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Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-28
WILL PACK
FOR SURVEYORS
William Parry Here to Sc
cure Part of His Camp
Equipment

w. E. Parry. the we'll known Bitter
Root packer, was~a business visitor in
Lewiston yesterday from KoosIxia.
Mr.. Parry's visit to Lewiston was
for the purpose of securing necessary
equipment to be added to his packing
outfit before beginning the summers
engagement with the o. r. & N. SUR
veyors In packing supplies into the
Bitter Root mountains.
It has been definitely learned that
MT. Parry has been engaged for the
summer and win make his first trip
from Kooskia within few days. The
supplies win be packed into the
Loehsa country and 1t Is the purpose
Of the engineers to extend the line into
Montana during the summer.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-28
CHIEF ENGINEER
IS ENROUTE
G. W. BOschke and Contract
or Peterson Will Reach
Lewiston Tonight

Chief Engineer @. w. Boschke, OF the
o. r. IL N. company. will arrive in the
city this evening by steamer, accom-
panied by Charles Erickson, senior
member Of the contracting firm OF
Erickson & Peterson. who hold the
contract for the construction of the
line from Riparia to Lewiston and the
Clearwater bridge.
The trip to Lewiston at this time is
for the purpose of inspecting the con-
.ditions of the river with view OF be-
ginning work on the draw pier In the
middle of the channel. 1t is under
stood the company has ordered ma
eterial to be delivered on the ground as
soon as the water recedes suff1cienty
to begin work and it is expected TINS
can be done within the next two
weeks.
1t is the purpose of the o. r. & N
company to begin the laying Of steel
out of Almota simultaneously with
the beginning Of work on the bridge In
order that the track will be in place
for the delivery of bridge steel as soon
-
as the pier is in place. The work OF
Installing the pier is expected the
bridge construction will be commenced
by early September.
The construction of the bridge VIII
require about 90 days, which viii per-
NIT the compilation of the road from
Riparia to "a connection with the
Northern Pacific by early November
at which time the Northern Paeinc
oficiaIs announced the road would De
in operation from lewiston to yoh-
mer.
The early completion OF the plans
by the two companies insures the de-
livery Of the Clearwater crop and that
portion Of the Palouse crop south Oh
Garfield through Lewiston this year
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-28
BIC 'vARSIT|ES
BREAK EVEN

NEW LONDON, Conn, June 28.-
Harvard won the freshmen eight cared
race by one and one-half lengths and
about ten lengths today. Both races
were up stream on the incoming tide
and smooth water and both were row.
ed in slow time.
The official time of the freshmen
race was: Harvard. 11:15; Yale
11:17. Four-oared race: Yale, 1885;
Harvard, 1885.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-28
BAD WH|SKEY
AND BAD BLOOD

wARRENsBURG. Mo-, June 2s.--In
a family fight last night near Bristle
ridge, six miles southeast of this city,
Mrs. Walter Herd killed Mrs. James
Herd, her sister-in-law. with butch
er knife. The women and their hus-
bands had been drinking.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-28

The line was extended several miles
above the mouth of the Lochsa last
season and work will be resumed at
this point as soon as the party is
moved from Kamiah, where connec-
tions are now being made
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-28
COULD NOT CONVICT.

Jury in Ohio Hadn't the Heart to Find
Standard Oil Guilty.
FINDLAY, Ohio, June 2S.-The jury
in the case of the state against the
Standard Oil company, charged with
violating the antitrust laws, today
reported to Judge Runcan it was i'm
possible to agree and they were or
dered discharged. The case was given
to the jury Wednesday last.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-28
HANGED FOR
WIFE MURDER

SALEM, June 2s.-H. Megorden was
hanged at the penitentiary today xoE
the murder Of his wife, Mary 1Ee-
gorden. in a heat of passion near
Nyssa, .NalhouE county March Is.
He made no statement from tliH
seaffpld. Megorden has always main
tanned he was crazed from a blow oSs
the head inflicted by his son and Tins
he did not know of his crime.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-28

County Attorney George Rummins'
Of Asotin county, viii soon go 20
Seattle for business visit. where
ne has becme identifed with Prom
inent law ARM
Sam Langert was 3 business visitor
in Kencrick today,
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-28

Robert Campbell and wife, of Asca
tin. left this morning for coenx
d'Alene. where they VIII rsside
r r. Bevis, Of Bsvis Bros. e. ssnll
acting business In the ClearmaI
country. .-a.fs ~
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-28
INSANE MAN
COMMITSMURDER

SAN FRANCISCO, June 2S.-wii-
liam Stultz, a butcher, while tempor-
arily insane, shot and killed his wife
Louise, seriously wounded his mother
in-iaw. Mrs. l.. Bethcel, and then kill
ed himself at his home on Dolres
street last night.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-28
Notice Masons,

There will be work tonight in the
third degree. Three electric fans have
been installed and ice cream will be
served.
Lewiston evening teller. [volume] (Lewiston, Idaho) 1903-1911, 1907-06-28

Chicago Wheat Market.
CHICAGO. June 2s.-Wheat-July,
95Ac; September, 9S%c.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02
THE RAFFIA PALM.
Valuable 6y-Produet Which Has Been
Found In the Leaves.

How doth the little busy bee i'm
prove each shining hour! When 1t
goes on its vacation the rama palm Of
Madagascar can attend to its business.
In the leaves of the rafiia palm has
been discovered a cross between wax
and gum. 1t Is refuse product OBJ
tanned from the leaves already cut
down for the preparation of rafiia
fiber. The wax is collected, first, by
beating the dry leaves on a dry mat
or cloth and gathering the pellicles
and white powder which fall from
them. Then. after boiling these pei
Iicles and powder. the wax thus form
ed is kneaded into cakes of any de-
sign. 1t is thought that this wax, al
though yet an entirely new product,
will be more highly valued than the
beeswax, says the Chicago Tribune.
The average production is anticipated
at about 100 grams for every kilogram
of fiber. If the rafia wax proves to
have a value about equal to beeswax,
yield of wax equal to about three
fifths of the value of the raffia export
may be looked for, and. with little ex-
ira labor, the gathering of the leaves
IAN be reckoned as q negligible guam
tity of toll, since the wax Is the refuse
from the rafiia fiber industry. 1t has
been suggested that the wax may be
utilized in the manufacture of bottling
wax and in gramophoaa cylindera
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02

wa-ays iv polls day-tictives, an
don't want We FIR to be botherin' me
with ye-er fool QUESTIONS. Ye'd ha-ave
thin all brought in, an ye'd Examine
thin an ma-ake thin prove they was
MT tn vans, an sift 1t down till ye'd
got it bechune a few iv thin. Thin
mebbe ye'd la-and ye'er ma-an through
some wan tellin' on him SOS to keep
fright with We, or mebbe some felly
on tn outside w'u'd tip it of to we SOS
ye'd give him a little more shwing.
Ohio! they's lots iv wa-ays Nv get
tin at tn fac's without tra-acin' q
crime up. That used to be tn OF
way, but t is out Nv date. First find
out who did it an thin artist him. was
tn OF rule, but now t is, First artist
ye-er ma-an, an thin find If he's tn
wan. or IL he knows the wan ye
wa-ant' Nv coorse they's EXCEPTIONS.
but this is tn regular wa-ay."
"And what would be the next thing
for me to do?" asked the youth, some
what distressed by having his ideals
thus ruthlessly shattered.
"Ye sh'u'd throw out ye-er chist. pun
on a big see-gar, an say. IT was .
hazard job, but done IT."
els that all?" asked Horatic.
"Oho! is that all?" repeated Police
man Flynn. IF We c'u'd see tn time
some Nv tn day-tictives puts hl doin
it, ye'd sa-ay 7 is enough"
Policeman Flynn, 1t is hardly neces.
sary to say, looks with some contempt
on the average police detective, be
lieving that he is man who gets mos
of the glory, while the patrolman does
most of the work, but that perhaps I.
natural in a man who IL a patrolmal
from choice.
"Still, a man may do work in hi
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02
Why opals Are "UnIueky."

The world Is full of superstition
and one of the worst is that the
opal is "unlucky." This supersti-
ton arose when the black death"
swept Europe. At that time the
opal was very unpopular. and SOME
noticed that when q victim of the
disease was dying the opal on the
finger frightened and when he was
dead it became dull. OF course. this
took the popular fancy and at once
opals became "unlucky," and have
remained so ever since. Very like
~ they do not change at all on
the fingers Of dying person, and
the whole matter is like that ques-
ton which once caused so much
discussion in the scientific world.
l. e., why is 1t that when you put a
fish in a bowl Of water the weight
Of the bowl is not increased? Many
learned answers were given, but
finally one duffer weighed a bowl
of water with and without the fish
In 1t, and thus settled the matter.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02
Automatic Depression Recorder FOL
Control Of Mine Ventilation.

Automatic Depression Recorder TOR
Control of Mine Ventilation.
of air actually drawn into the mines
by means of the fans, as inferred from
the depression in the shafts, is OBJ
tanned, and the engineer can at all
times accurately ascertain whether or
not ventilation is efficient. The con-
struction of the instrument is based
upon the hydrostatic principle, says
Scientific American.
The recorder comprises a cylinder
in which works a perfectly-balanced
float, of great sensitiveness, moving
in an inner receptacle. Instead of using
water, which occasions constant trou-
BILE through evaporation and con.
densation, whereby the volume is con-
tinuously varying, glycerine is en-
ployed, so that recharging and adjust
ment of the apparatus are obviated.
The instrument is attached directly to
the ventilating shaft by means Of .
flexible tube Connected with the device
just below the cover plate. The de-
preston existing in the shaft acts
upon the surface of the glycerine con-
tanned In the vessel surrounding the
central chamber, thereby causing a
movement either upward or downward
of the glycerine within the inner cyl
inder containing the float.
Attached to the float is beam or
lever carrying the recording pen.
which inscribes the reading upon a
calibrated chart attached to the top
of the instrument The rod which
connects the float with this register
ing lever passes through large oval
aperture in the cover plate OF the
glycerine cylinders, so that it has abb
solutely free play, and friction Is en-
tirely avoided.
When depression In the shaft acts
upon the glycerine, the impulse thus
set up Is Immediately transmitted to
the recording pen, which makes a
corresponding movement upon the
| chart, the zero line of which Is at
the top. The drum carrying the chart
is fitted with a Ave weeks clock
movement, and records ranging over
periods of twenty-four hours or seven
days as may be required can be OBJ.
tanned.
A modification Of the instrument has
been used as draft gauge for boilers
and furnaces.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02

which for centuries has been barren
for lack of water. The canal and
bitches offer nothing unusual, but the
great siphon is one of the most in
teresting of engineering feats in many
years.
The siphon consists Of two great
tubes each $500 feet long and IL feet
s inches In diameter, with a capacity
of 100 gallons of water per second.
says Popular Mechanics. The tubes
are built of concrete made around
wooden forms, and bound at frequent
intervals with steel hoops. The in
side is lined with steel plate, and the
tubes when done were covered with
earth for protection and strength.
Two thousand men were engaged
for several months in the construction
work, and the result is that the water
of a fair sized river Is actually run
ming up hill.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02
PRESERVATION OF WOOD.
New Sulphur Process Which Entirsiy
Fills the Pores.

Consul r. M. Bartleman, writing
from Seville, says that the faculty OF
wood to Withstand atmospheric pres.
sure is SO small, compared with its
mechanical resistance, that a close
study of new systems aiming at its
preservation is Of great interest in
dustrially.
All the wood preservative methods
now employed are defective in so far
as they make use of solutions the
evaporative nature of which makes
their action upon the wood effectual
only for a certain time. The new
method in question, which has been
patented in Germany, goes further and
utilizes fixed body which becomes
solid upon being instilled into the
pores Of the wood. This substance is
sulphur, the physical properties of
which offer interesting advantages
being fusible at about lis degrees, q
temperature which the wood can sup
port without any perceptible change
The sulphur is applied in liquid form
and in hardening completely fills uT
all the interstices of the fibrous It's
sue.
Although sulphur oxidates easily II
subjected to high temperature al
medium temperature it remains i'm
passive, resisting not only the infiu
ence of water but also that of acids
concentrated or diluted, and alkaline
solutions, if cold. The reason WHY
the utility of sulphur in the direction
indicated had not been recognized err
now was on account of it's small me
chanical resistance. pure sulphur be
ing. very brittle and pulferous. Blu
as wood possesses the quality of me
chanical resistance of which sulphur
is devoid, the compound of these tw'
bodies may, under the proper condi
tons, easily acquire valuable indus
trial properties, as, for instance, thu
vulcanized caoutchouc, which thu
wood, impregnated with sulphur, re
sembles a good deal.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02

aye sh'u'd Throw Out Ye'er chist,
Puff an a Big seegar an Say, ''Twas
a Hazard Job, But l Done IT,"
own way, I suppose" suggested Ho-
ratio, after a moment of thought.
"F'r sure" answered Policeman
Flynn, "but t is a ha-arder wa-ay."
"An' IL he does a really good piece
Of work he gets his reward?"
bright We are"
What is it usually?"
"M-m-m, WE'LL" returned Policeman
Flynn, thoughtfully, "that all day
pinds. Sometimes t is wan thing. an
sometimes t is another. Sometimes Z
Is promotion, an sometimes t is not.
D. ye ray-mimber tn time I whit down
tn chute an arristed a gang in tn
cellar?"
Eyes, indeed. Did you get reward
for that?"
II did"
what was it,"
II was locked tn price Nv tn ooat
rooned goin' down tn chute"
Copyright. 1906, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
Copyright. by the Century Coz
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02
LARGEST sIPHoN IN THE WORLD
Device Which Causes Small River
to Actually Run Up Hill.

The great irrigating canal across the
valleys of Sosa and Ribabona in Spain
has just been completed. The system
includes a monster siphon $500 feet
long which brings the water up over
a range of high hills. This was done
to save the very much greater ex.
pense Of tunneling. Many engineers
said the plan could not be made to
work, but it proved success when
the sluice gates were recently opened
by the king.
The canal now furnishes water and
makes valuable 247.000 acres of land
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02
Manoanese Bronze.

According to the Engineering, ano
Mining Journal manganese bronze has
practically driven aluminium bronze
out of the market, or to such an ex-
tent that the disparity in the quaint.
ties used is very great. This condition
has taken place not because of the
superiority of manganese bronze over
aluminium bronze, but because 1t II
cheaper-containing nearly half zinc
and may be more easily cast
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02

Starch, like everything else, IL be-
Ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market % years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est discovery-Defance Starch-all In.
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition of another ingredient. In.
vented by us. gives to the Starch g
strength and smoothness never ap.
preached by other brands.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02
IN6US1RYx.@lz e.
NECAht45
MINE VENTILATION.
New Automatic Depression Recorder
For Control of Air Supply.

The existing methods of ascertain
ing the state of the ventilation Of a
mine by means of water gauge on
the record of the speed Of the fans is
unsatisfactory, because of the fuctu-
ating conditions which always pre-
vail and the absence of any means OF
determining whether the ventilation
remains constant. Consequently
these systems by no means afford an
adequate provision against the very
serious dangers of insufficient ventila-
ton.
With the new recorder illustrated,
a continuous record of the volume
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02
Had Plenty OF Confidence.

Augustus Thomas. the we'll known
playwright. was talking about first
nights and the heartrending anxiety
of them.
ION my own first nights" he said,
Il am pitiable object, utterly with
out hope, convinced in advance that
my play is bound to fail.
'At such times often wish I had
the self-co: .fdence that possessed
Charles Reade. He, after he had
dramatized his novel, Never Too Late
to Mend wrote on the margin of q
certain passage:
eff the audience fails to weep here
the passage has not been properly
acted
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02

Preeminent among thu skilled
craftsmen of China, the carpenter still
maintains the leadership. Though al
most invariably welded to the use Of
the tools of his ancestors and to their
methods, judged by results he is more
efficient in his line, says the En-
cheering Magazine, than are the av-
erage Of the foreign-trained filters and
machinists in theirs.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02

While excitement regarding the Ho'
henlohe memoirs is still rife IN Eu'
rope. there is subdued talk In British
military circles regarding the forth
coming appearance Of book wnicn
will contain some of the late duke OF
Cambridge's voluminous correspond
ence. A diary kept by Emperor Fred
erick of Germany is in safekeeping IN
England and the day may not be far
distant when 1t also will be puDlisneo.
Correct answers to numerous histor-
lcal enigmas may be expected from
such q publication.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02

II q man has . marble quarry ho
asks: What can / do with marblef
He builds, he seeks other builders.
The possession of power, like the
possession of an estate, impels to use.
10 gain, to service.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02
Ecuador's Rainfall,

Since 1878 to the present time
nearly every year has seen contin.
ued and steady decline in the amount
of rainfall in Ecuador. No exact sta
tistics are obtainable, but there is
little reason to doubt that the decline
within the period cited 10 upward at
80 per cent
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02
Rivals.

Gunner-Why are those ships act.
ing SO queerly out there in the bay?
Guyer-I don't know. They are sis
ter ships. though.
Glnner-Well, that accounts for
t..
Guyer-Accounts for what?
Gunner-Why. bet they are fiirt
ing with that big man-o'-war over
there Chicago Daily News.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02
Her Provocative.

mo. will never be public speak
err"
1T is easy enough"
Il wish you you'd tell me how"
You should practice making
speeches to your wife when you are
alone together"
You don't know my wife, Hour
ton Post
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02
Seek. Practical Knowledge.

The Montenegro minister of agri-
culture Is a practical man. Poultry
breeding is at present engag ng his at
tention, and in his Office he has had
hen sitting to hatch special brood
of chickens. There are now nine
chickens chirping round his chair.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1907-02-02
Youno Man Extensive Traveller.

Lord Ronaldshay, though only
thirty years of age, probably has done
more travelling for his a~e than any
man living. Few people know more
than he about the Himalayas and Per-
STA. He has also found time to ex-
plore Kashmir, Baluchistan, Ladak.
Thibet and the Persian gulf, to say
nothing of Ceylon.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-11-02
Hardware Dealers on Good Roads.

At the annual meeting of the State
Retail Hardware association, held in
Syracuse, n. Y, last month, the presi-
dent, Louis j. Ernst, in his annual ad-
dress discussed among other subjects
that of good roads. Mr.. Ernst said
among other things:
a great factor in business Is that of
good roads, and it bchooves all of us
to do what we can to have as many
roads throughout the state put in such
condition that travel over them is pos
sible at all seasons of the year. Good
roads enable the farmer to drive to the
nearest market place with ease, dis
pose OF his produce and make his pur-
chaseS. This is Il matter that has re-
ceivcd any amount of attention during
the past few years and great strides
nave been made toward Improvement
We, however, as interested merchants,
should give the matter our active and
moral support to the end of extending
this good roads system and to see that
other roads through the rural districts
be improved and that they be kept in
repair. In that respect there is much
careleSSness."
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1907-11-02
VALUE OF CLEANING UP.
What Has Been Accomplished In Texas
Towns and San Francisc1.

The Merchants Association Review
of San Francisco made statement MS
to the cleaning up day" of the city,
stating that one-tCnth Of the entire
population volunteered for cleaning on
March 3, and more dirt was Scrapcd to-
gcthcr than 5000 teams were able to
carry off. One thousand women were
among the workers. Said the Review:
Prom early morning. when the buglc
sounded assembly. through the day the
work never tagged an instant Every
cubic yard of dirt removed meant the
riddance of menace to health and
comfort. And the rubbish which,
though gathered in orderly piles, prov
ed Yet too much for the hundreds of
teams. was carried away later by the
city. The city ordered also thousand
additional N ;tc cans for the side
walks. The spirit. the unity of action,
was perhaps the greatest success of the
GHy. Such civic spirit cannot but coxl-
maud success in the rebuilding of the
city and its constant p:o@rc;S. There
WAS n thrill of satisfaction ut duty
done and work performed that animat-
ed the city from mansion to refugee
camp"
The cleaning done in various Texas
towns during the year is very great.
Twcnty-SiX womcn's clubs have work
ed IN the Schoolyards, cleaning and
Identifying. putting up fences. seats,
drinking fountains, raising flags lay mS
cement walks ana setting out flowers.
One club bought $50 trees for the Sev-
cral schoolyards. Seven clubs in as
many different towns worked for the
parks, some buying land, some planting
trees and some flowers. Four clubs in
rs many towns planted trees and flow
crS In the grounds around the public
buildngS-city hall or courthouse. One
club maintained Fairgrounds. another
collected money, S1l0, for drinking
fountains. All these good things for
the Texas women and the equally
complimentary things might have been
said for the clubwomcn of other towns
are reported in Club Notes of Cleve-
land. O.