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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1905-09-28

The state has selected and filed on
100000 acres OF land In fremont
county that Is TO be leased to sheep
men. The leading sbeepmen of that
section have agreed TO lease this land
for a period OF i've years at 7ls cents
an acre. The land Is not to be
fenced and cattle and horses may
Craze on II as heretofore, The only
restriction Is that only those sheep
shall be allowed to Craze within the
territory whose owners hold leases.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1905-09-28

Governor Cbambcrlain, OF Oregon,
Is not In favor of contracting the
convict labor OF the state penlten.
tiary for long term The governor
has received letters from number
of Willamette valley farmers indicat-
Ing their willingness TO hire the con.
VETS TO grub land, and this plan to
give employment to the prisoners
will he investigated before the new
stove foundry contract Is executed.
The governor believes In working
the eonsiots on the puhllc roads and
on such woik as gruhbing land.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1905-09-28

The duke OF Norfolk Is man OF
simple tastes, and yet he Is the pos
SCISSOR Of the most extravagant cos
tune In England, The uniform
which he wears as earl marshal rep
resents an outlay of over ~ 500 ex-
elusive OF jewels Seventeen thou
sand yards OF embroidery are worked
into the coat In gold lace until but
little OF the original cloth Is to be
seen. His grace feels more at home
In his old clothes.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1905-09-28

II Is reported that Sakhalln. the
recent hone Of contention between
Russia an japan, contains extensive
deposits OF coal of a high quality and
also "naphtha, aud that gold was
discovered In the central part OF the
island In lsys. The coal has been In
control of company siuce 1873. but
the annual output at the present
time does not exceed so.ooo tons.
The gold deposits have not been
worked In any systematic manner.
Judging from the experience with
FoinIosa 1t may be expected that the
japanese will make an extensive In.
vestigation ut these natural re.
sources. In the part Of the island
which has come into their possession,
and proceed to development along
modern lines, and Sakhalln may be A
name OF Importance I'm mining liter.
allure as well Us In the story OF dlplo.
macy. Mining World.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1905-09-28
focal AND OTHERWISE /

school tablets at this cnice.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1905-09-28

]. r. Van perlip yesterday re-
eeived the sad tidings OF the death
OF his father, VIM. Van Derlip,
which occurred ut Carhondale, Kan.
on sept. 10th OF heart failure, at the
advanced age of 81 years. The de.
ceased was born at Elmyra, N, Y,
aud his earlier years were spent iu
railroad construction work. lie was
veteran VI the civil war. having
served three years In the and Kansas
cavalry. Ills later years have beer
devoted To farming Much sympathy
is felt for SIR, Van nerlip In the les.
Of both his parents within fe~
months OF family Of nine chill
drcn, Mt. Van Derlip aud his tive
sisters IN Kansas ate all that are left,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1905-09-28

The most disastrous tfe In the his.
tory OF lutte occurred last Sunday
morning when the entire business
portion OF the city lying between the
ShodalF block aud Reushaw alley on
the south side Of West Park street
aud gatted the public library. The
are started at I'D In the basement
Of the symons dry goods building aud
quickly spread To the adjoining build.
ings, aud II VAS o'clock before Il
was gotten under control A revised
list % the losses loot ap TO ssio, 0oo
The heaviest losers are; Symous
stock. store and 6aildin.s, s,go, az
insured Tor stte, 90; Library hutld.
Ing, s7o. 90. insurance sf5,ono; Wood.
sorth block aud lodging house, sis.
loo, assurances 1000; York and
Marble lodging houses s3,eoo each,
no Insurance; Jaeky block, sis,ooo
insurance, $4,000; wslkoscs Shoe CO.
sid. 600. insurance 5000; Hack. con
tcctioner. sT,5oo, insurance 5000
Oppeuheimer. s3o,0o, insurance,
sia.ogs Bartlett, eoG:sctioner. a..
go, Insurance. -, oa The work OF
rebuilding will be commenced al
once. Between 900 and 100 person.
we're thrown out OF employment b,
the IRE.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-14
wEAT MAKES A NATIoNa
LOUISIANA

Whal makes n nation? Bounding lines
that lead from shore TO shore.
That trace its girth on silent hills or on
the prairie floor,
That hold the rivers and the lakes and all
the fields between
The lines that stand about the land a bar
rier unseen?
Or Is IL guns that hold the coast. or ships
that sweep the seas.
The flag that fiaunts its glory in the rae
ing Of the breeze;
The chants of peace. or battle hymn, or
dirge, or victor's song,
Or parchment screed, or stored deed, that
makes a nation strong?
What makes nation? Is II ships or
states or flags or guns?
Or is IL that great common heart which
beats in all her SONS
That deeper faith that truer faith. the
trust in one for all
Which sets the goal for eye-y soul that
hears his country calf
This makes a nation great and strong and
certain to endure,
This subtle inner voice that thrills a man
and makes him sure,
Which makes him know there Is no north OF
south or east or west,
But that his land must ever stand the
bravest sSd 1.-THE best
w. d. ~. In Chicago Daily Tribune.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-14

OF the most concentrated beverage
spirits--the per capita being 251 gallons.
The per capita in gallons of other coun-
tries follows. Sweden. 2.13; Germany,
Eli; Belgium, LAP; United Kingdom,
1.3S; United States, 133; Russia. 1.29;
and Italy, 0.34 From this it appears
that the United States, considered per
capita. is almost at the end of the spirits
drinking nations.
Belgium leads ali other nations in
beer drinking, with per capita of 56.59
gallons. Russia leads in the absolute
amount of spirits consumed-172. $50. 500
gallons of spirits. Germany is next
with l24,3l3,S00 gallons; and the Unit
ed States third. witl117, 252, 14S gallons.
Germany drinks more beer than any
other country, though less than Bel
GUM or the United Kingdom per capita.
Its annual total is 1852, 77S, GOO gallons.
The United Kingdom is second, with
!. 500, 709. 900. and the United States
third. with LAS. S79,252
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-14
Embalmed bY Bees.

Bees can embalm as successfully as
could the ancients. 1t sometimes hap
pens in damp weather that slug OF
snail will enter a beehive. This is, OF
course, to the unprotected slug case
of sudden death. The bees fall upon
him and sting him to death at once
But what to do with the carcass becomes
a vital question. They set towork and
cover it with wax, and there you may
see it lying embalmed just as the ma.
tons Of old embalmed their dead. Wher
a snail is the intruder. he is. of course
impenetrable to their stings, so they
simply cement his shell with wax II
the bottom of the hive.--Nature.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-14

There is At least one bear in Hancock
county travelling about on three feet.
Two men were out hunting where there
was bear trap setreadyfor the animals
that made camping somewhat danger.
GUS. During the night the men were
awakened by growl and snarling that
betrayed the presence of great bear
They found foot in the trap, a huge
foot, too, and 1t is thought the animal
to which it belonged would weigh owe:
500 pounds. The bear had gnawed of
its foot in its desperate efforts to es-
.>pe.-Lewistop Me.) Journal. 4
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-14
INGENIOUS INVENTIONS.

A clever Swiss inventor has original
ed an instrument which tells the exact
condition of the air in q room-tbat ID,
its degree Of impurity.
A practical folding umbrella con-
structed on the telescope plan has been
evolved. The 2S-inch size folds up to IL
inches, and the other sizes in proportion.
A Norwegian named John Eggen has
invented an electric apparatus for indi-
eating the presence of school OF fish In
the deep. It consists of q metal plate
and microphone in the water, connect
ed by wire with telephone ON board
ship.
Swiss watchmakers have now added
photograph to some of their wonderful
watches. A small rubber disc Is put In
| the watch and arranged in such way
that the record is repeated every hour.
Anything can be put on the record that
the owner wishes.
A new invention for insuring dry
seats on electric cars in wet weather has
been displayed In Edinburgh. AS ex-
planned by the inventor, the new ar
rangement is q simple one. and can BE-
fitted to any style of garden. tramway
or ships deck seat. It is practically a
wooden covering for the seat. can DO
lifted in-wet weather, .he ordinary
movement of the back rest Of the seat
locking 1t In position. When raised. It
forms shelter for the back of the pas
senger. In dry weather, the cover forms
the ordinary seat.
Glass that can be heated white hot
and then plunged into cold water with
out breaking seems an impossibility.
but 1t has been recently made an accom-
plished fact. 1t is made from Brazilian
quartz pebbles heated red hot and then
thrown into distilled water. Then the
purest pieces are, selected and welded
with the oxyhydrogen blowpipe into
long stems like straws. from which glass
vessels of any shape can be made Thus
far the quartz glass has been employed
chiefly for making laboratory appara-
tus. A test tube made In this way will
not break when white-hot coal II
dropped into It.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-14

Everything was neatness and order.
And she had a maid--oh, words fall me
to describe that maid! After the long,
long series of incompetents that have
to look back upon it was heart-breakfng
to see how perfectly she did her work.
To tell the truth, thought the order and
everything else was directly attributable
10 the maid-at first. said to Anne one
morning; 4 suppose you have to pay
her enormous wages, but really, she
would be cheap at any price
John spoke UP then. Mother, he
said. we pay that girl four dollars
week When she came into the house
three months ago she was, honestly. the
most raw, awkward, untidy piece OF hu-
mainly that ever wore petticoats, Dut
Anne took her in hand and trained ner.
She could train anything. l really pc
lieve she will train me in time.
81 looked at her-at Anne, | mean
and | was reluctantly compelled to be-
lieve that John spoke the truth
Heavens, II could only get her to train
my Matilda!" >,
Matilda seems TO do very well, saie
sthe guest, looking around the pretty
little room.
Its very kind Of you to say SO. fou
always we're nice, Clara; but | own
should tremble If Anne should come ana
see the way things aren't busted. III
she does, and gives me notice enough
| I'm going to have the house burn down
for purposes of explanation and engage
nice suite of apartments at hotel &c
entertain her In. My dear, haven
told you half. was telling her about
some of Johns little baby ways
"Aha!" interrupted the friend.
WELL" said Mrs Stranson, in some
confusion, II really had to in self-de-
Tense She was telling me of his pres
ent-day peculiarities, just as If didn
know them as we'll as she did. because
! he had been away from me in California
for is years; SO ] had to go back to earls
history where she might be presumed &c
| be ignorant. But no."
You don't mean to say that she pre-
| tended to know John as . baby?"
Not exactly that. But she knew 81
much about babies in general. ! wa!
stricken speechless. She knew the ca
pacity of their little tummies at varying
ages; their normal weight; the effect Of
peppermint, catnip, limewater, pare
goric and the rest Of it; the ages a
which the blessed darlings are first con
scious of touch, hearing, taste, sight am
smell, and-oh. there wasn't anythin,
she didn't know about them!
"'My love- said, where on earth dir
you learn this?
"She explained that she had ATTENDED
lectures on the subject, and had had tw'
! younger sisters. suppose some day
shall be a grandmamma. don't sup
pose in that event shall be trusted wit:
| my own grandchild. She means yer.
well, though. am sure of that"
cat the same time think it was de
cidedly sweet and filial Of John to MAX
you that nice, long visit when he wa
passing through. Most busy men woul'
! have put their mothers OF with a da.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-14
BUTTERFLY WORTH $4,000.
Ohio Man Captures Rare Insect in His
Rambles in South
America.

John Haviland, whose home is in
Springfield, O., arrived in New York
from Ecuador some days ago with a
butterfly such as was never seen before
here-one SO beautiful and SO rare, says
the New York Globe, that it is worth
81, 900. 1t has been sent to Lord Nathan
ial Rothschild in London, who has for
years collected remarkable fleas and
strange butterflies.
Mr.. Haviland was private secretary
to Mai. John Hartman, manager of the
GuayaQuil & Quito railroad, now be-
ing built between these two South
American cities, thereby opening up the
Andes. az
During his spare moments Mr.. Havi-
land amused himself by catching and
mounting the many beautiful butter
| flies and dragon flies which fitted about
the orchid-hung trees of his Ecuadorian
home. One specimen was of such
beauty that fearing his mounting might
be too crude for perfect preservation,
he brought it to a professional in New
York city to have the beautiful fly more
carefully preserved.
Immediately the old collector went
| into ecstasies.
"You have" he said, "the only butter
| fly of this kind have ever seen. am
the American agent for Lord Roths-
child, who is collecting flies and fleas
and has the rarest collection and the
most valuable in the world. He has
just paid $250000 for pair of fieas
You must send this butterfly to England
If Lord Rothschild has none like It he
will pay you good for 1t, and it shall
be known as the Haviland fly"
The amateur butterfly catcher was
more than surprised. He had moi
| dreamed that his little insect was worth
80 much money. But he left it with thu
old collector, to be shipped to London.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-14
NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION
Great Increase in the Various States
Where It Is Used in
1909.

Never before has the production OF
natural gas in the United States been
so great as it was in the year 1903.
This is the opening statement mace
in Mr.. ELEPHANTS report entitled The
Production of Natural Gas in 1903"
which the United States geological sur
vey has just published. The years
product was valued at $35,S15,360. This
is an increase in value of $4,947 ,497, or
16 per cent. as compared with 1902
The increase in Pennsylvania and Ohio
was especially remarkable, amounting
respectively to 81 1880, 651 and $2,123,5S
The value of the product of West Vir-
ginia also showed an increase of 81 49,
17S.
Four states, namely, Pennsylvania,
West Virginia, Indiana. and Ohio, pro-
duced "a per cent of the value of nat
ural gas in 1903. or these states In
diana alone had a decreased production
in 1903 as compared with 1902
The volume of natural gas produced
in 1903 amounted to 23S,769, 067 900
cubic feet at atmospheric pressure and
represented approximately 5,96S.725
tons. If the density should remain the
same throughout. this quantity would
fill a reservoir that was 1.62 miles high
and covered square mile of ground,
or 1t would fill pipe that encircled
the earth sat the equator and that had
an internal diameter of 40 feet. Its
heating value would equal that of H.
93S, 453 tons of bituminous coal.
Natural gas was burned during 1908
by 627, 047 domestic consumers and 1922
manufacturers, total of 634 ,269 per-
sons, firms, and corporations that were
supplied with light, heat, and power.
A careful estimate puts the number OF
individuals benefited at not less than
4,50O, 900.
A large amount of money was ex-
pended in 1903 in building mains for
conveying natural gas, in equippine
new COMPRISING stations, and in drill
ing gas wells, mainly in Ohio. West Vir-
ginia. Pennsylvania and Kansas.
1t is interesting to note that the
United States produced 80 1-3 per cent
of the entire worlds product of nat
ural gas.
Mr.. Oliphant discusses the natural
gas industry by states. The report also
contains variety of interesting facts
relating to the wide distribution of nat
ural gas in the United States, its illu.
minating properties and calorific value
the application and economy of the
natural gas engine, and the number o.
companies in the various states and the
value of the gas consumed in each. A
record of well and pipe lines is also
added. The report, which is published
separately as an extract from the sur.
vey's forthcoming publication, ''Minera
Resources of the United States. 1908
may be obtained, free of charge, on ap
plication to the director of the United
States geological survey, Washington
d. G.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-14

didn't seem inclined to take me Sc
riously. She considered me. suppose,
q mere butterfly of society woman,
a little creature to be petted and spoiled.
She's q very capable and thoroughly do
INVESTIGATED young woman. is nay daugh-
ter-in-law, my dear"
That's NICE" commented the guest.
Eyes, isn'tit? Oh, John fairly bursts
with pride whenever he looks at her.
She makes him comfortable. I'll say that
for her. But II was trial for me.
Don't you think that samovar is perfect
ly adorable? I've been waiting all the
afternoon for you to say something
pretty about 1t. And it goes so well
with the Dresden. I've been noticing
lately that nobody seems to have Dres-
den nowadays. I'm hopelessly old
fashioned. suppose. I'm an old wom-
an, Clara-and my son doesn't love
me-"
Tut, tus!" said the visitor. You
don't look day over 35, so cheer up"
Mrs. Stranson smiled. She really did
not look very much over 35-not more
than ten years at the most. Well" she
said. 1T was quite absurd how wor-
ried myself over the line Of conduct
should adopt toward Johns wife.
knew by heart all the traditional weak
nesses of the mother-in-law, and made
up my mind would not enter her house
in a spirit of criticism. | wasn't 60
ing to assume an air Of lofty superiority.
II saw anything that seemed TO me to
be going wrong was going to overlook
il serenely II John seemed uncom-
Portable, meant to ignore that, and not
operwherm him with sympathy. I
wasn't going to offer her any advice or
show her any of my improved little
little methods of doing things. didn't"
THAT was very noble and self-deny-
Ing of you." said the guest.
Wasn't it? Clara. felt like an alb
solute fool in the binding white light
of that girls capability. Her house
seemed TO run Just like clockwork
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-14
AMERICANS DRINKING LESS.
Statistics Show That Consumption Of
Spirits in United States Is
Extremely Low.

While the United States drinks great
quantities of intoxicating liquors, the
per capita of consumption is far below
taat Of number Of European countries.
according TO figures given out by the
department of commerce and labor.
In the per capita consun.Stion OF al
coholic beverages France leads. with
1921 gallons. Belgium, owing to its
heavy beer consumption. follows with
7.3s gallons. Italy with 6.6l. Germany
with $50, and the United Kingdom with
s.so gallons are the countries which ex-
rel II drinking. TIE per capita OF this
,ountry is only 1923 gallons, Of Sweden
sos. and Of Russia l.ss.
france also leads in the consumption
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1905-01-14
POETRY OF THE PRESENT,
Kind the Poets Havs Been Giving the
Public Has Been Only
Verse.

Mr.. Robert Bridges, In an article ON
"Is Poetry to Have q CHANGER In Col
lier's says: THE trouble with poetry
in the past decade is that 1t has not bee
poetry. The audience is not at fault.
So long as young men dream dreams
and old men see visions, there will be an
appreciation of real poetic feeling. The
end of it is the end of all progress. But
the strong imaginative minds have been
diverted into other channels. To sail
under the sea or through the air. to talk
through space, to see through flesh
and bone, to make light out OF
darkness, to harness Niagaras, to make
wax speak and pictures movc-these
have been the deeds Of the poets Of our
generation. The things that were
dreamed Of in the Arabian Nights have
become realities-and yet they say this
Is a prosaic age! 1t is seething with ro-
nance; young men talk the impossible
on street corners and across the tables
and then make it come true. The spirit
of achievement is the spirit Of imagina-
ton and hope. These men delight to
live, delight to plan, and dream. and
hammer out results. Nothing staggers
them-and failure or success is greeted
with q smiling face.
while this 10 the prevailing spirit In
America, what have the poets been Civ
ing it? They have been feeding It the
shadow and not the substance of poetry;
to men who know that great things can
be done, they have sung songs Of little
failures: to those who do things BY
looking for the best In other men. they
have prattled of universal depravity: to
the builders of huge Industries they
have whined about the increasing pow
erty of man. II the poets are not read
1t is because they are poor-spirited and
weak. pessimistic and flabby Of thought.
In a world that is gay and hopeful. they
have hung their harps on the willows
and moaned over them.
There has never been any dificulty
in selling the verses of Riley and Field
to the great west-though they are not
great poets, they are never doleful ones
When poet comes who shall give voice
to the significant, moving, uplifting
spirit Of this energetic and noisy, but In
all things romantic. age. he will have
all the hearers he wants, and a great
many that he will be glad to get rid of. .