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The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23

II Germany should make war on
England, neither the uncle nor the
nephew would be hurt 1t would be
the common people Of both nations
who would suffer. What a pity 1t is
that those who make the quarrels can
not be made to be the only ones to
fight. after the fashion of the old song.
which would have no beliigerent men
abroad or weeping women at home.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23

The Irupi dance of the Babaka tribe
Of the Hood peninsula is performed by
seven girls, who walk up and down.
gracefully swinging a cord about three
feet in length, to which a small netsed
bag is attached.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23

1t is annoupced now that Japan.
which has just launched the 1S.500-
ton battleship Aki. is to build two 21.-
500-ton battleships with metal dis
charge from their guns half as heavy
ngain as the Dreadnought. Huh!
Who's afraid?
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23
Profit. From Sugar se.t..
By Fred Blakey.

Thinking the experience OF other
farmers is always valuable to the read
ers, am hereby transmitting my ex-
pense account for producing crop OF
sugar beets on thirty-five acres in the
Arkansas valley last year:
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23
Live Poultry.
Butter.

Elgin, firm ... . "a
Creameries, extra Colo, lb.. 24025
Creameries. ex. east'n, lb.. 24@25
Creameries. I'd grade, b.. 81
Process and renovated, b.. 20
Packing stock. lb ..... 16@17
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23


Arkansas valley last year:
Regular hands. 175H
days a s1.75, ..-..s 3o7.1e
Extra help by the day. 1850
RfDal1s harnsss. On impls@s1ts. @asoas' ao.ao 4
Thinning. mostly Mexi- a.sa-
Hoeing, extra help .... 2I.ls
Spraying materials - 620
Topping. mostly Mexi- =
can labor 53200
Horseshoeing for haul
Fuef nef ana miscellaneous w
for Mexicans ....... 500
Seed, 1856 pounds az 10
Use ss"aS Of dump. cents -
Freight rSa on pulp, so
cents a ton, ......- 1898
Labor by home forces:.
Self. 10 days a s2.-s 220.o0
Grown boy. 40 days
smaller boys. s5 days .s-r
Teams SO $40 days a
5I25 ...,.........- 7ov.Vo
other estimated ex-
penses:
Wear and tear on
implements and har-
Interest on crop in
NeStment lVV-Vo -
reas' s5 acres Spes OF ...''....". prouu s2.osis1
Average cost OF pro-
''''s REcEiPTs.
55o11l pounds OF beets
N So a ton. S1,3Io.3o
s27'G93 pounds OF sliced
beets a $3.50. 2,2T6.l5
Pulp. $50 tons. and top
pasture sold ........$ 5000
Pulp and tops home led lb.oo
iqust acres le'e'p's '''i's....... ION ." ss.7ss51
Average receipts ~. 1o7.3s
Average cost OF l acre 59.55
Average profit 4Is5
Total profit ......-.... 1o'a.V
If the grower had been a renter and
given the customary one-ffth crop
rent. or $21.46 an acre he would have
made net profit of s26.39 besides get
ting pay for all his labor. The land
lords water assessments of about
s135. taxes of 80 cents and fencing of
so cents an acre from $21.46 would
leave him s1S.71 the acre for interest
on his investment. or six per cent. on
a valuation Of 1912 the acre. One
patch of 1S 1-3 acres on first year al
falfa sod yielded 3S7.l41 tons OF beets
or 20.S the acre; II 2-3 acres OF old
ground cropped several years yielded
81 tons to the acre, 266.375 tons;
acres of bad alkali seep yielded 35.3S6
tons or S.S4 tons the acre, so that the
thirty-fve acres give total yield OF
6SS 902 tons or an average yield for the
entire outfit of 1868 tons.
/ think this acreage was given more
than the average amount of attention
and cultivation and 1t was repaid by
more than average results. The regu-
lar hired help and the home forces did
the preparing of the ground, seeding,
cultivating, hauling and siloing. Most
of the extra help was Mexican labor
for thinning and topping. The alfalfa
beets were irrigated twice. part OF fhe
old ground three times and part four
times and the alkali beets not at all |
could name many other influencing fac
tors but think that this has been drawn
out to too great length already.
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23

Comparative Receipts
Month of may Is ....... 15,5s5
Same period last year ..... 1898
Increase ........... ..... -5,602
Year to date 49,. ......... $3.50
Same period last year. ...... S7,206
Increase .. .... ... STA
The following quotations represent
the prices paid on this market:
Choice heavy ......6.1 .6.15@6.3O
Light and mixed packers. 6.30@6.40
The Elbert County tribune., 1907-05-23
Eggs.
Miner Found Unconscious.

Eggs, case count ...........
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-02

a fluff delegation to some art studio dons Sounds
like Percy job don't it? But it was somethin' put
up to me in a way couldn't dodge.
Maybe you remember me tellin' you awhile back
about Cornelia Ann Better? She the Mime
keegan girl that had the top floor over
the Physical Culture Studio, and maxim stab
at the sculpture game-the one that we got out to
Rockywold as ringer in the snow carvin' contest.
Got her placed now?
Well, you know how that little trick of maxim
angel brought her in orders from Mrs. Purdy
Pell, and Sadie, and the rest? And she didn't do
thing but make good, either. | hadn't seen her
since she quit the building; but I'd heard how she
dom fine and here the other day gets a card
sayin' she'd be pleased to have my company
Wednesday night at half after eight, givin adj
dress Fifth-ave.
"Corny must be carvn' the canta1oup," thinks l.
and then forgets all about it until Sadie holds up
and wants to know if I'm gon
Nix, says l. Them art studio stunts is over
my head"
''Oh, pshaw!" says Sadie. How long since you
have been afraid of Miss Better? Didn't you and l
help her get her start? She'll feel real badly if
you don't come"
She'll get over that" says I.
But Mrs. Pell and l will have go all alone if
you don't come with us" says she. Mr. Pell is
twins and that Western girl of his You've got to
come. Shorty"
That settles it." says |. Why didn't you say
so first OFF,"
So that was what was dom at quarter of eight
that night, in my open face vest and dinky little
tuxedo, huStlin along 42d-st, wondern if the
folks took for head waiter late to his job You
see after gets all ragged out finds I've left my
patent feathers at the studio. Swiftly has said he
goin to take the night off too, so I'm some
prised to the front office all lit up like there
ball gon up there. l takes the steps three at
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time, expectn to find couple of yeggs movin out
should | See planted in front of the mirror, but
Swiftly Joe '''"
Not that l was sure it was him till I'd had a
but the costume was philopena. It would have
ticked song and dance artist to death Anywhere
off'n the variety stage, unless it was at Fourth
Ward chowder party, it would have drawn a crowd
Perhaps you can throw up view of pinhead check
in brown and white, blocked off into four-inch
squares with red and green lines; double breasted
coat with scalloped cuffs on the sleeves, and silk
faced lapels: pink and white shirt striped like
awnin': spotted butterfly tie; yellow shoes in the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-02

him for as long | have and havin' him hepn
in the studio. | got the notion that was wise
to most of his curves. I've got both hands in the
air now, though.
Coin back the last few months too, 1 can
where l might have got line him before
he wouldn't against the form sheet I'd
made out. The first glimmer l gets was when
finds Joe in the front Office one day. planted before
the big lookn' glass, havin' catch catch
with his hair
'Hully chee!" says he. dippin' of my military
brushes in the wash basin. That's fierce, amt it,
Shortly"
eff it's your nerve in hepin' yourself to my
bureau knckknacks. says l, l agree with you"
All, can the froak! says he. L amt eatn the
bristles off, am |?
oh I'm not fussin ~ says I; but what you
need to use on that thatch is a currycomb and
lawn rake.
''Ah. say" says he. Il don't see as it's so much
worse than Others l know of. It's all right when l
get it to lay down in the back. How's that,
now"
Great" says l. Couldn't be better if you'd used
fish glue
Maybe you noticed how Swfty's top piece
is finished off? He has a mud colored growth that
as soft shoe brush 1t behaves well enough
breaks up into ridges that overlap, shingles
a roof.
But then, you wouldnt be lookin for any camel's
hair finish nut like Swiftly 's,-not with that
face. Course, he amt to blame for the undershot
jaw, the way his ears 1op, the width of his
smile. We don't all have gifts like that. thanks be!
And it want on purpose Swiftly had his nose bent
in. That come from not duckin quick enough when
Cans swung with his right
So long as he kept in his class, though, and want
called on to understudy Kyre Belew Swiftly met
all the specifications. If l was wantin a parlor
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-02
By SEW ELL FORD

open and my eyes bugged. takn in the Diet ais
If | could, l would have skipped without sayin a
word for see I'd butted in on something that
sacred and secret. But Swiftly heardme come in and
he's turned around waitin' for to give verdict
Not wantin' to hurt his feelin's has to 60 careful
Swiftly, says |, is that your?
He only grins kind of foolish sticks his chin out
and his neck against his high collar. like
usin' a scratchn post.
Blamed if l didn't take you for Henry Dixev
first shot says l. wakn around and gettin a new
angle. Gee! but that's swell outfit!
'Think soa" saws he will it make 'em sit IN ."
Twill it," says l. why, you'll have EN- on
their toes
l didn't know how far could go on that line with
out givin him crouch; but he to like it. so
| tears off some more of the same.
Swiftly says l, you've got bunch of tiger
lilies lookin like faded tea rose You've got a
get tip there that would win out at a cakewalk. and
if you'll take to Third-ave. Sunday afternoon
you'll be the best bet on the board"
''Honest?" says he, GRIMM way back to his ears
Well. you got it, says L. ''Where'd you have
it built"
lover the bridge" says he
Say, it's wonder of them South Brooklyn
cloth carpenters don't get the blind staggers, turnn
out clothes like that; amt it?
Must be some special occasion?" says [.
''D'jer think I'd be BLOWN myself like this if it
wa'n't?" says he. You bet, it's extra special.
With skirt in the background" says l.
'Uh-huh. says he, springin another grin.
Naughty, naughty" says |.
"Ahr. say says he. tryin' to look peevish. you
oughter know better'n that! You never heard of
chasin' the Lzzes yet did you? This is a real
lady-nice and classy. see?"
Some one on Ffth-ave?" says l. unwindin' a
little string But he whirs round like I'd jabbed him
with pin.
Who tipped you off to that" says he.
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ornament, | might shy some at SWlfty'S
style of beauty; but shown bilious
brokers how to handle the medicine
ball is a job that don't call for an ex-
change of photographs. He may have
an outline that looks like map of
stone quarry, and perhaps his ways are
little on the fritz. but Swifty's got
good points that | couldn't find punched
again if | was to hunt through crowd.
So. when | finds him worryin' over the
set of his back hair. | gets interested.
What's the couture for, anyway,
says /. Coin to see the girl eh?'
Course, that was a josh. You can't
look at Swiftly and try to think of him
dom the Romeo act without GRIMM.
Abr, chee!" says he.
Now, I've sprung that same jolly on
him good many times; but l never
see him work up a color over it be-
fore Still the idea of him gettin' kit
tenish was too much of a strain on the
mind for me to follow up.
1t was the same about his breakin'
into song. He'd never done that,
either, until one mornin' | hears a
noise comm from the back room that
sounds like some one BLOWN on a
bottle | steps over to the door easy,
ana ndnSeu IL ulu1l make out tnat
it was Swiftly takin' a crack at some
thing that might be, "Oh. how l love
my Lulu!"
You must" says I. if it makes
you feel as bad as all that. Does Lulu
know it?
Abr. chee!" says he
Ever hear Swiftly shoot that over
his shoulder without turnin' his heado
Talk about your schools of expression!
None of EN- could teach anyone to
put as much into two words as Swift
them. They're a whole vocabulary,
uses 'em.
Was you tryin' to sing" says l, &C
n imitation of a steamboat siren on ft
But all | could get out of Swiftly
Abr. chee!' He was too happy and
JOIN in any debate. and inside of ten mi
it again; 50 lets him spiel away.
We'll" thinks |. I'm glad my JOY
any such effect on me as that. s'pose
it if he can"
1t want nore'n two nights later
another shock. | was feelin little
begin with, for I'd billed myself to {
don't often tackle. 1t was nothin less
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. AY. don't play myself for any human
~ cheese tester, but | did think | had
Swiftly Joe Gallagher all framed up
long ago. Not that | ever made any
Snecial St11d1. of Swiftly but KNOWN,
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called up and we're all tucked away inside. It
and at twenty to nine hauls up at Miss Beter's
number | was just goin' to pile out, when gets
glimpse of pair of bright yellow shoes carryin'
human checker board.
"S-s-s-sh!' says l to the ladies. Wait up a
second till we where he goes.
"Whv. who is it :" says Sadie.
Swiftly Joe" says l. You might not think it
from the rainbow uniform, but it's him That's the
way he dresses the part when he out kneeI
to his lady love-
Really" says Mrs Pell. "Is he going to do
that?I
Got it straight from him. says I. "Therel
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latest oleomargarin tint: and a caffy -o-lay
bean pot derby with half-inch brm to finish
off the picture. 1t was a szzler all right
For minute | stands there with my mouth
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-07-20
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

With a horrible cash in her throat,
the body of Mrs. A.Alberson was found
under the floor of an clubhouse near her
home at Hamilton. Mont. Beside the
woman's body was btotle of carbolic
acid, and in her hand was a razor.
Fire that started in the kitchen of
the Schlitz hotel in Omaha caused a
loss estimated at $50, 900, the greater
part of which is by water. A number
of guests lost theirl belongings.
Hugh Schievely of Olympia, Wash,
ash been nominated as a cadet from the
state of Washington to the United
States Military academy at West Point
A dispatch from st. Petersburg says
that Count Leo Tolstoi is dead
Plans have been prepared and finan-
cling begun for the construction of
23-story building in Tacoma. The es-
timated cost of the building is $2,00O,-
900.
Nicholas J. Kent, assistant postmas-
ter of Butte, Mont, who disappeared
three weeks ago, was short in his ac-
cuonts, according to a statement by
Inspector Paisley of the federal SER
vice. 1t was thought at the time of
his flight that Kent was demented.
There is no clue to his whereabouts.
The shortage probably will reach $10,-
900.
Only by the prompt arrival of dep
uty sheritfs was Fl. Remus, a promi-
nent horseman following the races at
Butte, saved from rough handling at
the course Wednesday morning. after
EN- had shot and seriously wounded II.
Brannan, another horseman.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-07-20
IDAHO NEWS.

Sheep men who have their flocks on
the Weiser reserve report feed better
The Tacoma journeymen BARRIERS
have decided by vote of 25 to "a, in
favor of a strike if their demand for
an increase in wages is not met by the
masters.
In spite of the fact that there will
be over 2O,OOO,OOO grain bags shipped
to Washington and Oregon from Cal
cutta, it is very probable that there
will be a shortage in the supply.
Jules Delsol. who has been held in
at the present time than was ever
known at this season of the year.
Lewiston charged with the assault on
Mary Bell a few weeks ago, was dis
missed on the motion of County At
torney Daniel Needham, who said
that there was not sufficient evidence
upon which to hold the man. The
father of the girl, John Bell, is much
dissatisfied with the result of the case.
In spite of the state law requiring
saloons to remain closed from midnight
Saturday night to Monday all but
three of the saloons in Wallace re-
manned open SUNDAY.
Harrison will soon ube lighted by
electricity again.
The Panhandle Lumber company,
headed by F. A. Blackwell, is stated
to have purchased the large timber
interests of Robert and ]. McInnis of
the McInnis Lumber company. The
amount involved in the deal has not
been made public, but is known to De
a large sum. THE deal includes sew
eral thousand acres of timber land be-
low Newport and along the Pend
dOreille river.
Harry jacobson has been arrested
at Wallace on the charge of attempted
murder. A fight occurred between
him and his partner, Flufferman, dur
ing which it is claimed Flufferman
was struck several severe blows.
The residence of William Van Horn
at Kendrick was destroyed by fire
recently. At the time when the fire
started Van Horn was out raising
money to aid Charles Webster, whose
house was burned a few days before.
A severe forest fire is raging in the
vicinity of Priest Lake. 1t is thought
to have been started by a severe cleo
trical storm.
M. ]. Durant, an employee of the
Ramsey mill at Nezperce, was caught
by a saw recently and one leg was
cut off and the other terribly lacerat-
ed. He died in a short time.
A warrant charging w. H. Curry
with murder in the first degree has
been issued at Lewiston. Curry shot
E. A. Peterson in a gambling house at
Kipen a week ago.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-07-20
SIX DEAD IN TENNESSEE WRECK
Southern Passenger Train Hits Switch
Engine-Negroes Are the
Victims.

Six persons met instant death and
20 were injured when eastbound YES
thule No. AZ, on the Southern railway
collided with a switch engine one
mile west of Johnson City, Tenn,
Sunday. The switch engine was in
charge of a hostler, who, when he
saw the fast passenger train COM
ing toward him, reversed his engine
and jumped to safety. Scarcely had
he done so before the passenger
train and jumped to safety. Scarcely
had he done so before the passenger
crashed into the light engine with fear
full force. The engine of the passen-
ger, baggage car and mail car and a
second class coach were derailed and
overturned, but the switch engine
was not lifted from the rails and
with a full head of steam started on
wild run which was not ended until
a switch was thrown for it and
1t was ditched at Carnegie.
The lives of the mails clerks were
saved because of the fact that their
car was of heavy steel construction
This heavy car, however. played havoc
with the light second class coach be
hind, which was entirely telescoped
The second class coach was occupied
by George Moore, white, labor agent
for the Virginia & Southwestern rail
road, who was conducting a party OF
20 negroes from Alabama to North
Carolina. Moore was perhaps fatal
ly hurt, and of the negroes, six were
killed outright, and all of the Others
MANNED.
OF the injured, George Moore, labor
agent, and F. o. Shipe, mail clerk
were seriously injured.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-07-20
MONTANA ITEMS

1t is reported that the state conven-
ton of the order of Elks, to be held
in Bozeman August 20 and 81, will
be the most largely attended of any
convention of the order ever held in
Montana.
Patrick F1nnegan died recently at
his ranch home in Cherry Creek basin,
80 miles southwest of Bozeman.
Sprinkle Brothers Of Chinook have
sold their wool clip of 225,OOO pounds
at 2Oh cents. Buyers stated that
they expected every clip in northern
Montana would be sold this week.
The next labor trouble the Butte
public will have to go against is one
brought about by the journeyman bar
bers. The latest raise made by the
BARRIERS is the minimum weekly guar
antee from $21 to $24, or from $3.50
to "a per day.
The mil and smelter men held
their annual picnic Monday at Wa
shoe aprk, Anaconda.
From the standpoint of the farmers
this will be one of the most prosper
GUS years the Bitter Root valley has
yet experienced. At present all crops
are in excellent shape.
Last Sunday the seven lodges of
Silver Bow county of the order of
Odd Fellows united in a picnic at
Anaconda at the new Washoe park.
An autopsy upon the remains of G.
H. Crandall, a telegraph operator at
Billings, discloses that the man was
foully murderer. Crandall's head was
crushed in by some blunt instrument.
Orion Bros, musical dealers in
Butte, have closed a contract with
the trustees of the Baptist church
for a new colossal pipe organ for the
new church of the Baptist denomina-
ton. The instrument will be made by
the well known Kimball company, and
will cost about $4,000.
Fire Chief Peter Sanger of Butte
is now enjoying a long anticipated
trip through Yellowstone park.
The year old daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Samuel Clark, who reside at
Missoula, was drowned recently in a
water ditch near the place.
The largest judgment ever given in
Fergus county was entered in the dis.
trict court recently in favor of John
A. Drake and against the Gold Reef
Mining company for $4,000. This
action was started by Mr.. Drake mere
ly to secure title personally to the
Gold Reef property which is now
owned by his corporation.
Joe Uhler, wanted in Cleveland
Ohio. for a diamond robbery. has been
arrested at Helena by the police.
Uhler was picked up on the street as
a suspicious character.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1907-07-20
news OF THE WORLD.
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PARTS OF The GLOBE.
A Review of Happenings In Both
Eastern and Western Hemlspheres
Durino the Past Week-Natlonal,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

All of the opium dens of Shanghai
have been closed in accordance with
the new law to suppress the smoking
of the drug. Opium is, nevertheless,
being sold in defiance of the imperial
edict, and is being sold secretly.
It is said the emperor of Korea has
abdicated.
Six people we're drowned recently
IL miles south of jamestown, N. Y.
Their boat was swept over a dam and
all were drowned
That the late Senator Arthur Brown
of Utah four months before he was
shot to death in Washington by Mrs.
Anna Bradley, was anxious to provide
her with a home and adopt the two
children of whom he was the reputed
father may be shown at the coming
trial of the woman.
The Inland Empire system in East
ern Washington has received $50 new
freight cars, designed especially for
grain moving this fall The cars are
now ready for the initial trip. The
cost of the new equipment was APP
proximately $3.50, 000
Four men we're torn to atoms by
the blowing up of the barge Japan,
loaded with dynamite, at Ketchikan,
Alaska.
John w H. Geiger. late cashier Of
the Canton National bank of Balti-
more, was found guilty in the federal
court of abstracting and fraudulently
using funds of the bank.
With all official business of the Ma
tional Educational association trans
acted at Los Angeles, the delegates
have left for home via the northwest.
The appellate court of San Francis
co has indefinitely postponed action
on the appeal of Schmitz to compel
Judge Dunno to set a date for hearing
a bill of exceptions. The court left
this matter to Judge Dunno entirely.
The fish schooner Nickerson was
sunk by the White Star liner Romantic
and three of the crew lost in Satur-
days fog off Nantucket south shoals
lightship.
Jewels valued at $4,000 have been
stolen from private safe in the Of
fees of j. NJ. Ceballos & Co, bankers
and brokers of New York.
An old man by the name of Chas.
Mundscein, better known in Spokane
for many years as "Old Moonshine, -
was struck Sunday by a freight car
and killed almost instantly.