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Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-14
NEWSOF NORTHWEST
WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA
and OREGON NEWS items.
A Few Interesting Items Gathered
From Our Exchanges Of the Sur.
rounding Country-Numerous Aeel.
dents and Personal Events Take
PIace-FaIl Trade 10 Good.
IDAHO NEWS.

Matte Dodson, who had the fingers
Of her right hand horribly scalded and
mangled three weeks ago by having
them caught in the mangle at a Lew
iston laundry, has lost all four I'm
gers of her right hand.
Word was received at the peni-
Tertiary recently that Tom Taylor,
released from prison there last Octo-
Der, after serving a long term. is
again in custody at Seattle for the al
legged killing Of a fellow waiter In q
dispute over the division of IS tip
given by the Chinese commissioners
during their recent visit in Seattle.
Arrangements are being made on
an elaborate scale for the dedication
on March q Of the new and hand
some Masonic temple just completed
in Walla Walla city.
The demand for good medium sized
work horses is now greater through
out the Big Bend than 1t has ever
before been since the country was
transformed from a horse range into
a wheat country.
The contract for constructing the
extension Of the Spokane & Inland
electric road from Palouse to Moscow,
a distance Of Is miles, is to be let
within a short time and the road com
pleted this year.
The celebrated divorce case of Ag.
mes Loretta Day versus Millionaire
Rufus Day will take place in Wallace
| William Pannon, G. F. Buckley and
s. M. Minthorn have bought from Miss
Mary Kroh and Mrs. Eva X. Hanna a
$40 acre ranch in the Tammany coun
try for $11,650.
The severest wind in years prevail
ed on Occur d'Alene lake Saturday.
James Banister, a miner at Wallace
recently stepped into an old stope hole
covered by a rotten plank, in the
Standard mine, falling 30 feet. A leg
and several bones were broken and
the man hurt internally to such an ex
tent that death may ensue.
Weiser and vicinity were visited by
a remarkable snowstorm Sunday night
At 9 o'clock Is inches had fallen.
F. NJ. McClain of Clarks Fork says
that a strong effort has been made tc
recover the body Of Ed Schrieb, who
was drowned In the river at Clarks
Fork a few weeks ago. The water be
ing so cold the body has not riser
and all efforts to raise it have proved
futile.
The handsome east wing of the Ida
no State Normal school has been com
pleted at a cost of ,I6,790, giving the
school the best training department Of
any similar institution in the north
west. providing an auditorium with q
seating capacity Of $50 and making
the main building commodious
structure.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-14
OREGON Items.

Thomas Ferguson, Is year old vet
eran, who lived near rnoenix. in Jack
son county, Ore, about ten miles from
Jacksonville. was found lying dead In
his cabin, with pistol wound through
the head. . .-
Owing to dissatisfaction with the
schedule of. wool sale dates recently
announced for eastern Oregon, the ex
ecutive committee Of the Oregon State
Woolgrowers' association has made
out new one, as follows:
Pendleton. May 1928, May 1880.
Heppner. May 24-25, June 7-S, June
21-22.
Condor, May 81, June /. June 27.2s
Shaniko, June Sc, June 1920, July
10-11.
Baker City. June 1926. July 1918
Elgin. July Is.
The sale for the Wallowa county
wool has been set for Elgin instead
Of the town Of Wallowa as previously
set.
William Rice was probably fatally
stabbed by William Hartley in a sa-
loon brawl at Huntington late Sunday
afternoon. Rice is married man, and
was employed in the lumber mills at
Pleasant Valley. Hartley halls from
Salt Lake City.
Colonel L. L. Hawkins. at one time
president of the Ainsworth National
bank Of Portland, died Sunday Of heart
failure. He was IS years old. Colonel
Hawkins was for several years In
structor In civil engineering and
mathematics at the University Of Cali.
fornia.
Fire, caused, 1t is believed. from
cigarettes in the hands of small boys,
destroyed square Of buildings in the
heart of st. John, suburb Of Portland,
last Sunday, doing about $4,000 dam
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-14
WOULD KILL HOPELESS.
9iiI Presented In Iowa Legislature &c
That Effect.

Des Moines, Iowa.-Legalized, com
ouisory murder. for the purpose of end
ing the misery of those in great phys
lcal pain which must prove fatal In
he end and Of preventing the rearing
II children who are hideously de-
formed or hopelessly idiotic, is propos
cd in bill which was framed by DR.
Gregory. who represents Adams coun
ty. and was introduced in the house
by Representative Buckingham.
"A bill for an act requiring phys
tcians to take human life" was the
title Of the proposed measure as read
with startling effect by the head read.
Ing clerk. 1t brought every member
up standing. ''-i
my measure is a humane one," said
DR.. Gregory. What propose for the
relief Of human beings is not more
than you are practicing in the exercise
Of humanity to dumb animals"
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-14
FEARS COAL STRIKE
OPERATORS REJECT ALL PROPO.
sITIoHy OF THE Miners.
Coal earons' Claim II They Raise
Wages They Viii Have to Raise
Price Of Coal and They Claim the
People Cannot Afford the Raise at
This Time.

The propositions of We United Nine
workers of America for readjustment
Of wages and conditions in the an
thracite coal fields, as q whole have
been rejected by the operators. As a
counter proposition the operators sug-
gest that tAe awards made by the an
thracite coal strikes commission. the
principles upon which they are estab-
lished by the commission and the
methods established for carrying out
their findings and awards, shall be con-
|tinued for q further term Of three years
from the LIST day Of April, lsV6. The
present agreement terminates March
31-of this year.
Announcement of the anthracite op-
orators decision and their counter
proposition was made in a long formal
statement which was given out for pub
lication. This statement, which in
cludes the correspondence on the sub
jects at issue between President John
Mitchell o. the United Mineworkers,
acting for the miners, and George F.
Baer, president Of the Philadelphia 4
Reading Coal & Iron company, for the
operators, discusses the miners propo-
sitions in detail. In every instance the
contention is made by the operators
either that conditions in the coalfields
do not warrant the change proposed
by the miners, or that the questions at
issue already have been passed upon
by the strike comr:issiOn.
Cannot Increase Wages.
I'VE can not increase wages with.
out advancing the price Of coal and we
are not willing to advance the price
If COAL" is the reply to the demand
for a general increase in wages.
In conclusion, the statement says:
1T has been our hope, and we trust
the public expectation as we'll, that
the effect of the exhaustive investiga
ton and findings of the distinguished
citizens who constituted the anthracite
strike commission would be to estab
fish just and permanent adjustment
If the relations between the operators
and their employees. Therefore, we re-
ject the suggestion that an entirely
new and untried system should be
made which is only to last one year.
TT is not to tne interest of the EN-
ployers and employees, nor of the pub
lie. to have the mining business as
we'll as the general business and com
fort Of the people seriously disturbed
by these yearly contentious.
Neither the public nor the opera.
tors can stand these progressive and
enormous increases in the cost Of the
production of anthracite coal, followed
necessarily by corresponding increase
In the price. %
1T is peculiarly fortunate, there.
fore that existing conditions have all
been the result of arbitration by third
persons; that neither party can say
that 1t has not had due consideration.
There can be no doubt that the good
Of all concerned will be served best
by adhering to the results thus
reached"
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-14
New York Port Collector.

President Roosevelt has announced
that he would reappoint Nevada stran-
ahan a. collector Of the port OF New
York.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-14
Memorial to pauncefote.

London.-The memorial to the late
Lord Pauncefote, erected by his wife
md her daughters. has been placed al
the head Of the grave Of the deceased
diplomat in East Stoke churchyard
near Newark on Trent. Nottingham.
shire. 1t Is bronze statue represent.
Ing an angel Of peace.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-14
FrIuhtens the Sultan,

Shiek Mahmoud Yohia, the power.
full Arabian rebel whose military ALI.
ance with a number Of the great tribes
In Turkish Arabia. has frightened the
sultan into calling extraordinary meet.
tngs Of his ministry to consider plans
to end the revolt headed by him.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-14
Mother and pauuhters Freeze.

Adelia. Neb.. March 13.-Mrs. Clin.
ton Metz and two daughters, aged 6
and years, were frozen to death dur.
ing the recent storm. They lost their
way In a blizzard that came up and
we're found by neighbors after the
storm.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-14
Heavy SHOWS In Ohio.

Cleveland. Ohio, March 12.-Reports
from Springfield and other towns In
the state say that the Sunday snowfall
reached a depth OF 10 inches. being the
heaviest since the winter Of 1S93.94.
Adams County news. [volume] (Ritzville, Wash.) 1898-1906, 1906-03-14

The quality Of the tobacco raised In
Greece varies greatly; some Of II soils
% low az Q cents, some as high as ~
cents q pound.
The Goodland republic., 1906-01-12
la Blanche.

CBy J. B. Moore, Your Uncle Full
Ier.)
Oh. rats. don't ask US about the
ghost.
We are sorry our neighbOr, B. J.
Horton, has really sold out But glad
to note he got the pair price of SIS
per acre for his 100.
W. Hargraves has just completed a
nine-windOw hen house. When the
snow goes of and the wind lays
he'll have eggs.
It's a little like the good old days"
when three gets to settling on one
claim Joe Veslfk thinks he has the
lead, c. W. Allen a cinch, and the
other, Charles Harper, a chance at
the same school quarter.
Hard freezing caused a crevice to
open in ". Hargrayes' irrigation re-
servOir last Friday and flooded his
back yard, then started around for
his front door. He had to stopper
pretty quick
J. W Guttshale Of eastern Kansas,
with a family Of nine persons and
ten horses, expects to move to his
$50 this month to build and COM
mence to break il all out As there
is only a hairs breadth between his
land and mine, your Uncle Fuller
- 4p against II A4nE 6LcLoo - DlA
the other side.)
Does it indicate from the raw un-
healed sores on the back side Of
George YOrk's neck, etc, and J. B.
MOOre's left forearm and right hind
leg, that there is tuberculosis in their
systems2 It's about the time o. year
for GUlick's yearly quarantine, any
how
Johnny Jones Of KanOradO's ele-
vatOr, rode over our neighbOrhOOd
last Friday to inform those having
cane seed, ne would buy a carload at
Ruleton Monday and Tuesday. Say,
boys that is a shame, we are not in
to RuletOn yet with our phones Ev-
cry station in the county is ahead Of
US have my wire, poles and phone.
Who viii be the next2
The Goodland republic., 1906-01-12
EEWT HALL HAS BUFFAL0ES
ROCKEFELLER SENDS THEM
WITH NEW YEARS GREETING.
Two Carloads OF the Shaggy Breed
Now on the Big BelYidere
Ranch.

Newt Hall, formerly Of Sherman
county, and well known in northwest
Kansas, but who left a few months
ago to manage the Frank Rockefeller
ranch at Belvfdere, Kiowa county,
Kansas, now has a small bunch OF
buhalOes under his care besides the
500 registered Herefords and Short
horns that are kept on that mans
Kansas farm
J. NJ. Jones, who is visiting Hall
and who is an old time acquaintance
Of ParsOn Stewart when the latter
lived and homesteaded land in Chey-
enne county on the creek Of the south
fork Of the Republican, last week
wrote a letter TO this paper from Bel
videre, saying that Mr.. Rockefeller
had recently shipped in two cars Of
tufalOes, which will remind Newt Of
the good old days when he saw that
hardy race claiming these settled prai-
ries as their home
Jones says January 1 was a day Of
excitement on the ranch and at Belvi-
dere, because that was the day that
Hall received a telegram from Frank
Rockefeller telling him to meet the
Santa Fe passenger train with four
riders and saddle horses and receive
two carloads Of buffaloes. When the
train pulled in, there they were,
eighteen Of the shaggy and wonderful
breed, all Grated in two cars Four
horses that had been with the buffa-
lOes four years. and which know how
to turn" them, were sent along
These buffalOes were purchased iE
person by Frank Rockefeller, who at
tended the sale, held in South Dakota
recently. The brother OF John D.
bought the whole herd and shipped
TO Hall as a New Years greeting. The
animals viii be turned out in the
Rockefeller Soldier Creek Park" at
Belvidere, where the Sherman county
pioneer will look after the welfare Of
this little remnant Of a fast disappear
ing race.
It goes without saying that if
Sherman county man should happen
to find himself IN the vicinity Of Bel
videre and should stop at the Rookie
felIer ranch, he would be received in
the right kind Of fashion. 1t would
be like attending a gOOd-sized show to
stop there, where, besides looking
upon some Of the fanciest bloOded cat
tie in the state one could also admire
and study the American buffalo.
Mr. Hall. who is general manager
Of the ranch, has seventeen men
working under him, and is pleased
with his situation and surroundings.
The Goodland republic., 1906-01-12
END COMES TO REV. DENNEY.
Father Of Conductor Ed Denney-
Formerly Lived Here

The FairbuTy Daily News Of Janu-
ary ,, chronicles the death Of Rev. J.
c. Denney, father Of Conductor Ed
Denney, at his home IN Fairbury on
January 1. Mr. Denney was q suf-
ferer for several weeks before the
end came He was in his 18th year.
The Daily News gives the following
sketch Of Rev. Denney:
James c. Denney was born June 29,
1929, in Preble county, Ohio, died
January 1, 1906. Was first married
10 Sarah Jane Wickersham, and to
this union were born four children, OF
which c. H Denney only survives
Afterwards married to Eliza Ann
HOckett and from this union six boys
and one girl survive. The surviving
children are c. H Denney OF Fair
bury, E J. Denney Of Colorado
Springs, J. E Denney Of ArgO, Colo,
J. G Denney Of Lawrence, Neb-, F.
W Denney Of Daykin, Neb., Dollie
Dye Of Topeka, Kan, ". A Denney
Of EnOsdale, Kan, and F. B. Denney
Of Topeka, Kan
He was for many years an ordained
minister in the Friends church. He
came to Lee county, Iowa, when but
a boy, where he resided until 1881,
when he removed to Eureka precinct,
Jefferson county, where he lived nine
years, selling his farm and going to
Sherman county, Kansas removed
from thence to Washington county,
three miles north Of Haddam in 1898,
and in 1905 removed to Fairbury,
spending most Of the past summer in
visiting his children
He was the oldest son Of a family
Of eleven. He leaves surviving him in
addition to his wife and children, a
sister, Susannah ThOrnburg Of West
ern, Neb-, Mary E Cowgirl Of Clarks,
Neb., and Ellen Harold Of Carleton,
Neb-, and two brothers, Frank and
Eli Denney, both Of Lee county, Ia
His brother, Joseph, two years young
er than he, having died on the 18th
Of December, 1905
Four years ago he accidentally fell,
striking his right side on the corner
OF a box, which caused him great pain
and a long spell OF sickness, from the
effect Of which he never entirely re-
covered. He has for the past year
been failing and took to his bed on
Wednesday. the 29th Of November,
1905, saying that that would be his
last sickness.
The Goodland republic., 1906-01-12
FIGHT OF COYOTE AND DOGS.
One Lone Prairie Wolf Against Sew
eFaI Wei Fed Dogs

A crowd OF men and boys gather
ed at the GOodland Athletic park at
10 O'Clock Friday forenoon to see a
coyote fight several dogs all at once
II was a kind Of Mexican bull fight
in VOLTS clothing The result is, the
wolf is dead, c. B. Ryckman has a
lacerated hand, and another man has
a bitten toe
The coyote was mot in it, because
OF being hemmed in BY a high board
fence Of a twO-acre patch, Outnum-
bered, and public sentiment against
him When he was being turned
loose, the wolf used the weapons
nature had given him for fight, and
bit one Of c. B. Ryckman's hands
pretty severely That was first blood
When he was let go, the wolf tried
climbing fences, but with little sue
cess Two pups were sent after him,
but they wouldn't do anything, and
meanwhile the wolf commenced play
ing with the grandstand now full Of
people He jumped up at one corner
to get out and a man kicked him, the
wolf grabbing the prOffered toes and
hung on, swinging in the air with the
man trying his best to shake him
At this point Of the fight, several
greyhOunds were set loose upon the
coyote who sUccumbed to the newt
able in the life and death encounter
The wolf did not have a square deal"
One man remarked that a jack rab-
bit chase would have been better.
The coyote fought a FitzsimmOns
fght-he lost But everything de-
pends on conditions The coyote may
have been nearly starved to death be-
fore the contest commenced. The
dogs all along may have been served
to a football diet A fair test
would have been, one weII-fed dog
against one weIl-fed wolf. In that
case the conditions would have been
equal Perhaps, also, the individual
coyote may have been under the doc
tors care
The Goodland republic., 1906-01-12
Bird City.

On Tuesday last Bird City and
country was enwrapped
in a fine white robe Of dOwny snow,
but on Wednesday the wind rose and
blew it into drifts.
Andrew Weesner died at his home
three miles northeast OF town, at
1870 o'clock Sunday, January Z. Mr..
Weesner has ben confined to his bed
with rheumatism for a long time, but
pneumonia set in and caused his
death Mr.. Weesner was one Of the
pioneer settlers Of this part Of the
country, and will be greatly missed
by his family and large circle Of
friends, who mourn his departure.
Several OF the Birds went out to
Ed Grams Busy Bee meeting last
Saturday evening
Those present at the masquerade
ball on December 80 report a fine
time. We suppose they had it We
were not present
Miss LOttie Brewer returned from
her two weeks visit at her old home,
Clay Center, last Thursday afternoon
We missed Miss Brewer while she was
absent, and we are glad to see her
back again.
Miss LYDIA Johnson visited at the
home OF Miss Elizabeth Little last
Friday evening
BIr. and Mrs. J. W Little went to
St Francis last Monday
Sunny jim
The Goodland republic., 1906-01-12
THE 1IEDICs an COLBY.
western Kansas Medical Sociefy Holds
Banquet and Business Session


The Western Kansas Medical So
ciety, which was organized about two
months ago. held a banquet and busi-
ness session at Colby on Tuesday.
According to Drs. Carmichael and
Gulick, who attended from GOOdland,
the meeting was a most enjoyable and
well attended affair A tempting ban
quet was arranged by Drs- Eddy and
Beaver OF Colby, to which the hungry
disciples Of Aesculapius did ample JUS
tice- The wives OF some OF the ply
sicians were present, and a very pleas
ant social hour was spent
After the banquet the order Of busi-
ness Of the society was taken up, Mr.
Parrott, with his characteristic hOspi-
tality, giving the medics uninterrupted
possession Of the hotel parlors- Much
interest was taken in the business and
various discussions, and the time slip
ped away so rapidly that the trains
for the various points arrived before
the entire program was rendered, and
many Of those in attendance were re-
luCtantly forced to leave
A vote Of thanks was rendered to
Drs. Eddy and Beaver for the splen-
did banquet, and every one agreed
that the chef Of the Opelt was "On to
his job"
The next meeting. set for the sec
Ond Wednesday in April, Will be held
at Oakley
The Goodland republic., 1906-01-12
RHINE ASSOCIATION ELECTS.
Old Officers OF the Dairy Association
Put Back in Onice.

Old Officers OF the Dairy Association
Put Back in Office.
There was a meeting OF the Rhine
Dairy association at the COrkill school
house, nine miles northwest Of Good
land, Monday night, with the result
that the old officers Of the association
were again put back in Office for an
other year: They are, W. 3. Garfield,
president; Fred Hurd, treasurer; J.
A. COrkiIl, secretary.
A dividend was also declared, which
amounted to so cents for every S25
share, or an annual per cent divi-
dend- This is a small dividend. in
comparison with some other years.
which have paid all the way from 8
to 10 per cent, but it has been largely
owing to the fact that the dairy busi-
ness has not been pushed during the
last year Times have been easy -
and the farmers have not MIXED so
strenuOusly as they used to- The big
crops Of wheat and other kinds Of
feed and grain have consumed much
Of their labor, and there's more money
in this kind Of pursuit
However, the Continental Creamery
company purposes to encourage the
farmers Of the county to do a greater
dairy business next year. Mr.. Cain,
manager OF the COnunentals business
in this part Of the state, was present
at the Rhine meeting, and expressed
much satisfaction az what Sherman
county had already done in the dairy
industry, and added that his company
would make especial efforts in this
particular part Of the state the com
ing season to increase the milk and
cream output Of Sherman county
farms.
The Goodland republic., 1906-01-12
ROCK ISLAND DOING THINGS
SEVENTY CARS OF STEEL RAILS
CONSIGNED TO GOODLAND.
To Be Put in on Road From GOodland
to Colorado Springs In Early
Spring

Seventy carloads OF heavy steel rails
have bene assigned to Goodland BY
the Rock Island company for use in
the early spring. The heavy rails VIII
be laid from GOodland to Colorado
Springs so that the heaviest locOmo-
tives may be used for service on the
west end OF the division Several
years ago the company laid the heavy
steel rails on the east side Of this df-
vision and past GOOdland for q short
distance, and this seventy car ship
ment is to cover the remainder Of the
track to Colorado Springs. The track
west Of here is not sufhCient-to hold
the largest engines that are used, and
consequently smaller trains are doing
the work west, but when the new i'm
prOvements are made heavier trains
and larger engines viii be put in serv-
ice there also. With the laying OF the
new rails, the track viii be bailasted
at the same time.
If the Rock Island had its own
track from Limon to Denver, with
these heavier rails and ballasting, the
time could be shortened one hour. The
larger class Of engines would then pull
the heavy passenger trains
The improvements now going on
and those contemplated. GOOdland IS
becoming more and more an newt
able fixture in the great organization
or economic condition Of the Rock Is
land 1t is intimated that ten new
stalls viii be added to the round house
here in the spring They are unable
to house all the engines used. This
has been the case here for some time
and has been reported to hadquartrs.
The enlargement Of the yard capa-
city and the new coal chute is a sub
stantial Improvement and points to
the increasing Importance Of this
place as a division Of the road.
The Goodland republic., 1906-01-12
New Elevator Commenced.

Excavation for the new elevator
began on Monday, and the digging Of
the pit will be completed by Satur-
day. The elevation above foundation
will be, studding 20 feet, cupOla IA
feet, and from the bottom Of the pit
to the peak Of the roof viii be 40
feet. The building viii be % feet
square, and the Office and engine room
IOx1O feet each. The storage capa-
city will be between 5000 and TO-
600 bushels. It is expected that the
elevator will be ready for business by
March / What the town and cOun-
ty needs now is a good Touring mill
1t will come soon. without doubt and
will Ill a long felt want