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Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23
YOUNG GIRL BRAVES PERIL
WITH GOLD in PR OSPECT
Hardshirs and Dangers Cheerfully Endured In Quest
Of Wealth-Thriling Description Of Journey to the
Thunder Mountain District of Idaho.

1t is expected that when the snow
disappears this spring there will be
another rush for the new gold fields
fn the Thunder Mountain region OF
Idaho. A year ago the Thunder Noun
tain gold fields were almost unknown.
Many gold seekers were deferred from
venturing to the regions by stories OF
the difficulties of the route. The diff
hculties have seemed less formidable
since a woman, Miss M. A Rice OF
Texas, made the trip while the snow
was still twenty-five feet in places
She was the first woman to enter the
region.
Miss Rice's father lost his property
in the Galveston food. Afterward the
family went through the Beaumont oil
excitement. To help along Miss Rice
established the Beaumont Oil Review.
She continued to be proprietor and
editor of this little sheet until she and
her father started on the long and dan
gerous trip into the wilds of Idaho.
Here is her story of the journey:
Papa and 1 left Beaumont the first
day of May, 1902. We arrived in
Idaho about the 4th and stayed in
HALEY until the 18th, getting ready
for the awful and wonderful trip
ahead OF u.s.
1.-THE Quitting of the first woman to
go to the camp was an awe-inspiring
thing. l was taken to the tailor's and
had a pair of knickerbockers made.
and was so pleased with them that l
ordered another pair. 1 felt about the
same as / expect all little boys do
who are getting out of dresses for the
first time.
Most of the women in Idaho ride
cross saddle, so it was nothing new
for me to leave the town astride. Our
party consisted of eleven, with fifteen
horses, two wagons and an immense
amount of provisions, bedding, am
munition, etc
1--WE had a jolly good time the first
four days, but at the end of that time
were much the worse for wear.
twenty-five feet of snow had been en-
countered in places, and a cold north
wind was blowing with just enough
sleet to make one think of the Texas
plains. A party behind US lost three
horses the next day and we lost two,
while l came near being killed by one
falling on me.
1.-The creek was too high for us to
cross the following morning, SO we lay
over at the Bull Dog mine, near what
Is known as Sea Foam. The wagons
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23

1s54-55 the United Kingdom was prac.
tically growing enough wheat to feed
her population of $1,000, OOO;,e but in
1900-1901 only one-f1fth of the wheat
consumed by the population of Al $780,.
0G0 was grown in the British isles, the
other four-fifths being imported from
foreign countries" Admiral Free
mantle of the British navy, recently
called attention to Great Britain's de-
pendence and helplessness in case of
war with the United States, and wa6n-
ed the British people of the perils in
cident to becoming nation of middle
men, with constant decline in the
sources of domestic production.
Great Britain ceased to raise its
own wheat when it adopted the policy
of free trade. The agriculture of
Great Britain fourished as long as
there was a duty on British grown
wheat. The value of it's acres have
declined, and fields which bore large
yields of wheat under high culture
have been put into grass The farms
have been abandoned and the cities
are crowded with population, thou
sands of whom, within the past few
weeks, have marched in professions
in London, asking for labor. There is
no labor for them. Great Britain buys
her bread a little cheaper in the
United States and other countries, but
bent on cheapness, she has lost the
independence incident to- her ability
to raise the wheat. For a time she
controlled the markets of the world
for her textiles, iron and other manu-
facturers. but in these things the
other nations have overtaken her, and
now Great Britain helplessly deplores
the decline of her foreign trade COM
pared with her great rfvals-the
United States and Germany.-Irish
World.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23
LAWYER WON HIS BET.
Drssht Thought Gave Hin the Best d
the Situation.

Drsaht Thought Gave Hin the Best ot
the Situation.
Justice F. E. Duncan of Des Moines.
Iowa. gained some experience and in
cidentally lost 81 to a prominent Grim
inal lawyer recently. The lawyer
dropped into the justice court one day.
Are you ready to take up the Ada
Lakewood case?'' asked the court
replied the attorney. Thought it was
down for tomorrow
mo. it was set for to-day, and the
witnesses are here
well. let's put it on until to-mor-
row; we are not ready" pleaded the
lawyer.
Cant do that" ruled the court
Wen take the states testimony to
day. and you can put your witnesses
on tomorrow"
but 1 don't want to do that
well, you'll have to do it,
'.Bet you a dollar you don't take the
states testimony" said the lawyer.
Guess we will if I say so.'
etIs the bet still good?''
Eyes, I'll take it,
And the money was put up.
3The witnesses for the state in the
case against Ada Lakewood will rise
and be sworn" ordered the court
1--WE waive examination and will go tc
the grand jury. Give me the two dol
lars"
And the court turned over the
money.-The Green Bag.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23
A Priceless Jewel.

The richest market in the world, the
priceless jewel of commerce, is the
market of the United States. The pro-
tective tariff holds it's treasure secure
to the American wage-earners and all
the American people This is the
simple essence of protection 1t is
the cardinal principle of the American
tariff system which has been made
national policy by the Republican
party; which, with the control of the
trusts" will be the great issue or
which Mr.. Roosevelt will go to the
voters next year asking them to elect
him President of the United States.
New York Press.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23

out from the shoulder, and he rang
the bell twice.
In the same week Senator Allison
gave out an authorized interview in
which he said: mo tariff revision, .
and incidentally took occasion to say
that in his judgment reciprocity in
competitive products was a dream
that has little chance of ever being
realized. Senator Frye, the acting
vice-President, declared himself in
equally positive terms. About the
same time William Jennings Bryan
was delivering a speech at Des Moines
in which he praised Gov. Cummins
warmly for his progressive" tariff
ideas and welcomed him to the Demo
cratic fold.
All this is interesting history 1t
means much to the Republican party
and the country. 1t means, says the
cabinet officer quoted by the Tribune,
that-"Tarfff reformers masquerading
under the guise of Republicans will
have to become classified under an
other name, or welcomed back into
the ranks of the Democracy, as Gov
Cummins has been by Bryan. The
Republican party, with Roosevelt at
it's head, will stand for no tariff revis-
ion, at least until after the next Presi-
Dental election. This is the lesson to
be learned from the developments of
the last week"
From the temper displayed by the
Iowa sprogressives" it is evident that
the speeches of the President and Sec
retaries Shaw and Root have not
stamped out the Iowa idea" SO far
as the leaders in the revolt are con-
cerned- They still proclaim their in
tention to clamor and work and plan
for the realization of their pet ambi-
tion- They want to go laundering
down the corridors of time as the res
cuers of the Republican party from
the dire dilemma of too much pros
perity, as the Moseses who shall lead
that party out of the bondage of the
Pharaohs of the trusts and into the
promised land of reformed tariff
and potential competition These
schemers for power and control de-
clare it to be their fixed and unaI-
terable purpose to go before the ma
tional convention in 1904 and demand
q downward revision of the tariff. If
shey have their way they will force
tariff revision as a dominant issue of
the campaign of next year, in spite
OF the demand of the President and his
advisers and the best brain Of the
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23
As TO STANDING PAT
LATEST ASPECT OF THE TARIFF
REVISION QUESTION.
The Plain Speaking of President
Roosevelt, Secretaries Root, Shaw
and Others Has Wrought
Marked Change in the Situation and
Outlook

The changes that have occurred in
the situation and outlook regarding
tariff revision during the past few days
are the subject of careful comment by
a member of the cabinet in the Wash
ington correspondence of the New
York Tribune of April 2. If the
speeches of Secretaries Shaw and
Root, March 81 and April 8, respective
ly, were read and approved by the pres
ident before they were delivered
and nobody doubts that they we're
the meaning and the intent of the
Presidents speeches at Milwaukee
and Minneapolis become all the clear
er. His purpose obviously was to
throw the entire weight of admins
tration influence against the supreme
folly of talking tariff revision at this
time. Secretaries Shaw and Root de-
Hvered powerful addresses designed to
prove that changes in the Dingley
law schedules in the direction of lower
duties or no duties are not called for
by any of the conditions of industry
and trade; on the contrary. the coun-
try's interests will be best served by
letting the tariff entirely alone. at
least until after the national election
of 1904
Right upon the heels of these public
declarations by his two secretaries
came, first, the speech of President
Roosevelt at Milwaukee on the gen.
eral subject of trusts, in which he
took the ground that a remedy for
trust evils must not be sought for in
tariff revision. The same week, at
Minneapolis, the president fired his
big broadside against any and all
forms of tariff tinkering. If Secre-
taries Root and Shaw left any part of
the ground uncovered in their
speeches, the President certainly COW
cred it at Minneapolis. In the Ian
guage of the cabinet officer quoted by
the New York Tribune, the Presidsl:
went direct to the territory where
the Iowa Idea is supposed to prevail
In both speeches he struck straight
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23
ORIGIN OF SLANG PHRASE.
When He First Understood Meaning
of Descriptive Term.

When He First Understood Meaning
of Descriptive Term.
A student in the School of Mines
at Columbia university who has just
returned from Butte, Mon, was telling
Charles james, proprietor of the
Sturtevant, about the atmospheric
peculiarities of that mining town of
the Far West.
."Pon my word" he said, "the air
is SO charged with mineral gases that
after a man has been out for an hour
or so in the morning his heart action
is so slow that he is obliged to drink
plenty of whisky to get it in fairly
normal condition. l was told that
there were at one time a few inhabi-
tants of Butte who were teetotalers,
but they are all dead. A man can
drink a quart of whisky before his
midday dinner in that town without
feeling in the slightest degree intoxi-
Gated That is why Butte men, when
they come East and their heart works
normally, get frightfully drunk when
they try to drink as they do at home"
81 see," retorted Mr. james. 81 I'M
derstand aow what it means to tell a
man that he has a sbelut' on.''-New
York Times.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23
a LAST RESORT.
Pure Food Should Be the First.

Pufe fooo SnCufo BE tne FffSI.
When the human machine goes
wrong it's ten to one that the trouble
began with the stomach and can
therefore be removed by the use of
proper food. A lady well known in
Bristol, Ontario County, N. Y, tells
of the experience she had curing her
only child by the use of scientific
food: my little daughter, the only
child and for that reason doubly dear.
Inherited nervous dyspepsia We
tried all kinds of remedies and soft
foods. At last, when patience was
about exhausted and the child's con-
dition had grown so bad the whole
family was aroused, we tried Grape
Nuts.
"a friend recommended the food as
one which her own delicate children
had grown strong upon SO / purchas-
ed box-as a last resort. In very
short time a marked change in both
health and disposition was seen.
What made our case easy was that
she liked it at once and its crisp,
nutty flavor has made it an immedi-
ate favorite with the most fastidious
In our family.
Its use seems to be thoroughly
established in western New York
where many friends use it regularly.
/ have noticed its fine effects upon
the intellects as well as the bodies
of those who use it We owe 1t
much" Name given by Postum Co.,
Battle Creek, Mich
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23

gathering my samples preparatory to
leaving when 1 heard that the owners
of a property on Smith Creek, thirty
miles away, were gone.
Il had the option on the claims
and was anxious to procure my
samples alone, so / took a woman
friend and her little boy, and we three
went the whole distance alone with
our bedding beneath our saddles and
provisions tied behind. The first night
out we fell into good hands and were
taken splendid care of, as also the Sec
ond night. but the next day our
troubles began again. My horse had
lost a shoe and had one lame foot.
while we failed completely in locat-
ing a property on Snow Slide, which
l was also to get samples from.
Ozark came before we really knew
it and we were still fifteen miles from
our destination. We had had no lunch
and our provisions had dwindled down
to corn meal and salt. Mush was our
supper, and after an awful night we
had the same repast for breakfast.
A very light meal to start fifteen miles
on, and to add to our misery forest
fire had broken out between US and
Roosev cit.
ST cannot tell you just how We got
through it, but l do know that we met
my friends husband few miles from
home and he had a sandwich for the
boy The dear little fellow, who was
only years old, would not taste bit
until it was divided so we all had a
taste.
"The first gold pan of dirt I PANIED
left a string of color six inches long
with a quantity of white metal which
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23
euzzards No Longer Needed.

The buzzards that have long in
tested Vera Cruz and served a useful
purpose as winged scavengers are
doomed. A London firm is putting in
a modern sewer and water system The
birds have become so numerous that
they are pest The protection of the
municipality has been removed, and
when the new drainage system shall
be completed the city will be rid of the
pest the numbers of which have al
ready been reduced somewhat by
catching the buzzards and placing
them in wooden cages to be taken to
sea and drowned.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23
Miss M A. Rice.

The First Woman in the New idaho
Gold Fields.
had been left at Cape Horn the morn
ing before. so all the men were COM
PEELED to walk over one hundred miles
into the town of Roosevelt.
Roosevelt, on the third day of last
June, was not much OF an honor to the
man it was named for. There was one
cabin, a saloon, five tents and an
abundance of water caused by the
many beaver dams. Green tops were
few. for some ten years ago a fire
swept the whole of central Idaho. The
dead timber lowered everywhere, and
when the wind blew we were afraid
of being crushed.
Mountain fever attacked the little
colony and three died. The rest of US
had it and came near wishing we
could be taken, too. When 1 was
taken i'll nothing was too great for
the miners to do fo- me. They sat up
all night with papa watching to see
If my fever had cooled, and when
1t was rumored that some butter had
arrived in Marble City, five miles
away, a prospector walked the whole
distance and back after nightfall to
have surprise for me next morning
At one time / was doctoring and nurs-
Ing eight men. So, in a measure.
was able to repay what they had done
for me.
MY pony was too small to pack
else I would have had to walk that
more than one hundred miles. too,
fear BY this time. people who had
started to snowshoe in had begun to
turn back, heartsick, with neither
money nor food nor gold
Words cannot describe the hard
ships we encountered on that journey
to Roosevelt. l was being taken pretty
good care of and can honestly saw
that l enjoyed every bit of the trip
except when came so near being
killed. BY actual count we passed
more than fifty dead horses and
crossed what is known as Marble
Creek los times.
The news that I was coming was
carried ahead of me to the mines by
some of our party. who went on and
left us with the load. / never win for.
get how every man barred his head
when | passed the Dewey boarding
house.
1T was the third night of June
when we camped in Roosevelt. very
tired and mighty glad our journey was
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23
Eor Monument to Ren.on.

The Commercial club of Kansas
City has asked the Missouri legisla-
ture to appropriate $4,000 for a
statue of Thomas H Benton, to be
erected in Kansas City, as near as
possible to the spot where Benton
made his famous prophecy. in 1856.
that this continent would be bound
together by bands of iron. and that
our products would be carried to feed
the innumerable millions of the ORR
emit Pointing with outstretched
hand toward the setting sun he said:
There is the East. there is the road
to India"
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23

ended, but found afterward that 1t was
only half begun, for the hills were SO
high, the Thunder Mountain district
so big and horses SO hard to hunt that
many is the time we have walked
miles to examine a property.
when we were fortunate enough
to find a horse to ride, its back was
SO sore or it's feet so tender that as
a rule we walked and led the horse.
One experience 1 will never forget.
1t was late in September, and I was
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23
Explanation of AcoIoredr Rains.

An explanation of the recent col
ored" rains which have fallen in Eng
land is found in the story told by a
skipper of the steamship Sok, which
recently arrived in Plymouth, England,
from South African ports Of the
African coast for eight days the yes
sci was enveloped in a sand storm of
such density that speed had to be re-
duced, the fog horn had to be blown
and in TIE middle of the day the cabin
had to be lighted During all this time
the ship vas navigated by dead reck-
CHING.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23
TIRED BACKS.

1umbia avenue. Glasgow. Kentucky.
wife Of C. B. Pare, prominent brick
manufacturer of that city, says: When
Doan's Kidney Pills were first brought
to my attention was suffering from
complication of kidney troubles Be-
sides the bad back which usually re-
suits from kidney complaints, had
great deal Of trouble with the secre-
lions, which were exceedingly vart-
able, sometimes excessive and at other
times scanty. The color was high,
and passages were accompanied with
a scalding sensation. Doan's Kidney
Pills soon regulated the kidney secre-
lions, making their color normal and
banished the Inflammation which
caused the scalding sensation. l can
rest well, my back is strong and sound
ana 1 feel much better in every way.
A FREE TRIAL of this great kid
ney medicine which cured Mrs. Pare
will be mailed to any part of the
United States on application. Address
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo. N. Y. For
sale by all druggists. price SO cents
per box.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23
ALTON RESUMES FAST ST. LOUIS
TRAIN SERVICE.

Passengers destined to St Louis
and points east should go via the Kan
sas City gateway, thereby securing
the advantage of the Chicago & Alton .
fast night train, leaving Kansas City
at 9 D. M, arriving in st. Louis at 7:OS
a. m. Chair cars free of extra charge.
Compartment sleeping cars. The Al
ton keeps their light a'shining just
ahead OF the rest. Write to L. ID.
Cooper, Travelling Passenger Agent,
Chicago & Alton Railway, Kansas City.
No.. for lowest rates
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23

A French naval certificate vouches
for the fact that a number of salmon
marked with a umbered tag OF tho
Department of Agriculture at Castle
Cornell increased in weight fourteen
pounds in a month and two days.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23
The Call That Takes Precedence

Binks-I called at the office of the
President of the Magnate Company
this morning and had to wait in the
anteroom for two hours before
could get a chance to speak to him.
Winks-Why didn't you call him
up by telephone?
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23
superstitton Among serIiners.

Superstition Among Beriiners-
There is a great prejudice in Ber-
lin against occupying houses bearing
the number 10; 126 corner houses that
would have that number on one street.
are marked only in accordance with
the numbers on the other street.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23
A Medical Soap.

"Ovo" is a soap manufactured In
Los Angeles for which valuable prop
critics are claimed. 1t is an antiseptic
and is said to be especially eficacious
as tooth soap. for keeping the mouth
free Of germs.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23

Many in Municipal Service.
There are 10000 persons in the
service of New York city.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23

The Best Results In Starchlng
can be obtained only by using Defiance
Starch, besides getting OF. more for same
money-no cooking required
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23

Lots of men want the earth-and
without it the farmer isn't in it.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23

The industrious blacksmith is always
blowing about his work.
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The Folly of Free Trade.

A paper which is constantly agitat
ing itself over the evils of the pres
ent protective tariff, in an article or
England's food supply, says that il
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23

When we get stale it is hard to
realize that we were ever too fresh.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23

IF you USE BALL BLUE,
Get Red Cross Ball Blue, the best Ball Blue.
Large OF. package only cents.
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23

Come 70 ali
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TAX 1ne KID
Hess.
Lon [ neg
Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1903-05-23

The average regulations is too
brittle for rough usage.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-02
LEGISLATIVE WORK LAID OUT
Wolf Bounty Bill Only Measure of
Importance Passed Up
to Date.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., Feb. 1.-(Special.)-
The Wyoming legislature has completed
the third week Of it's forty-day session,
but very little Of Importance has been ac-
complished outside Of the passage Of the
wolf bounty bill by the house and the
reaching OF the agreement in the senate
TO accept the measure as adopted by the
lower house. Enough has been done, how
ever, in both houses to give a very good
idea of what may be expected during the
ensuing three weeks.
1t now appears certain that provision
will be made for erection Of the governors
residence in Cheyenne. at a cost OF SO. 900,
the erection Of a branch OF the wyoming
General hospital at Sheridan. at a cost of
$40, 900, the erection OF a dormitory at the
state university at laramie. to cost s16.-
900, the purchase Of a spall tract Of land
adjoining the state asylum for the insane
at Evanston for use as a truck garden, and
certain improvements in tue state hospital
at Rock Springs; the Improvement Of the
Big Horn hot springs at Thermopolis, aud
the creating Of an additional state coal
mine inspector. Numerous appropriations
will be authorized in addition to those
enumerated above, and among these will
probably be an appropriation for s40.O 900 OF
$50. 900 for an exhibit of the states re-
sources at the st. Louis Worlds fair.