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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-01

The Mill Mems Association of
lewiston, Idaho, are out in a
crcular.letter appeal to the press
II assist them in exposing what
thew consider a scheme to bottle up
2,ooo, 1000 acres Of timber lands on
the Clearwater river and tribu-
taries.
"0n May the 4th, 1eo3," says
the appeal, "the Idaho River I'm
vrovement Company filed with the
State Land Board an application
for a franchise to improve for .logg-
ing purposes the North Fork and
the Little North Fork of the Clear
water river and their tributaries in
Shoshoue and Nez Perce counties.
The application which will be
heard on August II, 1903 estimates
the cost of clearing the channels of
the stream and constructing the
necessary booming, rafting and
sorting works at $35, 900, and asks
for a franchise to collect tolls for
fifteen years." The Mill Mems
Association states that the Idaho
River Improvement Co. is composed
Of Francis Jenkins, president,
member of the last Idaho legisla-
ture with 374,97o shares of stock;
State Senator O'Neil with the same
amount; George G. Pickett, the
Moscow attorney, with I24,ooo
shares, H. Smith Wolley, Collector
Internal Revenue, of Pocatello,
I24,oeo shares, and a few scatter
ing relations Of Francis Jenkins and
employees of O'Neil. 1t is alleged
that if the franchise be procured
great disaster will result. 1t is
suspected that the Idano River
Improvement Company is a purely
speculative concern seeking to
obtain this charter in order to sell
1t to the Weyerhauser Syndicate,
Nsnd the circular letter goes on to
sythat franchise in the hands
Of such a syndicate would be a
powerful instrument of oppression.
enabling them to create monopoly
tor their own benefit, to crush the
competition of the small mills by
S0olecting them to unjust tolls, and
once controlling the only channel
VI trade' leave the entire region
Uo'tled up and undeveloped until
'ney had acquired the standing
umOer at their own figures. u
AAol which sounds like an editorial
ut'erance taken from the CALDWELL
4klBUNE when the law wa.
enacted authorizing such fran
snlses' But what is to be done
= aoe Idaho River improvement
company is probably not asking
,O' any more unfair franchise thar
uaS been given to others. Th,
"n0le river franchise proposition
was a scheme to control the timbe
VI the State where it was deeme,
'uSoVlsable to buy it. We ar
'OFry for the Mill Mems Associa
,'On' sorry for the small timbe
'"Ho owners in the Clearwate
rUuntry' sorry for the State q
,;a', ruSno' but we can't help them
r': ns,le Olt' 1t is estimated that 20
unions of feet of saw. timber Wi
~ noated down the Clearwate
e9en year during the life of th
a,'s naachise' The company ask
suOf'ty tSa to levy one dollar pc
thousand feet toll. 1t proposes +
oa, eS' S35,ooo in improvements.
u'y wants to make two hundred
in thousand dollars a year on ths
fes'ment. fas Nice fat thing tina,
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-01
FOR SALE
delight,

John Downey property for sale.
House and lots on first street south
in block 7. 4 room house, 2 lots
and good accommodation. For fur
ther information write to John
Downey, Baker City, Oregon.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-01
Potent PHI Pleasure.

The pills that are potent in their
action and pleasant IN effect are De
Wits Little Early Risers. W. s..
Philpot of Albany, Ca, says "Durlng
a bilious attacC took enc. Small as it
was it did me more good than calomel
blue mass or any other pills 1 ever took
and at the same time it effected me
pleasantly. Dittle Early Risers are
certainly an ideal pill" Sold by H. D..
BlatchleY.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-01
lake Notice.

On and after Sept. I, 1903, all
orders for coal must be accompanied
with the CASH STRIcRLY.
G. W. COOPER LUMBER Co.
MERRITT LUMBER Co.
CENTRAL. LUMBER Co.
Aug. I-I5
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-08-01
.MAKESPROTEsT
:. eefort to Bottle up 1000. coo
" Acres of Timber.
,fwsTON MEN PROTEST

Nice Fat Thing for francis - The
tribune feels for Bot Cannot Reach
the Mill Men-SOunds Like Edi-
tOriaI.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
EYES THAT CAN SEE
AND EARS THAT HEAR

Brace up Be a king Of something,
or a Napoleon There is in New York
a big. blonde. broad-shouldered, open
hearted Englishman, who drifted here
eight years ago and worked for g a
week. His salary today is about $1,000
a year and he is known throughout the
length and breadth OF the land as the
linen king. He simply got into the
linen department of a great house and
made himself an authority on linens.
The house soon found him Indispensable.
John Cooper is his name. II is true
that he knows a few things besides
linen. as countless acquaintances attest.
because Cooper has eyes that see, ears
that hear, a nose that can smell and a
tongue that can be still. AS for the
other sense-that OF touch-he feels his
way guardedly and his hands are al
ways in his pockets to relieve
brothers distress. There must be a
thread king. a needle king, 2. hook-and-
eye king. a button king, et;. The idea
is-be the king and the kITgpin in some
line.-New York Press.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
THE FIRST HUNTING DOG.

II Is. by the way, curious thing tSat
the setter should not have been Used
with the gun till long after the point
er's utility IN this way was recogn -zed.
The sportsman of Edward ITS time
who caught pheasants and partridges IN
nets depended for assistance In finding
his game on a dog Of some sort which
was taught 70 sit" or set" but not
until the middle Of the eighteenth cen
fury o. thereabOuts was the setter
much used with the gun. The pointer
on the other hand, was imported from
Spain somewhere about the beginning
CT the eighteenth century. at the time
when progressive gunners were begin
ming TO realize that they could shoot
birds flying; and the Spanish pointer.
or double-nosed pointer as he Is e led
by old writers. became the gun dog
at once. CO.. Thomas Thornton. of
Thornville Royal. who devoted his life
20 field sports. was the man who re-
modelled the ancestor Of the modern
pointer. He considered the dog OF his
day too slow. and by crossing the Spanish
pointer with tho fOXhound obtained
greater speed and stamina. but al some
loss OF nose and dOcility.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
WHY THE POLANDERS
ARE NOT GERMANIZED

The official mind in Prussia seems to
be gradually coming TO the recognition
that the policy pursued hitherto with
regard to the Germanization of the
Polish provinces has been as futile as it
is costly. What happens in Polish Sile-
STA is seemingly somewhat as follows:
With the liberal sums received from TIE
Prussian government as the price Of
their estate. the Polish propsietors liqui-
date their debts and devote the balance
to founding banking establishments in
the towns, in which they carry on a
lucrative business by advancing money
at reasonable rates of interest TO the
tradesmen and artisans, who In turn
have laid out the loans so advantage
ously that a large and comparatively
prosperous middle class have been
created. who have actually been eco
nomically strong enough to push the
German traders 10 the wan. Hence the
fact that the German population I'm the
Polish provinces IS weaker IN almost
every respect at the present moment
than was the case ten years ago-The
Speaker.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
NOTED LAWYERS WHO HAVE
FIGURED IN PUBLIC LIFE

There we're ffty-six signers Of the
Declaration OF Independence. and OF
these twenty-fCur were lawyers and
thirty-two were planters. farmers
physicians, merchants. soldiers. teach
ers and manufacturers
The last Congress. the Fifty-sevents
had IN the Senate ninety members. OF
whom nfty-one. a clear ma jority. were
lawyers. and the other thlrty-nine were
bankers. farmers. business men or po-
litical leaders.
Ia the House Of Representative Of
30 members. there were 239 LAWYERS
For number ef years past the nSrn-
Der OF lawyers has not only been large
IN both branches Of Congress. but also
getting larger each year
In the State senate at Albany there
are tTenty-three lawyers out OF a to-
raj membership Of fifty and in the last
assembly there were slxty-eight law
yers OF "A total membership OF $50
In the legislative bodies ia the United
States, with few exceptions. lawyers. 81
they 90 not preponderate are. At least
more numerous than members Of any
other profession or business. and exist
ing political conditions seem 10 be Ia
yOrabie 20 n lErgcr representation of
lawyers Ia public life than ever.-New
York sun.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
A BULLISH FACTOR
WAS BANK REPORT
Publication of Figures Produces More
Activity on the Exchange-Inter-
est Centers in B. R. T.

NEW YORK. Dec. 5.-The stock mar
ket was somewhat Irregular &C ,ne open
ing today, and business was only on a
moderate scale. About the only feature
OF decided strength was Brooklyn Rapid
Transit, which advanced 1Ss per cent on
buying orders apparently from Albany.
Toward the end OF the first hour there
was an increasing selling pressure due
to intimations that the bank statement
would be even less favorable than was
fareshadowed in the summary of known
movements of money published yester-
day.
There was a sharp relapse in Brook
lyn Rapid Transit. which more than
|iped out the gain established in the
first hour. Other losses which approxi-
mated a point were suffered BY Penn
sylvania, Louisville and Nashville, Illi-
nois Central. and Sugar Consolidated
Gas was sold down ? per cent on con-
tinuance of the city's efforts to obtain
lower charges for its gas.
After the first hour further losses
were recorded by the steel and iron
stocks. Government bonds were IN
changed. Railroad bonds firm.
The stock market opened active, with
the average OF prices slightly lower.
Copper. Louisville and Nashville. and
Rock Island lost = each, representing
the maximum declines of the active list
Brooklyn Rapid Transit opened q higher
and soon gained rs III all.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
CLOSING IRON MINES
IN NORTH MICHIGAN
Lack of Orders for Ore Causes Shut
Downs and Throws Men Out
Of Employment

MILWAUKEE. Wis. Dec. 5.-'Nearly
all the iron mines in Northern Michi-
gan have either closed down entirely
and are letting shafts iii up with water
or have turned of half their men," said
G Y YOungs, general manager OF the
Hiawatha Mine at Iron River. Mich.
who has been closing up accounts with
ore buyers at Buffalo. Erie Cleveland.
Milwaukee. and other places and solicit
ing more business
THE business of mining ore certainly
looks bad now. The few mines stin
running fun force belong 70 the trust
and have an outlet for their ore. Hun
dreds of men have been turned off in
all the mining towns. some companies
are doing just enough work TO allow
them TO run their pumps and keep the
mines dry.
THE cause OF the slackening is lack
Of orders. IN October they began TO
drop of and they have been fewer ever
since"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
BUSINESS SLACEENS
THROUGH THE COUNTRY
Reports Show Falling Of in Volume of
Trade Last Week-PreparatiOns
for Heavy Holiday Demand.

NEW YORK, Dec. Especial tele-
grams from correspondents of the In
ternatioEal Mercantile Agency through
out the United States and Canada ar,
summarized as follows:
Tae week is characterized by further
slaciUning industrially; by q wholesale
and retail Christmas demand, which
promises to expand the volume of bOlL
day trade beyond that of last year; by
an lSerease in the investment demand
for securities; by the prospect that
money viii begin to flow Eastward by
January l, and by the spreadingaction or
the part of manufacturers looking to re-
duction of costs OF production
Wages Of 100000 Industrial employees
have been reduced 10 per cent or more
and preparations are being made to ef-
feet similar reduction in the wages OF
10000 others about January l.
Iror. and steei furnaces and raiII out
puts are at loSr-water mark At PhiIa-
delphia cotton and wooden mills are run
ming at about half capacity. Paterson
silE year has not met expectations
sonSe Eastern shoe factories have
turned out less Of late. Window glass
factories complain Of importations.
A number Of paper mills have shut
Nt0A4s " OilHCl ONerpFOQucI1On.
In the pottery industry the year has
oee1 favorable A heavy volume OF
business IS shown in coal and fertilizers.
Wnlie the copper. lumber. and jewelry
industries report full average outputs
NO further cuts in steel prices are ey-
pected, unless it be in steel rails.
Cotton goods mills VIII not find a IA
vorable influence in the renewed boom
for the
higher on supply and demand conditions.
as is petroleum. Tin is stronger. Ce-
reals and provisions are weak.
Wooden goods sales have been ex-
tended less than expected by the win
ter weather, and the situation is dis
appointing. with jobbers and retailers
stock relatively low for the season. At
Philadelphia the volume OF dry goods
trade for the season Is greater than
last year and the outlook is favorable
Louisville reports a heavy gain in bank
clearings. despite falling of in its to-
bacco trade
In cotton sections of the Mississippi
Valley, trade and collections are good;
in the rice sections. overproduction has
made trade only fair. Hardware and
shelf goods are said to be in good de-
mand through the Southwest
At both Chicago and San Francisco
there is large advance buying for the
holiday season. Labor disturbances in
Utah, Colorado, and at I'ittsburg, New
York, and Chicago are less menacing
than those recently reported.
In the Dominion Of Canada colder
weather and snowfall have stimulated
trade in heavy goods. This has broken
retail stocks. and additional orders are
going forward freely. Manufacturers
report no surplus OF woolens. Agricul-
tural implement makers are working to
fun capacity. Several lumber export
contracts are reported. Official reports
show that the export Of bacon for the
year increased over that OF the previous
twelve months Grain receipts are in
creasing and the trade outlook for the
remainder Of the year Is good.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
REAL ESTATE TRANSFERS.

94S r Street nOrthwest-MaTga ret {.
Carroll TO Elizabeth A. Cutten, lot 20
square 364 $40
Washington Heights-Lester A. Barr
ct ux. to Harry c. Wilson, part lot 20
so.
No. $50 Connecticut Avenue north
west-Heirs Of Alexander Bliss 10 Adele
=. MallOn. lot Is square 165, 800.
Thirtieth Street northwest, near NJ
Street-Hugh 7. STaggart ct al. trustees.
TO Catherine c. MCGOWAN. part lots .
and "a square 1877 so.
Twenty-eighth Street northwest. be-
tween u and y Streets-Same 70 same.
part lot "a. square 12l4 SO
Thirty third Street northwest. between
y and Prospect Streets-Same 10 same.
part square 1913. SO.
No. 1923 Corcoran Street northwest
Henry r. Clum ct al 30 Thomas II.
Hail. lot 81 square POS SO
SJi 10 S07 V Street noTthwest-Eliza-
beth r. Schenck 10 Bernard Conroy,
lots % 70 Al. square 35S $500.
Columbia Heigats-Mary A Dobbins
et vir. Robert M 20 Frank II. Thomas
part lot J. block g. SO.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
COULDN'T HELP DISCOVER Ir.

Forbes Robertson does not share the
American admiration and respect for
Columbus Proof OF this is found in a
story expressive of the EngIishman' 5
awakening TO the immensely of this
county. On his first American tour Mr..
Robertson was strongly Impressed by
the long journey between New York
and San Francisco. one night in the
smoking room of the sleeping car con-
versation turned TO Columbus A 20
quacious drummer emphasized his opin-
ion that 'aI good Americans owed an
everlasting debt of gratitude to the dis
coverer OF his country This brought
Mr. Robertson out of his snug corner.
with an impatient gesture. Gratitude p"
he exclaimed. Nothing of the sort
Why. he couldn't have missed II il he
had tried. you Ow'-Boston Post
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
CHARTERS GRANTED
UNDER DISTRICT LAWS

The Adirondack Development Com
pany, organized TO improve and operate
mining and mineral lands; capstst stock.
81. 00oo eO; incorporators. r. S. Donald
son. Z. W. Mccormick. James F. Shep-
person. all Of District of Columbia;
Thomas D. Martin. Leonard L. Immel,
both Of Jackson County No.
The FL Mario Gold Mining-Smelting
Company; capital stock. $500 600; in
corporatOrs. Messrs. Donaldson, Nc
Cormick, SheppersOn, S. A Terry Of
District Of Columbia. and George 5.
Rubin. Boston Mass.
The Equitable Stone Company; capital
stock. 100000; incorporators. Messrs
Donaldson, Shepperson. Mccormick. Of
District of COlumbia; William II. Cast
and Joseph Z. Henley. Monroe county.
Md.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
TURBULENCE CEASES
ON COTTON EXCHANG E

NEW YORK. Dec. 5.-The market
started feverish and active. but with
less excitement than Of late. Liverpool
came Unexpectedly lower and startet
our market lower, but il was apparent
that many commission houses had
standing orders to buy on just such a
reaction.
For this reason offerings were readily
absorbed and an advance Of several
points was scored after the call \
prominent local bull house supported
March. Demand otherwise was scatter
ed. and It looked like a market in
which the trade was evening uD for the
end OF the week
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
CURRENT NEWS AND GOSSIP
OF INTEREST TO INVESTORS

Strength and activity in the stock mar
ket is looked upon by the general run
of outside investors IS a great bless
ing. whether they happen TO he holders
Of securities or not. Everybody likes
to see prices rise. Nothing adds to uni
versal joy like skinning bears. or at
least seeing them run. But any lambs
who have escaped with their lives would
do well to nurse their savings bank
accounts a while yet. That is the way
real booms are started.
Prices have slowly been advancing
from the low figures of the early fall
until the last few days. when an urgent
demand for the shorts has forced values
up with considerable Eapidity A week
ago 1t was estimated that the short inter
est in the market was larger than ever
before recorded From the current course
of United States Steel preferred, Brook
Ign Rapid Transit, and other issues this
appears quite probable.
To judge by the comment OF RESPONSE
BILE opinion there is a scandal brewing
over the cotton crop report. There is no
advantage in having early information
which agrees with general information
The scandal and profit grow as earIiness
of information is combined with the
differences between the general and the
Government opinion. This case fills the
specification. Recollection is filled With
cases of variance between the facts anG
the Government reports. and with scan
dals which have evaded inquiry. Moth
ing is alleged beyond reference TO the
facts, which speak for themselves.
That the decline Of the last twelve
months encouraged overconfidence on
the part Of the bear element Is now
beginning to be reflected in the advanc-
ing tendency Of the stock market One
year ago last September many specula.
tors believed that the upward movement
in stocks that had advanced without
important interruption for two years
would run on indefinitely. but the in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
NEW YORK BANK STATEMENT.

NEW YORK. Dec. 5. - The weekly
bank statement. issued today. shows the
following -hanges:
Reserve on al deposits. increase.
$50, 100
Reserves on deposits other than
United States. increase, S177, $50
Loans increase 81 162. 600.
Specie. decrease. $629, 500.
Legal tenders. increase. 81, 146. 500
Deposits. United States included, In
crease, 81. 34s, 800.
Circulation, increase. 81, 900.
Total loans $3.50. 002. 300.
The banks now hold in excess Of legal
requirements Sc. 305. 300 against So 973. $50
last year, and S., cor, 675 two years ago.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
WASHINGTON STOCK EXCHANGE.

Sales-Washington Gas. B. sOO91@15.
Washington Gas Certificates. 10000
113. 2009l13. 14OG11S. 5O0a11S. 42Oa11S. 1000
OILS. 1.O00d113. 1h3d1153s. 1,00091is. 5000
d113. 5,000d11c, : oo0311Sis. 1,0006113IS.
Washington Street Railway preferred
$685.. 4T391k
Washington Street RAILWAY, common,
102d11-
Mergenthaler, 1Od1S3iz. 2d1S4.
After call-Mergenthaler, 10d1S4k-
Washington Street Railway, preferred,
100G3Szs, 5Nd39%, a0d397s.
Washington Street Railway, Is, 1,0OO1l
~, 2, 0O0471A. 1,0o0dI14s-
Mergenthaler, 1001S4fs-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05

evltable reaction developed. After con-
tinuing for several months, the so-calIed
market shorts were convinced there wa.
no bottom to the market They though,
further short sales would be safe. de.
spite the fact that the movement OF
values was gradually correcting the
evils of the preceding bull speculation
and adjusting market conditions to a
point where investors would be will.
ing TO accumulate securities Intoxl,
Gated with success on the short side.
Just as many people had gloiied in the
bull market in 1902, the spectators for
the decline sold stocks down beyond the
limits Of sense and reason, forgetting
that the weak spots had been eliminated
from the market and that securities had
gradually passed TO the hands of the
financially strong.
The long expected reaction from the
advancing of the market in the past
few days was realized shortly after the
opening this morning. Under pressure
from floor operators prices went lower
generally, but again turned after the
publication Of the bank statement, and
the market closed steady.
Western wire houses advised their
customers this morning that the demand
created by the short interest had been
pretty well satisfied, and that the mar
ket would show the effect Of the elimi-
nation Of the bear manipulation.
There is a great discrepancy OF opin-
ion about the stock market The entire
advance has been professional ard not
popular. 1t has been contested at all
times by spectators having sufficient
courage to be short Of from 5000 to 5000
shares OF stocks.
THE man who Is long today should
sell out said veteran broker, and
the man who is short should stay short.
But Lest of ALL the man who is out
should stay out
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
NEW YORK STOCK MARKET.

Reported by w. B. Hibbs & Co. 1919
f Street, members New York Stock Elk
change. Chicago Board OF Trade, Wash
ington Stock Exchange:
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET.


N'PDNi@t ~ AA1 " rasmussen 'iiicaJ
CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-The following
prices were quoted on the grain market
to-day
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
GOVERNMENT BoHDs
RAILROAD BoNDs
MISCELLANEOUS BoND4

Wash Gas Co. ser A. e's ls0z-z7.. LIB 90.
L. s Elec. Light. Deb. Imp Y.02. i9l 1895
Z. S. Elec. Light, Cert. IndeOt..- !9i lO3a
Ches- 3 Pot. Tel Com Ga. 1854 lJ5'
Wash Ma-Eet Co., lst 6's, 1872 les 90.
Masonic hall Assn IS. Z. 1sO3-.. 102 -.
Warhinrton Gas................ llsk 49,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1903-12-05
SAFE DEPOSIT AND TRUST STOCKS

National Safe DeDosil and II So Ia 15s
Warrington Loan and Trust S6X SiO
Amer. Security a. q Truat---.-... zoo 2IO
Union Trust and StOrage-......-. 1O6 l07
Washington Savings Bank. l04 Joe
American Sec. Z Trust $1,000 ia $50
Homo Savings Bank A5o ..-