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Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-06
The Engagements of Jean
By ZeIia M. Walters
Copyright, by Daily story Pub. Coz

Jean was listening to her first pro
posal. Was there some magic in a
first proposal that impelled you to
say yes when you didn't want the man
at all? She closed her lips firmly to
keep the yes from escaping, but that
only increased hysteric desire to
hasten its utterance. Why did he say
such eloquent and convincing things
about lifelong devotion and service
and awakening slumbering heart?
She knew he was the sort of man that
would let his wife pick up her own
handkerchief except when there was
company. Besides, she thought indig'
nantly, her heart didn't need awaken
ing.
please do not say any more, Mr..
Woodward" she interrupted him. ut
is quite impossible There-there is
some one else"
But If you are not bound to him"
entreated the suitor
Il am" said Jean instantly. She
felt that it was the only loophole of
escape. If 1t were closed that wretch
ed lowering yes might be uttered
against her will
Mr.. Woodward arose and bowed.
"Of course, then there is nothing more
to say. ] knew Innis had been with
you a great deal, but l didn't know you
were engaged. / am sorry have
troubled you. Forget me-" he said in
melo-dramatic tones.
Jean felt as though she was con-
gealing, but she could not collect her
self sufficiently to speak, and the re-
jected one stalked grandly away.
But the elation of girl with her
first proposal was not for Jean. She
walked up and down the deserted
piazza looking at the world with
tragic eyes.
"Oh! how terrible! I've let him
think I'm engaged to Mr.. Innes, and
there isn't the remotest chance that l
ever will be. Suppose he should hear
of it. oh! l dare say he will. 1 know
some punishment will come upon me
for such an enormous lie as that"
The one consolation lay in the fact
that Ted Woodward was going home
the next day. And perhaps no compli-
cations would arise in that time
The next day when Jean was sit
ting in the window-seat reading Mr..
Innes and the beautiful Miss Mariner
came through the hall.
NO" she was saying as she came
within jeans hearing, TN not go sail
ing with you. Indeed, Mr.. Innes, if
may speak frankly, l do not think an
engaged man ought to pay so much
attention to Others"
Jean had horrible moment as she
looked at his astonished face.
But my fiancee is such reasonable
girl, you know" Mr. Innes was saying
with an amused air as they passed
down the steps.
Il know" said Jean 20 herself, that
he was going to ask her to marry him.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-06
He's Going to Speak of 1t Himself.

Perhaps he was going to ask her this
very morning, and now she has heard
that wretched story and his lifes hap
piness is gone forever. What miser-
able cad that Ted Woodward is to
have told"
That afternoon Jean went for a
drive with Gertrude Allen thinking to
drown her haunting misery in a de-
iightful girlish confab.
DO you know" said Gertrude as
they turned into the shady elm road
II heard the most interesting thing
about that handsome Mr.. InRes. His
aunt, the rich one that he brought
here. you know, has disinherited him.
And it's just because he isn't to marry
Miss Mariner. They say he is engaged
10 somebody, but the person that told
me did not know to whom. Some
yuite insignificant girl though. Isn't
It romantic?"
Jean leaned back while Gertrude
chattered on.
"Why Jean!" she exclaimed when at
length she looked at her friend, Are
gou ill?"
YES" said Jean, "dreadfully.
!hink I'll have to go back. I'm sorry
10 spoil your drive, Gertrude"
For three days she steadily refused
Ill Mr.. lnnes' invitations. They came
sow with sinister frequency.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-06
Give Them Tltles2

BY granting titles of nobility to
American men we might stop the
flow of good American money into
the Golfers of titled foreigners who
marry American girls, but the remedy
would be worse than the disease.
Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1908-03-06
The Wicked Husband,

"Why does man lie to his wife?"
asks a woman writer. Dear me; does
he?-Duluth Herald.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-11
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

%AH Ivy, 1doiiOy l. SP. ~, icOt's
To j. r. Hendrickson, your heirs, ex-
ecutors, administrators and assigns:
You.and each of you are hereby mott
fled that the undersigned have expended
in labor and improvements the sum of
500 each upon Yellow Jacket No. and
Yellow Jacket No.2 lode mining claims,
situated in Ramey Ridge Mining Dis
trict (Big Creek district when the loca-
lions were made) Idaho county, Idaho.
in order to hold the said claims under
the provisions of Section 1924 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States
and the amendment thereto, approved
January %, 1880, being the amount re-
quired to hold said claims for the period
ending December 81, 1908, and if within
ninety days after the publication hereof,
you fail to contribute your proportion,
viz: 1888 for each claim, together
with the cost of advertising, your inter
est in said claims will become the prop
erty of the undersigned, your co-own-
ers, who have made the required ex-
penditure according to the terms of sale
section
ERIK JANSON, Elk City, Idaho.
JACK JANSON, Roosevelt, Idaho.
feb22-m16
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-11
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

Elk City, Idaho, February IL, 1908.
To Frank Thornton, your heirs, execu-
tors, administrators and assigns:
You and each of you are hereby mott
fed that the undersigned has expended
in labor and improvements the sum of
one hundred dollars ($100) each upon
Big Elk No. l, Big Elk No. 2, Big Elk
No. 3, Big Elk No. A, and Big Elk No.
5, lode mining claims, situated in Elk
City mining district, Idaho county, state
of Idaho, the location notices of which
are of record in the office of the re-
corder of Idaho county, Idaho, in order
to hold the said claims under the pro-
visions of Sec. 1924 of the Revised
Statutes of the United States and the
amendments thereto, approved Janu-
airy 20, 1880, being the amount required
to hold said claims for the period ending
December 81, 1908, and if within ninety
days after the publication hereof, you
fail to contribute your proportion, viz:
fifty dollars (S50) for each claim, to-
gether with the cost of advertising,
your interest in said claims will become
the property of the undersigned, your
co-owner, who has made the required
expenditure according to the terms of
said section, in your behalf and to rep
resent your interest, viz: Frank Thorn
ton, one-half interest in each of said
claims. GEORGE BRADFORD.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-11
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

Elk City, Idaho, January, 7, 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
of $500 in labor and improvements upon
the Florence A No. l, Florence A No.
2, Florence A No. 3, Florence A No. A,
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 your interest in said claims is
one-sixth, 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
$83. 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, 1908-04-11

No music sounds so swee. rs your
vwu.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department Of the Interior, Land Office
at Lewiston, Idaho, February Fl, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that John c..
Young of Elk City, Idaho, has filed
notice of his intention to make final five
year proof in support of his claim, viz
Homestead Entry No. 1882 made Feb.
81, 1908, for the w1-2sw1-4, sec. %, and
n1-2nw1-4, sec. 26, township % NJ,
Range E. B. M, and that said proof
will be made before G. M. Butler, us.
Commissioner, at Sites, Idaho, on
April "a, 1908.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon, and
cultivation of, the land, viz: Nathan
Pettibone, of Sites, Idaho; Oliver C.
Lapp, of Harpster, Idaho; John C.
Litchfeld, Of Elk City, Idaho; Dale
Clark, of Clearwater, Idaho.
T. H. BARTLETT,
lost Register.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-11
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
Elk City, Idaho, Feb. 20, /

ELK ClCy, ldanO, req. ~, 1913.
To j. R. Hendrickson, your executors,
administrators, heirs or assigns:
You and each of you are hereby mott
fed that we have expended for the year
1907 the sum of $500 in labor and i'm
provements upon Bismark No. j, Bis
mark No 2, Bismark No. 3, and Bis
mark No. lode mining claims; also
$500 upon Snowshoe No. l, Snowshoe
No. 2, Snowshoe No. 3, Snowshoe No.
d, and Snowshoe No. 5, lode mining
claims, all situated in Ramey Ridge
Mining District (Big Creek Mining Dis
trict when claims were located, Idaho
county, Idaho, in order to hold said
claims under the provisions of Section
1924 of the Revised Statutes of the
United States and the amendment
r thereto approved January %, 1880, con-
corning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount required to
hold said mining claims for the year
1908; that you hold one-ffth interest in
Bismark No. j, Bismark No. 2, Bis
mark No. 3, Bismark No. a; a one-sixth
interest in Snowshoe No. /, Snowshoe
No. 2, Snowshoe No. 3, Snowshoe No.
4 and Snowshoe No. 5, mining claims,
And if within ninety days from the
personal service of this notice, or within
ninety Gays alIer Ine PuDnCdLiou ciiei Cyl
Won fail to pay the charges for this adj
vertisement and contribute your portion
of said expenditure as follows, to-wit:
$50 for your one-fifth interest in Bis
mark No. /, Bismark No. 2, Bismark
No. 3, and Bismark Ne. a, and $83. 80
for your one sixth interest in Snowshoe
No. l, Snowshoe No. 2, Snowshoe No.
3, Snowshoe No, d. and Snowshoe No.
5, in all S163. 33 and the charges for
this advertisement, your interests in
said claims will become the property OF
the subscribers, your co-owners, who
have made the required expenditure, by
the terms of said Section.
ERIK JANSONs Elk City, Idaho.
CHAS. MCLAUGHLIN, Elk City,
JACK Jansen, Roosevelt, idaho.
MIKE KENslNGER, s syss.. City
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-11

seven chapters when he was stricken
down.
Scott, too, left tale upended-"The
Siege Of written while he was
on his last futile journey in search of
health. This work has never been
published, although more than two
thirds of it was completed at the time
Of his death.
Then there was "St Ives" left I'M
finished by r. L. Stevenson. as was
"Zeph," by Helen Jackson, and
"Blind Love-" by Wilkie Collins. Buc-
kle never completed his History of
Civilization" although he toiled at 1t
for twenty years.
Among famous poems that were
never completed mention may be made
of Byron's Don JUAN" Keats lily
perion." Coeridge's "Christabel" and
Gray's "Agrippina." Sponsors "Faeri'
Queene," too, is no more than frag
ment, although a colossal one.
Lastly, there ought to be included
Ben Jonson's beautiful unfinished pas
toral, 1.-The Sad Shepherd" found b,
his literary executors among his pa
pers after his death and published il
its incompleteness.-Pearsons Weekly
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-11
VALUE OF PUBLICITY. q
Steve Brodie, the Bridge Jumper, rs
Self Advertiser.


Curiously enough. the man who, in
my opinion, had the keenest intuition
Of the value of publicity and used it
to the greatest personal advantage,
when we consider his humble begin
nings and the limited sphere of his en-
deavor never really knew how to read
and write. | knew him first as young
street urchin, making his living by
selling newspapers. blaclSS boots. run
ming errands and doing such odd Jobs
as fell in his way. and it was chiefly
through selling newspapers, whose
headlines alone he was barely able to
decpher, that he gained that knowl-
edge Of what Park row calls news
values" which one finds in every train
ed and efficient city editor.
1t was Oh the strength Of this knowl-
edge that this bootblack went one day
to a well known Wholesale liquor deal
er on the east side and proposed that he
should establish him In d saloon on
lower Bowery. The liquor dealer was
! aghast at his presumption until he
learned his scheme: then he capitulated
pers had been signed and twenty-four
hours option secured on rickety and
from nearly every imaginable point Of
view, undesirable premises near Canal
street and directly under the noisiest
and busiest and oiliest part of the ele-
waited railroad. This done, the boot
black made his way to the very center
of the Brooklyn bridge, climbed hastily
to the top of the parapet and, needless
Of the warning shouts Of the Mortified
onlookers and the swift rush Of q pant
ing cop, dropped into the seething wa
tiers below.
1t was an unknown youth with an
earning capacity Of few dollars q
week who disappeared beneath the sur
face of the East river, but 1t was an
enterprising young man. an east side
celebrity. in fact. all ready for the di
vine oil of publicity and with an as
sured income and possible fortune II
his grasp, whose nose reappeared very
shortly above the muddy surface Of
the water and who was helped by will
Ing and officious hands into rowboat
where dry clothing awaited him. to
gcther with hearty congratulations OF
the fact that he alone. of all those WHIT
had attempted to jump the bridge. ha'
escaped with his life. The next da.
the name Of Steve Brodic was fashe,
from one end of the country to the 9th
/ er. and within u very few hours afte
, his discharge from custody-he wa
) arrested on the charge Of trying t
take his own life-he was standing be
hind his own bar serving drinks t
the crowds who came to gape at Stev
. 3rodie. the bridge iumper. and to pou
their money into his Golfers. james
Ford In Success Magazine
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-11

MINERAL APPLICATION NO. 1855
United States Land Office, Lewiston,
Idaho.
Notice is hereby given, that Donald
Ferguson and Felix A. Raney, by Geo.
E. Hamilton, their attorney in fact,
have made application for patent for
United States Mineral Survey No. 1929,
situate on unsurveyed lands of the
United States, in Robbins Mining Dis
trict, Idaho County, State Of Idaho, de-
scribed as follows, to-wit:
SAN FRANCISCO LODE.
Beginning at corner No. l, corner
of the claim, whence u. S. L. M. No. 8
bears N. 53' As 3O~ w. 1s42.1 #, thence
running S. At 90 E. GOO Ct. to Cor. No.
| Q; thence N. 33' or f. 1875 #. to
Cor. No. 3; thence N. AZ 20 w. 600 fit.
to Cor. No. d. thence s. $50 or w.
1875 fit. to Cor. No. /, the place Of
beginning.
ST. PAUL FRACTION LODE.
Beginning at Cor. No. /, corner of
the claim, whence the U. S. l.. M. No.
bears N. 81 16' w. 1733.7 it., thence
running S. ~ So E. 1928 #. to Cor.
No. Q; thence N. 4 II Il. 1850 #. to
OOT. mo. D, tueHCS ~. II 10 w. OOZ.
#. to Cor. No. a; thence S. As IL w.
1850 fit. to Cor. No. !, the place of be-
ginning.
Containing 20. 1853 acres after exclud-
ing ground in conflict with Sur. No.
1853, Alhambra Lode.
Adjoining and conflicting claims are
Sur. No. 1853, Alhambra and St. Paul
Lodes, Sur. No. 1921, Gem City Lode,
and Wizard and Old Maid Lodes, un-
surveyed.
The original location certificate of the
San Francisco Lode mining claim being
of record in the office of the county re.
corder of said County of Idaho, in Book
10 Of Mining Claims at page 419, anC
the certificate of relocation of said St
Paul Fraction Lode mining claim being
of record in said Office Of said Book Il
of Mining Claims at page - of sale
records. 7. H. BARTLETT,
Register.
First publication, Mch. %, 1908.
Last publication, May 80, 1908.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-11
U. S. Land Office,


U. y. Lana OInce,
Lewiston, Idaho, March 81, 1908.
Notice is hereby given that in com
pliance with the provisions of the act
of congress of June 3, 1878, entitled
can act for the sale of timber lands in
the States of California, Oregon, and
Washington Territory" as extended to
all the Public Land States by act of
August A, 1892, John c. Litchfeld, of
Elk City, county of Idaho, state of
Idaho, has this day filed in this office
his sworn statement No. 1877, for the
purchase, of the ne Ia ne Ia sec. IA,
and IL Sc IA, NV IA Sc Ia of sec.
No. II in township No. 20 north, range
No. 8 east B. M, and will offer proof
to show that the land sought is more
valuable. for its timber or stone than
for agricultural purposes, and to estab-
lish his claim to said land before the
c. M. Butler United States Commits
sioner Office at Sites, Idaho, on Tues
day, the 9th day of June, 1908.
He names as witnesses: Leslie Be.
lor, of Elk City, Idaho; James Murphy
of Elk City, Idaho, Grant W. Itch
field, of Elk City, Idaho; Stanley w
Litchfeld, of Elk City, Idaho.
Any and all persons claiming ad
versely the above described lands are
requested to file their claims in thi.
office on or before said 9th day of June
1908. T. H. BARTLETT.
Apr4-June6 Register.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-11

Lord Clyde one day after dinner ask
ed a chaplain to one of the regiments
in India for toast, who. after con
sidering some time. at leng b eSclaim-
ed, with great simplicity:
"Alas and alack dayl What can
giver
Nothing better" replied his lordship.
"Come, gentlemen; we'll give bumper
to the parsons toast. "A lass and lac
a day"
A lac means 100000 rupees. or 500
600. which is certainly an income to
make one happy.-London Chronicle.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-11
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

To A.. Clocker, his executors, admins
tIators, heirs and assigns
You are hereby Notified that I have
expended during each of the years 1904,
1905. 1906 and 1907, the sum of $500 in
labor and improvements upon the Cap
tain Clark lode mining claim, situated
in the Robbins Mining District, Idaho
county, Idaho, the location of which is
found of record on page 491 of Book X
of Mining Locations in the Office of the
Recorder Of said Idaho county. in order
to hold said claims under the provision
of Section 1924 of the Revised Statutes
of the United States, and the amend
ment thereof approved January 22. 1880,
concerning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount required to
hold said lode for the respective periods
ending December 81, 1904, December
81. 1905, December 81, 1896, and De-
cember 81, 1907. And il within ninety
DAYS from the personal service OF this
notice. or within ninety days after the
publication thereof, you fail 70 contrib
ute your portion OF such expenditure. Us
such co-owner to-wit: SIG. SIS for each OF
said years for labor and Improvements
during each of said years 1909, 1905.
1906 and 1907, amounting in ali &c
SEQ. "a, your interest in the csid clair
will become the property Of the Sub
scribet, your co-owner, who has made
the required expenditure by tire terms
of said Section Payment may be made
to the subscriber, or to A. S. Hardy al
Grangevilie. Idaho, for him.
CHARLES R. r.. KOCH,
lao E. 47th St., Chicogo, Ill.
! mch21- june13
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-11
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

Elk City, Idaho, January 7, 1908.
To John U. Cassell, your administrat-
ors, executors, heirs or assigns:
You are hereby notified that we have
expended during the year 1907 the sum
of $500 in labor and improvements upon
Florence A No. l, Florence A No. 2,
Florence A No. 3, Florence A No. A,
Florence A No. 5, and 500 upon Flor
ence A Fraction, and $100 upon Rough
and Ready, and 5000 upon Gold Dirt
No. l and Gold Dirt No. 2, and 500
upon Buster No. /, lode mining claims,
all situated in Ramey Ridge Mining Dis
trict, Idaho county. Idaho, in order to
hold said claims under the provisions of
Section 1924 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States and the amendment
thereof approved January %, 1880, con
corning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount required to
hold said mining claims for the year
1907; that you hold one-sixth interest
in Florence A No. l, Florence A No! 2,
Florence A No. 3, Florence A No. a.
Florence A No. 5; one-third interest
in Florence A Fraction; one-third in
terest in Rough and Ready. one-third
interest in Gold Dirt No. l and Gold
No. 2; one-third interest In Buster
No. l, mining claims,
And if within ninety days from the
personal service Of this notice, or within
ninety days after the publication thereof
you fail to pay the charges for this ad-
vertisement and contribute your portion
of said expenditure as follows, to-wit
$685. 33 for your one-sixth interest IN
Florence A No. l, Florence A No. 2,
Florence A No. 3, Florence A No. a,
Florence A No. 5, and 1888 for youl
one-third interest in Florence A Frac-
ton, and $33. 33 for your one-third in
terest in Rough and Ready, and S66 6t
for your one-third interest in Gold Dirt
No. and Gold Dirt No. 2, and. S33. s;
for your one-third interest in the Buster
No. l, mining claims, in all S249. SO, ant
the charges for this advertisement, you
Interests in the said claims will become
the property of the subscribers, you
co-owners, who have made the required
expenditure, by the terms of said Sec
ton.
CLAYTON C. VANCE,
Postoffice address Elk City, Idaho.
M. B. MERRITT,
Postoffice address Twin Bridges, Mon
tana.
j11-apr4
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-11
UNFINISHED BOOKS.
Authors Who Died Leaving Stories
Partly Written.

Many writers. including the famous
Ouida. have died leaving behind
them unfinished books One of the
best known is, of course. Dickens
1.-THE Mystery Of Edwin brood" re-
markably clever story. aud one show
ing no signs of diminishing vitality.
although he was actually at work
upon it,up to within a few hours Of
his death.
Dickens great rival, .Thackeray,
again. left behind him not one only,
but two unfinished storles- One Of
these. "Isaiis DnvaL" p.omlsed to
rank with. his best work, Cnfortunate-
", however, he had completed onlv
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-11

Justin" said Mrs. Wyss.
.Ycs." RI, lied aIr Wyss.
"Wiil You speak kind word TO Fido
and make him wag his tail? He hasn
had one bit of exercise all Lip
pinc0tts.