The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-06-16
E. FRANK RICHARDSON.

At the present time he is engaged in
the real estate business, buying and
selling Boise property on his own ac-
count, rather than on commission. He
is now sixty-eight years of age, and Is
a man of excellent judgment.
Another man on the jury list whose
character Is worthy of more than pass
ing mention is Daniel Clark the
youngest, or perhaps I should say the
least aged, of the jurors. Perhaps the
greatest hit ever made by Clark, which
shows the originality, as well as the
good judgment in a business way of
the man, was during the halcyon d4ys
Of the earlier years of the excitement
in the Thunder Mountain mining reg
ion.
Thunder Mountain, which has since
become world famous as the Mecca OF
the prospector, is located in the heart
of the Idaho Mountains, about 165
miles from Boise, which Is the most
accessible railway point of any i'm
portance The miners. attracted by the
wonderful tales of gold that was to be
extracted from the rocks of the wild
mountains In almost any locality, were
flocking into the region. and the coun-
try for miles and tens of miles In every
direction was "staked of" by the Gag
or prospectors, anxious either to find
the gold and become rich, or to be-
come rich by the equally successful
and much easier method lof selling
stock to Eastern "tenderfeet' in COM
panies they would form based on
more or less worthless mining claims.
These miners. among whom were
many women, and men fresh from the
East and not accustomed to the neces-
sity of roughing 1t in mining camp.
had none of the luxuries of life, nor
even half of what the proper classes
in the older sections of the country
would call the necessities. There was
not a COW within scores of miles Of
the town of Roosevelt, the center OF
the Thunder Mountain district. except
those entirely inaccessible bovines that
were roaming in herds among the
pretty valleys that separated the
mountains.
Took Cows To Mining Camp.
Clark, in conjunction with his BROTH
er. A. d. Clark, set out to supply this
want Gathering together a bunch of
mich cows. they started out onerMay
morning for Thunder Mountain to sup
ply the miners with the luxury of fresh
milk. and later on with fresh beef. 1t
was a great sight to see the herd of
some twenty head of COWS starting on
their long mountain journey l re-
member the herd passed the house in
Boise where 1 was living at the time,
ana one OF tne CldIhS, III spiAAb VI
braVado, was riding one of the cows.
to which he had transferred his saddle,
and was leading his pony.
A p Burns is the only member OF
tho jury who has ever been affiliated
with any union labor organization. He
was, a number of years ago, mem
Der of the Boise Typographical Union
No. 271, but gave up his trade as too
strenuous a life. and began farming in
nlnGa
that he purchased.
Samuel F. Russell is one of the best
known men of the City of Boise He
resides on a small suburban ranch, and
is fairly well off in this worlds goods.
Finley Mclean, a sturdy Scotchman.
is one Of the "Johnnies-comelately on
the jury. He has been in Ada County
only some three or four years. He has
the true idea of Scotch thrift, and has
managed in the course of his fifty-odd
wears to save considerable sum of
money. He has purchased, since going
to B~sSa several tracts OF land OF
great,as,ebr smaller dimensions. within
a fewGniles of Boise, which he Is en-
gagedNsiu managing.
Not a suggestion has been made by
any of the correspondents at Boise,
even for the Socialist papers. that the
Jury is anything but unbiased, with
omen minds for the reception of what
ever testimony may be adduced during
the course of the long trial.
StII Long Weeks to Grind.
The case has now ground away for
two weeks. since the completion of the
iury. And from all that may be judg
ed at a distance. the presentation OF
the case OF the prosecution, to say
nothing of that of the defense, is yet
in it's infancy, The longer the trial
progresses, like the mirage of the
desert, the further away seems its
conclusion.
The prosecution, it is said, has 15(
witnesses awaiting opportunity to pre-.
sent their testimony. and many of then
will probably be on the witness stand
for a day or more though the evidence
of most of them win be quite brief.
And the defense is likewise prepar-
ing to call a multitude of witnesses, tC
disprove the confessions OF Orchard, sc
far, at least. as they implicate Hay
wood and the other officials of the
Western Federation of Miners.
The testimony of Steve ADAMS shoulC
he finally consent to go on the stanc
and repeat the confession he once
made, will probably take up a week.
time of the court, at the least. Or
chard was on the witness stand .fo
seven days. and the confession of Ad
ans is said to be of as great length