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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
OUTDOOR GARDENS m wmrnn,

Charm Of Rustic Nook Where Plants,
Vines and Trees Are Ever Green.
The beauty of the outdoor garden
during the winter season Is largely q
matter Of thought rather than that Of
expense, ssys the Philadelphia Inquir.
or.
A little ingenuity In the selection and
grouping Of plants, shrubbery, trees
and vines will go further toward pro-
ducing permanent beauty than any
amount Of cost and skill In the pur
chase and the care of the home beauti-
Aers. An evergreen tree, one Of the
beautiful conifers, a dwarf cedar or
tall pine or hemlock, will prove far
more beautiful than the deciduous
shade trees for certain positions in the
home grounds; and there will be but
little difference In the original cost. An
evergreen magnolia as an ornamental
plant In a small city yard will cost no
more than a magnolia that sheds ltH
leaves each autumn, and while the lat
ter will present only bare, struggling
branches through the winter, the for
mer will hold up In stately magnIfl-
cence it's thick glossy evergreen leaves
resembling huge leaves of the indoor
rubber tree and give the little out
door garen dan effect of almost tropical
greenery through the season Of Ice and
snow.
A simple and quantity beautiful rus
tic summer house, suitable for little
yards of city homes, or sheltered cor
ners of suburban or country estates
may present beautiful as we'll as dur
able qualities when formed of lrregu-
lar cedar branches In rustic design
and Ornamented with variegated euOny-
nous vines trained up the posts and
about the seats. The variety known
as anonymous radicans variegata Is a
delicate looking beauty, but Of exceed
lngly sturdy growth and perfectly
hardy. The masses of small green and
white leaves remain on the outdoor
vines all winter; and the same deslra-
BILE characteristics are displayed in the
anonymous shrubs which will form
well-rounded decorative bushes, az
beautiful in winter as in summer.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
THEODORE ROOSEVELT. Z"
HOLDS uP SAGE eETs $4,000
Rich Haul by Bandit Near zortman,
Montana.

Rich Haul by Bandit Near zortman,
Montana.
The stage running between Malta
and Zortman, Mont, was held up by
lone bandit and a sum estimated at
about $4,000 is said to have been Sc
cured. 1t occurred just north of Fort
man as the stage was entering the Lit
tie Rockies with a consignment of
money to pay the wages of the miners
at the Zortman mines.
The robber apparently had five or
six hours start of a possee, mounted
upon the fastest horses to be had,
which left Malta Immediately upon re.
ceipt of word of the holdup. The To-
cation is in a particularly wild spot
in the mountains, affording every op-
portunity for the shelter and escape
of the bandit. One man commanding a
trail there could almost hold a hall
dozen men at bay for hours.
Some members of kid" Currys
gang of train robbers and horse thieves
is suspected of the holdup. Six years
ago the Curry gang held up a Great
Northern train in the vicinity Of Malta,
securing about $4,000. Many of the
pals of kid" Curry still live in north
ern Montana.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
NORTH COUNTRY INDIANS.



One Of the most distinctive features
Of the Hudson Bay Company, says the
author Of '9The North Country" Is its
cultivation Of the Spartan virtue Of
truth upon the part of It's employees in
dealing with the Indians. No misrep-
resentatiOn is permitted for the pur-
pose, Of efrecting sales in that service
or for any other purpose, and any in
fraction Of the rule is promptly met
with summary dismissal.
This money-making corporation thor
oughly believes, and it's long experience
fully demonstrates, that the Indian OF
the north woods is not only industrious,
but honest as well.
Upon this theory an Indian comes
into a trading-post In August or Sep
TENDER without cent He has no furB
to sell, but he has many needs to sup
ply. He requires -four, tea, sugar, ba-
con, a new gun, powder, shot and bull
lets, traps, and many other things to
maintain him eight months during the
winter. He has no money, but he has
honesty and industry and skill; and
for the company's trader this Is sufl-
cient.
He is furnished with all he desires,
and the company extends him credit
on its books for supplies aggregatlng
from two hundred to- five hundred dol
lars, and the Indian, with loaded ca
noe, departs into the forest to his hunt
fairgrounds three hundred or Eve hum
dred miles distant.
The trader loses no sleep, for he
knows that when June has thawed out
the ice of the lakes and streams the
canoes will return, bearing their vaIua-
BILE furs, and he will he busy balancing
accounts with his former debtors, who
have returned to discharge their debts
and to receive credit for the additional
furs they have brought to the trader.
Last summer pOst-trader was asked
about the frequency of bad accounts.
He replied that he had never had a
bad account; that 1t sometimes han
pened that the Indian was unable 10
make full payment, but In such cases
the payment was simply postponed un-
! til he had a more successful hunt.
The only event which prevents the
Indian from paying is his death, and
In that case the company cancels thu
debt.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
'ARBOR DAY ADDRESS
PRESIDENT SENDS GREETING
TO The CHILDREN.
Appeal to the Youth Of the Nation
Save the Trees-"celebrate Your Ar
Dor Day ThoughtfulIy," Says the
Chief Exeeutive-HeIp to Preserve
Forests or Plant New Ones.

President Roosevelt has addressed
ITO the School Children of the United
States" a message on the subject Of
Arbor day. He advises that they OBJ
serve the day thoughtfully. The mes
sage says:
"Arbor day is now observed in every
state in our union, mainly in the
schools. At various times you give a
day or part of day to special exer-
cises or to actual tree planting.
ut is well that you should celebrate
your Arbor day thoughtfully, for with
in your lifetime the nations need of
trees will become serious. We of the
older generation can get along with
what we have, though with growing
hardship, but in your full manhood and
womanhood you will want what nature
once so bountifully supplied and man
so thoughtlessly destroyed; and be-
cause of that. you will reproach us for
what we have wasted.
For the nation. as for the man or
woman and the boy or girl, the road to
success is the right use of what we
have and the improvement of present
opportunity. If you neglect to prepare
yourselves now for the duties and re-
sponsibilities that will fall on you
later; if you do not learn the things
which you will need to know when
your school days are over, you will
suffer the consequences. So any ma
ton which in it's youth lives only for
the day, reaps without sowing and
consumes without outstanding, must
expect the penalty of the prodigal,
whose labor could with difficulty find
him the bare means of life.
"a people without children would
face a hopeless future; a country with
out trees is almost as hopeless. A
true forest is not merely a storehouse
full of wood, but, as it were, a factory
of wood and at the same time a reser-
voir of water. When you help to pre-
serve our forests or to plant new
ones you are acting the part of good
citizens. The value of forestry de
serves therefore to be taught in the
schools. If your Arbor day exercises
help you to realize what benefits each
one of you receive from the forests
and how by your assistance these bene
fits may continue, they will serve q
good end.
FT1gs
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
CHINESE FAMINE TERRIBLE.
Ten Million Persons Are said to Be
in Need Of Food in the


Empire.
kilograms received at Shanghai
from 20 points in the famine district
report that the conditions are grow
ing worse. The Chinese government
and people up to date have contributed
over 100000 for famine relief. and
the sums received from all foreign
sources total half a million dollars,
including the supplies on their way
from America.
The Chinese vieeroy and governor
telegraphed to the American consul,
Mr.. Rodgers, their thanks for the re-
lief sent, saying that it is dissipating
the antiforeign sentiment which ami
mated the masses. There are so mis-
sionaries with the higher class of
Chinese engaged in overseeing the re-
lief distribution.
Confucianists, Catholics and Protes-
tants are working together. The tele-
graph officials are carrying free all
messages to and from the relief works
and the steamship companies are fur
nishing free transportation for sup
plies of food, etc., for the suffer
ers. Twenty thousand Of the famine
sufferers are employed in building
dams and canals to prevent a reoccur-
renee Of the floods.
The relief committee here is prompt
ly sending supplies to the front, but
the funds are not yet in its possess
sion. Measures adopted up to date are
inadequate.
Ten million persons are suffering
from lack of food and facing starva-
ton. The members of the committee
at the front report that they find the
bodies Of the sufferers bloated and
their faces turning green or black as
the result of starvation. The people
are pulling up the growing crops for
food. Whole families have been found
dead in their houses and corpses are
seen lying by the roadside. Probably
5000 persons are dying daily from
starvation.
A few cases of rioting for food
have occurred and cannibalism is be-
ginning to be reported. Graves have
been riaed of the bodies and parents
are exchanging their children to be
eaten. A dollar, the relief committee
reports, will save one life until the
harvest, June rs, and $1O,OOO,OOO is
needed. The whole amount cannot be
raised in China. The situation is des-
perate and Americans are urged to
give 100000 in the next three weeks,
not for Christian, but for humanitarian
work. 1t is suggested that it would
be best to cable money to the consul
here, James Linn Rodgers, as supplies
can be purchased in Shanghai.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
SPEECH BY MR.. ROOSEVELT.
At Dedication of Monument to thu
Rough Riders.

At Dedication of Monument to the
Rough Riders.
President Roosevelt made a speech
on patriotism and good citizenship at
the dedication recently of the monu-
ment erected in the national cemetery
at Arlington to the memory of the
Rough Riders of the Spanish-American
war. Mrs. Allyn K. Capron, widow of
Captain Capron of the Rough Riders
regiment, who fell at Las Guimas,
pulled the cord holding the American
flag that covered the monument. Rev.
DR.. D. ]. Stafford of St. Patrick's
church made the dedication address.
The monument is the design of Mrs.
Capron. 1t is a monOlith and stands
IA feet high on a base 6x6 feet.
The memorial bears the names of more
than 100 members of the regiment who
died either in Cuba or after the re-
turn of the regiment to the United
States. The main decoration is a
bronze tablet bearing the regimental
device and the inscription:
First United States volunteer cav
altry. IN memory of the deceased mem
bers of the First United States volun
teer cavalry, Spanish-American war
Erected by members of the regiment
1906"
President Roosevelt, who was col
onel of the regiment, referred to the
peculiar qualification of himself ano
his comrades in this memorial an6
enunciated his we'll known views on
the duties of citizenship.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
POOR STANDARD OIL
FOIJND GUILTY in INDIANA ON
I463 COUNTS.
Company Has Been on Trial for Last
Six Weeks on Charge Of Having Re-
oeived Rebates From Chicago & Al
ton RaiIroad-LiabIe to Fine Of
s29,2so,ooo.

The Standard Oil company of In
diana which has been on trial for the
last six weeks before Judge X. M.
Landis in the United States district
court on a charge of having received
rebates from the Chicago & Alton on
sbipments from Whiting, Ind, to East
Ct Louis, ILL.,, was found guilty on
1853 counts of the original 1903 in the
Indictment. The remaining 440 counts
we're dropped, from the indictment. on
account of errors. If the verdict is
sustained the oil company is liable to
2 fine of $29, 1850, 900, as the Elkins
law. which the indictment charged the
company with having violated, pro-
vides a fine of $1,000 to $4,000 for
each offense. Pending a motion for
a. new trial, which John S. Miller,
counsel for the defendant, announced
would be made Immediately, no ac-
ton will be taken by the court to-
ward collecting the fine.
The indictments charged that in the
shipment of 1903 cars of oil over the
Chicago Terminal Transfer and the
Chicago and Alton railways from Whit.
ing, Ind, to East st. Louis, ILL.,, by
way of Chappell, ILL.,, the oil company
accepted a rate of cents for 100
pounds, when the published rate was
IS cents. Early in the trial attorneys
for the defense endeavored to have all
the counts in the indictments thrown
out on technicalities, but the court or
dered that each count be considered
separately, which was done.
The jury was out less than three
hours and reached the verdict on the
first ballot.
The courts charge left the jury a
discretion as to how many of the
counts it might find the company to
have been guilty. A motion by its at.
torneys to limit the number of offenses
to one will be argued next week by
agreement. The company's lawyers
contend that but one crime, if any, was
committed, and the multiplicity of
counts amounts to persecution. They
declare the corporation will be ruined
if the prosecution procures any such
Interpretation of the law. Judge Ian
dis agreed to permit the jury to find
a verdict this week so that its vigil
of six tiresome weeks might end. He
will rule as to the number of offenses
next week.
If he limits the offenses to but one
crime there can be no greater fine
than $4,000 and possibly the defend
ant might escape with fine of $1,000
The ruling will be most important
in federal jurisdiction. 1t will deter
mine whether or not the federal laws
against railroad discrimination are en-
forCeable.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
Poison case Mystlfies Them.

Chicago-Mrs. Mary Sladek, % years
of age, who was charged by the police
with numbering her mother and at
tempting to poison her father and
three brothers, was released last night
after the police had examined her fol
two hours. The police confessed them
selves baffed by the woman's com
posure and protestations of innocence
She is still under police surveillance
and will be watched by detectives until
the coroner's inquest, which has beer
postponed indefinitely.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
Honduran Army Defeated.

Managua, Nicaragua-TheH ondurar
forces which have been besieged il
Amapala by the Nicaraguans capitu
lated Internationally recently to thu
enemy. President Bonilla has taker
refuge on board the American cruis
er Chicago, and he will not be permit
ted to disembark on Central American
soil.
The capitulation was arranged by
Commander Robert M. Doyle, captain
of the Chicago.
The Salvadorean forces who were a
Amapala are returning to La Union.
Peace is now believed to be assured
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
death J.H.ECKELS
He WAS A MEMBER OF PREST-
Dent CLEVELAND'S CABINET.
He Was Stricken With Heart Disease
While Asleep in His Apartments in
chicago-He Was Prominent Citizen
Of That clty-FamiIy Was in France
Funeral Tuesday Afternoon.

Chicago, April 15.-James H. Eckels,
president of the Commercial National
bank and formerly comptroller of the
currency, died here Sunday of heart
disease. Mr.. Eckels died while asleep
in his bed.
The fact that he was dead was dis
covered by the butler, who entered
Mr.. Eckels' room after hearing a tele-
phone within ring continuously with
out receiving an answer. Other mem
bers of the family were summoned.
DR.. Frank S. Churchill gave it as his
opinion that Mr.. Eckels had been dead
for some hours.
Mrs. EckeIs Is in Paris.
Mrs. Eckels and her daughter
Phoebe, IS years old, are in Paris,
where the latter is attending a finish
ing school for girls. They have been
abroad since last fall and planned to
return to Chicago in a few weeks. They
were at once communicated with by
cable.
James A. Eckels of Princeton, faith
er of James H. Eckels. died two
months ago.
A post mortem examination was held
and a statement issued giving the
cause Of death as organic heart dis
ease. The funeral was held Tuesday
afternoon from the Fourth Presbyter
ian church. Rev. William hoffman
conducted the services. Interment will
not take place at once, it having been
decided to place the body in a vault
until the return of Mrs. Eckels and
daughter, when a private funeral will
be held.
Mr.. Eckels was a stakeholder and
was prominent in the management OF
several concerns. He was a member
of the Union League, the Merchants
and the Commercial clubs of Chicago
and various clubs in the east. He was
one of the receivers of the Chicago
Union Traction company appointed by
Federal Judge Grosscup several years
ago.
Sketch of His Career.
Mr.. Eckels was born at Princeton
ILL.,, November %, 1858, and most o.
his life had been spent in Illinois. He
received his early education in the
schools of his native city, later taking
up the study of law at Albany, N. Y.
graduating from the Albany school il
1880. He practiced law at Ottawa
Ill, until appointed by President Cleve
land to the post of comptroller of thu
currency in 1893.
Mr.. Eckels, during the agitation o
the currency question, became promi
nent as an advocate of the gold stand
ard. Always a democrat, he became
affiliated in 1896 with the gold stand
ard democrats. He retained the Of1ct
of comptroller of the currency unit
the end of President Cleveland's tern
in 1897, when he became president o
the Commercial National bank of thi
city.
Mr.. Eckels leaves only four nea
relatives. They are his wife AM
daughter, his brother George M
Eckels, and sister, Mrs. Jane Paine
of Princeton, Ill. George M. Eckels i
an attorney of this city.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
For slmpIlfled timetables

Russia is experimenting with the "a
hour time system, the hours being
numbered consecutively from 1 to "a,
Instead of for two periods of IL hours.
The minister of railways has decided
fhat the summer timetables for the
railroads to Moscow be printed in the
pew system.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
EIGHT Are Burned to Death.

Denison, Texas-Near Gunter, Tex,
recently ]. C. Price, his five children
and his stepdaughter, Jettie Byers, and
his niece, Alice Upchurch, were burn
ed to death. Mr.. Price had attempted
to start a fire with kerosene when an
explosion occurred. The victims were
burned beyond recognition.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
Dat Grove Soon to Be Tried.

Council Bluffs, Iowa-Pat Grove,
who is under Indictment with Arthur
Levi for the robbery Of two street
car crews in the western part of the
city, is to be tried May 10. His case,
which has been continued from term
to term, was assigned recently.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
Beer Closes Station.

Churches Ferry, N. D-Judge Cowan
pf Devils Lake directs that the sta
Jon of the Great Northern road here
be closed for year because a dray-
pan used it for storing beer, thus vio-
ating the state prohibitory law, The
rayman was fined $3.50 and sentenced
g 80 days in Jail. The costs were tax
ID against the Great Northern.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
SPOKANE.
Spokane Wholesale Produce Prices


Notwithstanding, local, 81 cwt;
California, SO cwt; cranberries So Dbl;
potatoes, $1.25 cwt; turnips, $3.50 cwt;
onions, 50 cwt; carrots, 750$1 cwt;
horseradish, 1O@121ac lb; celery, Soc
@$1 doz.; hothouse lettuce, Csc; ruta-
bagas, $3.50 cwt; parsnips, $1.25@1.5O
cwt; tomatoes, $3.50 crate; grape
fruit, 81; rhubarb, 8@10c lb.
Apples-Cooking, $1@1.25 box; Ar
kansas Blacks, $1.75@2.75 box; Black
Twigs, $2@2.25 box; Spitzenburgs,
$225@2.50 box; Yellow Newtowns,
$225@2.5O box.
Nuts-English walnuts, 17@171Ac
lib; almonds, 22c lb; peeans, 25c lb;
chestnuts, zoe Id; black walnuts, zoe
ID; hickory nuts, 121ac; soft shell
hickory nuts, 15c lb.
Oranges-$3.25@3.5O box; lemons,
fancy, IS case; dried figs, 8O@9Oc 10
ID box; figs in bulk, &c lb; black figs
10 lb package, soc; Fard dates, 9@1Oc
lb; golden dates, $3.50 lb; bananas
S2.7503.25 bunch; raisins, fancy, 12Q
13c; raisins, bulk, 10c Id; currants
1870 lb.
Butter and Eggs-Local eggs, case
81; best creamery bHtter, CSC ib; Co
lumbia creamery butter, 35c Id; cheese
twins, 1Sc lib; Wisconsin loaf Swiss
CSC Ib; limburger bricks, tic lib;
cream brick, zoe Id; Wisconsin twins
ITO III. TillamOok. 1910 lb,
Honey-In comb, $3.50; strained
honey, 915c Id.
Sugar-$5.55 per 100 lbs; beet, $5.35
Coffee-Comnon package goods
$17.40 per 100 pounds.
Seed-Alfalfa, SIG cwt; red clover
$3.50; Kentucky bluegrass, $16.5OQ
IS cwt; timothy, $5.5O@6 cwt; white
clover, $16.5O@1S cwt.
Prices Paid to Producers.
Live stock-steers, $4@425 cwti
COWS, $2.50@S cwt; sheep, $500
cwt; hogs, $7.5O@S cwt; mutton, 81
| lb; veal, 4@6c lb; veal, fancy small
No. 1, 1850 lb;. fancy large, 5Q6'
lb; pork, $4,000 lb.
Poultry and Bggs-Live hens, lSc ID
live spring chickens, 15@16c Id; live
ROSTERS, 1Oc Ib; dressed hens, 16c
ducks, live, lac lb; dressed, 16c ID
turkeys, live, 18c; dressed, zoe ID
fresh ranch eggs, $5.50@6 case.
Hides-Green, SC lb; sailed, lie hign
er; dry hides, 17@1Sc; calfskins
green, loo Id; kip, SC lb; sheepskins
5Oc@$1.25.
Creamery products, f. o. b. spokan,
First grade creamery butter TAI
S61kc. o. -.
Feed-Timothy hay, $2O921 ton
alfalfa hay, SIC ton; whole barley
95c@s1.O5 cwt; wheat, 95c@$1 cWt'
Vegetables-Applies, 75c@$l box
potatoes, SOC cwt; beets. S5c cwt; PAL
snips. s5c cwt; carrots, 4O@5Oc cwt
turnips, $4,000 cwt; rutabagas' SOC
soc cwt; onions, 81 cwt.
Wheat Report.
Tacoma, Wash.-Market higher
Bluestem, 77@7Sc; club, 74@75c; rec
72@73c. azoo
Portland, Ore.-Bluestem, 76QISc
club. 74@75c; valley, 72c; red, 72e
7Sc.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
Wants to Come to America.

The state department has received
an inquiry from Hamilton King, Ameri-
can minister to Siam, asking whether
it would be possible to admit to the
naval or military academy a nephew
of the king of Siam.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
VIII Lead rheosonhlsts.

Kansas City-An official announce
lent was received in this city by a
lember of the local branch of the
pciety, of the nomination Of Mrs. An
e Besant of Adyr, India, as world
resident of the Theosophical society,
succeed the late Colonel Henry
ieele Olcott, the president-founder of
e order.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
BUILDING ON SAND.

The large business building shown In
the picture was built on a sand fOun-
dalton just outside the gates OF TunIa,
north Africa. 1t was barely finished
before 1t shifted in the fashion lndi-
Gated in the cut French engineers have
agreed to restore it to its proper level,
and there is prospect that they may
succeed.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
Dick to Helm Foraker.

Nashington-Senator Charles Dick
ohio will stand by Senator Foraker
Inc great political battle now being
yea between Secretary of War Taft
Foraker for the presidential in
'sement of the Buckeye state.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
Russian Prisoners Mutlneed.

Riga, Russia-During a mutiny in
prison Saturday, 80 inmates over
ne the wardens of the establish
ht. Troops were summoned and
led seven mutiheers and wounded
Nine soldiers were wounded.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-04-19
Professor ouarIes Is Dead.

Lexington, Va, April 16.-James
poison Quarles, D. D., LII D., for
last 81 years professor of moral
llosophy at Washington and Lee
lVersity, died here today, aged 70
ars.