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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-28
TROUT ATE THE MUSKRAT.
Old Fisherman Tells n Whopper that
Beats Them All.

The fellows had caught a fish that
was beauty, five-and-a-h alf-pound
rainbow trout, and everything else
had taken back seat to his lordship,
who lay swaying to and fro In the well
which was at the spring, surrounded
by an open-mouthed audience, which
had to be called a second time to sup
per, and then the lucky fisherman
told again the details of the fight. &C.
casionally opening his shirt front to
give his chest room to swell, says the
Denver Post Even after supper the
air was scaly with fish talk until the
old-timer showed his disgust In an out
burst OF Jaw, what's the excitement
about anyway Why, that fish
couldn't even swallow a rat Saw.
how'd you like to catch a fish that
could swallow muskrat7 That's the
kind got once and the muskrat Was
as big as cat 1t was just this way:
One evening l was lying ON the bank
or a little lake and was watching a
muskrat foollng around, when all at
OA~C ehCio WAS IL udTK dur under him.
a swirl and flip from tail as big as
fan and the rat went under. Then
there were doings, for the rat didn't
seem to take to the fish as we'll as the
fish might have liked it. The fish
worked over toward shore and must
have got twisted, for he ran right I'D
little creek, with his back sticking
half out Of water. Then 1 Jumped on
him, threw my arms around him and
yelled for my partner. who came run
ming down from camp, and then we
dragged him up ON the bank, got a
rope through his gills, tied him to a
tree and finally killed him. The rat
was stuck in his throat, and what do
you think-that rat weighed five
pounda"
well, but what did the fish
weighT we asked.
"Oh, you see, we couldn't weigh
him. as our scales only weighed TWEEN
ty-five pounds"
Then there was hurry-up cali for
the ambulance.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-28
I think you had bs-A numbering some

think you had bs-A numbering some
body"
David sat down, staring with the
blankest establishment. He AAd by this
time succeeded in impressinS upon his
brain the fixed conviction thar his uncle
kept his murderous assault a secret out
of regard for the family name, and he
came prepared to be submissive, to ex-
press contrition, and to offer, in return
for the secret being still kept, to give
back to his uncle the long-lost box full
of papers. And now, this conviction de-
stroyed, he knew not what to think or
what to say.
1T can't be!' he said, ~ can't be!
Uncle, you are playing some 6eep game
with me. You are like cat with a
mouse. You are old, but you are foxy;
you've got a game of your own to play.
and you think you'll play that game low
down. Come" he made one more effort
to ascertain if the impossible really had
appened-"come. It's like a game Of
bluff, amt it? But let's drop it, and
play with the cards on the table. See,
now, here's my hand-I heard last night
that you were alive and hearty, though
L had every reason to think you were
dead. L was quite sure you were dead
l knew you were dead. You know why
l knew. Every night l was assured by
yourself that you were dead. Come, now.
Well, when l heard that you were alive
and hearty, l said to myself, Tomorrow
I'll go and have it out with him when
all the people are at church and there's
nobody to listen;' because they told me
you could not remember-you know
what"
Couldn't remember? I'd have you
to know, sir, that my memory is as good
as ever it was"
"OhP' said David, then you do re-
member everything?"
of course 1 do
Then, uncle, have it out. Let us talk
open. I've never forgotten it 1 have
said to myself over and over again, I'm
sorry l done it. l wished I hadn't done
it, especially at night when your ghost
came; who ever heard of a live mans
ghost?'
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-28
Offshoot OF tho MuIbarrx

The interesting sapling from Shakes.
peare's garden at stratford-on-Avon.
presented by the mayor to south.
wark, and planted In front Of tho
town hall, Walworth road, last aut.
umn, has not survived the transplan.
tation and has lately been removed
1t was an offshoot Of the famous mul.
berry tree and was intended N com.
memorate the Shakespearean connec.
ton between Southwark and Stratford.
on-Avon.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-28
BOLT OF LIGHTNING
Welded Broken Rail and Saved Train
Load of Passengers

When the 1923 limited pulled into
Wheatley, in this county, last evening
1t was discovered that one Of the rear
wheels on the last coach was broken, q
piece having been split Off from one
side SO that there was a slightly fiat
piece on the wheel and, as 1t was
feared the broken wheel, In pounding
over the track, had broken rail. only
by a miracle was the $3.50 local saved
from being wrecked.
Three miles south of Bentley the
fiattened wheel had broken out Sec
ton of rail about seven feet long;
broken it out so badly that 1t was torn
from the spikes and lay across the
rails where it was found five minutes
before the local was due, by Willy
Schultz, a boy of IA years, who lives
on a farm near by. The lad knew
that the local soon would be along,
and he was frightened. He put the
piece Of rail in place and then started
down the track toward the approach
ing train. running as fast as he could.
He had not gone over twenty feet,
however, when there came a binding
fash of lightning from a dark cloud
that covered the sky. and he was
struck down, unconscious and nearly
bereft of life.
1t must have been ten minutes be-
fore he regained consciousness, for
when he did so he saw the train COM
ing toward him at great speed. he
staggered to his feet, the remembrance
of the broken rail still in his mind, and
waved his hands, but the engine did
not stop, and just as it was about to
crush him he stepped from the rails,
and the train sped on.
But the engineer at the last moment
had seen the boy step out of the en-
gine's way, and throwing over the
lover, stopped the train after it had
run several feet beyond the break in
the rail.
When the engineer jumped down
and came running back to see what
the trouble was, young Schultz told
him and showed him the place where
the rail had been broken. but now ii
was perfectly sound. The fash Of
lightning that struck Schultz down
spent the main portion of its force on
the track in the immediate locality
where the fracture was and had even
ly and perfectly welded the broken
rail in place at both ends. The track
was as safe and solid as it was the day
1t was laid.-Le Sueur correspondent In
st. Paul Pioneer Press.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-28
Four Are to Swing Same Day.

Reno, Newt. F. German, a San
Francisco printer and linotype opera e
tor; j. P. Sevener, an ex-convict
Fred Roberts of st. Louis and AL Liz
derman, a Stockton, Cal, laborer, will
be hanged at the Carson prison on Fri
day, November II. Twice convicted
of numbering Jack WEIGH in Humboldt
county, New, they were refused an
other hearing by the supreme court
and were sentenced in the district
court at Reno.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-28
Burlington Builds to Salt Lake.

Omaha.-General Manager Hold
redge of the Burlington road officially
announced that the road will at once
begin the construction of 500 miles of
road to extend its lines to Salt Lake
city. The line will start from near
Broken Bow, Neb., and run to Bridge
port, Neb., where it will connect with
the Guernsey, Wyo., line Work on
the line from Burnsey to Salt Lake
city will start simultaneously with
that of the Broken Bow-Bridgeport
cutoff. Amended articles of the Bur
llngton were filed with the county
clerk by Mr.. Holdredge to cover the
new extension, which will be part of
the Nebraska. Wyoming G. Western
railroad. which is an integral of the
burlington system. The branch from
Bridgeport eastward to the main line
will be about $50 miles long, and the
line from Guernsey to Salt Lake city
$50 miles in length.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-28
informed Cruiser to Leave.

Mare Island, Cal.-The Russian
cruiser Lena probably will leave direct
for Vladivostock on Saturday next
from here. She will have 1000 tons Of
coal in her bunkers. She will make
no stay at San Francisco, and will
take back her complete crew, no deser-
lions having occurred.
Lieutenant Kahtin reports that at
Vladivostock big ice breakers will
make a way for the cruiser.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-28
CHAPTER XII

The mans stark, staring madw cried
Daniel Leighan.
Come, now. Either say, David, |
forgive you, because there was not much
harm done after all; forgive you if
you'll help me in the way that you only
can help me;' or else say, David, I'll
bear malice all the days of my life.
Then we shall know where we are"
Il don't understand one word you say.
Stay" A thought suddenly struck him.
stay! The last time l set eyes on you
1t was on the morning you left Challa-
combe, and on the same day that l met
with an accident. The last time l set
eyes on you was in this room. You
cursed and swore at me. You went on
your knees and prayed the Lord in a
most disrespectful manner to revenge
you, as you put it. Do you wish me to
forgive those idle words? Man alivel
you might as well ask me to forgive the
last nights thunder. Reproach yourself
as much as you please-I'm glad you've
got such a tender conscience-but don't
think 1 am going out of my way to bear
malice because you got into a temper six
years ago."
''Then you do remember, uncle" said
ton. "Well, 1 thought you would re-
member, and bear malice 1t was the
last you saw of me, you see-and the last
l saw of you"
David laughed, not the hysterical
laugh of last night, but low laugh Of
sweet satisfaction and secret enjoyment.
"Well, uncle, since you don't bear NAL
ice, there's no harm done. And now
we can be friends again, suppose? And
if it comes to foxiness, perhaps it will
be my turn to play fox"
play away, David-play away"
"Ive come home, you see"-David
planted his feet more firmly and leaned
forward, one hand on each knee-''Ive
come home"
"In rags"
"In poverty and rags. I've got moth
ing but two or three pounds. When they
are gone, perhaps before, 1 shall want
more money. The world Is everywhere
full of rogues-quite full Of rogues-be-
sides land thieves like yourself, and
there isn't enough work to 60 around.
Mostly they live like you, by plundering
and robbing."
Find work. then. In this country if
you don't work you won't get any money.
Do you think you are the more likely to
get money out of me by calling names p
well, you see, uncle, 1 think l shall
find way to get some money out of
you"
mot one penny-not one penny, Da-
vid, will you get" There was a world Of
determination In Mr.. Leighan when it
came to refusing money.
cts natural that you should say so
to begin with" His manner had now
quite changed. He began by being con-
fused, hestating and shamefaced; he was
now assured, and even braggart. II ex-
pected as much. You would rather see
your nephew starve than give him a
penny. You've robbed him of his land !;
you've driven him out of his house; and
when b comes back in rags, you tell him
he map go and starve."
Words don't hurt, David" his uncle
replied, quietly. II am too old to be
moved by words. Now, If you have moth
ing more to say, CO."
Go be continued.)
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-28
His Hearts Desire
By SIR WALTER BESANT
%ssssssessssssSesSssSsSssa

had married and who were dead; he in
quired into the position and prospects OF
all the farms; he showed the most in
innate acquaintance with everybody and
the greatest interest in the affairs of al
the families. Yet no one could remcm-
Der who he was
A.out $50 o'clock the door was open
ed again, this time to admit Harry Rab-
1ahns, the blacksmith, who had been fin
ishing the choir practice. He stepped in
"a big, strong man, with broad shout
ders and brown beard. His eyes fell
on the stranger
"Whyv he cried, ats Mr.. David
Leighan come back again, and him in
ragsr'
80 it is-it's Mr.. David" cried Mrs.
Exon, clapping her hands ITO think
that none of us knew him at first sight!
And that you should come to my house.
of all the houses in the parish, first, and
me not to know you! and you In this con-
dition. But you'll soon change all that;
and I'll make up the bed for you-and
your uncle and Miss Mary will be down
right glad to see you, Mr.. David To
think of my not knowing Mr.. Davidv
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-28
Professor Judd Hangs Himself.

Baltimore, Oct. 23.-Professor Syl-
vester Dwight Judd, aged 35 years,
formerly an assistant professor of bi-
ology at Georgetown university, was
found hanging by rope from a rafter
in the garnet of his home on the old
Frederick road, he having committed
suicide.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-28

w. L. d. Cary of Oakland, Cal, is
known as the king of the isle of Calf
of Man. 1t is about five miles in cir
conference, and was given to the
Carys, by an ancient king of England.
1t is inhabited by 40 persons.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-28
Helpful.

Mrs. Nexdore-My daughter had her
first opportunity last night to play the
new piano we bought for her. Did you
hear her?
Mrs. Pepprey-Yes, and we had
company last night; we were de-
lighted.
Mrs. Extraordinarily?
Mrs. Pepprey-Yes, we didn't like
our callers at all and were glad they
leSt earIy.-Philadelphia Press.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-28

Some women keep so busy deciding
what men they don't want to marry
that they have no time to marry at all.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-28
PRICES AT SPOKANE
Wholesale Produce.

New potatoes. 60Q65c cwt; onions
75c@s1; cabbage. s1.25@1.5O; oranges
S5.75 to Sc case; lemons standards
S5.50Q6 case; seconds, $3.50 case
pineapples, $3.50 case; bananas. s2.75
@3 bunch; dried figs, 7@Shc lb: Gran.
berries, s10@10.50 bbi; huckleberries
l2c ID; Salway peaches, S5c0$1 Dor.
four tier apples, s1.zo box; cooking
apples, 75@S5c box; ounces, 81 boy.
green peppers, Csc box; cantalouns
75c@S1 box; watermelons, T5c@s1 20
doz; beets, 81 cwt; turnips, 81: Huh.
bard squash. 75c@s1.25 doz; tomatoes
35@40c crate; eggplant, 75c@$1 doz.
sweet potatoes, s2.75@3 cwt; Concord
grapes, 35040c crate; Muskats. 81 25
crate; Tokays, $3.50 crate; Blk. Ham
burgs, 75cos1 crate; Idaho pears
S1.25 box; eggs, s7.25@750 case; aour
local, s4@4.2s Dbl; fancy hard wheat
s5@6.50 Dbl; creamery butter, 2Sc III.
celery, soc doz; honey, $3.50 box "a
cases; prunes, s00e0c box.
Wholesale Feed.
Bran, SIG ton; bran aid shorts. s17.
straight shorts, $17; white shorts. s21
corn, ,A.50 cwt; cracked corn. s1.sO:
timothy hay, $l4 ton; alfalfa hay s12
ton; oil meal, So cwt; grain hay, sl2
@19 ton; rolled barley, 81 cwt; whole
oats, SIPS swt; chopped oats, sl.SO
cwt; wheat, $1.15 cwt.
Paid to Producers.
Live stock-Steers, s2.5O@2.75 cwt:
COWS, 81; calves, 81; sheep, $313.5O:
pigs, se.25.
Dressed meats-Steers, 41sQ5c lb:
cows, 4c ID; veal, 41aQ7c lib.
Hides-Green steers, SIZE lb; cows
SC; sailed, 1c higher, dry hides, 1870
lib; calf skins. green. &c; kip. Sc; sheen
skins. 75cAs1.
Poultry and eggs-Chickons hens
1214c ID live weight; large spring. 1914
Id; ROSTERS, Sc; broilers, s2.750325
doz; eggs. s6.7507 case.
Creamery products, (. O. b. Spokane
First grade creamery butter fat
261ac Id.
Hay and grain-Timothy, s11@12
ton; alfalfa, s1O@11 ton; oats. $40
Ito.
Potatoes-4o@5Oc cwt; cabbage. soc
qS1 cwt; cooking apples, 600S5c:
beets, 60e; turnips, Coo.
Wheat Report.
Lewiston, Idaho.-Bluestem, 500
Gle; club, 56@5Sc; flax, 97c.
Ritzville.-Bluestem, 66c; club, CSC.
Davenport.-Bluestem, 62c; club,
SOC.
Portland, Ore.-Club, 73c; bluestem.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-28

Don't be surprised If love that Feed,
ON beauty should die Of starvation.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1905-10-28
Wheat Report.

Lewiston, Idaho.-Bluestem, $50
Gle; club, 56@5Sc; fax. 97c.
Ritzville.-Bluestem, 66c; club, 6Sc.
Davenport.-Bluestem, &c; club.
SOC.
Portland, Ore.-Club, 79c; bluestem,
76c; valley, 71@72c.
Tacoma. - Unchanged; bluestem.
76c; club, 73c; red, CSC.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-16
Estimated That Increased In
come Of Country From Rice
Alone Will BE $22,82O,85O
BANKS IN STRONG CONDITION
Increase of Over s1sooo,ooo In Depos-
its In Leading Banks of Japan From
January, 1903 to August, 1904 Is
Said to Have Been Remarkably Free
From rluctuation.

Washington, Jan. 18. - Lloyd c..
Ciriscom gives statistics showing Jap
ans wonderful resources in a report
that has reached the state department.
He is the American minister ut Toxic
and In his report compares official fig
ures on conditions for the first nine
months Of the war with Russia with
those of the same period before the
conflict. The war period shows an in
crease in exports of $6,424, 1859, and an
increase In imports of $10,0S05 97 Dur
ing the same period the increase of ex-
ports in specie and bullion amounted
to Sal ,403.394 and the increase in i'm
ports to S1,S42,37O.
During the war period Japan's ex-
ports to the United States were valued
at $33.S9S,622, and imports therefrom
at S19,719.4SG. showing as compared
with the same period of 1903, an in
crease in exports of $3.919,277. and an
increase in imports Of $2.702,538. Raw
silk was the principal item of export,
showing marked increase. There
was a reduced export of tea and coal.
Kerosene oil, leather, rails, flour and
sugar were imported from the United
States in larger quantities than during
the same period before the war, while
raw cotton imports declined.
Per Capita Debt is $9.46.
Mr.. Griscom describes the readiness
with which the Japanese governments
domestic loans have been foated. With
0P
Sos, 900, for which the customs receipts
were pledged as security by the gov
eminent, the latter repaid the money
borrowed from the Bank OF Japan, by
which the amount of specie reserve
held by the Central bank was auglnen-
ted and the expansion of convertible
bank notes was checked. The total a.
mount Of the national debts of Japan
at the end of September stood at a.
bout $444,216,O00, making debt per
capita OF about s9.46.
War taxes have been increased on
land, incomes, business transactions,
sugar, mines, sake, bourses, customs,
consumption of wooden textiles, con-
sumption of kerosene and stamps, while
n new source of considerable revenue
is found in the tobacco monopoly. the
official estimate of the anticipated net
income to be derived from that source
for the year ending March 81. 1905. Is
s12,9s6,212, and s160OO.000 for the year
ending March 81, 1906. The govern
ment owns railroads that are estimated
to bring a net income of s4,75O,OOO for
the coming year.
Banks in Strong Condition.
At the beginning Of the war the
specie reserve In the Bank of Japan
fell from s5S4s1.0O0 in December to
s34.043,o0O in May. when the first for
e,gn loan was doubtless responsible for
an increase TIC s5s.s46,oO0 in August,
the normal condition.
owing to the abandonment Of local
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-16

public works and improvements there
has been a railing off in taxes officially
estimated in round numbers at $lU.-
100000 The reports from the Toxic
and Osaka clearing houses for Octo-
Der. 1904 show an increase of $2l,l57,-
S11 in the value of bills cleared over
the same month In 1908.
The metallic currency circulation OF
Japan for October 1904, shows de-
crease Of s2.791,63O. The Japanese de-
partment OF finance estimates that at
the end OF October 1904, Japanese
bank notes of the value Of about $685.
500 were circulated in Manchuria and
Korea.
During the pear 1903 postal saving
deposits I'm Japan increased $1,446.977.
while during the first nine months Of
1904, they increased $2,5SS. 725. The In
crease Of $19,63O.944 in deposits In the
leading banks of Japan from January.
1903 to August, 1904. Mr. Griscom
says. has been markedly free from
fluctuations.
The report says that the necessary
Abandonment during the war by sever
al leading japanese steamship lines Of
their services to foreign countries has
had considerable effect in changing the
channels of trade, as, for instance. n
large falling off in the importation Of
raw cotton from India. That trade has
gone to China.
A striking feature in the Industrial
history of Japan during the last year
Is the unusual abundance Of nearly all
agricultural products. On the basis Of
the present market value Of rice Mr..
Griscom estimates that the increased
income Of the country from rice will
h.. cEn
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1905-01-16
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