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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1907-05-23

Mayor Schmitz, of San Francisco
claims that he lie being prosecuted
by syndicate of millionaires who
are striving to get control of the
city government for themselves in
order that they may vote them
se'ves franchises for street ear
lines, contracts for water and other
public utilities, from which they
will make many millions of dollars
clear profit. The fact that Schmitz
was elected by the votes of the
labor unions doubtless has very
much to do with the warfare that
is being made upon him. The cap
ltalist class as a general PROPOSE
tion have labored earnestly to
throw discredit upon every labor
movement and prominent lab or or
ganizer in this country for many
years past, and Schmitz, Meyer,
Haywood and others are finding it
out,
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1907-05-23
HELP BUILD THE ROADS.

The correspondence published in
these columns last week soliciting
she assistance of Grangeville bust
ness men toward repairing the Elk
City wagon road recalls the fact
that in earlier days before the adj
vent of the railroad, Grangeville
was always willing helper in mat
tiers Of this kind. The appropri
alton for building state wagon
road from Riebold's TO Elk City,
was introduced and lobbied through
the legislature by Grangeville citi-
zens, and when it was found that
the appropriation would only build
road as far as Newsome creek,
Grangeville business men got to-
gether aud completed the road
from Newsome to the Thirty-Mile
tree, distance of II miles. The
gap of ten miles from the Thirty
Mile tree to Elk City was also
aided by Grangeville business men;
there not being sufficient popula-
tion in the camp to complete it I'M
aided. Grangeville business men
also built the first wagon road
from Elk City to Relief creek,
which was later improved and ex-
tended to the Badger mine, and
finally completed into Buffalo
Hump. Grangeville money also
built the wagon road into Salmon
River, the wagon road into Buffalo
Hump, and many other similar en-
terprises.
With the completion Of the Gull
desac railroad into growing Grange
vile it is certain that large por-
ton of the mountain trade which
of late years has been diverted
elsewhere will be again tributary
to this city, and in view of this
fact it is important that our bust
ness men contribute as literally as
they feel able towards the mainte-
nance of all highways leading to
the mines in the mountain ranges.
Liberality in this respect is fea-
ture which has paid our business
men big dividends in the past, and
it's as sure as daylight that history
will repeat itself under like circum-
stances.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1907-05-23

Sweat pads at Bertsch's. soft
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1907-05-23
A MORAL DEGENERATE.

In the examination of the per-
sons empaneled to serve as possible
jurymen in the Moyer-Heywood
case at Boise it was repeatedly de-
veloped that there is not only a
very large percentage of them
opposed to capital punishment on
general principles, but also an
equally strong aversion to circum-
stantlal evidence being admitted
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1907-05-23

When your back aches it is al
most invariably an indication that
something is wrong with your kid
neys. Weak, diseased kidneys FREE
quently cause break down of the
entire system. DeWitt's Kidney
and Bladder Pills afford prompt re-
lief for weak kidneys, backache, in
flammation of the bladder and all
urinary troubles. Sold by The
Right Drug Store.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1907-05-23

thing is lack of interest and it is
wrong, and furthermore it is q
wrong that should be righted. It's
up to the citizens to see that an
efficient fire company is maintained
and interest stimulated to assure
its continuation.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1907-05-23

For a cold or a cough take Ken
nedy's Laxative Cough Syrup. 1t
is better than any other cough rem
edy because its laxative principle
assures healthy, copious action of
the bowels and at the same time
it heals irritation of the throat,
strengthens the bronchial tubes and
allays inflammation of the mucous
membrane. Contains honey and
tar, pleasant to take. Children
like it. Conforms to the national
pure food and drugs law. Sold by
The Right Drug Store.
Bertsch's for screening. SOFT
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1907-05-23

DeWitt's Carbolized Witch Ha-
eel Salve does not merely heal on
the surface; it penetrates the pores
and promptly relieves pain caused
by boils, burns, scalds, cuts and
skin diseases. 1t is especially good
for piles. Beware of limitations.
Sold by The Right Drug Store.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1907-05-23

Since the Sunday rest law went
into effect both Sundays have been
rainy, disagreeable days here in
Grangeville. Wonder if the law
is responsible?
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1907-05-23
Baptist Services,

Sunday May 10: S. S. at 10 a.
m. and B. Y. p. U. at $50 p. m.
No preaching services either morn
ing or evening. Wednesday, mid
week prayer meeting at 8 p. m.
The Ely miner., 1907-10-18

ler's body had been removed to the
morgue it disappeared most mysteri-
ously and that night prisoners in mur-
derers' row declared that they saw
Ruminski's ghost walking along the
corridor and making CHASTITY faces at
the occupants of the cells. Several
months later the murderer's body was
found in stable on Carson street,
South side, and buried in potter's field.
The ears and fingers had been re-
moved, presumably to be kept as SOU
venirs.
The Biddle Brothers.
The two Biddle brothers did not die
in murderers' row, but other prisoners
confined there have often declared
that they saw their ghosts on many
nights since the two young despera-
does broke Jail and fed with the war
den's wife, only to be run down and
killed few hours later. The sensa-
tional case of the Biddle brothers is
too well known and has been drama
tized too much to need recalling to
the memory of readers 1t was merely
one of many cases which have served
to give the Allegheny county jai:
spooky reputation and to make the old
murderers' row no longer habitable.
The nerves of condemned prisoners
The Ely miner., 1907-10-18
A Definition of Success.

How have the hypothetical scien.
lists and the exponents of unbelief
benefited themselves or humanity at
large by sowing the seeds of doubt
broadcast in the world? The real SCI
entists do not fall in this category, for
they are believers in the real sense of
the word; they know too much, they
have seen too many mysterious mani
festations of the Divine creative pow
er. Now, those who have disposed of
the Bible and all evidences of inspira-
ton, have written a great many books
and some of them have won what the
world at large lightly calls fame. Ac-
cording to the ordinary measures that
are applied in such cases, they have
been extremely successful, but real
success means the benefit of human
ity in some form or other. If no such
benefits can be shown as the result Of
their labors, their success is not equal
to that achieved by the direst poverty
and the deepest ignorance. = Joel
Chandler, in Uncle Remus' Magazine.
The Ely miner., 1907-10-18
ALL THINGS IN PROPORTION.
lnvaIid's Meal Evidently Had Not In
creased Good Humor.

For many weeks the irritable mer-
chant had been riveted to his bed by
typhoid fever. Now he was conva-
lescing. He clamored for something
to eat, declaring that he was starv-
ing
Tomorrow you may have some
thing to eat" promised the doctor.
The merchant realized that there
would be a restraint to his appetite,
yet he saw. in vision. modest, steam
ing meal placed at his bedside.
Here is your dinner" said the
nurse next day, as she gave the glow
ering patient a spoonful of tapioca
pudding, "and the doctor emphasizes
that everything else you do must be
in the same proportion"
Two hours later the nurse heard a
frantic call from the bed chamber
Nurse" breathed the man heapily,
81 want to do some reading, bring me
a postage stamp"
The Ely miner., 1907-10-18
WHEN A "HUNcH" HELD GOOD.
Chinese Laundry Ticket Suggested .
Bet on "Wing Ting"

Kay Spence, well-known horseman
of Mexico, Mo-, won $1,000 at the
Louisville, KY. race meeting short
time ago as the result of "hunch."
Mr.. Spence has a large breeding
stable of runners" near Mexico, and
attends all the big racing events in
the country. Not long since he was
in Louisville and entered the betting
ring to see what odds were being Of
fered on the various entries. He
found that Joaquin was the favorite
at even money, and pulled his wallet
from his pocket, intending to bet on
that horse. His attention was at
tracted by something that fell from
his wallet to the ground, and he stoop-
ed and picked it up. 1t was a Chi
nese laundry ticket. He looked at
the books" again and found that there
was an entry with Chinese name,
Wing Ting. at ten to one. That set
tied it, for he considered he had re-
ceived 'hunch" that could not be
overlooked. Wing Ting won handily.
Needless to say, those who backed the
favorite considered Spence the sew
enth son of the seventh son.-Kansas
City Star.
The Ely miner., 1907-10-18
HAVE CRAZE FOR FORMULA.
Smokers Follow Fashions in the Use
of Tobacco.

MAKE me up package of tobacco
according to the formula used by Ed
win Booth" said the man with a
southern accent. THAT is the third
man who has asked for that kind of
tobacco to-day" said the dealer. 1T
is strange that people from remote
parts of the country as well as New
Workers make a fad of buying the
same brand of tobacco that Booth
smoked. And it isn't always the Booth
mixture that they want. l have filed
away the formulas for mixing the
favorite tobacco of many famous per-
sons. Smokers the country over have
heard of this collection of recipes and
one feature of every mans trip to
New York is to try pipeful of some
big mans favorite tobacco. In most
cases this special mixture is so
strong that the nerves of the average
smoker cannot stand it. He has to
give up after few pipefuls and go
back to popular mixture, but he has
the satisfaction of having had the ex-
perience. The New York Sun.
The Ely miner., 1907-10-18
FLYING MACHINE.
Wandsworth Mans Really Novel In
vention.

A remarkable contrivance of bami
boo and wire on four little wheels,
with a man sitting hunched up over
a steering wheel in the front, coasted
down West Hill, Wandsworth, shortly
after sunrise.
1t was the working portion of Mr.. A.
V. Roes flying machine, with which
he hopes to carry off a number of
prizes that are still on offer to the
first man to accomplish a fight in q
steerable machine.
Mr.. Roe was the winner of the Sec
ond prize at the trial of model aero
planes at the Alexandra palace last
spring, when his model covered a
flight of more than 100 feet.
'My full size machine" he said the
other day, " is now all ready for a
flight, but the difficulty is to find a
suitable place. I do not mean to be-
gin by circling st. Paul's or anything
sensational like that. If l can cover a
mile a few feet from the ground and
swerve, turn, drop and rise as want
to 1 shall be quite satisfied.
"The full-sized machine is built on
the same lines as the model that won
at the Alexandra palace. 1t is on the
superposed plane system, small fore
plane acting as steering rudder, with
two large back planes.
From tip to tip the machine meas.
ures SO feet, and the fore and aft
measurement is 20 feet. Altogether
the plane surface is 80 square feet
and it will weigh, with myself on
board, $50 pounds.
1T has been built almost entirely
by myself, except for the engine, a
Jap six-horse power motor, and the
steering wheels. All the other metal
work, including the four little pneu.
matte wheels, made in my own anna.
teur way Wheels, of course, are nee
essary for carrying the aeroplane
along the ground in starting an ascent
and in landing again.
The propellers, which are four
bladed, will make about 1000 revolu
tions to the minute, giving me speed
of about SO. miles an hour. The driv.
er's seat is forward, and will be in
closed in a cigar-shaped canvas shell
ter. There are two brakes on the
back wheels, and by pressing his feet
on an iron plate just under the seat
The Ely miner., 1907-10-18
Oriqin Of Sedan Chair.

Perhaps some expert in the Siamese
language will tell us what is it's word
for sedan chair" When the King of
Slams ministers, protesting against
his majesty's favor toward motoring,
suggested recently that "the royal Sc
dan" chair was always at his disposal
it is improbable that they used word
reminiscent of the French town.
For it is from the scene of Napoleon
ILLS collapse that the sedan chair
takes it's name, and perhaps remote
posterity will suppose that it had
some connection with that event. But
Sedan first produced these convey
ances centuries. ago, and they were
seen in England in 1881. One used by
James rs Buckingham provoked great
popular outory against the employ
ment of men as beasts of burden. Sir
S. Duncombe is credited with having
introduced them to London in 1884.
The Ely miner., 1907-10-18
BelIinq a Rat.

You have probably read or heard
that the best way to rid house of
rats is to catch one and fasten bell
about its neck. A boy in Delaware
tried the experiment two months ago.
He was badly bitten in making the
bell fast, but he turned the rat loose
and expected the tinkling of that bell
would have great results. 1t did have
In the first place, the rat who wore it
was constantly on the move all night,
and the tinkling bell kept the family
awake, and in the next the sounds
brought scores of new rats to the
house. Instead of being afraid Of the
bell, they were charmed with the mu-
sic. Had the boy tied harmonica
to another rats tail, the rodents would
have had a dance every night.
The Ely miner., 1907-10-18
The "Maun< CITY"

st. Louis rejoices In the sobriquet
of Mound City from the fact that the
original settlers found there many
elevations which it is supposed were
relics of that strange people who
dwelt in the Ohio and Mississippi val
leys and are known to modern times
only as the Mound Builders. No ade-
quate explanation has yet been found
of their strange mode of leaving
memorials of their existence. The
limestone bluffs on which a part of
st. Louis stands furnish solid foun-
dation for the business buildings.
The Ely miner., 1907-10-18
Held Up.

"Stop!" shouted the man on the
country road, holding up warning
hand. Muttering something about
rural cops, the automobilist obeyed.
Turn around and come back to
town with me-" said the stranger.
"You were going at least So miles an
hour"
You're constable, suppose" said
the automobilist, with a covert sneer,
when they had reached the village
''Me?" replied the passenger. mo,
I'm farmer and had to come into
town when all the teams was busy
Nice growing weather? Thanks. Good
by"
Ensuing comment is purposely omit
ted.-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
The Ely miner., 1907-10-18

noises ceased, but the jail's reputation
for being haunted spread amazingly,
even beyond the granite walls of the
prison, and still clings to it.
The Case of Ruminski.
Mike Ruminski was one of the
shrewdest prisoners ever placed in
murderers' row. On the morning he
was sentenced to death for strangling
his wife, pouring kerosene over the
body and setting fire to the house, he
declared that the sheriff would never
get a chance to hang him. The evil
dence produced against Ruminski at
his trial tended to show that he was
a professional stranger and robber.
Several months before he killed his
wife he had strangled his own baby to
death, but this was not known until
the authorities made an investigation
following the death of his wife.
On account of the threat of the con-
demned man that he would cheat the
gallows, an extra close watch was kept
on him in his cell, guard being sta
toned outside the door day and night
to prevent him from taking his own
life.
One night Ruminski went to bed as
usual. The light outside his cell door
shone directly on the cot, and the
guard outside could see him quite
plainly. But Ruminski, while pretend
ing to be asleep, reached down with
his right hand between the edge of his
iron cot and the wall and united one of
the thin cord laces fastened across
the framework of his cot and support
ing the mattress. Still working with
one hand, he twisted the short length
of cord, tied it and slipped it over his
head and around his neck. The handle
of tin cup, which he managed to get
possession of, was passed through the
loop, and then Ruminski carefully and
quietly proceeded to choke himself ito
death. So cautiously did he kill him
self that the guard outside the door,
although keeping one eye on Ruminski
all the time, imagined that the con-
demned man was sound asleep.
When RumlnSk1 had choked hlmSel1
until he lost consciousness, his hand
released the handle of the tin cup. 1t
may be supposed that the tin handle
would spin around few times and fly
from the loop and that the cord, being
released, would enable Ruminski to
breathe again. But the crafty stranger
had anticipated that very thing and
had made provision to guard against
his plans being thwarted in that way.
The handle of the tin cup had been
Strengthened out and then hooked at
the end in such way that the mo-
ment Ruminski's hand released it it
caught in the collar of his shirt and
held fast. Ruminski had been dead
several hours when the guard attempt
ed to arouse him next morning.
Then a few hours after the strang-
The Ely miner., 1907-10-18
"BOO-HOO"
Shouts a Spanked Baby.

ods, has not made itself more ridicu.
make it.
Does Golfers expect to regain any
self-infiicted loss of prestige by de-
monstrating thru suits for damages,
that it can be more artful in evading
liability for libels than the humble
but resentful victims of its defamation,
or does it hope for starting a campaign
of libel suits to silence the popular in
dignation, reproach and resentment
which it has aroused.
Golfers can not dodge this public
controversy by private law suits. 1t
can not postpone the public Judgment
against it. That great jury, the Pub
lie, will hardly blame us for not wait
ing until we get petit jury in court
room, before denouncing this prod
igal detractor of institutions founded
and fostered either by individuals or
by the public, itself.
No announcements during our entire
business career were ever made
claiming medicinal effects" for either
Postum or Grape-Nuts. Medicinal ef-
fects are results obtained from the
use OF medicines.
Thousands of visitors go thru our
entire works each month and see for
themselves that Grape-Nuts contains
absolutely nothing but wheat, barley
and little salt; Postum absolutely
nothing but wheat and about ten per-
cent of New Orleans Molasses. The
art of preparing these simple ele-
ments in a scientific manner to obtain
the best food value and flavor, re-
quired some work and experience to
acquire.
Now, when any publication goes far
enough out of its way to attack us be-
cause our advertising is medical" it
simply offers a remarkable exhibition
of ignorance or worse.
We do claim physiological or bodily
results of favorable character follow
ing the adoption of our suggestions re-
garding the discontinuance of coffee
and foods which may not be keeping
the individual in good health. We
have no advice to offer the perfectly
healthful person. His or her health
is evidence in itself that the bever-
ages and foods used exactly fit that
person. Therefore, why change?
But to the man or woman who is
ailing, we have something to say as a
result of an unusually wide experience
in food and the result of proper feed
ing.
In the palpably ignorant attack on
us in Golfers, appeared this state
ment,-"One widely circulated para
graph labors to induce the impression
that Grape-Nuts will obviate the ne
cessity of an operation in appendi-
citis. This is lying and potentially
deadly lying"
In reply to this exhibition of-well
let the reader name it, the Postum Co.,
says:
Let it be understood that appendi-
citis results from long continued dis
turbance in the intestines, caused pri-
marily by undigested starchy food.
The Ely miner., 1907-10-18
The Way of the Child.

A small boy who had recently
passed his fifth birthday was riding
in car with his mother, when they
were asked the customary question:
"How old is the boy?" After being
told the correct age, which did not
require fare, the conductor passed
on to the next person.
The boy sat quite still as if ponder
ing over Some question, md then,
concluding that full information had
not been given, called loudly to the
conductor, then at the other end Of
the car: And mothers 81"
The Ely miner., 1907-10-18
= Young Composer.

ftachel, aged IL. wrote an compo-
bition ON wild flowers in which she
praised the arbutus, the liverwort,
the spring beauty, the blood root, and
all of the other blossoms of dell and
dale. But she wrote on both sides
of her sheet of paper, and when she
asked her father, who was an editor,
to publish her article, he called her
attention to that fact.
you've written On both sides of
your paper" said he.
WELL" was the reply, "and don't
you print on both sides of yours?"
The Ely miner., 1907-10-18

such as white bread, potatoes, rice,
partly cooked cereals and such.
Starchy food is not digested in the
upper stomach but passes on into the
duodenum, or lower stomach and in
testines, where, in healthy individ-
ual, the transformation of the starch
into form Of sugar Is completed and
then the food absorbed by the blood.
But if the powers of digestion are
weakened, part of the starchy food
will lie in the warmth and moisture Of
the body and decay, generating gases
and irritating the mucous surfaces un-
til under such conditions the whole
lower part of the alimentary canal, in
cluding the colon and the appendix,
becomes involved. Disease sets up
and at times takes the form known as
appendicitis.
When the symptoms of the trouble
make their appearance, would 1t not
be good, practical, common sense, to
discontinue the starchy food which Is
causing the trouble and take a food
in which the starch has been trans
formed into a form of sugar in the
process of manufacture?
This is identically the same form of
sugar found in the human body after
starch has been perfectly digested.
Now, human food is made up very
largely of starch and is required by
the body for energy and warmth.
Naturally, therefore, its use should be
continued, if possible, and for the rea-
sons given above it is made possible
in the manufacture of Grape-Nuts.
In connection with this change Of
food to bring relief from physical dis
turbances, we have suggested washing
out the intestines to get rid of the i'm
mediate cause of the disturbance.
Naturally, there are cases where the
disease has lain dormant and the
abuse continued too long, until ap.
parently only the knife will avail. But
it is well-established fact among the
best physicians who are acquainted
with the details above recited, that
preventative measures are far and
away the best.
Are we to be condemned for suggest.
ing way to prevent disease by fol.
lowing natural methods and for per.
fecting food that contains no "medi.
cine" and produces no medicinal eff.
fects" but which has guided literally
thousands of persons from sickness to
health? We have received during the
years past upwards Of $4,000 letters
from people who have been either
helped or made entirely well by fol.
lowing our suggestions, and they are
simple.
If coffee disagrees and causes any
of the ailments common to some cof.
fee users quit it and take on Postum.
If white bread, potatoes, rice and
other starch foods make trouble, quit
and use Grape-Nuts food which Is
largely predigested and will digest.
nourish and strengthen, when other
forms of food do not. It's just plain
old common sense.
There's a Reason tor Postum and
Grape-Nuts.
Postum Cereal Co., Ltd