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Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
Looked Strange to Him.

Mrs. Newed-Tom, | think you are
just as mean as you can be.
Newed-Why, what have I done to
merit that remark?
Here I've cooked your favorite dish.
and you have eaten every bite of It
without a single word of praise"
81 beg pardon, my dear. but honestly
I didn't recognize it."-Chicago Daily
News.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
English LoValtv.

In contrast with the condition of af-
airs in Russia, Germany and France.
Henniker Heaton, NJ. p, speaking on
November 10, boosted that not one of
King Edwards 3OO,O0OO 900 subjects was
in prison for treason or disloyalty.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
Brass Megaphone Out.

The day of the brass megaphone is
over. The latest thing in a mega
phone mouthpiece is one built like a
big morning glory and colored accord
ingly, red, white or blue. They are
very snowy and dealers expect a big
sale for them.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
Clean Telephone Mouthpiece.

Do you clean the receiver and the
mouthpiece of the telephone every
week? 1t really is quite as important as
stirring up the dust under the tables,
especially if several persons use the
phone daily.-Household.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
Warra nted to Cure.

We sell and guarantee DIR. Sutton's
Laxative Syrup of White Pine and Tar.
M. r. Rurt; c. G. Frost b. Ii. Peck; 7.
W. Newton; Shaw Brothers; Amos At
wood; C. b. Kendall & Co.; Day Bros.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
Have You Anything to Sell

II you have no matter what IT may be
An old wagon, a setting of eggs, a
pillow, a bull calf, a farm, poultry
horses, cattle, sheep, anything-every-
thing from a paper OF tacks to an ele-
phant - advertise II in the want
columns of this paper. Results are
a dead certainty and the COSTS merely
nominal.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
WAN

A girl who is a good cook, to do
housework in family OF three, all
modern conveniences and steady en-
ployment. Wages So week. Apply
Mrs. c. c. Warren, Waterbury, VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
LADIES TOCANVASS

For cotton thread. Popular priced
article. Good commission. Novelty of
package sells it; quality makes it a re-
peater. No experience necessary. No
risk. General agent will be in this local
ity soon. Address at once, Robt, C.
Wallace Co., 81 Chauncy St., Boston.
52t4p
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
WANTED--ACENTS

For Unbreakable LaBastie Glass.
Lamp Chimney agents make from Sc
to So per day. 5ot4p
w. T. NORDABY,
7 Cottage ST., Rutland, VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
FOR SALE

New and Second hand Cutters,
High Grade and Wonders; by
w. x. EAGE4
Just east of site Of Old Passenger Station,
MIDDLEBURY, VT.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
FOR SALE

Twenty improved Addison county,
Vermont, and Essex county, New
York, Farms for sale, SIS. 90 to $1,000
per acre.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30
Wants, For Sale, Etc.
FOR SALE

Improved Farms in Maryland and Dele
ware at $500 to $1,000 per acre. No
cold weather; choice fruit and grain
country; good markets. Join our excur-
sion in December. Write for printed
matter. j. d. Shahon, Port Henry. Ny.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1904-12-30

hfo beer the o
miles, Of
tina mus be n
est mdmo be anywhere begins Tuesday
daIv pmes
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15
British Columbia Mines.

Ore shipments from Rossland for
the first nine days of the new year
are: LIE Roi, $50; Center Star, 1890;
War Eagle, ITO; Kootenay, 375; jun
DO. S2S; LIE Roi No. 2, $40; lie Roi No.
2 (milled), $50; total, 11,15S tons.
For the first week of the new year
the mines of the Boundary shipped
over 10000 tons. The Orc Denoro and
the Emma mines, in Summit camp, are
gradually increasing their shipments.
The CRANKY smelter started off 1904
by treating 11,409 tons of ore in six
days.
At both the Lucky Jack and the
Swede groups, held by the Great Nor
thern Mines, Ltd, showings of rich
quartz are being opened up near Pop
lar. Mill tests made at the company's
mill at Camborne have been completed
on ore from both groups. A mill sam.
pie of about one and one-half tons
from the Lucky Jack group-the ore
being taken from both the surface and
underground workings-gave $3.50 pei
ton on the plates.
For more than two years the Brook
Ign group, near Phoenix, owned by the
Dominion Copper company, has been
idle. While nothing authentic is yet
given out, there are indications that
something Of importance is afoot in re-
gard to these well known mines
At a meeting of the Grand Forks
board of trade it was practically de
cided to open a mineral exhibit, with a
collection from every mine and pros
pect in the Boundary, labelled with
the assay returns. Ross S. Craddick
mining engineer, has offered to assist
them in making the collection and at
tend to the labelling and other details
A strong committee was appointed to
take the matter in charge.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15

thorities at Victor, Col, as he has been
here three weeks and the military say
he was sent here to foment
Chief Engineer F. T. Robertson
says that Is miles of the recently built
Montana railroad, to Lewiston, Mont,
will be rebuilt this year to reduce the
maximum grade from 3 IL to 1 per
cent.
Agnes Holland, a beautiful 16 year
old girl, blew her brains out late Sun
day night at Butte after being taken
from ballroom by one of the sheriff's
officers and being threatened with a
term in the House of the Good Shep-
herd, a girls reformatory at Helena.
Peter Larson, the multimillionaire of
Helena, Mont, and holder of interests
in the Occur d'Alenes and all over
the northwest, was one of the passen-
gers saved in the wreck Of the ill
fated Clallam, in the Straits of Fuca.
John Hazeltine, known throughout
central New York as a philanthropist,
has announced plans to take a colony
Of 1000 Syracuse people to Montana
for the purpose of establishing a town.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15
GENERAL GORDON DEAD.
Soldier, United States Senator and
Governor of Georgia.

Atlanta, Ga.-Lieutenant General
John Brown Gordon died at his winter
home, near Miami, Fla. His fatal ill
ness was congestion of the stomach
and liver, following an acute attack Of
indigestion, to which he was subject
John Brown Gordon was born in Up
son county, Georgia, February 6, 1882.
He was educated at the University of
Georgia and admitted to the bar. In
1854 he married Miss Fannie Haral-
son of La Grange, Georgia. He served
in the confederate army, being pro-
NOTED through the grades from captain
to major general. He was shot eight
times and was severely wounded at the
battle of Antietam.
General Gordon was the democratic
candidate for governor of Georgia in
1868 and claimed election, but his re-
publican opponent, Rufus B. Bullock,
obtained the office. He was a presi-
Dental elector in 1868 and 1872; Unit
ed States senator from 1873 to 1880,
and from 1891 to 1897. He was COVER
nor of Georgia from 1887 to 1890 and
commander in chief of the United Con-
federate Veterans for several years.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15
MINES AND MINING NEWS
PROPERTIES HAVE SETTLED
DOWN TO WINTERS WORK.
items of Interest Gathered During the
Past Week-B. c. Mines Busy
Occur d'Alene District a Success
Accidents and Personals.

The first annual meeting Of the Cen
trail Idaho Mining bureau was held re-
Gently at Lewiston, Idaho, 100 out of
1879 members being represented in per-
son and by proxy. The following Of
hcers were elected for the ensuing
year; President, Frank Brown; vice
president, Ezra Baird; treasurer, John
P. Vollmer; governing board, Frank
Brown, Lester B. Coffin, M. Donzac,
F. H. Wood. Lewiston; George K.
Reed, Grangeville; c. o. Clark, Big
Greek; Gardner l. Porter, Elk; G. P.
Richardson, Newsome; G. A. Nehr-
hood, Imnaha; w. S. Wilkinson,
Pierce; J. B. Stanchall, Buffalo Hump.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15
MONTANA NOTES.

AS the result of long standing diff
ferences between the machinists' and
carpenters unions a strike was de-
clared recently on the federal build
ing now nearing completion in Butte,
and all operations on that structure
except the steam fitting being done by
the machinists, are at a standstill.
About 60 men are involved
]. NJ. Reeves, accused of having
headed the alleged whitecapping party
that visited the home of George
Gould, in the Highwood section. on the
night OF December 80, has been bound
over to the district court.
Arthur Parker Of Butte, a member
of the Western Federation Of Miners,
has been arrested by the military au-
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15
HOURS OF LABOR INCREASED.
Seven Hour Day for Government
HeIp in Executive Departments.

Seven Hour Day for Government
Help in Executive Departments.
The unanimous decision was reach
ed by the cabinet recently that the
hours of labor for government en-
ployes shall be from a. m. until ESQ
p. M, half hour of that time being
allowed for luncheon. The new regu-
lation will apply only to the executive
departments, and will go into effect
next Monday. Heretofore the depart
mental hours have been from 9 a. m.
until 4 o'clock, with a half hour for
luncheon. The decision reached af-
fects not only the employees in Wash
ington, but also those in the depart
ments throughout the country. The
question was raised by the appropria-
lions committees Of the house and SEN
ate on applications made to them by
the heads of departments for addition
al clerks. 1t was pointed out by the
committee that the law distinctly pro-
vided that employees of the depart
ments should work seven hours day,
and that under the present system the
government was getting only six and
half hours of labor. The committees
urged that as a matter of economy in
the employment of additional assist
ance in the departments the employees
ought to be required to work full seven
hours.
The subject was consiC cred carefully
by the cabinet, and the decision was
announced. 1t will affect approximate
ly, it is said, 100000 employees of the
government.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15
IDAHO NEWS.

While temporarily insane, w. ].
Smith, an employe of a Wallace laun-
dry, leaped from his room in the sec
ond story Of a building and escaped
uninjured.
In the University of Idaho versus
Washington Agricultural college prep
aratory debate at the Moscow Audi
forum, Idaho won the decision. The
teams debated the South American
question along the Monroe doctrine
lines.
United States Engineer David B.
Ogden has completed arrangements
for the immediate commencement of
work on removing Mountain Sheep
rock from the channel Of Snake river,
just this side of the mouth of the I'm
naha This is the rock upon which
the steamer Imnaha was wrecked two
months ago.
Bonnie Riggs, the year old son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Riggs, of Lewis
ton was instantly killed recently by
picking up the end of a broken electric
light wire. The accident occurred near
the corner of Sixth avenue and Eighth
street. The child was on his way to
school and is supposed to have pick.
ed up the broken wire from curiosity.
The old Fort Sherman military res
ervation on Lake Occur d'Alene will
not be sold during the present session
Of congress, and during the session tue
veterans who are interested in having
it made a national soldiers home will
bend all possible efforts to secure the
passage of a bill through congress hav
ing that end in view.
The Standpoint board Of aldermen
has passed the revised ordinance
granting to Drumheller & Malloy of
Spokane the privilege Of putting in and
maintaining water works system.
Miss Tessie Edwards, a miss of IA,
residing near Clark Fork, recently
alone and without assistance. brought
down a huge mountain lion with two
shots from her rife Tessie and her
father were out rabbit hunting at the
time and were over on Blue creek, six
miles from Cabinet.
The jury in the case Of the American
Bonding company against the regents
of the University OF Idaho brought in a
verdict in favor of the university for
$1S4450. The bond company brought
suit for about $1,000 for extra labor and
material furnished in completing the
dormitory and mining buildings.
Hay is a scarce article these days
around Kendrick. Loose hay is hello
at $40 per ton.
Leonard E. Hanson, one of the most
widely known young men in the Coeul
d'Alenes, was tender ed the offer of ar
assistant paymaster in the United
States navy by Senator Hepburn, bu
declined the honor.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15
Mining Notes.

Joseph Keane, manager of the Cali
fornia mine, in the Occur d'Alenes.
says that the production Of the Galena
mine for 1903 was about $4,000. The
mine shipped to the Globe smelter al
Denver Mr.. Keane has half dozeL
men at work
w. S. Wilkinson, discOverer of the
Wild Rose mine, has arrived in Lewis.
ton from Pierce City, bringing down
the last cleanup of $2500 from an eight
days run of the little stamp mill. Mr..
Wilkinson reports that the cyanide
plant recently put in does not save as
great a percentage of the values in the
tailings as was expected and that the
plant will have to be further i'm
proved.
Butte mines produced $S5,OOO,OOO
last year and will produce $6O,OOO,OOO
this year" says General Charles S.
Warren of the Montana metropolis.
The Boston & Montana Mining COM
pany Of the Amalgamated Copper
group, offers a reward of $4,000 for
information which will lead to the
conviction of those guilty of dynamit-
ing the Pennsylvania workings and
causing the death of Samuel Olson and
Fred Divel January l.
At a depth of $50 feet vein OF coal
has been struck in an artesian well on
j. w. Townley's ranch near Union,
Ore. The thickness of the coal has
not been ascertained. Work will be
resumed at once.
Five furnaces are now in full blast
at the Northport smelter and a sixth
one is being remodeled for operation
in about 30 days.
Wesley W. Warren, son of General
Charles S. Warren of Butte. Mont.
has accepted by wire the position Oh
consulting and constructing engineer
for the Drew Mining company of Ju
neau, Alaska.
The long pending litigation over the
rich 16 to / mine near Wallace, Idaho
will be settled soon if negotiations now
under way prove successful. The
Finch & Campbell interests, which
have bond on the 16 to 1 ground, are
credited with being on the point o.
settlement with the opposition. Should
the deal go through, it is expected the
operations will be Immediately start
ed again at the mine. 1t has been ONT
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15
That Chicago Fire.

Chicago-It was discovered that two
iron gates, the existence Of which had
not been known to the public and
which were removed from the Iro-
quois theatre after the fire. played a
deadly part in the destruction of life
in the i'll fated playhouse.
The Iroquois death roll continues to
grow. Another death resulting from
the fire is reported to the coroner.
Mrs. NJ. A. Nelms died at the Samar-
itan hospital from burns and injuries.
Her death increased the total to 500
1t was reported at the same hospital
that two other fire victims there could
hardly recover.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15

of the richest ore bodies in the Occur
d'Alenes, and has been tied up for
over three years because of litiga-
ton.
Alfred Frank, superintendent of the
Johnstown Mining company at Butte,
was put on the stand recently in the
course of the coroner's inquest over
the deaths of Frederick Divel and
Samuel Olson, killed in the Michael
Dewitt mine on the night of January
l, by an explosion. Mr.. Frank made
a sensational admission. He said he
had ordered blasting to keep Butte
and Boston men out of the Rarus mine
and that on November he told his
shift boss to blow up a drift through
which he feared the Butte and Boston
men might enter. He did this, he says,
not with the idea that the lives of the
miners would be endangered thereby,
but to protect his own mine.
At the recent meeting of the stock
holders of the Tom Thumb Gold Min
ing e. Milling company, owning mines
at Republic, a plan of reorganization
was perfected and f. S. Dement,, the
wealthy miller of Walla Walla, presi-
dent Of the company, will undertake
to reorganize the business, pay off all
the Indebtedness for labor performed
and return to the stockholders stock
covering the property interests Of each
man.
According to a New York authority,
the smelling trust has arranged to sell
to the National Lead company from
time to time all the pig lead the latter
needs during the next 30 years.
The holdings of the Fair estate in
the Selby smelter of California, which
amount to a twelfth interest. have
been purchased by the Hercules mine
for about 100000. The Selby smelter
is one of the largest in the west and
is located near Vallejo Junction, Cal,
not far from San Francisco. The smell
ter is accessible to steamships. A
large portion of it's ores are secured
from South America. Vessels which
go to South American ports with lum-
Der return heavily laden with ores.
1t also receives ores from western Ne
vada, California and Mexico. The Her
cules is known far and wide through
out the mining world on account Of
the wonderful record it has made. 1t
is the richest property in the Occur
d'Alenes.
James Keeth reports a rich strike
on the Winifred claim. in which he
is interested, on French gulch, half
mile from the American Eagle, near
Elk City, Idaho. While doing the sec
ond assessment work on the claim
Mr.. Keeth says they struck a foot
and a half of gold bearing quartz
Miners at the Snow Creek mine near
Sumpter, Oregon, have struck for $3.50
per day of 10 hours, instead of SO and
nine hours as formerly. Manager
Smith refuses the demand.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15
Hump News.

The Wiley tables for the Jumbo
mill have been delivered.
The boiler for the Cretas has also
been delivered and will be in working
order within a day or two.
1t is rumored that strike has been
made on the Drum Lummond, owned
by Hiram Warner.
The Ajax shaft is down ia feet and
prosecuting has been commenced. The
company is patenting nine claims and
has three patented.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15

Washington, Jan. 12.-In concluding
his annual report, Postmaster General
Payne treats as follows on the scandals
unearthed by Fourth Assistant POST
master General Bristow:
''It is proper to say that the prepara-
ton of my report has been delayed sew
eral weeks, owing to the demands upon
my time by reason of the Investigation
which has been made into the affairs
of the department, commencing about
March 1, 1908, and which continued
under my direction since that time.
This investigation has resulted in a
complete reorganization of some of the
bureaus of the department and it is
hoped has eradicated all dishonest, ir-
regular and criminal practices, which
the investigation has developed as hav-
ing been in existence for several years.
81 cannot too strongly commend the
zeal, vigor and fidelity which has benn
shown by the fourth assistnta postmas-
ter general, who has been in the i'm
mediate charge, and the inspectors who
inspectors who were detailed to assist
him in the investigation.
The report shows that the total re-
ceipts for all sources during the year
amounted to 1874, 224.443, compared
with $121, 848, 047 in 1909, while the
total expenditures in 1908 were $780,
784, 487, against 1924, 1856, 697 in 1902.
Recommendations for legislation for
the consideration of congress include:
That lump sum" appropriation
for clerks in the first and second class
potsoffices be allowed instead of an ap-
preparation for clerks by grades as at
present. That where clerk or letter
carrier has been % years in the service
and shall have attained the age of SO
years, the postmaster general shall be
empowered upon the recommendation
of the postmaster to employ a substi-
ute for such clerk or letter carrier,
which substitute shall receive not to
exceed two thirds of his salary, the
other one third to go to such clerk or
letter carrier.
That a law be enacted which shall
prevent furnishing to the department
supplies manufactured by convict
labor.
That the provision made by congress
in the last two appropriation bills for
the payment of $1,000 to the legal re-
representatives. of every railroad clerk
killed in the line of duty be extended to
the subclerks as we'll as the regular
clerks.
That salaries of clerks of classes 3
and 3 in full railway postof1ices, in
crews whore four or more clerks run
over the entire length of the line, be
increased from 5000 per annum to
$1,000 per annum and from $1,000 per
annum to $1100 per annum, respective
ly.
That congress, in the interest of eff
cient postal service, consolidate the
third and fourth classes of mail matter
and fix the rate of postage at one cent
for each two ounces or fraction thereof.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15
DIETRICH ASKS CLEAR RECORD
Will Request Senate to Investigate
Recent Charges.

Omaha, Neb.-United States Sena-
tor Dietrich, who was acquitted of
charges preferred against him in in
dictments returned by the recent
grand jury, spent considerable time
with his counsel, General Cowen. He
stated that he anticipated asking the
senate to make an investigation Of the
charges made at the trial and request
that a committee be appointed for that
purpose.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15

Springfield, Ohio.--Former Governor
Charles Foster, who was secretary Of
the treasury under President Harri-
son, died at the residence of General
Kiefer here from the effects Of cere-
bral hemorrhages. He was rs years
old and is survived by his wife and a
daughter. He was attacked last night
while sitting in the library of General
Kiefer's home talking and never re-
gained consciousness. No arrange
ments for the funeral have been made.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15
Both Steamers Encounter Gales.

New York, Jan. 1.-THE American
line steamer New York, which has
just arrived from Southampton, was
closely followed by the French line
steamer La Savoie, 10 minutes being
the difference in time of arrival at the
lightship. Both steamers encountered
terrific gales and seas.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15

Envy forsakes it's own fireside to
freeze on another's door step.
Religion is good as trade, but poor
as a tool.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15
THREE NORTHWEST STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Choice Selection of Interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanaes-Cullins
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
Numerous Accidents and Personal
Happenings Occur.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-01-15
POSTMASTER GENERAL 8 SAY
MR.. PAYNE EXPLAINS DELAY
FROM HIS DEPARTMENT.

Recent Investigations Have Taken All
His Time-Explains What Has Been
Accomplished-Makes Recommends
tions for Congress to Consider
Railway Mail clerks Not Forgotten.