt,ulrbablssas 2 millpond.
I@askedg tor telegraph blank, which bic
vas fiung, i me, and this ~ Wwniaatt :
WrOtess ~ sSNalas EsSF s%sas ny S@
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-03

ing pulse his eyes flashed with a quick
glare of triumph.
I'VE will not lose it," he cried. HE
had the money in his pockets when he
walked out of here this morning. He
cannot get away. I put a shadow on
him the moment he stepped out Of the
bank. I judged that thief rightly"
Late that night. Lingar and johnson
we're going over the books when a
knock came to the door of the bank.
At a signal to the Waterman, the door
was opened. and the thlck-jawed, ath-
letic looking shadow entered. He had
a bandage over one eye.
Whats this?" cried Lingar.
He had me done up"
"Who-what?"
your man, Faldis. He hired a half
dozen Interstate Detective agency
men to slug me-"
And he got away"
"Of course, but our Office and all OF
our men are notified and every depot
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-03
WHY wAsH,ne1oN's LEGS SHINE,

Misapplied Zeal Of Agent for New KIND
of Polish.
One Of the points Of interest in thu
financial district is the bronze statue
of Washington in the front of sS1e
United States ~sub-treasury on jail
street, says the New York PresH 1t
is invariably pointed out to visitors.
and almost invariably the question is
asked:
why do they polish only the kneeA
and not the whole statue?"
Mentor and guide has to shake his
head, and admits that he does not,
know.
1t appears that some years ago a
peddler with some new kind of polish
came to the %sub-treasury and extolled
the virtues Of his compound to n OF
the guards. Why" he said, Il
could even polish up that rusty old
statue out there in a jiffy."
Go ahead" said the guard.
The agent went to work with a willy
and in a few minutes had succeeded
in taking OFF the beautiful dull oxy-
dizing from the legs Of the statue az
far as the knees. Just then Mr..
Muhleman, the deputy assistant reas-
urer, came up the steps, and in less
time than 1t takes to tell 1t the agent
found himself sitting at the foot Of the.
steps, while Mr.. Muhleman lectured to
the surprised guard in forcible Ian
guage on the vandalism Of indiscri~
inmate polishing.
But not even the variability Of the.
New York climate has been sufficient.
as yet to restore to the polished parts;
their old dull beauty.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-03
BOOK REVIEWING DONE ~ GIRLS

hteresting Fragnsnts OF Conversstieu
Heard In Q Street Csr.
Sat two girls in a street car. They
were bright eyed and rosy checked.
They were not e Is 0 under Is.
They ere passing their opinions on
literary products and authors, past and
present. Fragments of these opinions
loated through the car when its
wheels became quiet to let on or take
on q passenger. Here are a few sam
ples Of what they said:
Don't you like Kipling?
"Oh. / think he's too dear for any
thing! What was that he wrote about
plain-plain-"
Plain Sails from the Riels.'"
Yes; 1t reminded me SO much OF
that new books-'High and Fly
You mean High and Dry don't
vou?"
"Oh, yes, to be sure. How stupid
Of me! Let .me see-who was it wrote
it?'
Washington Irving"
$50 it was; l believe he was a bach
s!or."
How do you like Shakespeare"
ooh, isn't he a stunning writer?"
Perfectly divine! What have you
read of his?"
''Oh, I've never read anything by
Shakespeare. Have you?"
"Of course not, but 1 think he's great
ssdst the same. By the way, how 10
you like Laura Jean Libbey?"
Say, isn't she simply exQuisite?",
"Too good 10 talk about"
Doesn't she describe love to per.
tection?"
ooh, l could die reading her books"
At this point the a stopped oppo-
site the statehouse and the two liter
airy critics passed out still gurgling
W the merits of their respective IA
.vorites.--Ohio State Journal.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-03

Secret Of q Hunters
Great Success
Explained.

Keeping the horse between him and.
the geese, the Mexican began to circle
around them. Now and then the pony
stopped to take q mouthf1l Of grass.
Any man, let alone Q goose, would
have taken him for a loose animal
grazing on the prairie.
In course Of an hour he had been
worked within fifty yards Of the
thickest part Of the bunch. Some Of
the stragglers were mot twenty yards
from him.
Then Gregorio stepped from behind
him and fired one barrel at the geese
on the prairie and another as they
rose. He gathered five or six, then
rode to the division fence a quarter
OF a mile away.
Evidently it was his intention to
enter the next pasture. The fence
was Of three strands of wire, the low
est one two feet from the ground.
Gregorio got down from the saddle
and at a word from him the horse
sunk to his knees, then turned upon
his side. Gregorio took him by the
headstall and pulled his head under
the fence, then took him by the tail
and pulled his headquarters under.
and so, pulling first at head and then
at tail, worked HIM through.
Once clear of the bottom wire. the
pony rose, shook himself and stood to
be mounted as If nothing but of the
ordinary had happened. The mystery
Of Gregorio's ability to go from pas
ture to pasture in search of geese and
ducks was explained and the ranch
boss was so tickled by it that he in
structed his men to let the Mexican
alone.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-03
Faculty.

3L AS AaM+ A ar WA MI
s. In one Of the public schools recent
", according to q writer in the Gen;
tleman's Magazine, . number OF small
pupils were busily engaged in working
problems In multiplication, with more
or less satisfactory results.
After astime the teacher noticed one
little fellow who seemed most UNI
happy. His cheeks were flushed. his
hair tumbled and tears very near
the surface. The teacher said, In a
kindly tone::Ss Sa IA
well, John, what Is the matter?""
ass .sOh, dear. I wish was q rabbit
replied the boy.
rabbit exclaimed the teacher
IN astonishment. why on earth
would You like to be q rabbit"
Well. my papa says they multiply
20 alstls'.---Youth's CoEpanion.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-03
Story of e
Clever Pony

Great numbers Of wild geese were
killed along the Texas coast during
the past winter, as happens every
year. That region divides with the
Dakotas In the fall the honor Of being
the greatest. goose field on the Am
erican continent.
The increasing shyness OF the birds
was more marked than ever. The
geese have been shot at so much in
the same territory that they have not
only grown wiser, but many OF them
have ceased visiting that region.
It Is no longer possible to kill guam
titles Of geese in Texas by simple pass
shooting or digging pits on, the Gulf
sandbars.
There died not long ago In the Nue.
ces region q Mexican poacher named
Gregorio who in the winter sold geese
by the dozen when other men could
not get a feather. All of that country
is in vast pastures fenced by barbed
wire and Gregorio being a market
hunter, was ordered to stay out OF
them all.
In order to keep him out the gates.
which are far apart. were locked and
only the ranch bosses had keys. Still
Gregorio would continue to go from
pasture to pasture, covering thirty
miles in a day and to show up in
Corpds Christi or Rockport at night
with Canada geese hanging to his sad
die and strung all over him.
One day an overseer of cowboys
saw him a mile away on the prairie
and, being curious, dismounted and
watched him. Gregorio wis ON foot
700 yards from a large flock OF geese.
His pony had been unsaddled and I'M
bridled.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-03
Took the Starch Out
of Station Autocrat

General Manager, 5. & o. s. w.
r. R.-Dear Sir: Send competent
agent to care for McLeansboro sta
ton. Present agent playing cards in
office: waiting room no fire: passen-
gers freezing"
"As placid as II nothing was out OF
the ordinary. I handed him q SIS bill
with the request to take the pay out
Of 1t and send the message ats once.
Before half the words were counted
by the autocrat of q moment ago, he
was an humble servant Of the present.
Apologies and explanations by the
score were forthcoming, intermingled
with pleading, that to send 1t would
involve ruin for his career. f
ut was my turn to assume the role
Of, dictator; and IL ever q fire. was
kindled in hurry, then was the time.
With all the dignity due to a prince
and his suite the freezing family and
/ were treated.
Passing through 9 year after, l
asked the bus man how the agent was
getting along. The story had evident
~ leaked out In McLeansbor,oo, for he
said: He got : dressing down last
winter from an oficial 3 thesroAdsswho
happened along In disguise. and sit
has madeasa man Of him I was that
omcials q plain travelling man, but
the bus q raj none the wiser
-Indianapolis News
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PRINCE nenay's AUTOGRAPHS FEW
Many Enorts Made to Get Thsm. bus
. Few Wore Successful

Many Enorts Made to Get Them. bus
Few Wore SUCCESSFUL
Prince Henry, while here, was nat.
urally asked often for his autograph.
but it is estimated that not more than
100 persons succeeded in getting it.
Most of the requests came by mail.
The prince, who had met the auto
graph fiends on the other side, decid-
ed to give his autograph only to GER
tain individuals. These were the
president of a society or club OF
which he was the guest, and one or
two of those nearest him at table. To-
this rule he persistently adhered.
At all the dinners at which the
prince was a guest, in this city and
elsewhere, requests for his autograph
were sent to him in large numbers,
most OF them in notes addressed to.
him through the presiding Officer. Not
a few Of these requests were made
personally.
The prince always took pains to in
form whoever presided at the dinner
of the rule he had made. and left 1t to
him to explain it to the applicants.
In accordance with the rule he made
for himself, he always wrote his auto
graph on the menu card of the presid-
ing officer, and of those nearest him
at table. sometimes extending it so
that perhaps five or six persons had
the favor shown to them at the head
table.
Had he complied with all the re-
quests made, it was said by a person
who was with him and knew about
his mail, he would not have had time
to do anything else throughout his
visit but write his signature.-New
York Sun.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1902-05-03
..rhe Uncle Of His Nephew.

FAEw-4u TEllEhft q rFri.HZ s-14s .f-EftT4
The potency Of football in giving
prominence not only to the player,
but to all his relatives was amusingly
illustrated ii the case Of the we'll
known anti-expansionist, William
Lloyd Garrison AT an evening recep-
tion MI. Garrison was introduced to
q noted athlete.
"I am pleased to know you. Mn
Garrison" said the athelete. IN pres
sume you are 9 relative Of the famous
Harvard quarterback, Billy Garri-
q
Great hesyens!!" exclaimed Mn
Garrison In mock indiguatiop. IAN
my life I have been known - the sso1ll
Sof my father; must I 81 my old -
Sbs known 4 the uncle Eof ~ nsplks,
AF1 ss: 5ss ssss ss,
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E3EsRfsstflH43 sH3 EHNl .fsyFH NsH+pG EsrSz5h StfE aWgl
= shadow on the footsteps OF ,Faldis.
Atfew hours later Johnson entered
the president's once with 2 sheet 81
paper In his hand.
n nnd that this itemSof $4,000 ID
merely clerical error. Mr.. Lingar.'
he said. S
Then there is nothing Irregular fl
Faldis,, accounts? said Lingar, bright.
Esning sup. S5S I d S:s @
"Nothing--that e nothing s. this
connection. have not brought TIN
sdguresS@npS to date vet.
.sThen9do M I'D visit.
johnson returned % the presidents
sonceNlate that afternoon with tremb.
bling hand and duiyering lip.
ssyyHhAts II, Nj Johnson cried
Ilnnlaaf. sprinlgIine from his chair.
ssgss sldissi 4 short ss1so.oo s. to-day'll
IT, n ut vfthS III Foturn: