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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-28
MBERMEN CLOSE CONVENTION
d Lake Man Reelected President
Tacoma Gets Next Convention.

~ Lake Man Reelected President---
Tacoma Gets Next Convention.
Salt Lake City.--With the election
ofiicers and the passing OF resolu-
|ns the Western Retail Lumber
en's association concluded its con.
milton at Armory hall Saturday after.
ION. Some Of the executive business
heduled for Friday afternoon was
= completed. but was carried over
Saturday and disposed of at a
rning session.
gorge Il. Merrill OF Salt Lake was
lected president. The other of
lrs elected are: III. ID. Andrews,
fdwell. vice president; r. Il. Rob
u. Ritzville. Wash: w. p. Monsoon.
ston, Ida, ID. II. Heebe, Provo. d.
tors for two years; j, NJ. Hunt,
keman. Mont. and II. II. Bartlett,
Vision. Ida. dtxeetors for three
rs.
Tacoma. WasI
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-28

Wal BURY for the trial of
Steve ,lsrged with the muir.
der % Ill BIZ and implicated in
the M ex- Governor Steunen-
berg. pIeted Friday. as fol-
lows- ON, mining man; A. II.
I.earQ jacob Frank. miner;
Georq4 employe of morning
papos Wdlson mining man:
P1nk 1ndyman; John Furst,
hoee ~ Peter Doyle. employee
HeQ frank J. Riding mer-
en- Hers, dairyman; j. f.
Cor "a. ] Vanderwerker.
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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-28
WIS HERO.

COM YES HERO.
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sout enger train on the
Gla 0he y Northern railroad, were
saved from injury and possibly death
Friday through the bravery and pres
ence OF mind of Conductor Carl
Barnes. A mile from Silverton the
rear coach broke loose and began to
run hack own the steep grade. The
pass nsexSs panic stricken, rushed In
body fQE. the platform. but Conduc-
tor Barn6 f1efrnined them and assist
ed them3 NJ one, to jump off the
rapidly l. 3 III
AS RI o 1bout to jump the
car ieft Ind rolled down an
embanl harnes was badly
crushee ~ hips and body
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1907-02-28

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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1907-08-22
OR The
DIAMOND IN THE WORLD. X
seAkeH FOR THE BIGGEST

ing OF. the clock"
'Is it not very probable. my dear"
said the baronet, "thSt the sound you
speak of was also the outcome OF
fearT'
81 had no fear when first went to
the window. The sound was reality.
1t is that wish explained"
'Do you know what time 1t was
when the tapping first began, Miss
Lascelles?' Van Hoeck asked.
"It was quarter to one by my
watch when I recovered from the
ft."
MAY ask, miss. without offense. If
a thing o. this kind hes eve- happened
to you afore?" asked the Judge.
"As a child 1 was timid, but can.
not remember ever being SO fright
cned."
"You don't look as II trife would
skeer you, I will allow" and, rising
from his chair, the Judge added: "1f
you'll excuse me, I'll 60 and prospect
The place straight off, for I'm lorth
10 say It looks to me like as IL the Kid
had been taking hand in this game"
by all MEANS" said the Baronet;
"the sooner the truth is discovered, the
better"
We all went out on to the lawn
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Japanese Cement Combination.

Consul-General H. B. Miller quotes
from Yokohama newspaper that 3
scheme to form a syndicate among
cement companies is under considera.
tion among cement manufacturers In
Japan, the journal stating.
The object of the scheme is said tc
be to improve the quality of cement
and to check the import of the for.
eign article. The Okayama, Saga
and Mie cement companies have
agreed to incorporate with the Toyc
Cement Company. All the companies
mentioned are paying fairly good
dividends. Upon the completion OF
the organization of the new company.
cement works will be established ir
Manchuria and in the northeastern
part of Japan.-Consular Report
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Weighty Young Prince.

There is unique claim to be ad.
vanced by member of the Danish
royal family, and that Is the heaviest
living specimen Of any royal family
in Christendom. This weighty scion
Of the Danish ruling house is Prince
Gustav of Denmark, who, although
only twenty years of age. tips the
beam at twenty-three stone.
No living royalty can compare in
weight with the youthful Prince, the
seventh son of the Crown Prince of
Denmark. This young man was born
at Copenhagen in 1887, and, like
most stout people, he is easy-going
and good natured. AS he is yet so
young 1t is by no means impossible
that he may add materially to his
avoirdupois, so that he is not likely
to have his special claims to distinc-
ton challenged.-Tit-Bits.
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Some interesting Theories.

One of the original thinkers Of this
generation is John McAusland. who
never speaks until he has something to
say. He has Scotch way with him.
Some of his theories regarding the
order and harmony Of the universe are
startling. He is firmly convinced that
the sun Is cold, instead of hot, and that
it's light is a reflection. Upon this
point he will argue learncdly. 1t Is his
opinion that but for the minerals In
the earth our planet would fly of into
space, as there would be no magnetism
to hold it to its orbit. AS far as per.
petual motion In radium is concerned.
he laughs. In liquid air he sees no
commercial value, because it cannot be
kept. He is a profound believer in
electricity, the adaptation of which
he declares is still in its lnfancy.-New
York Press.
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A NTisso,,ri NIunchaus0ln.

There are some pretty fair Nimrods
in Missouri now, but story which is
printed in an old history Of Galloway
County shows that some Of those OF
former days could make contem'
porary sportsman look like thirty cents,
either as shots or racconteurs. "Mr.
Calvin Tate" according to this history.
"says that the wild pigeons were SO
plentiful one summer that frequently
when they would alight on a tree 1t
would bend down to the ground with
their weight. He went hunting one
day, and seeing fine lot of pigeons
in a tree, he hitchcd his horse to one OF
the limbs and fired and killed 300 at
one shot. The rest few away, and as
soon as the tree was relieved Of their
weight it Strengthened up, carrying his
horse with it, and the brute had to
hang there until Tate could 60 home
and get an ak and cut the tree down"
kansas City Journal.
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The interest Of astronomers in the
strange red spot, about 10000 miles
in length, which has been visible on
the surface of the planet Jupiter
since 1878, is intensified by the re-
cent observations of Mr.. w. F. Den
ming, and others, on remarkable
change in its rate of motion. In a
period of about three months last
year it was displaced some sixteen
degrees of longitude from the posi-
tion calculated as the basis OF its
former motion. This is the greatest
change that has ever been observed
in its rate of motion. On Jupiter the
visible surface of the planet does not
revolve, like the surface of the earth,
everywhere with the same angular
velocity, but, in general, the part
nearest the equator move with the
greatest rapidity. Thus the huge
planet resembles rotating Eall OF
constantly changing clouds, and IN
the midst of these the great red spot
seemed to float.
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TOO YOIING.

He was beardless youth and the
peachy down was on his cheek.
Darling" he whispered, 81 beg OF
you to give me just one kiss. They
are intoxicating.
But the beautiful girl shook her
head and withdrew to the far end of
the sofa.
"No, Freddy" she replied in tan
talizing tones. IL don't want to do
anything unlawful"
"Unlawful, Miss Rose?"
eyes; you know 1t Is against the
law to give intoxicants to minors"
J And then poor Freddy melted away
like tub of ice cream at Sunday
school picnic.-Chicago News.
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Old Rem Died In Ills Cage.

"Old Ben" bald eagle that has
been n captive at Glen Miller Park,
Ind. since the fall Of 1888, Is dead.
The bird was presented to the city by
q Wabash citizen and was named Ben.
jamin Harrison in honor Of the 1ndi.
anian, who that summer was nominat'
ed for the Presidency. "Old Ben"
was possessed Of all the dignity that
birds of that species ever show and he
declined to associate with the other ea.
giles In his cage. He measured nearly
six feet from tip to tip of his wings.
The severe winter has been hard on
the eagles at the Glen, and 1t Is sup.
posed that "Old Ben" was badly frost.
ed from exposure.-Indlanapolls News.
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slble to get from the bay to the win.

Sible to get from tne Day u the VIII
down.
81 still mean what said. The gut.
ter is so narrow that no one, even rae
ing the wall closely, could stand on II
and maintain centre Of gravity
"But with the aid Of the pipe"
"The pipe is four feet from the bay
and four feet from the oriel. Now
suppose Lola. for I know whom you
suspect, got from the window in the
bay she would have to advance holding
TO the mullion of the window for sup
port and with one hand only, until
the other could touch the pipe, a span
of four feet"
-Four feet: that is not impossible.
unless the girl is short limbed."
ut is impossible, II in holding to the
mulliOn or the pipe the girl had to
support part of her own weight"
LET us go up and measure the width
of the ledge" said Van Hoeck; "it
may appear from below less than it
Is"
We went up to my bedroom In the
right block. which. as l have said.
corresonded in every external respect
to the block on the left; and from the
oriel measured the width OF the
stone ledge outside. Van Hoeck's sup
position was just; 1t was wider than
expected measuring trlfle less than
nv span. which Is nine inches. Van
Hoeck placed himself fiat against
wall. and turning out his toes until he
obtained the limit of width uron which
he could sustain his equilibrium. bade
me measure the distance between his
heel and the wall. found 1t was
fully three inches within my span.
and was astonished to perceive upon
how narrow a space one may stand
with safety. This settled the point.
Lola might well have passed along the
edge with safety.
Now" said Van Hoeck. draw me
olan of the rooms. roughly and broadly,
showing their relative position to the
stairs, the bay, and the picture gal
Iery."
] complied with his request, marking
the several points with figures, which
I explained to him In the order marked
below.
CHATTER VII.
But l was still credllous. How was
the girl hiding in the woods all day to
know of the existence OF the ledger
1t was true she Lad access to the house
at night, but l doubted If it were pos
sible for her to see the ledge in the
dark even from the bay window. But
admitting the possibility, would she
risk her life for no purpose but to
alarm Miss Lasceles? There was too
much strength In Lola's character for
such senseless and feeble device to
be acceptable to her. 1t was not the
act of rational being, but of mis-
chievous or maleyOlent idiot.
Twas inclined to believe that the ex.
planation Miss Lascelles had offered
was Just one, and that what she
had seen was purely imaginative and
the result of fear, inspired by those
mysterious sounds which might yet
be explained.
This was not Van Hoeck's opinion.
nor was 1t Braces.
II will not say the kid has done It,"
he said; there's no sayin' what
greaser blood will not do. For the
sake of argument, we will say she
did, but undertake she shall not play
the same bower twice, IL her fathers
persuasion counts for anytime" and
he went Off at once to search for
Lalo In the wood.
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BELIEVED IN LAW AND ORDER.

bcLlEVED I'm LAW AMI OhDEh.
Not long ago there appeared at
the gate Of penitentiary in Ken
lucky man who asked to see the
warden. He was tall. well-dressed,
dne-appearing man. with all the
marks of citizen of the eastern or
mountain portion of the State. At
his request the warden showed him
the Jail. Not detail escaped the
visitors eye. He asked about the
hours of exercise and of labor, looked
at the kitchens, inspected the food,
looked critically over few cells, and
at last, when he had made himself
familiar with the routine and admin
istration, departed to visit some 9TH
er places of interest in the neighbor-
hood
What time do you close up for
the night?" he asked as he went
away.
"At five O'clock" said the warden.
A few minutes before five the
stranger again appeared at the office
and produced from his pocket file
of papers.
"Well, sir" he said, 81 reckon
you'll just have to lock me In now.
Ny time seems to be up"
Lock you in" exclaimed the war
den. what do you mean?'
Just what I say Lock me in.
I'm to be one of your prisoners.
Here are my papers. He handed
over his commitment, which was reg
ular. and required the warden to
confine him in the peniientiary for
two years.
"Sit down and tell me about this.
said the warden. The stranger took
chair and explained.
You see, up In my county they
been having considerable talk up
there about law and order, and
shooting. I'm that way myself. ]
believe in the law, and the sheriff
But of course, when they came to be
little shooting amongst some chaps
that had feud in their families, and
it wasn't nobody else's business, and
the sheriff stepped in and tried to
arrest the fellow that done the shoot.
ing, and he being friend of mine,
just naturally had to go along and
see that he got away.
"There was considerable use OF
guns, and in the course of it the sher.
iff-that's Jim Burt-got shot up
quite bad. They all said | done it,
and | don't doubt | did, though we
were all shooting.
$50 they up and Jailed ME, and
had me tried, and found me guilty.
I owned up | probably done it, as
they said, and the judge gave me
two years in the penitentiary to pay
for it.
That's where the trouble come in.
Jim Burt, he's great friend of mine.
or course by law he had to come
down here with me and turn me
over to you; but being shot up that-a-
way, he wasn't in any shape to travel.
Doc said it would just break him all
up to have to come. | was sitting up
nights with him.
~ don't know what I'm going
to do, Jim says.
"'Why, Jim,' | says, you amt go
ing to do anything. You give me
them papers, and I'll go down to
the pententiary and hand 'em over
when l 60 in. I wouldn't be the
cause of your having any trouble l
| told him.
so jim give ME the papers, and
I come down here, and here I am.
So lock me up, Mr.. Warden, and I'll
put in my time any way you say till
| my two years are up. '--Youth's s
| Companion.
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NIodarn Snnerltition.

DR.. Cabanes and DR.. Mass. In an ex'
cellent and careful work lately pub
lishcd by them. say that a husband
visiting his wife's tomb at Rouen In
May last found buried therein q calf's
heart stuck full of pins. which had
been buried with the object Of bewitch
ing some person or persons unknown.-
Pail Mall Gazette.
WHAT HAPPENED TO PUSs.
"Now, little girl, you must amise
yourself bit while / get dinner"
said mother, setting Mabel down on
the couch. Here are your balloon,
and your dolly, and your new picture
book to look at"
Mabel was very cross, because she
had not been very well; so she began
to cry, "No. no." and clung to her
mothers dress.
But mother had to go, for 1t was
would not be ready when father came
If she did not begin to get 1t right
away.
When mother went out to the
kitchen. Mabel cried louder than
ever. Then in naughty fit of anger
she threw all the playthings on the
floor. The pretty book fell partly
open. crumpling the fresh, clean
pages, while poor dolly went down
with crash that came near breaking
her china head. The balloon bound
ed across the floor and bumped
against kitty's pink nose as she lay
asleep on the rug. The cats green
eyes we're wide open in an instant,
staring at the big. round, red thing
lying on the carpet close by. He
soon rose to get nearer view, and,
walking all around the balloon,
shifted at it daintily.
Then he gave 1t gentle pat with
his paw, and jumped a little when
the balloon rolled to one side.
Looking at the balloon with his
head cunningly on one side, kit would
pat 1t, first with one paw and then
another, bounding after 1t as 1t
rolled, then tapping it with the other
paw. BY and by he gave 1t such
smart tap that his sharp claw pierced
the rubber, and the balloon burst
with loud pop. Such surprised
pussy cat you never saw. He spit and
jumped to one side. arching his back
and putting out his tail from fright.
Mabel jumped, too, just tiny bit,
and then she laughed SO merrily that
mother peeped in the door to see
what amused her little girl SO much.
While the cat was still puzzling,
father came for dinner well!
What a happy little girl" said he
Home Herald.
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CHAPTER vi.

It is necessary for the reader to
know what kind of building Monken
Abbey was. and something Of the dis
position of its rooms, In order to fol-
low clearly the action of the drama
that took place within its walls. l
can do no better than to give the de-
scription by which brought the facts
home to the comprehension Of my
blind partner.
Tell me what you see. Thorne,' lie
said. as we stood on the lawn.
AN old Gothic building, flanked by
two later additions in the Tudor style.
that project beyond H."
1T donr understand" he said, impa-
tiently; cant you make it clearer to
me?"
had notebook in my pocket; press.
ing the metallic pencil hard upon the
paper, l drew this rough diagram:
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tween. hung inside with Venetian
blinds. I have marked a cross where
Miss Lascelle saw the eyes looking
through. The oriels are supported by
corbels. They are perfectly inacces-
sible from the ground except by a
ladder" 4
"But from the story above"
"There are no windows over the oriei.
The only means of descent would be
by a rope from the roof"
"Are there any other means of get
ting at the Window"
"None whatever that any human
being could use."
"What is this projection between the
orIels?'' he asked, feeling the paper.
"a two-sided bay carried up from the
ground to the gable, pierced with lat
ticed windows from top to bottom. 1t
gives light to the stairs inside"
"Do the windows open" =
"Yes."
"And what distance is there between
the windows in the bay and Miss Las
celles' window"
"Seven or eight feet at least"
"And the wall between is perfectly
flat2
"There is a stone molding running
along parallel with the floor OF the
first story and the base Of the oriel."
"Why didn't you tell me that" lie
asked sharply.
Because it is perfectly impossible
for any one to walk along It,"
"What width has it?"
"A few inches. 1t seems to be mere.
ly a stone gutter to carry off the water
from the oriel."
"Is there no ivy on the house-noth-
ing to catch hold off,"
"There is no ivy. but there is pipe
midway between the bay and the
oriel; 1t descends from the gable 20 the
gutter"
"What! and you tell me it is impos'
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10 Literature Local and General News.
When we were alone, Van Hoeck

when we were alone, Van Hoeck
said:
"Ask Sir Edmund; he will tell you.
as he told me, that Brace was IN the
woods yesterday while you were phil
andering with Miss Lascelles. What
was he there for but to find his daugh.
ter and employ her in working out
this plot?"
"Good heavensw exclaimed, losing
my temper; "what notion have you
got hold Of now? Last night you sus'
pected Sir Edmund"
To be continued.
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WRINKLES.

A small boy with an inquiring turn
OF mind looked at his father earnest.
ly and asked:
Father, what are wrinkles?"
"Fretwork, my son, fretwork," re.
piled pater familias confidently
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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which faced that part of the building
In which Edith's room was situated.
On the way Van Hoeck. who had
taken my arm for guidance. gripped
it tightly and whispered:
What did tell you? This Is the
beginning of the end!'
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II II ~

"The oriel on the left" I continued.
projects from Sir Edmund's room;
that on the right from Miss Lascelles'.
There are stone mullions at the angles
Of the oriel and lattice windows be-
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india has 4,S35,947 acres of irri-
gated land in the Punjab, an increase
of 453,561 acres in one year. The
crops are mainly wheat, sugar cane,
grain and winter oilseeds.
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He passed his sensitive fingers over
the impression.
The two end blocks are the additions
you speak Of, the space between them
the old part. l understand. Go on"
he said.
"The great door is in the centre OF
the old part, the dining room is on one
side, the library on the other. The
floor above is occupied by the picture
gallery. 1t has a gable roof, and the
belfry rises from tie middle. The
block on the right and that on the left
are alike. The ground floor is divided
into drawing rooms, sitting rooms, kit
chens, etc"
"Where are the dairy and the door
that is left open at night for the Kid"
"At the back of the house. 1t can
not be seen from here"
''Is that in the right block or the
left?"
I'm the right; the kitchen is in the
left. On the first floor are the princl-
pal bedrooms; the servants are above.
Our rooms are in the right block, Sir
Edmund's and Miss Lascelles' are in
the left"
what means of communication are
there? For instance, how could Sir
Edmund get to your roOm!"
"By simply passing through the pic
ture gallery"
81 understand; go on"
"There are two oriel windows and a
bay in the end of the left block facing
us as we stand here"
I drew another diagram to explain
the wondows to Van Hoeck. Here 1t
is:
The Havre herald. [volume] (Havre, Mont.) 1904-1908, 1907-01-18
Falling Into Hole Ets Air.

One of the strange experiences of a
balloonist is that of falling into "a hole
in the air." which Mr. Rolker reports
as follows: $50 you continue sailing,
enjoying the present with little thought
of the startling surprises that may be
before you. Ahead of you, unseen, may
be what the balloonist calls hole in
the air. resembling the vortex of a
maelstrom, and down this you may lit
orally fall at rate which is terrifying
until by sacrificing two or three bag
fuls Of sand at once your pilot checks
your downward flight. But these sholes'
are scarce, and as a rule the atmos-
phere is Of uniform carrying power
American Magazine.