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Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-04-28

Sixth day OF Session, April 20.
The following reports were ex-
amined and approved:
Report OF A. Mabbutt as overseer
OF road district No 1.
Report OF P. B. Butler as over
seer OF road district No 3.
Report of Joseph Weech as over
seer Of road district No. T.
Report Of Sam Briggs as overseer
of read district No. 8.
The report Of j. w. Sawyer as
.ovorseer of read district No 6.
Report Of James Barnett as over
seer Of road district No. g.
Report Of Henry Carpenter as
overseer 81 road district Ne ? was
laid over.
The application Of Sam Johnson
to operate a toll ferry at the site OF
the old, Lewis Ferry was submitted
with his bond IN the sum OF 5000.
His application was granted ard
his bond apprcved-
The board had under ecnsidera-
tion the amount Of money avail
able FOR road purposes and the ex-
Concluded on pave A.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-04-28
THE COUNTY BOARD
Proceedings at irs Regular April,
1908 Session.

BE it remembered that on this
10th day OF April, 1905, pursuant
to statute, the Board of Commits
sioners of Lincoln County, Idaho,
met in regular session: present, F..
r. Crosse, chairman, Guy Lennon
and w. B. Kelley, commissioners
and A. /. Mcmahon, clerk.
The following claims were al
11 -, ~ ,looo L., Lc,,,,t,, f,,nd.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-04-28

Second day OF session, April H.
Full board met this day pursu-
ant to adjournment.
The petition of J. E. Little and
others praying for the appointment
OF Solon A. Bray as constable of
Clover Creek precinct, was exam
ined and it appearing to the board
that the constable elect, Joel Sand
ers, had not qualified and did not
desire to qualify, it is hereby ord
cred that Solon A. Bray be and he
is hereby appointed constable OF
said precinct. 81
1t appearing to the board sNat
there are ferry boats being OPP
Grated in this county, the owners OF
which have not complied with the
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-04-28

law as directed at the last meeting
OF this board, the clerk is hereby
ordered to notify each and every
person or company operating a fer
ry boat which collects tolls, that
each OF them is required to. COM
ply with the law relating to the
same or be prosecuted by law.
The joint quarterly report OF
treasurer and auditor was examined
and approved.
The yearly report of the auditor
was approved.
The board had under considera-
ton matters pertaining to the Ka-
noka road and also the proposed
new roads east OF Hagerman and it
being deemed advisable by the
board that it should personally in
spect the same the board adjourned
until Monday, April Is, in order
to make a personal examination
OF said proposed roads.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-04-28

of said proposed roads.
Third day OF session, April H.
Full board met this day pursu-
ant to adjournment.
The petition OF E. H. Bell and
others for the appointment OF Har-
vey Dixon, as constable of Hager-
man precint, was presented to the
board and it appearing that B. T.
Duffy, who had heretofore been ap-
pointed as constable, is no longer a
resident OF said precinct, but has.
moved from the county, it is ord
cred that the petition be granted
and Harvey Dixon is hereby ap-
pointed as constable OF Hagerman
precinct.
The bond OF Solon A. Bray as
constable of Glover Creek precinct
was submitted, examined and ap-
proved.
The petition for the arpoiataaeAt
of E. S. Totten as overseer OF road
district No. 7 was ordered laid over
The petition OF Frank Millsaps,
Fred w. Gooding and others to es-
tablish a new road was approved
and the road established as follows:
leaving the county road opposite
what is known as the Millsap Cross
ing of the Oregon Short Line Rail
way, about two miles west OF the
town of Shoshone, from thence
across said crossing to the north
side OF the railroad right OF way,
thence following the railroad fence
one-quarter mile west, thence
northwest toward Little
Wood River; thence west to the
main road.
1t is understood and this road is
establi9hed upon the express condi-
ton that the road be put in good
without expense to the
county.
The following applications for
liquor license were granted and
their bonds approved: Thos. Fay,
W. L. Coltharp, Peter Peterson,
Ben Coltharp, Jenson & Hammond
md John Fader.
The application of Marshall Hal
er for permission to operate a toll /
erry across Snake river, in section
Is, township 10 south, range %
,ast OF Boise Meridian, was sub
nitted to the board and it appear
ng that the said applicant has
with the law in such case
made and provided, it is hereby
that the said Marshall Hal
er be and he is hereby permitted
0 operate a toll ferry between the
OF Lincoln and Cassia, at
he place above described. And N
urther that his bond in she sum Of
5000 is hereby approved
The board adjourned until 10 ..
n tomorrow.
Fourth day OF session, April IS.
Fun board met this day pursu-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-04-28

: After inspecting the rcada in the
Kanoka district, the board finds
it advisable to order the road over
seer to open the road from the Hop
kins grade up the Snake river to
the Clark's grade and to keep the
same open as it is the old county
road and people must have a road
to the post Office. And further the
road from Clark's grade to the
sawyer place is ordered not opened
as there is no justification for put
ting the county to an expense OF
from 1920 to $500, which amount
would be required to open that
road.
Therefore the overseer OF road
district No. 5 Is hereby ordered to
open the road from the Hopkins
grade to the Clark's grade and to
keep the same open.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-04-28

ne lOiONiHS cidllH9 "Sic cAsaill-
ined and allowed on the current
expense fund:
Chas. Burgess, constable services s - 20
Robt 4. Lounsbuty. justice fees u 60
W. D Crocker, Co. printing ls2 90
suppliss.. 96 80
Keefer & White, nIdse Is So
swope & Wheeler, burying pau
per &c.. q 90
II. Z. Pickren, salary -. 400 90
expenses. III 90
j. W. syal,iron. salary. IS GO
Frank T. Disney, salary 25O %
expenses ...... 81 70
Dan c. Cummings. witpesi fees. p 80
Frank g. DeI.aMar q 10 90
The board adjourned until 8 a. m.
tomorrow.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-04-28
Fifth day OF session, April 10.

f1IIn Gay OF ScSSlOn, ApIll ~.
The board met this day pursuant
to adjournment. Present: Frank
Crosse, chairman, W. B. Kelley,
commissioner and A. I. Mcmahon,
clerk
In the matter OF laying out a
new road from a point where the
west line Of the Stifiler ranch in
tersects the county road, which
now runs nearest the railroad track,
running thence. across said track,
thence westerly near the right OF
way to the Tunupa crossing, the
board made a personal examina-
ton Of said proposed road and it
appearing that better road can
be made, with less expense, than
the road that is now being travelled
and that the residents along this
part OF the road desire the change,
it is hereby ordered that the road
be changed as above set forth on
the condition thatthe new road be
made without expense to the coun-
~, excepts the work Of the road
.oveFsfers And 4 S fEStIler~osdsred
that the road that is now being
travelled between the above de
scribed points shall be abandoned
as soon as the new road is in pass
able condition.
It is hereby ordered by the board
that all petitions for the establish
ment Of new roads shall first be
presented to the road overseer OF
the district in which the proposed
road may be situated and it shall
be the duty OF said road overseer,
after recommending or disapprov-
ing OF such petition, to present the
same to the board OF commits
sioners.
1t is hereby made the duty OF
the county surveyor to have the
court house yard ploughed and
levelled and put in shape for seed
ing with grass
Claims continued on the current
fund:
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-04-28

The bond and application for
liquor license OF E. f. Binford were
examined, his application granted
and Bond approved and the auditor
ordered to issue license.
The bond of Joseph E. Little as
justice OF the peace OF Clover Creek
precinct was examined and APP
proved.
The bond of Charles w. Foster
as justice OF the peace OF Kimama
precinct was examined and ap-
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1905-04-28

The board met as a board Of
health with w. H. Baugh, NJ. d.
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Fourth day OF session, April IS
Fun board met this day pursu-
ant to Adjournment.
Williams news., 1905-12-23
GRAND CANYON
Grand Canyon, Dec. 21, 'O5.

N O'ii OAi, DSS. AI, OC.
 We are in the midst of a fresh snow storm which promises to be as heavy as the last. If any of our suburban towns around would like us to send them a few car loads of the beautiful for Christmas we can do so without robbing ourselves in the least. There are Christmas trees in abundance, too.
 w. s. Johnson, chief engineer at the power house, with his wife, has gone home to Whittier for the holi- days. Unfortunately MT. Johnson was sick when he left.
 Mir. Elkins, one of the assistant engineers, crushed one of his fingers badly in the machinery last week, but managed to keep at work.
 Mrs. Buggeln and her daughter Edna came up from Williams this week.
 Mrs. Lumsden returned home from Los Angeles last week after a stay of three weeks.
 MT. P. D. Berry of Grandview made two or three trips to Bright Angel this week.
Williams news., 1905-12-23
Lodge All Right

P. V. Schermerhorn, deputy su preme president for the Fraternal
 Brotherhood, states today that the recent efforts that were made by officers of the lodge to sell it to an- other order for $35O,OOO, have been completely blocked. The officers who attempted to put the deal through have all been forced to re- sign, and the supreme lodge will hold a meeting in January at Los Angeles to select their successors. Schermerhorn says it was the in- tention of three or four of the off cers to divide the proceeds of the sale among themselves. The frus trated deal has not in any way affected the financial stability of the order.-Phoenix Enterprise, De- cember 16.
Williams news., 1905-12-23
Automobile Party Showed In

The NEWS received letter from County Assessor Canall on Thurs day from Flagstaff to the effect that the automobile party which left here late last Saturday night had hard time it. Charley says: "They got twisted at Davenport lake; went shy of gasoline at Bellemont; stuck Tn the snow at Riordan. With the aid of large pair draught horses and a heavy truck wagon to break the road they pulled into Flagstaff at 5 o'clock Wednesday, about all 1n." MT. Canall also stated that the men expected to leave about 3 o'clock Thursday afternoon for the east very much to the bad on their schedule.
 According to a dispatch in the Albuquerque Citizen the searching party found the body of Thomas Smith, a logger, who had been lost.
Williams news., 1905-12-23

Last Sunday Mrs. Wm. Wing, accompanied by her son, George, and Mrs. Belle Baldwin, passed through from Albuquerque to San Francisco. Mrs. Baldwin is a sis ter of Mrs. c. B. Holloway, while Mrs. Wing is her niece.
Williams news., 1905-12-23

Big turkey shoot Sunday. Dec. 24, at Gun club grounds, with enough big turkeys to go around. Head, pistol, POO yard and 300 yard shooting. H. A. HICKS,
 R. s. TEEPLE.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16

the Roosevelts. 10 the parent and pat.
tern Of all northern hunts. Up there
it Is common for the farmers Of the
neighborhood to ride up on their OWE
horses and take part in the hunt. Gen.
esee county figures in David Gray's
"Gallops" thinly disguised. 1t is the
breeding place Of some Of the best
hunters this side of Kentucky. BY .
forgivable pun Gray speaks OF the rec
tor Of the horsey community as Of st
Thomas Equinus."
On Long Island the farmers go Gene.
see one better and have formed q hunt
OF their own. which meets a few miles
farther from the city than the famous
Meadowbrooks. There is considerable
rivalry between these two. though natu-
rally the hunt of the Meadowbrooks,
who are all rich city people and who
do not welcome the countryside to ride
with them. get all the newspaper ad.
vertising.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
PHANTOM 'PossUM FEAST.
The Evidence Was Convincing, But
the Sensation Was Most
Unsatisfactory.

They were talking about "God's
country" and 'possum hunting, when
Charles Hopkins told this one, says
the Philadelphia Record: IAN old
darkey knew in North Carolina loved
to go 'possum hunting by himself. He
always took along little frying pan
and little bag of sweet potatoes.
Whenever he caught 'possum he
would build a fire right there and cook
his catch with his sweet potatoes.
zone night, when he had caught his
animal and was cooking it he fell
asleep before the fire. Another negro,
a youngster. who was also hunting,
but who had caught nothing, seen. ed
the savory dish from afar and followed
his nose until he discovered Uncle
Karey asleep with the 'possum before
him, done to turn. The young darby
sat down and ate the 'possum. while
Uncle Karey dreamed on, and piled
the bones between the old mans feet.
"When the last vestigc was gone he
srneared the gravy from the pan on
the old mans fingers and on his
mouth. Then he deaprted.
"The noise of his going awoke Co-
Gle Karey and he soliloqnized thus.
CHOW, l wonders eff / done ct dst
'possum? Dat 'possum grady on my
fingers and dat 'possum grady on my
mouf. / sho' is dozen ct dat 'possum
and nebber knowed it. But, fore God,
dat wuz the mos unfllinest 'possuIo
dis Niger cher ct.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
mcA60 N0tz4Y hhNANRReDM hn4E404u

The "levee" section of the North
SIDE seems to be the headquarters of
the slave" traders. Detectives and
secret service officers have Investigated
a number of externally unpretentious
houses and have discovered conditions
they never believed could exist. To
step within the portals of these houses
IS like being transported to the orient.
Rich rugs. tapestry. Chinese and jap
anese bric-a-brac, virgin gold and jade
ware studded with diamonds and pre-
cious stones, greet the eye of the Wis
itor.
1ured by Tales Of Wealth.
1t is into these dens of splendor that
rnsuspecting girls have been lured.
Wild tales of the wealth and pleasures
that will be theirs in the orient are
poured into the startled ears of tho
girls by women so schooled that the
unsuspecting victims really believe the
glowing promises that are made.
"You will find scores of wealthy
merchants and business men in Chi
nese cities who are far from home,' -
say the deceivers. "They are seeking
wives from thair own land"
Another story is that wealthy orien-
tails want American companions and
governesses for their children who are
to be trained for college courses in
the big universities of this country.
Traffic Surprise
chat Chicago has been used as a
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16

in irregular shape they "subtend," as
the mathematicians say. a considerable
distance in each main direction. What
is important, they lie exactly between
TarrytOwn on the Hudson and Mount
Vernon on the Sound. and effectaully
block not only the growth Of these vii.
lagos toward each other. as the city
terferred with the obtaining of a water
supply and other public necessities. A
few main roads traverse this man-made
wilderness. but all the smaller ways
by which men have been accustomed
to drive or walk for years are closed
up. am no lawyer. but 1t seems to
me that. contending against a purse
less limitless and n will less imperious.
the townspeople could prove on many
of these roads public right of way by
usage. in common law.
They say Rockefeller uses 20 miles
of iron fence. Very likely. Willie X. +"
Vanderbilt. the donor of the recent
auto race cup. uses four miles Of high
fence and two miles of lower pattern
upon an estate Of only 1000 acres. ly.
ing compactly just on the eastern edge
of the city. A troublesome public high
way runs through Vanderbilt's place.
and this Is the mastery way he han.
dies the problem: At each point where
this road enters his property he brings
his high fence to stop roughly, az Il
it were merely opened for gap dur
ing building operations. Natives know
that highway enters there. Others
do not. The mo tresspassing" signs
are cleverly disposed to favor the error.
The road itself, by strange completely
of the highway authorities. is left un-
tended In mud and broken bridges. and
at one point where mud fingers long
est the willy young millionaire has
been permitted to bring his fences
within rod of each other on either
side. Students of the Entertainments
of the British gentry upon the com.
mon lands and highways of Britain
may study such process now at work
In our own land.
AS for the high iron fence, when it's
merely a question of keeping out in
truders from fine gardens and not OF
encroaching on right of way, why not,
If the owners like? Mrs. o. H. p. Bel
mont has two miles of such fence; al.
together l think 100 miles Of 1t have
been set in two years on Long Island
alone. 1t beats mo trespassing" signs
to q shoestring.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
Traffic i'm Young Women in
America Is Disclosed.
BECOME SLAVES OF MERClLESS MANDARINs
Lured to Dens in Chicago on Various Pre-.
texts and Taken to Orient by Ring of De-
ceivins notwithstanding Prac-
tice Barred by Secret Serv-
ice Officials.

for them and sending dangerous Wit
nesses against themselves out of the
country.
Chicago Girls Among Captives.
The names of ten more young wom-
en- that have disappeared from homes
in Chicago and other American cities
anG were shipped to Shanghai are in
the possession of the inspector of the
Chinese immigration bureau. The po-
lice of this and other cities are gath
ering evidence against the promoters
Of the slavery and their prosecution
will follow. On this point the govern
nent agents say they must rely cn
the police and state authorities, since
there is no national law against ex-
porting women for such purposes.
American Consul James L. Rodgers.
at Shanghai, has enlisted the coopera-
ton of the English and Chinese au-
tEorities in that city, and evidence of
many sales of American and Canadian
girls to Chinese masters has been pro-
cured.
The authorities have unQuestionable
proof OF the Incarceration in Chinese
karems of at least dozen OF the girls
who were shipped from Chicago. Hill
da Olson, aged 20. is said to have COM
mitted suicide on arriving at Shan
snai in order to escape the fate of be-
ing slave to Chinese master.
Others we're shipped to interior towns.
where they were held by one master
after another, until they were finally
cold to Chinese, who took them so far
into the interior they could not be
traced.
The horror of the situation Of the
girls, all of whom are young and were
selected because of their beauty, can
be imagined when it is known that
the Chinese purchasers own them as
chattel slaves. may sell them to
others. or may keep them as long as
they please. and in event of their dis
pleasure order their heads cut of. al,
without mourning the risk OF trial OF
punishment.
Prices for Girls Vary.
The fixed price for Chinese girl
slaves at Shanghai is from $3.50 to
$500. The price paid by the Chinese
men for the American girls betrayed
into their hands by the two women
engaged in the traffic varies from $500
to $1,000 apiece. A young woman of
special beauty and accomplishment
brings higher price than palmer
and less accomplished one.
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16
The Automobile Terror.

There is certain kindly old lady
in an eastern town who scarcely
knows what 1t is to be addressed az
"Mrs. Tompkins.' the appellatio2
which is hers by right, since for years
she has been grandma" not only tg
a flock of grandchildren, but to tho
whole community as we'll. She liven
in a quiet little hamlet where even tho
automobile does not often penetrate.
Recently she visited nephew Who
lives in Newport. where the motor car
is to put it mildly, not unknown. Re-
turning, friend said to her: Well
grandma, I see you're back from New
mort all safe and sound Yes, / am"
returned the old lady, firmly, "olt I
tell you one has to be mighty careful
down there. Why. dc you know,
reached the point where l didn't get
out of bed in the morning without first
looking around the room for auto.
mobiles"
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16

whose identity is we'll known to the
government authorities.
The dealer who delivered the girls
into their slavery resides in Chicago
and has a woman confederate IN
Shanghai, China, who is also known
to the government secret service
agents.
These astounding facts were dis
closed by the local immigration bu-
reau. which received complaint OF the
sale of Louise Miller, a girl from Mon
treal. Canada, to the agent OF Chi
hese official in Shanghai.
Other evidence obtained indicated
that Eva Campeau, Maggie Drouin and
Victoria Stamour, three mattresses
who were induced to come to Chicago
In February, 1901, from Montreal, may
have met the same fate. These girls
were employed in the Hotel de Villa.
Montreal. Two French women stopped
Al the hotel as guests. They engaged
the girls to come to Chicago and lured
them to a resort. The young women
we're rescued from the dive and re-
turned to their homes. Later it is re-
ported they again disappeared. The
circumstances of their second disap-
rearance from home are supposed to
have been a second visit from the
French women, who pretended to de-
sire to make reparation and then sent
the girls to China for the dual pur-
pose of getting price of $500 apiece
The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-11-16

recruiting station for the resorts Of
the treaty ports and the frequently
visited spots OF the orient has long
been known to the under world. whose
women have been RECALLED by stories
OF the palaces maintained by those Of
their kind in the celestial kingdom.
Year after year a group of women
formerly identified with Chicago's
dark side have visited the city and
departed with q band of these women.
who have never been heard of after
ward.
DESPITE all this, the knowledge that
girls are being sold into actual slav.
cry and that the young and inexperi-
enced are being lured from home to
supply the demand for white slaves
came as startling surprise.
More than year ago an inkling OF
the system and its extent reached the
local police. and from time to time
the atrocities practiced by the inter
national band of slave traders caused
a ripple. Nothing was done, however,
to investigate the situation and sup
press the traffic until the federal au.
tl1orities acted in this instance, send.
ing the police of Chicago. New York
and San Francisco. into action stimuli
taneously.
1t is believed that exposure will of
itself bring the operations of the slave
traders to an end, save in the cases
of the very ignorant. Punishment be-
fitting the enormity of the crimes that
have been committed is doubtful, both
because of the absence of specific laws