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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18
S. B. No. So.

The South Fork road bill has at last
been introduced in the senate at Boise.
Rather late in the session it is true,
but not too late if Idaho county's dele
cation are the kind of men their friends
say they are. One of our contempor-
arys speaking of Mr.. Addison, endows
him with the same brand of strenuosity
peculiar to Mr.. Roosevelt. Surprising
this appraisment to be just, here is his
opportunity. Speaking in the spirit of
prophecy the MINING NEWS will say:
Bring this measure to a successful con-
clusion, or manifest reasonable activity
to that end, and Idaho county will back
you up-in any political aspiration you
may indulge in. Fail to do this and
you lose the only valid excuse to appear
in the future before the electorate of
this county for any position however
humble.
This applies with equal force to the
entire delegation. 1t has always been
the conviction of the MING NEWS, a
conviction shared in by the way by
every mine owner and operator in Idaho
county north Of the Salmon river, that
no single enterprise in itself possesses
such far reaching possibilities for good
to every industry of Idaho, Nez Perez
and Latah counties, as this South Fork
enterprise. And as time passes those
possibilities will becOma moro and ever
more apparent to those industries,
Hence the legislator who has sufficient
"savey" to grasp those facts and i'm
prove the opportunity, will establish g
mighty big credit to draw on at some
future time should he so desire.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
Elk City, Idaho, Dec. "a. 1904.

Elk City, Idaho, Dec. "a. 1904.
To Carl G. Brown, Otto Arnold, and A.
N. Gilbert and their respective heirs
and assigns:
You are hereby notified that the I'M
dersigned has expended during the year
1903 one hundred dollars in labor and
improvements upon each of the follow
ing named placer mining claims situated
in Elk City mining district, Idaho coun-
ty, Idaho, to-wit: The Wide Awake,
the Minnehaha, and the Hidden Treas
ure placer claims, notice of location of
which said claims are recorded respec-
lively in book A, page $50, book A, page
556, and book 8, page 446, Records of
Mining Claims, in the office of the re-
corder of Idaho county, Idaho. That
said labor and improvements were per-
formed and made for the purpose of
holding said mining claims under the
provisions of section 1924 of the revised
statutes of the United States and the
amendment thereto approved January
%, 1880.
And if within ninety days from the
personal service of this notice or within
ninety days after the publication there
of, you fail or refuse to contribute your
proportion of such expenditure as a CO.
owner, if you claim such interest, such
interest in said mining claims or either
or any part of them will become the
property of the subscriber.
FISH HAWK CONSOLIDATED
81 IL GOLD MINING Co., Ltd.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18
NOTICE OF FORFEITURE.
Elk City, Idaho, Jan. 81, 1905.

Elk City, Idaho, Jan. 27, 1905.
To R. l.. Phillips:
You are hereby notified that one hun
dred dollars has been expended upon
the Townsite quartz mining claim, sit
uated in Elk City mining district, and
that the undersigned has paid your pro-
portion of said one hundred dollars as
will appear by certificates on file in the
office of the recorder of Idaho county,
state of Idaho, in order to hold said
mining claim under the provisions of
section 1924, revised statutes of the
United States.
And within ninety days from the SER
vice of this publication you refuse OF
fail to contribute your proportion of
such expenditure as co-owner, together
with cost of this publication, your inter
est in said claim will become the prop
erty of the subscriber.
LAWRENCE A. PAINTER.
First publication Jan. %, 1905.
Last publication April %, 1905.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-02-18
ALL RANCHERS NOW.

We are indebted to the courtesy of
C. M. Day, supervisor of the Bitter
Root forest reserve, for the department
of agriculture circular published be-
low, and which explains the new deal
in the administration of forest reserves.
United States Department of Agri-
culture, Office of the Secretary. Wash
ington, D. c., February /, 1905.
The Forester, Forest Service:
Sir: The president has attached his
signature to the following act:
''An act providing for the transfer of
forest reserves from the department of
the interior to the department of agri-
culture.
"Be it enacted by the senate and
house of representative of the United
States of America in congress assem-
bled, That the secretary of the depart
ment of agriculture shall, from and
after the passage of this act, execute
or cause to be executed all laws affect
ing public lands heretofore or hereafter
reserved under the provisions of section
twenty-four of the act entitled, AN
y.
and for other purposes approved
March 3, 1891, and acts supplemental
to and amendatory thereof, after such
lands have been so reserved, excepting
such laws as affect the surveying, pros
pecting, locating, appropriating, enter
ing. relinquishing, reconveying, certify
ing or patenting of any such lands.
''Sec. 2. That pulp wood or wood
pulp manufactured from timber in the
district of Alaska may be exported
therefrom.
"Sec. g.. That forest supervisors anC
rangers shall be selected, when practic-
able, from qualified citizens of the
states or territories in which the re.
serves. respectively, are situated.
"Sec. a. That rights of way for the
construction and maintenance of dams
reservoirs, water plants, bitches, fiume.
pipes, tunnels and canals, within anC
across the forest reserves of the United
States, are hereby granted to citizens
and corporations of the United State
for municipal or mining purposes, ant
for the purposes of the milling and re
duction of ores, during the period o
their beneficial use, under such rule
and regulations as may be prescribe,
by the secretary of the interior AM
ritory in which said reserves are re
spectively situated.
"Sec. 5. That all money receive
from the sale of any products or tn
use of any land or resources of sal
forest reserves shall be covered int
the treasury of the United States, an
for period of five years from tn
passage of this act shall constitute
special fund available, until expended
as the secretary of agriculture ma
direct, for the protection, administr;
ton, Improvement, and extension {
federal forest reserves.
Approved. February 1, 1905"
BY this act the administration of IL
federal forest reserves is transfer,
to this department. Its provisions W
be carried out through the forest Sc
vice, under your immediate supervisio
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
He Did Not stop to Think.

| The amount OF energy people some
times expend in making bad matter
worse is illustrated 6y the story OF n
| chance encounter in street car told
TO the World by n New York man.
1t was OH Broadway car, and there
were few passengers. \ man boarded
the car and sat down by my side. His
clothing was muddy and torn, and he
had n handk kerchief wrapped round one
hand.
Il guess | am the biggest fool in
town." he remarked. looked interest
ed. and he continued:
See that car four blocks ahead?
Well, ran block to oyertake it and
rave the conductor a dime. He handed
me a nickel. which fell from my hand
10 the street | yelled for him to stop
the car. He did not do it, and jump
ed off and landed all spraddled out like
an old saddle. See my clothes? Well,
the jump did it,"
asked the man IL he found the
nickel.
"Oh, yes, l found the nickel, but
what good did it do me? l could not
ovcrtake the car from which | had
jumped. and so / boarded this car and
gave the nickel to the conductor. So
| skinned my hand, spoiled my clothes
and risked my neck just to find that
five cent piece and give it to the street
railway"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
blessings of an Alphabet.

"Few people realize" said a college
professor. that the twenty-siX symbols
that we call the alphabet represent SIN
civ or i'm combination all the sounds or
all the languages upon earth. BY form
ing letters into words we are able 10
embOdy thought. to render it visible,
audible. perpetual and ubiquitous. EN-
baimed in writing, the intellect may
thus enjoy species of immortality
upon earth. and every man may paint
an imperishable portrait Of his own
mind lmmeasurably more instructive
and interesting To poSterity than those
Geetinr likencSScS of face and form IN
trusted 10 canvas or even To bronze ana
marble What myriads have passed
away. leaving not a wreck behind them,
while the mental features of some con-
Temporary writer survive in all the
freshness and integrity with which
they were first traced, Literary paint
ing is the greatest of all delineation
For it we may thank the alphabet ana
the Phocnicians for the alphabet
"It was GibbOn. | think. who said
that Phoenicia and Palestine would
ever live in the memory Of mankind
since America as well as all Europe
had received an alphabet from one ana
q religion from the other
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
Tba ExprDIndes.

The climate of the Everglades Of
Florida is almost faultleSS. 1t is sinGu
larly eQuable. showing no extremes OF
heat and cold and not subject To sud
den change. Even "nOrther,' coming
out of the region of ice and snow. i
soon softened TO milder temperature
and the heat Of summer is made genial
though the mercury may be well up i
the eighties. by the OzOnzed air whic
Is everywhere in the gladeS. The yea
is divided into the dry and rainy sea
sons. The latter may be roughly spo
ken of as including June and Septem
Der. although well in the glades sud.
den light showers in limited areas are
likely at any season. and in the autumn
a high degree of humidity is constant
A lifetime might he spent in the region
and no sign of malaria ever be diScOv-
cred. Pure air that moves in gentle
breezes over vast eXpanSe of pure
water is the perfect assurance OF
health, as evinced in the fine physique
splendid colOring and athletic vigor OF
the Seminole, who has a monopoly OF
as fine a climate as there is on EARTH
Century.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
All the Transfer. She Had.

As a bevy Of laughing girls rose to
get off Il street car the other day at a
point where transfers are given they
were followed by demure young wo-
man who had been absorbed In a novel.
Just before she alighted she asked the
conductor for n transfer, and he, think
ing all the girls were Of one party, gave
her six. which she took without notic-
ing and held in her hand as she stood
on the corner waiting for her car, the
other girls having gone on walking.
When the reader got her car she took
a seat and was soon lost again in her
novel. Then the conductor came up,
and she held out the slips. He took
them, counted them and then looked
around with a puzzled expression.
Where are the others?" he asked.
oh" replied the young woman, look
ine mp n moment from her book, that's
all lie gave me. e."-Philadelphia Record.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
The First Photograph.

The first words reproduced and ut
tered by a phonosraph are naturally a
matter Of historical interest When
Edison was at work Oh his first phono-
graph many weeks We're consumed in
experiment. 1t is said that when the
talking machine was first discovered il
was rs much surprise 10 It's inventor
rs to the world The Wizard was
working on some telephone receivers
and WIS led to PUT piece Of tinioil on
cylinder. II recorded sound. and Ed
ison WAS convinced that the human
voice could hc recorded and produced.
When the time came 3D. make an actual
test Edison. with his Eind on mcchan
ical details. alscn,mindcdly tested h.>
contriyancc with tie familiar phrase.
Mary had n little lamb" Tie verse
WAS the Erst rrcori taken by the ma
chine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
Burma's Monster Cigars.

One of the curiOSitieS Of Burma is
cigar Of mOnstrOus and alarming ap
pearance, which every one smokes frou
an early age. The indigenous article
is a monster eight inches long" write
V. c. Scott O'ConnOr in his book. "Th'
Silken East" 1t consists OF choppe,
wood. tobacco mOlaSSeS and various
herbs wrapped in the silver white SIKH
Of n bamboo. SO wide in diameter Is j
that it completely fills up the moutl
of any young damsel who tries L
smoke it. For presentation purpose
this long cherOOt is often wrapped Il
one end in coat of purple or col
paper. 1t accumulateS fOrmdabl
mass Of fire at the lighted end and re
nuires some skill in the sHOkinG. BIT
the BurInan infant acquires this Ski
before he can walk and while he
still at the breast No one thinks o
smoking such Il cigar through. Two o
three long puffs. the lips Of the smoke
thrust ont TO meet the circle OF til
cigar. and it is pat down or passed o:
to some good fellow sitting by"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
Trying "a Joke.

Some years ago in a North Carolina
cOnrt, Judge Shi-p presiding. Tire rial
of a cause had been prot.4c,cl TIL near
midnight The jury were tired ana
sleepy and showed tagging attention.
Willie MurchsOn, who was addressing
the jury. thought to arouse tlem. 50 he
said. Gentlemen, l will tell You nm
anecdote" Instantly tie Judge, tie
jury and the few spectators prickei
up their ears and were all attention. as
Murchison was admirable I'm that line.
had a fund of anecdotes and 40 one
could tell them better. Rut he soon
proceeded to tell one OF the dulle>t.
proSicst and most pOintleSs jokes pos
sible. Everybody looked disappointed.
The Judge. leaning over. said i'm an un-
mistakablc tone of disappointment.
"AIr. MurchiSOn. | don't SOC the point
of that Joke" Nor |. either replied
the witty counsel "But your honor
told it TO me on our way down here.
and. as | thought tie lack of apprccia-
ton must be due To my ObtUseleSs. !
concluded to give the joke trial by
Jury"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
Mails In 1747.

The change in postal arrangements IN
New York since "the good old times
may be seen by the following adver'
tisement, copied by the Troy Times
from Bradford's New York Gazette of
Dec. 6, 1747
Cornelius Van Denburgh as Albany
Post designs to set out for the first
time this winter on Thursday next. All
letters to go by him are desired to be
sent to the pOstOtlice or TO his house
near the Spring Garden
During Hudson river navigation the
Albany mail was transmitted by sloops,
but in the winter a messenger. as above
mentioned. was required. and ii is prob
able that he Travelled on foot The win
ter average Of the eastern and southern
mails is given in the same paper and
same date as follows:
"On Tuesday the Tenth instant at >
o'clock in the Forenoon the Boston and
Philadelphia Posts set out from New
York to perform their stages once a
Fort mite during the Winter months and
are to set out at o'clock Tuesday
morning. Gentlemen and merchants are
desired to bring their letters in time.
y. B.-This Gazette will also come
forth on tuesday Mornings during that
fine"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
An InbrOI,eu Spell.

When we have a spell o weather
and wet weather at that, we have only
to recall the climatic conditions OF
Dartmoor, in England, in order to be
thankful for little.
The moor has. says writer in Corn
hill. an eternal procession of clouds.
infinitely varied in form. lighted with a
white radiance or lowering in gloom,
rent, tattered or filmy, gathering, men
acing, creeping round to swath You in
a mist Of rain or dropping one of those
silvery showers lighted with sunshine
from behind.
OF heavier rain there IS no lack. and
all one can say of the perennally beau
tiful moor is summed up IN the verse
invented by its enemies:
The south wind always brings us rain.
The north wind blows il back again.
The west wind surely means wet weather.
The east wind wet and cold together.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
Oysters "a root Long.

A wholesale oystC' Cealcr WIS sizing
np a new invoice. There are some old
fellows in that lot" he said as he
showed to one side some abnormally
large ones. He picked out one and
ne. a.ed it. The shell was eight inches
loi The age Of an oyster has abSo-
Lutte, u effect upon its quality" he
said. II Csesn't get tough with age
like the nj, er order of animals. How
long does an oyster live? Well, L
couldn't say exactly. | have known
Maurice river oystermen TO claim that
an oyster mdisturbed in a neglected
cove would live for twenty-five years
before it finally died Of old age. And
an oyster Of the Maurice river type
keeps on growing all the time. have
seen some myself that measured near
~ foot in length. ."-Philadelphia Kec-
ord
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24

A very interesting paradox Is the one
concerning an ordinary wagon wheel
which is solid and rigid, yet when fast-
ened on its axle on wagon when the
wagon moves part Of the circumference
Of the wheel which is i'm contact win
the ground is for an instant at absolute
rest. while the point directly perpeh-
dicular TO il Is flying along ut high
rate of speed The two points horizon
tal with the center of the wheel are
travelling pretty fast. but only half as
fast as the topmOst point. and as the
I'M going horizontal point Increases III
speed the down going one slows up un-
til il is at rest for.a moment when III
contact with the ground. Yet the wheel
Is one solid piece and there are only
two points going at the same rate OF
speed at the same time. Yet III the
wheel Is taken of the axle and rolled
down an incline every point Of the cir
cumference moves at the same rate OF
speed
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
Had Feathered His Nest.

The gauge by which worldly proSI
ity is measured is not always tie sam.
But II does not so much matter what
standard is used 50 long a- if shows
accurately the amount of gain or lo.t
IL remember Bill G.sse,t a-
less young ue'er DO WELL" said "a 'r
mer neiehbor cf Mr. Sands. ray.s.tn-
his old home after many years absence
but l hear ne left his widow quite q
substantial property. How did Le man
age it,"
He made choice of an excellent Vie
and she took him rs Tie >.arcrt "on
en- often take the pores, specimens Cd.
the men folks" sail Mr.. Sands iu1o-Ht
fully. land. what's more. SIZE made
something of him. put some -.mp nt,
him and what all. Why. sir. whoa l
married her all he bad for q mau"c-
was an old makcsh.it stuffed viii
dried leaves and when he died he d..
no leSs'n three mattresses stuffed VIII
live goose feathers g'c~S that tells
the story. Youths Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
Waiting Upon His Bride.

Two hundred years ago it was Gus
tom very general in England for the
bridegroom TO wait upon his bride on
their wedding day. The following eX-
tract from John Shebbeare's "Matri-
mOny," a book published in the middle
of the eighteenth century, testitieS 10
this and refers 10 the popular super
stition about it: THE dinner being
served Sir Oliver was the gayest man
in the company. The bridegroom and
bride sitting by the side of each other,
the old gentleman observed: 'Ods-heart.
Ods-heart. What, dine with the bride
the first day. A fine bridegroom; a
fine bridegroom, 1t was the fashion
when | was married 10 stand behind
the brides chair with napkin ana
serve her. Serve her today; she'll serve
YOU always after.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
Irclnnl,s Sncrch OnlS.

In years gone by Ireland had sa-
cred oak Dedicated 10 st. Columbian
one of the pecuiarities of the tree be
ing that whoever carried a small bit
of the wood or bark in lis mouth would
never meet with a violent death, it be
ing especially etiicacioUS in saving
Christian martyrs from the block. 1t
was known throughout the British
isles as the holy oak of Kenmarc.
After the lapse of many centuries this
sacred oak was uprOoted by storm.
after which it was said to be guarded
by angels TO keep heretics from gather
ing the wood for fuel. At last Il wick
ed tanner parked one Of It's largest
limbs and tanned some leather, which
he made into shoes for himself, imagin-
ing that such relies would bring him
wealth and power. He wore them but
once. however, but that one time was
enough to make him an incurable leper.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
The Wrong Spirit.

The president of the New York Nor
nal college was addressing band OF
young women. Young women" he
said, generally make excellent teach
ers. But if you dislike the work turn
to anything else but teaching. We
cannot succeed ever in what we hate.
Bad teachers, when we find them. are
persons who dislike their work. They
are like the young girl in the country
town who said 70 one Of her friends:
"'Yes, am going to take up teach
ing
The friend looked amazed. You?
she exclaimed. You schOolteacheri
Why. I'd rather marry widower with
nine children
$50 would L. said the other. But
where is the widowerT New York
Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
nrfo;n nf tho RaufO.

In the early part OF the nineteenth
century in the town Of BanjOemas, OF
the island Of Java, negro native de
termined to construct a musical instru
ment for his own use. Taking cheese
box and heading 1t with a goatskin, he
ran handle through it, and. adapting
violin strings tuned to the first, third
fifth and eighth notes of an octave, he
christened it a banjo, from the first
two syllables Of his native town. Grad
ual improvements on this rough anc
ready instrument were made, and about
the middle Of the century it crossed the
Atlantic and. though unpopular in Lon
don at first, soon became well liked
London Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
"Lauuh While You Can"

Hogg left Eton in 1868, about which
time he met Ruskin for memorable
moment. He had run into a room
where his sister was painting under
Ruskin's eye He did not notice Rus
kin, but went TO his sister and made
some laughing remark TO her. "Yor
had better laugh while you can," saiC
Ruskin, "for every year you live yor
will become more and more miserable
From Life Of Quintin Hogg"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
Tho Force of Strong Personality

Who has not felt his power multi
piled many times, his intellect sharp
ened and keener edge put on all OF
his faculties when coming into contact
with strong personality which has
seemed to unlock hidden powers which
he never before dreamed he possessed
- that he could say things and do
things impossible TO him when aioneE
The power of the orator, which he
nings back TO his listeners, he hrst
draws from his audience. but he could
never get it from the separate indivld-
uals any more than the chemist could
get the full power from chemicals
standing in separate bottles in his labo-
ratory. 1t is in contact and comoina-
tons only that new creations, lie"
forms. are dcveloped.-O. S. Marden IN
Success Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24
The PersnecfiXc of Light.

Velasquez recognized that light IS
elastic and Eliminates the air; hence
he was the first to discover new kind
Of perspective. Men long ago had
learned to make lines vanish from the
eye. to make the figures diminish in
size and shape as they recede from the
front and to explain the distance by
contrasts of light and shade. But he
discovered the perspective of light.
By the most delicate rendering of the
quantity of light reflected from each
and every part Of the room and the
figures and objects in it he has given
to the latter the reality Of form and
to the room its hOllOwness and dis
tance.-St Nicholas.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-02-24

The vital necessity for the qualities
Of inspiration, reality and magnetism
was brought home TO me when l was a
schooboy fddlng at college functions.
saw speakers who came forward and
who-well. just spoke SO many words.
Then would come an orator. man who
acted the part who lived the part, who
was the part because he believed it,,
and so swept the people off their feet
]. Z. Sousa in London Interview.