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Worries Fair Excursion Company.

The Worlds Fair Excursion Co.
In connection with the Frisco SysteG
will on August 29th. run Special EI
eursions from points in Arkansas, In
dian Territory. Oklahoma and NortA
Texas TO st Lonis, and return.
The service furnished by the En-
cursion company win include trans
portation to and from ST. Louis. daily
admission TO the fair, lodging and
three meals daily. at the inside Inn
admission 10 the leading Pike feat
ures. rides on the Ferris wheel. and IN
fact all necessary expenditures. Five
days will be spent 10 St. Louis, and
the entire cost Of the trip has been
placed AT a nominal amount in order
70 enable anyone TO go and TO know IN
advance the cost Of the entire trio
For information address Worlds
Fair Excursion Co., Fort Smith. Ark.
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A PnnAmav Rlnunle

Terminated with an ugly cut on the
ieg ot j. z ONE Franklin Grove. Ill.,
lt leNelopci stubborn ulcer rnyield.
ING 90 doctors and remedies lor four
years Tlcn ruckleu's Arnioa salvo
cured us inst as good for Burns.
scalds. Sldn Eriptlons and Files 25c.
at an drag stores.
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The fall shooting season has come
it is time to set busy with dog and
We can furnish you this season with
a fine 70 or 16 gaage Remington Ham.
merless for $500; lthica guns from
SIS. 90 to s23 90. Fine Belgian Double
Barreled gun with outfit for s12 90 and
a good Single Barrel Breech-loader
for $5.or Best 22-cal. rife that ever
was male for 81 90.
GUN SHOP.
Don't forget II you have any gun
work to do that we have the only sure
enough gunsmith in the land and can
make your old gun better than a new
one ever WAS ia short order
FOOT BALLS.
New line just in from 75e to 500
each
TOBACCO, CIGARS AND PIPES.
TO fit every mouth and suit every
taste.
OLSMITH ARMS co.
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$500 90 to 1.S0c 10 a year in the rail
way riail, postal. and other lines of
government service. We prerare by
mail for examination Nearly 10000
appointments last year. For rarticu
lars. address Civil Service School,
lal4 VALIANT Ct, Philadelphia, Fa
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LOST AND FOUND.

The person VINO found a gun metal
case, open face watch with bead fob,
will receive reward by returning same
TO Leader office.
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any more liquor While crazed lth
drink be shat his wife az above stated.
Jones is new IN iail awaiting action OF
the grand Jury
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For stock ealsors

nl farmers--a journal hat win ac
quaint you with conditions and oppor-
unities in the grea husting, hus,nng
Southwest THE Earth"-monthly r..
mstrated. 25 cts per year Sample
copy mailed on redues.. You'll want
It when you see H. Address, The Earth,
111s Railway Exchange, Chicago
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FOR RENT.

FOR RENr-New eight room house.
five lots. IN good neighhorhocd bath
cistern and cellar, everything first
class y. F. Cheadle. phcne 6.
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Harry's hack line deserves your
patronage. Calls promptly answered,
Oklahoma Ave. Stables. Grissom q
Smith. Phone "a
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

GIN LOCATION-Free gin site given
in Castle, Greek nation, lndian ter
ritory. New town, excellent 10 alton
No gin there Large crop assured. CIR
must be built at once Adure
Smith Western Railroad 1ownsite G.
weleetka. l. r
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Boarders Wanted.
At i13 East Perkins. Terms reason
able. Miss Carson.
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HELP WANTED.
Wanted.

have position for good statesmen
See me for terms. V. Bowers. los
West Harrison, Guthrie
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EL RENO
and the new counties in Western Ok
lahoma. also all points on the Rock
Island System, including ChoctaW
Division. can now be reached to best
advantage by the New Line.
The ct. Louis, FL Reno & Western
Railway Co.
Trains leave Guthrie from Santa
Fe (Union.) } Station.
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Daily Leader 10 cents a week deliy
cred every day except sunday.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-03-12

Referring to the statement in the
MINING News, regarding the county
commissioners allowing $1,000 on the
so,called goat trail on Salmon river, is
wrong as well as misleading for such is
not the case. The following are the
factsin the case:
We allowed John Higgins so pounds
of giant powder to blow of cliff on
Salmon river, what is known as the
crevice. Road supervisors were ap-
pointed in the various districts in,,the
Salmon river, country without allowing
them dollar outsof the road fund, they
proposing to do the work at their own
expense. LAS to the statement that
county commissioner Griffith is at the
head of this is wrong, as well as mis-
leading, as Mr.. Griffith was not present
when this work and appointments were
made.
AS to the Maxwell bill 1 wish to state
that l did all in my power to get at
least part of his bill allowed. 1 noti-
fled him twice to appear before the
board in his own behalf in the matter,
but instead he wrote threatening let
ter to the board, threatening to sue us
for the entire bill. We could not have
allowed his entire bill but we were
willing to allow his just dues. We not
flied him to do no more work after q
certain time but he ignored our order
and still continued to work and brought
in his bill Now, we are under the law
as well as other citizens and are sworr
to comply with the. law.
The readers of the MiNSING News ear
learn for themselves by consulting the
records that we have but about $4,000
to spend on roads and this is to be
divided among "A districts. At the
rate of Mr.. Maxwen's bill his distric
alone would have taken nearly one-hal
of the whole amount of the road fund
Now from the above facts, which is
matter of record, your readers can SCI
the inconsistency in the matter on th'
part of Mr.. Maxwell.
Most respectfully submitted, J.
- .... ,.R. H. FARRISs<,.
County commissioner, 1st district
Idaho county.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-03-12
Slides and
Wrecks.

In a letter to this Office which was
received Thursday, the postmaster at
Sites, P. E. Ellis, says:
. "We are having bad luck with the
mails down here lately, have had no
mail since Saturday and the prospects
are that we will have, nothing before
about Thursday If there are any of
the people up there wondering why
they don't hear from the outside you
can tell them the reason. The train is
in a washout down the line but the
wrecking crew cannot get to it owing
to the fact they are tied lip in wreck
near Kendrick. There are also some
small washouts and slides along the
line. There was no one hurt. Thought
l would tell you that as there was some
of your people on the train and they
might worry about them. The Grange
vile stage has not been able to ford the
river for two day., They are taking the
passengers across in a boat.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-03-12
! he EricE1-
SON Group.

That the vast low grade ore bodies,
known locally as dykes, are not confined
to the Crooked river section of Elk
City district, is evidenced by the fol-
lowing information elected from H. D.
Poyneer during recent conversation
held with the NEWS man.
This dyke is situated about six miles
north of Elk City. between Little Elk
creek and American river. This dyke
is without doubt the source of the gold
in the Erickson placers, which have
yielded so many Thousand dollars the
last few years and which 3vill continue
to yield its yellow harvess for years to
come.s dtis situated closS enough to
American river for the use of that
streams hundpeds of cubic feet of
water for electric or direct power, and
judging from Mr.. Poyneer's description
it is destined to be great property. 1t
is also well enough timbered for all
purposes. ees
1--WE have four claims located upon
this DYKE" said Mr.. Poyneer, 'tthe
Erickson Reef Nos. l, 2, 8 and A, =re-
spectively, with fair values the entire
six thousand feet and the average
width is two hundred feet. The sur.
face is exposed by numerous crosscuts
and ten foot holes, In the main ore
shoot which we opened up so far, dis
tance of four hundred feet along the
dyke, panning results would indicate {
very even distribution of values. We
have thus far failed to ran single
sample that did not yield some colors
from assay samples we obtained all th'
way from S1.65 to $25, but to be on th'
safe side 1 place the average at abou
I three dollars per ton, Dan Mcdonald
is associated with me in the group
The strike of this dyke is about north.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-03-12
Give Them
The Route.

Elk City wants tri-weekly mail SER
vice with the camps in the Buffalo
Hump country, and 'Barkis is willen, !"
and more as far as the camps are con-
cerned. There is a disposition mani
Tested by the postal department to
grant the request. There is no reason
why it should not be granted. Strange
as it may seem, a letter addressed to
any of the Buffalo, Hump camps and
posted at Elk City has to travel a. dis
tance closely approximating 125 miles
to reach it's destination, whereas the
distance from Elk City to any Buffalo
Hump camp with a post office is less
than 80 miles. Elk City, geogtaphi-
cally, is one of the natural entrepots to
the big gold region and it certainly
should be afforded better postal COM
munication with it than it now enjoys.
-Grangeville News.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-03-12

needs be, for his disappointments out
number the realization of his hopes.
The man who is not of sanguine tenn
permanent will probably soon give up
the task of wooing fortune among the
rocky hills, in wilderness. The real
prospector, however, lives in the fu-
ture. If disappointed today he lies
down in his blanket at night hoping for
and expecting success tomorrow. His
eye scans every rock, every mineral
stain. He is on the lookout constantly
for indications. These include
everything that his long study of his
art has taught him to regard as fav-
orable possibility. A prospector pam
ming gravel in a new gulch8 was asked
ANY gold?" 'fNo," was the CHEEKY
reply, ''but plenty of iron rock and
rubies. ~ This To him was aii Indication
of the probability Of finding gold in that
gulch and perhaps in the next painful OF
dirt. The reason of this was that the
gold accompanied other mineral of high
specific gravity. The prospector did
not reason it out along this line, but his
experience had taught him that when
he did find gold in that section ''iror
rock and rubies" (garnets) were also
always present. By many experiences
of this sort he learns his craft, and he
is not to be turned easily aside in his
belief for he has the courage Of his
convictions and is willing to follow
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-03-12
Science i'm
Prospecting.

:, That many valuable mines have beer
discovered by the class of men known
aAmong experienced miners as tender
feet" cannot be gainsaid, but many
more have been found by men who are
known as ''prospectors, " men who
form distinct class in the great army
of miners, says the Mining and Scien-
tific Press. The prospector is seldom
satisfied to work for wages, preferring
to take his chances in the unequal bat
tie with nature. His calling is distinct
ly an art-a science. A man may be a
scholar and student of many sciences,
but unless, he has had the training Sin
thesfeld, as a prospector he is likely
to prove dismal failure The pros
pector is usually optimistic, as he must
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-03-12

them to disaster if may be, figuratively
speaking, for nothing but absolute fail
ure will convince him that he was
wrong, and even then he has notion
to try it again. In his quest he finds a
piece of float. He will Systematically
trace it to its soarce if the richness of
the rock warrants it. He will dig test
pits bv the dozen. and some sidehills
have been ''coyoted'' into a labyrinth
of passages in the search of a rich
vein, the float of which has been dis
covered below on the hillside. Two of
ten his knowledge of geology is limited
to the field of his own experience and
he misinterprets what he sees, but on
the practical side he is alright, and will
follow his Indications unerringly to a
conclusion of some sort. If the find
proves too small or too low grade or is
in any way unsuited to his fancy he
moves to another place, pursuing his
calling pntiringly and often successful
ly. The mining industry owes much to
the prospector, and he has been fac
tor in the development of the great
West, which few who do not know him,
and who are unfamiliar with what he
has done for the world, can realize.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-03-12
News of v,
The Hump.

Grant Litchfeld came down from the
Hump the fore part of the week On a
visit to his parents, ]. c. and Mrs.
Litchfeld. + ~
He reports everything moving along
satisfactorily in that bustling camp.
The jumbo mill is pounding away
day and night, twenty-four stamps on
the night shift and fourteen on the day.
The Atlas is also working full crew,
sinking and drifting.
The Del Rio tunnel is in 400 feet,
but one crew is working on account of
bad air.
The Concord.is working a full force.
Dan Mcdonald is foreman.
/ John Brown and w. A. Wylie are
working the Old Bill.
Two men are working on the Little
Giant.
The Big Buffalo is working one shift.
r. McGregor is keeping books at the
Jumbo.
The snow is fifteen feet deep al
Hump town. People gain entrance anC
egress to their houses thro' snow tun
nels. =,
sNBilly McKinzie, a freighter loaded
with hay for the camp, was storm
bound at Squaw meadows and wa:
forced to burn part of his cargo to keeI
from freezing. .Squaw meadows. are
between Hump and Moose station OF
the Adams route.
Mr.. Litchfield will return to the
Hump next Sunday where he will re
sumo his position with the Jumby Co.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-03-12
THE ELK CITY DISTRICT
Report Of Robert N Bell Inspector of Mines Relative to This
District is Very Clear and Concise Statement Some
thing of the Telurium Ore Found at American Eagle.

&. Wood, the we'll known assayer and
chemist of Denver, who has probably
handled as many telluride samples as
any man on earth, and received the
above classification from him. The
specimen tested assayed at the rate of
seventeen ounces gold and four hundred
and eight ounces silver. This sample,
of course, was mostly quartz and a
specimen of the clean black mineral
would have run very high. | saw
pieces of it in the company's Office at
Spokane which had been roasted and
was literally matted over with beads of
light colored gold after the manner of a
rich specimen Of Cripple Creek ore.
What the discovery of this rich min
eral will mean to the American Eagle
company is hard to say. 1t may con-
tinue to be found in isolated kidneys,
but occurring as it does just at the hori-
zon of change from the completely OK
idized condition of the vein, there is a
+strong probability that below the water
level of the creek the quartz will be
highly charged and may probably carry
enough of the petite to sweeten it up
to sortable, high grade shipping pro-
duct.
1t is gratifying to be sure of the oc-
curence of this rare gold bearing min
eral in Idaho, for it's discovery anc
development has led to such sensational
results in the Colorado camps in the
psst few years. Its discovery in oul
extensive areas of ALMOST, virgin minera
territory may hold similar agreeable
SURPRISES
Among the other quartz properties O.
the Elk City district which have consid
cradle development work and good ore
in sight, the Buster, Blue Ribbon ant
Cleveland mines rank high and al carr.
similar large quartz assures to tn
American Eagle with fine pay shoots o
rich ore. There are half dozen othe
quartz properties being developed il
this district and large shoots of goo
grade milling ore have been uncovere
at several points and the outlook fo
this old district is very bright indeed
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-03-12
MR.. # ARRIS MAKESREPLY
Conty Commissioner For First District Submits Statement
in Regards the Salmon River Trail and the Bill of Mr.
Maxwell Road Supervisor for this District

will have trouble securing volunteers
indefinitely for those districts. 1t is
our experience that such public spirit,
where it exist al all, is very short
lived.
We are sorry for obvious reasons that
Mr., Farris allowed his zeal to outrun
his discretion by his defense of Mr..
Griffith for his part in the matter, in
asmuchtas the MINING NEWS did not
refer to that gentleman by name, in
fact, did not know the name of any of
the, board except Mr.. Simmons, of Cot
tonwood, We are led to infer from
this thai Mr.. Griffith needs defense.
AS to l. D. Maxwell's bill, which we
learn is about one thousand dollars, Mr.,
Farris' and Mr.. Maxwell's statements
conflict. Mr.. Maxwell denies receiving
continue work but which was promptly
obeyed. That the weight of evidence
appears to be with Mr.. Maxwell, we
think the following order will prove:
''Order of board of county commits
sioners, January p, 1904, book seven,
page 155: -
1.-The claim of 1. D. Maxwell, over
seer of road district No. 20, in the sum
of $548. 4S, and E. H. Aldridge for $r3. so
and James Smith for $81. 90 for labor on
roads was examined, considered and re-
jected for the following reasons:
''1st. That it appears to the board
that the services alleged to have been
performed were not absolutely neces-
sary to keep the roads in said district
in passable condition and that the labor
and services performed were far in ex-
cess of, the orders heretofore made by
the board and contrary to any authority
of this board. -
''2nd. That said claims ,are. too in
definite and uncertain in this, that they
do not ritenize wherein said servicse
were performed Nor do they state
that the same was absolutely necessary
to keep said roads in good repair and in
passable condition.
~. t'3rd. That said claims are not a
lega3 charge against Idaho county"
3. Trustworthy of observation here that
the hboVe order makes no mention OF
any Speclnc order TO discontinue WOfh
but speaks of 'orders heretofore
made" thereby inferring prescedent,
=. of which, as a matter of fact, any roac
supervisor would be, ofTnecessfty, igno-
: rant unless definitely called to his at
5 tention, which, SO far, does not appear
to be the case.
: AS to Mr.. ,Ma7lwell's dereliction il
keeping his accounts, the charge i:
: probably correct, few road supervisors
: are competent to keep accounts. L
t would appear, however, a not insur
= mountable obstacle where desire to d'
: justice is present AS to the statemen
t that Mr.. Maxwell's bill is almost one
= half of the entire road fund, which i
e 10000, it is to use the language of Mr.
Y Farris wrong and misleading"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-03-12

We publish above a letter from
County Commissioner Farris in which
he attempts defense of the recent ac-
ton of the board in establishing road
districts on Salmon river where the
MINING News believes no new districts
were needed. Mr.. Farris, however,
without entering into that part of the
question, contents himself with the as
sertion that it cost the county nothing
to create those districts, that the su-
pervisors volunteered to work without
pay, etc. Now admitting the correct
ness of Mr.. Farris' statements as re-
lates to this year, is it not fact that
those districts will receive their appor-
tionment of the road fund in future
years? We imagine that the county
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-03-12

Philo S. White departed for Grange
vile Tuesday to report on the Denver
group which he recently examined for
Grangevilie capitalists.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-12-03
ELECTED THEIR BISHOP
Rev. w. T. Manning Chosen BY Epis
copaI Diocese of HARRISBURG.

rev. w. U. warming SnoSen ny GpiS'
copaI Diocese of Harrisburg.
Lancaster, Pa. Dec. l. The Rev.
William r. Manning, d. D.. vicar OF
St. Agnes Chapel, Trinity parish. New
York city. was elected bishop of the
newly organized Protestant Episcopal
diocese of Harrisburg. The new eccle-
siastical jurisdiction comprises 2!
counties in Central Pennsylvania.
taken from the diocese of Central
Pennsylvania. of which Rt. Rev. Ethel
bert Talbot is bishop. The salary of
the new bishop will be $4,000 year &.
with an allowance of $500 extra fo-
the rental of his residence. The state
capital city will be the seat Of the new
bishOpric.
A committee was appointed. consist
ing of C. LaRue Munson. of Williams
port: J. NJ. Lamberton. of HARRISBURG.
and John g. Freeze, of Bloomsbury. to
secure a chas,er for the new diocese
similar to that of the central diocese.
An important departure will be "a
change in the law, so that the owner
ship of church property shall not Ec
vested absolutely in the lay members
II was decided to divide the diocese.
with two arch-deaconries-Ha Harrisburg
and Williamsport-and that the do
cesar board of missions shall consist
OF the bishop. one clergyman and two
laymen from each arch-deaconry and
two laymen-at-large.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-12-03
ST. Petersburg Worried.

St. Petersburg. Dec. Foreign re-
ports of the fighting at Port Arthur
are accepted here very seriously. II
the japanese have taken 203metic
hill. as reported. and are commanding
the whole harbor, it is believed that
the situation is critical.
Experts on Port Arthur topography
assert. however, that ii is more likely
that the Japanese have occupied some
portions at the base of the hill, and
believe that with the concentrated fire
of the covering forts the japanese will
find the top of the hill untenable, il
they arrive there.
The Russian consul at Chefoo tele-
graphs that the japanese captured two
forts in the storming operations
against Port Arthur on November 90,
but the news is not confirmed from
any other quarter. The consul says
the Japanese losses were enormous.
and that 5000 men were sacrificed in
two hours.
Official and private dispatches re-
ceived here indicate that the japanese
are falling back below SiDtsintin.
where for several days they had APP
parently been attempting a turning
movement. After four days of toler-
ably severe but unsuccessful fighting
they are now retiring. with the Rus
SLAMS in pursuit. II is impossible as
yet to tell whether either movement
has real strategic significance
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1904-12-03
SMoTHEREDIN ROLLING BALLOON
Man Who Tried to Cross Lake Michi-
qan Believed to Have Perished.

uan Believed to Have Perished.
Chicago. Dec. PETER Nissen. is be-
lieved to have either smothered OF
frozen to death in his rolling balloon.
"Foolkiller No. p in which he left
for trip across Lake Michigan Tues
day.
The opinion that Nissen was lost
became general when it was found that
after "a hours of silence there was
still absolutely no word from the in
ventor who some years ago shot the
whirlpool rapids of Niagara Falls in a
barrel. He has not been sighted by any
fessel. He has not, so far as II report
I'd. drifted ashore at any point. His
relatives have heard nothing.
The possibility of Nissen smothering
to death was considered more def
nitely when it was learned that his
only supply of air was that pumped
into the "Foolkiller'' before the craft
brothers. however. that the navigator
had computed his air supply carefully
and figured that it would last him for
a great number of hours.
At the weather bureau it was said
that even if Nissen reached shore lie
would suffer from the cold. as there
was snow storm blowing near the
Michigan shore. and that as his boat
had no means of heating and permit
ting of exercise. the navigator would
suffer severely