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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12
MONTANA ITEMS.

There is no material change In the
condition of Peter Larson, who is sick
at Helana. The result is inevitable,
and is admitted by all to be simply a
question Of days or hours.
Bozeman has a record which might
be envied by any municipality. Dur
ing the past year there was not a sin
gle arrest for a crime in the city ex-
cept that of gambling.
Charles p. Schmidt, who shot and
killed his wife while in a rage at
Helena last August, has been found
not guilty because of insanity by a
jury in the district court at Helena.
Many Montana sheepmen are pre-
pairing to attend the meeting of the
National Sheep Growers association,
which meets in Salt Lake January II,
Is and 10.
Theodore G. Risley, assistant re-
ceiver of the Aetna Banking & Trust
company. has been named as receiver
Of the Aetna Savings & Trust COM
pany.
At a caucus of the republican mem
bNAo VI NiiC lNEioidluit T.. w. hluk y
Gallatin was chosen for the speaker
ship of the house over A. j. BENEFITS
by a vote of 35 to II.
May NJ. Butler. "a years old, native
of Virginia City, and one of the most
popular and capable educators ever
in Montana, died recently.
Temporarily, at least, the strike OF
the electrical workers of Butte has
been settled
The January term of the district
court of Broadwater county has con
vened in Townsend, Judge Stewart, OF
Bozeman presiding.
Thomas Judge. so years old, foI
about 30 years resident of Montana
and a well-known citizen of Beaver
head county was found dead in bed al
Butte recently.
The Yellowstone Park Railroad com
pany was much in evidence in the dis
trict court at Red Lodge recently, hav
ing been sued twice for amounts ag
gregating more than $4,000.
M. L. Douglas, former owner of 6
half interest in the Parision dye works
in Billings, is sought by officers there
without avail.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12

Tammie Tomson was the "ne'er-do-
weel' Of a Scottish village He had
been frequently convincted of poachIng
and other offenses, and had paid the
penalty In prison. Unwilling to work.
he persistently tried all sorts OF plans
and pleas for extracting money from
his townspeople. One day he met the
parish minister.
Mr.. b." Tam began, insinuatinglv
I've some Information to gle We tha
day that might turn out very usefu' tae
ye. But l maun hAe half a crown for
what I'm gaun tae tell ye-its worth
1t a, l assure ye; 1t might come In rael
handy to We some day"
Tam, I'm hurrylng to a funeral 7
have no time to stop and listen to your
story"
"Oh, but, sir, ye'll be sorry II We din
ma get this hint frae mel"
Tam, l must go on and keen nv
appointment, but there's a shilling for
you; let me proceed"
Minister, I'll tell We for the shilling
this time" said Tam, in excess OF graf.
itude. "It'll no TAX We a minute TO hear
It. It's this: II ye're pit In the iaiI
try and get the second cell on the left
han. It's by far the maist comfortable
ane O. them a."
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12

nerly proprietor of the Rossland (B.
c. Miner
Major F. A. Fem, forest supervisor
for Idaho, has selected the following
officers for the management OF the
Occur d'Alene forest reserve: r. H.
Rutledge, Wallace, general supervisor;
A. E. Harris, Kellogg, assistant forest
ranger; Fred Uhlman. Wallace; Ralph
E. Rowley, Occur d'Alene, and H. R.
Snider, Kellogg. forest guards.
The o. r. & N. paid taxes to Sho-
shone county OF s6,743.77 on right Of
way and equipment valued at $685.
GAO.
Postmaster Wilson reports a marked
increase In the business Of the Sand
point postofice for 1906. The money
orders issued in 1906 amounted to
ss.7O9. while for 1905 the orders to-
tailed s6,927.
The annual report of Postmaster
Johnson of Lewiston shows that during
1906 the Office receipts were s21,-
362.56, as compared with s17,234.75 for
1905.
At the meeting of the Lewiston city
council recently w. A. Smith, water
superintendent, was directed to draft
detailed statement of a $4,000 bond
issue for the enlarging and improve
ment Of the water system. The money
will be used in part to install the
meter system. At the present time the
fiat rate system is In use.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12

searching the hills of Montana for
hidden wealth, Thomas Reardon, an
old time prospector, has at last struck
it rich. Reardon has uncovered a
well defined lead Of rich gold ore in
Georgia gulch, near Twin Bridges.
The ore assays 500 a ton, and the
vein is two feet wide.
A decision Of vast Importance to
mining men has just been made by
the officials Of the land department in
Washington, affirming the findings Of
the Helena officials II is held that
a placer claim which is resurveyed
owing to an error in the original sur
vey and which was originally located
in an unsurveyed district, need not be
resurveyed and relocated by legal sub
divisions. The title of the case was
that of the Switzer Brick q Terra Cot
Ia company against O'Neill and
others, and establishes valuable pre-
eedent, because of the apparent num-
Der Of errors made in connection with
classification and surveys under the
grant to the Northern Pacific Railroad
company.
Duncan Brothers have uncovered
gold ore which averages $75 to the
ton in their Elfelda property, in Mad
ison county
j. II. Pankey has struck high grade
ore in the Alameda mine near Vir-
ginia City.
The famous Bald Butte, near Marys-
Vile, is still producing very high
grade gold ore, some samples OF
which have gone as high as $4,000
to the ton.
BY vote of to 1 the members OF
the Great Falls mill and smeltermens
union have decided to make a demand
on the management of the Boston &
Montana smelter for an increase Of so
cents a day for all employees who work
on change shifts in the various depart
ments. The men are at present, and
have been for several years, receiv
ing SO a day.
The Barnes-King mine in Fergus
county has been transferred by the
Barnes-King Mining company to the
Barnes-King Mining & Development
company. the new company whose
stock was recently put on the market
and largely oversubscribed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12
OREGON SOUIBS.

Mrs. Mark Fryman of WOODBURY.
disappeared from the home Of her
sister at Hubbard, Ore, and although
searching parties have been out ever
since no trace of her has yet been
found. 1t is feared she has committed
suicide.
Forged checks amounting to $276.25
have recently been drawn on the First
National bank of Pendleton made pay
able to e. r. Mcleod and signed by
r. T. Johnson, a railroad contractor.
The makers of the checks have not
yet been located.
DR.. and Mrs. Henry Waldo Coe and
w. G. and r. G. Mcpherson, whose
names appear in the list of first cabin
passengers on the steamer Panama,
reported to be lost off Santa Cruz, are
all well known residents of Portland
A storm not equaled for two score
years at least swept Coos bay last
week and the country tributary, caus-
ing one death. Frustrated for two days
telegraph and telephone communica-
ton with the outside world. causing
heavy damage to shipping and logging
interests, and flooded the Myrtle Point
railroad so as to strand a train sew
eral miles from human inhabitation.
Frederick b. Martin. until recently
city salesman of the Portland branch
Of the Pacific Biscuit company, Sun
day shot and slightly wounded his
wife; shot to death Miss Emma
Helms. his sister in law, and then sent
a bullet into his own head. Family
troubles are alleged to have been the
cause of the deed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12
NEWS OF The WORLD.
SHORT DISPATCHES FR0MlALL
PARTS OF The GLOBE.
Review Of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemisphere
During the Past Week-National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

The federal court denied a writ OF
habeas corpus to agnes Meyers, SEN
fenced to hang January 10 for the
murder Of her husband.
King Oscar continues to gain
strength.
Leaning against fence, with the
head crushed and frozen, the dead
body of Michael Kaminsky was found
at Rosthern, Saskatchewan, says a
special from Vancouver. B. G. The
only witness to the murder is a young
girl, who refuses to reveal the identi-
ty of the murderer. After the crime
had been committed the body of the
murdered man was loaded into a
sleigh by the murderer and the girl
and taken some distance and placed
against the fence Of an innocent per-
son.
Consul General Bergholz at Canton,
China. has advised the state depart
ment that the Lienchow massacre in
demnity has been paid in full by the
Chinese government.
Bingen, Hesse.-Forty workmen
were buried recently in the cutting OF
new railway between Lamscheid and
Leiningen. The dead bodies of 10 OF
the men and 10 injured we're recov-
cred. An embankment had collapsed
burying two men.
The San Francisco Examiner says
that the L. M. Sullivan Trust COM
pany of Goldfeld is financially en-
barrassed and that drafts drawn on
the company by San Francisco brok-
ers have been protested. Peter Grant,
treasurer Of the company, is in San
Francisco and says the embarrass-
ment is only temporary.
A slight earthquake was felt at
Boundbrook, N. j., Saturday evening
at 1880. The duration of the shock
was about 1 second.
Philip B. Stewart of Colorado, who
has been offered the commissionership
of the general land office, talked with
the president today about the place.
He says he will not announce his de-
cision for about a week.
Companies A and II, First infantry,
N. G. c.. and troop A, First squadron
of cavalry, N. G. c., located at San
Francisco has fallen below the stand
ard of efficiency and are, upon the
recommendation of the brigadier COM
mander, ordered disbanded and mus
tered out of the service of the state,
to take effect January 8, 1907.
| George w. Perkins, formerly vice
president of the New York Life In
surance company, has made a sworn
denial of the charge that he had caus-
ed false entries to be made in the
company's books to conceal the real
nature of some of his stock transac-
tions.
Representatives Of the Joya Shokao,
a Japanese company of Nagasal5i,
have arrived in Victoria to contract
for supply of whale meat which it
is said will be used for food purposes.
Heretofore the flesh has been con-
verted into fertilizer.
1t is reported at Trinidad, Col,
real estate circles that Senator w. A.
Clark has purchased Vermejo park OF
William II. Bartlett of Chicago. The
tract embraces 200, 900 acres located SO
miles west of Trinidad, in New Mexi.
CO. Senator Clark visited the ranch
last year and is said to have tried to
purchase it at that time. The con.
sideration is said to be 100000.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12
Her Directions.

Before Mrs. Sage left her home for
her annual summer visit at her moth
er's she told her husband that IL he
wanted anything that wasn't In plain
sight. to write to her for directions.
Don't turn the house upside down. as
you generally do" she said, with un-
happy recollection. 81 will answer by
return mail and tell you just where
it Is"
Mr.. Sage found everything to his
hand, but soon after his wlfe's depart
ure a neighbor came In to borrow a
pattern which she was sure his wife
had. Mr.. Sage wrote, as he had been
requested His wife's reply subsequent
ly found Its way into the Springfield
Republican.
you will find 1t hanging on the wall
by the attic stairs" ran the letter. 'or
In the box on top Of the sewing ma.
chine In Ellen's room-the green hoy
or the red one, forget which. Per
haps, though. It is on the top shelf in
the closet In our room-left- hand side
II remember correctly. But look on
the other side, too.
"If not there, 1t is in the bottom
drawer of the hlgh-boy in the upper hall.
That is where keep my patterns, and
don't unite all the bundles. II is
among them somewhere. | am not sure
but 1t is in the second drawer from the
bottom. 1t is somewhere upstairs. any.
way, so don't rummage downstairs.
"P. Some to think of 1t. | NAV
have lent 1t to Mrs. Hall. Write me II
you find it."
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12
He Admitted Two Children.

George P. Hoover, the Washington
attorney who has been retained in de-
tense of Mrs. Anna NJ. Bradley, the
slayer of former Senator Arthur
Brown. has departed for Washington,
having in his possession a formal
written statement made by Arthur
Brown in 1905. in which he acknowl-
edges the paternity Of two of Mrs
Bradley's children. II names Arthur
Brown Bradley and Mark Montgomery
Brown Bradley specifically. and de
clares that these are my children by
Anna M. Bradley" These are the
children whom Brown specifically
disowned in his last will. Attorney
Hoover has other material to be used
in Mrs. Bradley's defense at Wash
ington.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12

The state department has notified the
Spanish government that Ramon Pima
who has been named as minister to the
Uniteud States is acceptable.
Reliable information has been re.
ceived at Washington of prospective
influx OF over 1000 Japans Sc into tie
United States from Mexico. Some Of
these have arrived and others are ex-
pected to arrive at Mazatlan, Mexico.
They were given free transportation
from Japan and We're TO be employed
in thu development of important int r.
ests in Mexico.
Those who have arrived became dis
satisfied with thtir co ldition aud SIR
rou dings and already some have start
editor the Mexican border. If they are
found mentally aud physically sound
and the other requirements of the i'm
migration laws are met, there is moth
ing to prevent them from entering the
United States.
japanese immigration to the Hawai-
ian islands during the past IS months
aggregated 1919, large portion of
whmo subsequently came to the United
States.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12
GIRL PREVENTS BAD WRECK
Phones Farmer to Flag the Freight
Train.

Hutchinson, Kan.-Nora Brecken-
ridge. night telegraph operator at Ar
lington, near here. prevented a wreck
Of two Rock Island freight trains re-
Gently. Through a confusion of orders
a westbound freight cleared from Ar
lington just as an eastbound freight
left Turon, two stations west. mo-
ment later Miss Breckenridge was or
dered to hold the westbound train
Langdon station, which was be-
tween the two trains, is not a night
telegraph Office. After Miss Breckin-
ridge had tried in vain to reach Lang.
don she resorted to the telephone and
located John Spence, a farmer, who
lived near the railroad track. She
told Spence the situation and begged
him to get a lantern, wrap it with a
red cloth, and hurry to the track. He
did so and arrived in time to flag
the westbound train, with the second
train only half mile away.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12
HIS BAD MEMORY.


The man of the house let his pack
ages drop on the floor and the woman
Of the house, says a writer in the Chi
cago News, uttered an exclamation of
protest Il should think you might
have carried them into the dining
ROOM" she remarked gathering up the
bundles. did you forget the wire
screening?"
That's 1t, tucked under your arm"
well, I'll warrant you forgot the
cretonne."
You're wrong again. got just
what you told me to, four and half
yards, blue-hgured."
And the dimity samplesi"
Certainly"
did you get the ripe olivesr"
Quart bottle of them. Didn't you
hear 'em thumpT
ITS wonder they weren't broken.
1 do hope you didn't forget the nut
meats"
"You will find the nut meats all
right, believe. Pecans and walnuts,
think you said. l tell you | know
Just how a dray-horse feels after a
busy day"
Don't be absurd. What's that stick
Ing out Of your pocket?"
That's Ben's woolly dog The last
words you said to me as | went out of
the door were. Don't forget Bennle's
woolly dog"
There ought to be more packages
than you've got here"
'If there had been shouldn't have
got home alive. l got three or four
packages done up together at the ac-
commodation counter-dlmity. nuts.
olives, cretonne, screen, shoe-laces.
dried Goldfish and the blue note-paper.
"Oh, It's all there I've got memory
like the Oldest inhabitant. You don't
catch me forgetting things"
Did you get the spool Of number
forty black thread?"
my goodness" said the man. in a
despairing tone, II forgot IT."
81 declare" said the woman. 81 cam,
trust you to remember anythingl"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12
MINING NEWS.

r. c. Flower, alias C. G. Dalney
who has been a fugitive from New
York since 1908, where he is wanted
to answer charges of grand larceny
and swindling credulous' investors
out of about s10O0.0OO in alleged bo-
gus mining operations, was arrested
in Philadelphia.
The mining industry in the famous
Occur d'Alene country it is reckoned
furnished employment last year to
5,0S5 men who received in wages
about s6,500,0 900. This amounts to
s54t ,666 every month. while for one
day it is over $4,000. These figures
have been carefully compiled. An es-
innate made last year placed the
Aumber of men employed in the dis
trict at 25O0 1t will be seen, there
fore, that the activity in mining has
increased the number of miners 100
per cent.
A sale is reported of a large block
OF stock of the Hector Mining COM
pany which owns a promising mining
property an the Occur d'Alenes. Ar
thur George purchased from James
Gam all the latters interest in the
Hector, consisting of 100000 shares.
The property is to be paid for in in
stallments and $4,000 has been paid.
The Hector company is developing a
group of claims on Canyon creek, op-
.posite the Sister mine.
A strike of rich galena ore was
made recently in the upper workings
of the Daisy mine near Mullan Idaho
The ore body varies in width from IS
inches to two feet. The mine was ac-
CURED by the Greenough interests
about two months ago. The price paid
for the property was $4,000.
The Hercules Mining company has
paid its taxes to Shoshone county
The net profits are $S63,124.56. and
taxes were assessed at S14.52499.
improvements were assessed at $52.-
45S, taxes thereon were s2O9S.11. The
total amount Of the taxes are s16.-
623.10.
There is a big boom in Boston
copper stocks. soO,000O0O being the
aggregate gain in three days.
The CRANKY consolidated stock is
to be listed this month on the New
York stock exchange. The company
expects to produce 100000 900 pounds
this year.
A mining revival is on at Elk City,
Idaho.
The Cracking Eggley Investment
company has taken an option on the
Lucky Boy group of claims on Sunset
peak near Wallace. The price paid for
the property is $4,000. The sellers
are Dan Finlayson and Thomas Gag
get.
Nine buildings were wrecked and
the mining machinery of the Dem H.
Arizona mine was destroyed in Low
ell, Ariz.. recently by the accidental
explosion Of dynamite in the mine
storehouse. So far as known no lives
were lost. The shock was terrific
and all the windows in the town were
smashed.
Montana Notes.
After spending half his lifetime
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12

shadows Fall Upon Marble Arcs,
Marking the Time to Minutes


Marking the Time to Minutes.
The largest sun dial In the world Is
at Delhi, In India DR.. Riem OF the
ROYAL Astronomical Institute In Berlin
has recently completed the difiicult task
Of making a model Of this gigantic
piece OF work. About 1650-the exact
date is not known-Jal Sing H., innu-
enced probably by the Jesuits, erected
at Delhi. Benares and other places OBJ
servatories, the ruins of which still ex-
ist. The natives know little or nothing
Of the meaning Of these ruins ana re-
ports Of English travellers Of the eigh-
teenth century give the only definite
information at hand as to the form
and use Of the mural instruments.
The popularity of this work, giving
1t a unique position among the astro-'
nomical monuments Of the world, Is
that wall and instrument are one.
1t is one OF the Oldest which have
been preserved (the Oldest In Europe
being the Leyden observatory, built In
1882, and here were determined the
obliquity Of the ecliptic, the length and
breadth. declination and position OF the
eQuinoctial lines.
A narrow flight of stone steps Ike
ladder parallel with the axis of the
earth leads straight upward Its sup
porting walls are smooth marble and
the shadow falls upon great marble
arcs, built out at the right and left,
and marks the time when the sun is
shining to minutes. Galleries and steps
allow access from all sides
The platforms of the building were
once used, probably, for smaller port
able instruments, which have fallen TO
pieces.
Before the year 1900 Engllshmen
found the building used for horse
stalls. This equatorial gnomon is
about 5S feet high, the length of the
circle about 10 feet Near 1t stand the,
ruins of an obliquely inclined astro-
nomlcal construction whose purpose Is
unknown.
The observations seem to have been
longer continued at Benares, the resi-
dence of the great Moguls. At least
DR.. Riem was able, guided by Informs
ton from English sources of the eigh-
teenth century, to reconstruct some
small instruments which were still
known at that time In Benares-
But the saying EEK oriente lux" APP
piled to the science of astronomy, seems
to have no great significance here, for
In spite Of the construction Of this OBJ
servatory no accurate results were OBJ
tained.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12
Press Gang for British Fleet.

Desperate means were sometimes
resorted to in order to get men for Brit
lsh warships. A chronlcler writes that
In the year 1913, "a feet Of ships be-
Ing required Immediately to be manned.
the press gangs placed a live turkey
on the top OF the monument, which.
drawing together great number Of
idle people, they had the opportunity
OF selecting as many men as answered
the purpose OF their Intended scheme .
The scene so outraged a citizen that
he fired a shot at the bird, (which oc-
casioned It to fly away" But the mis-
chief had been done.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12

Portland, Ore. Jan. s. What ap.
pears to have been terrible murder
was discovered here when the body Of
DR.. Philip Edwards johnson, physi-
clan of New, was found under the JEFF
fersOn street bridge An examination
of the body revealed the almost certain
fact that the doctor had been robbed
and his body cast over tho bridge. His
watch had been unfastened from its
fob and removed. No other valuables
were found. The body was mangled
horribly and only identified by cards
which were found in the pocket
DR.. johnson and his wife came here
from New York short time age.
Mrs johnson is daughter of ex-Gov-
ernor Hoadley Of Ohio.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12

Burlington, Vt-The entire family
OF George Devino at Winooski. consist
ing OF six persons, the father. mother
and four children. were killed during
the night by Illuminating gas which
entered the house from break In the
street main through a sewer pipe.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12

'Howdy !" said the busy man. swu
you marry me7"
"Why-er-this is so sudden" she gasp
ed. l must have time"
Say, don't keep me waiting too long
or won't have enough money left TO
buy the ring. came In an auto cab
and they charge by the minute. Phil
adelphla Press
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-01-12
THROW BOMB FROM STATION
Assassins in New York Fatally Wound
Two Innocent Persons.


A bomb of giant powder and shot
was dropped from an elevated rail-
way station into a crowd of people at
the corner of Second avenue and
Tortv-second street, New York, Sat
rday night. In the explosion that
nllowed three persons were injured
seriously, and of these two will prob
ably die. The outrage was seemingly
directed against the proprietor of a
fruit store on the corner and this man,
Salvador Ciniluca, aged SO years, was
one of the two dangerously injured
The other, Mary Bailey, 40 years OF
age, who was making a purchase at
the stand. The IS year old son Of
Ciniluca was less dangerously injured.
The bomb thrower escaped.