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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-03-20
GENEnAL NEWS

New York, March 1.-Two of
the profitable monopolies owned by
John u. Rockefeller sent out yes
terday dividends checks aggregat-
ing $2I, 100000. OF the total
amount $20,000,000 represen to
Standard Oil dividends for the sec
ond.quarter of the year, being 500
for each share of the 100000, 900
trust, while 81, 500,000 10 for divi.
dends for shareholders Of the Con-
solidated Gas company. John D..
Rockefeller, who owns $4,000, 900
of Standard Oil stock, will receive
check for 100000, while his
brother, William, who owns only
$15,000,000 Of the stock, will re-
ceive check for only 100000.
Declarations of Standard Oil diyi.
dends show that John D. Rookie
feller's income from this source
alone for the last ninety days has
been SS8,8S8.8S a day. If contin-
ued for the rest OF the year at this
rate he will receive in dividends
from the Standard Oil company
for four quarters $32 1888, 1893. 90.
Just now Mr.. Rockefeller 10 on the
Pacific coast seeking health and
recreation.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-03-20
STATE NEWS

The Kendrick Milling Co. is fig
nring on increasing it's water power
500 horse power so as to put, in an
electric plant and furnish light and
motor power to Kendrick, Juliaetta
and Leland.
The Northern Pacific railroad,
through that company's attorney,
John NJ, Hughes, of St. Paul, Sat
urday filed at the local land office
on 8,640 acres of timber land on
the head waters of the North Fork
of the Clearwater in the Pct Noun
tain country. The entries are in
townships SO and 80, nine east, and
extend to the crest of the Bitter
Root range. Mt. Rainier script was
used in filing aggregating $3.50
acres, and ALSO acres we're filed on
under the lieu land act of July /,
1898. The Northern Pacific had
previously acquired over 100000
acres of tint Der in the North Fork
and the recent fling
shows that the extensive holdings
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-03-20
FERDINAND NOTES.

@. T. Stranahan, OF Lspwai, is here
looking up salable Indian land.
]. F. Steele has rented 100 acres of
school land 6 miles south OF here.
Mrs. Ray Prefer and W. ]. True
blood are taking short rest. Lagrippc
ia the cause.
J. A. Edwards is able to sit up most
OF the day now as the pain has abated
considerably.
j. A. Crom is in the neighborhood
looking after collections for Pennock &
Co., of Westlake.
]. F. Renaud, of the Western Histori-
cal Society, is here writing up the coun-
try for publication.
A petition to be presented to the In
terror department to get the right-of-
way through Indian land for the pro-
posed new tramway is being circulated
here.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-03-20
Additional Local.


Lon Rhoades, the Denver butcher,
was in town yesterday.
A Mr.. O'Connors, of Danbury, Iowa,
has been in the city the past week look
ing up farming lands with view to
purchasing.
John FL. Glaza, who arrived here a
couple weeks ago with John Funke,
this week purchased 800 acres of the
Holt place, north Of town. We have
bsen unable TO learn the price paid for
the land but thiRk it sold for about
$3.50 per acre.
Stuber Bros. left here Monday morn
ing for Kooekia with three car loads
each Of hogs and cattle. The cattle will
go to Frye, Bruhn & Co., OF Seattle.
The price paid for cattle at present is 4
cents while hogs bring cents and Mr..
Stuber says they expect to pay 81
cents for hogs for their next drive.
These gentlemen are about the heaviest
stock shippers in this country and
handle ell the hogs turned off from the
Cottonwood, Keuteryills, Ferdinand
and Greencreek sections and most of
them from the Lowe country.
The case OF the state of Idaho versus
Willie Winchell was tried in Justice
Wolbert's court Tuesday. Willie is a
15-year old boy, small for his age, who
stopped for about week at I. NJ. Jul
ian's place, north of town. On Wed
nesday night of last week he caught up
. horse Belonging to I. D. Lyons, which
was in Mr.. Julian's pasture, and left for
parts unknown. A warrant was issued
the next day for his arrest and Consta-
bic Deardorff, after considerable diff
Guilty, located the boy and horse at
farm on the hill between Kamiah and
Nezpsrcs and brought them back to
Cottonwood Saturday. At the trial J.
7. McDnfie, Of Grangeville, conducted
the prosecution while G. W. Coutts
appeared for the defendant. Consider
able testimony was taken and the boy
was bound over to the district court
under $3.50 bond, charged with grand
larceny. Constable Dearborn took the
prisoner to Graagesille Tuesday after
noon and placed him in charge of the
sheriff. The boy, who Is an orphan,
sat throughout the trial with a look of
careless indifference on his face, not
seeming to realize that anything out OF
the ordinary was tranapiring, and
aroused much pity in the court room.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-03-20

VIM. Crabtree has accepted position
with ]. A. Schultz, of Nezperce, to haul
freight rom Kamiah to Nezperce.
H. G. Quieley iaforms your corre-
spondent that me has received all the
paraphernalia pertaining to his Office
and is in position to perform mis- duties.
Bert Woodwork knows bargain
when he sees it. He bought a pair OF
shoes at the store the other day not just
his size but says they will come in
handy some day.
B. Magruder reports the roads in bad
condition between here and Lewiston.
He came up Sunday with load OF
freight for the store and will leave Fri
day for another load.
Henry Fritz and another gentleman
from Perham county, Mimi, left last
Friday very favorably impressed with
our country and if they can sell, will re-
turn in the near future to make this
their home.
Isaac Woodruff, living miles west Of
town, has sold his farm to Joshua Kline
of lilo. After Ike had pocketed the
money he didn't know where to 60 10 he
turned around about seven times and,
with tears running down his whiskers,
rented his old home from Mr.. Kline for
the coming season. Ike says "thers 10
no place like home"
POpuLTsT
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-03-20
re being steadily increased,

are being steadily increased. The
fact that the company is securing
tracts in all sections of the North
Fork water shed has developed q
strong Leiief that the Butte-Ilewis-
ton cutoff will be built along that
stream, thus passing directly
through the greatest white pine
belt in the world. The great in
vestments being made by the COM
pany in the now isolated region of
Idaho seem to assure beyond all
doubt that transportation facilities
are soon to be provided to open up
and develop the wealth Of that vast
egion.-Tribune.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-03-20
A Remarkable Case.

One of the most remarkable cases
of a cold, deep seated on the lungs,
causing pneumonia, is that of Mrs.
Gertrude e. Fenner, Marion, Ind,
who was entirely cured by the use
of One Minute Cough Cure. She
says: "The coughing and straining
so weakened me that ! run down
in weight from 148 to 90 pounds.
! tried number Of remedies to no
avail until / used One Minute
Cough Cure. Four bottles OF this
wonderful. remedy cured me en-
tirely of the cough, strengthened
my lungs and restored me to my
normal weight, health and strength
For rale at Clarke's drug store.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-03-20

A meeting will be held Monday
at one o'clock p. m. in the Nuxoll
hall for the purpose Of completing
the arrangements for the erection
OF a creamery here. Every farmer
and business man in this section
should attend this meeting as ii
will be Of great importance to all,
To the farmers especially should
this appeal az creamery here will
be Of more benefit to them than to
any other class Of people. 1t will
open up market for their cream
and farmers who now milk but one
or two cows, allowing the rest to
run loose, will soon see the profit
to be made and will 60 into the
dairy business to win. 1t is foolish
for the farmers to depend on their
wheat crop alone when they have
to haul it SO far to the railroad.
Farming should be diversified and
by 30 doing the farmer will have
many sources of revenue instead of
having to wait from one harvest to
the next for the years returns. No
better line of Diversified farming
can DO tried than dairying To
get the best results you must work
to the best advantage. This means
improvement in your grade of cat
tie and consequently better yield
of cream. The COWS and calves
will be better cared for and will be-
come more valuable while the milk
supply will 60 q long ways in feed
ing and preparing for market that
bunch Of hogs. Each year you
will have Q number of calves to
market and the profit realized from
the sale of cream will help materi.
ally in defraying the small ex-
penses OF the farm. In few years
all the hay and grain raised will
be used at home and will bring
much better figure than if hauled
off to market. Now 10 the time to
build a creamery here so come out
and help start it,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-03-20
The Meadows Eagle has changed
hands, C. A. Hackney having pnr-
chased the paper from B. F. Edlin.,
Success to you Bro. Hackney.

Bartlett Sinclair, who as Cover.
nor Stsunenberg's representative,
gained much notoriety by intro
ducing the infamous" permit
system in the Occur d'Alenes, at
tempted to commit suicide in Ma
Mia last Friday on being informed
that the government intended pros
ecuting him for neglecting his Office
and permitting the speculation of
funds. Sinclair was treasurer of
Rial province in the Philippines,
having secured his appointment
through Governor Taft. The only
thing to be deplored 10 that the
suicidal attempt was not successful
as il would prevent future trouble.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-03-20
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Depa tment of tho Interior Land Office at Lewiston
Idaho, March ), 1908.
Notice is hereby given that the followingnamed set
tier has flied notice Of his intention make final proof
in support Of his claim and that said proof viii be
made before Jas. DeHayen, U. S. Commissioner, at
Grangeville Idaho, on April IS, 1903. viz:
FRANK +. HARRIS,
Of Cottonwood Idaho for the lots I, z, g. s, 6, To-
y. ~, Sec. 20, TIP. 90 N. RI, E Z NJ.
He names the following witnesses TO prove his con-
tnuous residence upon and cultivation OF said land viz
Jesse NJ Dixon, Charles A. Alexander, Ellsworth
d Lamb, Archie X. Lee. all Of Cottonwood. Idaho.
40 j. b. WEST, Register.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-03-20

John Funke has been rearranging the
interior of his saloon this week.
The roads between here and Grange
vile are said to be in the worst condi-
ton known for years.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-03-20

Northern Pacific
Yellowstone Park Line.
Dining and Pullman
Standard and Tourist
Sleeping Cars on all
Trains,
No. 8 west bound arrives
daily at 4:2O p. m.
No. 10 east bound passen-
ger departs daily at 7:45 a. m.
No. IL from Clearwater
points, daily except Sun
day, arrives e:1Oa. m.
No. IL for Clearwater points
dali y, except Sunday, de.
parts at 245: p. m.
No. SO local freight from
Spokane, daily, arrives at 500 pm.
No. 80 local freight for
Spokane, daily. departs at 4:4O a. M.
No. ID local freight departs
from Lewiston at 8 30 q. M
on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays for Clearwater
points, arrives at Culdesac 6:5Oa.m.
Leave Culdesac shan
Makes connections at Norh
Lapwai with Nos. 10 and Ii
No. II local freight from
Clearwater points arrives
at 6:20 p. m. on Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Saturdays.
Passengers are not carried on Clear.
water Short Line Locals east of North
Lapwai.
For any further information call on
or write
W. ]. JORDAN, Agent,
Lewiston, Idaho,
A. D. CHARLTON, A. G.P.A.
Portland, Oregon,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-03-20

WANTED-FAITHFuL PERSON TO TRAY
Ell for well established house in few counties, call
ing retail merchants and agents.. local territory
Salary $Io24 year and expenses, payable sio.7o a
week in cash and expense. advanced. Position nerna-
nen..' Business successful and rushing Standard
House. "a Dearborn ST., CLi"ngo.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-04-29

THERE never was and there never
will be a public highway OF any de.
scriptlon or public utility of whatso-
eyer kind which the people who use it
do not pay for it in the last analysis. If
private capital puts it in, it is for the
purpose of making profit, and If it does
not make profit it will be abandoned.
Then why should not the government
(which is the people) build these utili-
ties itself and operate them at cost,
thus giving the people as good it not
better service with the profits cut off?
The fundamental business principle
IN government ownership is so plain
that the dullest mind can not fail to
comprehend it il 1t is allowed to think
on it only moment. The cities have
already grasped it as means to prog
ress and the government will have to
sooner or later, even if it was FIRST in
rrOduced to the world b. despised
POpulism.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-04-29

AT the recent session the county com.
missioners transferred $27, 900 from the
general fund to the sinking fund. The
Index has had a number of inquiries as
to what is being done with this money
and the object of not levying a sinking
fund. The latter part of the question is
one we have never had any information
upon but we presume 1t is for the pur-
pose Of preventing the bondholders
from trying TO hasten payment. The
transfer is made in order to buy bonds.
The commissioners have been buying
bonds for a nun Der of years using this
method. This is one reason why there
has been such heavy levy for general
fund. If there we're no bond deals the
general fund levy would not be nearly
80 great.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-04-29

PROSPERITY strikes" is the very sig.
nifcant designation of New York
newspaper for the strikes on April Let,
when several hundred workingmen
stopped work because their demands for
higher wages were refused. The work.
ingmen are simply striking for. some of
the prosperity which the trusts and
monoPolies have been enjoying for sew
eral years. The workingmen, along
with the rest of us, have been paying
the high prices and rates which have
made the trusts and railroads prosper
Gus, and they are now asking for their
share Of the prosperity. As matter OF
fact it will take an increase of 40 per
cent in money wages to put real wages
as high as they were in 1897. for, accord
ing to Duun's tables of prices, the cos:
Of living is 40 per cent. higher now than
in 1897. Yet wo call this prosperity.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-04-29
DOLLAR VERSUS MAN.

In South Africa there is dearth Of
laborers In the gold mi mes because the
operators are not willing to pay wages
upon which white men can live.
To blind the people to the greed and
selishness of the mine owners, prop.
osition has been preached to import
Chinese coolies who work for q song
and live on very little, under q clause
which shall make them liable to ex-
pulsion and return after fixed term of
years.
This indenture is calculated to over
come political obligations to the i'm.
portarce of cheap labor. 1t could not
be worked in America although there
are strong efforts to carry out a SINH
lar plan in Hawaii and the Philippines.
Just look at the pro position from a
humanitarian standpoint and the read.
or will learn how much more valuable
is the dollar than the man. An entire
race would be enslaved and worse in
order that a few multi millionaires
may increase their wealth faster than
1t can be done by paying righteous
wages to the men who dig every dollar
Of that wealth out of the bowels of the
planet given by nature as much to
the Chinese coolies as to the billion.
aires who have usurped title from the
surface to any required depth.
But the indenture feature is the
most brutal and shocking proposition
ever presented to the human mind. In
effect it is that young men, able to
earn living at home, shall be bought
up and sent into new country where
they shall work for plttance until
their strength is exhausted, when they
shall be returned to their former homes
unified to support themselves in the
future.
Suppose an American lad should 90
TO Cuba to work even at liberal wages
and after twenty years there. must be
returned to his former home. What
could he do to earn future living9
Wouldn't he be worse than the siaye
whose owner at least would be bound
to feed him until death?
The man is or is not worth more
than the dollar, and craftsmanship ia
constantly qualreling over this PROPOSE
ton. At present the dollar is on top,
but some day the man may be the
master and the dollar the servant
Wichita Beacon.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-04-29
POLITICALLY DEAD.

Several of our "dear" Republican
frieDde have kindly, generously and
wholly unselfishly given us the unask
ed and unsouxht information at since
we have undertaken to ascertain what
cur rights are under q contract and an
election, that We are politically dead
now, henceforth and forever. We must
confess that the ultimatum is one full of
terrors AMI it has gloomy aspect and
yet We still eat three meals per day
(when We bave the money! for political
death" hasn't the horror for us that it
seems to have for some people. The
Index has done many things that meant
political death Tin republican parlsnce)
and We have become quite accustomed
to It. Moreover, We are not out for
political honors and there are no symp.
toms Of the bee anywhere near us.
The only time We eyer were In the
political mixup was when q republican
graft mads it necessary and We don't
think tina. they are likely TO repeat that
very soon.
Seriously however, there are very few
people who are so narrow az to find
fault with our cousse. We want TO
know whether or not contract ia bind
ing on both parties and also whether a
county officer has the right and the
authority to refuse to furnish the official
reports that the law expressly provides
shall be published. 1t is q matter of
public Importance and, in Justice to us
as we'll as the county, it should be j1di-
cially determined.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-04-29
w. C. T. U. COLUMN.
Conducted by the Ladies' Of the W. C. T. q.
BEATEN BY BARLELCoRN.

The papers say that John l.. Sullivan.
the once invincible pugilist, is bank
rupt, referring, of course, to his
financial affairs, as his account in tho
banks of morals was Overdrawn some.
time ago. John amassed a fortune. it
is said. OF more than q million dol
lars, most of which he has squandered
In riotOus living. We very much
doubted If any man, since the days of
Sampson, had the physical powers of
John l.. Sullivan. No man could with
stand the force of his fists. But. MIR.
Sullivan conceived the foolish notion
that he could down" old John Barley.
corn. Well he got him down. all right,
but it is only question of time in all
such cases. when this greatest of all
pugilists will via. Just previous to
Mr.. Sullivan's fnaI encounter with
James Corbett, he had frequent bouts
with old John Barieycorn, thinking as
30 many do, that a "stimulant" of that
kind would strengthen him. AS re-
suit Of his enormous notion, when John
met James his brain was sluggish and
1t took . long time for his fists TO get
orders from headquarters. That's
what the dispatches meant at the time,
when they said that he was '.groggy."
All Of which goes to prove. what we've
asserted, that old John Darleycorn is
the greatest Of all pugilists, and that he
will ultimately knock out every fellow
who tackles INTIMIDATION Record.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-04-29

THERE are some Populists and Dem
ocrats who get the names of w. j.
Babb. the Populist nominee for con.
gress. and Senator Tapp. the recent
renegade. COMPOUNDED. It should be
remembered that Babb is not in Tapp's
class at ell. Mr.. Babb 10 chairman OF
tho Peoples Party state committee and
In that capacity worked hard and faith.
fully TO elect the fusion state ticket
last fall. Senator Tspp voted for STAN
ley for senator and also assisted in the
election OF the republican state ticket.
Judge Babb, however. is not In the
least inoculated with republican
germs. He never gives sid and COM
fort to republicans.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-04-29

Our ideal heaven would be TO be coun-
ty printer without being the target for
every sorehead to shoot At; to be permit.
ted to 90 about our business just ss
though We we're human beings with q
heart and soul and body like other peo-
pie. And then if politicians could be
made to believe that the county printer
is entitled to the same respect, rights
and consideration that other public Of
ficers are, we would feel like shouting
like an old.fsshioned Methodist.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-04-29

The republican organ will never quit
accusing the county printer of trying to
bride the representative and senator
representing Barber county in the legis
lature, to prevent the repeal of the epe-
cial printer law although the publishers
know full well that it is q lie out of
whole cloth. If We had attempted any
thing Of the kind they would have had
us behind the bars before this time.
That outfit has no love for as and IL
they had cinch like that they would
use it. We have been the target for
several dough.faeed culprits to shoot at
ever since We exposed their little
scheme to capture the county printing
at sn enormous price, and We are nos
surprised that they compromise their
manhood and stultify themselves in the
hope Of injuring Us. by downright lying.
The only thing that prevents them from
going q step farther and employing Ken.
lucky republican tactics is their abject
cowardice.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-04-29

HE young republicans say that high
tariff must be shelved while the older
crowd insist that it is as feasible now ae
Il was in 1896 and 1900. In other
words the young crowd are playing to
the galleries for popularity while the
old crowd are etubbornly consistent.
The young crowd are also hypocrites in
that they are advocating something
that they do not intend to deliver.
However, all intelligent men know that
a high tariff is stumbling block in the
path of progression and milestone on
the necks of the people.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-04-29

The anti-machine republicans of the
state are trying to effect an organiza.
ton for the purpose of capturing the
next state convention. With the
machine in possession of tue Offices and
the patronage. the ants will find it a
difficult task to accomplish anything.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-04-29

MILF HULL had unique way of
giving the Medicine Lodge papers the
countersign when he mailed his ex
changes last week. II we interpret it
Alright, Milt meant to convey the idea
that the papers are doing the chump
act In taking county printing at a loss.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-04-29

BECAUSE there is seemingly no hope
to elect, is no excuse why those oppos
ed to the record made by the republi.
can party. should stay away from the
polls May 26th. Doyour part toward
repudiating that record whoever your
choice of the candidates NAV BIZ.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-04-29

IL it is right for the government to
loan money to the banks at one half
OF one per cent, why would it be wrong
to loan to the people at per cent? This
question has been asked publicly many
times but no republican has yet under.
taken to answer IL.