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Evening journal., 1904-01-18
Last Years Work.

Llet SUMMER the Board OF Health forced
nearly 30 property owners TO make con-
neotons with sewers Most Of these were
notified 20 remedy defects on complaints
received the winter before.
Secretary Wirglesworth. OF the Board
OF Health says the number Of complaints
received each year are diminishing. though
on account OF the recent heavy snow and
rain ehere are an unusual number Of icy
paVements al present due 10 the flow OF
surface water. In many OF thcse cr@es the
houses are already connected with sew
crs and the ice formed on these pavement,
was caused by snow melting in the yards
and running over the sidewalks. freezing
during the night.
There arc some Instances where VIC ar,
powerless 20 act" says Mr. Wlgglcsworth
FOR instance take Wolaston street Their,
is no sewer az an IN that street the con
ditlon being the same In Windsor street
Refuse water from properties IN tho lat
ter thoroughfare finds iis way through
allcys one IN particular between sixu
and Seventh streets 10 Madison street an,
freezes over pavemcnts 60 that thorough
fare.
II only cite these two streets as IN
stances OF what we are compelled TO fac
in The discharge Of our duties. There ar
lmany others.~
People living along Tatnall street be
ltwoen Seventh ard Eighth streets ar
loomp abou- the condition Of tina
thoroughfare, The square 5 covered Wit
la soiid mass of 'co ana dangcroua Tor bot
pedestrians and horses
There are many such thoroughfarcs an
tho Street and Sewer Department is al
tempting 10 remedy the prevailing cond
lions BY cutting cutters aions tho curb.
The police Will enforce the cleaning q
lsdewaiks. Many are coated with Ice an
the cutters are choked. Arrests will FOL
low II the warning notices Of the p3lic
fare not hcedod.
a horse belonging C the McCuhoug
Iron Company fell IN Third street be
ltweel shipley and Orange streets thi
morning and broke leg Vcterinar
James r. Mahamy was summoned. bu
lhnding the animals limb broken clcanl
IN two shot it 70 relieve it OF SIS suffer
ling
! a horse belonging 90 The Wilmington
Transfer Company also fell on the ice q
Pennsylvania avenue. but was not ser
iously injured. a number Of other horse
fell in different parts Of tho city but sus
t5ined no serious injuries.
Evening journal., 1904-01-18
Eekstein on the Rack

"Eckstein. did you give rms to Mabel
Bechtel?" was ahe nrst question the Dis
trio, Attorney asked. II did"
''what sort Of a ring was it?" "An en-
gagcment ring"
.'wnat initials were on it?T "A +. 10 NJ.
IL. b."
what was found. beside the ring. IN
Mabcrs poclets7" "a blue ribbon. she
had worn around her neck, and a pin"
when was the engagement ring giyen2
About two years ago"
"You have been ensased then for two
lyears." "Ycs."
Where were you on October i7g" "A
1.-The Bochtcl house"
when did you leave the Bechtel hom'
that nightg' n didn't leave. J stayed al
might.
what room did you occupy?r 9TH
second a.ory 'front.'"
"wcro you alone IN that room?' 80
'slr."
"Who was with youg" Mabel Bochtel.'
Captain schaadt then began. his cross
examination of Eckstein.
Evening journal., 1904-01-18
ECKSTEIN SAYS
He STRUCK GIRL
Murdered Mabel Bechtel's S
Fiance Tells How He Spent
Night at House
ONCE TRIED TO STRANGLE HER

Allentown, Pa. Jan. 1S.-The curl
Gus. stolid little fellow. Alois Eckstein.
who was TO have married Mabel Beoh-
tel on Christmas Day. IN spite Of her
association with David Weisenberger,
was again on the witness stand this
morning. when the now famous trial
was resumed. II was to be halliday
session Of court. as Judge Trexler
wishes to attend a relatives funeral
this afternoon. but that did not pre-
vent the usual big crowd from packing
the room to the doors with spectators
anxious TO get a glimpse OF the muir
dered girls fiance.
When Eckstcn heard his name call
ed he came scuttling hriskly out OF
the solid mass OF spectators. Almost
with an air of importance he trotted
across the bar inclosure to the witness
box. almost brushing against Mrs
BechteI on the way. His big black
eyes expressed complete self-satisfac-
ton that ne was 10 occupy the center
OF the stage. even though his testi-
mony may send TO prison cell the
white-haired mother whose only Of
fense can be the effort TO shield her
wretchcd son.
Evening journal., 1904-01-18

Read the Evening Journal.
Evening journal., 1904-01-18
Appropriations Are Concessions.

Government appropriations are con-
cessions to commerce and the appropra-
tions for the Improvement Of transporta-
tion facilities Of any port are supposed to
Continued on Fifth Page.)
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-06-11
THINKS WELL OF ELK.
A Practical Mining Mans Opinion
Of The District.

NJ j. Sweeny who here in the interest of eastern
tors with the object of inspecting their properties and testing the
when asked by the News for statement his
of the camp he replied with emphasis that after
visiting many of the principal properties of the
pared that the Elk city Mining district presents induce
nents to mining investors than have visited in
somewhat surprised that such favorable showngs
this district presents promising prospect line should be
for investment feel safe saying that during the coming
this district will attract the attention of mining who
looking for gold quartz than any district in the north west
that when more information regarding this district and its possb
ties is known the outside cannot fail to attract the attention
the showng justify For those who have investigated this dis
rct in should again visit and investigate the dixie
system which the crooked River company working at
the south end Of with its bodies OF low grade
avoraby situated for profitable operations and the high grade
gold quartz the porpyy belt the east side of
they would find conditions here somewhat different than they knew
the past the sections referred to practically
discoveries within the past years and the owngs already
exposed worthy development and should make
ducing and dividend paying mines.
Property encourage the general development of the
district by offering the liberal inducements the terms
conditions parties looking for promising prospects develop
put producing basis The past history of quartz mining
camp the favorabenot much from lack of
merritt has had its setbacks from various and this fact
makes liberal inducements prospective investors absolutely
essary
good howngs have during visit numrous
mention detail 1t opinion however, that the Elk city
district will enjoy genuine prosperity in the next few years
than before Work and development is what will bring
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-06-11
CALENA CREEK SECTION.
A Section Of Rich Rock And Strong
Lodges.

This section Of the district lies south and slightly east of the
American Eagle and Fish Hawk groups and directly the
road between Elk City and Dixie.
The geological conditions obtain here elsewhere in the
portion of the district The Ledges accompanied by
porphyry the suphde carrying good values god
large percentage of which Free and silver gaena and
copper pye also in evidence in lesser degree number of
good lodges this section the last
among number being the American Flag the Oregon Sunset
Queen Esther IT, Fool Hen Cannon Ball. American Fleet Big
Foot White Horse Work resumed upon the latter this
spring with the result that fine body of high grade free
milling opened by short tunnel The Width Of this
body the breast five feet and the decomposed and
nicely 1t is the intention of the to build arrasfa
and make the prospect for its development This
group owned by Wm Cole H. Brundage and Fred Duhrkop
Queen owned by Ed Roach Lem Curry and George
Eaves and developed by 800 feet of tunnel Tunnel No.
length and will tap the ledge when completed
depth exceeding 200 feet The Cannon Ball. owned by the
same parties opened depth of 40 feet and shows good
Fleet comprising claims opened at two points
depth of 18 feet and shows strong ledge The American
Flag this be and is developed by 60 foot shaft and hun
of drifts which has opened five foot body of high
grade
miles southwest of this section and across Red river
and Joe Covery have group of claims which
they working and finding good AS this section
has received very little systematic prospecting heretofore they
ton the district for the of development work done
compares very favoraby with other locality thus far
ered
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-06-11

urday, with a partial cleanup from the
sluce boxes. He says that they are hav-
ing plenty of water, and that they eX-
pect to be able to run shifts well along
into the summer. They are opening up
some new ground, which has not been
tested to know its values, and they are
unable to say just what it carries. But
the property has been worked with pro-
fit for forty years, and the company is
we'll pleased with what they find.
George L. Hedges brought in some
fine ore from the Liberty Bell property
in the Hump, the last of the week.
Work was started few weeks ago on
the Rob Roy claim, one of the group,
and the tunnel is now in about 60 feet.
The tunnel is near the foot Of steep
slope, and 20 or 80 feet of slide rock
was encountered. before striking the
ledge, the location having been deter
mined from the outcrop of the ledge
above. A particularly fine ledge has
been uncovered, and the work is now
being carried on as rapidly as possible.
A tunnel feet in the clear, well tim
5ered with mud sills all the way, is be-
ing run, it being the intention to make
this the main working tunnel for the
group. 1t is 100-feet above the waters
of Crystal Lake. The continuation of
the tunnel for 1900 feet will take it
through the mountain to the Wise Boy,
giving a vertical depth of about 500 feet
at the deepest point. The whole face
of the tunnel, almost 7 feet. is in solid
ore, free gold, neither wall having been
found. 1t is the intention to drift a
head steadily, and not do much cross
cutting for the present.
Mr.. Hedges has a contract for lot
of work on the Lucky Lad, and just be-
fore coming out this tiue, started a
double crew to work. The president of
the company, Mr.. Mains, from Seat
tie, expects to come here in July, and
take full charge of the mine for the
summer.
''The placer properties that made Elk
City famous in the early days of mining
in Idaho, are being worked as assidu-
ously this year as ever BEFORE" said
George V. Harrington, who came out
from Elk City, Friday, on business.
"The Gold Hill, Buffalo Hill and other
properties are being worked full blast.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-06-11

1t is too early to tell what the cleanups
will be, but they have been satisfactory
in the past, and should be so again.
''It looks as though there would be
more work done in quartz this year
than in any season past. The Thunder
Mountain company has had several hun
dred feet of tnnnel driven the past
winter, and will soon start up again
with ten or twelve mon. J. A. Nc
Eachran is working crew, four miles
from Elk City, towards Hogan's. 9th
ers are at work now or soon will be,
enough to make the camp prosperous.
"The roads are as dry in Elk City as
they are here in Grargeville. There
was but a mile and half of snow be-
tween Elk and here. l have never seen
the roads in so good condition at this
time of the year."
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-06-11
VIII Have A Mill.

E. E. Espey, one of the own
ers of the clearwater group, has
been engaged the past two weeks
in constructing a two stamp mill,
the material of which was secur-
ed from various scrap heaps Of
defunct mining machinery, dred-
ges, hydraulic plants, and old
stamp mills each furnished their
quota to the building up of the
new creation, which is indeed a
masterpiece of ingenuity and pa
tient toll, and will be just as eff
icient as a brand new Hendy.
The power will be furnished by a
gasoline engine of the latest de-
sign. The mill will be installed
as soon as the wagon road, now
under way, is completed, which
will be in a few days.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-06-11
Local Notes Of
Inter est.
The Crackerjack Resumes.

Frank Brown, Frank French,
and o. Jellendess arrived in Elk
from the Hump, wednesday, and
left for Spokane, Thursday morn
ing. Mr.. Brown intends to return
here the latter part of June to
give the camp a thorouth inspec-
ton. He reports everything NOV
ing along in the Hump much as
usual; that the Colonel has five
feet of high grade ore in sight;
that the Mother Lode No. 2, at
Concord, is showing up fine, and
that the only bad feature at pres
ent is the difficulty in getting in
freight.
To question relating to the
suspension of operations at the
Crackerjack, Mr.. Brown said:
"The close down was caused by
a misunderstanding and only last
ed a day or two, but the mine is
now running as usual and will
continue to run. Operations will
be continued on the Diamond
Hitch; we are getting some fine
ore there. When asked for an
opinion on the feasibility of a
wagon road up the Clearwater,
he thought it would be a pretty
big undertaking at present,
though fully realizing the over
shadowing Importance Of such a
highway to the entire county, but
especially to the mining regions
and farmers. He thought state
aid might be secured to the ex-
tent of one-half, at least, of the
expense of construction. When
leaving, Mr.. Brown said he would
be back in about two weeks.
The School Election.
The annual school election was
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-06-11
Knows a Good Town When He Sees
II, and Says So.

A. w. Talkington, Of Grangeville, ex-
sheriff of Idaho county and for nine
years auditor of that county, was in
Wallace several days this week. He
was shown the various points of inter
est about the city by Alex. McKinlay,
whom he knew years ago in Idaho coun-
ty. Mr.. Talkington was well impressed
with Wallace and stated that in points
of enterprise and public improvements
it is we'll abreast of cities five and even
ten times its population. Wallace Press
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-06-11
A New Strik e.

Miles Rice reports new find on
his Friendship group, located re-
Gently between the Gold Dove and
Blue Ribbon, two of the most
prominent claims in camp. The
ore was uncovered only a day or
two ago hence the extent of the
shoot is unknown, enough was
done, however, to show about
three feet of decomposed hema-
tite ore of a very high grade,
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-06-11
COUNTY
MINING.
Items From Vari=
GUS Camps.
(From Grangeville Standard

Otto Abeling, manager of the Dewey
Consolidated Mining & Smelling COM
pany, left Friday for Portland, Maine,
to meet the main head officers of the
company, and let the contracts for the
machinery for the 100 ton cyanide mill
that is to be erected on the property
this summer.
For long time, there have been re-
now it has come to the building point.
The mill is to be built by the river side,
where the power from the dam is used
directly without any intermediate trans
mission or gear. Excavation for the
mill has been carried on this spring.
But for the unfortunate losing of the
dam during the extreme high water of
a month ago, the work would have been
much further along. The ore is to be
brought from the mine, which is up a
little creek, about 200 yards to the mill
by tramway. The cars will run by
their own weight, almost, from the
mine to the top of the mill. The wealth
er conditions make it almost as easy to
run over this 200 yards of outdoors, as
if the mill was located right at the
mouth of the mine.
Mining men who have visited the
Dewey and Evergreen camp, say that
there is prospect for it to become one
of the greatest mining camps in the
northwest. Its very ease of access has
made it cheap in the eyes of some min
ers, who would rather wade 80 miles,
or 500 miles, through snow up to their
necks, in their search for gold, than tc
find it right in their dooryards. But
sturdy men who have stuck to the camp
in the face of discouragements, are ir
fair way to reap millions.
C. P. Richardson was in from the
Moose Creek placers, Friday and Sat
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-06-11

phone service that she never be-
fore enjoyed.
The people of Harpster are
building a fine wagon road be-
tween here and Sites which will
give the people Of Elk city and
grangeville also, another outlet
from Sites when the roads are
so bad in the spring
Trusting that you may have a
prosperous season in Elk this sea-
son, | beg to remain,
Yours truly,
H. c. OLIVER.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-06-11
Unclaimed Letters.

Letters addressed to the follow
ing names remain unclaimed at
the post office at Elk city, Idaho,
at the end of May, and will be
sent to the Dead Letter Office July
1st if uncalled for.
A. Boyer
A. A. Laird,
Thos. H. Webb,
w. H. Buffers, Co..
S. X. Bradford.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-06-11
That Telephone Lipe.

In letter to the Mining News
regarding the telephone line, Mr.
Oliver, the Stites-Harpster mer-
chant, writes as follows:
Harpster, Idaho, June 6, '04.
Editor MINING NEWS Regarding
the telephone line, will say, that |
am thoroughly remodeling it, and
am putting in new wire and am
toput in all new phones of a lar
ger capacity.
The phones now in use are of
1000 ohm capacity, and l shall
have $500 ohm phones, so you see
that the improvements 1 shall
make will give Elk city a tele-
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1904-06-11

held at the school house on Mon
day, June 6, 1904, for the pur-.
pose of electing one trustee to
succeed Mrs. J. M. Anderson.
Mrs. J. G. Litchfield and Mrs.
J. M. Anderson were the nomi-
nees. There were fifty eight
votes cast, this being the largest
number ever cast in this district
for school trustee, of. these Mrs.
Anderson received thirty eight
and Mrs. Litchfeld, twenty.
Mrs. Anderson has held the Of
flee of trustee for the past three
years and has proved herself a
capable and efficient officer.
To Thunder Mountain.
Weylands pack train passed
through town Friday on the way
to Thunder Mountain. This is the
second pack train over this route
this spring, Mallory's having pass
ed through nearly a month ago
for Big creek and the copper camp
Those will be the first trains to
reach that camp this spring,
when proves the contention OF
the Mining News that this is the
most feasible and direct route to
Thunder Morntain from northern
points.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1904-06-03

Chief Witness in the Grand Rapids Bood
lery Case Develop Some Lack of
Memory as to Details.

Grand Rapids, Mich, June l. -
The trial of b. ID. Conger, mana ger
of the Grand Rapids Herald, on the
charge of conspiracy in connection
with the Lake Michigan water deal
was resumed in the superior court.
The greater part of the first session
was spent in reading Liant X. SAILS
bury's police court testimony, particu-
Iarly that he gave in the Alderman FL
len trial. 1t was read to show that
In the police court Salisbury said be
paid Conger $4,000 to support the
deal and made no mention of having
offered him $4,000 in bonds.
In regard to the article which SAILS
bury alleges Conger showed him, and
which had been written for The Her
aid as an expose of the deal, SAILS
bury was unable to tell whether il
mentioned the names of Cameron and
he remember some details of the con-
vrsation with Conger.
Alderman Charles r. Johnson indict-
ed for receiving bride in the water
deal. appeared in the superior court
and pleaded guilty TO accepting $3.50.
Judge NEWMAN released him on bail
for appearance at the call of court for
sentence. Immediately after his re-
lease he filed with the city clerk his
resignation as alderman of the Sew
enth ward.
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He Was FEEDING the Fish.

Joseph Jefferson, the famous come
dian. has stocked the lake on his
Louisiana farm with bass and other
game fish. mot long ago." says the
comedian, II came upon a stranger
fishing in my lake. | did not learn
until afterwards that the trespasser
had been there all the afternoon with
out bite. Stepping to his side,
politely invited his attention to the
fact that he was fishing in a private
preserve, in violation of the law. The
stranger smiled sadly. You are mis-
taken, SIR he replied. I'm not catch
Ing your fish; I'm feeding themi'"
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