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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-08-11
The Special Correspondent

"And add" said the major, ''that the
Chinese government has done wisely in
sending an escort of twenty well armed
men. From Kothan to Ian Tcheou the
trains will have two thousand kilometers
to traverse through the desert, and the
safety Of the line is not as great as it
might be across the Cobb"
IAN the more so, major, as the re
doubtable Ki7Tsang has been reported
in the northern provinces"
"Quite So and a haul, of fifteen mill
ions is worth having by a bandit chief"
But how could the chief be informed
of the treasure being sentY'
''That sort Of people always know
what it is their interest to know"
Eyes," thought l, although they do
not read the Twentieth Century"
Meanwhile, different opinions were be-
ing exchanged on the gangways. Some
would rather travel with the millions
than carry a corpse along with them,
even though it was that of tirst-class
mandarin. Others considered the carry
ing of the treasure danger to the pas
sengers. And that was the opinion of
Baron Observation-Disclosures In a furious
attack on Popof,
you ought to have told us about 1t,
sir-you ought to have told us about
1t! Those millions are known to be In
the train, and they win tempt people to
attack us. And an attack. even If repuls-
ed, win mean delay, and delay / will not
submit to. No, sir, will notP'
"NO one will attack US, replied POpOf.
mo one will dream of doing It"
And how do you know that-how do
| you know that?"
BE calm, pray"
81 will not be calm; and if there is a
delay l will hold the company response
BILE"
That is understood; a hundred thou
sand forms damages to Monsieur lie Bar
on Tour de Monde
Let us pass to the other passengers.
Ephrinell looked at the matter, of course,
from very practical point of view.
''There can be no doubt that our risks
have been greatly increased by this treas
ure, and in case of accident on account
of it the Life Travellers Society, in
which l am insured, will, 1 expect, re
fuse to pay, so that the Grand Trans
asiatic Company will have all the re
sponsibility."
"Of course" said Miss Bluett; "and
IL they had not found the missing van
the company would have been in a seri-
Gus difficulty with China. Would it not
Fulk?"
Exactly, Horatia."
Horatia and Fulk--nothing less! The
Anglo-American couple were right, the
enormous loss would have had to be
borne by the Grand Transasiatic, for the
company must have known they were
carrying a treasure and not a corpse
and thereby they were responsible.
As to the Caternas, the millions roll
ing behind did not seem to trouble them
The only reflection they inspired was
"Ah! Caroline, what a splendid theatel
we might build with all that money!
But the best thing was said by thu
Rev. Nathaniel Morse, who had JOINED
the train at Kachgar.
ct is never comfortable to be drag
ging powder magazine after one"
Nothing could be truer, and this van
with its imperial treasure, was a pow
der magazine that might blow up ou
train.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-08-11
The Auto Nuisance.

During an English farmers meetiI
the chairman had suggested that
should instruct his teamsters to be
their wagons across the road VIII
autos were approaching at a furio
rate. He received the following ami
ing communication: "As l doubt
power of the average farm laborer
distinguish between the innocent a
the guilty, 1 offer my services ht
discharge as a sergeant from
army, and am a trained shot
least fifty autos pass my house eve
day. With an ordinary magazine =
could get about thirty daily and
offer my trained services to the cha
Der at charge of six pence per hel
should like to know to whom to I
ward the heads. l could use exp
sive or poisoned bullets If 50
sired"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-08-11
Poultry Pickinpa.


Save the cabbage for the hens.
Leaves make good scratching ma.
terial.
Cracked corn will put fat on a fowl
about the quickest of any feed
A lot Of extra cockerels are mn,
sance. Kill them of If Won want
eggs. van
AS rule hens fall of in egg nro-
duction after they are three or font
years old, and it is only in exceptional
cases that it is advisable to Keen
them. Aeep
Green cut bone or good beef scron.
will force the pullets to earlv msty
rity. l''u-
Dampness is one of the worst from
bles OF poultry keepers. Sunshine ..
sure cure. -
II eggs were sold by weight the +ou,
about big eggs would give nlsco -
that Of more of 'em, e ~
Lime water is corrective - -,
diseases and is also a good remadv -V .oI
soft shelled eggs. loE
duck grows faster than q ch,o,..
sells Tor more in market costs -
more to feed and needs but little cav, -
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-08-11
This Years. Wheat Crop,


Another bumper wheat crop is in
prospect. Estimates by the Depart
ment Of Agriculture on grain in the
field indicate a total yield Of winter
wheat of over 411,OOO,OOO bushels
against 401, 6S5,SS7 in 1903 and 1885,
374,503 in 1904; a gain of 10,314,113
bushels over 1903 and 81, 225, 497 bush
els over 1904. The estimate on spring
wheat is 34S,OOO,OOO bushels, but there
are good reasons for believing that
the yield will be from 100000 to
100000 bushels greater than the
present estimate. However, the COM
parison, accepting the estimate as
correct, is interesting, showing an ex-
cess for 1905 over the yield Of 1904 and
less than 1903, as follows: Estimate
Of yield of spring wheat, 1905, 34S,-
100000 bushels, against 800, 1S3, 656 in
1903 and 279,696,656 bushels in 1904,
about 100000 bushels less than the
yield Of 1903 and 6S,303,344 more than
last year. According to the official es-
innate, the total wheat crop of the
United States this year will be &c.
100000 bushels. Unless serious dam.
age comes to spring wheat during its
ripening, the total wheat yield of the
United States will be about 118, 900. DOC
greater than in 1904 and 100000 in
excess of Epitomist
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-08-11
CHAPTER XIX.

"AIillions-there are millions in that
pretended mortuary Yang Z
In spite of myself, this imprudent
phrase had escaped me in such a way
that the secret of the imperial treasure
was instantly known to all, to the rail-
way men as we'll as to the passengers
And so, for the greater security, the
Persian government, in agreement with
the Chinese government, has allowed It
to be believed that we were carrying
the corpse Of mandarin, when we were
really taking to Pekin a treasure worth
fifteen millions Of francs.
Now the secret Is diyulged, and we
know that this treasure, composed of
gold and precious stones, formerly de-
posted in the hands of the Shah of Per-
STA, is being sent to it's legitimate owner,
the Son of Heaven.
That is why my lord Faruskiar, who
was aware of 1t in consequence of his
position as general manager of the com
pany, had Joined the train at DouchaS
So as to accompany the treasure to its
destination. That is why he and Changer
and the three other Mongols--had SO
carefully watched this precious van, and
why they had shown themselves so anx.
ious when it had been left behind by the
breakage Of the coupling, and why they
were so eager for its recovery.
That Is also why a detachment Of Chi
nese soldiers has taken over the van al
Kachgar, in relief Of the Persians That
Is why Pan Chao never heard Of Yer
Lou. nor Of any exalted parsonage of that
name existing in the Celestial Empirel
We started to time, and, as may bG
supposed, our travelling companions
could talk of nothing else but the mill
ions which were enough to enrich every
one IN the train.
'sThis pretended mOrtuary van has al
ways been suspicious to me, /" said Major
Noititz. ''And that was why ques
toned Pan Chao regarding the dead
mandarin"
II remember" said; ''and could
not quite understand the motive Of you
question. 1t is certain now that we have
cot Z treasure in tow"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-08-11
was accustomed.
The Dat Crop.

-
The oat crop is one that requlr'
great deal of moisture Throughout
season, and the best crop Is ass
by preparing the soil so it WIN
serve moisture. The reason tns
plan of seeding oats in corn STU
fails SO frequently is because
ground is stirred shallow and wei
ly in spring time and when
weeks of dry weaother come i y
as hard as the road and renlaI
this condition until harvest. y
a good plan to be in too big
about sowing oats. When the y
has dried out so it is in gooa
ton to break then start the pp'
Ohio Farmer.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-08-11
Sod Housea nd Telephone..

Sod Houses and Telephone.
Sod houses and telephones =
strange combination now oners'
the prairies of the Middle west
the combination is less stranss
appears, for the present 500
are by no means to be desplseu
ticularly in cold weather. Ins,
built with considerable attenuI
comfort, and, with an interior
of Portland cement, ofer AIMS
advantages Of a stone Duilolns
at the slightest cost, while =
work Of telephones overcomea
lation Of earlier days.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-08-11
Ahnnf the Sic 81 IL

"Say, paw" queried little Johnny
Bumpernickle, what does a paper
mean when it says that further com.
ment is unnecessary"
''It usually MEANS" my son, that
the writer doesn't know what else to
say" answered the old gentleman.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-08-11
How Sunday Affects the Cows.

HOW sunday Anects tne No"s'
The manager Of the Wisconsin
perimental farm once said that
could tell the Sundays In the ealen
by looking at his milk record, WI
showed the daily yield, because
quantity obtained was inyarla
smaller than on a week day \
men milk a little later on Sum
morning, and little earlier at MI
probably hurrying the operation,
the cows resent the treatment BY
ing a somewhat smaller yield
milk" 1t was observed, also, apr0
of the necessity for kind and sc
treatment of dairy cattle, that
hand obtained less milk from
than she would yield to a mixer
necessarily more expert, to whom
was accustomed.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-08-11

TO OBTAIN the best results from h...
keep them in tiocks Of from tbIriv !.
forty with one or two males. oso.s
ing never pays any breeder.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-08-11

those in ordinary use are as follows:
1t is cheaply and easily made; it is
not liable to get out Of order; quickly
and easily operated; requires only or
binary fence posts, no hinges, or latch,
and it locks automatically.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-08-11
For Sharpening Posts.

To save lots Of work in sharpening
posts, fix up the rig illustrated. adj
vises Charles Hecht. The forked mole
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1905-08-11

Is Il feet long, the brace of 1x4 being
about feet high. A stump makes
the best block upon which to sharpen
post
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
llOnOrS to Great Admiral.

ANNAPOLIS, July 24.-In a simple
brick vault in the grounds of the naval
academy today lie the remains of John
Paul Jones. With the simple cere.
mony attending the landing of the
body from the cruiser Brooklyn, the
naval expedition authorized to &C.
complish its transfer from the Paris
cemetery, which had been its place of
repose for more than a century, is
completed.
The formal national reception OF the
body with appropriate ceremonies is
reserved until 1t shall be placed in the
splendid naval chapel now being erect.
ed near the site Of the temporary vault.
The work today consisted IF the re
moval Of the body from the Brooklyn
to the naval tug Standish, and from
that to a hoat moored To the shore,
where stalwart jacki-s placed it in a
hear-e which wa- escorted by an i'm.
posing cortege Of marine and midship.
men, in which the French nation par.
ticipated with u landing party of oti.
GERS and men from the French cruiser
Jurien dc la Graviere.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
Homes for Homeless Children.

Rev. J.. A. Barnes, of Helena, su.
p%erintendent of the Montana Child.
ren's Home society, spent Sunday 10
Fort Benton ia the interest of that so.
ciety, and addressed the people at the
Methodist church Sunday evening.
This society is an organization of
Christian and humane people, whose
object is to find good homes in priv ate
families for homeless children. The
society maintains a receiving home at
Helena, where they take children of
any age whom they find homeless from
any cause, and keep them until they
ind a home for them with some good
family.
The society has thus found homes
for about 300 such children in Mon.
.ana, and similar societies have placed
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
Fifty Years Ago.

Former Senator Paris Gibson has
transmitted to the State Historical so.
ciety a diary or Journal of Fort Ben
ton incidents, as kept by an employe
of the American Fur company during
the years 1854, 1876 aud 1856, which is
replete with tales of early.day doings.
The principal grievance of the author
Is found 10 That the Indians we're prone
to take their furs and robes to the op.
position fort, although 90 the whole
the company apparently transacted a
splendid business.
One extract reads: "Bercuis and
men arrived with his trade from the
Flat Head country. and with him came
a white man with a little money to
trade
Buffalo are plentiful" is another
quotation. while in February, 1855,
there is no little fault found because
of the scarcity of tirewood and the un-
seemly cold weather. He tells of q
two weeks trip after firewood, which
was brought back To camp with great
eclat.
References are made to arrivals OF
Flatheads, Gros Veutres and Piegans
with robes, and putting up their equip
ment. On the whole the book is most
Interesting, and could be compared
without an entire loss Of propriety to
Nansen's "Farthest North"
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
DOW GOT THE WOOL.
Representative Of kOshland Bros. Cleans
Up the benton Warehouse

AS a result Of the public wool sales
held in the Benton market Monday
morning, about go. 900 pounds were
added to the list of purchases made
by G. w. Dow, representative Of Kosh.
land Bros, of Boston. He secured
every clip that was offered for sale.
On three clips there were tie bids be.
tween Mr.. Dow and some of his CON.
p%etitors, but the latter los, to Mr..
Dow On the dip of d coin or volun'
tarily surrendered their claims to
koshland's man.
Several eastern firms were repre-
scented at the sale, but some of the
"buyers" seemed to be there merely
as spectators, their bids indicating
that they We're not particularly anx'
iOus to purchase the clips offered or
this occasion. The transactions fol.
low:
a. +. McLeish, a bout 10000 pounds,
brought a tie bid of 224 cents between
Dow and Putnam, the former winning
the toss up.
The G. W. Thrailkill clip, owned by
G. H. Merrill, amounting to abou,
1000 pounds, at 2l4 cents to Dow.
Merrill & Libby. $4,000 pounds, 3
tie bid of % cents between Thayer anG
Dow. the latter securing the clip.
j. EngeIlant, 10000 pounds, a til
bid of %. cents between Dow and Put.
nam, relinquished to Dow.
Allen Gray, $4,000 pounds at %
cents to Dow.
Benton Sheep Co., 5000 pounds
to Dow at 23s cents.
The buyers claim that local WOO,
clips lack the quality and attractive
appearance of former seasons, and TO,
that eason the prices offered are NO
SO good as would be paid for bright.
choice clips.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
Some Recent sheep Deals.

reports OF sheep deals during the
past week are confined principally to
transactions between local sheepmen.
The sales include the following:
Ruhe Bros, Of Warrick, have sold
TO u. II. Evers about 1900 yearliug
and %two.year wethers at g. 60, with a
I per cent. cut.
Jacob Molz to w. +. E%mbletou, an
outfit OF stock sheep 10 which three.
year'old ewes are valued at 1915,
mixed yearlings at 81. 10, and lambs
at 81 80.
IL. w. Garland, of Malta. recently
disposed of a good sized outfit OF
lam bs at 500 per head.
L. G. Stocker, of Box Elder, has sold
his outfit of stock sheep to a. w.
stanton, OF Dawson county, the price
not stated.
The Chinook Bulletin reports tina,
Henry Jess has sold Off a big bunch
OF lambs and mixed sheep, disposins
OF nearly all of his old herds and then
purchased 1900 head of sheep from
r.. Fog a The lambs sold at s. a
head.
According to the Dillon Examiner,
there is a brisk demand for lambs ia
Beaverhead county by Colorado feed
ers. 1t says many of the larger flock.
masters have already contracted thei.
lamb crop for fall delivery at price.
ranging 10 to 80 cents per head in ad
vance OF those received a year ago,
Those that have been contracted fol
have, to a large extent, been contra act,
ed by Colorado feeders. who were las,
fall and purchased everything in tina,
line which was on the market for sale,
Last year the sheepmen received
from Sl.95 to 1910 for their lambs,
while this year they are being con
tracted for at a price as high as So. 30
One grower has contracted his lambs,
all of them, for 1926 per head.
In the Chicago mutton market las,
week, an outfit of about 1000 Montans
wethers averaging ITO pounds sold a
$3.50, and a band Of Rea Bros. weth
ers averaging lis pounds, sold u
- 30. There has been a sharp decliu,
10 prices in the Chicago mutton mark
ct the past few days.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
Map Of the Harlem Quadrangle.

The United States geological survey
has just published a map of the Har.
lem quadrangle. The area represented,
which covers approximately POP square
miles, lies in the northe astern part OF
Montana.
This quadrangle is drained by Milk
river, the principal tributary of which
10 Thirty Mile creek. This creek rises
near the Canadian boundary and ira
verses the Harlem quadrangle from
northeast to southeast. During the
greater part of the year there is no
running water in its bed, although
pools form in many places.
This map Is constructed on the scale
OF one mile to the inch and shows the
country roads, canals, railroads, and
houses. The attitudes above sea level
are shown by contour lines of equal
elevation, which are drawn to chow
vertical Intervals of 20 feet. NJ. l..
Baldwin, Jr., had charge Of the topo.
graphic work done on this map. He
was assisted by Messrs. H. H. Hodge.
son. Fred Mclaughlin. and Others.
The control was the work of Mcssrs.
John L. Stewart and Pearson Chap.
a The map is for sale at 5 cents a
copy. and may be obtained on appli-
cation TO the Director of the Geologi.
cal Survey, Washington, d. c.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
Another Shooting Near Havrc.

a dispatch from Havre says Will
ford Berkeley, a colored ranchman re.
siding one and one.half miles west of
that city on the Fort Assinniboine
road. shot Joe Nelson colored three
times, twice 10 the breast and once 10
the hip, Sunday afternoon. Nelson
was brought to town 10 a very bad
condition, and will probably die.
Six months ago Nelson worked for
Berkeley, driving stage from Havre to
Fort Assinniboine, and Berkeley had
Nelson arrested on a charge of steal
ing $40 from him, by holding that
amour out for collections. Nelson
was tried and found guilty, and zen.
fenced TO sixty days in Jail a: Fort
Benton, and was but recently released.
AT the time of his sentence he threat
ened to get even with Berkeley, and he
went out TO Berkley's place for that
purpose, having threatened to do so
Saturd ay 10 a local restaurant.
Friends of Berkeley had informed
him OF Nelson's threat, and it appears
that he merely acted in self-defense in
shooting. He was arrested by Deputy
Sheriff kehoe and released on bonds.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
decision FavOrs Shcriffs.

HELENA. July 24.-ln an oral opin-
ion by Judge j. NJ. Clements, in the
district court today, the law passed at
the last session Of the legislature cut.
ting down the mileage of the sheritfs
OF the state. in the transportion of
prisoners to the ~penitentiary, asylum
and reform school, was decl AIRED un.
constitutional. The Judge directed
that counsel for the plaintiff, Sheriff
Peter Scharreubroich of this county.
prepare a judgment roll and that he
would sign it. The suit was instituted
by Sheriff Scharrenbroich in behalf
of the recently formed Sheritfs' as
ISOLATION, and was an action to com.
pei the allowance of ten cents a mile
for transporting prisoners to the re.
form school, instead of limiting him
to actual expenses.
The principal contention Of former
Associate Justice w. Il. Pigott, who
represented the sheriff. was that the
law was unconstitutional in that the
law provided a diminution of salary
during the time for which his client
was elected to office, and it is pre-.
sumed that upon this action of the
legislature Judge Clements decision
was based.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
Helena News Notes.

HELENA, July 20 Anton Liuos.
chiet. who was mysteriously assaulted
by robbers Sunday night, died this
afternoon. Lingschiet never regained
consciousness after being struck on
the head with an Ak in the hands of
robbers.
Trouble between %sheepmen and cat.
tlemen has broken out in the region of
Montana City, where fifty sheep be.
longing to the Conrad. Stanford com.
pany have been killed. The trouble
is over the alleged invasion ofAhe cat.
tie range by the sheep men and further
trouble Is anticipated. Some of the
e~xecutiOners must have stood a. close
as ten feet from their victims, a. shells
were found that close to the dead ami.
mails.
Joseph Antelope, the northern Chey.
enne Indian who has been on trial in
the United States court on the charge
of stealing meat or the reserv alton,
was found guilty by the jury, which
today returned 4 sealed verdict, and
the prisoner was sentenced by Judge
Hunt to remain ia the Lewis and Clark
county Jail until August /. In sen.
fencing the Indian, the court took into
consideration the fact that Antelope
had been in Jail six months awaiting
trial.
The river press. [volume] (Fort Benton, Mont.) 1880-current, 1905-07-26
NlPpER CASE REVERSED.
Important Mining Litigation Must Again
Go Through the Courts.

HELENA, July "a. The supreme
court today reversed the decision OF
Judge Clancy, OF Butte, in the case OF
Edward Hickey, NJ. A. Hickey and J.
NJ. Stewart against the Anaconda and
Washoe companies, better known as
the Nipper case, in which the lower
court, after a memorable trial, held
that certain veins of the Anacond a
and Washoe mines of the Amalga.
mated had their apex in the portion
OF the Nipper mine owned by Heinze.
The case Is reversed on OF
errors, largely attributed to the fail.
ure Of Judge Clancy to admit certain
evidence brought out upon the cross.
examination of Hickey, one of the
original locators of the mines in uues.
ton.
The suit is one of the most import.
ant, If not the most. ever carried up
in the state Of Montana, the decision
OF Judge Clancy meaning nothing
more than the cOntiscation of the
Never Sweat, Anaconda and Oder
mines, worth millions of dollars.
+. a. Heinze owns a 35-36th Interest
in the Nipper company, and his con
t~ention is that the Nipper vein extend
ed under the Anaconda, Oden aut
Never Sweat mine, of the Amalga
mated company, which would mean, i
sustained. that MIR. Heinze would tt
all intents and purposes own the mine
named. The ca.c Was decided b,
Judge Clancy without Il Jury two year
ago, and the supreme court tod
holds that hi, refusal To Hickey I,
answer Il question put 10y the defend
ants, which ques. ion would have show
that the Nipuer vein went out tn
end and no, the side lines of the claim
in which Hr,,Ze would have no latera
rights, was wrong. The court ais
finds that there was no, evidence sufti
cient TO support the Clancy findings
and the case is reversed and remande,
back TO the Silver Bow court.