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The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10
OREGON ITEMS.

Oregon Good Roads association
Salem, December 1915.
Inland Empire Sunday School insti
tute, Pendleton, Ore, January 80.
Lewis and Clark Centennial exposi
ton, Portland, June 1-October Is.
Oregon State Dairymen's associa-
ton, Portland, December 20-21.
Oregon State Horticultural society
Portland, January 10-11.
Frank Gagnon, who resides south
of Athena five miles on the reserva
ton, has a freak pig which was born
with a litter of several others. In
stead of having a perfect leg it has a
well developed arm and hand. with
hands on the other legs instead Of
feet. Mrs. Gagnon is bringing the
animal up on bottle. as the mother
sow refuses to acknowledge her freal
offspring.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10

Fully 10000 people took part in the
parade in Mexico last Sunday in honor
of the Inauguration of President Diaz,
while hundreds of thousands thronged
the streets along the line of march.
The procession was reviewed by
President Diaz, Vice President Corral
and a brilliant company of ladies and
gentlemen from the balconies of the
national palace.
Among the distinguished northern
visitors was General Joseph Wheeler.
who has been singled out by the gov
eminent and military officers for
marked distinction.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10
Fair Building Burns.

ST. Louisa confiagration which
gave the firemen a stubborn fight and
which, owing to the high wind, threat
ened the entire exposition grounds,
was discovered in Ancient Rome" on
the pike.
The flames spread with great rapid
ity and destroyed part of Fair Jap
an" all of QUO Vadis' and Streets
of Rome" Flying sparks also caused
incipient blazes on the roof of the
varied industries building, but they
were extinguished without material
damage.
A first alarm was Immediately fol-
lowed by a second, third and then a
general alarm. The firemen soon had
many streams playing on the blazing
buildings and the fire was extinguished
before it spread further.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10
British Columbia Mines.

CRANKY smelter treated 1850 tons
last week, or $685. tons for the year
to date. Boundary Falls smelter treat
ed 2120 tons, or 2O,260 tons since start
ing operations.
The Cranky company will spend
s125000 this year adding two furnaces
to its smelter and increasing its daily
tonnage from 1000 tons of 200 tons.
Jay P. Graves, manager of the CRANKY
mines and of the smelter at Grand
Forks, B. c., has returned from visit
TO the properties, and announces that
he has determined upon the improve
ments to be made this year in accord
ance with the directions of the new
board of directors after the annual
meeting of the stockholders, held in
Montreal in October.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10
Panama GETS CUSTOMSDUTY
UNITED STATES AND PANAMA
AGREE TO TREATY.
Panama Agrees to Reduce Her Tariff
Five Per Cent, Also Consular Fees
Free Trade Between the Two
Countries on Canal Zone-Cansl
Ports Are Free.

Panama-The differences between
made necessary the visit of Secretary
of War Taft to the isthmus, have
been settled by the issuance of an
executive order, signed by Secretary
Taft for President Roosevelt and as
scented to in a letter by President
Amador of Panama
The order provides that no trade
for the canal zone or the republic of
Panama can enter the ports estab-
lished by the United States at either
end of the canal supplies for the con-
struction of the canal and articles in
transit being excepted. This turns the
customs receipts of these ports over
to the government of Panama.
Panama agrees to reduce her tariff
from 15 per cent ad yalorem to 10
per cent. This reduction applies to-
all goods except wines. liquors, alcohol
and opium. Panama also agrees to re-
duce her consular fees and port
charges to 60 per cent of the rates at
present charged. Absolute free trade
is to apply between the canal zone and
the republic of Panama. Vessels en-
tering the canal ports are granted
free entry to the ports of Colon and
Panama, and vessels entering the lat
, ter ports are extended the same privi-
leges in the canal ports.
Complete jurisdiction is granted the
United States in the harbors of Colon
and Panama as to sanitation and quar-
antine regulations.
Panama reduces her rate of postage
to cents. and is to furnish all stamps
in the public and in the canal zone
The zone authorities are to purchase
stamps from Panama at 40 per cent
of their face value.
The order of Secretary Taft is TO
be ineffective unless Panama shall put
into effect the gold standard, accord
ing to the currency agreement Of
June 20, 1904. II also makes stipu-
lation regarding citizenship rights to
Panama in the canal zone and provis-
ion is also made in the order for main.
tenance by the United States of i'm
> portant highways, partly in and part
ly out of the canal zone, and also for
the building of hospital.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10
Mining Notes.

Wallace, Idaho.-Rapid progress is
being made upon the construction OF
concentrators that are being erected
by the Monarch and the Bear Top
Mining companies. The management
of the Monarch expects to have the rs
ton concentration in operation by the
first of the year.
Republic.-Ore from the Mountain
Boy mine, now that the wagon road
ing steadily to the railway for trans
portation to the CRANKY smelter AS
some of il runs 5000 in value to 100
pound sack the cars are kept under
lock-
Late advices from the Hump state
that it has been showing steadily there
for the past three days, and that the
ground is covered with snow. This
will materially assist the mining opera
tors, as it will serve as a protection to
water pipes, keeping them from freez-
ing when cold weather comes.
The water is picking up and the
Jumbo has started up two more
stamps, making 10 now running.
Members of the mining engineering
class at the Washington university,
and some of the civil and mechanical
engineering students are preparing to
spend their Christmas vacation at one
of the copper mines near Index and
gain practical knowledge of mining by
actually operating the property, ac
cording to a Seattle paper. The stu
dents will take full charge of the mine
and will endeavor to run 1t as 1t would
be run by practical miners.
Cripple 'Creek.-It is, announced or
authority of union men that the strike
in this district, which was begun Ia
months ago, will be declared off by the
Western Federation of Miners within
one week after Governor-elect Adams
is inaugurated. Should Governor Pea
body be given another term, it is said
the strike will not be called off, al
: though leading federationists here ad
nit that the fight has been lost. 1t Il
also learned from the same source tina
the strike would have been called OF
three days after the election had no
Governor Peabody announced that h'
, would contest Adams election.
|, Telluride, Col-Eight union miner
J who had returned TO this city sine
the strike was called off were places
} aboard the outgoing train today b,
: acting city marshal Geyer and depu
, ties, who had arrested them, and OF
dered to stay out of this district
Outside the polar regions there re
mains unexplored, it is estimated
about one fiftieth of the land surfac
: of the globe. Fifteen years ago tn
unknown portions were about on
eighth of the earth's total.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10

their little home in Williamsburg, a
suburb of Butte, securely locked all
the doors and sat down on a couch
and drained a small viol of carbolic
acid.
Senator W. A. Clark has paid over
$4,000 to John Mccormick as the
purchase price of 100 acres of land
near Bonner, which the senator bought
for electrical purposes.
Rev. ]. A. Mitchell has resigned the
passionate of the Presbyterian church
at Stockett, and will supply the pulpit
at Fort Benton for a few weeks.
r. T. Allen of Cascade reports kill
ing a blacktail buck at the head of
Sheep creek, which dressed weighed
256 pounds, the biggest deer of the
season reported in that section.
The suit instituted in Flathead coun-
ty by several ranchers to compel the
Great Northern to operate its old line
between Kalispell and Jennings has
been transferred to the United States
court.
The Feast of the Immaculate Con-
ception is to be celebrated in a most
fitting manner at the little chapel of
the Flathead tribe on the reservation
December 8.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10
IDAHO SOUIBBS.

F. H. Zirbel, a native of Culdesac,
was killed in a railway wreck.
The mysterious disappearance of
Nicholas Humphrey of Moscow is still
unsolved.
Moscow business men will try to
get appropriation from the United
States for a postof1ice and court room.
The merchants of Lewiston have
subscribed 800 for repairing the road
from here to Paradise and Flora, Ore.
Wednesday of last week 81 carloads
of grain and hay went out of the sta
ton of the Northern Pacific at Gene
see.
At the Masonic temple in Wallace,
Sunday, December 4, the annual mem
orial services of Occur d'Alene lodge
No. 331, B. p. o. E.. was held.
Four hundred dollars has been ap-
propriated by the Wardner council for
the improvement of the road between
the corduroy hill and the business sec
ton of town. Work on the improve
ment has already commenced.
David Urquhart, a retired wealthy
farmer and real estate man of Mos
COW, has announced his intention to
build a large brick and stone block
with store rooms below and an opera
house above.
John Merton Aldrich, the popular
young professor of zoology and curator
of the museum of the University OF
Idaho is the author of 600 page bool
devoted to classification and scientific
description of the flies of North Amer
lea.
A dispatch from Worlds Fair Com
missioner HURT brings the information
that Idaho has secured the gold media
for collective display of fruits and TO
keeping qualities of fruit. The frui
exhibit has secured Sc gold, silve
and bronze medals.
Percy Harris, son of Mr.. and Mrs
e. P. Harris, and Kenneth Wiley, sol
of Mr. and Mrs. l.. X. Wiley of Har
rison are supposed to have beer
drowned in the lake Sunday evening
The boys were last seen playing OF
the boom about shutdown.
There is trouble on at the Hope Lum
Der companys mill over cut in wa
ges of the employees, which was an
nounced to take effect December ]
and the result has been that the Hop
labor union has voted to call out al
the men until the matter is settled.
A detective of the Oregon Shor
Line has arrested w. ]. Petrie of Cald
we'll for attempting to wreck a trail
on the night of November 25. Whe
"sweated" he confessed and told es
> actly how he had done the deed. H
had no other motive than simply t
cause a wreck.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10
MONTANA NOTES.

At Drummond, 80 miles east of Mis-
soula, Conductor Frank H. Zirbel and
Brakeman r. r. Chesbro were killed
in railroad accident. The men were
on a heavy freight train east bound,
when the drawhead of one of the cars
broke. While engaged in fixing the
diA Guilty the engineer claims to have
gotten a signal and moved the train
Both men were caught between the
cars and their lives crushed out al
most instantly.
movement is on foot to build an
Episcopal church at Choteau.
A Masonic lodge has been organized
at Manhattan, with IA charter mem
bers.
The mystery concerning the disap-
pearance of William Krager, prom
inent rancher of Thompson Falls, last
July has been cleared up when his
body was found below the falls in
Clark's Fork river by a section fore
man.
Rather than suffer the ignominy o.
occupying rooms in the rear of a sa
loon, Mrs. Mary Lindquise set fire Il
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10
PROFITABLE IDEA.
Iowa Farmers Raised Large Crops.

'~"& ~ 80 ''o'S~N ~N' " 'SPo~
Webster City, Iowa.-Professor r.
G. Holden this year made 00,000,000
more bushels of corn grow in the state
than we're raised the preceding sea-
son, and in 1906 expects to double the
increase in yield.
He is agronomist in the Iowa agri-
cultural college, and is most popular
among farmers. His salary is only
$4,000 per year, yet in the last IL
months he has earned an additional
$4,000 for the man with the hoe.
The professor found farmers last
winter discouraged over the corn out
look When weather was not too wet
it was too dry, and if by chance they
obtained a middle condition, along
came a storm and blew down the
stalks. He has decided what Iowa
needed was corn with ears growing
close to the ground He experimental
until he found the kind that answered
the demand. Then he travelled through
the state addressing farmers from the
rear platform of his car and distrib-
uting seed.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10
Gen. Wheeler Sells Canon.

Mexico.-General Joe Wheeler, re-
tired, u. S. A., had a hearing before a
commission of officers of the Mexican
army, at which he submitted the mer-
its of a new cannon which he is seek
ing to have the government adopt for
the army. The gun will probably be
adopted. General Wheeler is receiv-
ing much attention from high officials
can government during his visit to
this city.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10
CAT AS CAUSE OF ASTHMA.
Smell of Flowers and Scents Also
Brinq Disease.

London.-Some astonishing details
as to causes of asthma are given in
the December number of Practitioner
In one case asthma was brought ON
by contiguity to cut flowers, in an
other by the smell of cheap scents and
in the third by that of sulphur match
es. In another case a medical man
always found himself attacked by
asthma when he visited a house where
there was a cat, and did not finally
recover until the cat died. other in
stances are given in which pigeons.
canaries and thrushes caused asthma
to owners. and one in which the mai
ady was always brought on by the
smell of horses.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10
FEWER IMMIGRANTS COME.
Those Who Do Come Are Better
Citizens.

immigration to the United States
decreased materially during the last
fiscal year, and it is a notable fact
that the moral, intellectual and physi-
cal qualifications of the immigrants
admitted to this country during the
past year are higher than ever be-
fore have been chronicled. These are
two salient features of the annual re-
port of Frank p Sargent, commission
er general of immigration, which was
made public recently.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10
Body Crushed to a Pulp.

Hugh Mcpherson, a miner in the
Gagnon mine at Butte, was instantly
killed by an ascending skip Sunday.
Mcpherson was doing repair work in
the shaft, and as the skip hove in
sight he leaned too far out and was
caught. Mcpherson was terribly man
gled. his body being crushed almost
to pulp.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10
WASHINGTON NEWS.

The governor has appointed the fol
lowing new members of the state board
of medical examiners: w. S. Durand,
Everett, to succeed ]. s. McIlhaney;
Charles F. Kalb, Spokane, to succeed
]. M. p. Chalmers; Elmer d. Ohm
sted of Spokane, to succeed G. e.
Grove. In each instance the term
had expired of the member succeed
ed.
The Elks' lodge of sorrow was held
at Spokane Sunday afternoon.
No minors are allowed in the Ritz
vile Bowling alley.
Will you help make Christmas
brighter for the unhappy folk at Medi-
cal lake asylum?
The Spokane city ordinance forbid
ding contractors on city work to work
their men more than eight hours a
day was held to be unconstitutional
by Judge KEENAN,.
Several prairie schooners, loaded
with people and household goods, have
passed through the Big Bend recently,
headed for Leahy and the Methow
country.
Davenport.-Alfred Long was acquit-
ted of the charge of assault with in
tent to commit murder after the jury
had deliberated four hours.
The board of trustees of the Belling-
ham state normal school decided to
ask the next legislature for total ap-
preparations of $14S,500. OF this $40,-
900 is sought to erect a science hall
annex, completing the original plan
Of the building. The estimate for
maintenance is $4,000. The last ap-
preparation amounted to $4,000.
Amateur safe crackers last week at
tempted to break open the safe OF
Cox's planning mill at Walla Walla.
Cunningham.-G. B. Hildreth came
here five years ago without capital
only ambition. He worked by the
month for while, took homestead
near town, bought a section of land
at S1.25 per acre from the railroad
hustled up some teams and dug early
and late. He sold out last week fol
$1S,25O.
Columbia county stock is all on the
winter ranges preparatory for the win
ter weather.
Fred Horch, a farmer living 9bou
II miles northwest of Lind, was kill
ed while unhitching his team last
week.
Armed with a double barreled shot
gun, l. Newman, South Seattle butch
er, attacked burglar whom he caugh
attempting to break into his place O.
business, and fired six shots at him
wounding him with a load of buck
shot. The burglar made his escape.
A. Jones was cut and fatally injured
during a fight in the southern part o
Seattle. Four men and woman arr
held on suspicion of being connected
with the crime.
Sufficient rain has fallen during
the past few days to insure ampl
crops for next season, if future wealth
er conditions are favorable.
Roy Rogers of Tacoma, a FRESHMAN
at Whitworth college, Tacoma, wa
badly injured in a sophomore-freshmal
rush recently. He was taken up IN
conscious from concussion of the brain
but it is thought will recover.
The Northport city marshal, ]. G
Dietrich, was shot twice by Lee Ra
gan, formerly of Muskrat, Wyo., il
Belle McDonalds house in the re-
light district Sunday morning. Bot
wounds are severe, but not necessaril,
fatal.
Officials at the department of ayr
culture have assured Congressma
Jones that Washington will receive a
increase apportionment of money TO
irrigation and drainage investigation
in the state next year.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10
-FOUR NORTHWESTERN STATES
LATE NEWS OF THE PAST WEEK
BRIEFLY TOLD.

Choice Selections of interesting Items
Gathered From Exchanges-Cullings
From Washington, Idaho, Montana
and Oregon--Numerous Accidents
and Personal Happenings Occur.
The Kootenai herald. [volume] (Kootenai, Idaho) 1891-1904, 1904-12-10

Tokio.-The first armistice between
the combatants at Port Arthur was
declared Friday for the purpose of
burying the dead.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08
RAISE FOR RURAL CARRIERS

4 Washington news dispatch Of late
date contains the following relative to
increase of salary for rural mail men,
commencing July first
The amendment to :he postoffice ap-
preparation bill passed at the last SEES
sion was 80 drawn rs to read that no
salary for free rural carriers shall ex-
coed $3.50. The plan to be carried ont
will add Sl20 to each of the four classes
now in vogue Thus the highest salary
now being paid 5000 The difference
between this and S790 yill be added to
the salaries of each of the other classes
Thus routes sixteen TO twenty miles
long now receiving $500 will get 5000.
routes of twelve to sixteen miles, $500
and routes eight 10 twelve miles, $40
The department is unwilling to pay the
same salaries for short routes as for
long ones on ground that it would not
be fair.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08
SLAUGHTER OF COOK IS PLAN or BeITERs
Members Of StaIwart Faction IN Washington Says
Vote WIN be Cast for Democrat.
! Special Dispatch to the rec press.l

Special dispatch TO the rec ITtsssi
WASHINGTON, DC, May 19-"Now
that the die is cast, said a prominent
Wisconsin stalwart at the new Willard
hotel here tonight, II want you to bear
in mind few facts which | prophecy
regarding the future Cook campaign IN
Wisconsin and see il my predictions do
not come true.
q am sorry for Cook. He is a per-
sonal friend Of mine and do not relish
his slaughter to make a political holi-
day. Quarles was always load on the
stslwarts. | was told by more than one
of the Wisconsin congressman last win
ter that if they (the Spooner -Babcock
crowd could dump Quarles, they would
run Babcock for senator supported by
all the railroads in the country.
The stalwarts will use him as figure
head and vote straight for the demo
cratic candidate for governor in the
same manner as they did at the last
gubernatorial election Our hackers
are after La Follette's scalp and we
propose to do him if we have 10 vote all
the tombstone inscriptions in the state
of Wisconsin to accomplish our purpose.
Spooner is safe as senator for five years
more and it does not make any difference
to us whether all the republican con-
eressman are defeated or even If a
democratic colleague to Spooner is
elected o1ong as he favors our interests.
'The railroad and corporate interests
all will desert the party leaders if La
Toilette Is not defeated.
II want 70 make one more prediction
also. the stalwarts of Wisconsin do not
favor Roosevelt He is working the
same side of the street as LaFollette on
the railroad-trust issue and / look TO
see a very cautious but pronounced at
tempt to defeat Roosevelt at the con-
vention in spite of all his pledged dele
gates.
ION my recent trip to New York |
was told by one of the most influential
men of that whole train loads of BOOM
ers, well fortified with funds, were al
ready pledged to visit the national re-
publican convention at Chicago in June
as a last resort to defeat Roosevelt.
IF they fail 1t means their whole
strength will be thrown to the demo-
cratic nominee Corporate interests
are in the last ditch and they do not
care whether democratic or republic
can president is elected so long as friend.
ly hand grasps the tiller.
"LaFollette IL hard man to beat.
He is honest and strsightfor ward and |
know that the people of Wisconsin be-
Heve in him predict his election as
the next governor of the state.
Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1904-06-08
THE PLATFORM OF
ROOSEVELT REPUBLICANS
From the Outlook, the L:adsng Litelary Magazine
Of the Country.

The split in the republican party in
Wisconsin is of more than local and pop
ular interest. If the difference between
the two factions were simply as to
which of them should control the organ
ization and hold the Offices, we should
give to the controversy scant attention.
But it is clear from The platforms of the
two conventions, as well as from Gov.
La Follette's address that these two
factions represent antagonigtic political
principles The La Toilette republicans
demand the direct primary, the ad va
loren taxation Of railroads, an inherit
lance tax, constitutional amendment
allowing the enactment of a graduated
income tax, the abolition of all railroad
passes to public officials, power to be
conferred upon the state railroad COM
mission ito fix and enforce reasonable
transportation charges, so far as the
same may be subject to state control,
similar power to be conferred by con-
eress on the Inter-s state Commerce com
mission to control transporta ion
charges and TO reduce the same where
excessive to reasonable basis, and in
sists that r. republican party by its
platforms had pledged itself to these re-
forms, and is therefore bound 10 honor
10 carry them ont. RE party Of stall
| .-arts. IN its platform, either by express
statement, by necessary implication, OF
by significant silence, indicates that ii
is opposed to the La Toilette republicans
on every one of these points, Upon
them all the Outlook is in hearty sym
pathy with the La Toilette republicans,
with the possible exception OF the grad
mated income tax, the practical difficult
ties of honest enforcement Of which
were shown during our civil war to be
so great that we doubt the possibility
Of overcoming them AS we read the
political history of Wisconsin, an over
whelming majority Of the people are in
sympathy with the platform of the La
Toilette republicans. They appear to
us to be- in the main, those of what we
may call ROOSEVELT REPUBLICANtsM
The opposition to them, whether in Wis
consin or elsewhere. comes largely from
q WEALTHY, INFLUENTIAL CLASS AND
ESPECIALLY IRON FAVORED CORPORA
TTONE