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Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-02
Blocking Him.

my boss has
promised to raise
my salary on the
first of next
month";" said Sly
man.
rs orry, old
man." interrupted
hewitt. "but I've
had to borrow
some money my
self this week."
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-02
On the Yacht.

you'll become
used to the mo-
ton Of the yacht
soon. dearest"
said the young
husband soothing
ly. "It's your
home, you know,
f or t he n xt
month";"
"Then what ails
me, / suppose" re-
piled the wan
bride, trying to
smile, "is hoTne-
sickness"
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-02
Not Serious

Not Serious.
Grace--The idea
of your being en-
gagged to him!
What do you want
to be married for?
Helen - T don't,
but / want to
show that I can
be If I want to.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-06-02
The Making Of a
Great Man.

Great Man.
Mrs. Slick-Soc-
rates was a Won
derfully patient.
forbearing, forgiv-
ing, though great
ly imposed upon
man.
Mr.. Sllck-Yes,
and I understand
he owed 1t all to
his -
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-18

A number of the business men
met Saturday evening to consid-
er the matter Of completing the
wagon road down Grave creek to-
Salmon river. The road was sur
veyed out nearly a year ago and
last summer a pack trail was
made which resulted in bringing
many people from across Salmon
river to this place for their sup
plies last fall and left several
thousand dollars among our busi-
ness men. At the meeting it
was finally decided to start work
of building the wagon road at
once. Robert Stuart was then
hired to Overseer the construc-
tion of the road and will go down
next Monday to commence active
operations. Johnnie Maxey was
also started across the river
Tuesday to warn out all the men
who subscribed work on the road
last year and have them ready
for work early next week or as
soon thereafter as possible.
Nearly $7OO was subscribed ac-
cross the river toward complet-
ing the road and as many more
subscriptions will be secured as
possible. It is the intention to
complete the road next month if
possible and have it ready for
acceptance by the board of coun-
ty commissioners at the July
meeting. This road has already
proved to be very beneficial to
this place in a business sense and
will prove vastly more important
after the railroad builds so all of
our citizens should give all the
aid possible in getting it CON
structed.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-18
Ferdinand Findings.

X
Anton Nau made a business
trip to Culdesac Tuesday.
VIM. Courier and Chas. Johns
ton came over from Westlake
Tuesday.
Mr.. Brooks came to town Sun
day to assist H. E. Miller in his
butcher shop.
A. X. Farnum and family will
leave Wednesday for Palouse,
Wash, on visit to relatives.
The dance given by the base
ball boys was not very well at
tended on account of the rain.
The teams coming through
Ferdinand with supplies for the
railroad camps average from
three to six a day.
Ferdinand will cross bats with
the Western Star boys once more
next Sunday on the latter's
grounds at Keuterville.
BORN. TO the wife of Ira
Mitchell, on May 9th, a girl.
The mother is doing nicely and
Ira is able to play base ball
again.
The Ferdinand base ball team
defeated the Greencreek nine
Sunday by a score of 27 to Z.
The line up was as follows:
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-18
A Beautiful Rain.

One of those rains, spoken of
as the thousand dollar sort, visit
ed the prairie Monday night and
brought the broad smiles to the
farmers faces quicker than any
other thing that could have hap
pened. The weather up to that
time had been unusually dry and
as the supply of moisture in the
ground was much less than usual
a couple more weeks of the hot
weather would have placed the
growing crops in a serious condi-
ton. However, the rain came
at the proper time and the dang
er is past as other rains are GER
tain to come during this month
and June to bring the grain UP
in good shape to the ripening
period early in August. In fact.
unless weather conditions 90 en-
tirely contrary to the usual
course, the. crop this year prom
ises fair to be an extra good one
and with plenty of grain and
hogs a fair price the farmers
will simply coin money this fall.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-18
Greencreek
PINCHY.

A large party of friends and neighbors
gathered at the Toennis home southeast
OF town Sunday and spent the afternoon
and evening visiting and having a gener-
al good time. Besides the host anC. fam
lily there were present the ]. B. Fors-
mann, John Forsmann, H. Goeckner,
H. Uhling, Malerich, Mertes, Ducos,
Crea and Winner families and large
number of young folks. All left voting
Mr.. and Mrs. Toennis royal entertain
ers.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-18

our Exchanges.
The Lewiston Normal base ball
team defeated the Moscow Uni
versity team Saturday by a score
of 4 to 8.
A 10-year old boy named Tur-
ley was killed. at Boise Tuesday
by falling from a tree and crush
ing his skull.
George N. lift, formerly en-
gagged in the newspaper business
at Pocatello, and at present u. S.
consul at Chatham, Canada, has
refused the offer of a transfer to
the consulate at Eibenstock,
Germany.
Ben Darwin was killed in a
saloon at Kellogg Tuesday by a
bartender named Lamb. Dar-
win and his wife were quarrel
ing in a box and Lamb interfer-
ed and struck Darwin in the face
with a revolver which was dis
charged with fatal effect.
A meeting of timber owners
has been called at Lewiston for
Monday when steps will be taken
to prevent and fight fires start
ing in the Clearwater timber
belt this summer. The timber
is now becoming so valuable the
owners of it feel they must do
something to protect their hold
ings.
In fight Tuesday night in a
saloon at Ilo Ed Jobe was beaten
almost to death by Jack Kness,
proprietor of the saloon. Kness
is a powerful man, weighing
about $50 pounds, and it is said
he hammered Jobe until he be-
came unconscious. The trouble
between the men was of long
standing.
The body of Mrs. James Ather-
ton was brought out to Grange
vile Tuesday from Buffalo Hump
where the lady, died Sunday
afternoon from heart failure.
She was about 20 years of age
and had gone into the Hump
with her husband only a few
days before. She was in the
best of health when Mr.. Ather-
ton left home in the morning but
when he returned he found her
lying dead on the bed.
y. N. Gray, man about 55
years of age, was instantly kill
ed Tuesday morning at the
granite quarry on Snake river
above Lewiston by being struck
on the back of the neck by a
huge beam. A pin, which held
the beam to the mast by which
the granite blocks were hoisted
out of the quarry, slipped out of
place and the beam fell about 20
feet striking Gray. The remains
were taken to Lewiston in a
small boat for burial.
The two o. R. & N. surveying
parties which came to Lewiston
last week have started surveying
up Snake river, one on the east
side and one on the west side of
the stream, and it is believed
they will work through to Hunt
ington where it will be decided
which of the two surveys is best
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-18
Ben Gerding was in town last
Friday from Ferdinand.

Ben Gerding was in town last
Friday from Ferdinand.
Quite a lot of wood and lumber
is being hauled out onto the prai-
rie these days by the farmers
who have finished spring work.
Be sure and see ''The Gambler
Trapped, . "The Mysterious Man
with a Gun" and "The Human
Target" at the opera house to-
morrow night.
John Aichlmayr completed his
new work shop at his place in
the north end of-town this week
and is now at work on his new
residence. He informs us he
has two carloads of cedar shin
giles at Sites, about $4,000, and
is having them brought up so as
to have them for his own use and
to supply the trade. His new
gasoline engine has also arrived
a1d will be used to run machin-
Qty in his work shop.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-18

pend on how rapidly the grade
contractors are able to handle
their work, but, there is little
doubt but that camps will be es-
tablished on both sides of this
place in the next thirty days and
work will be kept up on the
grade all summer and fall.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-18
Contractors Are
Hard AT Work
Dirt Already Flying Out on Stock
Creek and Blasting Will Soon
be Heard---New Camps Being
Rapidly Established.

The Bergstorm Bros, who
have the two mile contract of
construction work on the N. P.
extension between Stock creek
and Ferdinand, were in the city
Friday, as was also Mr.. Ander-
son, who has secured a like con-
tract this side of Stock creek.
The Bergstorm Bros. have
established camp at the Christ.
Behnen place near Stock creek
and have been hard at work all
this week on a big cut to be
made at that point. They have
a large crew of men at work and
have made quite a hole in the
hill where they were working
this week. At that point a
bridge so feet high and 300 feet
long will be put in and the dirt
now being taken out of the cut is
being used to build the approach
es to the bridge. It is the inten-
ton also to put in another camp
at the 0. P. Fry place as soon
as the men can be secured and
while here the contractors stated
they would use 200 men at each
camp if they could get them.
Mr.. Anderson, who has secur-
ed the contract this side Of Stock
creek, has been busy all week
establishing a permanent camp
at the Simpson place about two
miles north Of town and now has
things in shape to begin active
operations. From his camp he
will work back toward Stock
creek to a connection with the
other contract. His contract
consists of especially heavy
work, mostly rock work, with
some heavy fills, and the first
work he will start on just north
of his camp will be a 80 foot rock
cut, where we can expect to hear
them commence to shoot next
week.
All of this work now contract
ed is Of a heavy nature and the
rapidity with which it will be
completed will depend entirely
on the amount of laborers the
contractors will be able to Sc
cure. The local market will
supply very few and most of the
work will have to be done by
men shipped in from eastern
states.
We understand another camp
will be established at the Albers
place south Of town in a few
days and it is also stated that in
about thirty days a crew will be
put to work here leveling up the
yards in the south end of town
and building the approaches to
the big bridge to be put in across
the creek above the brewery.
This bridge, we understand will
be 60 feet high, 300 feet long
and will take $4,000 feet of
lumber, while the one to be put
in at the Simpson place north of
town will be 80 feet hight and
require 475,OOO feet of timber.
The bridge work, however. will
not he taken up for some time to
come and not until most of the
heavy grade work is completed.
Whether work on the bSidges is
started at all this yearfwill de-
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-18

to be adopted. It seems quite
likely that Hartman intends
to build the river road from
Huntington to Lewiston at an
early date and provide a water
grade to the coast.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-18

August Schroeder was doing
business in the city yesterday
from Keuterville.
Atty. Alyord left Wednesday
for Nezperce and Lewiston to be
gone a couple weeks.
We understand Theodore Toen-
mis- and Jake Matthiesen are on a
trade for each others farms.
A lineman for the Pacific
States telephone company was
in town a couple days this week
repairing the line.
Zio Payne's Oriental novelty
entertainers will appear at the
opera house tomorrow night.
Don't miss seeing them.
John Funke has men at work
on a new well at his place on the
hill and hopes to strike water
before going as deep as he did
with the other well.
Mr.. McGarr, an old friend of
the Lange boys, arrived this
week from Iowa and went out
with Fred and George to the
farm Wednesday to rusticate
awhile.
A subscription list is being cir
culated to raise money for eel
ebration on July 4th and next
week we will perhaps be able to
announce what kind of a celebra-
tion will be put up.
Frank Wright and Mr.. Engel-
horn, of Nezperce, were measur-
ing off the streets Wednesday to
find out how much wire will be
needed for the electric light
plant: Mr.. Wright says he has
already ordered the poles and
will soon have things in shape to
commence work on the system.
Mike Hanley went out the first
of the week to sink a we'll deep
er for j. L. Eckert and informs
us that with two men working
at the windlass the water still
came in so fast that he only
succeeded in lowering the well
four feet in two days and that
eighty gallons of water ran into
the hole one day during the time
he was at dinner. He says the
well is only twenty feet deep and
is one of the finest he has ever
seen. The sand taken from it
had quite a bit OF flour gold in it
and had he been able to reach
bedrock he said he might have
found it in paying quantities.
The marriage. of Howard R.
Mckinley to- Miss Elsie M. Wort
man occurred at high noon We'd
nesday at the home of the brides
parents near Columbus, Rev. L.
E. Henderson officiating. After
the ceremony those present sat
down to an elegant wedding din
ner provided by the brides
mother. Only a few relatives
and friends were present. The
young couple are well and favor
ably known and will reside on
the groom's farm near this place.
The following wedding presents
were received: Bedroom set and
silver knives and forks from
Charlie Workman, uncle of bride;
water set from Mr.. and Mrs.
Chas. Seay; set of China plates
from Mr.. and Mrs. w. L. Wort
man.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-18

A new baby girl arrived at the
home of Glenn Wassmuth near
Greencreek last week.
A fine dance is reported to
have been given at the Bosse
home near Keuterville the first
of the week.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-18
That Grave
Greek Road

AT Meeting Held Saturday Eve
ming it was Decided to Build it
at Once and Work Will Conn
mence Next Week.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-05-18
News Around
The Stale

Items From Various Places Re-
produced for the Benefit of our
Readers-Stories Rehashed from
our Exchanges.
The Washington times., 1906-03-29
BRISTOL FINALLY WINS
AFTER A LONG FIGHT
President Decides to Send in His Name
for U. s. District Attorney
Of Oregon.

President Roosevelt announced this
morning that he would send to the Sem
ate the nomination of W. c. Bristol to
be United States district attorney for
Oregon.
This finally settles the bitter fight
which has been made against Mr.. Bris-
tol. His nomination was sent TO the
Senate short while before Christmas,
but charges OF unprofessionaI conduct
were filed against him by Senator Full
ton on behalf OF certain Oregonians, and
the President had the nomination with
drawn.
The Department of Justice was order
ed TO make a full investigation. After
examining the facts in the case the At
torney General decided that inasmuch
as the alleged unprofessionaI conduct Of
Mr.. Bristol occurred prior to his nomina-
ton that he would let the Oregon Bar
Association pass upon the matter. 1t
appeared. however, that the bar aSso-
citation had made no request to be per-
mitted to investigate the charges. and
that body returned the papers to the
Department of Justice.
After the Oregon Bar Association re-
fused to handle the case, Senator Full
ton and Mr.. Heney. who are not the
best of friends by any meaus called
daily at the White House ana Depart
ment of Justice.
The President and the Attorney Cen
eral made g. careful investigation of the
charges against Mr.. Bristol, and decid-
ed that they were not well founded.
The Washington times., 1906-03-29
Washington's Scant Supply
VIII Send Up Local Prices

Washington is facing the prospect Of
coal strike With sIl the discomforts
and inc9s.s oa.ienceS OF the grear strike
of 1902. and probably more.
with the exception of one large dealer
who said today that the amount of his
supply was private matter the local
dealers frankly admit their present sun
ply is low and, to their knowledge. that
Of every other dealer in Washington
Is the same. AT this time OF year. coal
merchants allow their supply TO run ont
because there is little demand for fl
and today some Of the bins are entirely
exhausted
Washington dealers declare things
look even more serious than four years
ago and give no satisfactory solution
of the problem OF supplying Washing
ton houses with coal. They have not
ordered any large Shipments OF coal
from the North and the time which
remains between now and Saturday
is toe short for any hope of having
orders filed The supply that is now
on hand will have to suff1Ce and Wash
ington may look for a material increase
in prices.
A statement has been issued bv the
operators tha- should the request of
the miners be granted Ii would cost
them Just 2-64 per cent more to mine
ccal, which VIII mean that Just 81 80
more on the ton will be charged the
public.
The Washington times., 1906-03-29
KEYS WITHDRAWS AS
ATTORNEY FOR AETCAlF
Because of Misunderstanding With
Client, Case of Indicted Police
man Is Postponed.

The trial of Charles X Metcalf, form
erly policeman attached 70 the Tenth
precinct, who is indicted for forgery
was brought to an abrupt termination
IN Criminal Court, No. /, today by the
withdrawal of r. $. Keys from further
connection with the case
After q jury had been impaneied
Mr.. Keys asked permission Of the
court TO withdraw because of q misun,
derStanding between him and his client
At this stage of the proceedings Mr..
Metcah addressed the court, stating that
he had employed Mr.. Keys as his coun>
sci. and promised 10 pay him for his
services. He, however, had failed to re-
ceive money which he expected and Mr..
Keys declined to continue as his counsel
Justice Gould after hearing the state
ment of Mr. Keys and his client. per-
mitted the former to withdraw and post
poned the trial to a later day. The court
then appointed Attorneys Emory h
Boglev and Henry l. Quinn to repre-
sent Mr.. Metcalf. and stated he would
allow them reasonable time to prepare
for the defense
The Washington times., 1906-03-29
DROWNING MAN DRAGS
HEROIC DOG WITH HIM

NEW YORK, March 2s.-If Edward
Bewy, thirty years old, an emplOye of
the Hudson county almshouse, had dis
played the presence OF mind shown by a
St Bernard dog which accompanied him
TO the Snake Hill reservoir on the Hack
ensack meadows, he probably would be
alive instead of having been drowned
His body was taken from the reservoir
with his arms clutched tightly around
the neck OF the dog, which had tried 70
rescue him and also was drowned
BeWy was sent to make repairs at the
reservoir, and the dog accompanied him.
The man slipped and fell into the water
The dog jumped after him and. grabbing
his coat collar, tried to swim back 10
shore. Instead Of letting the animal tow
him 10 safety Bewy lost his head and
grabbed it about the neck So tight was
his hold that the dog was drawn under.
The Washington times., 1906-03-29
SAYS ROOSEVELT
IS LIKE NEHE Eh|AH
Pastor Thus Characterizes
President at Conference.
FAREWELL ADDRESS HEARD
Two Presiding Elders in Baltimore Dis
trict Review Work at Close
of Their Terms.

BALTIMORE, March 29.-The I22d ses-
sion of the Baltimore Conference of the
Methodist Episcopal Church began yes
terday at Madison Avenue Church, with
Bishop Luther B. Wilson presiding, and
viii continue daily for a week
The most important feature of the
opening session was the reading of the
farewell letters of the Rev. Dr. c. Her
bert Richardson and the Rev. DR.. H. s.
France, the two presiding elders of the
conference, whose terms of six years
have been completed and who will now
be assigned to pastorates-
DR.. Richardson's address, was pune
tuated with much humor and he out
lined the past six years of his service
IN a most interesting and entertaining
way. DR.. France has been the presid-
ing elder of the First Baltimore district
and IN his farewell address included a
report of what had been accomplished
during his tenure OF office. Much OF
this data covered the raising Of church
debts.
In the afternoon DR.. ]. T. McFar-
land. corresponding secretary of the
Sunday School Union and editor of sew
eral church papers, made an address in
winch NC u9tu INC bioic dS MS text.
During his discourse DIR. Mcfarland
likened President Roosevelt to Nehe-
miah, saying:
When Nehemiah found the mobiles
were expressing and enslaving the poor
people, he figuratively bumped their
heads together. And so is Roosevelt
the modern Nehemiah, humping the
high financiers who are running the
small business men and expressing the
working people. There is an instance
of the lesson OF the Bible as applied tC
our modern conditions
The Washington times., 1906-03-29
Foreigners Were Not
Used TO American
Ways.
TURNED ON WRONG JET
Daughter Finds Unconscious
Forms Of Parents and
Sisters.

PHILADELPHIA. March 2s.-An en-
IRE family Of foreigners. consisting Of
Shaye Weisbein. aged ffty-four wears
the father; Susanna Weisbein. aged
forty-eisht years, the mother. and three
daughters, Cecilia, tWenty-three years.
Sarah, twenty-one years. and Anna
eighteen years. were found overcome
by gas this morning in their apart-
ments on South street above Seventh
Ignorance Of the use OF gas is said
70 nave caused this wholesale as
phyXiatiOn-
Had just Arrived.
WeisbeiE. his wife. and loue daughter
Anna only arrived in this country on
Tuesday last from Austria, having been
brought TO this country BY their other
three daughters. Clara. Cecilia. and
Sarah. who had been here for several
years
Mrs Weisbein and her daughter
Anna were given rear room in which
was a double gas burner for lighting
and heating purposes
In their ignorance OF the workings of
the burners they turned on the wrong
JET allowing the gas TO flow into their
room. Mother and daughter then retired
for the night and as they slept the
deadly vapor soon Overcame them. They
were discovered by the eldest daughter.
Lara who had fortunately gone 10 the
nonsS or relative to sleep
Were Found by Daughter.
She called at the South street house
10 arouse her parents and found them
unconscious Becoming hystericaI Miss
Weisbein rushed from the house tearing
her hair and shrisking for help. Several
policemen rushed into the house and
carried the unconscious forms into the
street, where they were bundled into one
patrol wagon and hurried to the hospi-
tai. Arriving at the institution it was
found that Weisbein was dead and his
body was taken TO the ulorgue. The
mother and three daughters are stin un-
conscious and heroic measures have
been adopted by the physicians in an
effort 10 save their lives
There is little hope OF saving the lives
OF Mrs Weisbein and her daughters
Cecilia and Sarah. Anna whose condi-
tiCn is not so serious has a chance for
her life although she is still unconscious.
The Washington times., 1906-03-29

Winder resolution. providing for the
wage scale IN effect two years ago
was voted down by the joint confer
ence, which adjourned a three-and-a-
haif-hour session yesterday TO meet
again this afternoon and receive the
answer TO the Robbins proposition.
The miners in their separate session
indorsed the action of the Joint scale
committee. The miners adjourned 10
meet the operators this afternoon The
question or what to do with the Rob
bins proposition was not touched upon
until after the motion TO adjourn was
made, when delegate asked about fl.
Your Endorsement of the action of
your joint scale committee leaves that
at the committees discretion" said
Mitchell. in explanation.
President Mitchell announced that
there would be another meeting OF the
miners after the joint scale conference
had finally adjourned
President Mitchell has called a meat
Ing Of the anthracite delegates for
tonight to discuss the anthracite scale
and reply Of President Baer TO the
miners demand.