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The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-05

President Ripley, of the Atchson is one ~ the few railroad men who states his frank opinion Of conditions regardless of how if fits in with gen oral pellet He is much like Mir. EIill in this respect Possibly there is a strain of pessimsm in his makeup. At least. he has not seen the great prospects for 1909 that some other railroad men have predicted, and is frank to saw that he thinks railroads will buy very sparinglN and will have all the material and equipment they need for some time to como, His at titude is not promising to those who have been talking of return to the per cent, common stock basis
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-05
TIE COTTON MARKET.

Reported over private wire Of Hayden. Stone X Co.,. members Of New York and Boston Stock and New York Cot ton Exchanges, New Haven branch, 23 Center etrpct
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-05
CLOSING PRICES.

Reported over private wires Of Prime, 4 Whitsly, members of the Now York and Boston Stock Exchanges New York oificc, 52 broadwas, ana it Center slr""t. Now Haven, Conn
 NeW Haven. Nov { la0S
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-05

The New York Central lines to the end of October had reduced their eX- penscs about S25,0O0,OOO and the pennsyyania the same ten months had cut down operating expenditures at the rate of $30,ooO,ooO per an mum.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-05

one reason for the strength in the Hill stocks was the Knowledge in cer- tain quarters that James ] Hill him self was a buyer yesterday of a large block of Great Northern preferred.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-05
snw YORK sTocw MARKET,

Reported over private wir.s of Prime. S Whitely, members or the New York and Boston Stock Exchanges. New York of1ce, b2 Broadway. and lB Center stre... Nov Haven
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-05
WALL STREET NOTES
Old Time "Keene Market, Darting from Stock to Stock
 in Bidding Up Prices,
RAILROAD REPORTS GOOD
President Ripley of tho Atchison, Not Optimistic Over the
 Outlook

opening prices here bettered tho modest early advance in London. on the first transaction. Great Northern sold 5-s point above Thursday Union Pacific and Southern Pacific were up 1-2, Wabash preferred 7-S Amalsa mated Copper, Northern Pacific, and Chesapeake and Ohio $-S each, Steel common, which closed the day before al 54 1-i, opened with 1000 shares sold at once between 5t 3-S and b4 5-s This was tho only wide opon- ing; it has become the proper thing to have at least one such opening day II was Union Pacific. Thursday, aur Rock Island preferred the day before. Rock Island opened Is point down yesterday st Paul unchanged.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-05

It was said that a certain Boston specuator was short 50,OOO shares Of various stocks and that he was being gradually forced to cover by the larger interests.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-05
uosroN srocK MARKET

Reported over private wires of Horn,
 blower < Weeks, rembors ot tho New York and Boston Stock EA-
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-05

In the manner In which the specula- tinn was conducted, from the opening on, the market resembled the old-tme "kecne markets. It was not unlike some markets in the autumn of 1905; the darting about from one stock or group of stocks to another in hiddIns up prices almost too fast for small professional traders to scamper after the leaders, being the order of the day. on such occasions. novelties are a necessity; it need therefore have sur prised nobody that Canadian Pacific of which 100 shares were dealt in Thursday, should have stood for more than 1S,000 shares to-day Wabash preferred for 10000, as against 2o,000 the day before, and other stocks for similar sudden and unexplained activ- ity The program was, to stop the bidding suddenly In two or three very active stocks, hut hold their price, while all at once transferring the same bids elsewhere. The market was not allowed really to react until half an hour before the close.
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-05

the large demands making upon bank ing supplies, rhc usual preliminary estimates of Che weeks currency movement pointed to q heavy loss in cash by the banks and to a large loan expansion,
 Bonds were strong Total sales par value, SG,330,0OO
 [, S. bonds were unchanged on call
The morning journal-courier., 1908-12-05
WHY | HAVE A BANK ACCOUNT

me same time IS available my Instant demand! Because credit favorable lmpressoni
 Because ! a on the check becomes legal receipt
 Because believe Trust Co than in
  about the house! Evenings
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01

''Once every year, on st. Hubezt's
day, one may see hundreds of dogs In
the Cathedral of Notre Dame at Brus-
sells. At the huntsman's mass on that
day the owners Of hunting dogs take
the animals to church with them.
and for short time the sacred edifice
becomes a dog show place says n
writer In Berlin paper. To heighten
the effect all the worshipers attend in
hunting costume and the bugle plays
an important part in the musical serv-
Ice. When the last celehration. took
place a stranger In the city; Who was
staying at one of the large hotels near
the place, strolled toward the cathedral
and took with him pet spaniel. "Ev-
cry dog has his day." he said, "and
this is it." At the church entrance
two pointers growled at the little dog
and did 1t so fiercely that the little fell
low turned and ran. He was coaxed
back, but again driven away by anoth-
er large dog. 1.-THE owner took the
hint" says the writer, ''Rnd returned
to the hotel with his little pet. con
WINGED that the big dogs looked upor
the spaniel as an intruder, that he had
no part In the st. Huber's mass ant
that the day was not every dogs"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01
aianA of tho Army.

In the army. there are expressions
peculiar to itself. Heard for the first
time by outsiders, they. need interpre-
tation. Among the most common are
hike" for march," striker" for a
soldier serving as bodyservant or house
man for an officer, &c. O." Tor com
handing officer" and 20. D." for "ofA
fcer Of the day" hop" and 'hoproom"
for dance" and, dancing room"
'tcits clothes" for. "civilian Dress -
"commissaries" for groceries" "cof.
fee cooler" for an officer who is al
ways looking for an easy job In some
stan position, found" when an officer
fails to pass bis examinations and
"shavetail" for youngster just out Of
West Point. Among the soldiers the
expressions have multiplied until quite
a vocabulary Of strange words has
been. established. "Bobtail" is dis
honorable discharge. Orderly bucker'
Is soldier who. when going on guard
duty, strives by extra neatness Of ap
peerance to be appointed orderly r
one of the officers. Dog robber" II
the soldiers contemptuous expression
for ''striker."-Lesie,s Weekly.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01
World. finest Fruits.

An interesting discussion in the Brit
ish Royal Horticultural society few
years ago as to whatv%As the finest
fruit in the world ended by giving the
palm to a certain yellow nectarfne
raised from peach by the late Fran
els Rivers Next to this perhaps comes
properly ripened greengage, one Of
the best varieties Of the plum. The
greengnge cdme into Europe by way
Of Italy and from Italy was brought
to France early in the sixteenth cen
fury by the wife: ,of Francis IAr in
whose honor. IT. received the name Of
Refine Claude bR which 1t Is still widet
ly known. Soon .atterward 1t was In
troduced intdfEhgland from Italy UNI
derothe old Italian name Yerdoch and
about the Same slime from France.
The latter importation, however, came
with lost labels tps family of promi-
nent' English amateur horticufturists
of'that day named Gage, from whom
the fruit received It's present name
London Chronicle,
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01
her vi.Iter.

A young married man Of extremely
Jealous disposition recently visited one
Of the most famous mediums In Lon
don Being far from home, he waqt-
cd to know what his wife was doing
"She Is looking out OF the window,
evidently expecting some one."'.
..'That Ks strange" said Benedict.
Whom can she expect7S
''Some one enters the door, and she
caresses him fondly," went on the
medium
ut can't ber' cried the excited hus-
band my wife is true to me-"
NOW he lays his head on her lap
and looks tenderly In her eyes"
Its falset I'll makes you pay dear
ly for thisr' yelled the Jealous bus.
band. I'll rs
-Now he wags his tafl' said the me
ditin. "
The green eyed monster subsided
and the young husband cheerfully paid
over his consulting fec. - London
Scraps.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01
Frenoh Schools.

The quality Of the secular instruc-
ton In the French schools seemed to
me extraordinarily high. It happened.
for example, that was taken into
classroom where a leason In English
was being given to some French boys
Of sixteen, mostly the sons Of opera
tives- The exercise was conducted in
excellent English, which the pupils
seemed to speak almost as readily as
the teacher, and the point under dis
cussion when visited the class was
one which would have puzzled Har-
yard freshmen 1t was the distinction
In meaning between the words priest
Catholic ecclesiastic: .clergyman-an
Anglican, and minister-a dissenter.
In American schools, or, rather. In the
results OF the instruction there afford
ed, I have never come across the
teaching Of any foreign language
which compared In efficiency with the
teaching Of English In secondary
schools throughout France. And to all
appearances this was only one exam.
pie OF the thoroughness and the vital
ty of French teaching In all its branch
es.-Barrett Wendell In France Of To
day" ,y--
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01
Setting Him Right.

He-Tell me- conndentialy. bow
mitch did the. bonnet cost your ;,
She George, there is but ons wqy ~
which you can obtain the right 10 In
speet my millinery bills,
He popped He ~
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01
He Told tho Reason.

THE aerqnaut to get along must
keep his wits about him." said an ar
my official. Under the most adverse
circumstances he must not lose his
head Always he must be-alert and
ready, like-like-weil, like scientist
l used to know.
This scientist gave a scientific lee
ture In a church one might, and at the
lectures end he SAID, beaming on his
audience cpndescendingly:
"'Now, If there is any scientific
question, that any Of my friends would
like to ask, I beg them not to hesitate
I shall be only too happy to answer
any inquiry in my power
yam old lady In spectacles that gave
her severe, stern look rose and said
"'Why do wet tea leaves Kill
roachesf
1.-THE scientist didn't know they did
let alone the cause Of the phenomenon
But, never at loss, he replied:
because, madam, when q ROACH
comes across a wet tea leaf he says
Hello, here's a bIauket!' and wraps
himself up In it. catches cold ant
dies "--Los Angeles Times.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01
j18- april
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

Elk City, Idaho, January, z, 1908.
To ]. S. Welsh, your executors, admin
istrators, heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that l have
expended during the year 1907 the sum
ofS500 in labor and improvements upon
the Florence A No. /, Florence A No.
2, Florence A No. 3, Florence A No. 4,
Florence A No. lode mining claims,
situated in Ramey Ridge Mining Dis
trict, Idaho county, state of Idaho, in
order to hold said claims, under the
provisions of Section 1924 of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States, and
the amendment thereto approved Janu-
airy %, 1880, concerning annual labor
upon mining claims, being the amount
required to hold said lodes for the year
1907; that ycsr interest in said claims is
olio-sixth, ard if. within ninety days
from the personal service of this notice,
or within ninety days after the publica-
ton thereof, you fail to contribute your
portion of such expenditure, which is
$50. 33, and the charges for this adver-
tisement, your interest in said claims
will become the property of the sub
scriber, your co-owner, who has made
the required expenditure, by the terms
of said Section.
CLAYTON C. VANCE,
Postoffice address, Elk City, Idaho.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01
A Poor and Ill. Patent.

After 1t Is once issued the patent for
the creation Of new peerage cannot
be altered Otherwise Lord Glerawly
would be written Lord Glenawley, as
Glerawly was written by a clerk In
mistake for this word. Another In
terestfhg case of similar nature Is
that Of Charles Pawlet, afterward
third Duke Of Bolton. who died In
1854. I'm lit. while his, father, the
second, duke, was still alive, Pawiet
was made a peer as Lord Pawlet Of
Basing, although the intention Of the
king md his advisers was to summon
him tot the house Of lords Under one Of
his fathers junior titles-that Of Baron
st. john Of Basing. However, the
writ OF summons had been made out
to L@fa Pawlet Of Basing, and Pawlet
bore, this title until he became Duke OF
Bolton in 1922 Westminster Gazette.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01

It was said In the Norton family THAT
Uncle Hiram had no ear for music, as
he failed to appreciate the vocal ef-
forts Of his niece Margaret But If
his ears were defective his pocketbook
left nothing to be desired.
We've been talking over Margaret's
voice." said a dauntless and tactful
relative who had been delegated to ap-
proach Uncle Hiram on the subject,
1T really seems as. If she ought to
take lessons and practice regularly.
Her mother talks Of selling little Of
her mining stock for Margarets sake"
Uncle Hiram's keen old face wore a
mutinous expression.
".Have to practice, two, three hours
day, I suppose% he said DULY.
"Oh, yes" said the vepturesome rel
alive. Then she had sudden inspira-
ton. ii,
1T would be best Of all If she codlu
60 abroad for two or three years." she
murmured thoughtfuly, "but of course
that is out OF the question, the e1-
pense"- = -. =.
Never you mind about the OK
penseT broke in Uncle Hiram Joy
fully. IF she can 60 ,abroad--a goot
long ways abroad-to take her lessons
and do her practicing I'll foot the ex
pense."-Youth's Companion
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01

A. fireplace any one may have, and
to me the. wonder is that our civiliza-
ton has abolished the very soul from
our northern homes. Fire Is no longer
the Joy Of the household, bit the
slave: imprisoned In the cellar. All,
but It was delicious when the old
fashioned family sat together in the
great kitchen around the huge fire.
place. All. the evening we told stories
ate ,.doughnuts, drank cider, all the
time pairing apples and hanging the
long festoons Of quarters from the
beams. But the dear little mother
she 1t was who told the best stories
while she was knitting muffiers and
socks or mending our we'll worn cloth
ing. There were no parlors at all II
those days, and as for, thrummed pi
amos, we had not yet heard Of them
At 8 o'clock, honest agd drowsy. We
knelt and thanked God for life and
love and home. Our hunks and beds
and trYpdle beds were all in close
proximity, and from aevery one o.
them, we could see the flames, still
jumping up the chimney while the bi,
firelog was slowly eaten through
There was not one millionaire in al
the world and. indeed we wero no
worried over the affair-E- P. Powell
in Outing Magazine
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01
He Met Shorty.

Mechanics are sometimes deceptive
things, and they are oftentimes ex-
tremely funny. was In q small town
not many miles south Of Boston and,
asking for certainapiece Of informa-
ton, was informed by several that
Shorty could give. it to me, and he
seemed to be the only man who could.
Not knowing Just who SHORTY" was,
l. made further inquiries and was told
that he could be found in the store
lust across the square
,"Just ask for Shorty" I was told.
ANY one will show him to you"
IL went over to the store as directed
and looked vainly about for some ono
who might answer the name. Only
one man was present, and he was al
most a seven footer. After looking
about moment started to leave.
"Lookin' for some one. stranger7" he
observed.
'Yes, I'm looking for Shorty"
told him. T.
A broad grin ove&pread his 'fnce
"Guess you've;'e6k him." no muir
mufcd., "1'm youf man. = Boston
Travsier.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
Elk City, Idaho, January 16, 1905

ELK City, ldaho, January 10, l9Oo.
To Mrs. Lillian Mcfarland, your sxecu-
tors. administrators, heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that / have
expended during the year 1907 the sum
of $500 in labor and improvement upon
the st. Peter ard the St. Paul lode
mining claims, situated in Elk City
Mining District, Idaho county, Idaho,
the location notice of the st. Peter be-
ing of record in Book G, Page 367, and
the location notice of the ST. Paul being
of record in Book G, Page o68, in the
office of recorder of Idaho county, in
order to hold said claims, under the
provisions of Section 1924 of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States and
the amendment thereto approved Janu-
airy %, 1880, concerning annual labor
upon mining claims, being the amount
required to hold said lodes for the year
1907; that your interest in said claims
is third, and if within ninety days
from the personal service of this notice,
or within ninety days after the publica-
ton thereof, you fail to contribute your
portion of such expenditure, which is
$50. &c, and the charges for this adver-
tisement, your interest in said claims
vaill become the property of the sub
scriber, your co-oWner, who has made
the required expenditure, by the terms
of said Section.
LESLIE BELOR.
i1Qanr11
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01
APPLICATIONS FOR GRAZING
PERMITS.

NotiSe is hereby given that all appli-
cations for permits to Craze cattle,
horses ard sheep within tie Bitter Root
Gdaho) National Forest during Che
season 1903, must be filed in my Office
at Kooslkia. Idaho, on or before Febru-
ary 10, 1908. Full information in re-
gard to the grs zing fees TO be charged,
and blank forms to be used in making
application, will be furnished upon re-
quest. F. A. Fem, Forest Supervisor.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-02-01
a fugitive Bi.

"Lend me pencil" said the press
humorist.
Thought Of something funnyr
mo, but I've thought OF something
that ;%ill pass muster as joke. =
Louisville COURIER ournal.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-27

ton. Mathematically speaking, the
combined wealth in the organization
IS enough 10 cope with the great New
have been grinding them in the dust
Of their own tobacco fields for twenty
years elief Is general here that
night riding win at once cease. Others
maintain that while il may burst out
now aud then IA the more remote
portions of The ;Aate. that orsanizes.
nieht riding Of the farmers against
fhAil neisnDols Ia the blue grass and
Western Kentucky and Tennessee IS
dead .t0geyer Is. The, re-dlt Of the
RoNlihs Green ineetigk
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-27
shoull 10 made % Am At Dallas, 5.

should be made 10 IAm at Dallas, $.
ID.
Persons who are successful In this
drawing will be permitted to make en-
try OF onc-quarter section or less un-
der the homestead laws at seme date
after March l. 1909, and may obtain
title by making the required residence
and cultivation and payment Of &c an
acre for ali lands entered under the
present proclamation after that date.
Onefiith OF tho purchase money mist
be paid at the date OF the entry, and
the remainder ln five equal annual
payments. without interest. CT. II an
entryman chooses Is 10 81, ne can Oh
tain title after fourteen months actual
residence and cultivation by paying
all Of the deferred installments.
There are no settlements any OF
these lands. and several Town sites VIII
be located in suitable places and re-
served from homestead entry before
March 1 1903.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-27
.rla MAN. a MOLLY auNrEa.

Seven Alaskan Grizzly Bears the Vic
tima Of Fred Stones Gun.
From the Denver Times.
With seven grizzly bears, two cubs
and n quantity OF small game in their
bag. two OF the best shots IN the coun-
try have Just returned TO the United
states from a three m.nths' trip in
Alaska.
One of these hunters is Fred stone.
famous as The lin man IN the Wizard
OF On who lives at 2l46 Gaylord
street, Denver and the other is lie
we'll known novelist and story writer.
Rex Beach, also well known in Den.
yer.
stone arrived in Denver early last
week with his dogs and little black
Teddy bear just three months OIL The
skins of the seven grizzlies are 10 fol
low and with them the stuffed skin n
month-old brown cub which stone Is
having turned into real Teddy Deas
for his l.tuc daughter.
Stone. wao is not only the very
funny man of the Montgomery &
stone comic opera team but als1 one
of the best shots in the country, Went
TO Alaska with Beach early in May,
as soon rs the theatrical season
closed With single guide tae two
Young men spent three months In the
interior OF Alaska and turned MP more
big bears than they could take care D..
The biggest specimen measured nine
feet from tip TO Hp before he was
skinned stone himself had a despcr.
ate encounter VIII seven-foot 2riz-
zly on The head waters Of Copper
river and stopped ihe furious brute
only after four shots ANA when he was
but a few feet away from the gun
muzzle.
Mr.. Beach, wio IS NV in a hospital
in Seattle suffering from an eye DIS,
case contracted from the glare Of the
sun on tho glaciers. VIII come to Den
yer within few days
On AUG "a Stone goes east to begin
rohcarsala tor the third yem OF The
Red MIL" which opens in Montreal.
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1908-08-27
ROSEBUD
. LANDS ARE
DESIRABLE
CLOSE TO MILLION ACRES
WILL BE OPENED TO
SETTLEMENT
OLD SOLDIERS CAN
REGISTER THROUGH AGEET
Several Places For Town Sites
VIII Be Reserved
From Entry

+ Special TO Daily Leader.
Washington. Aug N Hundreds OF
lietrs Of inquiry have been received at
the genral land Office from points
| lthrmsehout the Middle West, notably
IN ilbnoig Missouri and Kansas. re-
garding the opening Of close to mil
lion acres OF land o. the Rosebud In
dian rCservati in South Dakota.
JUDGE James W. Witten, chief law Of
ficcr of the general and office. has
been designated 10 superintend and
conduct lhn registration and drawing
TO be held IN October
hsw 10 Acquire Lands.
Commissioners Dopnett has prepared
a staeMcnt concerning these lands aud
how % acquire them, as fol- VS.
Persons who desire TO be registered
for this drawing must so to the Town
OF Chambetlain. Dallas, Gregory or
Preaho in South Dakota, cr to O'Neill
or Valentine. IN Nebraska. between
October 8 aud IL, and there sign and
swear to an APPLICATION for registration
which Will be furnished by the officer
administering the oath. All applica-
lions for registration must be deliver
ed by the applicants by mail. in per-
son er otherwise. 10 Judge Witten at
eitscr Dallas or Gregory S. d., not la-
ter than 1 y. n. Saturday. October II.
The drawing viii take place the follow.
Ing Monday. October 10. al Dallas
These lands embrace s3S,000 acres.
portion OF which have been allotted
10 indians, and are located on the
south line of the state OF South Dako-
Ia aNd adiom the lands in Gregory
cou ~ which were opened for farming
and ~ !k-raising purposes. and simi.
lar lands IN adjoining counties are sell
ing for good prices.
Soldiers Can Register.
Soldiers who have served for three
IN ntha during the Civil war. the Span.
ish-American war or the Philippine in
surrecticn will not be required to visit
The towns mentioned for the purpose
OF registering, but may register
through an agent Information as to
the manner OF registering and drawing
and blank applications which enable
soldiers TO register by agent can be ob.
tained by writing to Judge Witten at
Washington, d. C., prior to September
20, but after that date application