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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25
PosTMAsTERs ARE NAMED.
Presidents Selections for Towns in
Central Western States.

Washington, Jan. 22.-The president
sent to the senate Monday the follow.
ing nominations of postmasters:
Colorado-G. S. Mott, Telluride.
Illinois-A. j. Pickrell, Anna; E. L.
Welton, Centralia; G. C. Roberts
Greenwich; c. Schofield, Marengo; T
A. Fritchey, Olney; A. Fehrman, Pc
kin; w. G. Heining, Redbud; A. T.
Spivey, Shawneetown; w. A. Hardy
Spring Valley.
Iowa.. Hossler Battle Creek; c.
G. Burgess, Cresco; E. G. Brown, De.
witt; j. E. Wheelock, Hartley; E
Westcott, Iowa City; G. Cooley
Strawberry Point; J. S. Heverly, Cen
ter Point.
Kansas. S. Alexander, Florence
Minnesota-A. j. Gerhard, Lamber-
ton; T. T. Gronlund, Tyler; ID. c.
Pierce, Goodhue.
Missouri. L. Schmitz, Chillicothe
Ohio-E. G. Chamberlain, Caldwell;
V. r. Sprague, Macarthur.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25
OHIO RIVER IS FALLING
FLOOD is SLOWLY sUBSIDlNG AT
CINCINNATI.
Total Damage Will Be Enormous
Water at ShaWneetoWn Con-
tinues to Rise Slightly.

Cincinnati Jan. 22.-After being
stationary at 652 for time during
Monday morning, the Ohio at this
point began to recede slowly, and at
dark had gone down to 65 feet, with
all indications for a continuance of
the fall
By the end of the week it is thought
the danger line will be passed on the
way down and some estimate of prop
erty losses will then be possible. At
the present all that can be stated pos
itively is that the aggregate damage
will run far into the hundreds of thou
sands of dollars, this being distribut-
ed along several hundred miles of
the river and it's tributaries.
The cold weather, which largely as
sisted in the ending of the high water,
was the cause of much suffering
among the thousands of homeless
people whose homes were under water
or had been isolated by the rising wa
ters The work of rescue and relief
went on steadily and few were left
to suffer, the work being so system
affixed that speedy help was given to
all sufferers who could be found. The
greatest damage from this time on
will come from possible wrecking of
buildings as the falling water pours
through them.
Shawneetown, ILL.,, Jan. 22.-The
Ohio river continues to rise slowly,
the rapidity of the rise the past few
days having been somewhat checked
by the cold, clear weather. The
levee was still intact Monday night,
but people continue to move to the
hills. Owing to the prompt supply of
necessities there is very little suffer
ing among the refugees. Business is
at a standstill
ST. Louis, Jan. 22.-The Mississippi
river is rising steadily and Monday
night the stage registered 26 feet,
which is within four feet of danger
line The lowlands above and below
East st. Louis, ILL.,, are flooded.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25
Rubies and Diamonds.

Heirs to the dream of the afchem-
lists, who sought to transmute base
metals into gold, many scientists to-
day are striving to unite the cheap
elements which make up precious
stones, and so build us jewels while
we wait. theoretically the task is
simple. Practically, the difficulty of
counterfeiting that welding point of
heat and pressure which existed
when the molten earth was cooling is
very great. Apparently it can be
done. Whoever fuses alumina with
chromium oxide in the oxy-hydrogen
flame may obtain a veritable ruby.
The diamond is tougher opponent,
but Moissan points out the road to
success. By saturating molten iron
with carbon in the electric furnace at
a temperature of $500 degrees, and
then suddenly cooling the mass, he
produced the pressure necessary to
crystalline the carbon, and obtained
minute but real diamonds. Lately
Sir Andrew Noble obtained a worlds
record temperature of 5000 degrees
from the pressure of cordite exploded
in closed vessels of iron, and in the
residue of the explosion chamber
small diamonds were found. In the
near future, perhaps, methods will be
found of producing all crystals in the
size, homogeneity of texture, and col
oring which make them precious
stones. No longer, then, says Col
lier's, will the blood-stained gems of
Indian princes glow in the pages of
sixth-rate novels. In our children
children, it may be, the tales of the
Arabian Nights" will wake no Wis.
ions of unearthly wealth, and the ad.
venture of Mowgli with the Bandar-
Log of the Forgotten City will have
to be explained.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25
BUILT OF FOSSIL BONES.
Queerest House In the World 10 In
Wyoming.

'The queerest house in the world"
said a zoologist, sis undoubtedly the
famous Bone cabin of Wyoming near
the Medicine Bow river. This cab
ms foundations are built of fossil
bones.
Bones of dinosaurs jaws of the
diplodocus, teeth of the brontosaurus,
knuckles of the ichthyosaurus, vertet.
brae of the camaraSaurus, chunks of
the barosaurus, the cetiosaurus, the
brachiosaurus, the stagiosaurus, the
the orintholestes or bird-catching di-
nosaur-all entered into this wonder
full cabins foundations, making it the
most curious and the most costly edi-
flee, not excepting the Pennsylvania
capitol, in America.
This hut was built by Mexican
sheep-herder, who had happened by
chance on the grandest extinct animal
bed in the world. This was a plot
of about so yards square wherein lay
in rich profusion the bones of all
the animals of the reptilian age. The
heaviest and the lightest, the largest
and the smallest, the most tranquil
and the most ferocious lay side by
side.
"The place was evidently once a
river bar, and the dead bodies that
floated down the stream were here
arrested, to lie for hundreds of thou
sands of years till sheep-herder
came along, and, roofing among the
bones as big as powders, set about
the building of the worlds queerest
cabin"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25
Interesting Wives of sordid Men.

Occasionally one cones in contact
with a number Of ladies who are
much more interesting than their bus,
bands. They know more outside OF
the sordid and dull business of money
making. / know a farmer and his
wife, writes a correspondent of Mon,
treal Herald who hardly seem to live
in the same world. The farmer is a
nice fellow, but his interest in things
is bounded by the fences of his farm,
with a hazy-eyed look occasionally at
party politics. His wife, on the con-
trary, is an intellectual force in the
neighborhood She has made reading
of the better sort popular within her
sphere of influence; and there are
few subjects of human interest upon
which she has not formed an intelli-
gent opinion. 1t is not that her orr
ginal education was any better than
her husbands; but that she has had
more time since to supplement it, or
at all events has taken more time.
In many cases it is opportunity which
gives the wife the better education
the higher culture. The husband is
so busy manipulating stocks or hand.
ling his business that he has no time
or mental force for the study of art,
the reading of good literature or the
cultivation of a musical taste. His
wife, on the other hand, is put by his
efforts in so happy financial posi-
ton that she enjoys considerable
leisure; and she spends it on mental
culture instead of taking an empty
course of afternoon functions" and
keeping up to the latest thing in fash
ion and gossip. Europe is full OF
travelling tourist wives who are both
interested and interesting, touching
all that makes up the culture Of that
continent, while their husbands will
only run over occasionally for It's curl
osities and amusements. For he vast
majority who cannot go to Europe
there is the home culture Of the Ii.
brary.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25
MERGER OF FREIGHT LINES.
Many Concerns Soon to Be Operated
Under One Head.

Milwaukee, Jan. 19.-The most inn
portant and by far the most sweeping
consolidation of freight lines of the
great railway systems and combina-
tons of the country that has been
brought about in years is booked to
be made within short time by the
Vanderbilt system. The plans, it is
learned, are now practically matured
The plan is the absolute consolida-
ton of all of the "fast freight" lines
and dispatch" lines which have for
years been operated under the general
Vanderbilt system, and will place all
the lines under one corporation-the
Merchants Dispatch company.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25
NEW GOVERNOR coLLAPsEs.
Little, of Arkansas, Falls I'll as He Be
gins Duties.

Little Rock, Ark, Jan. 22.-Gov.
John S. Little, whose Inauguration was
held Friday last, suffered physical
collapse Monday morning as he
stepped from the car in front of the
state house to enter on the duties of
the day.
He was removed by friends to a
couch in his private Office, where
stimulants were given him. An hour
later he had recovered sufficiently to
be removed to his home. Attending
physicians have given orders that he
must not undertake the duties of his
Office for several weeks.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25
SLIGHTLY Mixed.

A travelling salesman died suddenly
in Pittsburg, Pa, and some Of his
friends telegraphed the undertaken an
order to make large wreath.
Investigation showed that the tele-
gram ordering the wreath read as
follows:
Rest in peace on both sides of
the ribbon; if there should be room:
We shall meet in heaven"
The undertaken was out of town,
and the new assistant handled tho
job. 1t was startling floral piece
which turned up at the funeral. The
ribbon was extra wide, and it bore
the inscription:
Rest in peace on both sides, and II
there is room we shall meet in
heaven"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25

Appearances are deceitful at times
in regard to person who is sup
posed to be dead We have had sew
eral instances of the sort of late. A
woman who took poison woke up and
told the undertaken not to be SO
rough. A man supposed to be dying
in a New York hospital jumped out OF
bed and whipped another man. A
woman in that city, after her husband
had shot her, made her husband think
that she was dead so that he wouldn't
shoot her again.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25
Little Child Rescues a Baby.

La Crosse, Wis, JAM 22.-When the
residence of ]. F. Schrank caught fire
today Mr.. Schrank's two children, a
boy of three years and an infant in
cradle. were alone in the house. I'm
aided, the elder child dragged the
other out of the burning house
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25

A Paris journalist has founded q
babies club. 1t is a spacious and
pleasant building, with a garden and
a clubhouse where games of all kinds
are provided. There is a Punch and
Judy show, with cafe where sweets,
cakes, tea, milk and various kinds of
lemonade are sold to members and
their parents, while there are also in.
Vulnerable toy-shops and a theater.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25
minnesota Bank suspends.

Mankato, Mimi, Jan. 22.-The Mer-
chants and Farmers bank of Fairmont
has suspended. The bank is managed
by Percy Wallaston, Jr., who is said
to be en- route home from visit to
British Columbia. Cecil Sharpe, the
cashier, in published statement says
the liabilities are $77,974, with assets
of $S7,906.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25

Building materials for the recon
struction of Valparaiso will probably
be exempted from import duty. A
proposal to this end is before the
Chilean government.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25
Arrested For an Old MURDER.

Bemidji, Mimi, Jan. IA sensa-
ton has been caused here by the ar
rest of Paul Fourier and George Cyr,
of During, on charges of killing of
N. o. Dahl and his daughter. Aagot,
near During in April 1904.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25

An Illinois court has ruled that a
whisky jug is a deadly weapon. In
this case one man threw jug at an.
other. 1t doesn't appear to make much
difference, then, as far as defini
lions are concerned, whether the vic.
tim is hit with the inside or the out.
side of the jug.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25
Judges on Their Dignity.

The ceremony of the United States
supreme court judges marching from
their robing room across the corridor
to take their seats on the bench,
which occurs at high noon every week
day while the court is holding session,
is always a matter of interest to the
average visitor at the capitol Every
day there is small crowd waiting to
see the stately procession. The other
day Justice Moody, as the youngest
member of the august body, brought
up the rear. A flicker of a smile APP
peared on his face as he noted the
black-robed figures ahead of him, but
1t passed away instantly and he be-
came as solemn and grave as the
others.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25
r. G. Churchill Is Dead.

Lansing, Mich, Jan. 22.-Franklin
Green Churchill, former editor of the
Elmira Gazette and founder of the
Wellsboro, Pa, Gazette, is dead at his
home here. He was IA years of age.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25
Three Irainmen Killed.

Desoto, Kan, Jan. 21.-The locomo-
tive drawing eastbound Atchison, To-
peka & Santa Fe train No. SO exploded
on bridge near here Saturday. The
engineer, fireman and brakeman were
killed.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25
Farmer and Wife Found Dead

Appleton, Wis, Jan. "a Mystery
surrounds the deaths of John Lehe-
man and his wife, whose bodies were
found Monday at their farm home. 1t
is thought that robbers chloroformed
them.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25
Youthful Astronomer.

Robert H. Baker, formerly Of the
Amherst faculty, is assistant astrono
mer of the Allegheny observatory at
the age of %.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1907-01-25

Peruna is a household .Iriend in
mere than a million homes. This.
number is Increasing e0e3y day.
Pevuna has become a household 50Ord
all oUer tie English speaking 700rla.
1T is an cid hled remedy for all ca
taryhaI diseases Of the head, threat,
lungs, stomach, kidneys, bladder and
female organs.
Ask Your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1907.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20
Local Mention

Charley Scho6eld is in charge
of the blacksmith shop at the
Buster mine. y.
Mike Bagley left Thursday on
a business trip to the Anaconda
mine, near NewsQme. az
The Mining News is informed
by letter FROM Newsome that the
citizens Of that district and Of
Sites have chpsent the Hon, James
Surridge of HaTpster to represent
them before, the county eQmmis-
sioners in the road improvement
matter. q In
P. S. Prichard sarrived ktiday
from a visit of several weeks in
Harpster, Grangeville, Sites and
Lewiston. Mr.. Prichard reports
there is a great deal of talk about
Elk City mining district in all the
places he visited, it seeming to
be the general opinion that there
will be good times here the COM
ing summer.
R. D. Leggett, one of the own
ers of the Buffalo Hill placer
mine, arrived Friday from Butte,
Montana, and will superintend
the work during the placer sea-
son. A force of seven. men are
now employed cleaning out the
long tunnel that leads from,the
property to American river.
The. tunnel was first used last
summer.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20
To Our Customers.

After March LIST we shall be To-
Gated with headquarters at Sites.
We shall carry a full line of hard
ware and groceries, any article
we do not have in stock shall be
gladly looked after with the,ut-
most care and forwarded to you
as quickly as possible. a
Prompt replies to all communi-
cations and careful attention will
be given to- all orders addressed
to US there.
With headquarters at Sites,
the distributing point for the
mountains and prairie, we hope
to give our mountain trade
prompter service and better at
tention.
Thanking you for the nice bust
ness given as in the past, solicit
ing your future orders and further
valued commands, we remain,
Yours respectfully, /,
@: G., LKPP Co., LED.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20
Continued from Page u

employees. Especially where ore
is carried out by hand a great
saving can be effected by keep
ing the tracks in the best pos
sible condition. The size car in
most general use for this purpose
will hold about 1900 pounds, but
it would probably be. found that
as many trips would be made
with one of larger size where the
track was layed with correct
grade and was carefully, built.
In this connection the best of
running gear will prove to be the
most economical. Tunnels should
be cleaned up at frequent inter-
walls and trucks ovefhauled both
for the sake of safety and econ
omys. Dumps should be kept in
condition 50 that there is no un-
necessary killing of time at the
end of trips.
These are all small details in
themselves, but an attention to
them would result in a consider
able saving Of money in many
mines and very great saving of
temper and increase in the effici-
ency of employees Immediately
concerned.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20
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, FRESH MEAT will. deliver
fresh beef in Elk City and neigh
borhood for 8 and 9 cents per
pound. Lou, BRUNDIGE. 49tf
Guaranteed highgrade jewelry
and notions from G. A. Soden, &
Co., Of Chicago,y the kind that
has;been handled here for sew
eral years, by our predecessors,
and a full line Clothing Samples
from Ed. V. Price & Co. Fit
guaranteed. The O. c.. Lapp
Co., Ltd.
Will Myers, driver on the Dixie
stage, was called to Clearwater
the latter part Of last week by a
message announcing the serious
illness of his brother, George.
Information reached here the
first of the week that George
died Sunday night. He was %
years old, and, rheumatism is re-
ported to have been the cause of
death. Burial was made in Fair
view cemetery, near Grangeville.
AL Blomberg is confined to his
room at the Parr hotel in this
city by sickness that came on him
very suddenly last Saturday at
the Espey mine on the Clear
water. Mr.. Blomberg had fin
ished work at the mine Saturday
forenoon, ,and after dinner in
tended towalk oyer to his Pacific
mine on Crooked river. During
the dinner hour Mr., Blombetg
complained of having pains in the
back of his head2 Mr. Blomberg
and Mr.. Espey were alone Satur-
day. After thesmeal they were
sitting under tie trees nearsthe
cabin, when Mr.. Blomberg sud-
denly became unconsciousy Mr..
Espeys, endeavored to revive ting
stricken man, but after about
twenty minutes gave IS up and
came for DR.. J. D. sShinnick.
When the doctor and Miles Rice
arrived at the mine several hours
later, Blomberg was semi-consci.
Gus, and had crawled in and wae
lying on the bed. The doctor
and Mr.. Rice remained with the
sick man over night, and Sunday
John Yearsley was sent out as
nurse. Munday Mr.. Blombere
was brought to town.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20
Elk City

Eggs took drop of ten cents
per dozen during the past week.
Eggs and butter are plentiful
and of good quality at this time
Of year, and should be shipped
direct into the, mountains instead
of shipping them from here to
Spokane and back again, as the
freight and commission charges
amount to considerable. Eggs
are 15cts per dozen; butter 25 to
20 cents per pound. Now,is the
time to give us your orders and
shipping instructions, no matter
how large or small your orders
may be- Yours for business.
Greving's Department Store,
Sites, Idaho. > lift
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20
NOTICE OF SPECIAL MEET

Of the stockholders of the
Crooked River Mining and
Milling Company, Orogrande,
Idaho County, Idaho: -
Notice is hereby given that a
special meeting of the stockhold-
ers of the above named company
will be held at the office, of the
said comphny, atrOrogrande, on
Crooked !, River, = Idaho County,
Idaho, on Wednesday, May LIST,
1907, at 2 o'clock p. M of said
day, for the purpose of consider
ing and acting upon proposition
of giving the Roard,of Directors
authority to sell, transfer and
exchange for stock in another
corporation or corporations all pf
the property of said company, Of
whatsoever kind OF nature, stu
ate or being lin the County of
Idaho, State of Idaho, and for the
transaction Of any and all bust
ness, necessary or desirable in
connection herewith, and for the
reorganization of said Company.
Every stakeholder is requested
to be present in person or by
proxy.
Dated at Lewiston, Idaho,
March 18th, 1907.
GEO. V. HERRINGToN,
15-4t Secretary.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20
Road Poll Tax.

Every man in this district is
requested to report to road over
seer to lelp repair roads now dur
ing the Breakup, or else pay the
tax in order that I may apply the
money on much needed work.
Your receipt here will be good
anywhers in the United States.
ROBERT RoMERo.
Overseer.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20

When you get hungry you
want to 60 straight to C. w.
Heath's lunch and dining rooms,
in the Whitaker building. Meals
and luncHes at all hours, and
families waited on.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20

If you are not a subscriber to
the News YOU have to, depend on
yeuf neigbor to tell you the news.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1907-04-20

Two long seats have. been
placed in front of the Miner sa-
loon.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24

investment of as high as $4,000,
line, the. streets to the north OF the
city. They are all shielded from the
street by high terraces which are
overhung with palms
Several men Of wealth have costly
homes Just on the outskirts OF the
city, among them the, Machado
Brothers, the largest tobacco dealers
in Jamaica. All Of the streets are
macadamized or paved with blocks;
in fact, throughout the island the.
roads are ideal, being continually
sprinkled with stone crushed by ne
groes in lieu of taxes.
About q mile back from the water
front is the home of the Governor OF
the island, and in the very heart OF
the city are the botanical gardens,
the chief show place of the city. Two
miles north of the foot Of Harbour
street, where passenger vessels land,
is the penitentiary, in which there are
always between 800 and 400 negroes.
There Is q system of electric street
railways on which the service Is as
good as can be found in any American
city; water works system, a perfect
telephone system; in short, every
thing that is associated with an up
to date city.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24
clip! Hip! Hurrah!"

"Hip! Hip! Hurrah!" is the MOD
ern phrase. The hip" and hur-
rah!' do not seem to have come to-
gether before the nineteenth centnry
IN the eighteenth century nip. s
amounted to just "hi' or "hullo. 81
while sshurrah'' was then usual y "huzss
za!" It is like the Cossack shout
.'ora." but it is supposed to have been
a German cry Of the chase adapIea
by the German soldiers to VA. and
borrowed from them by the Engllsns
perhaps first Of all at the time oI
the thirty years war; hursa s. ts g,
said to have been the battle CRY ok9
the Prussians in the war OF Hberas;
ton (1s121s13).l. Still, the curious.
fact that seventeenth and eighteentAs
century writers call .huzza!" SAIL
or's shout lends support to the COZ
lecture that It may really have been
the holsting cry, '.hissa!! anssz
City Journal. ~
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-01-24

activity, there are enormous tobacco
and fruit warehouses.
Measured by American standards.
none of the buildings is Of extrava-
CANT design. The public buildings
are low, are built Of stone and brick,
and the business blocks are OF brick
and never more than three stories in
height. Business centres are at the
intersection of Harbour and Port
Royal streets, and the scene there
during business hours Is much the
same as In any American city, except
that negro women, barefooted and
with packs on their heads, and bare
legged negro boys, showing fruit
carts, dart in and out Of the maze OF
traffic. The Myrtle Bank Hotel Is the
largest hotel In Kingston and many
Americans stay there. There are