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The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17
RAILWAYS OF CANADA
They Are Called upsa 60 Transport
Yield OF s.ooo. 600 Aer~-.

They Are Called upsa 10 rr.aspsrs
Yield OF 100000 Aer..-
X Is now THIRTY seven year. sines
the federation OF Canada va. accom-.
pllshed aud about half that space Of
time since what was thea thought the
visionary prospect OF spanning the con.
iinsns with the Canadian Pselnc rail-.
way was conceived The Northwest
was considered . wilderness Of snow
and ies-s vast. bons land. trnsntl-ss
save By tho bison and the rcd man.
fhenomsnal has b~~n the change .ines
then. Along the infrrnatsons boan.
dairy ,wrnfy years ago vas an ACREAGE
Of $4,000 uader crop. yisldinx i.ao..
600 bushels OF wheat. Now the acre
ago Il over tooo.Go and ID. annual
yield 100000 bashsis. Will. popu-
lstioa. aer~ax. and output are aug
mentinx az rate no other eoansry can
approach The Hoo. clifford slftsn.
Canadian minister % the interior. s&
ssrts that The wealth producing pow.
sr OF the Individual 10 fully four times
greater on tho prairie farms OF N.
Yves, than In any other portion Of the
country" and he estimates that there
IL abundant room th~r~ to sustain froc
100000 TO 100000 % people.
To-day. 30 amazing has been tho De-
velopmsnt OF the Northwest. tho Cana
dian Pacific railway IL unabis 10 serve
It's commercial needs -Csnada's hop.
per-" as Sir William Van Horne. the
OF the Canadian racinr ran.
way. ters.ly put u. hes grown too big
Tor the spout" The grain production
of the territory Ia too enormous for hts
road. practically double tracked though
I IL with sidings and s~n,inel~d with
elevators. Every fall there 10 an ab.o-
ute congestion. with grain coming out
md lumber. coal and other comnaii.
les going In Consequently. much OF
he traffic has 10 DO handled by Amer
can transportation agencies The
United States has 1900 cargo beat. on
he great lakes. while Canada ha. only
o; and all the principal American rail.
Fays have working siliances with
hose Of Canada. Therefore. two 9th.
r trsnscontinenial raiiway systems
re now being projected for csnsis.
hat the wheat belt may b. properly
erved.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17

the north. The fishermen were EN-
ployed by the day on the nets and giver
so much for eacn fish captured. The
trsppers were employed by the day o,
worked the traps on shares. All the
fishermen used row boats peculiar fol
their work. Save with rare excep-
tions the boats were manned by two,
both at the nets and the traps. One
was called the puller and the other the
fisherman. While the latter tended
his nets or traps the puller guided the
boat to suit the work.
The nets were known as gill nets.
These were stretched out their full
length in the water, which was many
feet and even yards. Floaters were
placed along the top Of the net at
proper distances to hold it in position
while sinkers carried the bottom OF
the net deep into the water. The mesh
es of the net were OF such size as would
permit the entrance of the averge fishes
head. When once it entered the mesh-
es the gills were fastened and the fish
held prisoner until removed by the
fishermen.
The traps, one of which Rlngwold and
Sankala tended, were constructed diff
erently. A large figure was formed in
the shallow water by the driving OF
piles. 1t represented a heart and on
either side extended long wings. The
wings enclosed semi-circle facing the
ocean and Immediately in the rear of
where they come together was the large
heart. A netting, called web, was
stretched along the piles from the sur
face of the water to the bottom of the /
bay. By this means a perfect heart
with wings was perfected.
The valve of the heart opened i'm
mediately at the conjunction of the
wings. This was at the sharp point of
the 'V' which is formed at the top
Of the heart.
As trap for fish it is a success.
The salmon come up from the ocean
md enter the mouth of the river fresh
md strong. They run in great schools
md follow the shallow channels laying
heir spawn as they go farther up the
tream.
When the noses CT the fish strike the |
Ieb forming the wings of the heart, 7
hey follow the wings to the center. q
iere they find their way through the
pening into the heart. When once
1to the heart their capture is COM /
lete. They circle about the place n
assing the same apex OF the heart V
trough which they entered without Il
yer discovering it as means of escape, n
nd are thus held as captives until the
shermen take them into their boats. q,
They sometimes enter these traps by :,
he hundreds within "a hours. They 81
lnge in weight from five to 20 pounds II
i'd larger. -
1t was such a trap ~ this that San
ia and Ringwold tended for old Sea- W
g at wages barely sufficient to sus- n
in them at best. 4,
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17
CHAPTER VIII.
A Morning of Disaster .

"Hello, Captainl"
Hello, lookoutl''
'The sea is high and the fishermen
are venturing out"
"All right, will send out the men I"
Cape disappointment life saving
station nestled beneath the rocks of the
cliffs that extended far out over the sea
Many a mariner bad met disappoint-
ment here. For from the sea the spot
looked like place of refuge from the
storm. But be who dared to trust il
had often been dashed to death against
its walls.
Shaken and added. as it were, while
crossing the river bar, the mightiest
royers of the deep had been broken ND
here like glass upon the rocks.
1t was the treaohery of its appearance
that gave name to the place. 1t was
the great loss of life that had caused
the government to establish life saw
ing station at the foot of the cliffs.
But the life savers had double duty
to perform. The purpose for which
they were originally placed there was
Insignificant to the duty that later de-
veloped. They were provided by the
government to watch incoming vessels |
and save the lives of ship wrecked sea-
men and travellers on the deep. but
later it was found that hundred calls
came fro.r those whose lives we're spent
on the river TO where one came from
those who lived on the sea.
Like guardians OF children the life
savers stood upon watch and as the
fishermen came and 80 were they on
duty.
From the early hours OF morning un-
til nearly noon, and from early after
noon until late in the evening the fish
ermen dotted the river in their tiny
boats and struggled with their nets
verging on the very danger line where ,
ocean and river met. Once across this I
line and the frail craft of the fisherman
was at the mercy Of the undeItow and |
many toiler was dragged to his death I
re the government protectors of life
'ould reach the spot in boats prepared 8
or the purpose. t
The lighthouse stood upon the high 8
st point Of the cape overlooking the a
ca. Beneath its shadow stood a small =
tructure barely large enough inside
or one man to stand, turn about and
1t down. 1t was built of glass save
hat its framework and roof was made II
I iron. The glass was Thick and al
,ost as strong as iron for it required m
treDgth to Withstand the terrible b
sorms that beat upon IT from the sea.
Ifs furnishings we're small stove, =,
DOL, pair Of strong gasses and ~
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17
Ito be continued)


Boarder No. Whats that loud
humping noise in the kitchen?
Boarder No. PTS the landlady ham
mering the steak and wishing it was the
beef trust.-Chicago Tribune.
Mayor Mcclellan asserts that he would
prefer to be Mayor Of Greater New York
than Governor Of the EmDirs State.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17

- '''"s 70 TIC bahncr forever:
something given to It by the princi.
Pies 1t represents; by the thought OF
Ping and weary marches: of sea f,sbt.
nd land fights. grim and great; of tho
thousands who have followed It from
|eeming defent to victory. and who
lave gone down into tho Valley of
Death. their last cry a Wild buzzsh TO
Irge their comrades onward that the
stars and stripes" might be planted
n the highest rsmparts.-Four.Tr Track
Jews.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17
Awsy from IN. Par.

Tn my plans for your new home.-
says the architect, II have provided
for large, ornate fricze In the WALL.
Don't want IT," asserts Mrs. Con-
jeeIed.
"wbat7"
mot a bit OF IT, Cnn.t take any
chances on having someone being rc.
minded TINT ! used to drive an leo
wagon" Judge.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17

rang out nve shots from the clik
low. This was the moet dan
point at the mouth OF the rive
was called the hell gap, for it wa
that 30 many fishermen hao Lost
lives.
Tho swift receding current for
sort OF maelstIom at the point OF
rocks and when once fairly il
clutches boats were swept like
into the breakers and disappeared
shot thrown into the water.
The life savers knew the signals
we'll as their alphabet and rushed
the rescue like iremen to the call
fire. And when the signal came
Disappointment rocks the sturdy /
lying off that point bent to their
with all their might.
The life savers were divided up i
crews and each OF these divisions c
eied gwen points. The men select
Tor the most dangerous places were
most experienced and dared the e
ments as veteran soldiers face the dea
line in battle.
While the rescuers were hurrying
the calls Of distress the captain had q
cended to the lcokout's station. Da
was already dawning and while sigma
were given at night by the discharge
firearms, they were given in day tin
with flags from lookout point.
With the advancing day the rive
and bay presented a busy appearance,
A speck here to the natural eye wa
revealed through the strong glasses to b
a fisherman's boat struggling with tn
nets or waves. Some were going, som
were coming. Each was oblivious G
the other. One was dashing to It
ruin at another point and life saver
we're going to its rescue, while the mel
IN danger we're often unconscious OF tn
TACT.
But in the work which was so com
non as to bring no excitement to tn,
veteran captain Of the crew he sur
Keyed the waters as general does hi
This morning, however, change
anne over his face. He saw frai
isherman's boat being swept toward
disappointment rocks. Standing or
heI useless oars with all heI
trength was Sankala. The glasses re-
called her firm features and while she
ooked into the jaws Of death she was
8 calm as the rocks which awaited her
pproach. Ringwold lay motionIess
n the boat. Whether dead or asleep
be glasses did not disclose. 1t was
vident that they had never reached
be fish trap for the boat was as empty
1t had been when they had first
arted out.
The captain raised the signal flag
Ugh above his head and waved IL five
mes in succession. But here the life
Dat which was giving Sanksla's boat
ern chase, passed behind some rocks
Iat had just hidden her and several
conds must pass before they would
pear again.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17
Annexation.

Ignorance is far less odious than
nlse affectatIon. - Chicago Daily
Jews.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17

When It rains hard at night. and the
|pn beats down next day. we know
~ potato feels when It is steamed.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17

r more to an
ther thing In the
IN nm eIoqucncs
fnts high ambl.
ps OF people. IL
sense Of duty.
fhs colors: and
be clnim that Il
ftles and seen
\ other flag in
lndard Is there
II ma We fought
p never been
sslon.
beautiful than
crimson and
majestically
In the vary
THE onlooker
gs bringing
al gonofhfoo
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17

and on horseback. but
bat the idea OF DANCES
pon me more than once
Ir ! should gay jus, BE-
orninz. | heard a Wild
q not far ahead OF ms
side Of the road. 4,
IKE the voice Of a
a. and I would have
sa cry for alarm and
Within q few seconds
heard and the mum 4.
continued until fully
Ss Of some sort were
| felt as ono up
y thing. Tho grave
Hht for me. The sun
be sounds came from
rgrowth studded By
zs. I couldn't run.
ION to death as Il
l expected 500 Gu.
me at any moment.
came to the Jab-
ecuy I was right
tuation. and to my
feat delight I found
the rest Of about
we're simply pro
disturbed at tina,
! never felt bet. /
hen ! found these
know from that
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17

Tho wise sayingss OF rich man
may sound very much like the fool rs-
marks OF poor man.
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17

some men are not afraid 10 say what
.ney think or course not They dont
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17

telephone. 1t was occupied night ane
day by one man at . time. One wa,
on watch from noon until midnight
and the other from midnight until
noon. Not even light was allowed
for it was not needed by day and by
night it would blind the watch so that
he could not look out upon the ocean
and river.
Throughout the day he peered out
through his glasses over the sea and
river and bay. At night he followed
the great revolving light in the light
house above his head and watched for
objects on the water while he looked
further out for the smaller lights of
vessels.
1t was on the morning that Sanksla
and Ringwold had put forth into the
storm that the conversation took place
over the telephone between the look
out and the captain OF the life saving
crew recorded at the beginning of this
chapter.
The lookout had seen the small
craft battling with the surf ON the
bosom of the bay in the dim light
shot out from overhead. He could
feel the storm blowing against the
structure which enclosed him: be-
sides the register showed high We
locity OF wind.
1t foreboded a day of hard work.
Fishermen would venture forth in
dangerous storms and this compelled
the life savers 10 stand on constant
guard. They would enter their boats
and beat along the danger line like
sentinels to keep the fishermen from
rowing to their death. And in spite |
of this precaution scores find watery
graves at the mouth OF the Columbia
every year.
As the fishermen fought then way
cut on this stormy morning the life
savers shot out from nnder the cliffs
toward the bar. Here bordering ON
the danger line themselves they pa
rolled the river to rescue those less
capable than themselves to withstand
he receding tide.
''Hello. csrtainp
Hello, lookoutv
"Signal distress off west end of Jetty
ana spit boat Is heading for the
reakersl"
"Bing, bing, bingl" went three
uns.
"Hello, captain"
''Hello. lookoutt'
"Signal distress off Pacific rocks.
oat seems to be capsized and men
inging to upturned hull" [
bling, bingi" went two guns.
After few minutes pause the cap
inns phone rang again
"Hello, captain"
''Hello, lookoutp'
'Signsl distress off DISAPPOINTMENT {
cksl Boat showing for breakers
<e a rocket Girl at the oars; is
'werless-think it is Sankala, the
chemists daughter"
The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1904-11-17

i pinch Of salt added to the white
I an egg will facilitate the whipping.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-04-23

ton will be at Caldwell May 4th ard
9Th and the people there are getting
ready for us. An unusual feature of
political conventions will be present
ed in the entertainment of all prohl-
bitionists who journey to Caldwell as
members of the convention The
houses of the people as we'll as the
freedom of the city will be freely
open. Rev. f. Il Dunlap OF Seattle,
Wash, chairman of the state com
mittee of the party for that state,
will address a mass meeting on he
evening of May 4th. The proceed
ing evening TUESDAY, May - he viii
speak at the opera house at Weiser.
He is fine speaker
The party is thoroughly united sud
presents the greatest economic, Ia
duslrial social and moral issue of the
, age in which we live.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-04-23

oils, Alfred l.. Manierre, or perhaps
the writer and orator, A. A Hop
kins of Eimira Pennsylvania Will
name Rev. DR. S. G. Swallow, ''the
fighting parson. From the Pacific
coast we could name Hon. Fred E.
Wheeler of Los Angeles.
A late number of Harper's Week
" contains this announcement:
s,There seems to be no doubt that
Lieutenant-Gene Nelson A. Miles,
of the United States Army retired)
will be nominated by the prohibition
lists for the Presidency, and that be
will accept the nomination. So we
are not TO 60 begging for candidates
The vote of the party for presi-
deDt in 1896 was something over
$50, 900 and in 1900 was over 200,
600. The state elections in nearly
every state since that time have
shown handsome gains
In Idaho the movement first APP
peared during territorial days. In
1888 Walter I. Mills, representing
the national committee of the prohi
bition party. held meeting at Sho
, shone at which two men. were Sc
, lected to attend the national conven
ton which they did. -Four YEAR
ago one delegate represented us
: This year it seems certain that
large part, If not all of the eigh
t delegates and eight alternates which
we will elect, will actually be presen
, at Indianapolis. Our state conyen
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-04-23
The Prohibition Party.

Communicated:
s.Tne Prohibition party is stronger
today than ever before" says Her
bert A. Lee of Weiser, who is one
of the National Committeeman from
this state. "The old story, you
can't elect any body, is now obsolete,
for every year hundreds of candi-
dates of that party for town and
county offices are elected in New
England, the Middle States and the
Mississippi valley. In Pennsylvania
Hast month over five hundred candi-
dates we're successful. The Chair
man of the National COMMITTEE is
Hon. Oliver w. Stewart of Chicago,
and he is a member of the Illinois
legislature from the Hyde Park Dis
, trict of that city, and is recommend
ed by the voters league for re-elec-
ton on account of his splendid ser
vices to the state. HIS speech 10 the
, Illinois House of Representatives II
nominating Hon. John I. Wolley fo'
United States Senator was said by
the leading papers of the state Il
have been the greatest speech befor'
D that legislature since the days o.
Lincoln.
The national convention this yea
I will be at Indianapolis on June 2!
0 and Both. IL will be the creates
= gathering of any reform movement
y From Boston, New York and Pbila
delpbia special trains will carry th
}, prohibitionists by the hundred
y Presidential material il plenty. Me-
y England will present the name o
. Hon Henry d, hstoalf Of khod
Island, one Of the most pro~loe'
, cilize0s of that state, New for
bss ihs young Lawyer d ibs @slfob
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-04-23
Y. M. C. A. Mass Meeting.

One hundred and twenty five of
the young men of the city of Weiser
most cordially invite the citizens and
clergy to meet us in public mass meet
ing to be held in the Opera House
on next Sunday afternoon at 2;30
O'Clock to discuss ways and means
for the permanent organization of a
Y NJ. G. A In this city.
We wish at this meeting to organize
provisional committee to take
charge of the work of securing build
ing and equipment. This committee
to have subcommittee on finance,
on building plans, etc.
We sincerely believe that the
clergy, business men and fathers Of
boys In this city will cooperate will
us in forming an institution that viii
be lasting benefit to the young mel
and the pride of the city of Weiser
We believe that this city is larg
enough to support a movement o
this kind; so fathers, friends an
clergy, do not forget the date, bu
J on next Sunday afternoon, at 2:3
o'clock, be with your boys in tn
Opera House to SHOW by you
!. presence and actions that you ar
more than willing to help this goo
a work along.
Several of the prominent bushes
men will address us at this meeting
y so do not forget the date.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-04-23
ShearerS, Take Notice,

Butte, Mont, April 2, 1907.
This is to certify that j. e. Gihos
of Weiser, Idaho, has this day been
expelled from the Hand and Machine
Sheep Snearers Union No. 275, A.
L. U and entitled to no benefits Of
this union. (Signed.)
M. G. FORREST, President.
r. G. SMITH, Sec'y. Treas.
PLATTE RICHARDSON,
G. X. BALzER,
G. A JOHNSON,
Executive Board. 6S.7l
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-04-23

Harrison Jones went to Boise
Thursday on a business trip.
Isaac Hinkle was business visitor
in the city Thursday from Council.
2. G Phelps and ]. A. Newton,
Of Vale, we're registered at the Weiser
Thursday.
Attorney Harris went to Caldwell
Thursday on business before the dis
trict court
Mrs. Nettie Ault, OF Council was
a business visit in the city yesterday,
a guest at the Weiser.
Conductor Wiley, of the P. & L.
N was unable to report for duty
since Thursday and Brakeman Nc
Manus has been in charge of the
trains. Former Agent Peterson held
down McManus' place as "brakey y
Will Kirby, Jr., the popular mix
ologist at the Vendome bar, has re
signed and left Wednesday for Boise
where he has accepted a position a
the Overland. He was succeeded
here by Frank Glass, the former
night bartender. Tom Bean sue
ceeds Frank on the night shift
The Rev. John r Matthews, M
A., of Oxford University, England
missioner at st Luke's church, vii
preach to men only at four on Sun
day afternoon. His subject will be
Human Wrecks" He also wi
: preach at eleven and at eight on Sun
day. His Bible reading today wi
be at four.
The Weiser semi-weekly signal. (Weiser, Washington Co., Idaho) 1904-1911, 1904-04-23
Mass Convention Of Prohibition
Party.

The prohibitionists OF the state Oh
Idaho are hereby called to meet in
mass convention at Caldwell on May
4th and 9Th, 1904, for the purpose
of electing eigat delegates and eight
alternates TO the national prohibition
convention which meets In Indiana
polls, Indians, on June 18th, for
nominating a state ticket ~ be voted
for at the coming November election,
for the selection Of q state central
COMMITTEES, and the transaction Of
such other business ss may come
before the convention,
tbs cali 70 order VII be on May
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