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Evening star., 1907-08-07
Building Permits Issued.

Inspector Ashford issued the following
building permits today:
To Trinity NJ. e Church. one three-story
brick dwelling at 1741 street northwest.
estimated to cost $4,000: architects, Hard
ing & Upman: builder. W. E Mooney.
To A. Appleby. three three-story brick
dwellings at 1887 to 1S41 Monroe street
northwest. estimated to cost SIG, 500: archi-
tect, w. c. Allard: builders, AIard q An
pleby.
To John Miller. one one-story brick wara-
house at 336 Randolph street. estimated to
cost $12.0OO: architects. John Miller e. Co :.
builder. Thomas H Milton.
To John Miller. one two-story brick pri-
vate stable. at rear $50 Randolph street
northeast. estimated to cost $4,000; archt-
tects John Miller & Co.: builder, T. H. Nil.
ton.
Evening star., 1907-08-07
Municipal Electricians Convention.

NORFOLK, Va. August Tho twelfth
annual convention Of the International AS
sociatlon of Municipal Electricians met here
today with seventy-fve cities represented
The body was called to order by President
T. c. O'Hearn of Cambridge. Mass.
The response to the mayors welcome was
by J. B. Yeakle of Baltimore. Following
the reading of President OHearn's an
nuaI address the convention dissolved into
sectional meetings. at which papers were
read. The convention will be in session
through Friday.
Detroit, Buffalo, Atlantic City. Niagara
Falls and Dallas, Tex. are after the next
convention.
Evening star., 1907-08-07
Primes VIII Study Farming,

ITHACA. N. Y. August Prince Victor
Maryah OF India. whose father rules one of
the provinces OF the Indian empire, has
announced his intention to enter Cornell
College OF Agriculture next fall His ia
ther was impressed by the stories OF Cor
nell which other Indian students here have
spread about India and thought a course
here would do him good
The prince. who Is an athlete is to try
for q place On the Cornell foot ball team
Evening star., 1907-08-07
Sues District of Columbia

John W Wallach today filed suit in the
District Supreme Court to recover $40 900
from the District OF Columbia NJ. Wal
ZACH, by Attorney r F. Downing. charges
negligence against the municipal authori-
ties in failing to repair the sidewalk on 9Th
street northeast between l. and NJ streets
He alleges that January II last he stumbled
over broken portion Of the pavement and,
falling. fractured his collar bone
Evening star., 1907-08-07
Going With Secretary Taft

Mr.. Fred W. Carpenter. private secre-
tary OF Secretary Taft. will accompanv
the latter on his trip to the Philippines IN
September. returning with him by way NJ
the trans-Sibertan railroad and Eurone to
this country. Mr. Carpenter acted in The
capacity Of private secretary to Mr.. TAFT
while the latter was goyernbr general, of
the Philippines. and has many friends in
the islands. He will join Secretary Taft
at seattle. from which place they sail for
neSOta.
Evening star., 1907-08-07
Injured While Cutting Meat

while cutting meat IN the market at Sd
and NJ streets southwest shortly after IL
o clock today William II. Spriggs twenty
five years of age, of 1912 d street, nearly
severed one finger of his left hand with a
meat cleaver He removed to the
Emergency Hospital where the injury was
dressed
Evening star., 1907-08-07
Artillery Going to Manila.

The ad1utant general is advised that the
transport Warren has sailed from San
Francisco for Manila. Philippine Islands,
with 57th Company. Coast Artillery Corps
6 officers and 108 enlisted men), and the
following military passengers: Capt. Wylie.
Lieuts. Jordan and Barkley Coast Artillery
Corps: Maj. Ray. paymaster: Capt. Wat
kins. I'd Infantry: Second Lieuts. Morrison.
3Oth Infantry; Shannon. 7th Cavalry: Bar-
ners and Barry. Philippine Scouts: Contract
Dental Surgeon Hollingsworth. four e.ectri-
clan sergeants, Coast Artillery Corps.
Evening star., 1907-08-07
A New Postal Card.

The portrait of Mckinley will appear on
a new postal card soon to be issued by the
Post Office Department. The card Is
cream-colored and measures 81 by 5h
inches. The portrait Is in profile, in a cir
cular border. with the inscription '1843,
Mckinley. 1901"
Evening star., 1907-08-07
Aged Resident Dead.

Frank Miller died at 9:3O o'clock last
evening at his home. Gil 10Th street north
east in The seventy-frst year of his age
The funeral Will take place from the family
home tomorrow afternoon at o'clock
Evening star., 1907-08-07
Sanitary and Food Inspector.

Tie Commissioners have appointed DR..
Gustav ii. Grapp. a veterinary surgeon,
sanitary and food inspector in the serv-
Ice of the local health department He
Will be assigned to assist In the enforce
ment or the milk and pure food laws and
Will receive $1,000 year. The appoint
ment was made upon the recommendation
OF the health officer.
Evening star., 1907-08-07
Orders OIL Lands Sold.
Special Dispatch to The sta

SpecIHI D1Bpatcn 10 the Star
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind. August Judge
X. NJ. Lands Of the United States district
court OF Illinois yesterday sat in the fed
eral court OF this city in place of Judge
A. B. Anderson, who Is on a vacation.
The case before him was that Of the Mount
Pleasant Oh Company OF Indiana against
John s. Nelson. The company Is in the
hands Of receiver. who asked authority
to dispose of the property. while the stock
holders were opposed to the disposition of 1t.
Judge Lands ruled in favor Of the sale of
the property.
Evening star., 1907-08-07
Frederick M. Sims Dead.

Frederick NJ. Sims. son of J. and the late
Laura G. Sims. died at 6:17 o'clock this
morning at his home. 1s 5th street north
east. The funeral services will be held at
O'Clock tomorrow afternoon at his late
residence, lnterment Will be made at
Oskaloosa. Iowa. His wife, Mrs. Stella
Sims. survives him.
Evening star., 1907-08-07
BOY LOSES LIFE.
Drowning in the Potomac River This
Afternoon.

While playing on a raft at the foot of 131a
street southwest shortly after l O'Clock this
afternoon Douglass Spencer, eight years of
age. of 1102 Maryland avenue southwest
fell overheard and was drowned.
The body recovered few minutes
later by w. A. Reagan Of 413 11th street
southwest and was sent to the morgue.
Coroner hewitt will investigate the drown
ing.
Evening star., 1907-08-07
KILLED BY TORNADO
Trail of Death in Wake of Iowa
Storm.
TWENTY REPORTED DEAD
One Village Wholly Destroyed; Many
Persons Injured.
RAILWAY OUT OF COMMISSION
Destruction Of Property Great-High
Wind Also Plays Havoc in
Chicago
TWENTY REPORTED DEAD
RAILWAY OUT OF COMMISSION

ST. PAUL. Mimi, August IA special to
the Dispatch from Albert Lea. MINI. says:
A tornado swept acl oss Winnebago cOun-
ty Iowa. last evening and. according to
some reports. killed twenty people
II Is known that one person was killed
In Joice village. which was destroyed and
that several persons were injured.
The course of the storm was from north
west to southwest.
The destruction of property is said to be
great.
The Minneapolis and St. Louis railroad Is
out of commission, and its trains are being
run over the Rock Island tracks.
Evening star., 1907-08-07
Randolph Macon College Lucky.

LYNCHBURG. Va. August THE RAN
doph Macon Womans College has been
placed on the Carnegie foundation" tho
$40 900 fund for pensloning retired pro
fessors etc. Tulane University Is said to
be the only other southern institution on
the foundation.
Evening star., 1907-08-07
RAILWAYS WILL OBEY.
Four Michigan Lines Accept the Two
Cent Fare Law.

LANSING. Mich. August THE state
rairoao commissioners department has re-
ceiVeo letters from the Lake Shore. Michi-
gan central. Wabash and Big Four rail-
roaos. stating that they will comply with
the new two-cent fare law when 1t goes
into effect September II.
Evening star., 1907-08-07
Gale Sweeps Over Chicago.

CHICAGO. August Because of severe
local storms in various sections of the Mis-
sissippi valley during the last eighteen
hours, telegraph facilities have been greatly
impaired
At 3 O'Clock yesterday afternoon the Postal
company lost all of Its wires north of
Chicago. and last night during remark
ably severe storm which passed over this
city, the WesterIf Union and Postal COM
panies lost a number of their wires to the
west. southwest and north.
This storm was one of the most severe
In recent years, the wind in the south
ern part of the city attaining velocity at
times of fully sixty miles hour.
Much damage was done to trees and
shr(Ibbery and some small outhouses were
wrecked.
Evening star., 1907-08-07
KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAs DAY.
jamestown Exposition Given Over tc
Representatives Of the Order

NORFOLK, Va. August To-day was
observed as knights Of Pythias day at the
Jamestown exposition. with special parades
and demonstrations by the Ohio, West Vir-
ginia and Virginia Pythians of the Uni
formed Rank, now in camp here. There
was a large attendance of Pythans and
Rathbons Sisters
Evening star., 1907-08-07
Death of Mrs. Julia Cannon.

Julia Cannon. wife of Patrick Cannon, a
local business man. died last evening at
her home. g1i Pennsylvania avenhe The
funeral will take place at $50 O'Clock Fri
day morning. with requiem mass at St.
Patrick's Church.
Evening star., 1907-08-07
Saratoga Result.

SARATOGA, August First race handi-
cap: three-year-olds and upward: seven
furlongs-Far West. . to / and to 1. won:
Cablegram, IL to l place. second; Dr. Gard
ner, third. Time. 1.25 Is
Evening star., 1907-08-07
Luncheon With Roosevelt.

The United States ambassador to Aus
tria. Charles s. Francis. and Ernest Ham,
lin Abbott Of New York. were entertained
at luncheon today by President Roosevelt.
Evening star., 1907-08-07
ILL TREATMENT ALLEGED.
Whole e-ale Desertion From q German
Ship.

Through the German ambassador the
State Department today received an appeal
from the action OF the shipping commits
sioner at San Francisco. who yesterday
ordered deported twenty-four Chinese mem
bers Of the crew of the German tramp
steamship Tolosan. who had deserted from
that ship on account of alleged in-treat-
ment The Germans wish the men returned
to the ship to which. 1t Is understood. the
Chinese vice consul at San Francisco OBJ
1ects. The Department Of State referred
the case to the Department OF Justice.
Evening star., 1907-08-07
RETURNS TO JAIL.
Mrs. Anna Bradley Unable to Procure
Sureties on Bond

Not having procured bail Mrs. Annie M.
Bradley, accused Of the murder of former
Senator Arthur Brown Of Utah, has been
returned to jail from George Washington
University Hospital. where she underwent
an operation several weeks aso
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-08-03

eff farmer raised thousand bushe
els of wheat and wheat was worth a
dollar a bushel, his crop would be worth
thousand dollars" says an exchange.
eff he sold 1t and got the money he
would have a thousand dollars to do
business on. If, however, he Ndribbled
it out to a thousand people and waited
year for his pay he would not be able
to do any business, but would be COM
PEELED to go out of business and join the
Grand Army of Tramps. A newspaper
does business ON the latter plan. 1t
has, however, to pay for stock and ma
terial every thirty days. The situation
is easily figured and we leave you tc
draw your own conclusions.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-08-03

The land office in Lewiston
writes this paper as follows:
"You are informed that, pursuant
to notice given, plat of township
20 F., R. 8 E., B. M. was ofic-
tally filed in this office on the 18th
day of June, 1907. Contrary to
expectations, no filings have as
yet been offered upon landin this
township
The Mining News will keep
you posted on all matters pertain
ing to mining in central Idaho.
The executive committee of the
Good Roads league request all
subscribers to pay their subscrip-
ton to Treasurer G. L. L. Bas-
kett as soon as possible.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-08-03
peace officers and county and state

peace officers and county and state
officials.
Probably no stronger argument could
be advanced for the reduction in pass
enger fare than is to be found in the
retaliatory measures adopted by the
companies. There has been too much
franking, too many favors to special
interests, and thereby too great loss
of revenue to the companies, for the
business to have been conducted in q
manner just to the majority Of the pub
lie. The companies had for years cars
ried passengers free and many on re-
duced fares, while the Scent fares had
to make up the deficit. There was no
good reason for the railroad companies
putting an ad in every jimcrow, cross
roads paper and letting the editor, his
family and friends ride without paying.
There is no good reason that the rail
ways should aid the centralizing scheme
of the day by reducing the fare and
running excursions to the cities for
gatherings Of whatever sort. If public
officials are in position to favor trans
portatiop companies they ought not to
be placed under obligations to the comr
panies and be made to feel they should
use the influence they have. The min
listers of the gospel should be supported
so well that they would not feel that
they are public charge every time
they face the ticket seller,
1t required no going over the books
of the companies for those Legislators
in the middle states to decide that the
passenger fare could be reduced, anc
there would remain for the companies
good profit. The method of reducing
is good one; it knocks out special fav'
ors, places the companies and all the
people on the same plane, and il
reaches to the bottom of the companies
profits in such way as to make rebatine
on freight a hazardous undertaking
Time alone will satisfy all concerned
but the general opinion is that the new
arrangement is an improvement owe
the old. All who travel will be require'
to pay full fare, and the loss from lov
rates will be compensated by the in
creased travel on rate that is With
the reach of all.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-08-03
The New Passenger Rates.

The legislatures in a number of CEN
trail states last winter enacted laws re-
ducing the passenger rates. For time
the enforcement of the new laws was
strongly opposed by the companies, and
it appeared the differences could be set
tied only by appeal to the highest
court. The companies argued that the
reductions required, in most cases from
to 2 cents per mile, would be ruinous
to the passenger business. According
to the arguments put forth the reduc-
ton of one-third the old passenger fare
was too sudden and radical a change for
the companies to adjust themselves to,
and they were sure that disaster would
follow if they adopted the fares pro-
posed by the legislatures.
Now comes word from Chicago that
the companies have given up the fight;
the schedule of fare made up by the
legislatures of the different states will
be put in force, and interstate rates
will be made accordingly. But with
. the announcement of the surrender
comes news fully as important to the
public. The companies intend to get
down to business in the future. and nc
respect to persons will be known. All
franks deadheads- are to be cut out,
and all people, companies and corpora
tons are to be treated alike, and only
the cash counts as exchange for trans
portation on the roads. No excursions
will be run, and visitors to state, count,
and district fairs, conventions, etc., will
be required to pay the legal rate
Even the clergy, who have heretofore
enjoyed half rate, are affected by the
new order ty the companies, as are alst
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-08-03
THE LITTLE ROADS.


The little roads go up and down
Among the valleys and the hills,
They skirt the fields of green and
brown,
They wind 'beside the singing rills,
And forest trees beside them lean
And reach their boughs to those
across
And shake their leaves as though they
mean
A mythical salute to toss.
The little roads-we see them when
We whirl along the ways OF steel,
And haunts of peace afar from men
The winding little roads reveal;
We see the elderbrush in bloom,
The wild rose flaming through the
trees,
And pungent breaths of wild perfume
Are waited to US on the breeze.
And now and then we see roof
Half hidden in sea of green
AS though the house would hold aloof
From all things hard of heart and
mean,
And leading to the house we see
A little road that seems to know
The fellowship of bird and bee
And of the goodly things that grow.
The little roads for one and all
They have their summons and theil
lure,
Their dust wreaths rise and leap an6
fall,
Their charm is one that will endure
AT dawn, or noon, or in the dusk,
When crickets sing their twilight
odes
In mingled scents of mint and musk
We know the call of little roads,
The city's streets are broad and bare
The city's streets are straight an'
long
Ho, from the little roads somewhere
Still murmurs an insistent song,
And we would fain go trudging down
AS Migrants having no abodes
Save Swallowed places far from town
Along the winding little roads.
w. D. Nesbit in St. Louis Republic
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-08-03
opened under the act.


Applications under the act OF June
IL, 1906, must be signed in person and
mailed to the forester, Washington, ~.
G. Applicants will secure preference
in the order of the receipt Of their ap-
plicatioas, unless the lands were occu-
pied by bona fde settlers prior to Janu-
airy l, 1906, in which case the settlers
have the preference.
"All applications must give the name
of the national forest and describe the
land by legal subdivisions, section,
township and range, if surveyed, and II
not surveyed, by reference to natural
objects, streams or improvements with
sufficient accuracy to identify it.
IF for any reason an application is
rejected or Withdrawn, application may
be made for another tract.
1.-The fact that an applicant has set
tied upon land will not influence the
decision with respect to its agricultural
character. Settlers must not expect te
include valuable cumberland in their
entries, Settlement made after Janu-
airy /, 1906, and in advance of opening
by the secretary of the interior, is moi
authorized by the act, will confer nc
rights, and will be trespass.
Settlement and entry under the act
is within the jurisdiction of the secre
tary of the interior, who will determine
preference rights of applicants.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-08-03
Settlers on Reserve Land.

Settlers on Reserve Land.
New regulations and instructions gov
erning the national forests has just
come from the government printery at
Washington. An extract regarding
agricultural settlements in the forest
reserves is as follows:
Homestead claimants are required
to live upon and to cultivate or Craze
the land embraced in their claims. The
interior department excuses temporary
absences, but they must be the excep-
ton and not the rule. and the land en-
braced in the entry must be used for
the home of the claimant to the exclus-
ion of home elsewhere. Lands may
not be appropriated and patented under
the homestead laws if entrymen use
them merely for grazing headquarters
during a few weeks or months each
year and maintain their homes else
where.
"Reg. 5. Squatters who settled on
national forest land before its with
drawal and are awaiting survey to make
entry have the same rights to occupy
and enjoy their holdings as homestead
entrymen, and may at their option
await survey or apply for the examina-
ton of their lands under the act of June
II, 1906, with view to opening them
to homestead entry.
desert land entries can be made fol
all land, exclusive Of timber and min
eral land, which will not, without arti
fetal irrigation. produce some agricult
ural crop; the water sufficient to irri
gate all of the land entered which il
susceptible of irrigation must be con
Quoted to each legal subdivision; and a
least one-eighth of the land entered
must be cultivated before theentry will
be approved by the interior department
! Claims may be initiated Under thu
act of June IL, 1906, for agriculture
land in national forests as soon as it hal
been declared open by the secretary O
the interior. The act does not apply t.
certain counties in southern California
In parts of certain counties in Soutl
Dakota only land which was settlet
upon before January l, 1906, can b
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-08-03

South Dakota has made it criminal
offense for women to play cards for
money or hand-painted china prizes,
even at private houses. The legislators
who supported the bill no doubt possess
wives who are addicted to the bridge
whist habit.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-08-03

A Weekly Journal Devoted to the Inter
ests of the Elk City, Red River,
Orogrande, Newsome, Dixie and
r Buffalo Hump Mining Camps.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-08-03
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-08-03

Entered at the Elk City, Idaho, Post
office for transmission through the
mails as second-class matter.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-08-03
ELK CITY MINING NEWS

ISSUED EVERY SATURDAY BY
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The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-15
Serious National Needs.

From The Reader for December.
 In our vainglorous way we have al- ways boasted that the supplies of coal, lumber. oil and iron ore in this country were inexhaustlble. Experts who plainly proved that present demands for timber could not continue to be supplied unless public and private efforts were bent to the replahting of denuded lands, were laughed out of court by cheap humor Tn the press and by the interested sophls- tries of trade journals. Sentiment was manufactured against the efforts of the interior department to inforce the forest laws, and senators and representatives forgot their oaths of office in their zeal to serve corporations which found their rapacity checked by the statutes.
 MT. Roosevelt has again called attention to this extrayagant waste in his speeches at Memphis and other points, during his western trip, and his able head forester, Mir. Plnchot. makes an estimate, based upon scientific and practical investigation, that our forests are not good for mora than 33 years, our soft coal supply for more than d century, and the anthracite for half that period. He calls attention to the vast tracts of land in all parts of the country made barren and useless by forest denudatlon, and the effect of this timber-cutting upon climate and crops. South of Pennsylvania there are about 30O0 square miles of land made waste by this act of the timber companies with practically no effort at replacing for future generations what has been taken Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota and the northwest Pacific states are now being made treeess at an alarming rate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-12-15
BY A FORGOTTEN PROPHET-By>J C. Hiden

words. and curses, how immensely hls environment may be improved by wise talk from you on the, "Sermon on the Mount" If, at home, he gets little but kicks and cuffs what an opening you have to soften him with the beautiful story of the Good Samaritan"
 John Bunyan was rough, uncouth. hard-swearing "son of tinker" but he tells us that single reproof entirely and forever cured him of his profanity.
 But we must not imagine that, because we are Christians we are personally an1 entirely "out of range of the sharp shafts of the cretlan prohpet. Are you never tempted to eat more than Is good for you? Do you find it always easy to speak the truth? Is it always easy to rise on sundSy morning in time to be promptly in your place when the secre- tary calls the roll at Sunday school? Ara you perefeetly free of any taint of idle self-indulgenee?
 The Christian who is always on the right side of ali these questions is cut of range of Epimenides; but arc such Christians numerous? And is 1t not altogether too easy for us to imagine that we are out of range, when in reality we are liable to "a center shot"? The man who Is perfectly sincere in all his words and deeds; who is never guilty of imprudent eating or drinking; who is never slothful, selfIndulgent, nor idle, Is a scarce sort of man in this world, and he is not superabundant in the churoh and so I conclude that our Forgotten Prophet" Is not altogether out of date.a