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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-12
Our Waste of Timber.

By the authority of a vicious
law which is commonly known
as the Timber and Stone Act, "
some 1866 acres of timber
land has been denuded by the
payment of the insignificant sum
of $3.50 an acre. The funds that
have been turned in to the Unit
ed States Treasury by these
transactions amount to about
$13, 091, ,915. According to
figures issued by the Secretary
of the Interior and the General
Land Office the value of this
timber has been something like
$523, ,664, 800. This estimate is
considered to be conservative.
Regularly a bill is introduced
at each session of Congress to re-
peal the Timber and Stone
Act" but the influence of the
spectators who are gradually
stripping the federal lands of it's
valuable timber assets is so great
with certain congressman that
each session sees the bill care
fully smothered by the House
Committee on Public Lands.
In an address before the
graduating class of the Michigan
Agricultural college, George H.
Maxwell, careful student of
the situation, stated that timber
sales during 1905 footed up to
700, 900 acres, which, owing to
the previous failure of Congress
to repeal the "Timbe and Stone
Act, " resulted in a loss to the
government of $68, 8,25O,OOO. At
the late session of Congress the
repeal bill met a similar fate,
with the result that the govern
ment must sustain still greater
losses.
Not only is this loss consider
able, but the actual loss of the
forests is worse Timber q
century old is ruthlessly destroy
ed and the land devastated.
Some day we will need this
timber, which should be carefully
husbanded now, and then our
children and our children's
children will wander at our
carelessness and extravaganza. =
The Prairie Farmer.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-12
Mr.. Johnson
Backs Up
Prominent Boise Republican Can
Not Stand for Machine" Rule
and Joins Independent Party---
Will Support Dubois.

In view Of the fact that re-
publican papers throughout the
state are making much ado over
a few democrats in southeastern
Idaho who have seen fit to desert
their party and join the republi-
can ranks we print the following
extract to show that some re-
publicans also are not satisfied
with the way their party is run
and are deserting to the demo-
Gratis, thus showing that the
much-preached-of republican
harmony" is not all it is said to
be.
Boise, Ida., Sept. 20. Hon. E.
w. Johnson, of Boise, member
of the last Idaho Legislature, in
an interview with The Salt Lake
Tribune representative, in re-
sponse to an inquiry as to his re-
lations with an Independent
movement in Ada county, of
which Boise is the county seat,
said;
Eyes, l am a party to the In
dependent movement now being
inaugurated in Ada county. The
shameful exhibition of the ma
chine gang at Pocatello on
August / has been repeated by
the Ada county Republican con-
vention. It is enough to bring
the blush of shame to any true
American citizen, who is devoted
to the principals of the republi-
can party as outlined by Presi-
dent Roosevelt when he says that
every man shall have a square
deal.
Il have been a resident of
Idaho for nearly a quarter of a
century. l have always believed
in the tenets of the Republican
party, but when it grows so cor
rupt and it's practices become so
vile, l must certainly enter my
individual protest with all the
strength | can command.
It is time in my judgement
to call a halt, when party is so
absolutely controlled by ma
chine, that an American citizen
cannot place his name before a
convention for office without
first having made his peace with
a few accidental leaders, who
have sold their independence to
a church organization which is at
present debating in great
measure the policy of Republi-
canism in this State, and will
continue to do so as long as they
can find allies, who, when elect
ed to Office, will carry out
the wishes of the heads of the
Church of Latter-Day Saints at
Salt Lake City.
Il studied the matter over for
some time before deciding to join
in this movement. Two years
ago there was a desire upon the
part of thousands of good and
true Republicans in this State,
who felt that they should at that
time start a movement to pre-
vent further the encroachments
of the Mormon hierarchy in
Idaho, but we were confronted
at that time with a National
campaign which had at its head
Theodore Roosevelt, whom we all
loved and believed in, and who
had done so much for our coun-
try, that we could not think for
one moment of leaving, for in so
doing there was a possibility of
jeopardizing his chances for be-
coming President. For such
reason and no other, thousands
stood for the Republican stand
ard because of the National
campaign, which swept into
office in this State a machine
which is now so mercilessly rid
ing over the heads of our
splendid citizenship. Two years
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-12
Now Up To
Supreme Court
Legality of the Manner in Which
Meyer, Haywood and Pettibone
We're Secured by Idaho Off
Cials Now Being Tested.

Washington, Oct. 10. The SUI
preme court of the United States
heard argument today in the cas-
es Of Chas. B. Meyer, w. D.
Haywood and George E. Petit
bone, officers and members of the
Western Federation of Miners,
who are in prison in Canyon
county, Idaho, under a charge of
numbering former Governor
Steunenberg, of that state. The
case comes to this court on ap-
peal from the decision of the
Idaho federal court refusing to
grant writs Of habeas corpus.
The case of the prisoners was
presented by E. F. Richardson,
Of Denver, and G. S. Darrow, of
Chicago, and for the state of Id
aho by J. H. Hawley, of Boise.
The principal point in controver-
sy was the method by which the
Idaho authorities secured juris-
diction over the men. All of
them are residents of Colorado
and it was alleged on behalf of
Meyer and his associates that
they were kidnapped in pursuance
of conspiracy to which the gov
ernor of Colorado and the Idaho
authorities were parties, and
hence that jurisdiction was ac-
quired by fraud. The act was
denounced as "a fragrant mall
feasance Of executive duty, from
which right-thinking people turn
with loathing."
Mr.. Hawley contended that
the extradition proceeding has
been entirely regular, and, refer
ring to the reflections upon the
Idaho and Colorado authorities,
said the courts could not afford to
countenance such abuse of high
officials by counsel. He took the
position that even if it were true
that the governor of Colorado
had connived at the removal Of
the federation officials in an ir-
regular way, their remedy was
in an action for damages and
that the status of the prisoners
could not be affected by such
action on the part of the Colora-
do executive.
''These charges of collusion,"
said Mr.. Hawley, are absolutely
groundless. Having demurred,
the prosecution does not admit
the allegations made by the de-
fense. The question of how the
defendants reached Idaho cannot
be a subject of judicial inquiry. !
They are there and the question
is, are they guilty or innocent.
If the proceedings were irregular
the parties abducting them
could be tried for kidnapping or
the defendants could sue for
damages.
In closing Mr.. Hawley told the
court: ''If tide defendants are
they would demand
trial and invoke the assistance of
the courts so that their innocence
could be demonstrated and then
have a remedy against those who
worked the injustice upon them.
A trial of this case could not be
had at the last term of court
with two appeals pending in
the same question that is
here today. Three months ago
we asked the defendants to with
draw those appeals in order that
we could go on with the trial,
but they refused. It was their
right to do so but when they
that right, l cannot sit
still and have it stated by them
that the prosecution was the
cause of their not being tried at
the proper time. AS a chief
counsel of the state l can say
we were absolutely ready then
and we desired to proceed but
could not do it on account of the
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-12
Notice.

The Ladies Republican League
Club is respectfully requested to
meet on Tuesday, Oct. 18th. at
the home of Mrs. G. A. McKin-
ney. MRS. EDITH CRAIG,
President.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-12

tions. Unusual interest was
shown. The questions, except
those Of James McKenna, all
seemed to indicate that the court
will not order the release of
Meyer, Pettibone and Haywood,
but will be willing to take up
habeas corpus proceedings when
the trial in Idaho is concluded.
A party Of about thirty rail-
readers stopped in town Monday
night while enroute to the rail-
road camps between this place
and GrangeviIle.
Mr.. Addison, who has been
running the old Joslin blacksmith
shop for several months past.
has taken up a homestead down
in Rocky canyon and will soon
move his family down there to
reside.
Every voter is asked to care
fully consider the ticket put up
by the recent democratic county
convention. It is a clean, strong
ticket and one well worthy Of
your support.
The railroad crew commenced
work Wednesday with several
teams scraping the dirt up for the
road bed in the Proctor field west
Of town. They will soon make
quite a showing there as the dirt
work progresses much more rapid
ly than rock work.
A number of Cottonwood
people were over last week to
visit friends and take in the Car
nival. Among them were:
Martin ]. Browning, James
Wood, Leo G. Funke, Johnny
Rookie, D. Givens, R. H. Adams,
j. 7. Morrison, ]. L. Upton and
Mr.. and Mrs. Leroy L. Gordon.
Free Press.
Governor Frank r. Gooding
and Colonel Allan Miller, state
immigration agent addressed the
citizens Of Cottonwood on polite
al issues at the Odd Fellow hall
Wednesday evening. Governor
Gooding treated state matters at
lenthg and spoke especially of
things accomplished during his
administration. Both speeches
seemed to meet with the appro-
baton of most of the audience
present. The two gentlemen
left yesterday for Grangeville
where they spoke again last
night.
The railroad work in and near
Cottonwood is progressing nicely
and before bad weather sets in
much Of it will be finished. The
cut around the hill south of the
flour mill is almost finished and
the cut through the hill west of
town is over half completed.
The leveling of the depot site
and the filling in for the road
bed in front Of the Creelman
residence is now under way and
will be completed as rapidly as
possible while the work on other
parts of the grade near town is
being pushed with all possible
Fred Erskine, who surveyed a
couple weeks ago for the water
system here, came over from
Grangeville last Saturday even
ing and met with the city council
but as he had not been able to
complete his report the meeting
was adjourned until next Satur-
day evening, at which time he
will be, able to make a complete
report on the cost of a water sys-
tenn for this place and the city
council can then decide whether
it can afford to tackle the propo-
sition of putting in a municipal
system or if it will be more ad-
visable to interest outside capit-
al.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-12
For Sale.

A good stock boar, nearly 2
years old, red Jersey breed,
JOHN AICHLMAYR.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-12
News Around
The Stale
Items From Various Places Re-
produced for the Benefit of our
Readers-StOrieS Rehashed from
our Exchanges.

The electric lights at Culdesac
were turned on for the first time
Sunday evening.
Deer are reported to be very
plentiful in the Clearwater coun-
ty this year and many are seen
each day.
Ten thousand people are re-
ported to have attended the OPEN
ing of the Lewiston-C Charleston
fair Monday.
A man named Richards Iassed
a calf on Succor creek near
Boise this week and had his
thumb pulled out by the rope
which got a half hitch on the
member.
Patrick McEaven, of Nezperce,
was taken to Lewiston this week
to be tried for insanity. He has
been employed by the Ramey
Lumber company for several
years past.
Deeds for 48,47O acres of
choice timber land in Latah, Nez
Perce, Kootenai and Shoshone
counties were filed at Lewiston
Tuesday by the Monarch Timber
company, recent organization
of that city.
The Northern Pacific railway
company paid $50, 900 for a de-
pot site opposite the court house
at Lewiston Saturday. The
property formerly belonged to
DR.. Boston and the railroad com
pany will build the new depot
for the JOINT road on it.
Ben Brown, the young man
who some time since set fire to
his home and several neighbor-
ing houses in Lewiston and was
later sent to the asylum at Oro-
fino, escaped last week and re-
turned to Lewiston where he
was again taken in charge and
returned to the asylum.
I. Fraters, Spaniard, lost his
life in a well near Boise Satur-
day by having it cave in on him.
After going down about fifty
feet he saw the well was caving
and signalled to be pulled up but
the we'll caved before he could
be taken up and entombed him
alive. A force of men are dig
ging for the body.
Vincent St. John, who was at
one time president of the miners
union in the Coeur d'Alene
country and was arrested for
completely in the Steunenberg
murder and later taken to Colo
RADIO to stand trial for murder
there, has been released by the
Colorado court as no evidence
was introduced to hold him.
The restaurants, lodging hous-
es and bootblacks of Lewiston
all raised their rates during the
fair in anticipation af a harvest
but the fair committee, on learn
ing of the raise, forced them to
drop back to old prices by threat
ening to have their licenses ad-
vanced to more than offset the
temporary gain.
Edgar Yates, a boy balloonist,
fell $50 feet from his balloon at
Grangeville on Thursday after
noon of last week and received
injuries from which it is thought
he cannot recover. After max
ing the ascension the balloon
dropped rapidly and when Yates
cut loose with the parachute he
was so close to the ground that
the parachute did not open and
he dropped to the sidewalk with
great force. He is still in the
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-12
bar Of the statute.

bar of the statute. :,
During the argument every
justice interrupted with ques-
tions. Unusual interest was
shown. The questions, except
those Of James McKenna, all
seemed to indicate that the court
will not order the release of
Meyer, Pettibone and Haywood,
but will be willing to take up
habeas corpus proceedings when
the trial in Idaho is concluded.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-10-12
from this fall another National
struggle will go on.

lantern methods of State manu-
featuring emmissaries. We are
going to support with all oul
power that splendidly equipped
and fearless leader, Judge Stock.
slayer for Governor and the
Hon. Fred T. Dubois for United
States Senator. They stand
squarely upon platform that
can be endorsed by any true
citizen Of this State; they have
both been tried in positions of
the greatest trust and RESPONSE
bility, and the people of Idaho are
not afraid to trust them again.
"'The Independent movement
is growing hourly in Idaho and |
predict that when the votes are
counted in November, there will
be band of astonished candi-
dates buried beneath a deluge of
ballots, welded by an indignant
and outraged people.
Yes, l have been member of
two sessions of the Idaho Legislat-
ure and the blush of shame that
was more than once brought to
the cheeks of the citizens of
our young commonwealth by the
action of the Latter-day Saints,
has, am sorry to say, been shared
by me. I do not wish to go into
detail any further than to
remark that if there is yet the
manhood left in our State that I
believe there is, that it will arise
to high point of patriotism at
the coming election and wipe
this stain from off the escutcheon
of our door.
1--WE are going to ask not only
the citizens of Ada county to join
us in this Independent move
ment, but the entire State. The
movement is on. It cannot be
stopped and all those who are
interested in the outcome of our
fight are watching it with more
than a passing interest. "
Frank M. Roberts, who form
erly edited a neswpaper at Sites,
is visiting in the city.
Mrs. A. L. Creelman and son,
Clifton, and Mrs. Stuart Severns
are taking in the fair at Lewis
ton this week.
Congressman Burton L. French
is billed to speak here next Tues
day evening on political issues
from a republican standpoint.
Mr.. Richel, the new Methodist
who arrived here sever
al days ago with his family, is
now occupying the Methodist
recently finished.
Quite a nice rain visited the
prairie last night and will prove
beneficial to the farmers in put
ting the ground in good shape
for fall plowing, much of which
still remains to be done.
Christ. Behnen, who resides
on the former Lum Yandell place
north of town, pulled out for
parts unknown last week and
has not been heard of since. He
had been operating a threshing
outfit this fall and it is thought
business worries are responsible
for his leaving. While he has
quite number of debts he also
owns good, farm, stock, ma
chinery and complete thresh-
ing outfit and has quite a number
of outstanding accounts for
threshing done this season so
that his financial condition would
hardly be responsible for his
leaving. His home life was
peaceable and no cause aside
from worry over his debts is
known for his going away. He
told his step-daughter he was
going to Grangeville on business
and did not inform his wife as
she had been i'll and he said he
did not want her to worry. It is
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-11-06
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A WEDDING AT FLORENCE.
Mr.. E. D. Smith and Miss Anna Far
80 .'. ley Wed.

Florence, Nov. l.--Mr. Il. ID. Smith,
of Lynchburg, and Miss Anna Farley,
of this city, were happily united in
marriage at the First Prcsbertarian
Church Of this city at 6.30 'clock this
evening, the Rev. Melton Clark pas
tor of the church, officiating.
Mr.. Smith is the we'll known pres
ident of the South Carolina Cotton
Growers Association and is known
throughout the South. He is BROTH
er of Bishop A. Coke Smith, of the
Methodist Church. Miss Farley is one
of our popular young ladies. She
has been teaching in the Florence
city graded school for the past two
years and is greatly esteemed by our
people.
Among the visitors in attendance
upon the wedding here this evening
were the following: Col Harvey Jor-
dan, of Atlanta, president of the
Southern Cotton Growers associa-
ton: Messrs. +. II. Weston and +. II.
Hyatt, Of Columbia; DR., Ray Of Con-
garcc; Mr.. McIver Williamson, OF
Darlington, and Miss Louise Smith,
of Ashevillc, N. c., daughter of Bish-
op \. Coke Smith. The happy couple
left Immediately after the ceremony
for the North on the Atlantic Coast
Line vcstibulcd train. They will be
away for several days on their honey
moon.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-11-06
Politics of Business.

Southern Farm Magazine Of Balti-
more for November
Strongly opposed as we are to the
principle Of government ownership
Of railroads, and convinced that ap-
plication Of the principle would in
,jurc the South immeasurable, know
ing that the farmers Of the South
are most interested in the prosperity
of their section and that they are
most Influential in determining what
policies the South may adopt, we ma
turally appeal to them to prevent the
South from committing itself to n
policy of ruin. There is no reference
to party politics in this, for advocacy
of government ownership of railroads
is confined to no party, and, we hope,
may never become the battle-cry or
any party supposed to represent the
intelligence of the American people.
In our plea we realize that the aver
age mind is inclined to anthropomor-
phism, and, consequently, criticism
of preacher Of the policy is the most
effective kind of criticism of the pol
icy. One may preach against alb
stract evil for a thousand years and
not q move to the mourners' bench.
For the harvest, the individual must
be touched. We may be permitted to
add that though our critic mtimates
that he has discovered our politics, he
leaves one only to conjecture what he
has discovered. So, we beg to state
that while farm paper has no busi-
ness in party politics, its business is
to encourage farmers to turn their
energies upon the politics that makes
for peace, prosperity, progress ana
plenty. And that's our politics. If
in promoting it we happen to r,,n
counter to the politics Of any party,
the fault is the party's.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-11-06

All the worlds q stagc--but the
majority of lis sit in the gallery and
throw things at the performers.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-11-06

Occasionally we hear of a man who
managed to make good by following
his wifc's adivec.
The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-11-06

\ girl likes to be in love just SO
she can say she isn't.
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Ar. Grcenville 1925 p. III.
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Al. Asheville 1880 p. m.
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Ar. Mccormick $40 p. H..
Ar. Augusta 5:25 p. m.
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Thursday and Saturdays ;leave Ashe-
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days.
Note: The above arrivals and de-
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other companies, are given as infor-
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Germany is eating horse. 4 ten.
course dinner of Algerian lion was
served by a Partisan Tartarin, who
basely bought instead Of shooting the
game, says Everybody's Magazine.
Monkey is said to be excellent, with
a faraway flavor of rabbit, but many
diameters more savory. Still monkey
eating is ~cannibalism, if our ances.
tors really were arboreal in their hab,
its.
An English traveller and game bag,
ger in Africa swore that baked ele'
plants foot was a dainty dish to set
before a king-not an African woolly
monarch, but even Edward VII. him
self, who knows something of the re-
finements of artistic cookery and has
an experienced palate. Another Eng
lishman-why is it always an English,
man to whom these original and
courageous tastes are attriDutod?-an
Englishman averred that beacon
strictor, properly cooked, was better
than the best veal. And yet beacon
strictor has no mercy on the calf.
To conclude, la can and does cal
most anything, and in drink lis cour
age is still greater.