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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-25
SLEUTHS TRAIL
ATTORNEY RUICK
Defense in Land Fraud Cases Have
System of Espionage

Moscow, Idaho, May 25.-One in
terestjng contest followed another to.
lay during the progress of the Kester-
Kettenbaeh- Dwyer land conspiracy
H,ases in the federal court before
bulge Dietrich. The contests began
inst after w. W. Pefley had left the
FITNESS stand, he having admitted
that he was employed by the govern
ment as a guard for the district at.
.orney's office. One of the attorneys
for the defense muttered something
hbout Kindergarten detectives,
efficiently loud for the jury to hear
h Just as District Attorney Ruick was
passing their table.
"What are these remarks made for,
Tor my benefit or for the benefit OF the
iury?'' asked District Attorney Ruick
facing counsel for the defense.
Attorney Moore rose at that
when Ruick said: "Do you remem-
Der when the district attorneys office
was broken into in Portland for valu-
able papeIs?'' 81 was not there at
the time, > replied Attorney Moore.
"Well, F." replied Mr.. Ruick. 81 am
guarding my papers. The govern
ment has furnished me a Waterman
for my office to guard my papers. Dc
you understand the purpose now
When am followed home at l O'Clock
at night when l am leaving my Office
by one of your employees, and my
footsteps are logged, / will see thai
my papers are protected. ="
I'VE have no objection to your see
ing that you have all the protection
you want. In our little communit!
nobody is going to do you any harm
Mr.. Ruick, =" said Attorney Moore.
AZ don't think they are. either,
replied Mr.. Ruick. 'But men yo1
have in your employ have the reputa
ton Of doing that HARM"
$50 do yours, retorted Attorne
Tannahill.
Then came the testimony of Iva
Cornell of Portland, which implicate
all three defendants in alleged cor
spiracy to defraud the government
On cross examination he denied eve
having been promised immunity, br
admitted he had been indicted for nj
telling the Boise grand jury the trutl
He said he had never been brought
trial.
H. 9. Hutchings of Lewiston was
preparatory witness to r. A. Lam
din, also of Lewiston, who told Il
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-25
VENIRE
MAY BE CALLED
President and Car in Haywood
Case

frum T.. + Richardson be said that
he Endorsed tive letter ot the president
In which the prisoner was called IA
undesirable citizen Mr.. Richardson
snapped Ia a question about tho car
of Russia approving thu attitude d
President Roosevelt, but state "a.
ciuded u With objections. MIR. Rich
aFison then asked the talrsman ~.
rectly II BE- thought the prisonsr had
been guilty % melting riot and was
an al desirable citizen and get an
affirmative answer. The court snn-
tained the challenge OF the defense
and Teeter waiked the plank q bias
EARLY 10 the morning TaIesman
Henry Curtis qualified for the vacant
scat of Juror OrFie Cole and the de-
Tense examined and finally passed
Juror John Whitiock That opened
the way tor percmptuTy challenges
again. The state challenged Juror
Isaac BesIeIl Of ssat two and there
the proceedings halt@d ali day, Nine
teen taIesman occupied the chair
during the day aud the only person
Who may occupy u II Finley Mclean
the last man % reach II late this II
ternoun. lie satisfied the state that
he Is qualified 20 set aud just At al
iournment passed a. tho hands II the
defense. He IL SCotchman and seems
10 be open minded on the guilt or in.
nocenee Of william Haywood.
/ Counsel for the state indicated =
desire TO limit the breadth Of the de-
fense's examination, bat thu court
kept to It's early purpose 10 allow all
possible latitude and 0vuFruled I'll
obieeuons almed A. limitation. More
women came into the courtroom thar
Gu any other day aud At one time
there were mole than 20 ~ them Il
the room. But at no time was tb'
, courtroom crowded: the city ~ BoIaI
still maintains lie attitude 81 aloof
! ness.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-25

Boise. Idaho, May 25--The second
special venlrc Of taIesmen In the
Stsunenoerg murder case is proving -
barren Of men qualified to act a.
jurors and unless the form shown by
the first half Of them ~ completely
reversed In the second half there must
be- another venire summoned. The
FIRST half Of this veniFe has yielded
only one man who actually qualified
and only one man who may qualify ,
the rest vent down In succession on
fxsd opinion OF bias Of various forms.
Only 81 Of this venlFe remain TO he
exam mined and on the assumption that
all peremptory challenges will be
used, seven more jurors must b.
found.
In the procession Of the disqnAli.
fied that passed through Judge Wood,
court today came the fret man sine,
the trial began who unqnaiiiiedly
stands by President Roosevelt aud BIZ
utterances as To MessFs. Meyer, Hay
wood and Pettibone He is W. 4.
T@eter, farmer, and long ago mem
Der 81 the knights Of LabOF. IL
came to the stand in the afteFuooi
aud the states examination bAFell
qualified him because be- had a certair
amount ot preduidice against iaboi
unions or any kind Of combinations
designed 90 Ok prices; was nutEiendlI
10 the Western Federation Of Miner
and against socialism. He made
distinction between the federation
and members If the federation an
between socialists aud socialism, hos
ever and finally the state passed him
At several points In the eHaminu
ton by the defense there were indie
ations that Teeter's answers woul
give cause for challenge but he crosse
all the thin Ice when be got down
the question Of the letters Of Presider
Roosevelt. In answer 10 q auesti q
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-25

In the state not affected by the strike
ts Boise. Here the llnsmen are not
compelled 20 60 out becanse OF their
connections with ether telephone lines
which the union recognizes ~ fair
Bat all tho Bell lines have been De
clarod unfair ard all msn n0w wiil
BE- ordered 20 quit before the first OF
The week Occur d'Alene l. tbs head
quarters Tor the headquarters for the
He'll system ia the northern part II
the state aud the strike will mean
THAT over iifty llnemen In the vicinity
have nov stopped working This
affects the ground men also for they
cannot work N the linsmsn quit
when questioned. tha men thoaRht
that the company would give in PER
hapa next seek and that the strike
would be- uf short duration. They
deefssd their request just and said
that they would stay With il ~ long
a. tbs uaiou 20 ordered The Audi
tor Of tbs company refused 70 h. In
tarytswsd GA the subject claiming
that b. knsw nothing about the
strike.
The strike wilI affect the system
here moro than ~ any place II tbs
sta,a bseanns 4 the many neu I'm
provements the company il making.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-25
LOOKS LIKE
LAND JOBBERY
State Wants Selections for ReSer-
walton Lands

than slO, but under the laws OF this
state there Is no other method Of dis
position, and the attempt to diaPose
Of them Is void.
aside from the legal questions In
yolved the business policy of the
Board in attempting 10 dispose Of
these valuable lAnds should be- con-
demned by every taxpayer In the
state. The lands in the coeur
d'Alene Reservation are known To be-
among the richest in the state; the
agricultural lands are close to rail
road and market, the o. X. 4 n. road
being In operation through them aud
the Milwaukee In course OF constFue-
ton, will run through the reservation.
The timber IL valuable aud adjacent
10 the lake aud logging streams and
could be readily cold NJ high prices.
The law providing for the opening 81
the reservation has bssn passed aud
provision made for paying the In
dams fer these lands and confirming
the grant Of these sections to the
state. The Reservation will open
next year and these sections would
then be Immediately available foI
/ leasing or sale and there IL no reason
Why the State should attempt Ia trade
these lands fog others, even though
the Board had she poser 10 do 50.
I'm attempting 70 make selections
in lieu Of these lands perhaps tiO, 0Oe
Of state funds Wa expended and paid
by the legislature, as deficiency
claims, when the Board without the
expenditure uf one cent could hav'
secured for the Common Schools q
; the state the lands granted by th'
Government aud accepted by III
people Of the state through tbs adop
tI0n Of their constitution.
I'm making these lieu land ssiee
! tions the state has selected land eos
{ cred by Northern Pacific selection
. and occupied by settlers and sn'srs
o into a LONG and expensive three col
d nsred dght 70 secure land 10 which
D l. not entitled. Ia doing 80 Il hs
D embarrazs.1 settlers In their hgs
against the scrip selections and q
3 tempted 10 abandon and give up Ian
, granted TO its common schools, MOI
e valuable and available than thoas >
$ lected -
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-25
SEEING DALTON GARDENS
Many Citizens Visit THIS Sub
urban Property.

Yesterday the Dalton gardens wsrs
beiug shown So tifs people thfaaeh
the medium 81 > splendid automobile
vhie the Aailoy Bras base brgughs
here Tor this purposa Tee trip cat
Is delightful lat "a t. ts eampafssi
utth the surpfiss thai awaits ths
stranger #ha has Beger ss.en tha Land
before. h lays only = short distaEeg
from the city snd without . doaht -
one - tie choice spot ~ Of ttrs Sp9-
kaue valley. The stoand Is IN every
stage 4 eulttVatiou. BsluE plas~si
ahaws up the hlseknszs and richness
vsriises the statement made ~ The
uuusrs that ''it - the woil TIE
growing crops are splendid and iar
thsr proof e The fertility = he Land.
This. coupled With The faet that the
ansst q water l. Furnished and that
shs land liss ~ lsyel ~ . hoor and
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-25

t. BARLEY, of Moscow, was in
the city today and in an interview
with a Press representative said:
moscow is now the stage center
in north Idaho, owing to the trial IT
the land fraud cases. The testimony
being offered IL much the same as
that introduced on the trial Of Robnet
and Dryer last fall, and the local in
terest is not so great IS at the former
trials, because the evidence lie not
new to our people. Our city is in a
prosperous condition, the crops Of all
kinds, including fruit are looking
we'll and this promises to be a good
year for Latah County. am sur
prised at the amount Of building GO
ing ON in your city and at its very
active business appearance.
81 am here gathering data at the
land office for use in q contest now
pending with the state OF Idaho, in
VoIving the validity of certain State
selections in this land district. The
case is an interesting one and in
wolves some new questions, that
should be of importance to all the
people of the state.
Upon the Admission of Idaho into
the Union the Federal government
granted to the state for the use and
benefit Of its common school sections
l6 and SO. Under the provisions o
the Idaho admission act and the con
stitution Of the State these land
sould not be disposed OF except a
public sale, after appraismeut and =
not less than slO per scrs. NotWith
standing these provisions, the Stat
Land Board intends Co relinquish ID
right Of the state to sections 10 an
! 50. In the various townships Of th
} Occur d'Alsne Indian Reservation an
select other lands IN lieu Thereof
= am conducting q contest againi
r these lieu land selections, on Ii
, ground that the State Board had u
E authority to relinquish these COmmo
3 School lands within the reservation
b and hencs 40 right to select lands
8 lieu Thereof.
y The people of this State By q
adoption Of their Constitution Tel
wisely limited the power Of che Sta
Land Board over these lands and th
g attempt Of the Board 70 relinquii
. the right Of the State to whole -
4 lions of the most valuable Ian
4 shows the wisdom Of such proEisio
8 The State Board may lease tbo
n school sections and may sell them
e pahlae anetiOn AZ not less than .
praised value and in no event Il
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-25

same story Of taking up a claim at the
instigation of Dryer and receiving
money from Kester with which to do
it. His cross examination and redi-
rect examination brought out the fact
that he understood he was to receive
$500 for his claim, was paid bat 800
and threatened to sue Kester and Ket.
tenbach for the remaining 500,
which they refused to pay, character
izing his threats as blaCkmaiI. Fred
Schafer of Lewiston was ON the stand
when court adjourned, recounting ex-
periences similar to those of other
witnesses in the matter of taking NJ
claims.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-25

Nat the meeting Of the board Of d.
rectors Of the Commercial club last
evening the resignation Of Walter f.
Baker was accepted and Ira a. Shallis,
cashier of the American Trust COM
pany, was selected TO fill the vacancy.
Mr.. Baker has been in the position Of
secretary for the Commercial club for
the past six months and it is due to
his efforts that the club has made such
marked Improvement. He has ac-
cepted position with the Western
Live Stock Insurance association az
their superintendent Of agencies and
general manager of all field work. He
will begin his work with them the
/ first of June.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-25
DEDICATE CHURCH
Bishop Moore and Gov. Mead
to Assist.

to Assist.
Spokane, Wash, May 20. Bishop
David II. Moore, assisted by Gov. AL
bert E. Mead, Red Cross lodge,
knights of Pythias, Miss Lucy Rides
of Chicago, the clergy Of Spokane,
Epworth Leaguers, Sunday School
children and Rev. DIR. Henry l. Ras-
mus, pastor, will dedicate First Metho.
dist church OF Spokane, Sunday, May
20. The ceremonies will be followed
by week of religious exercises in
which prominent pastors from various
parts of the Spokane country will take
part. The structure which cost
e1s5, 600 has seating accommodation
for 2, 400 and is among the pretentiOul
buildings in the city. DR.. RasmuI
came to Spokane three years ago anC
has since built up a large congrega
tion.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-25

There has sprung up q sharp rivalry
between launch owners on the lake
as TO the swiftenss Of their individual
crafts. The Spray, a Mullin gasao-
line launch, belonging to the Occur
d'AIene Boat House made the run to
Mica bay in forty-eight inmates the
other evening. the distance bsine
nine miles. There are other launch
owners who think they can beat this
record and J. Wright with his pretty
little boat, the Juanita, will try and
break the record.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-25

DIR. DorIand has started 20 give
Ernest DuBcsH the \ ray treatment
for bis neck. Ernest sas able to be
treated Tor the first time yesterday
Today he IL resting easy sitter this
treatment and will no douhs be abs
70 take smother Msa3ay.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-05-25

The machinery d the Hayden lake
irrigatiHg company IL being moved As
fast a. possible During The past week
about half Of IL was moved and Frank
Post left with a crew Of SIX men this
morning to finish the work. They
will camp on the ground until the
work 10 completed.
Evening journal., 1907-02-06

PHILADELPHIA. Feb 6.-FEED s9id
fairly and ruled firm unde- light on arings.
ouotat ons; Winter bran in bulk per ton.
s22T5u23.25; spring bran. in sacks. as to
size per tn, Sa2.750-3.5
OATs-The market ruled firm under
light offerings and good demand for de-
sirable stock We quote No whito. i3N@
Nc' standard white. 4eisa4sc; No. 8 white.
4ilsai2c; rejected whit. tOE@lc
BALED HAY AND sTRAw-Desrable
stock met with fair sale ard ruled steady.
Following were The quotations: Timothy
Hay-No. large bales, $2lOo; No ! small
bales, sa05odI.O0; No. o. siS5la'90 90; NJ.
o si6.5op17Oo: no grade. si45 cisco: Glover
mixed hay--No. ], Sis0OaiS 50: No .. sis "a
ai75o
WHEAT-Sp Speculation ia the West We
bulllsh. and prices advanced 5kaic urd 7
light offerings and fair export demand
No. rcd was quoted as follows: Jrn-
uary 770i7iLc. Spot car lots IN export
clevator-No. red 77a77isc: No rcd
Western, 7SnTSisc n T.. G. rcd. I60I6Nc
CORN-Trade was quiet but offer'nss
were light and prices ruled ste dv we
quote new Southern No 2 yellow at sihc;
row Southern steamer yellow al 50lb@5lc;
new Southern No. 3 shell.ds yellow ot
See new Southern No. yellow at .o,:
new Western cool and sweet yellow at
5od5lc and new cob at 55a56c. as to quail
ity and location on track
POULTRY-l4ve was kept pretty wei
cleaned up at steady prices Quotaticns
Fowls, hens, choice 13c; do do ordinary.
i2al2isc; old roosters, &C.; young ch ckens.
choice soft-meated. 12a13c; do do staggv.
1Oaiic; turkeys, 15aiee; ducks, 1iaisc,
geese. 1SNl4c; pigeons, Old, per PAIR. q
Qg5c do young. per pair, l5uzOc.
BUTTER Separator creamery. ext a.
g2i5c.
EGGs-selected 2Sasoci nearby graded
hrsts, dn returnable orates). &c.
Evening journal., 1907-02-06
OIL IN ROAD WORK.
EXPERT BELIEVES IT EXCELLENT FOR
HARDENING SANDY HIGHWAYS.

Cost IL About One-third That OF
Macadam. or $1,000 Per Nile. Says
Kansas Professor-scvcraI Practical
Tests Made.
"Roadmaking with oil / believe to
be a commercial success. which will in
time be generally adopted in improv-
ing the sandy roads Of the state"
This is the opinion Professor Albert
Dickens OF the Kansas State Agricul-
tural college. the man who for the past
year has been assigned to the work Of
expcndlng the $500 appropriated by
TIE last legislature for the purpose Of
experimenting IN oil roadmaking. gave
the Topeka Journal
"The cost Of oillng a sandy road. ="
said Professor Dickens while the guest
OF f. d. Coburn, secretary of the state
board OF agriculture. "will be about
$1,000 a mile. Some roads will cost
more than others. This Is only about
one-third the cost OF macadam and
where stone Is not plentiful is much
less than third.
I'VE have constructed oil roadways
in four different parts OF the state.
Our most extensive experiment was
near Garden City. where we oiled a
little over n mile Of road. The sandy
soil absorbed vast quantities Of oil.
Four carloads were put into the road
way with a sprlnkllng cart. At Hutch
lnson we made nearly a mile OF oil
road. and we built short stretches at
Manhattan and Maple Hin.
whether the oil In the roadways
will have TO be renewed remains TO be
seen. or course there are certain por-
tions Of the oil which are volatile and
Will pass of into the air. But we use
for this olllug only the reavy reslduum
oil left after the kerosene and gasoline
have been extracted. This oil Is thick
and heavy and works better than thin
oil.
up at Manhattan the people who
own fast horses were so well pleased
with the oil road that they have oiled
the race track and claim that It makes
their track one OF the best In the state.
"Out at Garden City. where the sand
Is probably as heavy as any place In
the state, the oil experiments are
watched with the greatest interest
The whole of western Kansas will be
benefited greatly II the oil road comes
into general use There is rich
farming country tributary TO Garden
City which is at times almost cut of
from the town because OF the heavy
sand In the roads. The roads are so
had that horse cannot haul more
than ten bushels Of wheat at q load.
"The farmers living near Garden
City and the merchants In the town
are talking Of oiling the main roads
leading TO this tributary country. SO
that the farmers can come into town
regardless Of the sand.
I'VE have found that narrow tired
wagons cut up the road badly after Il
has been oiled. while the wide tired
wagons tend to make it more solid and
firm. This Is Of course true TO a great
extent of the effect Of the tires on ordl
nary roads,"
II Is likely that the next Legislature
viii be asked 10 continue the approprl
alton for oil road experiments in order
that tests may be made in other por
tlons OF the state and establish fully
the practlcability OF this method Of
good ronds making
Evening journal., 1907-02-06

rock roads IL they Just thought so.
have in mind two towns here in Mis-
souri,. lying about six miles apart
What is land worth? We'll, land be-
tween these two towns has sold re-
Gently for 500 per acre. Probably not
an acre can be bought for less than
$50. Therefore the land value is there
AS for rock, II we start from one town
to go TO the other we find rock within
100 steps Of the highway before we
travel a mile AT two and half miles
rock Is less than half mile distant.
at three and half miles only three
fourths Of a mile away. at four and
a quarter miles from town but q quar-
ter of mile 20 rock. while at Eve and
a half miles II is only half mile from
the road to the quarry that is kept
open constantly. Here is rock. quanti-
ties OF It, Here Is land worth more,
much more than $50 Why don't these
people have a stone road? Is your an
swer ready2 My answer has been Civ
en-. The answer is found In the convic-
tion Of the people that rock roads are
beyond their reach. The people have
been educated 10 this belief by reading
the walls that arise from our brethren
in the reckless region OF our neighbor-
ing states. And all that is needed to
inaugurate an era Of stone road con
struction right here in Missouri is the
removal Of this mistaken conviction.
"In conclusion, I pin my faith in the
future betterment Of our highways to
these foundation truths:
"First.-Six or seven feet OF stone is
sufficient for the average rural traffic.
"Second.-Any community where
rock is available is behind the times II
Il does not each year build a mile or
more Of stone road.
Third. Rock within two and a half
miles is available where land is worth
$50.
"FOurth.-Where stone roads are ab-
solutely ont OF the question and where.
II they can be built. they arc not yet
an accomplished improvement. a drag
ged road is the best substitute.
Il hope to see the people settle down
to steady improvements certain stat
ed amount each year. not necessarily
a great deal. but something. People
get scared when they begin to figure
on a large number OF miles oi expen-
sive road to be finished IN a year or
two. Let promoters be content to make
a beginning and add little each year" /"
Evening journal., 1907-02-06
CALL FOR NATIONAL ROAD.

Appeal 20 Have Famous Highway
Rebuilt by the Government.
The National Good Roads assocla.
ton. with headquarters in st. Louis
has sent out the following appeal TO
motorists. says the New York Amer.
can.
The National Good Roads associa-
tion Is a powerful force for good. and
its work Is accomplishing results in all
parts OF the United States. 1t is en-.
gagged in many things that will bene.
tit the people. One Of the great
schemes II has in mind and which Il
has set about 10 accomplish Is the re
pair and rebuilding OF the great ma
tlonal road across Maryland, Pennsyi-
vania. West Virginia, Ohio and Indi-
ana.
THAT memorable road was intended
TO be one OF the highways between the
east ana the west before railroads were
known. II was built at great expense,
costing the federal government over
STO00,000. and during the early days
was a famous highway over which
thousands Travelled every week. When
railroads came into existence the ma
tlonal road was neglected. and today
II Is only n skeleton OF what Il once
was.
1T Is proposed TO rebuild It. and the
National Good Roads association has
undertaken TO have II done by the gov
ernment The length OF the road is
about 200 miles. and II can be rebuilt
for less than ST,O0O.O0O. That is about
the cost OF one good battleship. and we
are building lots OF them. The appro-
priation OF that sum to make this old
road across Eve states would do rs
much good as the average battleship,
for not one such ship in ten viii ever
get in a fight Then when the old road
has been put in good shape to the Mis-.
sissippi river II may be that the price
OF about three other battleships will be
set aside to build the road to the Pa.
clfc coast.
zone FIRST class continuous highway
across the continent would be a great
thing Many a traveller would spend
two or three months going and com
ing by team. bicycle. automobile OF
otherwise II would be easy for tn,
nation 10 do a thing like this.
"In 1905 10000 Americans vlsitei
Europe and for the privilege Of goin;
over the flrst class European roads pait
over S5Oo.OO0O0o.