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The Western news., 1904-10-26
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see, said the spokesman, 1--WE want to
nave half holiday every Saturday.
Now, If you will be particularly nice
to Mr.. Jones for few DAYS. we'll go
to him and ask" "Gentlemen," the
lady haughtily interrupted, do you
imply that | do not understand what
is due to my husband?" "Oh, know
all about it," the spokesman went on.
I'm married myself. Things go wrong
IN the house, and you're tired and cross
Mt breakfast. Then we suffer at the
office. You stay up late to chaperone
your daughter at Il ball, and we have
more trouble at the office. You're bit
cross three mornings in succession, for
one reason or another, and we have a
-a-terrible time at the office. You
see how the matter stands, and how
greatly you will oblige us by being
more than usually agreeable to Mr..
Jones for three or four days? The
fourth day give him the best breakfast
you can-everything that he likes best
and we'll get what we want in three
minutes. Talk about woman having
no influence in the business. Why, the
humor she's in has more effect than q
bank failure or a boom in trade" She
Thought she ought to be angry, but.
instead, she laughed, and agreed to the
proposition, and four days later, when
they waited on the head of the firm, he
made the closing hour II o'clock, and
said that never In the history Of the
firm had things run as satisfactorily as
they had the last four days. All hail
to the power behind the throne!-Ex-
change.
The Western news., 1904-10-26
Phoenix News.

Greenwood.-The trial of Joshua
Bell for the murder of Annie Allan at
Phoenix August IL last, ended with a
verdict of guilty.
Captain Rogers, veteran prospect
or, will run 400 foot tunnel on his
property on Fourth of July creek, near
Grand Forks, B. c.
Victoria.-Judge Spinks Of Vernon
is to be appointed commissioner by
the provincial government to investi-
gate charges preferred against A. Dick
inspector of mines for the Kootenay
country. Inspector Dick has been sus-
pended by the minister of mines pend
ing investigation. F. H. Shepherd, G..
E., of Nanaimo has been appointed his
successor.
Phoenix, B. C.-Boundary's low
grade producers last week sent out
the following amounts of ore to dis.
trict smelters: CRANKY mines to the
CRANKY smelter, TAO tons; Mother
Lode to Greenwood smelter. 2944 tons;
Brooklyn to Boundary Falls smelter.
2O10 tons; Emma to Greenwood and
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red. The breed Is attractive because
and size and the beautiful plumage.
The Marketable Hog.

nc NAdIActdoAC hOXs
Hogs to be marketable at the high
est prices must be largely of uniform
type or at least the types must ap-
proach in uniformity. The buyers in
the great markets of the country carry
in their minds eye the style of the
hog they think will make the most SAL
able pork. The tendency to gravitate
toward one type is, therefore, marked.
The buyer is inclined to be arbitrary.
He cannot tell why he prefers GER
tain type, but sticks to it that that
type is the kind he wants. This varies
also in different markets, both at home
and abroad. The English buyer who
has been buying bacon hogs for many
years has in his mind very different
type from the type of the man that in
the Chicago market has been buying
lard hogs all his life. This variable
type the raiser Of hogs has to consider
and it both hinders and helps him in
improving his herd. 1t helps him in
improving his herd. 1t helps him while
his animals are far below that type,
but it hinders him as soon as he has
reached the type of hog in the mind
Of tho buyer for he cannot progress
beyond 1t except at loss to himself.
This fact has been the greatest obsta-
Gle in the improving Of the bone and
stamina of hogs raised in the corn belt.
st. Louis Republic.
The Western news., 1904-10-26

Boundary Falls smelters, 1887 tons;
Senator to CRANKY smelter, 1865 tons;
Orc Denoro to Granny smelter, 66
tons; Mountain Rose to Greenwood
and Boundary Falls smelters, 1872 tons :
Athelstan-Jackpot to Boundary Falls
smelter, $50 tons; CRANKY smelter
treated this week $3.50 tons, or 3,431
tons this year; Boundary Falls smell
ter treated 2610 tons, or 1889 tons since
starting.
Phoenix, B. Ginning in the Old
Ironsides property of the CRANKY COM
pany from the 800 to the 400 foot level
started this week. Diamond drilling
still continues at the CRANKY mines.
The September shipments from the
Mother Lode mine were 14,784 tons.
Excavation in rock for two ore crush
ers is completed, and concrete is now
being laid.
The regular daily shipments from
the Brooklyn mine are 300 tons or
more. The force exceeds so men.
At the Senator, Summit camp, which
rejoined the shipping list last week;
after an idleness of several months, a
dozen men are employed. The force
at the Lancashire Lass in the same
camp, operated by the Montreal 4
Boston Consolidated, is also being in
creased somewhat
Paul Paulson of Seattle has left
Northport for Hall Creek, B. c., to
arrange for work on the Flying Dutch
man group of six claims. The group
was bonded to Superintendent Crows
dale of the Silver King, on Toad noun
tain. for 100000, but the bond was
abandoned. Customs Inspector Will
lam Hutchinson of this place is heav-
lily interested in this group.
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A Song to Brave Women

A Song to Brave Women.
They were married in the autumn when
the leaves were turning gold,
And the mornings bore a menace Of the
winters coming cold;
Side by side they stood and promised
hand in hand to walk through life,
And the parson said, God bless you!
as he named them man and wife.
They had little wealth to aid them; little
of the world they knew;
But he whispered, "Oh. my darling. l
have riches-I have-you."
Then they vowed that, walking ever side
by side and hand in hand,
They would gain the distant submits of
their far-off, happy land.
Side by side they walked together, lin
gering sometimes for a kiss,
Dreaming Of those far-off submits, of
the futures perfect bliss;
But the battle-stress was on them, and
the foeman bade them yield,
And their onward steps were hidden by
the smoke upon the field;
And his heart grew faint within him. as
he murmured, II must fall,
cohorts conquer all"
But the woman, loyal ever, only whis-
pered, You shall win!
You shall snatch the victor's laurel from
the battle-strife and din"
Then again he struggled onward, though
his wounds were gaping wide,
Listening ever for whisper-"I am bat
tling by your side"
Struggling onward, struggling ever,
though the mists were dark about
Beaten downward by the foemen, lost in
mists Of gloom and doubt.
Still he heard that gentle whisper that
his spirit must obey,
Till he reached the golden submits past
the borderland of gray.
Then the world, as wise as ever, said
Behold consuering knight!'
For it never heard the whisper that had
urged him to the height.
Call 1t fable, fable only; 10. the world Is
full of these,
Men who struggle onward, upward, till
the splendid prize they seize;
Men who stumble, stumble often, dazed
and stricken in the din,
But to rise and falter forward at the
whisper, You shall win!'
And we name them knights and heroes Of
the battle and the fray,
knowing not that there behind each I!
the one who showed the way;
Just some little loyal woman, forcins
back the tears that blur
You may honor your brave hero; l will
sing a song to her.
Alfred j. Waterhouse, in Success.
The Western news., 1904-10-26
Two Submarines for Russia.

New York.-The American says:
"Two submarines for delivery to
Russia, which had been sent SO mys-
teriously to this harbor from the ship
yards at Newport News, were shipped
on the Hamburg-Amer steamer,
which sailed from Hoboken Saturday
for Hamburg. At that point the SUBJ
marines will be reshipped to St. Pet
ersburg, where they will be put to.
gether at once by experts, who have
sailed on the same steamer. Within
less than a month these two boats
will be shipped over the st. Peters
burg and Siberian railway for Vlad.
ivOstOck."
The Western news., 1904-10-26


Terrible as are the mlseries Of the
battlefield and the hospital, they do not
equal the heart-sickening suspense
which Is the lot Of women in time Of
war.
The pain which must be borne in in
action Is of itself paralyzing to the will
and to high resolve. A man overheard
in mid-ocean, for example, suffers a
fesr beside which that of the battle
fed Is a trife. The bravest of men,
alone in the waves, will turn coward,
although he may have a life-buoy and
practical certainty of rescue. But the
heart which tainted at its own pow
erlessness before the great forces of
nature moving remorselessly ON may
rise to splendid feats Of bravery on
the field Of battle.
To women war must be always like
the untamable sea-a succession Of bill
lows, rising each above the other, and
each capable Of engulfing the world of
love and hope in it's bitter depth. No
woman's hand can stay them. No
woman's voice can calm them. And
SO, on the steppes of Russia and in
the villages of Japan to-day. women
are praying, in strange tongues and
with fantastic rites, but with a world
old mingling of cowardice and cour-
age, of love Of country and hatred of
war. that the angel Of peace may again
fold his wings over the earth.-Youth's
Companion.
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MINES AND MINING NEWS
ITEMS OF INTEREST GATHERED
DURING THE PAST WEEK,
Mine Owners Pushing Work on Their
Properties In Idaho, Montana and
Oregon-Mine Operations Of British
Columbia Are Rather Quiet-Many
Accidents and Personal Events.

Butte, Mont.-Two million dollars is
the amount of damages asked for ore
alleged to have been illegally extract
ed from the Nipper mine through .ne
underground workings of the Parrot
claim in 1902 by representatives of
the Amalgamated Copper company, ac-
cording to a complaint nleu with the
federal court. Mr.. Heinze and otners
are plaintiffs in the suit against the
Parrott Silver & Copper Mlnlng COM
pany and the Anaconda Copper Min
ing company, both auxiliary corpora
tions of the Amalgamated company
The Western news., 1904-10-26
Spokane Retail Markets.

getables-Potatoes, 1kc lb; tur-
nips, 3@4c bunch; rutabagas, Sc lb;
dry onions, 4@5c lb; cabbage, 3@4c
lb; celery, punches SC; parsley, so
SC bunch; cucumbers, 5@10c each;
green onions, 10@15c dOz; new beets,
3 punches 10c; watercress, sc bunch;
fresh carrots, 2 punches SC; mint, SC
bunch; tomatoes, 5@6c lb; parsnips, 2
punches SC; cantaloups, 8@1Oc each;
caulifower, 10@15c bunch; green pep
pers, 1S@23c lb; watermelons, 25@4Oc
each; summer squash, 5@10c each;
egg plant, 1O@15c each; sweet pota-
toes, 4@5c lb; picking cucumbers, Csc
100.
Poultry-Dressed chickens, young
chickens, 1Sc lb; hens, 18c lb; old roos-
ters, 14@16c Id; spring ducks, 1Sc lb;
goslings, 1Sc lb; spring chickens, zoe
lb.
Dairy Products-Butter, best cream
cry, 3O@35c lb; common creamery, 20
@25c lb; best country, zoe lb; COM
mon country, 12h @15c lb; imported
Swiss cheese, 40c ID; American Swiss
cheese, 25c lb; cream brick cheese,
1S@25c lb; New York cheese, zoe lb;
Wisconsin cheese, 15c ID.
Flour-Eastern fancy patents, $1.65
@1.75 sack; local patents, $1.30 sack;
standard, $1.2O sack; lowest, $11O SIX;
Washington wheat, $4.30@5.35 bbl;
buckwheat, 40@50c 10 lb sack.
Grain and Feed-Timothy $4,000
cwt; alfalfa, S5@9Oc cwt; oats, $1.40
cwt; grain hay, $4,000 cwt; bran, IS
@90c cwt; bran and shorts, 95c@$1
cwt; shorts, $1.25 cwt; wheat, $1.4O
cwt; chopped barley, $1.35@1.45 cwt;
oil meal, 21ac lb; seed oats, $3.50 cwt;
Seed-Red clover, SIT cwt; alsike
clover, SIG cwt; alfalfa, SIS cwt; tim
othy, Sc cwt; best redtop, $12 cwt;
Kentucky bluegrass, SIS cwt; orchard
grass, SIS cwt; bronze grass, 50 cwt;
rye, $2.25 cwt.
City hay market-Loose timothy hay
$14 ton; oat hay, $13; wheat hay, $14
Wholesale Produce Prices.
New potatoes, s1.20 cwt; peaches,
5O@75c box; tomatoes, 40@50c box;
onions, $175 cwt; cabbage, 50 cwt; ap-
pies, 5O@75c box; plums, 50@6Oc per
crate; peppers, Coo box; pears, $40
1.5O box; crabapples. 81 box; Rocky
Ford cantaioups, $1.25@1.50 crate;
Concords, 3O@35c basket; Tokay, $3.50
crate; Muscats, 81 crate; Hubbard
squash, 81 dozen.
Wholesale Feed Prices.
Bran, $19 ton; bran and shorts, $50
ton; oats, $1.35 cwt; wheat, $1.35 cwt;
chopped corn, $1.60 cwt; whole corn,
$3.50 cwt; timothy hay, ST ton; al.
falfa hay, $13.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Vegetables and Fruits-Root vege-
tables, 75c cwt; potatoes. 75c cwt; ap.
pies, 50@6Oc box; pears, 75c@$1 box;
onions, $1.25 cwt; cabbage, $1.25 cwt'
Poultry and Eggs-Chickens, roost.
ers, 13c lb; hens. 12@13c live wight;
young chickens, 1904 dozen; geese
and ducks, lie lb; eggs, $7@S case
Live Stock-Steers. $2.50@3 cwt;
wethers, $3.50 cwt; hogs, $3.50 cwt;
veal, $5@7 cwt.
Creamery Products, t. o. b. Spokane
First grade creamery butter fat, pei
lb., 24kc.
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Buff Plymouth Rock.

Buff Plymouth Rock.
While the Buff Plymouth Rock Is no
better than the wen-known barred, 1T
has proved itself better than the white
sort. and, as a breed for fanciers. has
become very popular. As practical
fowl, we consider it not as good as
the barred. for with us 1t has shown
some weaknesses that the older strain
does not have. It must not be inferred.
however. that this is likely to be the
case with all Of them, for many breed
the barred. They are similar in size
and form, lay well, are good mothers
and the carcass is quite like the bar
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Farm Notes.

Farm Notes.
High and gravelly soil is the best
for fruit trees.
The farm work should always be
kept In advance Of the season.
The profitable culture Of the soil de-
pends upon its thoroughness.
The nature Of farm life Is, In no
small degree. conducive to economy.
Good stock will not sustain its ex.
cellence long II 1t Is not we'll cared for.
Premature cooling of the milk be-
fore setting will injure the butter
yield.
A pedigree is simply certificate of
character, and unless 1t shows a good
character it is Of no practical value.
Fill the vacant places with young
trees, unless the orchard is old, then it
is better to plant new one.
Farm life may be made burden or
a pleasure according to the manage
ment of the home. the farm and the
work.
Every farmer should have few
colonies Of bees, enough at least to
supply the table with pure, fresh
honey.
Clean up the farm. and its value
will be increased. and when it is clean.
ed and cleared it will cultivate more
easily and cheaply.
An unfruitful orchard may often be
brought into bearing by a heavy ap-
plicatiOn of good stable manure scat
tered broadcast.
A wet place In field can often be
drained out with but little trouble and
expense, but II this is allowed to 20
undone will spoil the field and ruin the
crops.
1t is essential that a cows udder be
entirely freed from milk at each milk
ing for If any milk is left in the I'D
der from any cause the secretions are
checked and the cow will soon go dry
II this method Of milking becomes q
common practJcd
The Western news., 1904-10-26
Combined Hoe and Rake.

In hoeing of any kind one generally
feels the need Of rake as well as the
hoe, and the little tool here described
is a happy combination of both that
any one handy with tools can readily
construct. Select piece of hard wood
eight inches long, one and one-half
inches thick and three inches wide.
Bore an inch hole in the center Of it,
into which to put handle. Then take
six six-inch spikes or ten-penny nails
The Western news., 1904-10-26
An Improved Lawn Mower.

An exchange reports machine
which Is combination of the bicycle
and the moving machine for moving
lawns. They cut much wider swath
the work much easier We would like
to see one of them in operation. 1t is
now more work to take care Of few
square rods of lawn and keep it neat
and clean as it should be, than to care
for an acre Of grass grown for hay or
an acre in some cultivated crops. And
yet many people wonder why the far
mer does not have an acre or two of
lawn around his house.-American
CultivatOr.
The Western news., 1904-10-26
Chickens that Eat E21s.

A poultry man says: Four years
ago l had coop of buff Wyandottes
that ate eggs as fast as they laid them,
and l was at loss to know what to
do. so l tried the following expert
ment: l went to neighboring baker
shop and procured all the egg shells
that they could give me and put them
in oven. Drowned them. and had, con-
stantly. a peck Of them in the yard.
and I found that it lessened the evil
very much, and after killing two lead
The Western news., 1904-10-26

and drive into this strip ar aullal dis
tances apart. To make the hoe take
a portion Of an old cross-cut saw blade,
or have the blacksmith fashion a piece
Of iron for you, bend over one edge
an inch SO that it may be riveted to
the piece Of wood. Then fasten the
handle in the hole and your tool Is
ready for use. The illustration plain.
ly shows how the details are per.
fected.
The Western news., 1904-10-26
Northwestern Wheat.

TacOma.-Unchange Bluestem,
89Rc; club, S5Rc.
Portland-For export: Walla Wal
la, S3c; bluestem. SEC; valley, 85c For
eastern markets: Walla Walla, SAC;
bluestem, SIC.
The Western news., 1904-10-26
Gate that. Will Not Sag.

The accompanying illustration repre-
sents form of farm gate, which is
cheap, durable. easily made, easily op-
Grated and will not sag with years Of
use. The gate shown in the illustra-
ton is IA feet long, but may be made
any reasonable length desired. The
top bar is twenty four foot stick. The
bar is fastened to the gate post by
The Western news., 1904-10-26
Potatoes a. Hog Feed.

Potatoes are quite largely fed to
hogs. but it is found advisable to boil
them. In the New England States
they are fed extensively, being boiled
in milk and mixed with meal in bar
rel. Frequently several bushels are
boiled at time, and when mixed with
cornmeal make an appetizing mess.
The only fault to be found with this
combination is that it is badly out Of
balance. The potatoes are rich in
starch and so is the corn. To such of
our readers as are still following the
old practice we would advise the sub
stitution Of bran or Of ground oats for
the cornmeal. This would make a
fairly well-balanced ration. The Ca
nadians say that potatoes have good
effect on the quality of bacon pro-
duced. There is probably no better
use to which small potatoes may be
put than this.-Exchange.
The Western news., 1904-10-26
Potato Growers Outfit.

To grow potatoes easily the grove,
should be supplied with all necessary
machinery. In addition to the plow, a
spring-tooth harrow, roller and two.
horse cultivator, with which almost
every farmer is supplied, should be
used; it Is also essential to have a
planter, digger, weeder, smoothing har.
row, low wagon with platform and a
number of bushel crates. A four row
barrel sprayer is very useful for spray.
ing potatoes, to prevent blight and to
kill bugs, but can be dispensed with
and the work done with cheaper ma.
chinery,
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Mining Notes.

The steamer City of Seattle arrived
Saturday from Skagway. She prougnt
$23O,oOO in golu and 2O4 passengers.
4alners report that the water is low
ering rapidly in the Yukon, and in
parts the ice is already sollu.
Barry N. Hillard, the mining man
who shot and killed himself at the
home of his friend, 81 Donnelly, at
Lakeview, Idaho, recently, was buried
at Spokane in the Elks' rest, under
the auspices of the Elks' lodge.
H. l.. Gray, who has spent nearly
=. years prospecting and mining near
Pierce City and in central Idaho, re-
ports that the outlook for the Pierce
City district next year is nne, and he
expects many properties to be work
ing.
Ralph K. Green of Spokane has
bonded the Silver Queen group, two
miles south of Kettle Falls, Wash, on
the east side of the Columbia river.
and will at once start work with the
view of making a carload shipment
within 80 days.
tendent of the union tunnel to crosscut
the big Davenport galena ledge at
upper Horseshoe basin, returned to
Chelan couple of days ago. He said:
"The work will be pushed all winter
on the tunnel"
In the Esmeralda group, Cracker
Creek district, Ore, rich gold ore is
in thp
development work has been carried on
this summer. The ore is being sack
ed for smelling here The Esmeralda
has been owned for years by one fam
lily.
Mullan, Idaho.-The new compress
sor for the Morning mine has arrived
and will be installed Immediately. 1t
will be operated by electric power.
San Diego, Cal.-katherine Tingley
and others have filed claims on the
beach at Point Iona, claiming to
have discovered gold and indications
of oil.
The litigation between George Over
field and his brother, John Overfield,
over 10000 shares of stock in the
Buffalo Hump has been settled out OIL
court and dismissed, the stipulation
reciting that the defendant gave plain
tiff, George Overfield, valuable con-
sideration.
The fire in the Beaver Hill mine,
near Marshfield, Ore, which it was
thought was extinguished, broke out
IN hull hot dc
were removed in a narrow chute in
the No. 6 gangway. Before the mine
was bulkheaded two weeks ago it was
flooded to point 1900 feet from the
entrance of the slope. Pumps have
been started again, and will flood the
mine 600 feet more, or sufficiently to
embrace the whole fire zone. 1t will
require at least week to do this.
Work on the dam being constructed
by the Keller & Indiana Consolidated
Smelling company, mile above Kel-
Ter, Wash, is progressing nicely. The
work has been in course of construc-
ton for the past 10 days, and is near.
ing completion. The penstock and
headgate for the flume have already
been built, and other flume work is
being pushed. About 100000 feet OF
logs have been cut and are being haul
ed to the mill, which has been running
constantly, cutting out lumber for the
big fume.
Although the Northport smelter
operated only it's two smallest fur
naces during September, the report OF
the local management to the London
directorate shows that the company
cleared $4,000 on 1896 tons of ore
also paying $4,000 for development
work, besides freight and treatment
Phoenix News.
The Western news., 1904-10-26
ehoa1

means of pin on which the gate
turns. The box shown on the free end
Of the top bar is filled with sufficient
field stones to almost balance the gate.
The frame of the gate consists of a
stiff wooden structure strapped and
bolted at the corner. On this barbed.
plain or common wire is fastened. It
is well to drive a ring over the top end
of the large gate post to keep it from
wearing or splitting, and also to attach
an iron plate to the underside of the
top bar where it rests on the post.
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tn. Inau.nc. .+ Ho,,..

A delegation of young men lately
waited on their employers wife with
the oldest request on record. "You
The Western news., 1904-10-26
Was It Your

Somebody did golden deed:
Somebody proved friend in need;
Somebody sang a beautiful song;
Somebody smiled the whole day long;
Somebody thought, ""Tis sweet to ive,~
Somebody said, I'm glad to give;"
Somebody fought a valiant fight:
Somebody lived to shield the rights
Was that somebody you7
II. Yinton Francis.