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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-19

of men, women and children, entering
the Golden Gate, the lovely port That
ship was the Brooklyn" Of New York,
bringing new class of people to this
distant shore-BfshOp Brannon and his
colony Of Latter Day Saints" Nor
mons. Indeed, with somewhat mixed
feelings this increase in the population
of Yerba Buena was received by the
mixed assembly Of pioneers. But these
Mormons brought money, tools, nipple
ments of various kinds and a printing
press. Some of them soon got into an
alteration with the very worldly blsh-
Op, and before long the majority of the
flock abdleAted the doctrines of Brigham
Young. These Mormons brought the
first prayer meeting into the quiet VII
lage at the Golden Gate. and they like
wise introduced the first Jury trial; and
the same types that had been used in
New York to print the organ of the sect,
called ''The Prophet" in January of the
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-19

there by the breezes or risen out of the
earth, and told the most wonderful sto
ries about the newly found rich depos.
It's Who was to stay behind when
such gain came in sight? Fever-fe-
yer grasped and heated every one! Sail.
ors abandoned their ships, soldiers de,
serted the barracks, laborers took their
picks and shovels, carpenters left the
house without roof and windows, black.
smiths and bakers extinguished> THAR
fires, merchants, closed their stores and
everybody FASTENED to tile Ell Dorado
even the two newspapers printed q
farewell number" and the knights Of
the Quill exchanged the small "stfck''
for heavier one. "Gold !'-the cry
Ss''FAded forth to the shores of the At.
mntic, the blllows carried It across the
ocean to the countries of Europe. And
the multitudes came, a veritable migra,
tion to San Francisco set in by shin and
overland, such as had never been wit.
messed before.
Prices began to soar upward. The
records of the city tell us that a barrel
of -four during the month of December
l94S, sold for 500, and butter at 80 cents
a pound; laborers received $40 a dov
tradesmen up to 500. Gold dust became
the only circulating medium, and It's
price soon had to be fixed ut SIG nm
ounce. From one week to another tbe
bay filled up with vessels of all descrip,
lions, and everywhere along the shore
tent was added to tent During the first
six months of the year 1849 more than
15,OOO people arrived in San Francisco
The first corners hailed from Mexico
Chile, Peru and the Central and Sou+h
American countries; then the throngs
followed, coming around Cape Horn. via
Panama, across the mountains and over
the plains, from Hawaii. Australia
China and from everywhere-au de.
scriptions of men under the heavens
They lived in tents and in huts, and
without tents and huts, slept on tables
and counters, In carts and wagons on
sidewalks and lumber piles,-anvtbInO
being good enough. Wheat -four sosrad
TO $40 barrel. shOvels and hicks cost
$40 each, tin pan or wooden bowl S5 q
pair OF boots $40, lumber went I'D ia
$500 a thousand feet; small loaf OF
bread could not be had for less than 5r
cents and boiled egg often cost 81. A
Dill Of fare dated Oct 81. 1S49. from,
the old Ward House was kept smono
the city archives, and a few items NAV
seem quite appetizing and worthy of re.
print:
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-19
DEED OF A MERRY RASCAL.
Posed as a Detective in Order to &c
Money from Victim.

Posed as a Detective in Order to Get
Money from Victim.
One French became acquainted with
Gerry Harlow, leading citizen Of
DlXhGld,' while the two were spending
a few days In Portland The two seem
cd eongeuial and decided to be COM
rades on a little excursion to Range
leg. They passed a happy week at
Maine's lake resort One morning
French came back with the story that
he had found a moose in the woods
He asked Harlow If he did not want
to help him bring it in in the after
noon. Harlow assented and the two
started off. When they reached a lone
ly spot they left the road and went
into the woods; French suddenly point
ed a pistol at Harlow, and told him to
hold up his hands.
French showed a United States de-
tective's badge and told Harlow that
he was under arrest on the charge Of
passing counterfeit money. Harlow at
tempted to escape, whereupon French
shot at him, the bullet striking Har-
lows neck, where 1t is still embedded.
French told Harlow that two other
officers were In the woods watching his
every movement and should he attempt
to escape would shoot at him. French
then said he was going to town after
team with which to take the prisoner
to the Pennington Jail. Harlow was
completely terrorized. French COM
PEELED him to give up his money, his
diamond ring, two signed checks and
then forced him to write two more
checks to his (French's) order.
French then left Harlow In the
woods and was gone about two hours,
returning, as he said he would, with
a team. Then came an Rll-nlght drive,
with brief halt for few hours sleep,
and in the morning French reached
Pennington with his prisoner and
marched him Into jail.
French showed his badge and told
the jailer that the prisoner was a des-
perate man and no one should be al
lowed to see him. French went to the
bank In Pennington and tried to cash
his check and this is where he made
his mistake. The man from whom he
rented the team appeared with papers
for his arrest and then quickly the
plot was untangled. French was dis
covered to be a bogus detective. Har-
low was given his freedom, and after
a short trial French was sent down
to State prison to serve a long san
tence.-Lewiston (Me.) Journal.
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house which he utilized as a revenue
collectors office. The proprietor Of the
Parker House even paid as high rent.
al as $4,000 Building lots costing
$50 at the beginning of 184S sold I'D to
$4,000 at the end of 1S49. The prices
at the mining camps were still higher.
That class of people focked to San
Francisco and all the mining camps, in
whose company a man had to take his
life into his own hands, goes without
saying. Gamblers and hazardous men
Of all sorts, whose only aim was to get
rich quick, abounded in numbers. Thew
were desperate and sensitive characters.
If, at times, they did show a certain
fairness, even admirable honesty-espe-
cially in paying their debts-they werC
nevertheless bent upon cheating and de-
ceiving and always ready to commit vio-
lence.
San Francisco, at this period, was a
most unsightly place In its exterior an
pearance. The houses had been erected
without plan and style, all low, lrregu-
lar huts and shops of all possible shapes
and forms, offensive to the eye, and lust
so many blots upon the picturesque To-
cality. And the crooked, sandy. dirty
streets along the swampy shore, all torn
up by the lively traffic, full Of holes and
pools into which man and beast sank
down knee-deep,-coulda anything have
aroused the patience and the gall of the,
hasty gold diggers more thar such thor
Oughfares? Then came the great con-
fiagrations of May and June %, 1851.
and they brought relief in clearing the
city of its old shanties and unsightly
buildings, making room for more solid
structures and for wider, straighter and
better streets. The old City Hotel, the
oldest tavern Of the place, a building
with mighty ttleEroOf, the whole Plaza,
the Office of the. "Alta California" the,
old Custom House, the PostofiOe, and
numerous historic huts were destroyed
Up to 1852 San Francisco greatly re-
sembled a Spanish Mexican town. Grad,
Ually these characteristics wore away.
and the place developed into a truly
American city. Eastern vehicles md
omnibuses sueceeded.in driving out the.
gaily dressed rancheTo riding on fiery
steed and equipped with thinking bells
and spurs and a great sombrero. The
sand hills were leveled down into the.
swdmpy lots. The city extended it's
area continually. What was once the.
little, lazy Yerba Buena of 1S47, now
became a metropolis of factories and
workshops, stores and warehouses.
churches and schools and all kinds Of
institutes. People no longer paid 81 for.
pill, or $40 for box of carpet tacks,
for the wild town of by-gone days be-
came the grand Queen Of the Pacific,
the beautiful city at the Golden Gate.
which the earthquake and fire of April
Is, 1906. destroyed.
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ing the men of New York regiment
skillful tradesmen, one and all, who at
the time of their enlistment had prom
ised that they would settle down In
California, at the close of the Mexican
war. Their arrival brought on the first
speculation in lots. North Of Market
street, the principal thoroughfare of the
place, lots sold at $16, and the very best
locations along the water front brought
from $50 to 500. By Aug. l, the pros
porous town had 157 houses, where
there had been only 80 standing hereto
fore. The populace now had grown to
500, and San Francisco recorded its first
boom. The day for its second newspa,
per had come. And soon the town elect
ed its first city council, consisting of six
men. The duties assigned to these men
consisted in laying out streets, grant
Ing building permits, appointing police
men, and conceding licenses. On April
3, 1S48, the first school of San Francis
co opened It's doors. By this time two
f1ourishing hotels and q number Of
stores and warehouses sprung into ex-
istence, two large wharves were built,
and commerce and trade of the young
town numbering about $50 people and
more than 200 houses began to get live
~.
Then came the news Of gold found in
the foot hills Of the Sierra Nevada.
Miners, sunburnt and ragged, with long
hair and rough boards, and with pouch
es full of shining gold dust, appeared
on the streets on the town. as If blown
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-19

s. San FranCisCO's EARLY Days S


When Captain Montgomery, on July
8, 1s46, raised the American flag on the
heights Of Yerba Buena at the Golden
Gate, this spot was nothing but a poor
village of about 200 inhabitants, writes
Louis Wagner in a very interesting ar
ticle published in the Illustrated Home
Journal. But even then it was quite
cosmopolitan-its population was made
up Of Spaniards, Mexicans, Germans,
Swiss, Englishmen Scots, Irish, Swedes,
Danes, Indians and Kanakas.
Undiscovered the precious yellow met
al slumbered in the mountains, and the
picturesque pioneers of the village on
the beautiful bay dreamed little Of the
Unsuitable, feverish thirst for gold. They
rather cast their eyes upon the sea day
after day. Every morning at sunrise
some Of them would climb upon the
highest hill, which was soon called
Telegraph HILL" and, glass in hand,
they would search the great expanse of
the ocean for vessels bringing commerce
and newcomers. The white sails and
the lOng-drawn cloud Of smoke could be
seen from this high viewpoint in the far
distance, and thus the arrival of a ship
could readily be announced to the whole
populace in due time. And then the
whole village assembled at the landing
place.
1t was during the last days Of that
July month, when a messenger hurried
ly came down from his elevated point
of observation and announced to the
jewellers in the adobe houses the cheer
full news of the first American ship, full
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following year stood In line here, on the
Western shore, to print the first news
paper Of the Pacific coast, the "CalIfor.
MIA Star, which namewas soon changed
to that of ALTA California"
At the same time the name of Yerba
Buena-"good grass"-disappear off.
clally. The picturesque grassy coast
had easily suggested to the Spaniards
the choice Of name for the beautiful
spot, but why should Americans, in an
American town, be required to twist
and torture their tongue in trying to
get the correct pronunciation Captain
Montgomery appointed Washington A.
Bartlett lieutenant Of the navy, to the
office of alcalde, |. e., chief Of the place
with military and civil powers, and
this new officer by public proclamation
Bummarily abolished the old name and
bestowed upon the place for all time
to come the name Of San Francisco. He
however, was not the author of this
name, nor the first man to apply 1t to
this town. Already In 1886 Alexander
Forbes had written OF this place: 1.-THE
port of San Francisco is hardly surpass-
ed by any other in the world" and ter
years later, but one and a half year an.
feeding Bartlett's proclamation. the
Secretary of our Navy, George Ban
croft, in a letter written to Commodore
Sloat touching upon the possibility Of
blockading the port Of San Francisco
had also applied this appellation to the
locality.
Again on March 3, 1S47, another yes.
sci brought a most important addition
to the population Of the town, by land
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-19
Nicaragua Is Easy.

According to Consul Ryder, the
President Of Nicaragua has just given
remarkable concession for ten years
ut $50 (gold) per year. The conces-
sionalre is privileged to have collector
in tie custom house at Rluefields har-
Dor through whose hands all shipments
of rubber must pass, and he is allowed
to tax it 10 cents a pound over and
abo7e the government tax of 5 cents a
pouGd.
a; is estimated that the annual ship
ment of rubber from this district In
10000 pounds. giving tia concession
aire a revenue Of $4,000 a year, or
$5OC,L0O for the period of hie contract.
although it is not to cost him more
than $1,000 for the ten years.
There are lots of people who never
find out they have a wonderful view
from their back door till a visitor dis
covers 1t for them.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-19

"a hen out in Ohio is laying eggs
inside out"
$50 it seems that even the hens are
getting down to the skin game."-
Baltimore American. .....
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Ok tail soup .'s'...............& 1.Od
BAKED trout .......,........... 1.5e
Roast pork .................... lbs
NehISOn '''''''s''.o '.........ss Log
Fresh eggs, each ....e........... Ice
sweet potatoes .................. .5e
Irish potatoes ................ sc
Bread pudding ................ .7U
Jelly omelette ................ 2O0
I EuneS '''sss.s ...s.sSs...s.sss 10
Laundry was done at SIS a dozen
pieces. The owner Of a dirty shirt
therefore rather cast it aside and bought
new one, or wore the old one till II
was-very dirty. Rents were awfully
highs, 900 a month in advance for the
poorest kind Of quarters for a store
Wright & Co. paid as much as $4,000 Q
year for a miserable hut at the corner
Of the Plaza, where they conducted the
Miners Bank, and Uncle Sam had I'd
pay $4,000 rent year for an old adobe
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CHAPTER VI.
I have neither the necessity nor the
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-09-28
An .Admiring Throng @! People List
enea to the Speeches and
Fine Mnsic nv Eilties.

Promptly at : o'clock Tuesday
afternoon Or. r. +. Dunds.called the
assemoldse OF people to order in the
& newly decorated corr palace building
aud announced the opening of the
great fall festival TIE people were
lead in prayer by Dir. Thomas Mich
, olson. president OF Dakota Wesleyan.
and the address OF welcome was
delivered by Hon. O l.. Rranson,
who spoka us follows:
1t becomes my pleasant duty 10
extend the Welcome of this city to
not only of those OF you WHO are as
sembled here this afternoon at the
opening of tits u eighth Corn Pal
ace jubilee but TO the thousands
who will undoubtedly come from
every part Of this state as well as
other states of the nation to enjoy
with us a week of joyful festivities.
These harvest jubilees are not new,
they are not of recent origin Ever
since the day when Ruth sang TO
Naomi while cleaning in the BARLEY
felds OF Bethlahem 1t has been the
custom for mankind TO rejoice at the
natNeSt tltle, especially III tue bar
vest is abundant and | nelieve this
has been a banner YEAR for South
Dakota.
Tins beautiful place and the one
that preceded it had its begi luing
years ago Pblnuey. whom MANY OF
you remember. with bis Iowa State
BauG came to gladden. ouI heaits and
ne made good The Lynn Massachn-
Setts band also made albright page in
the eaIly HISTORY of this palace De
Baugh and his baud, with his mega
phone quartet delighted thousands
who catne IRON many states in the
union and we suum came to realize
the fact that our Intends were legion
and our guests could tie numbered in
rverv cline where the old flag tloats.
We then said we wi do our part and
we viii bring 10 these people the
best entertainment the world affords
We went out in search OF talent and
away Off yDnder among the ALI ine
bills We found the Banda Rosa. We
brought them ne1e and tie verdict
of the people was That they we've one
of the best musical organizations
that evet crossed the sea. Having
had a taste of that sweet music. di-
vinest To everV human heart, music
that has IN !de of earth a heaven and
of death a hope. our people cried out
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-09-28
brim, while the Omaha passenger
had on additional cars and these
were full Of people.
For Country Homes.

l can INSTALL a complete plumbing
aud beating system in your home.
and you can have all the convent
ences of a modern city home. baths,
hot and cold water. hot air, hot
water or Steam heat, gas that you
can cook with and light your homes.
planning our system of lire protec-
tlon Tor country homes. | handle the
famous Standard Sanitary Co. en-
amelled Wale, pumps, cave troughs,
conductor pipes, we'll casing pipe
stove repairs, and best of all, we will
sell you just as cheap as the cata.
loRnc house, lay the material down
at your home and you save the
freight and time going to the depot.
We S II filters, that filter. Barnes,
opposite the postotfice.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-09-28
"o,aen,ed. oriental..

knowledge of direction seems to be
instructive with the Burmans, says the
author of "a People at School" They
always reckon by the needle, not by
relative position. They do not say
"Turn to the right" but Turn to the
west" If a table in a room has two
tumblers On it, one of them will be the
east tumbler. the otner the west, and
the table itself Will be not the "table
near the window but the table in the
east of the room." So they speak Of
the north or south side Of a street or
Of a tree, not the shady or sunny side.
Even in rain or mist they know the
direction at once. An English traveller,
walking in the Burnlan forest on a
foggy morning to find all trace Of the
road wiped oat by rain and every APP
parent means of ascertaining direc-
ton gone, WIS at a .oss what to do,
but his Buinan servants knew at
once. THAT is north they said, poiAt.
ing. land that is east. Our course lies
between asst straight to the north
east they marched unerringly.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-09-28
. 1@a.S 14ate Reaching Mitchell
on Account os the Late Ar
rival of Trains,

Conductor Albert Cook and lis
s,ana of Kilties arrived in the city
this afternoon at l2:45 O'Clock. three
hours late. via the Omaha road.
There was Il large crowd of people
up to the depot TO greet the kiltieS
but the Scots were eating their din
ner as the train pulled into Mitchell
ana they did not make their appear
ance until they came down town lof
The coucer at the cora palace.
The kilties travel in their private
car and take life easier by that
method then to be tumbled around
from trains to hotels. They PLAYED
an engagement at the kfug Park in
Omaha yesterday afternoon and in
the evening started for Mitchell.
10 their brilliant uniform the
Scots make a fine appearance aud
sheir dress is SO unique as to attract
much attention. The citizens aud
visitors expect Il week of the most
entertaining character from the
Kilties in their instrumental and
vocal music.
just before the concert commenced
in the corn palace the Kilties made
a parade on Main street, headed by
Donald Mccormack. the giant drum
major Of the band.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1906-09-28
How's This?

We offer one hundred dollars re.
ward for any case of catarrh tnat
cannot be cured by Hairs Catarri
Cure.
F. j. Cheney s Co., Toledo. O.
We, the undersigned. have known
t. j. Cheney for the last 10 years,
and believe him perfectly honorable
10 all business transactions, and
financially able to carry out any
obligations made by bis firm.
Walding, kinnan & Marvin,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. O..
Halls CatalYh Cure is taken in
ternally, acting directly upon the
blood and mucous surfaces of the
system
Testimonials free.
Sold by all Druggists, 15c.
Take Halls Family Pills for con-
stipation.
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on the regular train, and 1t brought
IN a large number OF people from Il
territory that is always loyal to the
corn palace n never fails 10 come
in three and four times during the
week, Accompanying the train was
the Spencer band OF fifteen pieces
ana they made some lively music on
the street during the day. Spencer
people wore badges TO designate
where they came FROM.
Three special trains arrived over
the Milwaukee road this morning.
The first to get in was the train
from the north, coming from Bristol,
VIA Aberdeen, and bringing seven
coaches. two of which we've taken on
at Wolsey flom the NORTHWESTERN
lold and coming FROM Pierre. 10th
OF which We're loaded to tire brim.
The train from the Platte and Armor
line was composed of III coaches and
there were 1000 people on board.
The Tyndall band was with the big
crowd and they discoursed some ex-
celient music on the streets. The
Sioux City special reached the city
at II 80 O'Clock with a heavily load
ed train of fully 1000 people. by
noon the streets we're thronged from
one end to the other, and it was with
some difficulty that people could
make their way along.
AS soon as the people got up town
the street attractions we're given to
entertain and amuse them until the
hour for opening the corn palace.
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GOSCHE READY WITH MONEY
Mitchell Owner of Black Walnut
Ready to Back His Horse
for Big Purse.

The big race which was to have
been held in Sioux City during the
fair, and which was postponed by
reason of the rain. stood a show of
being paced just the same between
Nj. III. Gosche's Black Walnut and
P. II Dyment's Hal Sterling. The
following from the Sioux City jour
nal OF Sunday explains the nature OF
the race that was to have been
paced. Mi. Gosche informed The
Republican that Black Walnut was
in exactly the same condition of Hal
Sterling and had been taken out OF
training at the same time, yet he
was willing to send his horse in the
race:
M. II. Gosche, of Mitchell, S. d.,
owner OF the pacing horse Black Wall
mt. 2:lO4, w Walnut Boy, is anx-
ious to race his horse in a match
against Hal Sterling, 2:ll4, by
Brown Hal, owned by P. 81. Dy-
ment, of Leeds.
During fair week there was much
argument as to the relative merits
of these two horses. At the Inter-
state fair they were entered in the
2:l5 pace, which was not pulled off
on account OF a bad track. and a
chance to see a sure enough horse
race was spoiled.
1t was a keen disappointment to
both OF the owners Mr.. Dyment in
a conversation offered to bet $4,000
against $1,000 that Hal Sterling could
heat Black Walnut three heats out of
five. Yesterday Mr.. Gosche accepted
the challenge and telepnoned The
journal that he had posted his
money in the bank. Mr.. Dvment
was asked lasG night il he would at
this time accep. the bet. He said
he would not. He gave the very good
reason that bis horse had been taken
out OF training and that he does not
care to race him again this season.
The fact that Hal Sterling would
not start was a disappointment.
Had these two horses been pitted
together the race would have been
Que of the most interesting of the
kind ever witnessed on tile Wood
land park track