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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-09-20
SOME VACATION YARNS.

Man Steals Fish from NTinI<-FighR
an Dark with Mig Trout. =
The vacation weather has brought
out record breakers IN nature freaks,
says the Port Iervis IN. VI CORE
spondent Of the New York World. A
boarder at A. d. Barnhart's house,
Beaver Kill Sullivan County, had
been whipping the stream without sue
cess and while standing idle on tile
bank he saw mink crawl out OF the.
water with an eleven-inch trout In its,
mouth. He at once grasped the sItna--
ton and moment later the trout. The
mink was so startled that 1t dropped
It's prey and fed back into the water.
This is the only trout the man canghk
that day.
John Dallett, of New York, and John
F. Hoag. expert anglers, went fishing
the other day at Lew Beach, Sullivan
County, and caught the largest trout
landed so far this year. 1t was twenty
two inches long and weighed four.
pounds and two ounces. It was hooked
in Its throat with common smell hook
balted with a minnow and It took near
ly half an hour to land the monster.
as the fishermen had only a five-ounca
rod and very light tackle. At first
they thought 1t was an eel, but when
they lighted a lantern, which they
dropped into the river, and then Jump
ed after the trout, they succeeded In
getting 1t on shore in the dark.
Isaac Braslngton, of BrldgevlIle, Sui
Ivan County, yesterday morning heard
a rumpus in his poultry yard and he
found a weasel there. without any
thought other than to save his chickens
he caught the weasel in his right hand
and was badly bitten. He didn't let
up, though, until he had choked the
life out of the little fellow.
Robert p. Dubler, of Pike County.
has a dog that is great on killing
snakes. While he was working in the
fields yesterday the dog came upon q
blacksnake, which he promptly shook
to pieces. Soon the dog began to bark
around a rock Mr.. Dubler lifted the
stone and found three more snakes
The dog dispatched them all.
While the children of a family nam
ed DovetslIy at Pocono were playing
near the house they came upon bear
cub not much bigger than a ground
hog. The cub followed the children
to the house. 1t is presumed that the
baby wandered away and met the fate
that follows disobedience of parents.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-09-20
MINING Notes.

William T. Stoll, Spokane mining
lawyer and property owner, is i'll in a
Chicago hospital.
Near Rock Springs, Wyo., 40 men
were injured, 20 seriously, by an eX-
plosion recently at the mouth OF the
third entry to mine No. 10, owned by
the Union Pacific Coal company.
While a number of the injured are
very badly burned it is not expected
that any of them will die.
It is learned that the real object OF
the recent visit of John A: Drake, the
New York millionaire, to Lewiston,
Mont, is to consider plan that mas
been fully worked out for the removal
of the fine, modern mill from the Gold
Reef mine at Gilt Edge to the North
Moccasin at Kendall.
In a few months Butte will no
longer be able to boast of the highest
smokestack in the world. The new
stack that is being constructed at
Great Falls for the Boston & Montana
electrolytic smelter will exceed 5oO
feet in height
Duluth, Minn.-The directors OF
North Butte and Calumet and Arizona
have decided to curtail the production
of their copper mines SO per cent
This will mean a reduction of 700 tons
day at the Calumet and Arizona
mines. and 500 at the North Butte.
IT is understood that the options OF
Republic properties, which were heIo
Inv tbe Rogers syndicate, have peer
allowed to expire, and that no eHor'S
we're made for renewals or extensions
Arthur King, well known in Stevens
county (Wash.) mining circles an.
who has been a resident in the Deer
Trail district for a number OF years
mast has just been selected 10 'a IAN,
charge of the Lee Jumbo NINE IN In'
Lee Echo camp in Nevada. -.
Approximately the following are u,
several amounts paid out by the mn IN
inc companies in Phoenix %. ~ 10
, August wages last week; oooo
CRANKY company, 500 men, $SO'o oo0
0o,,inion company, $50 men, SZo'UUo
consolidated company, 40 men, 9l''
! non. total. $50 men, $4,000.
While all the coke wanted IS not s ys
- sigbt at all the district smelleis
t ~ is some Improvement at some o
, them. with the results that tne oh III,
,, ments of ore and treatment a' -
! shelters begins once more to run l, o, :,
tbe 10000 tons per week. Gla4 4,Ii
and Dominion have had their t LOU
t anu Of blast furnaces in operation
most of this week.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-09-20
Pinnev Earle Not Free.

Paris, Sept. 16.-Ferdinand Pinney
Earle can not marry Affinity" Julia
Kuttner after all. Mrs. Earle has de-
cided not to get a divorce. Earle lacks
grounds to sue. If his wife refuses to
help him he has no way to sever the
matrimonial ties, and he and Miss
Kuttner must stay apart or defy even
the few conventionalities they have
not disregarded.
Ferdinand Pinney Earle, the artist,
Of New York, who put his wife away
to marry his affinity" Miss Julia
Kuttner, may find some thorns in his
pathway of love. She is said to hope
Tor a reconciliation. Consideration for
the child is said to have influenced
Mrs. Earle not to sue for a divorce.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-09-20
.LUMBERMENAREMAD
WILL OPPOSE RAILROADS. new
TARIFF in THE COURT.
Tariffs Given by Hill and Hartman
Road to Be Attacked. 1t Is said
They Have Defense Sum Of $780,
600. Most Important Before the
Interstate Commerce Commission.

Seattle, Wash, Sept ,16,-After a
conference with franklin K. Lane of
the interstate commerce commission
the Pacific Coast Lumber Manufactur.
ers' association announced that formal
complaint will be shortly filed with the
commission attacking the reasonable
ness of the new lumber tariffs recent.
ly filed by the Hill and the Hartman
lines.
The lumbermen have a defense fund
of $250,000. The hearing, which will
cover wide scope, will be one of the
most important held before the inter
state commerce commission.
Commissioner Lane heard testimony
in the case of Schwager & Nettletor
against the Great Northern to recover
charges made by the railroad for re
loading lumber destined for Sawyer
North Dakota, on the $500" line. The
case involves the question of the right
of the railroad to charge for reload
ing from it's own cars to those of a
foreign line without giving previous
notice.
Several Cases Are Submitted.
The case of the Alaska lumber com
pany against the Northern Pacific
the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and
the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe was
submitted without the taking of testi
mony.
The hearing emphasized the fac
that the interstate commerce commits
sion can not recognize any contrac
made with any railroad which violates
the published tariff.
The Alaska Lumber company sent
carload of shingles to Ell Paso, Texas
, While in transit the shippers directed
that it be sent to Denver, and thert
delivered to the Santa Fe. The Santi
F'e had agreed that the freight charges
would not exceed the joint rate b.
way of Beatrice, Neb., in which cas-,
the delivering line would be the Rocl
Island road.
1t developed at the hearing that tn
Santa Fe had no joint rate with tn
Burlington and the Northern Pacific
and the sum of the local rates owe
l the three lines was greatly in exces
of the through rate by another route
4 The Santa Fe was willing to max
: good its contract, but was not PEI
l mitted to do so under the law, else
+ would be open to the charge of Re
j batting.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-09-20
In the Occur d,AIenes.

F.W. Bradley, president of the Bunk
er Hill & Sullivan mine at Wardner,
Idaho, has assured the men that there
was no danger of the property closing
down on account of the decrease in
the price of lead. Mr. Bradley then
explained the plans of the manage
ment of the mine to establish a club
house and gymnasium for their en-
.ployes.
It is reported that the Silver King
property in Government gulch, near
Wardner, Idaho, is about to be placed
in litigation by the Occur d'Alene De
velopment company, which is con
trolled by Burch & Burbridge. The
property was transferred by them to
Heinze and is now being worked by
Heinze men. It adjoins the Stewart
another Heinze property and the
Stewart mill is built within the boun
diaries of the Silver King. This mil
has just being completed and opera
tons were started this week. A tun
mel is being run through the Silver
King to the Stewart to convey the ore
to the mill.
George Austin has been awarded q
contract for 100 feet of tunnel work on
the Rainbow property.
Gus Ehrenberg, manager Of the
Frisco mine at Gem, denies the rumorS
persistentIy circulated that he is tC
resign.
The Sheridan Mining company
which owns a property adjoining the
Terrible Edith mine, near Murray, has
let a contract for an S5-foot extension
of the main crosscut, which 1t II
thought will cut the ledge at consider
able depth.
A second strike has been made II
the Star property near Mullan. he
ports received from the management
of the National Copper mine, located
near Burke. which was the scene O
disastrous explosion Friday night
state that Robert Brand, brother 0
the day foreman, suffers the loss o
his left eye, and Jack Quinn the losi
of three fingers of his right hand.
A large body of silver-lead ore wal
cut in the Golden Star mine last week
The property is near Baker City -.
Six tons of ore from the PyX NINE Il
the Greenhorns recently yielded near
Inv $4,000, or almost $4,000 to the ton
G. L. Cox has begun developmen
work on his Big Elk group on oily'
Butte. A shaft will be sunk on I'M
vein. 49, 7or
foot level and the ore is said to I'LL al q
sides of the shaft. No crosscut VII
be made as yet. .o
A full face OF rich gold ore wa
struck last week in the Jack OF SPADE
nronertv in the Greenhorns. The siz
Of the ledge has not yet been dc
termined. Ill, nth
A stamp mill and a sa|mill WIN
canacity of 10000 feet daily nave pee
crdered and paid for by the shamro g
Mining company for installation on 1t
nroperty near Thompson Sander
county, Montana.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-09-20

was said that Miner tried to effect u
reconciliation, that .he again and again
bombarded his wife's abode in Chicago
but her love had cooled. She sued for
divorce, but the papers suddenly dis
appeared. Vague hints of the return
Of the dove of peace waited around the
public prints, only to vanish in thin
air. The divorce went on-Mizner
went to Europe and to his whllom wife
was restored her erstwhlle name
Utica Globe.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-09-20
Great Relay Race.

Interest in the coming relay race at
the Interstate Fair is constantly on
the increase. and several riders with
their strings are now engaged IN daily
practice at the fairgrounds. Anasta
lin, the Flathead Indian who held the
lead for several days last year and
who might have won had it not been
for the turning Of his saddle at crit
cal point. has not yet arrived at the
grounds, but he is expected a short
fine before the opening day Of the fair
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-09-20
Rural Delights.

Out in the country under a tree
A book in my hands the place for me.
Close to old nature-that's where I'd be.
Away from the crowd, all alone and free.
Out in the country under a tree
feel a dern skeeter, or is it Zeal
See all the ants and the spider, gee!
Here comes the lod bull-back to town
for me.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-09-20
Will Make an Investigation.

olIaWa, Ont.-W. D. Scott, superin-
w. ysluent Of immigration, has gone to
=. saucouYer to look into the whole ques-
Goa OF Oriental immigration. He will
Id with the matter on the spot and
wa! ueport any that are or are likely
/" oe public charges. This step has
Teen taken in accordance with Premier
V 1IauIlers telegram to the Mayor OF
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-09-20

The regular patron was Indignant az
the waiter spilled the soup.
You're tipsy!" he exclaimed
Couldn't be on your tips SesP' 70,
sponded the waiter; at least not 50 In.
ehriated as to impede his mental proc,
philadelphia Ledger.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-09-20

:, i ~ Christian who does not pray
aool lAe steam engine with a broken
co oo19snL'L.iie-likely to stop on a dead
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-09-20

- II IS said there are more men buried
4e square foot along the line Of
me- ae Fanama canal than in any other
part Of the world.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-09-20

J.. = wise son that knows he knows
'eSs than his own father,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-09-20
TAPARTE RESIGNS
IlrF RUMOR In CHICAGO TO
that EFFECT.
u,st officer Says He Finds I'm
,itv Baths Are Too Many and the
considerations Campaign Against
o.,l,oads Must FaiI-He's Disap-
lated Because His Hands are Tied.

manor that Attorney General Bona
W., .o,o resignation will shortly be an
. rnced has gained currency in Chi
Vu an information from sources
a t5ob give it almost official authen-
'Itr The resignation is said to be
S0ording because of seeming sud
~ y roversal in the policy of the admin
t.oHon in it's frequently announced
termination to make relentless war
mon the trusts.
pr Tbe Standard Oil case is said to be
-hot raised the issue between Bona
.,rto and a higher power which must
ssvo an inevitable climax in retire
mpnt of the former
The first sign of the breach between
Donanarte and the administration was
bn nostponement of the announce
mpnt of the departments decision in
tbo question of granting immunity to
tbo chicago & Alton Railway company
Secause of that roads extending aid
u tbe government in securing the con-
viction of the Standard Oil company,
and the subsequent infection of the
sDe of $29,OO0,OO0 by Judge Lands.
According to disclosures just made
Mr. Bonaparte found that the then dis
trict attorney, Charles B. Morrison,
acting for the department of justice,
nromised immunity to the railroad.
While the present attorney general
regards this as a pardonable exigency
Of that prosecution, it is rumored he
was amazed to find that immunity had
also been promised in every other
case against the same company, where
other railroads were equally culpable
with the oil company
Rebate Abuses Dropped.
This would have received Mr.. Bona
parte's condemnation as an extra as
of judicial power by the de
partment of which he is now the head
but it is said that he also found tina
mot only had immunity been granted
half a dozen big trunk lines which hat
resorted to rebate abuses with the
Standard Oil company and innumer
able other favored shippers for years
but to scores of high railroad officials
and this wholesale granting of i'm
munity the preceding administration
Of the department had practically tiet
the hands of the government so tina
its wholesale trust busting" campaign
must fail
These discoveries amazed the attor
ney general. He was reluctant to be
lieve that his predecessor, acting
through United States Attorney MOI
rison, had metaphorically released
whole school of whales to catch a POI
pOise, with the knowledge and consen
of the administration.
He investigated, according to re
port, and learned that his predeces
scr had acted advisedly with the full
consent Of the highest powers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-28
BANKS BOARDING GOLD
CHICAGO INSTITUTIONS KEEP
ING HOLD OF THEIR CASH.

CHICAGO, October 2S.-In order that
the money of every depositor may be
safeguarded the banks of Chicago today
will go largely on a checking basis. They
will do this because the present finan-
cial furry has forced such course upon
them to prevent the withdrawal of cur
rcnCy from Chicago to other cities.
But If for Il short time the depOSitOT
does not get in the form of cash his money
as freely as heretofore he will have the
comfort of knowing that no one else can
get II, that it will be absolutely safe and
be held for his account until present alb
normal conditions change Meanwhile ne
will receive in exchange Tor his own
check the check of his bank-something
as good as cash
The money of the savings depositors
will be preserved far beyond all danger
of runs that might be precipitat ted.
Through the enforcement Of the rule re-
quiring q notice of from thirty to sixty
days on the withdrawal of savings, the
money of small depositors viii be held in
tact until the furry is over.
You cant get your money, but it's
safe" is the way one banker put it.
1t is the unanimous opinion of the
bankers that the precautionary measures
adopted will prevent Chicago banks from
being drained of their cash by the out
side demand for money. while, at the
same time. runs on the local institutions
will be made impossible.
The plan is to pay out no more cash
than is absolutely necessary Factories
and other firms will receive cash as usual
for their weekly pay rolls. but In case the
present 'stringency should be prolonged
even this disbursement may be curtailed
Commercial depositors will be met with
the announcement that the payment of
currency Is to be restricted as far pos
sibe
A business man may be met with OBJ
jections If he asks for cash to settle an
obligation. but he can have his entire bal
ance so long as he takes 1t in the form
of a check that can go through the local
clearing house. In this way the cash
will be held in Chicago, with no chance
of being drawn outside.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-28
WIDTH OF THE CANAL LOCKS
MR.. METCALF BELIEVES THAT
100 FEET IS ENOUGH.

AS first formal step toward the CON
sideration of the project for widening the
locks of the Panama canal. Acting Sec
retary Oliver called for the report of the
army engineers who originally de
signed these locks, and has transmitted
il to Secretary Metcalf. with the request
that the Navy Department express the
needs of the navy in d mater of larger
locks
When Secretary Mettalf's reply Is re-
ceived it will be at once dispatched to the
isthmus for the conside e~at:on OF the canal
commission, with the hope that the docu-
ments can be laid before that body b.
the time Representative Tawney and his
associates on the commiltea OF appro-
prations arrive at Panama in pursuit Of
information as to the needs of the canal
in a financial way for the ntxt hsca:
year
ment today and discussed with Secretary
Metcalf the visit the appropriations COM
nittce will make to the isthmus. The
committee will sail from New York
Thursday next, and plans to spend eight
days IN hearing canal officials. The hear
ings will be conducted at the Ifvoli Hotel.
In that way it is expected to save the
time of high priced canal officials, and
there will be no interference with their
work on the lsthmus.
Gen. Oliver also called on Secretary
Metcalf and went over the situation con-
corning the necessity of widening the
locks. Secretary Metcalf does not balieve
that there is demand for wider locks,
and after the conference he expressed ths
opinion that locks 100 feet wide are ample
to lift vessels of at least ninety-nine foot
beam.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-28

leges he was held a prisoner by Filipinos
in Bulacan province. san Juan del Monte
which BulsueTa refers to as an island Is
not an island at all, but, as the name i'm
plies, is a mountain city, situated on the
border OF Manila. From the time Manila
taken by United States troops. San
Juan del Monte has been within the Amer
lean defenses 1t is declared to be impos-
sib,e that 1000 prisoners. the number Bal
guerra asserts were held by Fu!pinos, could
have been kept in custody unknown to
American forces. II is true that the FIJI
pinos took Spanish prisoners and subjected
them to indignities and slavery, but these
conditions have been remedied as rapidly
as possible under American regime, and
it is not believed here that any consider
able body of prisoners had been held at
any time in Bu.acan province.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-28

Oyster was not competent to pass upon
the physical condition of school build
ings, and said that in the future he
would ignore Capt. Oyster in all matters
pertaining to the structural work of
schools, and would only deal with the
board of education collectively and not
individually.
In his statement today Mr.. Ashford said
he IS aware that he is unpopular with the
board Of education and the officials and
teachers of the public school system In
S ey y oppose saP1sa ma beeaus BY refuse snyHs
agree to their requests for foolish and i'm
practicable frills. My aim is to improve
and keep them safe and sanitary, and not
to look out for the comfort and con-
ven.ence Of the officers of the school.
Their Own Comfort First.
THE trouble with them is that their
first idea in school structural work is to
see to their own comfort. The comfort
and convenience of the children attending
the school is a secondary consideration
with them. l often visit schools that are
in urgent need of repairs and l am ap-
preached by teachers who are more
anxious to have picture holdings or
shelves for flower pots than they are for
a new roof on the school. Recently the
officials of the Central High School turn
eu one OF tNe pest class rooms into q
lounging room for teachers. In this room
they have arranged lounges and easy
chairs, and when teachers are feeling
tired or have headaches they can go there
to rest
In the report of the special committee
appointed by the last Congress to investi-
gate school conditions in Washington for
the purpose of recommending a plan for
the Improvement of school buildings in
the District of Columbia which will be
submitted to the next Congress, will be
a recommendation to transfer the jantor
system of the public schools from the
supervision of the board of education to
the building department of the District.
According to Mr.. Ashford, the janitor
system is at the present not very salts
factory. and he cited several cases where
he found janitors to be incompetent to
manage the expensive engines and fur
naces that are intrusted to their care.
He believes that an efficient corps of jan
itors would save many thousands of dol
lars year to the District.
The school pay rolls for October have
gone to the District authorities. and it
is expected that the teachers will be paid
on the 1st of the month or the day after
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-10-28
HAS DE RoUGEMoNT BEAT.
Wild-Eyed Philippine Story Causes
Flutter in Madrid.

MADRID, October 2s.-A Spanard
named Bulguera. a recent arrival from
Manila, has caused some excitement here
by a story to the effect that there are
more than 1000 Spanish prisoners in
Bulacan province, Island of San Juan del
Monte. They are held by TagaIos, who
compel them to drag their plows. They
are whipped and treated like bea-4s of
burden, and the only reward they get is
a scanty ration of green corn.
Bulguera has related his story to a cor
respondent of Ell Pueblo and he says that
in June last ninety Spanish prisoners tried
to escape by swimming. Practically all
were drowned, he says. but he succeeded
in landing on the opposite bank and was
subsequently able to reach Manila. Then
he went to the American authorities, VINO
provided him with passage for CadiZ. He
reached that port in Septemhe" but was
only able to reach his native town few
days since, where he had long been given
I'D for dead