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Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
LONG LOST WILL FOUND.
Between Leaves of an Old Book at an
Auction Sale in Paris

Between Leaves of an Old Book at an
Auction Sale in Paris.
At book sale in a Paris auction
room the other day gentleman turn
ing over the leaves of one of the books
saw a time worn piece of paper which
he had the curiosity to open. This
proved to be a will executed in proper
order about ninety years ago, but
never proved. 1t was that of wo-
man whose death, as subsequent in
quiry has shown, took place eighty
five years ago. AS no will could be
found, intestacy was assumed. and a
personally of 10000 pounds was d.
vided among relatives. In fact. the
will bequeathed everything to a niece
long since dead. and the question now
arises as TO the claims of her des-
cendants against those of the other
participatOrS
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
HEARST is COUNTED OUT.
Official Returns Show Him 1900
Woes Behind.

New York, Dec. rs. - The official
count of votes cast in New York
county for mayor at the last election
was issued by the county board of
canvassers and shows that Mcclellan
received 140,264; Hearst, 123,292, and
WINS 64,289.
The official returns from the other
three counties in the city were an
nounced as follows:
Kings-McClellan, 6S,77S; Hearst
S4,S35; WINS, 61.192.
Queene-McClellan, 1925; Hearst
1906; WINS, 1918.
Richmond Mcclellan, 6,127;
Hearst, 1896; WINS, 4,499.
Total vote was-McClellan, 22S, 397
Hearst, 224,929; WINS, 1918.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
Old Inns Secret Chamber.

A secret chamber, furnished in old
oak, was Unexpectedly discovered dur
ing the demolition of the Plough inn,
Little Ealing. England. The inn was
500 years old. The grandmother of
Dick Turpin, the highwayman, once
kept it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
Tried to Kin the Cardinal.

Barcelona, Dec. q. = An attempt
was made by an anarchist to stab Car
dinal Cassanas by Pages, bishop of
Urgel. as he was coming out of the
cathedral. A canon frustrated the at
tempt and the would-be assassin was
arrested.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
Wholesale Libel,

curious case of wholesale libel
is on in Paris. A newspaper of that
city told of a certain gallant adven-
ture in which it was alleged that a
parish priest unnamed had figured.
There are siXty-six parish priests in
Paris, and all have instituted SANDER
suits, each with the object of vindi-
eating himself. Each asks 5000 dam
ages.
Many a mans excellent reputation
is due to the fact that his wife doesn't
tell all she happens 10 know.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

When things began to go too fast
and loose in New York. the people
rose up in their wrath. got together
and elected a District Attorney who
makes life miserable for wrong-doers.
Jerome Haunted the banner of no po-
litical party; he was the peoples
choice.
of all people who relish good things
for breakfast. It's dainty. delicious
and nourishing.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
Henry Phipps, Plans.

Henry. Phipps. the Pittsburg mil
lionaire, has been buying lot of Man
haitian Island real estate and no one
seems to know Just what he means
TO do with it, 1t is taken for grant
ed, however. that good deal of the
property will be devoted to his ia
vorite philanthropy of building model
tenement houses.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
No Change at Moscow.

ST. Petersburg, Dec. 29.-There is
no further news from Moscow tonight
The Associated Press correspondent
there succeeded in getting the st.
Petersburg bureau by telephone this
evening, but he had only uttered the
words, 81 am going to tell you no.
rible story" when he was cut off.
Since then nothing has been hear1
from the correspondent
The Seminovky regiment of guards
was dispatched to Moscow by trair
tonight, This is considered rather
ominous.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
Great Fire at Hankow.

Victoria, B. c., Dec 27.-Mail adj
vices from Shanghai tell of a great
fire at Hankow, known as the Chicago
of China, in which about 5000 houses
were destroyed, a large number of
lives lost, variously estimated at from
100 to 500.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
HOLIDAYS in Japan-

There are three national holidays
in Japan. January l is one of them,
and the birthday of the reigning en-
peror, November 3. is another. But
February IL is the greatest of the
three dates. for it is the anniversary
OF the coronation of the first emperor
-Jimmu.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
Quail in MANY Forms.

Many birds have done duty for
quail on the broiler. In San Francis
CO the other day the game commits
sioners found sack of owls on the
counters of a commission house. The
buyer of a French restaurant was ne
gotiating for their purchase. If the
trade had not been interrupted they
would have been transferred into
'broiled quail under the hands of an
expert chef. One man in Fresno has
made livelihood for several years by
shipping owls to tickle the palates OF
the San Francisco epicures. The
ground squirrel, too. is quail" Many
sacks of these are received in San
Francisco daily.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
Substitute for Asparaaus.

Kentish tEnglish) farmers say that
the heads of young hopvines are a
superior substitute for asparagus. In
the country districts of Kent hopheads
are largely eaten, when in the early
part of the season the super1uous
shoots are cut away from the plant
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
NO MONEY FOR STRIKERS.

Cuban Congress VIII Refuse to Make
Appropriation.
Havana, Dec. 30-The appropria-
ton of $4,000, passed by the house
of representatives to aid the striking
Cuban cigar makers of Key West. is
not likely to pass the senate. as the
finance committee adopted an almost
unanimous report opposing it. 1t is
understood that General Rivera, secre-
tary of the treasury, will override the
appropriation of $1,000 granted by the
Havana municipal council for the
same purpose. and that the govern
ment will not permit the granting of
$4,000 appropriated by the Havana
provincial council
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

I used to have such pain in my back
that once l tainted. The kidney Sc
cretions were much disordered. and
was so far gone that l was thought TO
be at deaths door Since Doan's Kid
ney Pills cured me | feel as if had
been pulled back from the tomb
Sold by all dealers. so cents a box
Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

The oldest clergyman in England
is Rev. John Edward Kempe, who has
been in holy orders for seventy-two
years, being now So years of age. He
has been chaplain-in-or ordinary to King
Edward since 1901
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
Senator Bard Improves.

Oxnard, Cal. Dec 27.-Although not
completely out of danger, former
Senator Bard, who suffered a fractur-
ed hip in a carriage accident, is i'm
proving and the physicians feel conf
dent that he will recover.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
Indian Frozen to Death,

Sioux City. Ia, Dec. 81. = John
Southwind, giant Winnebago Indian.
came. over to Sioux City and INDUCED
in frewater. He was later found on
sandbank frozen TO death.
To Pay on InstaIIment Plan
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
One Year for Wxckcs.

New York. Dec. 26.-Thomas Par
mise Wyckes, the lawyer who was
convicted of attempted blackmail by
means of the Lewis Jarvis" letters,
was sentenced to one year in the
penitentiary-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
New High Mark for ceat.

New York, Dec. 2S.-A high rec
ord price for seat on the stock ex-
change was reached when $95, 900 was
paid for seat. This. with the $4,000
initiation fee, brings it. up to S97, 600
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
IMo kIIIed hal Wreck-

Birmingham, Ala. Dec. 2S.-Infor.
nation reaches this city from Mers.
den, Miss. that two men were kill
ed, three badly injured and many
badly shaken up by a tail end collision
on the Alabama & Vicksburg road at
Chunkey. Miss
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
Motorists Boycott ! Town.

The police of Andoyer. Hampshire,
England, have been so active in ar
resting motorists that the latter have
boycotted the town. to its loss in a
very heavy sum during the last year.
The motorists even stopped their sub
scriptions to local charities.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
Died While Boxing.

Philadelphia. Pa. Dec. 26.-Patrick
Reynolds, young man living in the
southern part of the city, died sud-
denly while boxing with Frank Shana-
han, friend. 1t is believed death
was due to heart disease
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
Bishops AssaiIant Commits Suicide.

Barcelona, Dec 2S.-The anarchist.
who attempted to stab Cardinal Sal
vator Cassanas Pages, bishop of Ur-
gel, as he was leaving the cathedral
committed suicide by taking poison
soon after his arrest
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
Backed Into Street Car.

East ST. Louis. ILL.,. Dec. 27.-One
man was killed and three injured in
an accident in the railroad yards caus-
ed by a freight train backing into a
ST. eet car
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

Ell Paso, Tex. Dec 26.-There are
three feet of snow between Carri-
zoso and Santa Rosa, New Mexico, on
the prairies and Rock Island trains
from the east are snow-bound- Two
plows are at work. The cuts are fill
ed to TIE level with snow.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
JOHN c. NEW ACQUITTED.
Has Been Under Charge of Fraud
for Many Years.

Noblesville. Ind, Dec. 26-John C.
New, formerly secretary of the treas
ury and consul general to London un-
der President Harrison. and John c.
Wright, his associate in business.
were acquitted of charges of fraud
in the sale of stocks in the First Ma
tional Bank of Indianapolis, involv-
ing $392.00O. The transaction occur
red in 1878, but suit was not filed I'M
til six years afterwards.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
French Cruisers Ordered to Baltic

Brest, France. Dec. 2S.-The cruis-
er Cassini has been ordered to pro
coed to the Baltic, calling at Copen-
hagen. The cruiser Aube has been
ordered to prepare for voyage to the
Baltic
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
Terrorist Plot.

London, Dec. 29.-The Times ST.
a military terrorist plot has been dis
covered Fifty arrests have been
made in connection with the discovery.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
Try One PACKAGE.

If Defiance Starch does not please
you, return it to your dealer. If it
does you get one-third more for the
same money. 1t will give you salts
faction, and will not stick to the iron
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

There seems to be two occasions
when it is improper to mention the
cost: At a funeral and when on a
honeymoon
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

When man boasts of having sown
his wild oats he never pauses to ex-
plain Just what he means
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

Tell City, Ind, Dec. 27.-The steam
er John w. Thomas sank in several
feet of water here Wednesday and was
practically destroyed by fire. The
steamer was owned by the Louisville
& Evansville Mail Line Company and
was worth from 5000 to $4,000.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

How often it happens that the
cream of society is made up of peo-
pie who have money but are unable
to remember how they got it.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

1t costs twice as much to live now
as it did hundred years ago-but it's
worth every cent of the difference.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

Do Your Clothes Look Yellow?
Then use Defiance Starch, it will
keep them white-16 OF. for 10 cents.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

Defiance Starch is put up 16 ounces
in a package, 10 cents. One-third
more starch for the same money.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

This is the gratitude man gets for
what he gives his wife. She wonders
what on earth possessed him to buy
that.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

You may still be young, but your
friends don't think so. if they give
you red f1annels and coal for Christ
mas.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

A boy is most as miserable over
learning to smoke as he is over want
ing to begin.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
prunkt !, Indian Froze TO Death

Sioux City.-Dec. %. = John South
wind, giant Winnebago Indian, came
to Sioux City. became intoxicated
and this morning was found on a sand
bar frozen to death.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

~SIEe permanently cured No fits nervousness after
y first day of DR.. Kline Nerve Restor
Send for FREE $500 trial bottle and treatise.
DR. r. II. KLINE Ltd 931 Arch Street, Philadelphia, IA
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

Half the time when a man thinks
he is having fun it is only because he
is forgetting his misery.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
When You Buy Starch
kino Edwards Chaplain

buy Defiance and get the best, 16 OF.
for 10 cents Once used, always used.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

eos AZ hber
Bleach and NIX coo
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BROMO Quinine Tablets. Drug.
gists refund money II It fails to E. W.
GROVES signature is on each box 25c-
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

A painter often goes to the wall be-
fore his pictures.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children teething softens the gums reduces In
nammation allays PAIN cures wind collie sc bottle.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible
medicine for coughs and colds.-N. w. SAMUEL.
Ocean Grove. N j., Feb. IL, 1900.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

Winter is more becoming to most
girls than summer, because in winter
they don't look so thin
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

A GUARANTEED CURE FOR PILES.
Itching, Blind. bleeding, Protruding Piles. Drug.
gists authorized. to refund money If PAZO
OINTMENT fails to cure In to II days. soc.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04
The Rest ResuIts ln starchinu

can be obtained only by using De-
fiance Starch. besides getting OF.
more for same money-no cooking re-
uuired
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

4 There are some people who would
3carry cheerfulness so far that they
would demand philosophy from the
FRAT in trap.
Meade County news. [volume] (Meade, Kan.) 1900-1918, 1906-01-04

aLlCl ooy w.
ry. Doan's Kidney
Pills have cured thou
sands of women in the
same condition. Mrs.
A. Holman OF Stillwa-
ter, Mimi, says: But
for Doan's Kidney
Pills l would not be
living now. They
cured me in 1899 and
1--we been well since.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-28

Postmaster George Stewart and
Assistant Postmaster Colkett Of the
Seattle Office yesterday made plea
that Seattle business men show
their loyalty to the Seattle Office by
refusing to accept stamps for the
payment Of goods sold out Of Seat
tie. 1.-THE matter has grown again
tC grave proportions, said Mr.. Col
kett. I'VE thought we had this spe-
cies of disloyalty killed three years
ago, but it is coming mp with in
creasing force again. The people
of Seattle must understand that
whatever efficiency the Seattle post
Office shows is based entirely upon
the sales and the increases in sales
OF stamps through local windows.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-28

The real head of the gigantic
amalgamation of railroad and in
dustrial interests affected in the
United States in the last 10 or Is
years is VIM. Rockefeller, who sue
ceeded Cornelius Vanderbilt in that
powerful connection. Thus the
Vanderbilt and Rockefeller inter
ests are allied, controlling one
fourth of the railroad mileage of
the states.
William is today director or trus-
tee of no less than Al great corpor-
atoms, whose combined capital rep
resents more than a billion of dol
lars.
The fad dearest to the heart of
VIM. Rockefeller has been the i'm
provement of his Adirondack estate
He bought $4,000 acres of beautiful
mountain country, and from time to
time has increased it until today it
embraces more than $4,000 acres.
He has had bitter disputes and
numerous lawsuits with the hold
ers of small properties in the path
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-28
BROTHER WILLIAM
NOT LIKE JOHN D.
Frank, Open, Good-Natured, Vet He
Ordered People Shot down Who
Trespassed on His Fad Estate
Controls a Quarter Of the Rail.
road Property Of the Country.

The personality of VIM. A. Rock
efeller, the second son of the horse
trader of Tioga-co, N. Y, who is re-
ported as victim of cancer, has al
ways been overshadowed by his
brother John D.
Yet he is the second richest man
On the United States. He is Won
derful big man in the world of f.
nance. No two brothers could be
less alike. William A. possesses a
just moral courage. He has always
been physically a strong man. He
was frank and open. He made
many friends, who regarded him as
a man of happy character, optimis-
tic and good natured in his indie
pendence.
AT II, William, who was two
years younger than John, left
school and became bookkeeper for
miller. At q he was a partner
in a rival concern. Then he went
into the oil business with John.
When Standard Oil became big,
William went to New York as first
vice president and eastern repre-
sentative, and he has managed with
singular success the speculative
end of the colossal monopoly.
Wall-st thinks he knows more of
the details of Standard Oil than
John D. himself.
VIM. Rockefeller married Almira
Goodsell, and their first son. VIM.
G Rockefeller, married Elsie Still
man, the daughter of Jas. Stillman,
president of the National City bank.
In this way VIM. Rockefeller be-
came intimately associated with
the most powerful moneyed inte-
rests in the world. His second
daughter, Emma, married DR.. David
Hunter McAlpine. Percy Avery
Rockefeller, the third child. mar
ried Isabel G. Stillman. and the
fourth child, Ethel Geraldine Rock
efeller, now In her Goth year, is
unmarried.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-28
5h[A RETURNS
To HAUhT} Of
CIVILIZATION

e. P. Shea, formerly of the police
department of Butte, but now a
prominent mining man in the north
country and owner of the Belleview
hotel at Phoenix, B. c., is in the
city, getting used to lodging street
cars and automobiles and he
wouldn't be bit surprised if he
had suddenly to duch his head to
keep from colliding with an airship.
Seven years ago Mr.. Shea left the
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-28

force in Butte and after short
stop in Spokane started north to
make his fortune in the mining bus
mess. Since that time he has made
and lost several small fortunes, but
he is now comfortably ON the road
to another one. Since that time he
has not been in sight Of a city larg-
er than a. mining camp and between
sidestepping autos and lodging
street cars he has managed to keep
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-28

In an opinion given State Auditor
Clausen yesterday, Attorney Gen
eral Atkinson holds that under the
laws of this state a building and
loan association can not loan mon,
ey on property or security which is
situated in a county not adjoining
OF adjacent to the county in which
the association is doing business,
and in which it claims certain i'm.
munities and exemptions granted
by the statutes.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-28

Upon losing the last SIS that he
possessed upon the turn of card
in a blackjack game in a saloon at
Bremerton, Charles Moffet fell from
his chair to the floor dead. Moffet
had been playing for several hours
and had lost about $500. About G
o'clock last evening he bet his last
SIS and as he lost it stream OF
blood poured from his mouth and
he pitched forward to the floor a
corpse.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-28

Committeeman James H. Davis
says Tacoma will make no effort to
secure the next republican state
convention, but there are many
business men who think quite the
contrary. The recall that the last
convention brought at least $25 200
into their pockets, at the cost of the
Tacoma theater and band. They
see no reason why that money
should be permitted to go else
where.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-28

Without any blare of trumpets
the transportation committee of the
chamber of commerce of Portland
has been actively at work for the
past few weeks to interest Port
land capital in the establishment
of a steamer line from Cello to
Lewiston. BY working quietly
without making public their plans
the members of the committee, of
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-28

which T. D. Honeyman is chairman,
have secured to date $4,000 in sub
scriptions. A company has been
organized to build and operate a
steamer on the upper river. The
capital is 100000, half of which is
necessary before work on the boat
can be commenced.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-28

The third annual meeting of the
Farmers Telephone & Telegraph
company took place at Wenatchee
yesterday. The meeting was espe-
cially important, as the directors
plan considerable extensions, and
the question of financing the i'm
provements was thoroughly dis
cussed.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-28
bits Of NORTHWEST NEWS

the side streets in Occur d'Alene
city. Notwithstanding the loud pro.
tests of the arrested man that his
name was Phillips, not Simpkins,
the detective made preparations to
take his prisoner out of the state,
and laughed at Phillips denial. Lat.
er the man was identified and re.
LEASE
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-28

of his scheme for possession. The
only time he has ever placed him.
self under the protection of an
armed guard was when he consider
ed himself in danger of assassina
ton after he had driven native
trappers, guides and fishermen
from his estate.
His property is guarded to this
day, and though the streams run
ming through it have been stocked
with fish at the expense of the
state, his guards have orders to
shoot down persistent trespassers
Like his brother William regular.
ly attends the Baptist church.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-28

All of the national banks located
in Seattle having requested the de-
signation of Seattle as a reserve
city, the comptroller of the cur
rency yesterday declared Seattle a
reserve city as authorized by the
act of March 3, 1887, and national
banks located therein may here
after, upon approval by the comp
troller, act as reserve agents for
other national banks.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-28

P. J. Dwyer, a prominent lumber
dealer of Moab. and wife are in the
city today.
T. A. Winter, leading banker az.
Colville, Is at the Halliday.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1906-03-28

comfortably busy since his arrival.
He and Mrs. Shea (nee. Carlson)
left today for Salt Lake. He was
married yesterday at Rathdrum,
Idaho.