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The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-07-23

LUMBER PLIERS UNION, LOCAL NO.
Saturday evening and third Sunday at
West Duluth. President, Olaf Han.
son; treasurer, Jens T.. aolt: marshal
Otto Nelson; recording secretary.
Henry Jensen. P. o. Box 100. West Du-
Int
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-07-23

LICENSED TUGMEN's- PROTECTIVE
Association, Zenith Lodge No. L.
Meets NE sysry FT Hn a@Tne the vim
block. President Martin Cole; past
president, Jas. Walsh; first vice presi-
dent, Chas. Green; second vice presi-
dent, Chas. McEachren; financial secre-
tary, r. r. Barrows; treasurer, Fred
Winters, 740 Lake Ave. South.
The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1904-07-23
CIGARMAKEns, UNION NO. 2ss-

Meets FIRST and third Wedp esdays OF
each month at Kalamazoo building. 10
West Superior street: President, Jacob
berg: iinanciai secretary. Matt It.
finger: correspondent secretary, Jos.
Pratts, 1115M East Second street.
cooKs AND Walters, UNION NO. g
Tuesday OF each month at the Kalama-
zoo building. President Fred McKI-
vey; vice president, Geo. Wanch; secre-
tary, Ed Darling; treasurer, W. III. Pal
mer; financial secretary, Marshal Heb
ner, ~ West Superior street: business
agent, w. H. Palmer.
DULUTH MUSICIANS, UNION NO. IS.
F. Of NJ. Meets. first. Tuesday Of
PRESIDENT, H. W. :Lanners :"S financial cis1
secretary. Louis Mostorc; treasurer,
Ghas. A: Gregory. sergeant at arms.
ingeyald Westgaard.,7 and'e First ave:
ELECTRICAL WORKERS.. UNION NO.
3l.--Meets on the first, third and
aasn7aays sapsor s'rt tss
President, R.*sA. :Biddle; vice president.
Thos. Marks. financial secretary.SW. 81.
Otis, III Fifteenth Avenue East
treasurer; 3. Thnyer;. recording secre-
zI.ATHERs,. UNION. 81 o -, WV 8 81.
s.S H., eets { !, e second and
Rta1a:
sscrsfs w. Il sS outh
erlie feasa.ser
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08

$40, 900. Washington has an appro-
priation of $4,000 and a private
subscriptionsof $4,000. Nevada has
an appropriation Of $50, 900 and a
private Subscription OF %$25, 900.
'Colorad,h with an appropriation Of
$3.50. 600. did not consider she could
afford building and Is now raising
ST., 900 for Il State building, which
the women of the State will furnish.
Idaho women have come nohly to
the rescue and are now eRgaged in
raising ST., 900 for the furnishing OF
the Women's rooms IN the State
building.
The Commission makes an appeal
to the citizens of the State for con-
tributloms. large or small, to the
Worlds Fair fund, in order that
Idaho NAV not be in the rear Of the
great Western procession and enter
prise. All contributions should he
sent to c. 3. Iiurtt, Executive Com
missioner, Boise, Idaho, who will
turn them over to the State Treasur-
er, and the same will be acknowledged
hy him privately by receipt, and
publicly BY the Commission.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08
Indians Selling Grain.

The grain crop produced on the
Coeur d'Alene Indian reservation, in
1903, was much smaller than grown
10 1909 and but little over halt the
crop of 1901. This is due partly TO
the independence and want OF energy
on the part of the Indians and partly
to the fact that the land Is not all
adapted to the raising OF wheat
Thus far the Indians have sold, ia
Tekoa, WASH, 2o,ooo bushels Of
wheat and loco, ,ouo pounds of oats al
an average price OF 60 cents per BUSH
81 for the wheat and IS cents per cen-
tai for the oats.
Whilst the majority OF the Indians
are very poor, a number are possessed
of comfortable fortunes. The richest
men on the reservation are Lo Leg
and Arachus, each OF whom has cash
aud stock to the value of considera-
bly, over Slo,ooo. Peter Wildshoe
(the chief, Peter Camel, Louie Mich
ita, and several others. are reported
to have possessions seyerally worth
about $4,000.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08
BUYS interest in Cable Mills.

l.. Fl. Graham has disposed Of his
Is, 900 shares Of stock In the Cable
Milling company of Post Falls for a
consideration reported to be a little
above par. The par value Of the
shares Is ST. each.
The purchaser of Mr.. Graham's in
terest Is d. G, Russell Of Spokane.
Mr.. Russell was the holder of $4,000
shares OF stock, and now has an even
half interest in the company.
The Cable Milling company is in
corporated for $50, 900, divided into
81 shares. Il j. Dyer is the presi--
dent of the company, d. g. Russell,
vice president and u. o. Graham,
secretary. Aside from these the one
other stakeholder is j. L. Argo, who
holds 5000 shares. ~
L. IL, Graham. who has just sold
out his interest, was till recently the
manager OF the company. He has
been with the company for about SIX
years. Prior to chat he was engaged
in the newspaper business in and
about Spokane. Mr.. Graham has ac.
cepled the position of representative
for large California millingcompany y
at Hong kyng, China, and will leave
for that place in about 80 days. -
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08
STANDING TIMBER.

OF the standing timber vet remain
ingin the United States, three states
Washington. Oregon and CalifOrn-
ia-possess more than sixty per cent
of the total Of 1,003.50O, 900, 900 feet.
Oregon is credited with 225, ,000,000.-
600 feet and Washington and Califor-
MIA each with 100000, 100000 feet.
The states next IN Importance, as TO
their supplies Of standing timber, are
Texas with $1,000, 900, 900 and Idaho
with 55. 900, 100000 feet. When we
recullect that the available merchants
able timber in the other states OF the
Union has become practically exhaus-
ted, and that the three great Pacific
coast states are confronted with the
problem Of practically supplying the
whole nation from no1 on, as well as
heavy foreign demands the import
ance Of a comprehensive system Of
forestry fire protection aud renewal OF
grow ths should become more evident
and vital. Millions Of dollars worth
of timber is annually destroyed by
! Il re. This Is a grevi0us economic SIN
which, ii much longer tolerated, will
! in the course Of q couple of genera
tions, leave the nation impoverished
Of timber. -- New WestiTrade.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08
Wooley Relieved.

The treasury department., at Wash
ington. has decided the appointment
of II. S. Wooley as assayer at Boise,
according to the constitution, lapsed
at the end OF the recent special ses-
sion Of congress. He has been reliev.
ed from the duties of the Office.
Chief Clerk Robinson will conduct
the office until new appointment is
made.
The case has put the department
10 another lad tangle. The COMP
troller of the treasury must decide as
to whether Wooley is entitled to draw
compensation from the office. >Direc-
tor Of the Mint Roberts, commends
that there was an interim between
the special and the present regular
session Of congress sufficient to have
caused the appointment to expire.
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4
culture at the Worlds Fair. When
the contractors finished their work
recently, all that remained to be done
was To sweep The floor. 1t never
dawned on lnyone how great the task
was. Caldwell and Drake, the con-
tractors, ordered u dozen bIooms and
set IL men to work. When night
came their inroads on the great
expanse of % acres of floor space was
scarcely noticeable. They increased
the force next day to 40 men and or
dered 100 brooms. These 40 men
worked ten days before the big floor
was thoroughly swept.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08
A Philippine Question Settled,

An agreement has been reached by
Governor Taft, and the friars provid-
Ing for the settlement OF the ''triar
land" question, 10 the Philippines.
The pope has gwen his approval OF
the terms of the settlement and the
approval OF the war department is
awaited. The settlement provide,
for the purchase Of 100000 acres
comprising all the agricultural land
and buildings of the friars, with tht
exception'of $1,000 acres, includins
Il farm near Manlla. which has beer
sold to "A railway company. and alst
one sugar plantation.
& The price agreed upon is 250, 900
The friars originally asked $4,000,
900. Governor Taft offered then
Sc, 600, 900.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08
CORPORATIONS REFUSE TO PAY TAXES.
Question the Constitutionality Of Special
Tax Levies. Will Appeal from Judge
Morgan's Decisions.

On January End Judge Morgan
rendered his decision in the tax cases
which were heard in chambers at the
court house December 10Th. The
first series Of cases were the, appeals
to the district court from the order of
the county commissioners, fixing a
special levy Of 8 mills on all taxable
property. This levy was ordered on
January 80, 1908. The appellants
were the Humbird Lumber company
and the Northern Pacific, Great Nor
thern, and Kootenai Valley railway
companies, represented by their res
pective attorneys, the county COM
missioners being defended by County
Attorney +. H. Wilson. The ap-
pellante contended that the law un-
der which the tax was levied, was
unconstitutional, and that the consti-
tuition provides that there shall be no
duplicate taxes. A special property
and road tax of IS cents on the
500 had been levied. The court
sustained the commissioners, ruling
that the law is constitutional.
The next case was an appeal by
the Humbird Lumber company from
the board Of county commissioners
to the districl court, the commission
ers having refused to lower the as
sessed valuation and the levy placed
by the assessor on the lands owned
by the company, except in the Hoo
doc district, where the commissioners
lowered it from 81 to $3 per acre.
The company appealed from both
these rulings, contending that the re-
duction was insufficient. The cour.
after hearing the testimony, lowered
i the valuation of those tracts that had
been assessed at 81, to IS per acre
and the company is now required te
pay on valuation OF but $3.l5 PEI
acre, the court having reduced tn.
valuation on but one-fourth of tn,
land involved in the appeal. Th'
Humbird Lumber company's hold
ings, appealed on, amounted to hv'
per cent of the entire valuation ofth
county, including telephone compan
les. etc.
In the district court, there ar
yet three appeal cases pending, a
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08

being appeals from the action Of the
commissioners, the appellants being
the Northern Pacific, the Great Nor
thern and Kootenai Valley railway
companies. The appeals are taken
from the general road and bridge
levies made in July, 1908, and also
from the special school tax levies
made by the various school districts
Of the county in which the appellants
have taxable property.
In accordance with the order Of
the court in the Humbird casea num-
Der of corporations rendered their
taxes on basis of valuation fixed by
the court in its appeal cases. The
railway companies evcept the O.
r. & NJ, which, by the way, is the
only railroad on which the taxes are
paid-and the Humbird company,
rendered their taxes on the special
road and and school taxes referred to.
The Occur d. Alene Lumber company
| rendered their taxes on the basis ol
valuation fixed by the county assessor,
ignoring the action Of the board ol
equalization, which had raised their
| valuation 50 cents per acre; however,
they paid their taxes under protest,
denying the authority Of the board o
equalization to increase valuation.
fixed by the assessor. The Howard
Lumber company rendered thei
taxes in accordance with the deere,
of the court in the Humbird case, Oh
a basis of valuation af So per acre
The Wenasha Wooden Ware com
pany refused to pay their taxes.
The Inland Lumber company re
fused to pay taxes; having brough
suit to enjoin the assessor from max
ing an assessment after the board to
equalization had adjourned, and, be
overruled by the district court, wi
appeal to the supreme court, as we
as all the other corporations that fail
ed to get judgment.
An interesting fact concerning th
!. Hun1bird case is that that compan
. paid the Northern Pacific $7.2O pc
acre for all the lands which it bought
and has paid on that valuation fo
the past three years.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08
State News.
State Teachers Association.

The meeting of the Idaho State
Teachers Association, at Boise, Dec.
30, 80 and 81, was well attended.
After selecting Duise as the annual
meeting place for the next three
years, the following officers were
elected: President. Supt. A. G. Sears,
of Idaho Falls; first vice. president,
Principal Geo. II. Black, OF Lewiston
stat. normal school; county vice. pres
idents, all the county superintendents
secretary, Miss Carrie c Farr, OF
Boise; treasurer, Professor =. T.
Barber, Of Albion normal school.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08
An Opal Exhibit.

4 One county in idaho will exhibit In
the Mines and Metallurgy Palace at
the Worlds Eair, 100000 opals.
These will be shown ia all stages
just as they come from the ground In
Idaho, and later In every stage OF
cutting and polishing. The newly
developed opal mines in Ida no are
said to be the richest yet discovered
iI the world.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08

War predictions are multiplying
and becoming a general tonic Of con-
versation. War between Russia and
Japan Is imminent and General Miles
declares it will involve the nations OF
Europe. The possibilities OF a clash
between the United States and Col
ombia, over Panama, are also consld-
cred important.
State Mine Inspector Bell stated,
on Jan. lst, that the total mineral
output 0f the state Of Idaho fpr the
year 1903. will amount to over
so, 900, 900. @
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General News.
MORE MONEY NEEDED.
Private Contributions Required for
Idaho's Exhibit at St. Louis. \,


Idaho's Exhibit at St. Louis. i
The ldaho-St, Louis and Lewis and
Clarke Fair Commission, appnlnted
by Governor Morrison to obtain and |
install the State Exhibit at these
Expositions, and at this time, when
necessary expenses may he accurately
determined, that the appropriation
made by the State Legislature for the
Exhibit at St. Louis. IS too small.
Unless it can be supplemented. as has
been done in other States, by private
subscriptions, the Exhibit will he SO
limited as to inadequately portray the
States capabilities. This, the Gov
ernor, other State Otiiclals, and the
Commission, regret SO keenly that
they have decided tn make an appeal
for additional funds by private sub
scription.
Before the Commission was organ
lied the Individual members thought
that with the limited appropriation.
a State Building would not be polite
The announcement of this raised a
storm OF protest throughout the
State. 1t was said that Idaho must
not be the only State in the Union
not represented d by a State Building.
So vigorous and unanimous was the
the sentiment Id favor of u building
that the Coniniission could not ig-
more II. It was thought that perhaps
expenses In other directions could be
SO reduced us to admit Of an expendl--
ture of $5. 900 for building that
would be a.hotne for Idaho people.
Plans for what the Commission con-
sidered an ideal structure, modest.
but In keeping with the dignity Of
the State, were drawn. The lowest
estimate made by Idaho builders was
$4,000. The Executive Commission
er and Superintendent OF Structure
found that they could not let the con-
tract in ST.. Louis for less than$1 800,
building material being excessively
higher there, This was $500 more
than the amount originally c0ntem-
plated for u building appropriation.
The Idaho Commission is making
special efforts to present creditahle
displays in mining, agricultural
horticultural and educational depart
rnents. The first mentioned two are
practically complete. ldaho's Mining
Exhibit will unquestionably be ont
of the best made by any State. He
display In agriculture will be a source
Of wonderment to people living Il
other States.
In the face of extreme difficulty tn
Commission has ubtained 0ne cxrloat
t6 apples, which has been shipped Il
st. Louis and placed in cold storage
While the apples secured are q
splendid quality, it is feared that tn
quantity is not sufficient To attrac
the attention that the exhibit merits
The Gumui issinn Is working earn
estly to make "a first-class exhibit
hut unless the funds at its dlsposl
can be increased to near the amour
Of the cost of the l,uilding, the di.
play will fall short Of the ideal an
the expsctions Of the people may uu
be realized.
Idaho is the only State, With
small appropriation, which has NJ
increased it by private subscription
Oregon has an appropriation Of $50
900 and a private subscription [
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08
The Chicago Catastrophe.

On Dec. 3oth, Chicago was visited
by catastrophe in which nearly 600
persons were killed. In the IroQuois
theatre flre broke outeon the curtain.
A wire, IN which the "Queen Of
Arial," the spectacular feature Of the
show, flew out over the audience, pre-
vented the asbestos curtain from
falling and keeping the flames from
bursting cut into the audience. A
panic ensued, hundreds, chiefly
women and children, being killed in
the wild dash for the doors. The
tDtal casualties are about 1000.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08
Trout Creek, Division Point.

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Dec. 81
Trout Greek will be In the eastern di-
vision and terminal point of the Ida
no division on the Northern Pacific
railroad beginning Jan. 1st, instead
OF Spokane, the former, divisional
point. This change of terminals will
make it necessary for at least 100
families to move from Spokane to
Trout Greek. as trains and engineers
will hereafter make the change at the
Montana town. A change in time
also will he made. Trout Creek will
now be made meridian point and
the change to Rocky mountain time
will be made at Trout Creek.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08
KoorENAI COUNTY.

LEGISLATURE -Senutor-Lohn L. Yost
8 Representatives--Wm. Ashley
Warren Flint James Reid.
District Judge Ralph r. Morgan.
sheriff.. l.. whitney.
Auditor. Clerk and Recorder 7. Il. Qunrles
Treasurer-Geo. l.. FitZsimmons.
Assessor-Robt. G. Thompson.
Supt OF Schoois-Robt. q. Egbers.
County Attorney-Thos. II. Wilson
Pr0bate Judge-F. A. Mccall.
Surveyor--W, Ii. Edelbiute.
s.oroner--T. A. Bishop.
County Physician-Dr I. Wenz.
Commissioners: 1st district. Joseph Fisher.
2nd A. A. Merritt
;,rd Z. Alex Quiric.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08
County News
A Bridge Badly Needed.
Commissioners Should Look After
the Matter.


We wish to call attention to the
necessity of a bridge across the Spo-
kane River, at Green's Ferry, two
miles above Post Falls. A
Many industrious farmers have
taken up claims on the south side Of
the river and they have no way OF
reaching q market except by crossing
this ferry or by an almost impassahle
and roundabout way. This ferry,
which Is used by thirty farmers near
ly every day, is dangerous as well as
inconvenient. In the last i've years,
seven teams, valued at over thous-
and dollars, have been drowned
| while crossing this ferry, besides the
drivers have had many, narrow es-
capes from shareing the fate Of the
horses,
From February Until July, this
crossfngis impossible or extremely
dan nxerens, SO that the settlers are
compelled to do most Of their haul
ing in the late summer or fall when
their work is crowdlng them the
most, as that is the best time for
burning brush and clearing Up land.
i Most Of the rauchers on these new
farms, cut many cords OF wood and
hundreds OF posts and ties, which
must he hauled to market bye this
route, itF @yesFfgsss, s4.
4 Those living on the south side ol
the river, are deprived Of nearly al
! social and religious privileges, d.
crossing the ferry at night is doubl,
dangerous. The ferry boat is more
apt to be on the other side than or
the side with the team, and man!
times both ferry-boat and the row
boats are on the opposite side, Il
which case all that Is left for tn
would-be passenger to do is to 81
down and whistle or smOke unit
t someone happens to come from tn
: opposite direction or some obliginI
t person brings the boat across.
But, to those who have crosses
/ streams by means Of ferry boats, 1t
4 useless to dwell upon the discomfort
and dangers Of this mode Of crossing
The people In the immediate vicin
ity OF the ferry are not the only one
who will be benefited by bridge
There are thirty or more farmer
r living around Mica Bay, who must i
:, to the county seat occasionally. Thi
r route is ut least eight miles neare
than any other. A bridge at thl
point would enable them to make tn
trip in one day, whereas, under tn
n present conditions, 1t takes two day
L to make 1T unless they can cross th
. ferry. 8Ff
.r A better place to build bridg
n could not be found along the river I
!. the cost OF building bridge at Tn
4 place would be reduced to q miniMu
: as the river is not very wide ut tn
: point and the hanks are well adaptt
10 for approaches to y bridge.
- A good road leads to the river {
either side. To build road to II
~ river at any other point would exec,
- the cost OF a bridge at this place.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08
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Post Falls.

OuC Vi OuA lOWuSHiCA tdo es~SAt
looking up the law, and finds that
the law requires saloon lisencc
OF at least three hundred dollars
for places the size of Post Falls.
This will be enforced in the future.
Another thing that thet saloon
keepers seem to forget, is that it is
a misdemeanor to sell liquor to
minors and that it is also misde-
meanor TO allow minors, under the
age Of sixteen, .sto enter or frc-
quent" their saloons. The law
regarding these matters, should be
strictly enforced.
John Loan was in Spokane, last
week, to consult doctor. His
health is quite poor.
A basket social will be given
Saturday evening, Jan. 9th, at
Dist. No. 4 School House. The
proceeds will go towards purchas4'
ing an organ for the school.
The social entertainment, given
BY the M. w. a., Tuesday evening,
was we'll attended. Al musical
program was rendered, after which
liseveral hours were spent in social
games. m .ssf 4A4
The G. RA. & S. Ry. Co. has
had q crew Of men at work string
ing wires for, "feeders" to the
trolley. This will greatly irnpfove
the service on the road as it will
lgive more power at the east endof
lroad. gsAss Ea3
i Mr.. German was up from Spo-
kane for few days, Isl
| Judge F. A. Mccall, and family,
Of Rathdrum, were the guests Of
Archie Nogle, New Years day.
L 4
4 Geo. Seyforth was up from Spo-
kane, New Years, on visit to his
brother Will Of Post Falls.
!. A. M. Martin has the new pump
running and the town again has
plenty Of water. L. H. Graham
has transferred his interest to Mr..
Martin. ~ #Hsfsf' fs fis
David Burns, who has been en-
! ploycd in Spokane, was home over
:. New Years. ID 4a
John Stewart has gone to Ellens-
burg to resume his work, carperf
. tering. He was home for the
holidays.
; Willie Leonardy, who is attend
ing college at Pullman, Wash,
5 has been visiting friends in Pos,
Falls.
The dance, given by the Base
ball club New Years Eve, wa:
y well attended. "A special ca
il brought load from Coeur d'Alene
. A party was given in honor o
Miss Mabel Rowe, at her home
New Years Eve.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.
STATE OF IDAHO,

Senator'S Fred Dubois. w. b. Heyburn.
congressman Burton r.. French. Aa&s
SUPP eme Judge--.I. +, Alshie. s.sl
Governof--John T.. Morrison.
Lieutenant Goyernor--J. NJ. Stevens.
Secretary of Statc--W. H. Gibson.
Auditor Theodore TURNER
Treasurer-H. IL. Coffin.
Supt. Public Instruction-May L. Scott
state Attorney. T. Bagley.
inspector OF Mines--Robt. Bell.
The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1904-01-08

1t is enough to blister ones hands
Just TO contemplate the job that
confronted the men who swept the
tloor Of the mammoth Palace Of Agri-