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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-17
ELK CITY'S OUTLOOK.
E. E. Espey Tells Lewiston Tribune the
Camp Wds Never Better.

Lewiston Tribune: E.E. Espey
returned yesterday to Elk City
after spending two weeks here
looking after business. matters.
Mr.. Espey is interested in the
South Fork group in the Elk dis
trict and states that the property
is showing up some fine ore.
Owing to not having things
properly arranged at the mine
for carrying on the work under
the unfavorable weather condi-
tions now existing at the camp,
Mr.. Espey says that only small
force will be kept at work this
winter. Additional facilities,
however, are being supplied and
next season headway will be made
on the development work.
The bonding of the Buster mine
Dy superintendent Bradley, of the
Bunker Hill and Sullivan in the
Coeur d. Alene, is creating a
great deal of interest in the camp
as it is expected that under Mr..
Bradley's management a large
amount of machinery will be in
stalled at the mine later on which
will result in great activity at the
camp. A force Of twenty men is
now engaged on the property and
it is understood that if the mine
makes as good showing as is ex-
pected the machinery will be in
stalled within a short time.
Mr.. Espey says things are look
ing bright for the camp and he
expects a lively season next year.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-17

If you're hungry, just remem-
ber Elk City has a new lunch
room. You will be satisfied if
you call on Heath.
Deputy Sheriff w. w. Black
burn left Grangeville last Satur-
day for Reno, Nevada, to bring
back Harry Shissler, who was
captured there last week.
c. H. Natwick, who has been
constructing the big flume on the
Twin Butte property, left Thurs
day afternoon for Lewiston. AS
there was no stage out, on ac-
count of the high water, Mr..
Natwick started to walk to Sites.
When he returns next week he
will take up his residence for the
winter on the Providence.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-17
Umatilld Doing Well.

Fred Long, manager for the Umatilla
company, whose property is in the Oro-
grande district, was in Elk over night
Wednesday on business. Mr.. Long re-
ported they had a splendid showing on
the property, and will in a short time
make big addition to their working
force.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-17
Hotel Arrivals.

Elk Hotel-R. S. White. Hump; R.
A. Sylvester, American River; w. G..
Litchfeld, City; Leslie Belor, City; D,
H. Higdon, Sites; ]. H. Lamb, Sites
E. S. Davis, Sites; Mrs. ]. M. Eakin,
Dixie; c. L. Straight; H. M. Coder,
Grangeville; j. E. Brown; Glen Lamb
Sites; Chas. Whipple., Orogrande; c.
W.. Everts, Orogrande; w. E. Chris.
man, Frank Cowling,r Byron Scott
Walter Scott, D. G Brawner, Chas
Tiedeman, all of Golden Rule Mine
Fred Long, Orogrande; C. H. Natwick
Orogrande; l. D. Maxwell, Thunder
Mountain; Henry Brundige, Red River
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-17

LOW GRADE MINES
More Inviting to Capital Than the
Rich Ore Bodies.
SOME MINES THAT PAY
The Homestake and the Mercur Pay Big
Dividends on 81 Ore.

There is something fascinating
about high grade ores, says the
Mining Review, something that
appeals strongly to a certain class
of people, and which leads them
to invest in a "rich mine" rather
than in a proposition where the
mineral is of low grade. This in
clination on the part of tile
masses of the people is excusable,
and is generally due to their
ignorance as to what, in a major
ity of cases, really constitutes a
big mine. The glitter of gold
excites nearly every instinct and
emotion of the human east;love
of wealth and power, cupidity,
envy, and jealousy, and many
men will go fairly wild over a
small piece of ore in which gold
is plainly visible to the naked
eye.
And yet it is generally the case
that sensationally rich ore exists
only in small veins, shoots and
pockets, and the experienced
mining man, while pleased with
such specimens, and merely be-
cause they are the concentration
of what we all are striving for,
will tell you that he prefers
large volume of low grade or
milling" ore to small veins or
deposits of extremely high grade
mineral, and for the reason that
the low grade mine holds out
promises of greater wealth,
greater productiveness and great
er permanency than does the con-
centrated zones of mineral of
much higher grade; and he will
also tell you that heavy capital
will hesitate long Before invest
ing in a prospect in which high
grade ore is exposed while it will
jump at the chance to get into a
low grade proposition where there
is every evidence Of enormous
bodies of this class of mineral and
where there is every indication
of permanency.
Nearly all of the great mines
of the west are productive of low
grade ore, interspersed with
zones of greater enrichment,
while the really noted mines pro-
ductive throughout of sensation
ally rich ore, are few and scat
tered. Many wonderful fortunes
have been the outcome of low
grade mines. For instance the
great Homestake mine has just
declared its 393d dividend of fifty
cents a share. or $109, 200, max
ing a total to date Of SIS, ,315, $50;
the princely fortune has been paid
out IF ore running less than 81 to
the ton in the gold contents. The
Mercur mine, of Utah, has paid
SO, 200, 600 in dividends, and the
average of its ore does not exceed
$4 to the ton, and many instances
of a similar nature could be re-
ferred to were space to permit.
Operations in the workings of a
high grade mine are necessarily
limited. With such producer
the values are usually confined
between narrow walls and but
few men can be employed in de-
velopment and ore extraction. 1t
is often the case that the amount
of waste that must of necessity,
be taken down with the pay ore.
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-17
A REAL HARD STORM
This Section Has the Heaviest Rain
in Its History.
MAILS WERE SHUT OFF
No Outside News for Three Days---AIl
Mountain Streams Swollen.

Owing to very heavy rains the
past week, which swel}ed the
small mountain streams to great
rivers' Elk City and the entire
mountain country in this portion
of Idaho was for several days cut
off from communication with the
outside world. AS the News
goes to press the customary trans
portation facilities to points out
side are not yet in use. The last
stage left Tuesday. Wednesday
there was no mail either way.
Thursday noon Roy Leeper ar
rived by pack horse with the first
letter mail since Monday. 1t is
not known how long it will be be-
fore second-class mail can be
brought through. The bridges
on Newsome creek were washed
out by the flood, and all crossings
of that stream from now until
the water subsidies will be made
by the drivers swimming their
horses.
All this trouble and inconven-
iehce IS due directly to heavy
rain storms, storms which for
duration and amount of precipi-
tation, the oldest settlers claim,
were the greatest in the history
of this district. The storm seems
to have been record-b breaker to
every man in the camp, and that
is saying a good deal for the
storm, for nearly every state in
the union is represented here.
About two weeks ago the usual
fall rains started, and they were
no joke. Last Sunday gave us a
clear, bright day, and then, Sun
day night Jupiter Pluvious began
to marshal his forces for the last
onslaught, and for so hours, from
Monday afternoon at a O'Clock
until Wednesday evening at six
o'clock, the one thought upper
most in the mind of every inhabi.
tant was that it was raining.
And it rained hard, too. There
wasn't a drizzle of five minutes
in the whole job. 1t came down
in sheets and kept at it so long
that chickens were compelled to
leave their warm, dry places in
the sheds and rustic for grub in
the rain. If it had kept up much
longer they would all been grow
Ing web feet. Nobody knows
how much water fell. Forest
Leeper undertook to keep a re-
cord by setting a kerosene barrel
out with the bunghole up, but he
lost so much sleep emptying the
thing that he gave it up. Frank
Thornton reports the greatest
damage out Dixie way was done
at the Finley home, the sauer-
kraut ranch. Mr.. Finley and the
hired man had washed out lot
of kegs and set them out to dry.
Both bungholes were open, but
the rain poured in the upper holes
SO fast that the outlet conldn't
relieve the kegs, and in the morn
ings the kegs had busted. Mr..
Finley heard the hoops snap, but
thought it was the blasts in that
hard rock in the Comstock mine.
Much Damage Was Done.
Roy Leeper, who brought the
first mail in from the outside, re-
ported the road in very bad con-
dition. Many dead trees had fall
les across it, it was badly washed
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-17
OYSTERS.

Oysters prepared any old style
and any new style, day or night,
at,Heath's lunch room, in Min
er's saloon.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1906-11-17

MACHINERY FOR SALE-Blake
rock crusher, 40 ton capacity;
2. ore gates; 2 ore feeders; 8 turn.
ing sheets. Used two weeks.
Price is reasonable. Enquire at
Mining News.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-04
BIJou-"My Wlfe's Family"

My Wife's Family at the Bijou this
week, is a typical warm" 'wsa ther, end-of-
the-season attraction. 1t is farce pune
tuated by few musical numbers and
vaudeville stunts. 4 # one wishes to go
nowhere In particular, and is in no hurry
to get there, the show Is the thing to
do 1t. s.e. .
AS In the family mix-up farces Of the
last two generations, the action centers
on the making and officious
mother-ln-law, who butts at any and
all opportunities. Son-in-law gets tangled
with a fairy and SO there is farce The
comedy is Of the order where a piano
tuner Is taken for a doctor. Hubby asks
about the condition of his wife and the
fake doctor replies concerning the con-
dltion OF broken down plano he has just
inspected, and concluded by advising
hubby to 'revarnish her legs" Hubby
gets the can Of varnish, and the timely
arrival of the curtain is all that prevents
a scene. 3 f5zs ,sl-i =
The family antics are amusing, tho and
the performance rolls @merrily along, to
the delight of the audience. Ed E. Perry
as Doc Knott, the piano tuner, is anus
Ing. He is comedian OF considerable
ability, and conspicuous in his present
company Lorraine Keene as Dolly
White an actress, is good looking and
shows some skill in situations. The vau-
deville stunts that are injected into the
program are not new or startling, but
amuse The piece will run the week,
with matinees : s.,
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-04

cradle outings and carriage drives to
the points of interest about the twin,
cities and quite as many little social.
gatherings at the different hotels. The
old capitol was open and thousands Of
visitors focked there to see the ex-
hibits. Is q
In the afternoon the vesper service at
the armory attracted the delegates. Mrs.
Minneapolis gave two cello numbers.
Mrs. Coonley Ward of Chicago deliv-
cred the address, in which she asked the
women to be tolerant of the views Of
others. In the evening Professor S. II.
Clark of the University of Chicago read
from the book of Job, bringing it out al
a great drama.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-04

Netherlands BID Day.

1t was real park weather day yester-
day, and the people; fairly swarmed to
Wonderland, the attendance Of Memorial
day, $4,000, being 5approXimated. few
drops of rain fell late in the afternoon
and some hundreds rushed for the street.
cars, but with this exception the day was
perfect turnout. Itt5was the first day Of
the summer in reality, when people were
driven out doors. The vendors of cold
drinks had a harvest, and ladies were
without hats on the promenade in the
evening -.
All the amusement features had about
all the patronage they could take care of,
The new Johnstown flood spectacle, was
especially popular. Mathiessen looped the
loop both afternoon and evening" closing
his engagement. Davenport on the high
wire, gave very clever exhibition. One
of his feats, riding a bicycle illumina ted
with colored lights, was especially spec
tacular. The Lavallees, acrobats, did not
appear for some reason, but are an
nounced for today. Another act was sub
stituted the performance on the revolv-
ing trapeze by Hilton, which was a very
clever act.
The streetcar; service. from the Mime
apolis end was thoroly satisfactory. but
there was lack Of cars coming from ST.
Paul. and the people had long waits along
the line.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-04
= German "a TYNE.

Senator German Of Maryland was a
type ofs4the boss politician whose fea-
lures became SO familiar to the Amer
lean people in the postbellum period
from the. eighties to the opening of the
new century. He had valuable. train
ing for the role he was to play. On the
floor Of the senate as page in his boy
hood, appointed to a lucrative Office in
the revenue service, losing that as the
consequence of belongingat the minor
ity party, transplanted at last as the
result Of many patient moves on the
there with the well-wrought-out, con-
viction that he came as wheel in a
machine Had he not "lost his job'
when the republicans were, the most
numerous, and should not republicans
lose theirs when the democrats were
the most numerous7 The. doctrine of
the victor and. the spoils had it's en-
bodiment in German. ..,.. -.
But Mr.. German was not merely a
dem any more than Platt is merely
q Tepup11Cdu. hoy "pOCu UC1ouRCo u
an inner circle whieh~etook-~ in certain
democrats and certain republicans. II
is the circle which the Einterests Z
dominates. His residence within this
circle explains why German, democrat
Of the democrats. deserted his chief
and butchered the democratic tariff
bill in 1898. He had heard from his
real constituents. This attempt Of the
democratic party to remake the tariff
gave clear view of the fact that the
high protectionist crowd did not trust
it's future all to one party. It hat
| friends in both places. German was. al
the height Of his POLITICAL nfnenc'
| when he succeeded IN 80 emascuIatins
the Wilson tariff bill that sGrove,
Cleveland disdained SO sign it, Hi
political fortunes were at the loves
ebb when, trying to-. steer between
Bryan and Cleveland in 1896, he wa
rammed by both and went under. Hi
temperance as; senator some year,
later was nnimportant, His mastery O
the situation. was gone. The polite
Of the country had taken on a neF
phase. A king had arisen who knew
mot Joseph. . Is .s5.,e, GS,ss,4g+
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-04
. ADJUSTMENTS
etropolItan-"The Great Ruby"

" ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Great Ruby"
It was royal welcome that Minneapo-
lis theatergoers extended to the Ferris
stock company yesterday in the first two
performances Of The Great Ruby" the
openuing bill Of a twelve-week summer
stock engagement at the Metropolitan
theater. At both matinee and evening
performances the house was packed, and
the first appearance Of each of the old
Ferris favorltes was the signal for long
and loud applause There was a profu-:
sion of floral offerings, repeated curtain.
calls a. characteristic speech by Dick
Ferris, enthusiastically received, and
many other indications that absence had
but made local hearts grow fonder. ~
THE Great~ Ruby is. asMorthy- vehicle
for the company's first appearance. It is
a melodrama Of the higher class, and is
one of exceptional strength. The interest
is sustained thruout the five long acts,
and what with three distinct love stories
| and enough dramatic Incidents to keep
| the auditor. in interested suspense as to
what is going to happen next, there is not
a dull moment.
| Convincing realism is introduced in the
| appearance on the stage Of two automo
| biTes, a saddle horse, a four-horse coach
carrying a merry coaching party, and a
full-f1edged inflated balloon, in which,
after 1t ascends above the clouds, there
occurs a most sensational fight between
Prince Kassim and Morris LonBman, the
leader of the diamond gang. This latter
incident is one Of the best illusions ever
1seen-on aslocat stage -. "se
The sumptuousness and entire ade-
Equacy with which Mr.. Ferris has staged
and .costumed the play and the cleverness
/ of the mechanical contrivances prevent It
from appearing unreal, and make out of 1t
Ia production equal, If not superior, to the
original Augustin DAILY production. ,s
\ , Florence Stone Is seen in the comedy
role Of Lady Garnet. and altho comedy Is
not her forte, she is sweetly captivating
in her many ravishing gowns, and plays
1.-THE part with finish and with a subtlety
not before noticeable in her comedy work.
4 Byron Beasley. an old favorite, as
i Prince Kassim. does not have a large part,
but his conception is consistent and
strong. Lewis Stone. always artistic,
plays the,'"heayy' with quiet strength
and mastery Of detail that is wonder
fully convincing, His work in. the part is
strongly reminiscent Of Kyrle Bellew in
'Raffles.'' s.s x553<
4 William Murdoch pleased his many
Minneapolis friends In his characterize
4 ton of James Breet sof Scotland yard
Charles Rur1iham and Leslie Morosco in
charactsr parts were we'll received by old
Followers. H s 80
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-04

Of the question, according to the report
Of the child labor committee, which
was given today to the General Fed
Grafton of Women S Clubs by the chair
man, Mrs. A. o. Granger of Carriers
vile, Ga.
" The report was review of the work
for the past two years and touched on
states for the protection of the child
laborer. Some declarations had nothing
to report; other states told of compul-
sorry school laws, juvenile courts, pro:
baton officers, factory inspection, all
of which touch the child labor ques-
tion very closely. 49,.
Massachusetts already has a regu-
lation concerning street trades for chill
dren and the right to sell papers,
black boots or act as messenger boy
is obtained thru a school committee.
Many children would rather be on the
streets than in school, and the street
is school of evil. A compulsory law
should keep them in school, not until
certain age, but until they have at
perhaps gone thru the sixth grade.
/ Millowners of the south. who are sup
posed to be such ogres in regard to
the child-labor problem. need workers
who are intelligent and have trained
minds, according to Mrs. Granger. The
work of the tiny children is expensive,
on machinery, and owners who wish to
do fine work cannot employ them. But
many work on machine that manu-
features coarse goods. The good mill
owner, she says, must be aided by a
law which shall forbid child labor un-
der IA years of age unless the child is
the sole dependence of a widowed
| mother and has the required amount
of education. . All night work. should
be forbidden under 16 years of age.
In several states there is no need of
altering the present laws, but it is nee
essary everywhere for women to be on
, made which will nullify the provisions
of the law. 4 5sz-4-ss7
The northwest has not the serious in
dustrial problem that confronts the
south and east The women of South
Dakota have already taken steps to
! prevent the employment of children In
the new mica min in the Black Hills
ing more than eight hours day; Ohio
has centered it's energies on an indus
trial school for girls; Connecticut has
raised the age of illiteracy. to 16 years
| and wants a woman on the board Oh
factory inspectors. Raising the school
age in Utah is equal to child-labol
| law.
"We have the power Of molding pub
lie opinion" concluded Mrs. Granger
ESQ that It will be our fault if every
manufacturer does not soon become un,
able and unwilling to make dividends
from the lives Of little children.
"a The report was supplemented with an
earnest, talk by Owen A. Lovejoy OF
New York, who took the plaee$of John
Spargo, who was unable to be present
He IS a member of. the national child
labor commission, and he reminded the
women. that they had duty in. this
question and they must do it.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-04

Leila Shaw shared the honors and the
flowers with Florence Stone. Her work
as the countess was finished and compell-
Ing, and showed improvement over her
past efforts here. Jane Elton, new
woman In the company won popular APP
prevail by her portrayal. Of the hotel
cashier ca Her work showed originality and
experience. CARRIE Clarke Warde did
clever CHARACTER bits. Blanche douglass
played an irigenle part pleasingly, Har-
rington Reynolds played Sir John, a
thankless part, in way that promises
better things, and Cha rles sBalzar was an
acceptable Captain, Dalrymple. These
capable people, supported by number OF
extra people, some Of whom are familiar
TO local audiences, form an exceptionally
we'll balanced company and one that ac-
ceptaply presents this really great pro-
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-06-04
THE LITERARY CLUBS.
Mother Club Of All, Says Mrs. William
Thayer Brown.

+ "The literary club is the mother
club,' said Mrs. William Thayer Brown
Of East Orange, n. j., chairman of the
literature committee, before the club
women IS convention today. -
cit was formed in early days for So
cial companionship as we'll as self-cul-
ture and has only followed the law of
evolution in increasing in numbers and
usefulness. While the study of itera-
ture is still the avowed object Of a
great majority Of clubs there has de-
veloped a desire for altruistic work,
which could never have been so potent
without the preparation and study that
had gone before.
GA knowledge Of nature and ma.
lures laws, a study Of the human soul
with it's ideals, aspirations, temptations
and limitations must be reached before
there can be a sympathetic understand
ing of conditions and effective work in
philanthropy and reform. Altho this is
an age of books the present tendency
is not literary, but rather material and
practical. The literary club must coun-
teract this tendency. Here is legiti'
mate reform for every literary clubwo-
man, for if she would make it her par
ticular care to discriminate as to the
books which come into her home, the in
!
would be felt at once.''
The literature hour was enriched with
an earnest talk on "The Spirit of Lit
erature,'' by Professor s. H. Clark OF
the University of Chicago.
.'What we are doing with our leisure
| is the test of community" he said
1--WE are judged not by our vocations
but by our avocations. What is the use
of the telephone, the fast trains, unless
the time they save is put to good use1
If the time saved by the eighteen-houl
train is devoted to more business, so fal
/ as higher things are concerned, we are
no better off than with slow trains. The
power to live greatly is enchanced by
/ the ability to handle printed pages IN
telligently. It is the book that must
give to the mass of men all the educa
ton they will receive after they leave
school and no matter what their reading
/ may be, they are either better or worse
| after reading a book.
Education today is largely In the
hands of the women. Men are practlca
| in educational matters and they insist
! on the taxpayers being protected, ever
at the sacrifice of their children IS edu
cation, SO women are'sleft to bear the
burden Of culture alone.