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The Detroit times., 1908-11-20
NO D D IS LEADER
IN BUILDING
INDUSTRY
FIGURES FROM FORTY-NINE
LEADING CITIES SHOW THAT
slxTY.oNE PER CENT OF BUILD
lNos ARE MADE OF WOOD.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20-Great rs
the advance in fire-proor construction
has been during the last ten years
there has been no let-up in the use
OF lumber. and both architects and
builders find themselves SO Dependent
on wood today that they are COM
PEELED to admit that the forests OF the
country are likely. TO be the chief
source OF building material for many
years TO come.
The use OF cement, tNna Gotta.
brick and stone. with a fi(he work
of steel, will make II possible soon To
40 away with wood entirely" is a
remark often heard. and, indeed, when
one stands on lower Broadway and
docks up at the towering skyscrapers,
the statement seems TO contain much
truth. AS a matter OF fact. however,
the popular idea that fire-proof mater
tails will do away with the need OF
using lumber In a comparatively few
years is a very erroneous one. All OF
the various fire proof materials going
into the approved construction OF the
more substantial buildings are used
IN greater quantities now than the
world dreamed of few years ago,
yet the heavy demand for lumber con-
tinues
That wood predominates is shown
by the annual building records. or
the permits used for buildings erected
last year. approximately 81 per cent
were constructed OF wood, and the re-
naming 80 per cent OF fire resisting
material, according 10 report issued
oy the Geological Survey on opera
lions in forty-nine leading cities OF
the country. These figures are the
more significant when II is realized
that they only represent the building
activities In the largest GIVES; they
do not take into account the cpnstruc-
ton OF dwellings, Sores and other
buildings In the thousands of small
cities and towns scattered over and
not included in the forty-nine cities
on which the reckoning Is made.
In towns and small cities wood is
usually the predominating building
material and IL is safe TO say that If
the statistics had included figures for
all places OF whatever size, the per
centage OF wooden construction would
have been much greater. These fig
ures. as a rule, are only for the cor
porate limits, and the suburbs OF these
cities have each very large amounts
to be added The cost, also. Is rela-
lively higher in these cities than In
towns nearer the base OF the supply.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-20
JOHN D. TELLS Of
MERGING SMALL
CONCERNS
TESTIFIED FOR OVER THREE
HoURs-GAVE NO EVIDENCE OF
SENSATIONAL NATURE-kEL.
Looe AFTER HIM TOMORROW.

NEW YORK. Nov. 10. John ID.
Rockefeller. head OF the Standard Oil
Co.. was on the stand today In the
trust busting" proceedings brought
by the government against the Stan
dard Oil Co., OF New Jersey Mr..
Rockefeller was questioned from To-: AZ
a. IN. until p. m. by his counsel.
John G.. Milburn, at whose home
The Detroit times., 1908-11-20

the Latin Quarter" and The Sunny
South" with 10 colored singers and
dancers. including Johnson and Wells,
will be feature. Among the other
delightful turns are: Selma BraatZ.
the greatest woman juggler OF Europe;
Quinn & Mitchell, in THE Land
Agent" Mullen & Coreli. in a comedy
turn; Van Camp, the man with the pig,
and the Microscope pictures
The Detroit times., 1908-11-20

Manager j. II. Moore, OF the Temple
theater. announces for the week of
Nov. 80 that celebrated dramatic star.
Virginia Harmed. who will make her
first appearance in Detroit vaudeville
In her own sketch, The Idol of the
Hour" which is supposed to be an Incl
dent in her own life. Although Virginia
Harmed Is one of the highest-priced
stars in the country. and the charge
heretofore to see her has been 81 for
orchestra seats, there will be no
change In prices in the Temple. where
the best OF seats for the matinee ner.
formances can be secured for 25 cents.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-20
Hsw He Felt.

Il actually felt like a hypocrite this
morning" said Mr. Peck
What did you do. Henry?' asked
his sO-callcd better half
II congratulated a friend of mine
who had Just got married" replied
peck. as he hurriedly closed the dooc
from the outside.
The Detroit times., 1908-11-20
Tenn

Women ana ChIidren's Mntinecs Are
Popular at This Theater.
Famous keilinos, In "a Fetc Day In
Venice" Emmett Corrigan ~ Co, In
His Last Performance" Gilletts Won
dcrfui Dogs aud Monkeys. Violet Al
len ~ Co. QulnIHn ~ Mack. Ad-emnn
Quartet. Milt Wood, lin. Cherry ~ I'M.
MOOreoscOpc.
Next weeks. Miller Kent. New Play
q. Bessie Wynn. Viola DeCosta. etc.
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-02-14

1908, at noon; for the purpose Of fix
ing the time and place for holding a
State Convention to elect six delegates
and six alternates to attend the Ma
tional Democratic Convention to be
held at Denver, Colorado. on July 9TH
1908, and for the purpose of fixing the
time and place of holding a State
Convention TO nominate State Tick
ct, and to apportion delegates from
the various counties of the State to
said Conventions; and TO per
form such other functions as the Com
mittee may deem proper
Dated at Boise, Idaho January "a.
1908.
(Signed) II W. LOCKHART,
Attest; Chairman
CHAS. f. ARNEY,
Secretary
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-02-14
ALIAS SUMMONS.

Ia the Justices Court OF Union Pre-
cent. County OF Ada, State Of Idaho.
Before H. Wood, Justice OF the
Peace
Pocatello Mercantile Co, Ltd, Plain
tii ", T. T. Thurman. Defendant.
The State Of Idaho, TO L T. Thurman,
Defendant
You are hereby summoned to appear
before me, a my Office in Star, in the
County of Ada. on the ssth day OF Feb
ruary, 1905 at 10 O'Clock a. m, in an
action brought against you By said plain
tih 20 answer the complaint OF the above
named plaintiff. Said action is brought
20 recover from sou the sum of seventy
three dollars and twenty-five cents
lS73e5 for goods. wares and merchan-
disc sold and delivered by plaintiff to de-
PENDANT between the second day OF
March, 1907. and the FIRST day OF July.
1907 and for interest on said sum at the
rate Of seven per cent per annum from
fhe second d7y Of March. 1907. and for
costs Of this SUIT Nc part OF said sum
ever having been paid as fully appears
iu plaintiffs complaint which has been
filed in the above entitled court and YOU
arc hereby notified 10 appear and answer
- above required OF judgment will be
taken against sou for the said amount.
to-Wt The slim OF seventy three and
23-l0o 1873 25) with interest on said
sum from March 2, 1907, together with
costs Of this suit
To the sheriff or any constable Of said
county, greeting
Make sgal service and due return
hereof
Given under my hand this 18th day Of 1
January, 1908
J. H. WOOD,
Justice Of the Peace, Union Pre-
eiHct Ada County, State Of
Idaho
w B Davidson, s d Fairchild. at
t0fnegs for plaintiff.
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-02-14
First Presbyterian Church, Boise,
Idaho.

Notice is hereby given that there
will be special meeting OF the First
Presbyterian church, Of Boise, Idaho,
held at the church on Wednesday the
26th day Of February. 1908 at eight
o'clock p m. for the purpose Of vot-
ing on the proposition Of mortgag
ing that part Of the church property
known as the Manse, for the sum Of
two thousand dollars, for the purpose
Of paying OF the present Indebtedness
and making Improvements upon the
church property.
By order OF the Board OF Trustees.
T. b LINTON,
President Of the Board Of Trustees
.. MORGAN INSECT,
Secretary
Boise, Idaho, February 8, 1908
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-02-14
BOISE CITY NATIONAL BANK.
UNITED STATES
DEPOSITARY.

II Il Eastman, Thomas Davis, Leo j e..
Falk, Edgar Wilson, c. B. HURT,
Thoras Mcmillan, J. T.. Clinton,
@. IL. Coffin, w s. Bruce.
A general banking business trans.
acted
Interest allowed on time deposits.
Exchange drawn direct on the prip-
clpal cities Of the United States and
Europe Drafts on Hongkong, China,
at san Francisco rates.
Special attention given TO making
collections and handling bullion.
Highest price paid Tor all kinds Of
warrants.
The Boise citizen. (Boise, Idaho) 1906-1910, 1908-02-14

Call for State Committee Meeting.
There Will be meeting oil the Dem
oeratic State Central Committee Of
Idaho AZ the Idanha Hotel at Boise
Idaho on, Thursday, February n,
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-14
POWER FOR THE OMEGA NINE
Plans for liberalization of the
Property.

George w. Clark, of New York,
president of the Omega Mining COM
pany, who left for his home Thurs
day after visit of week in the
black Hills, has practically complet-
ed arrangements for the generation
of electric power to be used in the
operation Of the mine and proposed
mill of the Omega company. An
outline of the plans of the power
plant has already oeen determined
upon and the details will be worked
out at an early date.
The electric generating plant will
be located at Big Bend on Rapid
creek at point where the placer
operations of Roseler and Johnson
of New York were formerly conduct
ed. Mr.. Clark is the owner of the
TT. Meade water eight which in
cludes what is known as the Flor
mann tunnel and a ranch lying along
Rapid creek at the intake of the
tunnel. At the latter point the to-
geography Of the country is so con-
Iditioned that the creek may be
damned up, giving depth of at
least twenty-five feet above the in
take of the tunnel. The fall Of the
tunnel itself is seyenty-f1ve feet be-
tween the intake and the mouth,
which with the depth Of water that
may be obtained by damming the
creek, will give pressure of 100
Feet at the mouth u the tunnel.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-14

.cised by inspectors Of the Texas,
colorado, Wyoming, South Dakota,
Montana and other associations.
This necessitates riding alleys in all
weathers. A branded animal stolen
and marketed by the feed lot route
mas no more chance of evading the
eagle eye of the inspector than one
rustled a few days since. The sys-
TEN has no vulnerable point.
Checkmated elsewhere the cattle
thief displayed his ingenuity by doc
toring brands. Acids, scissors and
other means mere used and this
method produced results for a brief
period, but the skilled inspector is
seldom deceived by doctored brand
now. Not infrequently suspected
cattle are slaughtered and the hide
subjected to microscopic reading be-
fore the identity of the original
brand thus doctored can be deter
mined. So perfect has the system
become that the cattleman is i'm
mune from criminal aggression. He
may suffer the loss of a few cattle
converted into beef on the range,
but as a commercial proposition
rustling is dead industry.-Breed-
ers' Gazette.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-14

In the Federal Circuit Court at
Trenton, N. j., Tuesday,. the Erie
Railroad began Il suit against the
Interstate Commerce Commission
similar to the suits started at Phila-
delphia by the Pennsylvania and Lee
high Valley railroads. The COM
plant in all three cases is that the
commission has adopted improper
methods in obtaining Information
from the railroads as to the number
of hours their employees work, and
the court is asked to pass upon the
constit% ionality of the law as a
whole. The railroads assert the
commissions order requiring them
to report the hours Of labor of their
employees is contrary to the fourth
and fifth amendments to the consti-
tuition, relating to unreasonable
searches and seizures" They say
this might compel them to give in
formation which could be used in a
suit for violation of the act limiting
the hours Of service.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-14

country divided on two tickets.
While the real issues of the war and
of reconstruction were pending there
was no room for third parties.
The prohibitionists first ran a
separate electoral ticket in 1876,
and have kept it up at every election
since. An examination of the plat
form of the other parties now in the
field and the antecedents of their
candidates disclose the fact that the
others which they attract are those
which would naturally be cast for
Bryan were he and Judge Taft the
only candidates. In other words,
the divisions which create these
minor parties are in the main seces-
sions from the democra s, while the
republican strength is Not visibly i'm
paired by this multiplicity of cleo
toral tickets.-Philadelp MIA Press.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-14
Fleet in South Seas,

Auckland, N. a., Aug S.-Sixteen
white ships, comprising a division
of the Atlantic battleship fleet of
the United States, under the COM
mand of Rear Admiral Charles
Sperry, arrived here st $40 this
morning. The usual salutes were
exchanged and Admiral Sperry and
staff paid their respects to the gov
ernor of New Zealand and William
A. Prickett, the AmeTlcan CONSUL
general. The COVER T and Mr..
Prickett later returned ne admiral's
visit aboard the wars!lip Connect
cut.
Uncle Sans mighty ileet of bat
tleships weeks stay viii be marked
by a tremendous demonstration on
the part of the officials and people
of this British colony. In addition
to the $4,000 appropriated by the
local authorities and $4,000 by
the New Zealand government, civic
bodies and individuals have added
thousands to the entertainment
fund. All of the decorations are
completed and the people are now
waiting, on tiptoe OF excitement,
for the beginning of the festivities.
The only thing that may mar the
stay of the United States fleet is
the discomfort of the Socialists, who
are very strong in New Zealand.
They are threatening to hold a
great demonstration OF the unem-
ployed as protest against the pub
tic expenditures Incidental to the
reception of the fleet. Some of the
members Of the legislature, too, are
tamenting that the visit of the
american fleet may cause the col
onists to place dependence on the
United States rather than on the
notherland.
On the whole, however, the stay
Of the feet promises to be a joyous
occasion. The program, as now
mapped out, provides for the fol-
lowing special features:
Monday Notwithstanding and
official reception. Afternoon
Grand review of Auckland troops.
Evening-Oficial government ban.
quet in Drill Hall.
Tuesday-Race meeting at Ellers-
lie. Reception by the mayor of
Auckland to visiting officers and
representative persons.
Wednesday-Vi of officers of
fleet to Rotorua.
Friday-State ball at government
house.
saturday-InterprN foot
ball match. Auckland VS.. Yelling
ton. Departure of fleet.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-14
A PECULIAR ACCIDENT
Northwestern Freight Lost Cal
Near Pierre.

Near Pierre.
Pierre, S. D., Aug, s.-Trainmen
in this city are discussing one of
those rare accidents in bailroading
which occurs occasionally but not
often enough but that they are
source of wonder. The accident
was that of loosing a car out of the
middle of a long freight train, and
the train crew to be in ignorance
of the occurrence until they had
been wired to check up their train,
and find if the missing car came
from that particular train.
The freight in which the accident
occurred left here Wednesday eve
ming with SO cars, and about six
miles east of the city from some
reason broke loose and car jumped
the track, the car following catching
with the patent coupling on the one
ahead of the lost car, and the train
crew knew nothing of the occur
renee.
But the accident came near
wrecking the west bound passenger
train which came in here at /
o'clock in the morning. When the
freight car broke loose, both draw
bars dropped out upon the track,
and were struck by the passenger,
which luckily passed over both of
them without leaving the rails.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-14
Work Of Brand inspectors.

Brand inspection at the stock
yards is a fine art; eventually with
the fencing up of the open range q.
may become a lost art but for twest:
ty-five years past The complicated
system has been essential to the
profitable carrying On Of the western
beef making industry. 1t is the only
system ever invented that is proof
positive against loss and theft. The
brand inspector became in the early
sos the Nemesis of that picturesque
criminal of the plains, the cattle
rustler. To discharge the functions
of brand inspector at any Of the
great live stock markets requires
good hcrsemanship, rugged constitu-
ton and above all retentive mem
ory It is the multiplicity of the
brands that is calculated to drive an
ordinary man to distraction and yet
armed with nothing but thorough
knowledge of every curiously de-
sined sryptogram that ever disfig-
ured "a bovine back, a brand inspec-
tor literally wades through a sea of
cattle daily, designates stray cattle by
the hundred and by mere word of
mouth insures payment to their
owners of the exact purchase price
as though the cattle had been con-
signed in the regular way.
Brand inspection at the stock
yards as it is developed today dates
back to 1883 when the Wyoming as
ISOLATION inaugurated it. At that
time rustling was costing cattlemen
running stock on the open range an
incomputable sum annually. Rust
lers ran off cattle in brazen fashion,
shipping them to Chicago and otae.
markets and coolly pocketing tas
proceeds. Rustlers discovered tt
their dismay that they could gathei
and ship beef, but that the proassds
were promptly RENTED by the IN
spectors to the owners they hat
robbed. Fertile in resource they at
TEMPTED to sell their booty to feed
s8erg in the corn belt, but this plar
was promptly frustrated by an 81
the year round inspection. Eyer.
{ market day of the year at the grea
s. S. market vigilance INCREASING y exer
-s
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-14
The Rush for Land.

The next few years will see an
unprecedented rush from the centers
Of population to the public lands
that are being opened for settle
ment. The magnitude of this move
ment will not be so noticeable as in
some former years because it will
be scattered over a large territory.
There is no tract subject to entry of
such large dimensions as some of
the lands which have been occupied
in the past, but there are great
many small tracts to be thrown open,
and the movement to secure land
from the government will probably
be larger in the aggregate than ever
before.
The great ranges west of the Mis-
souri, river were the scene of the
last great rush toward any single sec
section, and there will be no more
movements toward any locality to
equal this for the simple reason that
the government land remaining is in
comparatively small tracts.
South Dakota expects to see one
of the greatest of these rushes this
fall when the Trip county lands are
opened for settlement. There will
doubtless be several applica ats for
every claim in this tract. About fif-
ty thousand cares of Minnesota land
will be thrown open in September
1t comprises land formerly included
in the Cass Lake, the Chippewa, the
Mississippi, the Fon du Lac, the
Leech lake, the Red lake and the
Winnibigashisr reservations. Part
of these lands were formerly includ-
ed in the Minnesota forest reserva-
ton, but all will be classed as agri-
cultural lands in the coming open
ing.
1t is fact that must be realized
that the time for securing govern
ment land is rapidly passing and
those who do not avail themselves
Of the opportunity to get such lands
in the next few years, or even
months, will never be able to exer-
else their right under the homestead
laws. 1t is this realization that is
making it certain that all of these
lands will be snapped up as soon as
opened for settlement this yall.--
Sioux City Tribune.
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-14
Seven Presidential Tickets.

The presidential nominations for
1908 are now completed, and unless
changes are made necessary by death
Or withdrawal the voters of the
country will in November cast a bal
lot for electors for one or the other
of the following candidates:
epublioan-William H. Taft.
mocratic-William j. Bryan.
Peoples Party-Thomas E. Wat
son.
socialist-Eugene v. Debs.
ohibition-Eugene w. Chain.
Socialist Labor-Martin R. Pres
ton.
Independent-Th L. Hisgen.
The socialist labor nominee, Mar
tin r. Preston, of Nevada, has de-
clined his nomination. AS up to
date no other name has been substi-
tuted for his and as he is behind
prison bars and cannot help himself,
ne may have to stand, in spite Of
ais aversion to notoriety, now that
he is leading a retired life. The So
s.ullSI AdUOI pdl ~ 10 IAO o1AdAAOoI VI
che group. 1t polled only 31,249
votes in the entire country four
years ago, which is 1000 less than
lit polled eight years ago. Its princi-
pies are very nearly identical with
those Of the Debs party, and as its
candidate has declined. the most ra-
tional course would be for the party
Ito suspend its feeble existence and
permit our blanket ballot sheet to be
made a little bit smaller by the elm
lination Of one set of electors.
Seven electoral tickets are super
fluffy. The diversity of opinion in
the country is not so great as to
Justify SO many presidential parties
-Four years ago there were six cleo.
toral tickets, and in 1900 there were
]eight. In earlier elections -four
tickets were more nearly the average
1number and In 1864 and 1863 thu
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1908-08-14

When the Interstate Commerce
commission announced Monday, that
it would start thorough investiga-
ton Of the reasonableness Of any in
creased freight rates, was generally
taken to mean that the president was
thus answering the protest of the
shipping interests against the pro-
posed advance. Only two days be-
fore the Receivers and Shippers AS
ISOLATION of Cincinnati had addressed
a public letter to the president,
charging that the Missouri Pacific
and Rock Island had deliberately ig-
nored the mandate of the court and
asking if there is no power in the
land to reach railroad companies
that brush aside the DEGREES of our
courts" The statement of the In
terstate Commerce Commission gives
notice that close check is being
kept on all Increases in rates and
while admitting that it can not le-
gally do anything toward altering
rates before they have been in effect
and complaints filed, it intimates
that a preliminary investigation on
its own motion is possible and th;.t
this would make action very prompt.
The presumption that prosecution
would follow is apparent.