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The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-16
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district fruit inspector, left Monday
for the Lower Payette on official
business. Mr.. Martin reports that
he has thoroughly investigated the
effect Of the recent frost on fruit
and finds that contrary to what
seems to be the general impression,
there has as yet been very little
damage done. He said some fruit
on the lower branches was killed,
but at an altitude of six feet and
higher all was well.
Brick Block. w. L. Powell last
week purchased the Hayes corner
at Main and Washington streets
and will commence the erection of
a two story building thereon as
soon as the brick can be burned.
The proposed plan of the building
is for a bank and store room on the
ground floor. the second story to
be occdpied by lodge room and
two commodious Offices. The pur-
chase price of the lot was $1,000.
Good Map. w. c. Emke, of this
place, has about finished the most
complete map ever gotten UP, of
the Pearl mining district. The
map includes the country extending
between the Lincoln and Rock
creek, consisting of about 225
claims. 1t does not give, those of
the Horseshoe Bend district.
Natural Leaf. Hon. H. c. Riggs
brought back with him from his
eastern trip supply Of Kentucky
natural leaf and presented the Index
with enough to keep our corn cob
going for several days. Mr.. Riggs
health was greatly benefited by his
travels and he reports having had
a very enjoyable visit.
Two Handsome Buildings. Banks
& Adams last Friday evening were
awarded } the contract for erecting
two new school buildings in En-
NETT, providing the bond election
carries. Their bid was $r3,873.
Reception. A farewell reception
was given to Mrs. Hayes, mother
of Elk. Hayes, last Thursday by
Mrs.tC. P. Bilderback. Mrs. Hayes
departed Sunday for her home al
Oxford, Maine, after a pleasant visit
in Emmett of several months.
Ship aaS Door FactO'y' Jonathan
Moulton is preparing to start sash
and door factory in Emmett, pro
ject which he has had in mind fol
some time, sand one which ought tc
pay well.
Nightwatch. A subscription papel
was circulated the first of the weei
to raise funds to pay night watch
man for Emmett. A sufficient sun
was raised with little difficulty.
Gus Carlson returned to Emnet
the first of the week and is prepar
ing to finish hauling the machinery
in for the Payette Power plan
which had to be postponed last fal
on account of bad roads.
w. T. Burwell, a COLORADO
Springs capitalist, last week pun
chased the Elias Anderson farm
stock and implements. paying there
for the sum of $4,000.
Miss Oliver, a sister of H. c
Oliver, Idaho Northern agent
this place, has accepted the princl
palship of the Emmett school 70
next year. e.,
DR.. E. E. Dutton is prepared t
do all kinds of dental work:
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-16
NEW LYMOUTH
r,om Independent.

,.,,,ovement Club. The ladies Of
VI p,vmouth met recently at the
w., nsn Of Mrs. F. S. Stevens ard o.
led the Parkview Improvement
~ with a charter memberhip OF
sla The object of the organi-
NV w., ;s 10 improve and beautify
- cemetery grounds recently pur-
s i. The executive committee,
.on.isting of Mrs. G. s. French,
president; Mrs. Walter Va B .n., vice
..;deot. Mrs. W. S. Hinchiiff,
secretary, and Mrs. j. W. Lynch,
treasurer, were employed to draw
m a constitution and by laws Tor
~ club. The next meeting will
10 held at the home of Mrs. w. S.
u;rcbliff May "a, when all ladies
svmpathizing with the objects Of
the club are cordially invited }
attend. .a-
Big Investment. w. F. Hill,
fron Newton, Iowa, has begun the
erection of residence on the prop
ertv recently purchased of w. S.
Hiuchliff, just east of New Ply.
mouth, to cost in the neighborhood
Of $4,000. In addition to the 40"
acre improved tract secured from
Mr.. Hinchliff, Mr.. Hill has pur-
chased 50 acres of sage brush land
from M. F. Albert and Thomas
Hubbard and 40 acres from the
New Plymouth Land and Coloniza-
ton Company, making a total in.
vestment in bench land of about
$4,000.
Accidents at Plymouth. Roscoe
Sage, son of H. A. Sage Of New
Plymouth, was thrown from a
horse Thursday morning, resulting
in the breaking of both bones of
bis right arm. Young Sage was
brought to Payette where was set
the broken bones.
This morning the mother of E.
N. Smith of New Plymouth, a lady
aged 80 years, fell from a chair
upon which she was standing, re-
ceiving a severe shaking up, and
owing to her advanced age, is in
critical condition from the effects of
the shock.
Anniversary. Impressive services
were held at the church Sunday
evening, April 29th, for the 1. o. o.
+. lodge at this place, the occasion
being the first anniversary of that
order. The church was decorated
with potted plauts and cut ferns.
Those present listened attentiveIy
to Rev. Kershaw who took for his
text "The Good Samaritan"
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1903-05-16
ALkAll LANDS.
Agricultural Department to Reclaim
lands ID Yakima Valley.

The agricultural department of
the United States government is
about to undertake to demonstrate
to the farmers in the Yakima valley,
Washington. that the 5000 acres
and ovsr of alkali lands in that vi
cinity c,.r be reclaimed and within
two years made the most valuable
agricultural lands in that section,
Similar dem ,nstrations are to be
made in other parts of the country,
all with a view of turning the
4,ooo,o 900 acres of alkali lands in
the west, which in their present
state are worthless, to farming uses.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-19
MONTANA NOTES.

Reports from throughout the state
Indicate the heaviest fall of snow this
sinter the first of the week, rang
ng from IL inches to two feet
The Northern Pacific is promising
over freight rates on farm produce
% residents Of the Bitter Root valley.
Homer W. Rotz. for a number Of
years assistant chief clerk in the Un.,-
ed States railway mail service with
headquarters at Helena, has been ap-
pointed inspector. with headquarters
in New York.
The new turntable is being installed
at Missoula by the Northern Pacific.
Senator Clark's diseased ear is caus-
ing a good deal Of trouble and much
talk. For the third time the surgeons
in New York have used the knife, and
promise complete recovery.
Albert J. Beckman, aged as, on trial
at Butte for his life for the murder
of pretty II year old Helen Kelly, con-
fessed to killing the girl. declaring
infatuation for her and anger
when, as he alleges, she cast aim on
for another after she had gotten all
his money, caused his head to whirl
and he decided to kill her.
Judge William Clancy of Butte.
Mont, found the Boston & Montana
company and ]. c. Adams and George
Moulthrop guilty OF contempt OF court
recently. fining each $500. The de-
eision was in the case in which the
Boston & Montana company and its
officers were charged with mining ore
veins which were alleged to be the
property OF the Montana Ore Purchas-
ing company.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-19
British Columbia Mines.

Ore shipments for the past week
totalled $3.50 tons; year 70 date. 1885,
1856 tons.
Shipments Of ore from the Boundary
mines we're l6.0S4 tons for the past
week, most Of the mines sending out
a tribe less than usual, with the ex-
ception OF the CRANKY group. which is
maintaining its output in good shape.
The Giant Mining company. Of Ross
land. is planning 10 equip its property
with reduction works to save the CO.
bait and the molybdenum in its ores.
Figures issued by the company indi-
dictate that the new field Of enterprise
offers most substantial rewards.
The FIRST consignment Of gold-copper
concentrates produced at the lie Roi
No. rs Elmore oil process plant has
been forwarded to the Northport smell
ter for treatment. The shipment In
cluded co tons OF concentrates part OF
which was from the Wiley tables be-
lore the Elmore oil section OF the
works is reached. and the second half
Of the shipment is the product Of the
oil section OF the works. and carries
a small percentage OF oil
A report is to hand at Rossland that
Andrew Laidlaw Of Spokane has sue
cessfully foated a valuable group Of
East Kootenay coal locations to a Mon.
treal syndicate which will equip and
develop the property on a consider
able scale. The claims are located on
Fording river. north Of Michel about
I6 miles. and east OF Elk river.
A most important strike has been
made on the Gold Cup. mine at Ymir
which is under bond to Con Wolfe and
Dawault Brothers. A tunnel which Is
being run TO tap the shaft on this prop
erty has encountered a body Of rich
ore rs feet from the shaft and 200 feet
from the portal OF the tunnel. This
ore varies from three and a half TO five
feet Of clean high grade ore and con
tains streaks and punches Of excep
tionally rich tellurides which run VI
10 thousands of dollars In gold pei
ton. The bulk OF the vein matter runs
about $50 per ton but taking in the
punches Of tellurides and grey copper
the average is very high and assures
an important future for the Gold Cur
mine.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-19

they failed to carry out the bond is not
given out.
Mother" Jones has sent word that
she will be in Wyoming soon TO or
ganize the n unorganized coal camps
In that state. Superintendent Sheldon
of the Diamondville Coal & Coke com
pany says the mine operators are pre-
pared for her arrival, and II she at
tempts 10 interfere in any way with
the miners or influence them to quit
she viii promptly be jailed. The op-
orators declare that the miners have
expressed themselves as entirely sat
isfied with their condition since a 10
per cent increase in wages was grant
ed them.
Is Republic. wash. coal camp.
Timothy Connor, an old resident who
owns the Protection claim, west OF
Clark avenue, was prospecting on ms
property for quartz about 10 DAYS ago,
when he discovered a seam Of Ignite
and brown coal
The new long tunnel at the Morning
mine at MuIlan. Idaho. viii give a YER
teal depth Of $500 feet when II Is
completed. and it viii open 1000 feet
Of new ground, says Thomas Green
ough. managing partner Of Larson 4
Greenough's mining interests.
The smelling trust paid TO the Fed
eral company 31.0z5. 900 for the Everett
smelter, according TO Wall street
paper. The deal also included an
agreement by the trust TO take all the
Federal eompany's output for six years
on basis to be governed by the price
Of silver and lead or the finished pro-
OF the Federal company's cap
ital it is stated that one half Of the
$40, 900 900 preferred and about Sc. 000s-
600 of the $4,000, 900 common stock
has been issued.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-19
Montana Mines.

McKittrick & Box Of Pony have
struck 500 gold ore.
Work is progressing rapidly on the
noted Jay Gould properties, near Hell
ena.
Thomas Cruise, Helena banker, has
purchased an interest in nine oil placer
.laims in Carbon county.
Receipts at the United States assay
Ifiee at Helena for November were
,2O2.222. Of which $151.0s was from
dontana.
The Red Bird Mining company, OPP
srating 20 miles west Of Helena. has
aid its November dividend Of cent
A share.
The Beal Greek Coal company has
5een incorporated, with a capital Of
100000, to develop a large tract Of
cal lands in Carbon county.
The Cook Gold Mining company has
zen organized by St Paul and Duluth
investors to operate the Fortune group,
We miles west Of Helena The prop
rty was recently transferred to the
iew company for $4,000.
The Black Diamond Coal company.
represented by Hanse Smith Of Du-
nth, has purchased the coal proper
es at Fromberg, Carbon county, re-
entity discovered by n. Mccarthy Of
}ozeman, and commonly known as the
'cCarthy mines.
Butte, Mont--A heavy premature
last In the Rarus mine recently for
. time entombed four miners and caus-
d wild rumors Of heavy loss Of life,
IS a large number Of miners ordinarily
worked in the section filed with rock
rom the explosion. The four miners
ucceeded in escaping through ore
hptes to lower levels Of the Pennsyl-
-ania mine and reported as soon as
hey could make their way to the sur
ace.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-19
oREooM hoTaa.

The uA.oa Meat Packing company.
AflsE a ysATs lalsncsa. has resumed
bpSFasion.
The SCHOOL elcctIon foF Echo dla
racS on The question u inaaing ta.evo
nadn IN Construct . HaS school baiAa'
n eaErscd without q disRoniaE vote
d ta estimated ~ tho wheat buyers
i Acheha that there are about TS.ooo
.lahsln u wheat In their district that
lave not bsvn sold.
Thefe IL a bid rush 10 The John Day
Al aslaa. uklca have bcea fVeenIly
!seovsgud. Tho coal L. sAsd 70 be 50.
svlur go that produced ~ Tho nopp
gs ruai nalds
l. l.. TbumAa aaa II. Hale. tao
sAty shpgp holders 81 atpektun. Cal.
Eyed recently trum psnaleson TO-.
. shpcp. uhieh they have iuas par.
asea from some Of The rAschrrs
ozclal rAila have bccn issued TOT
3 arauai cunvpatsna - the Nasioaai
Its STOCK association aud q the Ma.
4aAI Wool Growers association. "a
> Ae,A In Portland. GRE. from Jan
afy 50 10 Is. 1905.
ADasp Juass. wksso working a. The
bxsiss camp II sso5dAFa Hsos., hSAi
ItEHsa- vas fatally injured recently
80 rolled down hlli. striking ire'
b. ,a4slaE The snp To break Oh. Tbs
y ieI on Jones head
ne u2e,uhoru 81 the exccutiVs CON
s,'s0 q ths American NlniHg COZ
rsss oonplrsea tas preliminary Al
aassmer,s Tor the Convention uhlcl
~ zoo' Ia Portland. August Is. iRo'
sssJ 8agblo the 5000 guaFanss
b. vhFh was required b. the ass
aibaa pas raised.
hAaos CG,y.-Cgrcui, Judge Eaki
!. R srr3 the date ~ the execution &
: faasar; Armstrong. who muraere
Issls EasmluEsr last Christmas eT'
F isssssy -. 1904, IN the jail Jas
10 coBn,y The supreme cuul
N b asked for a stay ~ pTpcsedlnl
pan 4 can no determined vhesh'
arvs Is any las under witch he ca
= stsyuted The attorneys for u
- aEisussa assassin argue that no IL
sls's n Oregon under which he MI
y y tIsrHtrd
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-19
Mining Notes.

Contracts have been let for the i'm
mediate installation of a HendryX
plant at the Mountain Lion mill in Re
public camp. Wash.
The owners OF the Keystone mines.
in Meteor camp, in Ferry county,
Washington, are preparing to secure
land in the camp for a townsite.
The entire force on the Mob Hill al
Republic claim has been taken out OF
the mine and set to work building a
100 ton ore bin and trestle work to
connect 1t with the working tunnel.
J. J. O'Connor OF Elmira, n. 7.
charges fraud in the Last Chance
mining deal made years ago. He de-
clares value OF the mine was conceal
ed from him. He brought suit against
+. Lewis Clark and Charles Sweeny
for $500, 900. The Spokane city ooun-
ell is considering sueing them, too, on
an old bank deal. Receiver Shaw ad-
vises the government TO annul Last
Chance sale. Contended that Clark and
sweeny got securities from the bank
by collision.
Cripple Greek, Col.-The habeas cor
pus case of Victor Poole, the union
miner who is held by the military
without formal charges being made
against him, was heard by Judge
Seeds of the district court recently,
and after three hours of argument the
court ordered Poole's release. It is
understood, however. that the military
will pay no attention to the order, and
Attorney Hangs will on Monday apply
to the state supreme court for writ
of habeas corpus. Should he be denied
the writ there, he will take the case to
the United States courts,
A report from Buffalo Hump says
that an enormous body Of rich ore has
been struck in the new tunnel Of the
Big Buffalo Mining campony, the ore
being as rich as any that the company
has ever had in the mine. The recent
strike was made 500 feet in.
Manila.-Three Americans and sew
en- natives were killed recently by the
fumes from blast Of dynamite in a
quarry OF the Atlantic & Pacific com.
pany at Mariveles, near the entrance
to Manila bay. Among those killed
were Joseph Law, superintendent, and
Thomas Strader. engineer.
N bond on the Jumbo group In
Tonapah camp, Nevada. held by Pat
rick Clark and Major b. G. Kingsbury.
of Spokane, has been given up. John
Bresnahan, who has been in charge
of the work there under the bond, has
returned to Spokane. When the Spo'
kane mining men secured the bond on
1.-THE property 1t was supposed that they
HAD one OF the best properties in that
lnow famous mining district. Just why
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-19
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
csulsEa CARRYING TROOPS DID
NOT LAND ON PANAMA COAST
t,oels SANS warships Keeping ~
Eagle Eye open to ApPrshsnd Them
n They Attempt to Land Soldier
inelsns indiffsrent-The cOlomblsns
MAJ Rave Landed in Gulf Of parisn.

COl0a, Dec. li.--ThEough the e1am-
Ins.4oa u the ban Bias coast MADE b.
tas D .. Atlanta and the converted
cruiser MayAoweE. 10th VI which YES
.e.s have returned here. Il has been
esSAf.y established that the Colombian
cruisers General Pin1Oh aud Carriage
"a appeared ia the gulf VI DaTien
aDO-. - aoaFs after they we're report
Cd as having left Cafgagena. No Teli,
sblg esiienee. however. could DO OBJ
Ialned ~ shop that any OF the troops
e4n.ea " ghe cruisers had been land
cd. either on the Euli coast or north
wssy thereof.
The Atlanta and the MaynoSeT made
a thorough inspection of the entire
Vlclaitg. d vas learned that 81 one
cast point the caTtagenA embarked :
snail quantity Of naval stores. = fes
bguoSAs. some corn and " pieces ot
sihe soofiak. but no information could
be obtained as 20 the direeIi0n taken
b. The cruiser thereafter. Il has besn
FvgJfsd IhAI Colombian troops we're
sA-~NA - = ~NAN-Ass hHeeAs - A%sN 49,
ia cDasg. tut the Atlanta was pFes0nI
a. lhls place al tho tine whsn. &C.
sUtdlag Eo the report. the troops should
have been landed and say noghinG.
AL onlesFs found the altitude Of the
laalaHs To be indifferent and even 70
Sel.AaL The traditions u the Indians
t5f centuries have bsen against per.
EAuHg alisns Ia their territory and
sEezo tradisi0as they sliil malntAin.
r1sy often declined to answer the
s4csta0as u The Interpreters and on
srsvEal 0eeaAions their Information
sas touna 10 DO misleading.
Tho Information obtAiasd ~ tho A.
lsa,A and MAJ Indicates either
tlal the coiomblAn troops have been
FygaFhed 10 caFIagrna or that they
bars b1ua landed ~ uoni1 point on the
ruasg bosucsH CaFtAEena and the Ealf
4, pafioh and may be proeeedlas
sAeare toward NAaeA-
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-19
To Mark nenInnIna Of Year.

Washington. Dec. l5.-The United
States naval observatory has annonnc'
cd the details Of its scheme TO send
,elegraphlc time signals throughout
the world to mark the beginning OF
the new year. The signals were sent
out last year for each Of the four
great standard time pelts Of the Unit
cd States. but this year Il is proposed
not only TO secure a wide distribution
OF these New Year signals throughout
North and South America by the CO
operation Of the telegraph and cable
companies. but also to send one OF
more Of the four series OF signals
around the world and back to the room
In the naval observatory. where they
started.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-19
NINE DAMAGE MYSTERY.
Heavy Explosion Underground Causes
Sensation.

Butte. Mont, Dec. IA reported
underground battle has caused q SEN
sation here. though the ARRAY is cloth
ed in much mystery. A heavy explo-
sion Saturday night entombed a num-
Der Of miners and for a time IL was
feared over a score OF men had lost
their lives. II appears that the blast
ing Of the Amalgamated miners in the
Pennsylvania mine caused an immense
cayein OF the Heinze workings, i'm
perillng the lives OF miners. The Anal
gamated officials deny any attempt
was made 10 destroy the workings Of
Heinze's property and declare the
cayein the result Of defective timber
ing on the part Of Heinze.
Al Frank. engineer OF the Rarus
mine. at the scene OF the blasting.
charges the Amalgamated people with
Wholesale destruction OF ore and says
Itch deposits Of mineral are destroy.
ed. and wrecked timbers are buried
beneath thousands OF tons OF rock
The damage done is in the thousands
Of dollars. Seven men were caught in
one explosion and predpitated some
distance below. Their escape was
miraculous.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-19
CONVENTION IN CHICAGO.
Republicans viii Meet There Nsxt
June.

S0NGs
Chicago has been selected as the
place for holding the next national re-
publican convention The committee
fixed June 81. at IL O'Clock, as the
time for the meeting Of the conVen-
ton.
The offers made by the different cit.
les were $4,000 by st. Louis, 100000
by Chicago, and 10000 by Plttsburg.
After some discussion the Chicago Of.
fer was raised by Committeeman Stew
art TO $4,000, he guaranteeing that
Chicago would contribute that amount
10 pay the expenses Of the assembling
OF the convention In that city.
The committee on arrangements for
the convention are: Senator N. b.
scott Of West Virginia, chairman; SEN
ator Hanna, Postmaster General
Payne. Harry Scow OF indianapolis,
and II. b. Schneider OF Nebraska.
The decision Of the national COM
mittee TO have the republican conven-
ton meet on June II created consid.
cradle talk about the capitol at Wash
ingtOn as TO the probable date Of the
adjournment Of congress and the fact
developed that there has already been
more or less exchange Of views among
the leaders Of the senate and the house
on the question. The opinion lie quite
general among them that 1t will be
possible 20 conclude the work Of the
session by June Il. Republican SEN
ators are trying to secure an agree
ment with the house to adjourn for
Christmas on Friday. The treaties
will not be taken up until after the
holiday recess.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1903-12-19
MINES AND MINING NEWS
PROPERTIES HAVE SETTLED
DOWN TO WINTERS WORK.
items Of Interest Gathered During the
Past week-e. c. Mines Busy
Show UP weIi-EIeetrie Power In
Occur d'AIene DIstriet-Aecldent
and PersonalS-Montana Producing.

The Gold Hunter, one Of the Oldest
and best known producers In the Occur
d'Alenes, has closed down. Ali the
miners have been discharged, except
a few left TO clean up. No explanation
was offered, and men were laid on for
an indefinite period. OF late about ca
men have been employed at the mine
and between $50 and 800 tons Of con
cenTates have been shipped per
month during the past year, mostly
TO Colorado smelters.