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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-08-19
News Around
The Stale
Items Of Interest Reproduced for the
Benefit Of our Readers.
q STonY or THE WEEK
A few Incidents that have occurred in
the State siace our last Issue.


the State siace our last Issue.
A serious fire is said to be raging
near Meadows on the upper Salmon
river.
The assessed valuation Of Idaho
county this year is $2.485, ,431.21.
This is an increase OF 5000, 600 over
last year.
A. r. Parker, OF Grangeville, was
nominated as a presidential elec.or
at the Lewiston convention this
week.
The Grangeville Standard an
nounces that after September 1st
it will issue twice a week instead
of weekly as heretofore.
A. T. Nnrss killed bear Tues
day within a mile of Grangeyille.
The bear had been seen in that
localith for several days and had
frightened several people.
Frank Brown brought out three
bars of gold bullion to Grangeville
last Saturday, representing over
$1,000. The Jumbo has produced
over $l50,00O nd to date.
Elmer Mcdonald was arrested
this week near Troy on charge Of
insanity. His latest fad is a lik-
ing for 12-year old negro girl
whom he said he intended to mar
ry.
Two brothers named Randall
had a shooting scrape near llo this
week over some Indian land they
had leased. One shot the other in
the leg and two horses were wound
ed in the mix-up.
Two men, near Genesee INDUCED
in fight Sunday night and one
cut the other across the back with
knife in1icting wound IS inches
long. The wounded man was
drunk and was the aggressor.
Eleven head of cattle were run
over a rs foot bluff north of Ilo
recently and killed. The cattle
had been breaking into grain fields
and it is thought the farmers took
this means OF getting rid of them.
Percy Beenan, a 16-year old
boy, was drowned in the Snake
river at Charleston Wednesday
while bathing. He tried to swim
across to an island after the other
boys had left the water and gave
out in mid stream.
Q. B. Kelly, chief clerk at the
Boise penitentiary, has been dis
missed and another prison scandal
is about to be investigated. 1t
would seem that Governor Hunt
was not the only one under whom
Irregularities could occur at tie
state pen.
The Kettenbach brothers of Lew
iston and three eastern men leave
Lewiston today for Kooskia from
which place they will go into the
heart Of the Bitter Root mountains
on an extended hunting trip. The
party has guide, IS pack horses
and a full outfit Of camp supplies
and provisions and intends being
gone about a month.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-08-19

DR.. King, the Spokane optician, was
in town from Monday noon until Tues
day noon. He says this is the poorest
town he visits so consequently our peo-
pie must be blessed with pretty good
eve sight.
A l0-pound baby girl was born Mon
day afternoon to the wife of George
Deardorff. Mother and child are pro-
crossing nicely under tile devoted care
of the two grandmothers and George is
able to be on the street again.
Mrs. Thornton, of Dawson City, Alas
ka, and Miss Maynard, OF Cotton, Wn.,
sister and niece of Mrs. W. S. Craig,
who have been visiting at the Craig
home north of town for some time left
late last week for the lower country.
You need clean, healthy bowels just
as much as pure, wholesome food; with
out either you cannot keep we'll. Hol-
listers Rocky Mountain Tea eliminates
all impurities. Tea or tablets. 35 cents.
FARNswoRTH & BRILEY.
Binders and headers are running in
almost every field out on the prairie and
the ripe grain is rapidly being prepared
for the threshers. Several threshing
outfits have been running for a couple
weeks and many more are almost ready
to commence operations.
Miss Edith Spengler had the misfor-
tune to fall in the eistern at the Nelson
home Saturday night while attending
the dance. While the distance was
about twenty feet she displayed great
courage and was hauled up by means of
rope and felt no i'll effects from her
involuntary bath but continued to take
part in the festivities.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-08-19

The roads out in the country are said
to be dustier this year than for many
years past.
Mrs. Ehrhardt and sister, Miss Chace,
are visiting at the county seat this week
with Mrs. George Young.
Fred Lange took short excursion up
the creek early Monday morning in
search of prairie chickens and saw seven
coyotes. AS he was armed with shot
gun he could not get in range but he
succeeded in making them ''go some
when he fired couple shots at them.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-08-19
Good News For
Electric Road
Colonel Spofford meets great En-
courssemeat in the East.
PARTY WILL COME WEST
Financiers Interested and want to make
Personal Inspection.

A letter received yesterday from
President Spofford Of the Lewiston
& Southeastern Electric Railway
company, states that his mission
in the east to finance the, road has
met with the greatest encourage
ment. AT the time President Spot
ford left Lewiston he was in COM
munication with eastern capital
that was seeking safe Investment
in the west and the showing made
by the statistics on the electric
project has fully met 1.-THE approval
of the eastern financiers. The mat
ter will be carefully gone over in
the east after which a party will be
formed to come to Lewiston and
make careful inspection OF the
conditions here. The data taken
east by President Spofford is most
complete and is ample to furnish a
complete basis from which to COM
pute estimates. Added to the COM
plete data furnished by President
Spofford is the report OF Engineer
Wiley, entering into every phase Of
the road and its construction, even
to the installation of the electric
power plant and the time schedule
upon which the trains should be
operated. Mr.. Wiley is well and
fayorably known by the parties
who are now in conference with
President Spofford. Upon Mr..
Wiley's recommendation OH other
projects these people have made
large investments that have proven
most satisfactory and on account of
his hearty recommendation of the
Lewiston & Southeastern road it is
believed that only the details of
organization now remain to be COM
pleted.
1t was reported last night that it
could now be expected that Presi-
dent Spo %ord would return to Lew
iston early in the fall with the
party that wonld make the final
inspection of the road and the
country to be served. All of the
details of construction would be
completed after the party's arrival
here, but it is believed to be very
probable that the work will be
commenced this winter. The con.
struetion would be commenced
from Lewiston and as soon as the
stretch Of track is completed the
road would be operated by steam
power during the time the electric
plant is being installed. The max
imum grade on the road from Lew
iston to Grangeville is 2.8 per cent
and this only for short distance
in the Waha section. The other
grades are very slight and trains
can easily and successfully operate
by Wednesdays Tribune.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1904-08-19
Hcitfcld
For Governor
Former y. 5. Senator nominated BY
AccIamation.
ANTI-AORMON PLANK WINS
After being voted down is recalled by
Dubois and wins out.

After being voted down is recalled by
Dubois and wins out.
Congress:
F. III. Holtzheimer Bannock Co.
Governor:
Henry Heitfeld Nez Perce Co.
Lieutenant Governor:
Frank Harris Washington Co.
Supreme Judge:
n. G. Clark Lemhi Co.
Secretary Of State:
}. J. Walling Canyon Co
State Treasurer:
Timothy J. Regan Ada Co.
State Auditor;
W. II. Stnffiebeam Bingham Co.
Attorney General:
Carl Payne Ada Co.
Superintendent Of Public Instruc-
ton:
Miss Permeal French Blaine Co.
Mining Inspector:
M. j. Linke Shoshone Co.
The above is the state ticket
nominated at the democratic con-
vention which met at Lewiston
Monday. The first thing Of I'M
portance which came before the
convention was the anti Mormon
plank introduced by Senator Du-
bois. This was debated fiercely
for four hours and finally at 1915
Tuesday morning it was voted
down by vote of 1853 7-15 to 13l
8-l5, The convention then ad-
journed to convene again Tuesday
forenoon. When the convention
met Dubois again raised the ques-
tion and after much debate the
plank carried by vote of III 10
l07. With this question out of
the way nominations were declared
in order and Ex-senator Heitfeld
was nominated for governor by ac
clamation and given a grand ova
ton. After short recess F. H.
Holzheimer, a prominent young
attorney of Pocatello, and Geo. w.
Suppinger, an attorney of Ken
dtick. were nominated for congress.
Holzheimer won by vote of 1872
to 80. The rest of the nomina-
tions were made by acclamation.
With the exception of the fight
over the Dubois anti Mormon
plank the convention moved along
without hitch and good feeling
was evident everywhere. The
nomination of Senator Heitfeld for
governor met with the entire ap.
proval of the convention and it is
pretty safe to say that with such
leader the democratic party will
again win victory at the polls in
this state next November. 1t is
hard to say just what effect the
Dubois plank will have on the
party whether it will weaken or
strengthed it--and no one not fully
conversant with the conditions
among the Mornlons OF the south
ern counties can Judge az to wheth-
er the measure is wise one politi.
cally or not. Be that as il may
there is but little doubt of demo-
cratic victory this year. The dem
ocrats have in Heitfeld without
doubt the strongest man in the
state and one who will aid mate
rally in carrying the state ticket
through successfully. To oppose
him the republicans have Gooding,
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-02-20
PIERCED BY IRON
SCRApER YET LIVES
BLAST DROVE MISSILE THROUGH
JOHN sPEREGELHUL1RE's BODY.
ONE OF HIS COMPANIONS KILLED
A Third Nan Badly Injured In Hemlock
Mine Last Saturday-Cause Of Ex.
plosion Not Known.

Three men were at work in a drift
In the Hemlock mine last Saturday.
They had drilled a round OF nine holes
In the breast and were charging up
preparatory TO blasting. Eight OF the
holes were filed with powder ready
for the exploders. The men were at
work on the ninth hole and IL must
have been that they were putting i'm
the stick containing the exploder as
eight exploders were found unused
back in the drift. They were using
an iron scraper as charge stick and
In some way must have hit the ex-
ploder causing the charge to be fired.
The man doing the charging, fellow
named John Kuni, was instantly
killed. The second man, fellow
named And. Walek, was badly injured
A third man, named John Speregel-
hultre was standing further back In
the drift. The iron scraper hit him
In the right hip, passed through his
body TO the opposite side where IL was
extracted later on. The injured man
walked 800 feet to the shaft, got onto
the skip, rung hiVself up to surface
and when he arrived at the collar OF
the shaft summoned some men to help
him out OF the skip. After he was
helped out he told the attendants to
leave him and go below whore his
partners lay, he thought, dead. The
nerve displayed by him in this in
stance was supreme, indeed, and was
source of wonder about Amasa.
The injured men are getting along
nicely and will recover.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-02-20
OLD MEN WILL SUFFER.
Recent Rate Adjustment OF A. o. U. w. In
creases Their Assessments

According TO the lower peninsula
papers report OF the action OF the grand
lodge OF the A. O. u. w. last week,
the old members are TO be touched
up" after all, even though the supreme
lodges plan of increased assessments
was turned down. AS reported, the
supreme lodges plan to increase the
guarantee fund was approved, mean
ing that Michigan will henceforth pay
in annually about.$90, 600 for this fund,
instead lof $685. 900, approximately, as
heretofore. The old members are TO
be assessed heavier to raise part OF
this extra money and according TO pre-
sent reports those OF their number
over tifty-iive years will be raised S1.04
for each assessment. Another inn
portant action OF the grand lodge was
its course in comforting on its officers
the power to levy as many assessments
as may be necessary to meet the death
loss OF the grand lodge Jurisdiction.
Heretofore the officers have only been
allowed TO collect twelve assessments
each year.
In addition TO affecting the old men
at the rate Of s1.OO an assessment, the
adoption of the supreme lodges re-
commendation in regard to the guar
antee fund will make it necessary to
slightly raise the assessment rate on
all members. The grand lodge decid-
ed to change its date OF meeting and
hereafter 1t will assemble the second
Tuesday in September every second
year The next session will be at
Detroit in 1905.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-02-20

were the objectors claiming that an
assessment OF their lands at % per acre
was too high.
On Wednesday morning the case OF
Youngs ct al against Il. s. Coe was
was tried. In this case Mr. Coe was
made stake holder for Youngs & Co.
and parties, who were dickering for
some lands they owned. A certain
amount OF money was deposited with
Coe by arrangement between the buy
er and seller as a warrant OF good
faith. Later on the deal fell through
and both parties sued Coe for the
money. Coe In turn asked relief from
the court saying that he didn't know
which was the right party TO turn over
the money TO. Mr. Moriarty repre-
sented Coe, Mr.. Byers represented
Youngs and Cook & Pelham represen-
ted the third party. 1t was a hard
fought case and the court took the
matter under adyisement for decision
later.
After this case was disposed OF the
court again took up the Hematlte tax
cases and listened to the arguments of
the attorneys. Here, again, Mr.. Wat
son scored very neat victory, his
work being such as TO convince the
court that the taxes as assessed were
legal and Judge Stone so decided.
This ended the tax cases and for the
first time in the memory of Iron coun-
ty citizens the taxes Of the county
were held to be legal and all objectors
thereto turned aside.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-02-20
PRESIDENT COLE
ON IRON FUTURE
SAYS THAT THE STEEL OUTPUT WILL
INCREASE GREATLY.
ORE WILL ALL BE NEEDED
he says That Old Range Ores viii be
in Use When Mcssbi Mines are
Exhausted.
In an artIcIe Of consIderabIe Iengt

In an article OF considerable length
written from statements made by
President Thomas +. Cole, OF the
United States Steel corporation, for
the Mining World, he recites the
past achievement of the Lake Superior
district and the present business con-
ditions and predicts that the iron and
steel business OF this country will grow
until IL has attained wonderful dimen-
sions He believes the time not far
distant when America will be making
twice as much steel as now, and when
every mine i'm the Lake Superior
country, including producers OF all
grades OF ore, will be working full
handed. Just now, he states, there is
no question that the business is un-
satisfactory. and that little time
will be needed to set 1t going at its
former pace. Retrenchments, due to
the falling off of orders, were forced
Many consumers cancelled business for
various reasons, principally labor
troubles, and there was feeling that
lower prices were bound TO come.
With this as the prevailing idea, the
railroads would not place orders, and
the railroads are the principal consul
mers OF the product OF the mines, hav-
ing last year, it is estimated, used 40
per cent of the total output OF the
steel mills. President Cole says that
the policy Of the steel corporation has
been TO keep prices on a fair basis.
When prices, In time OF unprecedent-
ed demand, might have been greatly
increased, 1t was insisted by the direc-
tors that there should be no advance.
Thile other manufacturers were In
Sisting that IL was foolish not to take
advantage of conditions the big cor
poration answered that IL was salts
fled and had no desire TO act on the
principal OF killing the goose that laid
the golden egg. Domestic orders are
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-02-20

OF the skip to ride up to supper as they
had done many time before. The skip
tenderrang the bell and. as he supposed,
rang six times, which means hoist men
TO surface. Itseems that the bell was
not working well and, instead OF ring
Ing six times, IL rang bat once, which
seems to be the signal to hoist a cer-
tain grade Of ore To the dump. The
skiptender rang for the skip for him
self when he thought the brakemen
had had time enough TO land the men
and again IL gave a false signal. The
brakeman Immediately began an in
vestigation when he found men strung
along the shaft house all the way from
the collar OF the shaft To the dump.
The men, when they saw the wrong
signal had been given, all jumped but
one fellow who was In the bottom OF
the skip. He was turned out into the
car unhurt. All OF the fellows who
jumped landed safely with the excep-
tion OF Tremitath who fell back into
the shaft and was found at the bot
tom dead.
lie was married man and OF Cornish
descent; well known i'm the city where
he had lived for several years. His
funeral occurred from his boarding
place on Wednesday.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-02-20
Masquerade A Success.

The masquerade ball given by the
Crystal Falls orchestra last Monday
evening was success in every parti-
cular considering the adverse weather
conditions. II was so cold that many
people kept away who would otherwise
have been i'm attendance. The cos
tuner, engaged TO come here from
Oconto, furnished many costumers
and fine display OF maskers was I'm
attendance. One OF the finest lady
costumes was worn by Pat Manning
and would have won the ladies'
first prize had IL been worn by wo-
man. Under the circumstances the
judges thought best to award tie
prize TO lady, although admitting
that Mr.. Manning had the best make
up.
The prizes as awarded were:
Best dressed gentleman; gold watch,
John Wulf.
Best dressed lady; gold watch
Kitty Gursky.
Most Comical gentleman's character;
box New CubaS,
Harry Riley.
Best character lady; gold pen and case,
Mrs. Crooks
Prof. Murtaugh is to be congratulate
ed on the excellence Of the affair.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-02-20

increasing somewhat now. and there
have been some very heavy bills re-
Gently sold abroad. but 1t will require
more time TO get over the present de-
preston and many matters will first
have to be threshed out. Wage cuts,
as other economics. were necessary,
much as the officials disliked TO order
them. Early improvements In this
respect Is hoped for and that IL can be
made permanent. In speaking OF the
ore supply and the immense deposits
of the Minnesota ranges, which but a
few years ago were looked upon as
constituting an inexhaustible supply,
he states that those deposits are no
longer viewed with alarm. They
were placed with big end OF the de-
posits toward the sky, and OF late
years, as the size Of the Slopes in the
lower levels has decreased, the product
has gradually fallen off. Much OF the
ore raised the past few seasons also
has been of lean variety. These mil
lions OF tons annually taken from the
ground make sad inroads, and the
story OF exhaustion of big mines will
be retold as time wears on. Lake
Superior iron ore will all be needed.
Ii will be first demanded lin competi-
tion with that OF other fields, because
of its greater purity and It's adyan-
tages in the manufacture OF steel. Its
nearness TO the great lakes, permit
ting OF cheap transportation TO points
OF consumption, is greatly in its favor.
It's freedom from sulphur and titan
ium Is invaluable, and the compara-
tive ease with which it can be mined
is point OF greatest Importance.
Nowhere Is iron ore found so well To-
Gated for cheap production, and no
where Is IL of better grade. To Lake
Superior the world will come for ore,
and the world is going 10 need an in
creased amount with each succeeding
year. Experience has demonstrated
that the older ranges have nothing to
fear from competition, no matter how
big the stories OF new finds appear.
Aside from the fact that there are
many millions Of tons Of ore still in
the ground that will be needed, the
older districts have elements that
other ranges cannot duplicate. Their
mines will be active when other fields
arc swept pretty clean OF mineral. The
deposits reach well into the earth,
particularly on the Marquette range;
they have proved persistant, and they
will be operated long after the present
generation is I'm its grave. Just now
the miners are taking little rest, but
the resumption will be .all. the more
satisfactory when ii does arrive. This
has always been the history, and with
IL all the percentage OF increase goes
upward I'm great steps.
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-02-20
Women Fooled Him.

The boys at Iron River are having
a great laugh on Paul Minckler and
Mr.. Mlnckler Is SO well know here that
the people or this city will enjoy hear
ing OF the Joke Paul" was opposed
TO bonding the district for new
school house and spared neither time
nor effort to defeat the measure. On
the morning OF the election IL dawned
upon the opponents OF the measure
that the special act under which the
Iron River schools are incorporated
allows women to vote on bonding
questions provided that they own
property liable 10 taxation. So, Paul
hJrricd home, hitched up his fine
driving team % his handsome two
scatter, piled the sleigh full OF robes
and started out 20 convey the women
of The district 90 the polls II seems
that the advocates OF the measure had
already sent a missionary through the
district who quietly advised the wo-
men OF their right and secured their
approval OF the measure, women, as a
general rule, being advocates of decent
school houses for their children. Mr..
Minckler spent the whole of the day
taking women TO and from the polls,
supposing that his courtesy would In
fluence them TO vote against the
measure. When the vote was counted
he began to investigate and found that
every woman Of the forty odd that he
had conveyed to the polls had voted
for the bonding question and that
their vote was sufficient to carry the
question. Mr.. Minckler says that In
the future he will conhne his political
work TO the male ser and laughs
heartily with the boys over the way
he was efim-nammed". rs he calls II,
by the women
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-02-20
FELL DOWN SHAFT.

Joe Tremitath, Jumoed From Skip at Tobin
Mine and Fell TO his Death.
Last Monday night twelve en-
ployes of the Tobin mine got aboard
The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1904-02-20

The Ladies Of tho Swedish church
will give = social at Mrs Alfred
Nyiund's pext Tuesday evening
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1904-08-20

They take tremendous precautions
at the mint 50 that no specie shall bs
lost" said an EnglishmAn. with a rem
iniscence Of an article he had been
reading on the subject Every scrap
Of refuse Is burned in order that not
the slightest vestige Of metal shall be
wasted The working clothes OF the
men are burned, TOO, when they are
worn out, and they even burn the carts
which are used In carrying the bullion
10 the nlut.
Well" said ths American 10 the
corner. contempla ting hts cigar, Il
gue4s We go one better than that In
our immortal country. We burn the
refuse and the clothes and the carts.
Yes, sir, We do ali that, and. what Is
more. when a man dies who has work
ed there We have linn cremated " Then
they talked about the weather. Lou.
don Fun