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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-08-21
THREE NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.
Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-Cullings
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
Numerous Accidents and Personal
Happenings Occur.
IDAHO ITEMS.

The season for partridge, pheasant,
grouse, prairie chicken and fool hen
hunting has opened.
The Lewiston city council has
passed an ordinance granting a street
railway franchise to James G. Trainer
and Fred T. Dubois.
A site has been purchased at Rex
burg, Fremont county, for a beet SUI
gar plant which the Idaho Sugar COM
pany will put in. The same capital is
erecting a plant at Idaho Falls.
Chalmer E. Snuff will not hang for
the killing of Eugene Klein. After
being out for IL hours and taking
nearly 200 ballots, the jury brought in
a verdict of murder in the second de-
gree.
Joseph Dick, one of the most prom
inent ranchers and citizens of Bling
ham county, was drowned recently in
an attempt to ford Snake river above
Idaho Falls. Both horse and rider
were drowned. No trace of either
have yet been found.
A transfer of 100 acres of timber
land was made recently, for which it
is believed a record breaking price
was paid. F. A. Blackwell of the Will
liam Howard Land & Lumber com
pany purchased the tract from John
Mann for $1,000. The land is located
in section IL, township AZ, which is in
the st. Joe country.
Grain continues to arrive at Tram
way from the upper terminal, where
it is reported there is still stored abou
$4,000 bushels of last years crop. The
farmers on Nez Perez prairie still have
many thousands of sacks of last years
grain to haul, much of which will b'
delivered at the upper tramway ware
house after harvest is over.
The assessment roll for the yea
1903 has been completed. The tota
assessment of all property in Ne
Perez county is 91,voo,ol9. The valua
ton of the railroad tracks and tele
graph and telephone lines added t
this will make the total valuation clos
to $5000,000 The valuation this yea
is $1,113,279 over the assessment @
1902. The number of acres of decide
land is 24S,377, an increase Of abou
A 900 acres over 1902.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-08-21

From 23 to 80 bushels per acre is
the yield of wheat Monroe Martin,
an extensive farmer living on Alkali
fiat, % miles southwest of Colfax, re-
ceived from 700 acres of spring and
fall sown grain which he has finished
harvesting.
Governor Mcbride has appointed w.
L. Wright of North Yakima as a men,
Der of the state fair commission for
Washington, to succeed William II.
Vessey of North Yakima, who resign
ed on account of business. Mr..
Wrights term ends March %. 1905.
Hope and Eunice Faulds' daughter
of Postmaster Faulds of Redmond,
were drowned in Saminski slough
near Seattle recently. The two girls,
who are IA and 16 years old, with a
cousin, were wading in the water of
the slough when Eunice slipped into
deep hole. The other two started
to her rescue and the two sisters sank
into the deep water locked in each
others arms. The cousin managed to
escape though she nearly lost her life.
| The bodies were recovered.
1t is the opinion of State Auditor
John d. Atkinson, who is ex-officio
chairman of the state board of equal
ization. that the aggregate property
valuation of this state will be raised
this year by the county boards nearly
$40, 100000 over last years total val
uation. This means that, notwith-
standing the increased appropriations
by the last legislature, there will be
no necessity for an increase in the
, state levy over what it has been for
the last six or eight years.
1t has Just been learned that while
sinking an artesian we'll a few weeks
: ago on the Blalock farm near Walla
t Walla, owned by Finch & Campbell,
: Spokane, a stratum of coal, 10 feet
thick, at depth of 800 feet, was en-
= countered. A sample of the material
l sent to Pullman showed, it is said, a
| good quality of coal. The Blalock
4 farm consists of 700 acres, but deal
is pending to add another hundred
+ acres The local management refuses
e to give out anything concerning the
{ deal
e The open season for grouse, part
e ridge, prairie chicken, sage hen, ma
s tive pheasant or ptarmigan has begun
g This applies, however, only to those
J. counties east of the Cascade noun
tains. The season extends until No
T vember Is. There is an exception
Il however, in the case of Kittitas coun
z ty, where the season runs from Sep
l. TENDER 10 to October 1. In other parts
p of the state the open season is from
o September 1 to January 1. The opel
e season for swan, goose, sandhill crane
II brant, snipe and ducks does not begil
If until September l.
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the overcast sky on the other side of
the river. Your specials just in, SIR"
Ringold said to the rudy faced man.
ITS a quarter to 1. l guarantee you'll
get across without so much as wet
ting your bootsole."
The rudy faced man shook hands
you call at my office when you come
to town." he said. II think you ought
to be something better than conf
dental clerk to Page & Jessop-if you
want to change"
The girl heard him, and she squeezed
Ringold's arm in delight.
"Oh, ohv' she whispered, Did you
hear that, Robert? Isn't that splendid
Why, we can"
THAT extra thousand will furnish a
pretty decent fiat-in Harlem" finish
ed the LATEST man-Philadelphia
Ledger.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-08-21
A DICKENS GRIEVANCE.
Tom Pinch's Seats Removed from
Fountain Court.

Tom Pinch's Seats Removed from
Fountain Court.
Dickens worshippers are lamenting
seats from Fountain Court, in the
Temple, says the London Express.
Always numerous here, they have a
real grievance to discuss, for this now
violated shrine had hitherto been held
sacred to the memory of lovers meet
ings and Martin Chuzzlewit.
1t Is easy to imagine that Ruth
Pinch and John Westlock-John so
bold and Ruth so shy-may have sat
on these identical seats. And what
would Tom Pinch, who so loved this
fountain refuge, have said to the graf
uitous impertinence Of their removal?
Some of the most delightful senti-
ment in all Dickens is associated with
this spot Here 1t was that John West
locks secret designation with Ruth
was stumbled upon by ingenious Tom
"'What an extraordinary meeting!
said Tom. I should never have dreamt
of seeing you two together here
"'Quite accidental John was heard
to murmur.
Exactly cried Tom; that's what
1 mean, you know. If it wasn't acct
dental there would be nothing remark
able in it..
ITO be sure said John.
"'Such an out-of-the-way place for
you to have met in pursued Tom,
quite delighted. Such On unlikely
spot
And so on, until Ruth managed to
get around on the further side of her
brother and squeeze him, as much as
to say, Are you going to stop here
all day, you dear old laundering
Tom?"
Afterwards came another, and a
more fateful meeting.
"Why they came toward the foun
tain at all was a mystery, for they
had no business there. 1t was not thei
way. They had no more to do will
the fountain, bless you, than the!
had with-with love, or any out-of
the-way things Of that sort"
However, there they found them
selves. And another extraordinar.
part of the matter was that the.
seemed to have come there by a silen
understanding. Yet when they go
there they were a little confused b.
being there, which was the stronges
part Of all; because there is nothin
naturally confusing in fountain.
"'What a good old place 1t was
John said. With quite an earnest al
lection for 1t.
"a pleasant place, indeed sal
Ruth. Why fly that tiny, precious
blessed little foot into the cracke
corner Of an insenslble old hagston
in the pavement, and be so very anx
GUS to adjust 1t to a nicetyT
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-08-21
Spokane Athletes Won.

Victoria, B. c., Aug. 17-While Port
land carried off first place in points,
thirds, Spokane ran them close with
four firsts, five seconds and two thirds,
besides carrying off the relay race in
a walkover in the first meet of the
North Pacific Athletic association.
Vancouver and Victoria each had a
first
The association delegates decided
to give the banner to the team win
ming the most points, and chose Spo-
kane for the next meet.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-08-21
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The state fair this year promises to
be the best ever held.
The smut problem is again facing
the threshing machine men Of the Pa
louise country.
Four dollars and a half per cow is
the profit farmers of Walla Walla dis
trict are realizing from the dairying
industry.
A party Of Iowa farmers have pur-
chased about 10000 acres of land in
Douglas county, around the town of
Waterville.
Burglars effected an entrance to the
office of Kusler & Nicholson, lumber
dealers of Oakesdale, recently, and
blew open the safe.
Reports from the Puyallup valley
are to the effect that the blackberry
crop has been seriously injured by the
recent hot weather.
George Steele of Spangle was seri-
ously injured recently by being struck
over the eye with a derrick fork while
working with a header.
Frank Ahalstrom, a Swedish section
at Marshall, is dead from a collision
with a train while riding a railroad
velocipede.
The wheat crop is turning out bet
ter than was expected. Short grain
that was thought would only average
from 10 to IS bushels per acre is now
going from Is to 20.
S. L. Davis was crushed to death by
a falling tree in Wizards logging
camp near Orting, about 80 miles from
Tacoma, recently. He was a single
man, recently from South Pennington
Mass.
Contracts have been let for the
erection of two large grain warehouses
by the Puget Sound Warehouse com
pany Of Tacoma to replace the struc
lures recently destroyed by fire al
Pullman.
wreck occurred on the Northern
Pacific recently one mile east of Gun
bingham. No 8 passenger train, heav
lily loaded, crashD~ into the rear enc
of freight train, but fortunately NJ
lives wer lost.
The annual tournament of the Dav
export Rod & Gun club was a grea
success. The meet was attended b!
sportsmen from all parts of the state
as well as from Idaho. There was $40
prize money divided.
Coleman Tierney, sailor between
Seattle and Alaska on the steame
Spokane, was killed by hitting hin
on the head with handouts recent.
by Policeman w. H. Soaring of Sc
attic. while resisting arrest. He wa
drunk.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-08-21
Asks for Help.

Sofia, Bulgaria, Aug. 16-The Bull
garian government is preparing a me-
morandum to the powers, giving sta
tistics of the acts of oppression by
the Turkish officials in Macedonia
since the institution of the reform
program there three months ago, and
other evidence in support of the Bull
garian belief in the hopelessness of
expecting any good result from the
Russo-Austrian reform plans.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-08-21
Earthquake at ST. Louis.

st. Louis, Aug. 17.-An earthquake
shock that lasted for several seconds
was distinctly felt in all parts of st.
Louis. So marked was the seimsic dis
turbance that houses shook and many
persons jumped from their beds in
fright. No damage has been reported.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-08-21
MONTANA SQUIBS.

Governor Toole has pardoned
Charles L. Houcks, sent up for 10
years from Deer Lodge county for en-
bezzlement.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1903-08-21
Then He Made Up.

He (after a tifD-Going home to
your mother, Ell?
She-Yes, am.
He-Huhl What do you suppose
she'll say to you?
She-She'll say: II told you so."--
New York Weekly.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-04
TIME ,uI:.. TO STOP.

We would say to our esteemed contem-
porary, tho fredericksburg Free Lance,
that We never imagined that It intended
to be personally offensive to any man con-
nected With This Times-D Dispatch In It's
criticism OF the Palmer and Buckner
Democrats, Nor do We feel called upon to
apologize for or TO defend any who sup
ported that ticket Our objection Is to
the general characterization. We arc
quite tired OF hearina It said or intimated
That all who supported the Palmer and
Buckner ticket were frauds and traitors.
y lille all who supported Bryan and sewall
were true blues and patriots. We are
tired OF this as we are OF hearing Con-
federates called rebels and traitors There
were honest Democrats who supported
Palmer and Bucknsr, and there we're
honest Democrats who supported Bryan
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-04
Scrap Of Local History,

Some claims rs to who first advocated
white supremacy are coming to the sur
face. this man and that being credited
with having enough courage to advo-
cate the measure when It was supposed
to be very unpopular as q political meas
ure, Data is a good thing to rely on.
Files OF certain papers show that Col
onel John N. Staples. OF Greensboro.
made Just such speech In Richmond
IN 1883, the occasion being the celebrn-.
ton OF the defeat OF Colonel Billy Ma
hone. He spoke from q stand erected
near what is now the CITY Hall In Rich
mond to 10000 people or more. Fills bold
ness IN advocating white supremacy Mt
this time was generally commented on
and his speech was printer In o number
OF papers. some OF which edltorlally criti-
cised his remarks. Let's keep the record
straight as we go along, It Is not amiss
to state, however, that Colonel Staples
Is not n candidate for office within
the gift OF the people. lie Is sticking to
the practice OF the Greensboro (N.'
C.) Record.
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y -
with the advent OF straw hats and
linen jsuits and mint tuleps and invita-
lions to spend the summer in the coun-3
try, It behooves us to seek the shady side
of the street. 1; ~ ta
q Already have we picked out the shady
places In 1 Monroe Park for the day time,
and the shady places for the evening"
when, With her BY our side, we hope to
sit and squeeze hands and talk about
nothing and sigh away from the gaping
public. "a rs X II Il Il 4 .gl
ALREADY nave we found out which side
OF the street the. sun shines on BY Q
CLOSE consultation with the calendar ana
Ayres' Almanac, and we find thats.the
sun Is no respecter OF persons, or sides
OF streets, and athatSit shines on all alike
except that 1t divides Its warmth and
gives both sides Of the street q chance.
"a Therefore, we must say that we have
made all arrangements to&spend the sum
mer ID a summer sl1 oud be spent. .E H e 81
That's about all We will be able TO spend ~
II For the first time ION record we passed
through the LIST Of April 8unscathed
{g In our long and strenuous career we
have never before been 30 lucky. 81
li So Bobby Mack has our sympathy.
Bobby has been a clown for fifty years
or more. Il, fl5 Sc
d We, remember him in the good old
circus twice a day and sit up all night
to sec them put up the test. N
Bobby and Captain John Maitland, the
press agent. who can tell moro improbable
things than any other ten men In town,
eat ut tho same lunch counter.
And when April 1st came along tho
Captain thought 1t was up to him to fool
Bobby. b I'll & 5$ 9Ss IA "a y Vi. l.s. "a
Neither Bobby or the Captain drink
anything stronger than a milk punch or
mint julep, so the Captain ups and
asks Bobby to- have a milk punch With
him. and Bobby says yes. !"
IN Then the Captain, when Bobby amt
looking, takes q bottle Of ozomulslon that
was given him as n sample because It
was, making us too fnt, and put q whole
lot in tho glass, and when Bobby drinks
the milk punch he don't like It,, and the
Captain laughs and says April fool.
When the Fourth OF July comes around
Bobby Is going to take the BostOck press
agent down to the sea at Manhattan
we have found out the color sc til their g.
eyes
Brown
With all the other charms that sur
rounded them we were willing to waive
the color of their eyes and run chances:
But they are brown,Eand with that saucy
smile and switch Of the pretty head, and
tho twinkle Of those feet and the glimpse
OF that lace, we feel that wo are. indeed.
destined to be nm occupant OF that front
row sent as long as the Beauty Show re-
mains In town. {S .5l;Ss
Hours seem minutes when we sit before
her and when she smiles out Mt tho sea
Of faces pnngs OF jealousy cut into us,
and wo feel like going off 5somew here with
her to rustic retreat, far from the eyes
that gaze, and bask In the sunshine Of
her sweet presence. " tf, tt5 E II
Or words to those effects.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-04
- 3 - - z, - -,
A EOPLORNS HOPE.5

: n discussing the report that Republl-
cans are proposing to inauguraatea a. a cam am
m Ign with a view to capturing Virginia
next year, the st. Louis Globe Demo
crat says:
or course, the Republican party Will
sweep tho country in 1904, whether they
carry Virginia or not, But It would be
pleasing for the party and be we'll Tor
Virginia IL that State should so Republ
can In that year. West Virginia has
probably taken her place permanently IN
tho Republican column. There Is u very
good reason to believe that Maryland will
cling in 1904 to the party for which she
voted In 1906 and 1000. Just Mt present
the Republicans are not claiming any Of
the ex-slave States for 1904. except Della
ware Maryland and West Virginia. Yet
If there be any chance to win Virginia
tho Republican leaders arc Justified In
making. a strong effort to that end, even
though the majority In the electoral COL
lego is likely to touch big figures with
out her #
Virginia is open territory and the Re-
publlcans are at liberty to come In and
make fight, Y But 1t will be time and
money wasted. They have as much
chance OF carrying Virginia as they have
of carrying Georgia, Moreover, It would
be pity to stir up and arouse the party
leaders In this State. They are quite
comfortable ms It is; $50 please let them
Sleep"
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-04
Property Transfers.

Richmond: Honora l.. Doherty to Josie #
e, Doherty. Fl feet on the north side Of
Main Street. So feet west Of Fourth Street
IS f & "a III 6$s
"a r. B. Ford to !. Fl. Evans all interest
IN the grocery business Of I. II. Evans
and Compan y, conducted at No. 2S18 East !
Broad Street, s., 400 81
5sl John B. Gayle. special commissi oners to
Abraham Watskey. "a feet on the east
sidc Of Eighteenth Street, 60 feet south
az Broad Street. 1900
Alexander Hierholzer and wife to 7,
w, Brauer, Is feet on the west side OF
Brook Avenue. 12l 3-12 feet north OF Moore
Street, Sl,265.
# George D. Pearman and wife to Mrs 4
Johanna L. Brantigan, 80 feet on the east
sldo OF. ThIrtleth Street, 115 feet north OF
Broad Street, $4,000. 81 FH
Il. Raab and N. w. Bowe and wives
to Charles j. Billups. II 3-12 feet on tha
south side of Main Street, 30 a-l2 zee!
east Of III fifteenth Street. subject to ground
rent Of 1888 per annum, loo. ID
Mrs, EMollle II. Taylor to j, 3, Elan.
25 feet on the east side Of Tyler Street.
40 7-l2 feet south OF Calhoun Street, Slt0,i
Henrlco: Henry g. Owens trustee to
r.. W. Gary. 24,19 acres about : miles
north OF Richmond, on Panham Road. S2eo
Ed, AZ. Raymond and wife to ", q,
Smith, 80 acres on New Market Road
about ten miles from Richmond, s.b76 h 4
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hib,tion was not the proper method y q

khibitiot, was not the proper method y OF
dealing with tho question. VI h
For moro than fifty. gears the state 't1 OF
New Hampshire tried state prohibition,
But recently lt was abandoned and local
option substituted. ii, some sections the the
law vas obeyed because It was backed sl
by public sentiment. but II, other sections.
where pubiic sentiment was against It,
1t was openly violated and 1t finally came
B 10 pass that The officers Of the law wink
/ cd at the violations and imposed fines
equal 10 what would ordinarily be q IL
cense tax. i 81 ii4 Isl NJ Il
Much the same state Of things exists
III Muine and q Judge OF the court said
year or two ago that the prohibition
law In that state was more reg ulative
than prohlbitive. sls5
y 1t was all; q miserable sham and pre-
tense. The prohibit.onists seemed 70 feel
that they had done heir duty when they
zoutlawed the traffic, yet knew nll the
time that liquor was being sold. We do DO
not charge that prohibitions is always g q
failure. It will be successful IN COM
tr1unities where the people generally are
opposed to the liquor traffic and where
the people generally exert themselves to
see that the law Is upheld. But In sec
tions where public sentiment is not large
aly In favor Of prohibition, It is impos-
sible to enforce It, and that Is q sufficient
reason why no state should have q gen
eral prohibition law. s ~ IS s.iiT'
& We believe that the bill offered by Mr.
ssobrell. Of southampto Is perhaps, the
most practical measure that has been of
fered at ali. That bill would do away
with the saloon, evil, and q large part OF
tho liquor evil Is in the open saloon. II
Is conceded that in communities where
prohibition Is iii force there is a decrease
in the quantity Of liquor drunk and q de- de-
crease in drunkenness. But this benefit IS
largely overbalanced lin some cases BY
fragrant violations Of tho law, for any
thing which tends to create disrespeot
and contempt for the law Is demoralls-
ing, If, indeed, not worse than the evil
which 1t Is designed to destroy. q.
s But Is, there a happy medium be-
taween the evils Of lie saloon Oh the
one hand and the evils OF iawlessness
under prohibition on the other We be-
lieve that there Is and we believe that
IL Is to be found in some such measure t as
that Introduced BY Mr.. sebrell. The bill,
IL passed, would not necessarily interfere
with local option. Each and every COM
jmunity could still decide for itself wheth-
or liquor should be sold under any, cir
cumstances. The sebrell bill as q sup
plement Of the local option law would
be great mproveme emit. }S 8
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SOME VULGARISMS.

h a correspondent OF the New York Sun
protests against the impertinent. indolent
and generally inept custom of finishing q
note Of request with the words thanking
you In ADVANCE ;is
~ We joinin the protest. Newspap ers fire.
lquently receive notes Of request conclud-5
ed in this fashion. Some OF these requests
are unreasonable. and cannot be granted,
but the writer presunos upon your gem
crosby ana "thanks you in advance. e s5
you can't thank a man for 9 favor
YOU arc not sure he will grant. You
have no right to assume that he Will
grant 1t until you have heard from him, :"
adds the SUMS correspondent. Certainly
not. It is presumptuous. II the CORE.
spondent Is SO cock-sure Of you, why
should he put his proposal in the form Of
a request? The expression was pardon
able, perhaps, when first employed. for
there are occasions when one may rea-
sonably presume upon compliance with
polite request. But as stereotyped form
OF closing every letter, It is. as tho suns
correspondent says tmperti ent. and It
Is sometimes offensive. 5 \
one day a man said to an acquaintance:
"John, want you to shake hands With
nv old friend, Tom" It was q very neat
form Of introduction IN this particular In !:
stance but now that It has become
fashion in some circles to introduce men
IN this way, 1t is quite another PROPOSE
ton. "Mr. Jones, shake hands with Mr..
smith" Bah! The thing Is both slangy
! and vulgar. i
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-04-04
THE SEBRELL BILL.

Talk as much as you please about pro-
hibition, the fact Is that alcohol is here.
that men are going to have IT. and 50
iong as there Is demand there will be
somebody to furnish the supply, There
fore. IT is a question OF regulating the
sale In such way as to supply the de-
S1pand and yet in such a way as to make
ia sale least offensive TO those who are
opposed to II, and to reduce the .ey'l OF
ahe traffic to the minimum,
We printed the other day the e1peri-
ances o. Rev. DR.. Wines. q member Of
ths COMMITTEES OF Fifty, appointed to In
sestigats the liquor traffic In several
"a tes, and he expressed the opinion. af-
~ NJ ysas ot alligent ta9cryl that pro-