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usually after the mother has been killed
Often when they show fight the young
ones are roped and then hog-tied TO pre-
vent them from scratching.
First Cost of Bears Small.
The first cost of animals is a small
part of their l,nal market price. a Dear
cub I'm Mexico or away up ia the Rock
| les costs about So. 1t is then put into
an expensive steel box and shipped 10
Denver For wild animals the expense
charge is double the usual freight rate.
BY the time his bruinship reaches Den
yer his value has climbed To SIS. When
/ he reaches his destination at Rockford
H.. or South Bend. Int, ne is worth
$3.50 at least. The value Of bears is de-
/ pendent on che kind. age and individual
good points. An ordinary grizzly runs
in value from $3.50 To $500 A black bear
is worth about 800 less, and "a CHINA
mon has even a lower market valuo.
! Antelope brins from $3.50 10 $780, noun
{ tain lion about the same. a wolf $50
/ less and a hadger about So. The price
of a buffalo calf is about $3.50, and a fun
grown specimen cannot be bought for
| less than 500 or 5000.
The prices are. of course, dependent
I Nil AAsl ALuAsAh4 4ltl amman
/ have their seasons Just as fruit and
! vegetables do. There is hardly any ami
| NAL that is not sometimes a drug an
/ the market and scarcely any. no mat
/ ter how apparently useless. for which
/ there Is not some sale.
Coyotes in Little Demand.
Coyotes are in very little demand, but
/ even for these there comes an occasional
/ call. The prairie dogs. which sit up on
! their hind less ard bark AT you by hun
dreds as You ride across the plains,
/ bring from 81 80 s. each IN the East. a
/ hundEcd OF -hese were Sold TO The
: Worlds Fai: board not Ions since foI
{ shipment 20 ST. Louis.
/ More than 600 ferrets have been sold
/ in Denver alone by one firm TO owners
/ Of granares apd warehouses during IN,
/ present year. These are turned loose ia
/ tho easements OF grain warehouses. two
or three IN each. where they Kill OF
( drive away the hordoS OF rats that i'm
4 fest such places. Some Of these are
imported from England and others an,
raised here. 'rEe Fitch. or American, fet-
/ ret. is brown. while the English auima
/ is white. Ferrets retail NJ - zach o.
more.
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London. Dee. 10.
~ z his recent purchase OF the liner
- HarIech Castle for his personal
use. Earl Fitzwilliam has added
TO the distinction he previously
enjoyed OF owning the largest private
house in England that OF possessing
the biggest private yacht afoat. But it
8 not the pursuit OF pleasure that viii
first engage his attention on his new
5 sa'p As may have been telegraphed TO
America he is going TO hunt for coal
among the charmed islands OF the
Southern Pacific. II is highly signIa-
can't Of the changed conditions Of these
modern days that this adventurous scion
o. a lighting line. one Of whose ances-
tors was five times Queen EIizabeth's
deputy in turbulent ireland, should
adopt such quest as an outlet for his
eneIsy, end lo7e OF excitement and nov
city. Had he lived in the Elizabethan
days he would probably have enlisted
as licensed pirate under Drake ar,
helped SINCE the beard OF the King OF
SPAIN Later he might have sought the
Northwest passage. or secured unknown
regions in search OF fabulous gold mines
But now the OLD myths have all van
ished; knight erranty is played out. an
romance must perforee ally itself with
utility
cert IS Wen ntted for the task he
has undertaken, and by which, il he sue
eeeds, commerce will be a great eaI,er
lie Is an exDert ,,f-{,s, .,..-,..---
s.,,o5 a, anu mas
craft an the ma
s"'iieiy necessary Tor mining operations.
On board Of her are "a number Of me,
whose lives have been sucpt H., di,,,,,r,,
Tor The chief ss,,... ~,
-'i'N . "a-
'oei' i'ecAiisicned the
'f"liilHe' tae vessel mas just steamed
Wy from southampton on her novel
Inission she viii stan ar ps,,.,,o
.,b4.,. tlt. eo.f ,,.ul Ga.
'-'' 'ii'l e-
-. oi ,"1 sA3eaitien.
ga Us '"tNsa ana OF
's fanny reputation Tor
-, 80 p i-@u'S 'hai ne
-. - one OF the
- - '''' I'M. some
-'~ y. III e7-
-, - s.,- =, -. ''''' acres
=, -. --. pe. 'iii',ill' ano
,...1-, i'' --''s l''i'I men "ioush'
+ car "' '"'u1 81 the i'it'
- IN ~ isi'iH 'A''ilsit' e'5l heIdo ll
ii-si-'ie' mas Etedly increased IN re-
'-5-1 ne carr no" enjoys an
.,.' ''l'iS Over s'o''''o . year
'ii''i''i q pi'0si'is appreciation OF
l'e sou''' % 'He sieatef part OF MS
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seriously. For this reason insurance
orders raise the premium for dealers in
such luXuries as bears. panthers, and
oceIots.
sherman Horne. who is al the head OF
enc Of these establishments. is just now
wearing "a nose mask composed OF band
ages. While he was transferring one Of
Eis bears. Jack the Ripper. from one
cage 10 another. bruiu biz his nose and
tore il from top 10 bottom This same
bear distir suished himself this summer
while at Elitch's Gardens by tearing
Ep "Callic' Smith, the animal man at
the Gardens. He was a new hand at
the business and grew too ventureaome,
whereupOn Jack the Ripper clawed his
chest uD for him as % reminder that
he was not TO be triaed with, one Of
Jacks pleasant little ways is 10 tear 10
splinters any wooden cage he is put into.
A year ago last winter Sherman
Horne and Lloyd Bower, his animal
man, got into a tussle with four OF
their bears, and nearly put period TO
their careers. During the winter months
while business IS slack at thu jungle
house its manager spends a part OF his
time training the animals for circus
work Mountain lions. monkeys, dogs,
bears. ponies. and leOpards are taught
tricks. They learn 10 ride. 10 leap ban
uers. 10 do acrobatic work ana 20 march
one "stunt" is "A pyramid performance
that includes some goats, Shetland
ponies. trained dogs and the four bears,
Jake. Brownie. Punch, and Judy.
Bulldog Started a Mix-Up.
The bulldog Mau-c-War. started the
miN-up. lie happened TO be sulky as a
car conductor on the Fourth Of july
when the -lred crowds are drifting home
at night. While he was climbing LAD
der 10 TOP the pyramid. Man-of-WaT
took a nip at Jake, a great shaggy trick
bear with a. vile temper Jake laid the
bite % his Old frau, Brownie, and
promptly cuffed her ears with his enor-
nous paw. Brownie. being herself out
OF sorts that dag, ripped her lord and
master au upporcut Ia the solar pleXus
With fierce groWl Jake flung himsel.
on her The bears rolled over aud over
eaca aiher. sIaTliEg. biting. and cav
!nF. each Of them ia a furious rage
Punch was dragged into the conjugal
quarrel and Judy Joined in, too. 1t was
u frce-f0r-dil.
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Some Points About the Earl's Nsqu Yaobe.

The Veronique q capacity of 1924
one-thrd large again w X Yanderbts big Vaien
The hull is built of STEEL with vatertigh collision bllkhead
provides safeguard
the dangers OF disaster.
stored sufficient boat
without recoaing
She viii have board launch
sailing yachts cruises up
yeriabe palace
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A CONSIDERABLE SERVANT.

Mrs Dore Lyon. of the National Fed-
Grafton of Women Clubs, was talking
about the servant Question.
"A maid ut my hotel, said Mrs.
Lyon. told me last night new SEP
want girl story. She said that "a 81.
Louis woman engaged new servant
and gave her number OF InsI 7uctions
sbout her duties Ia conclusion she
said:
And. Hannah. We have breakfast At
S D'CloCk
Very well, Eaum. Hannah un-
sWered IT j Ia not down by that TINE
don't wait Tor nae. New York Trl-
buEe.
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4 FeU of tbe Things
the Earl Gums.

An annual income Of more than
500. 600.
An estate in Ireland containing
$1,000 acres which produce an in
come OF about $3.50, 900 each year.
His English properly contains
$4,000 acres. and Yields an income
Of more than s440 1000 e year.
His Yorkshire country house has
a frontage Of 600 feet. It contains
a hall in which two average subur-
ban villas could be comfortably
placed, and boasts a room for
every two days in the year
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Earl EtSWIIIiaM

her lack Of beauty in the fact that she
cost him only fraction of what he
would have had to pay for IL ship APP
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Denver Cearing Menaeeries

CT Ew know that Denver is the
- clearing house Of the West
for wild animals used to
stock ZOOS, parks, and menag-
cries says a writer in the Denver
Post Prom here Colorado bears,
antelope. mountain lions. and even
prairie dogs are shipped TO O. hundred
points in the East and 10 Europe. The
drumming wheels Of the transcOntl-
mental lines also bring 10 the jungle
clearing house In Denver, monkeys, par
rots, pumas, and lions, which are being
shipped from their native homes ia
Africa or South America to Seattle, Los
Angeles, or, perhaps. Honolulu"
The headquarters for the desert and
jungle clearing house are not located
in plate glass fronts along the main
street. but are tucked away Ia smelly
little stores in the lower part OF the
city. A casual stroll along Market
Street viii bring you 10 these "oid cu-
riOslty shops of Denver. where YOU
may buy anything from a mouse to au
elephant In front OF them cOops of
pigeons, chickens. and squirrels litter
the sidewalk Stepping inside YOU find
yourself surrounded by several bears.
not so tame as they might be. sharp
eyed little English fcTrets. staring
occlOt FROM Mexico. q restless puma
pacing up and down its narrow quar-
tiers. and a gentle antelope or two The
variety of jungle languages that assail
you are very babel Prairie dogs rise
on their hind legs and bark "a greeting
at you. Cinnamon bears grunt out a
''woof! woof.' A green parrot from the
West indies turns loose profane iu-
quiries.
Life Not All Monotony.
At the clearance house headquarters
you may buy any Colorado Wild animal
and have 10 delivered except Rocky
Mountain sheep, the handling of which
is forbidden By the laws Of this State
But even mountain sheep will be de-
liVered outside OF the State boundary
lines by shipment from Idaho ii your
fancy runs 20 this variety OF the animal
family. All that is necessary is to pay
the price and state whore YOU want
them laid down.
The life Of "a Wild animal dealer and
trainer Is not an mouotory by "a s0od
deal. There arc moments when iufuTi,
ated beasts are ready 10 Xiii their keep
sss and find opportunity 10 iniure them
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exact figure at which she was sold is
not known. but there is no doubt thai
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-04-09

had offered Dubois sl00 on the
ground of attempting to bride Unit
ed States senator. The district at
torney excused the senator from
attending as a witness at the time.
II had forgotten about the matter, .
said the Idaho senator, Besides
had no desire To send the poor dew
il to the penitentiary and merely
acted as l had because such man
should not be continued in the serv-
ice"
When the court met again last fall
Dubois still further excused himself,
by saying that he had to go east to
attend the session Of the senate, and
80 far be has been able to dodge test
flying. 1t would be very disagree
able to him To be the cause of Seeding
the man &c. prison for doing some
thing that be did not know was a
criminal offense. He hopes that the
case may be dropped before the next
term of court.
Senator Dubois is not the only
man in public life in Washington
offered money consideration to
procure some favor or appointment.
Sometimes these offers are made with
good intentions, for the purpose Of
defraying exI enses and paying for
trouble which is involved. Usually
the money is returned, with the ex-
PLANTATION that money can not DO re-
ceivsd for such work, and that mem
bers OF congress can not appear a.
attorneys in cases where they have TO
go before the departments. Some Of
the men who would influence members
OF congress or public officials in this
way are made to suffer by having the
mattee brought TO the attention Of
the federal officials, and the strong
arm of the law" is invoked TO punish
the offender. As a rule, Fpnblie men
do not want the offenders put In
prison, and, like Senator Dubois
think the intent Of a mao In such
cases should be considered, especially
when he is entirely ignorant OF the
fact that he Is committing a criminal
offenso
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-04-09
IT NEvEK owe EACkl

Ten years ago, an exchange says, a
farmer put an X mark on a silver
dollar and went to town and spent it
with the merchant. Before the year
was out he got the marked dollar
back again for poultry and spent 1t
again With the village merchant.
Four times in six years that dollar
came home to him for produce, and
three times be heard Of it in the
pockets Of his ueighbors.
The time he got it in change three
years ago he sent it to a mail order
house that has amassed millions Of
dollars selling third rate stuff. He
has newer seen that dollar since.
That dollar will never pay auv
more road or school tax for him.
never help build up the town or
county, never bless and brighten the
homes Of his neighbors. He sent IL
entirely out Of the circle Of useful
ness to him. The best moral TO this
IL to patronize home and your dollar
will come back to you, but seud it to
an eastern city and it never comes
back.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-04-09
THE RESULT.

The result Of the election must be
satisfactory to those who supported
the Peoples ticket, for it gives them
a majority Of the board of trustees
and control of the city government
for the coming year. The old gang,
or as Napoleon would call them,
the old guard" made a desperate
effort to regain their lost prestige
in securing control of the town board
Of trustees, but they lost.
Several lessons of value may be
learned from the result. First, the
people want a board of trustees with
business experience and selected
those whom they believed best fitted
for the positions. However, there
were good men on all the tickets and
the result was largely matter of
choice.
The second lesson Is that the best
and only sensible method Of conduct
ing an election, even for a board of
town trustees, is to put up straight
party tickets and hold each party re-
sponsible at the polls for the men it
dominates. That will usually result
in each being careful OF the tint il
puts up and eliminaes fsctional fights
which at best are ,disagreeable all
around. In the campaign just ended
We had a church faction, saloon fac
ton, union faction, an old water
company faction and other factions,
all clamoring for places on the ticket
and fighting each other when the
nominations were made. These fac
tions have no BUSINESS in politics as
such and the sooner they are elm
mated, the better it will be- for the
interests Of the town. II they are
continued, they will grow more
bitter, until finally the people will
DO kept in a constant turmoil and ii
Is a we'll known fact that the divided
house must fall The unions, the
churches and all other social, fra
ternal or religious organizations,
would be kept out Of these fights, so
far as claims to the right Of naming
representatives on the tickets are con.
cerned, If party tickets are put up.
Such tickets are uaullay free from
these disagreeable features and leave
little or no i'll feeling after the
votes are counted. The Press wants
to go on record right now as in favor
OF straight party tickets in all coming
municipal elections and II the demo
Gratis fail to put up good men lot
them go down to defeat at the polls.
They would deserve nothing better.
The same might be said Of the repub-
licans.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-04-09
rus PRESS GROWS.

With this issue Of the Press an en-
largement is made to twelve pages.
The reason for this is apparent to all
who have watched the progress Of the
pioneer paper for the past few years.
The Press is the old established news
paper of Kootenai county and has
grown, and is growing. with the de-
velopment of the city and surround
ing country. The Press will keep
close to the head of the procession and
others must get a move on them If
they keep up. The old reliable is
making the enlargement because iu-
ereasing business iustitiss it and the
people Of Kootenai county appreciate
an up-to- date newspaper. such as the
Press is and always has been.
With this change a number Of new
features will be added, among them
special matter by we'll kOnwn writer's.
We will also use few catchy cartoons
on live topics Of the day. While
this change gives our patrons more
reading matter, the price Of the paper
will remain the same, Sol a year in
advance The Press succeeds in q
business sense because it Is reliable
and prints the news. Ii 10 not given
to sensationalism and never attempts
TO bunco its readers with unfounded
stories of the re-discoVery Of King
Solomon's mines, or other unreliable
stuff. In fact, the people have learn
ed to believe what they see In the
Press and take it for its news and
reliability, features that are usually
absent in the mushroom sheets which
spring mp about campaign time for
the purpose of working a GRAFT on
politicians and the public.
Advertisers appreciate these facts
and that is Why the Press is a favorite
advertising medium with them. Ii i:
the reason why We have Just beer
able to close a contract for 45(
inches Of advertising for one Of tn,
best known coffee houses in tn
country.
Another evidence of the prosperit!
and popularity Of the Press is shown
by the fact that our circulation in
creased IS during the month O
March, and that too, without al
attempt to force it onto unwilling
citizens. This is practice vi
never indulge in, consequently ouI
list Of subscribers are counted amonl
those who take a paper because thsl
want il and pay for il
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-04-09
ABOUr TIE PARK.

The following bit Of news Is sent
by .ne Spokesman Reviews Washing
ton correspondent regarding the dis
posal Of a part Of the old Fort Sher
man military reserve to the city for
cemetary and park purposes
Senator Hepburn has flsd With
the commissioner Of the general land
office plat Of the Sherman military
reservation, in which is indicated the
location Of the ground desired by
Coeur d 'Alene for park aud cemetery
purposes. The commissioner has
assured the senator that immediate
action will be taken looking to a
survey Of the reservation. It is
pretty certain that the department
will accede to Senator Heyburn's re-
quest and grant the city 20 acres for
park and cemetery purposes without
additional legislation"
This would indicate that we are TO
be cut OF with a small plot of ground
hardly large enough for a cemetery.
The people Of Occur d'Aleue are
anxOius to have the twenty acres for
cemetery purposes aud at least all
that part Of the military reserve lying
between the north line Of the GENE.
terry and the lake included in the
first tier Of lots along the east line Of
the reserve, and there il no good
reason Why they should not have il
Congress can appropriate millions Of
dollars annually for public buildings
In cities aud towns that 10 not need
them, just because it has become
popular fad with member. 10 zueud
the peoples money in thi. wav. hut
when it comes 10 donating about 200
acres of gravel aud sandy ground To
town so that its people can make
park and outing place Of il. the
department Of the interior objects
and the matter is practically killed.
or we can accept a measly 20 acres IA
a small plot in which ws may bury
our dead. A large portion Of the
land Is practically worthless for any
thing but a park or mill sites and
there seems to be no reason why this
city, which will within few years
have 10000 people, cannot have at
least the ground above mentioned for
park purposes. II IL the unanimous
wish OF our people that the members
Of congress from this state use every
effort to secure this park. II would
not only make a good outing place
Tor the residents Of this city, but the
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-04-09
Young hoy TIA. = BroAsn Leg.

Cataldo. Idaho, April 6.-While
playing with dog the year old
son OF Charles. uunt sustained bro
ken leg in peculiar manner The
young boy had rope attached TO
the animals neck and was attempting
to lead him. The dog started to
chase a calf, and the rope became
wound around the youths leg with
such force as to break tho leg above
the kuee and splinter the bone down
to the kneecap. DR., Matehstto OF
Wardner was called TO attend the tn
Jury.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-04-09
OUR LINE OF
WALL PAPER

has arrived Every roll Is VI
the n"H'st design. direct from
'h' factory Our prices are
based on = trade winning mar.
gun OF profit We want YOU to
see the line
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-04-09
BRIDGE SPOKANE RIVER.
Petition In Circulation 40 Post Fails Asa
Ing for Improvement.

Petition In Circulation st Post Fail. Asa
Ing for improvements.
Editor Press A petition Ia nov
being circulated In Post Falls aud
vicinity aud at Mica post Office petit
iouing for bridge across the Spo-
kane river one aud one half miles
south east Of Post Falls at or near the
Green ferry. IL IL being sigrsd by
almost every person to whom 1t IL
presented, because Of the fact that
everybody knows that there are about
ifty families living across the river
from the prairie who are greatly 10
need Of an outlet.
At the present time the water Is
high aud has been two or three weeks
30 that 1t is impossible to get a
loaded wagon onto the ferry, from
the south side Of the river. The
water extends now about fifty yards
over the bank aud will soon DO one
hundred yards beyond the ferry, thus
rendering ii necessary for a person
to loosen the ferry from the cable and
pole It to shore to get anything on
board, then take his chances on get
ting back to the cat 10 with safety or
90 floating down the swift current In.
TO great danger Six valuable horses
have been drowned heretofore In
crossing on the ferry. The road
down the river to the falls on the
south side Is almost impossible thus
leaving them with no outlet.
These people are deprived largely
OF church, sunday school and day
school, advantages which, with a
bridge across the river At this point.
would enable the women and children
TO got over the river.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-04-09

thousands who come from Spokane
and the surrounding country to spend
their Sundays and holidays, would
be benefited aud it is hoped that the
object may be accomplished for the
sake of the people. 1t would be
nothing short of a crime to convert
these grounds into manufacturing
sites when nature intended them for a
park fronting on one Of the most
beautiful sheets Of water in the
country.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-04-09
Al IDAHO POsTMAsTER.
Insists on Paying senator DHboi. and Get.
Into Trouble.

Into Trouble.
Arthur W. Dunn, the we'll known
" Arlington correspondent, tells this
story OF an incident in Senator Du.
bois' political career that has uottep
a postmaster innocently into trouble
Soon after Senator Dubois came IN
Washington a second time a. senator
from Idaho, be received letter from
a postmaster in the northern part of
the state saying that the writer want
ed TO be reappointed, and added that
II Dubois would bring 1t about. the
postmaster would pay the senator
slVO. Dubois wrote on the back of
the letter IL should think that this
man ought not to be appointed. - and
forwarded 1t to the postofiiee depart
ment.
Nearly year after when the aena.
tor vas in Idaho he was approscbsd
by deputy United States marsbal
ana served with subpoena 10 appear
before the United States grand Jury
DUBOIS wrote the district attorney to
Inquire Why he vas wanted, stating
that he was about leaving for the east
and 1t would put him to inconvep
fence to attend az requested. A re.
ply was received, saying that il was
Intended to indict the postmaster who