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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-04-06
MUST HAVE
A RAILROAD
III The Old Companies Won't Build tho
People VIII.
| Big MASS MEETING VAS HELD


It begins to look - II the rich
territory Of Camss and Nee Perce
prairies was going TO have . rail-
road even il the people have to
build il themselves.
When the Northern Pacific and
o. r. 4 N. companies withdrew
their surveying crews last week
the people were sorely disappoint.
ed, but they didn't sit down and
cry over split milk. Instead, . de.
termination to have q road at any
cost seems,to have spread over the
country and the enthusiasm with
which the entire people are taking
hold Of the matter will admit Of no
failure. Telephone wires were
literally used, mass meetings
called, resolutions adopted and to-
day delegations from nearly every
neighborhood are gathered in Lew
iston to pledge support to . rail-
road across the prairie.
The Lewiston Commercial club
held the first big meeting and sent
invitations all over the Clearwater
country for . conference Of dele
gates TO be held there today. The
invitation was promptly accepted
and there is hardly neighborhood
in the two counties that will be
without representation.
The mass meeting here was one
of the best attended in the history
Of the town and after several en-
thusiastic speeches six delegates
were chosen and the following
resolutions adopted:
Resolved, That the citizens OF
Grangeville, in mass meeting as-
sembled, hereby pledge their best
endeavors to aid any railroad in
securing right-of-way in this
county for any proposed railway 70
Grangeville and guarantee said
railroad company right-of-way
through the streets Of Grangeville,
The delegates chosen were Robt.
Jones, Geo. NJ. Reed, Henry Wax.
]. F. Ailshie, ]. A. Wilkinson and
W. A. Hall. Besides these large
delegation of business men have
gone down from here and all will
work for the ono object-s railroad
]. P. Graves, the millionaire
railroad builder Of Spokane, will bt
present at the meeting az will alst
. delegation from the Portlan!
Chamber Of Commerce.
The people have become tired o
unfulfilled promises and will taxi
the matter in their own hands
While they are not unfriendly Il
the old roads they feel that some
thing must be done at once svel
if they have to do it themselves
There is abundant wealth in tn
affected territory to raise tn
means and if necessary it will b
forthcoming. We are going t
have . railroad.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-04-06
FROM ELK CITY.
interesting Items Clipped from
the Mining News.

w, Stoves, manager OF the
Thunder Mountain Gold Mining
company, left for Spokane to COM
plete tho details preliminary to the
shipment Of their five-stamp mill
which the company recently pur.
chased and which will be installed
% soon a. possible. The first con-
signment will reach Sites April 20.
Work will begin this week on
the construction of . telephone line
to connect Orc Grande with Elk
City. T. J. Sugars, ]. F. Powers
and @. Fl. Powers are the parties
who ore constructing It, aided by
popular subscription, most Of the
funds necessary being already sub.
scribed. The line a. planned will
connect with all the mines between
those points.
M. ]. Sweeney arrived in camp
after spending several weeks in
Spokane on mining business. It il
the intention Of Mr.. Sweeney te
resume work Immediately upor
the Syndicate property. 1t viii
be recalled that he wss compelled
TO close down in February owing
to the extreme cold weather freez
ing up the water supply for tn
mill.
J. A. McEachron, manager o
the Elk Gold Co., arrived in cam
this week and will begin work ol
the Albertas group owned by thi
company. Extensive develop
ment work is mapped out and vii
Be- carried on in . systematic an
thorough manner.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-04-06
A G mplete Line
III A r. D w A r E

A separate department in our Nam
mouth store, and being cash pur-
chasers in car lots, enables US first
in position to supply the wholesale
and retail trade cheaper than all
competitars with ::
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-04-06
ROBERTSON
ELECTED
GARD CONSISTS OF HIIE MEMBERS
Are Broad-Cuage Business
Men-lmprovements In View.

The city election passed of very
quietly on Tuesday, with lovely
weather and large vote and in.
tense interest in the marolity con-
test, rs well as the three.cornered
fight for councilmen in the second
ward. The returns show that Geo.
NJ. Robertson was elected mayor
over w. H. Casady by 70 majority,
each ward giving Mr.. Rober tson a
majority. For several days pro-
ceeding the election it seemed that
Cassidy had q walk-over, but dur
ing the last few days of the cam
paign a committee did quiet, earn
est and effectual work which
changed the result materially.
With the exception of Casady for
mayor the entire Citizens ticket
was elected in all three wards. The
city council al now constituted
will comprise membership of
nine, one councilman holding over
from each ward; and the two new
members from the same, the latter
holding Office for two years under
the new law. There is 80 much
uncertainty concerning the effect
of the new law that q supreme
court decision will certainly be re-
quired to unravel the tangle which
the late lamented legislature go in
dustriously wove in this matter,
So far as the policy of the new
city government is concerned it is
not known that any radical de-
partures are contemplated, beyond
q possible appraisement of the
water works system by q disinter-
ested outsider with . view to it's
purchase by the city. Mayor-elect
Robertson is known to be in favor
Of this plan, and Councilman Park
er of the second ward has similarly
expressed himself in favor of muni.
cipal ownership Of the water sys-
tenn. A sewer system is also in
contemplation, and it is highly
probable that the initial steps in
this matter will soon be taken with
the view Of gathering information
concerning the probable cost anG
perhaps the purchase Of the neces
sary garbage or crematory grounG
some distance down Three Mil,
lcreek.
The new board will, Of course
first proceed to post itself on th'
present financial condition OF tn,
city, in order to learn what fund
are available in the way Of consti
tutional limitations of the bonde,
indebtedness Of the city. TIL,
councilmen elect are all careful
and conservative business men VIII
will look before they leap, an
they may be counted on to do thei
; best for the best interests Of thi
growing city.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-04-06
A Tried and True Friend.

One Minute Cough cure contains
not Que atom Of any harmful drug
and it has been curing coughs,
colds, groups and whooping cough
80 long that it has proven itself to
be q tried and true friend to the
many who use it. Mrs. G. E. Fen
ner, Marion, Ind, says: Coughing
and straining 80 weakened that ]
run down in weight from 148 to 90
pounds. After trying q number
Of remedies to no avail, One Min.
net cough cure entirely cured me. y
Sold by all Druggists.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-04-06
The Right Name Is Dewitt.

DeWitt's Witch Hazel salve
cools, soothes and heals cuts, burns,
boils, bruises, piles and all skin
diseases. X. E. Zickefoose, Adolph,
w. Va. syas: my little daughter
had white swelling go bad that
piece after piece of bone worked
out Of her leg. DeWitt's Witch
Hazel sale cured her" 1t is the
most wonderful healing salve in
! the world. Sold by all Druggists.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1905-04-06

Barn paint mixed with pure lin
seed oil S1.40 per gallon at the
paint shop on Meadow street near
VollmGe B Scott. A. W. Robinson.
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-29
A TYPICAL HARDWOOD FOREST.

A TYPICAL HARDWOOD FOREST.
n which the various species affect each
other in the competition of place and
light: also the present methods of cut.
ting, waste in logging, and the effects of
logging upon the forest. To determine
the chances OF natural reproduction
under existing logging methods, second
growth and .culled lands in all stages
were carefully studied. The effects of
fire and grazing upon the forest were
also considered. Until the voluminous
data thus obtained have been tabulated
and compared absolute figures and con-
clusions cannot be announced, but suf-
ficient progress has been made to war
rant some general statements of conclu-
sions. ~ s + :, r. F..
The market value and amount of
standing timber, yellow poplar and
white oak are the two most important
trees of the region. These species were
formerly found throughout almost the
entire region in merchantable quanti-s
ties, but they have been cut so extern
sively where there are transportation
facilities that it is now usually neces-
sary to 60 back long distance into the
woods to find first-class stands of either
of them. Poplar attains magnificent
size in the coves of the mountain dis
tricts and IN the rich river bottoms Of
central Tennessee and Kentucky, but
Il its best. development 10 reached in the
higher mountains Of Tennessee and
North Carolina. White oak reaches Its
[ best development IN the river valleys Of
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-29

John Sullivan, off Duluth, lies in. q.
critical condition as a. result of drink
ing eye-wash by mistake for medicine
for rheumatism. E: I.s.s = .
The Sticlknev school building It
South St Paul shows signs OF collapse
and is abandoned. +. .*.'55
The directors of the st. Paul Saen.
gerfest association are willing to con.
tribute 5000 to the fund for an audi.
torium. ~ # .=.s s#
The saloon of Chester Rowe, ia the
village of Grasston, was destroyed by.
fire, with its contents Loss, 81, 500,
partly covered by insurance. h.
Henry G. Scholber, Of Hamline uni
versity, won first prize in the annual
oratorical contest Of the intercollegiate
Prohibition association at the. school,
OF agriculture. .=s
Winona is to furnish some blooded
stock with which to replenish the de-
4pleted stock farms Of Japan.
Ada, the county seat 81 Norman
county, is wrough up over the finding.
OF 9 babe seven. days old on the streets
at midnight. 3:5.zs5iE
Dr.. George $. Todd, Of Lake City,
!. has been ppointed ~ Governor John
son e member Of the state board zo1
dents lexaminera
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-29
HE sentiment has often been
expressed that 1t II better
I to speak the kindly word Of
appreciation to the living
than. waiting until death.

=.s=s - has taken them from us, to
then heap the conn high with fragrant
flowers and to speak volumes in low
Ing tribute. Fanny Crosby, whose
hymns are known and loved by nearly;
every one, is still alive and happy in
the blessed ministry Of hymn writing.
On March "a she will celebrate her
eighty-fifth birthday, and the Sunday
following, March Is, has been desig-
mated as Fanny Crosby Day" when
from the multitude of churches and
Sunday schools and religious meetings
Of various kinds throughout the coun-
try there shall rise one mighty chorus
of song as people sing her hymns and
thank God for the comfort and bless
ing they have brought to their hearts
and the hearts Of countless multitudes
who have been singing these same
songs during the past 40 years.
The character of the celebration will
be SO unique and simple as to appeal
to every one who knows and has found
comfort in the message of her songs,
and it will be most fitting recogni-
ton of the remarkable genius of this
gifted woman. Over 5000 hymns have
sung themselves out Of her heart and
brain since she found the special work
to which God had evidently called her.
Fifty years ago Miss Crosby was
writing songs that were being sung all
over the land. At least one of them,
"Music in the Air." has survived the
test of time and Is still favorite with
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-29
MINNESOTA HAPPENINGS.

: The senate kills the anti-cigarette
bill. !, $ 5 =:s$ 4: 1T. r. H.
The senate passes the rattlesnake
bounty bill y. e -.5.s. s.:
The house passes the Nolan recipro-
cal demurrage bill. s p
J. J. Strap is actin g chief of the st.
Paul fire departments 81 81
The Northern Pacific plans to make
many improvements this season. 4a3.
"a Supt. Olsen says that the officials Of
many rural districts bny gold bricks
when they purchase school supplies
The New York fish commission wants
some Of Minneseta's albino trout 81
A house bill makes the food COM
missioner the chief oilinspcctor. =
S The state labor bureau would like
to enforce the child labor lawin st.
Paul :E:. .s.@ 0 %
H The state food departmentsissues q
warning about cherries il cock
ST. Paul clubwomen are beginning
to plan for the biennial next. year. ....4
A delegation Of Illinois legislators
visits the Irvine plant e the Saltwater
prison.
. The state labor artmeat will make
- inspss Ailab q the aodnr mills
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-29
Fanny Crosby, the Well
Beloved Hymn Writer
Special Hooors will BE Shown Her oo the Occasion Of
Her Eiohty-Fifth Birthday. ..z#=

there IL something about 1t that in
spires me, that brings me In touch
with humanity, and like to sit alone
with my thoughts. W
Miss Crosby makes her home with
her sister, Mrs. C. w. Ryder, at Bridge
port, Conn, and it is there, in the big,
roomy apartment, that the aged hymn
writer sits in her rocking chair, COM
posing hymns and memoriZing them,
80 that she can dictate to her sister
next morning, for, as every one knows,
she is blind, condition in which she
has been since she was six weeks old.
! But her lifelong ahliction has mar
velous1y sweetened- and deepened tho
currents of her life, and been means
Of grace whereby she has sung out Of
the darkness songs which have
brought light into the lives of multi
tudes. OF her blindness and her LIES
work she says:
Il believe everything happens for .
purpose, and what may seem to some
a misfortune is part OF the great plan
that has enabled me to bring happi-
ness to many through my hymns. Not
that desire any credit, for il have
this gift it would be wrong not to use
it. We are Inspired to do things by
a higher power, and should not take
credit to ourselves. One might think
me vain to talk about my work, but I
learned my lesson many years ago
when I was little girl I had writ
ten verses that attracted some atten-
ton and felt very proud of them, when
one day my teacher gave me a long
talking to. and realized that did NOT
know as much as thought did. Since
then / do not think have ever been
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-29
he Timber in . Great Hardwood
Forest Of the South
e'ane prnepo, Species OF the Southern Appellee hons
hove 6esD Studied BY the 8ureou Of Forestry. rs

Tennessee and Kentucky. w hite poplar
always forms q small proportion Of the
timber OF the area. it very often forms 4
large proportion of the understandable
timber. White oak is present in very
much greater numbers than poplar over
the region as whole, and occasionally
forms over so per cent. of the stand.
laundering has had q serious effect on
the reproduction OF both poplar and
white oak. When the white oak is cut,
as a general rule it is partially replaced
by Inferior species, as the red and black
oaks. Thus in many cases where tho
virgin stand contained over so per cent
of white oak, the second crop contains
less than ten per cent. Often when pop
lar has been numbered. only the best
trees have been cut, and as these were
comparatively few in number and oc-
CURED at irregular intervals the forest
has not been opened up enough to let in
sufficient light to allow young poplars
to start growing. In addition, poplar
seedlings are very easily injured by fire;
even slight ground fires kill them. Fires
have been very common throughout the
region. and thus successful reproduction
of poplar has often been greatly him
dered. -.. =
Hemlock occurs over a small portion
of the region. and white pine over still
smaller part; both confine themselves to
the mountainiS.s sections. AS a rule
hemlock has r2s been considered mer.
charitable, because it generally impos-
sible to log and soil it in northern mar.
kets in competition with hemloclz from
Michigan and Pennsylvania. The little
remaining white pine is numbered in a
few localities on a large scale, and the
supply will soon be exhausted. ~
Chestnut is very abundant. 1t forms
4 large proportion of the stand in the
mountain districts, but decreases in
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-29


quantity westward, until it practically
disappears in western Tennessee and
Kentucky. Mature chestnut is damaged
more severely by fire than any of the
other species Of the region. A consider
able part of it's mature timber is defect
I've for this reason. Much of the timber
IS also wormy. In the past but little
chestnut has been cut for lumber, but
the output is now increasing. A new
use Tor chestnut, which has developed
very rapidly in the last few years, is for
making tannin extract. For this purpose
all grades and sizes of chestnut above
about five inches in diameter are used.
There are number of factories making
the extract, one of which consumes $50
cords OF this wood daily. This industry
makes possible the utilization of the
limbs and tops and the defective chest.
nut, which otherwise would be wasted,
and materially assists in. conservative
management by making this timber
more valuable and cleaner logging prac-
ticable. e..
Chestnut oak is abundant in the
mountains, its stand decreasing west
ward. tits confined chiefly to the ridges,
and In most sections is short-bodied
and of little value for sawlogs. It is
usually expensive to lumber because of
its inaccessibility. The chief value Of
chestnut oak in this region has been for
tanbark, for which, in some places, it
has been largely cut.
Red and black oak are most abundant
in the western lowland part of the re-
gfon, where they often form over 70 per
cent. of the stand. In addition to their
use in large amounts for lumber and
slack cooperage, they are also now .ex-
tensiyely cut along the navigable rivers
for. railroad ties, for which purpose pre-
sentative treatment has recently made
them available. These oaks form but a
relatively small part Of the forests in the
eastern mountainous districts, where in
the past almost none Of them have been
cut, owing to their low market value.
But now lumbermen who are operating
IN the mountains take these oaks along
with the poplars and white oaks. -
There are = number Of large perma-
nent mills, but over the region as a
whole most of the numbering is still done
by portable mills. These move through
the timber, and the cutting is cleaner
than it formerly was. This heavier cut
ting, on account Of the requirements OF
the two most important species, poplar
ana white oak, for light, is usually a
good thing for the future crop, especial
~ for poplar reproduction. Re. {
The demands upon this hard WOOD
forest are enormous and varied, Great
industries employing large manufacture
ing plants depend upon 1t for mill sun-
plies. The most important Of these in
:dustries are those using hardwoods for
furniture, finishing, railroad ties. tann,n
extract, and wagon stock. In addition
to furnishing wood for all these and
other purposes, the forest Of this region.
has vital function to perform in pro-
tecting q watershed upon which num-
Der Of states depend for a constant sun
ply Of water. It is doubtful whethe the
bureau of forestry has ever ;und ertaken
q more important study, and Its forth,
coming bulletins should prove veryv
liable to many commercial interests -
well as ~ forestry in eenSral.
IN
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-29

and the prices of the finished product:
the methods of logging employed, the
specifications for timber in common use,
and how these specifications are chang
ing; and the principal markets for lum-
Der. The object OF this preliminary
work was to gain thorough under
standing of the market and business
conditions prevailing in the hardwood
regions. Such knowledge was necessary
before the men could go into the woods
and work out intelligently the best and
most practical methods of handling the
forests.
The study of the general forest condi-
tons and the characteristics of each of
the important species followed. This
study included inquiry into the require
ments of each species as to light, soil,
and moisture, its seeding and reproduc-
tive capacity, its form and development
in different types of forest, and the ways
Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-29

vain about my work, but / simply try
to do the best can" -.
When she was Is she went to the
New York institution for the blind,
where she remained as pupil and
teacher for % years. During the lat
ter part of her career in that institu-
ton she took up the writing of songs.
several of which became popular and
were widely sung. So prolific q writer
of songs was she that her publishers
found it necessary to publish many Of
them under MONS de plume, among
the best known of which were '<Grace
J. Francis Lyman Schuyler ELLA
Dale" Charles Bruce" Victoria Stew
art" Julia Sterling Victoria Ster-
ling" Carrie NJ. Wilson," Frank
Could" James Apple" Lizzie Ed
wards, Henrietta Blair" and CAR
thur J. Langton."'' In all she has writ
ten under $50 different names
She wrote her first hymn in 1864. At
that time w. B. Bradbury was the
leading Sunday school song writer OF
the United States, and Miss Crosby
was introduced to him by Rev, Peter
Strkyker. She wrote her first hymn
for Mr.. Bradbury, the first stanza Of
which runs rs follows: &
I've are going. We are going
To home beyond the Skies
- Where the fields are robed in beauty
-. And the sunlight never dies g. .::=&
And this hymn, by a strange coin
cidence, was the one selected to be
sung when Mr.. Bradbury died in 1858
Following this first effort 1T hymn
writing she wrote verses for Robert
Lowry, w. H. Doane and for Bigelow
& Main, her present publishers.
She has enjoyed the friendship Of q
number of prominent men, including
Presidents Tyler and Van Buren,, Hen
~ Clay. William H. Seward and Cen
Winfield Scott, and she has met many
Of the most conspicuous figures in
American history since those days.
3 Miss Crosby also had the distinction
Of being the first woman whose voics
was ever heard in the senate chamber
at Washington. This was away back in
the SOS, when she read a poem there.
At IS Miss Crosby is still busy with
her beloved work. During the last Is
years she has spoken in various parts
Of the country, and not long ago de-
lvered several lectures in New Eng
land. She has just completed her au-
thorized biography, and will publish it
soon. $.s s SIS: go ss
Some Of Miss Crosby's hymns that
continue popular, In addition to safe