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The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-04
TO DREDCE FOR GOLD
MINNESOTA MEN BUY BOTTOM OF
COLORADO RIVER.
Over 100 Gold Dredges Now in OPP
Grafton in California-State Fair
Officials Are Named as Principals
in the Enterprise.

SAN FRANCISCO, -(Special.)-
Thomas w. Teasdale OF the Omaha road.
Harry A. Tuttle of the North American
Telegraph company, and E. w. Randall
and C. m Cosgrove Of the Minnesota
State Fair, and Robert A. Smith, mayor
of St. Paul, are reported to have pur-
chased almost all the old bottom OF the
Colorado river lying between Nevada
and Arizona and have acquired the ex-
elusive right to dredge this section OF us
present bed. They claim the tests made
prove it to be as rich, if not the richest
known dredging ground, averaging two
dollars a yard and containing In addition
to garnets and platinum, over twenty
million dollars of gold. 1t is their inten~
tion to Immediately put several dredges
at work.
The Colorado river above this point,
according to government reports, drains
over 225, 900 square miles Of the richest
mineral ground in the world, carrying an
nually g., ,0OO, 900 tons of sedimentary ma
terial, rich in gold and other precious
metals, awaiting the ingenuity and en-
terprise of man to secure it. This river
has the reputation among mining men or
being the richest in this country. River
dredging has only been perfected at q
comparatively recent period and in Call.
fornia alone over 100 gold dredses are
now at work.
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be ruined, while the Paris ring" Of
which she had read in the newspapers.
would have matters it's own way.
Financial interests of such magnitude
would hardly be bound up with the
carousals and quarrels of Frascuele
and "Jose the Winebag." Yet
"Have you ever heard of SenOr Pc
dro Ventana," she asked suddenly.
HAS he to do with minesY' inquired
the Chilean tentatively.
yes
II know him by sight. senorita."
certain that my forgiveness is COM
plete."
''Shall we quarrel about degree of
blessedness? l assure you l like you
more than ever. When all is said and
done, you thought l was fiinging my
self at our excellent captains head, SO
you tried to spare me the pangs of un-
requited love-" The words hurt, but
she did not finch. Christobal. anxious
to deceive himself. was radiant
"Your charity goes too far" he cried.
"That was not the exact reason. No,
my dear Miss Maxwell; l begin to ex-
ercise q newborn discretion. l shall
not elucidate that cryptic remark un-
til after New Years day. But don't
mind telling you why l have hit on a
definite date. If all goes we'll with us
and we have had so many escapes
that Providence may well send US a
few more-the Kansas should steam
out of our little bay Of Good Hope
about that period. Then l shall remind
you of our discussion and keep my
promise
With that he left her After gasp
or two of surprise, for Elsie could read
only one meaning into his words, she
hurried up the bridge companion to
arouse Mr.. Boyle and ask what he
would like for luncheon.
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CHAPTER XII.

"HE captain was enthusiastic
when he heard of Elsie's idea
for the protection Of the main
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-04

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SUMMER SCHOOL
Twelve weeks; Beginning June llth,
1908

The work done atthe summer school
will be the same as that done during
the regular term of the Normal School
except that it has been modified so as
to accommodate the students that find it
possible to attend only SIX weeks in
stead of the full term. Double work
is done in all the common branches
as we'll as in the subjects required for
first grade certificate, so that credits
can be secured the first or second half
OF the summer school, which can be
used towards securing a state teachers
certificate. Ifthereis sufficient demand
for review subjects, provision will be
made for such. Circulars giving more
detailed information can be secured
by writing to the County Superin-
tendent or to w. A. Shoemaker,
Pres. of the State Normal School.
52-2t
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Bv LOUIS TRACY,

Author of .rhe Wings of Morning" THE Pillar Of
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for the protection of the main
| deck-"an excellent notion" he
termed it, but he secuted the sugges-
ton that she should undertake the
work herself.
"You little know what hauling taut
heavy canvas MEANS" he said when
they met at lunch. 1T would tear the
skin off your hands. No, Miss Max
well; we can put our Chileans On to
that job. have something better for
| you to do. Can you map?'
Il have copied heaps of plans for
my father" she told him.
Excellent! At noon today l took
| an observation, so | intend to devote
an hour to revising the chart. VIII
you help? Joey is in the scheme al
ready. Then the admiralty will grace
| fully acknowledge the survey supplied
| by Miss Elsie Maxwell, Captain Ar
thur Courtenay and Joey, otherwise
known as the pup"
| His allusion to the dog by name re-
called Jose the Winebag," but Elsie
| thought she would retain that tiny
scrap of detective information for the
present. So she simply said:
"You will explain to me my part Of
the undertaking, of courseY'
"Certainly. You must first correct
| the index error. Then you subtract
| the dip and the refraction in altitude
| take the suns semidiameter from the
nautical almanac and add the parallax.
Do you follow meY'
Perfectly. 1t sounds the easiest
thing. But l don't wish to hear the
remarks of the admiralty when they
see the result"
II am interested in navigation to
the slight extent possible to a mere
yachtsman May l join you?" inter-
posed Christobal
"Oh. yes!'' said the captain offhand-
edly.
Elsie repressed the smile on her lips.
Did the worthy doctor fear develop
ments if this harmless mapmaking
| progressed In his absence? She i'm
agined, too, that Courtenay's acqui-
escence in Christobal's desire to be
present was not wholly in accordance
ly crushed that dangerous fancy. The
captain was only seeking for some ex
cuse to take her away from the rough
work of rigging the extra awnings
How odd that the other thought should
have cropped up first!
"You still think the Kansas will win
clear of her dificulties?" she said
rather hurriedly. after all, the ships
safety is essential to your survey"
Every hour strengthens my opin-
ion," was the confident reply. "Suarez
says that there Is reasonable chance
of occasional brief spells Of fine wealth
er at this period Of the year. At any
rate, the gale may not be absolutely
continuous, and Walker is assured that
he can patch up the engines for half
speed. Given a calm day-a day like
this, for instance-we can reach the
strait in a few hours"
"And the Indians"
II leave them out Of my reckoning
What else can I dor
"Kill EN-" said Tollemache.
Courtenay glanced sharply at his fel-
low countryman. He disliked these
references to the Alaculof bogy In
Elsie's presence.
1--WE have dynamite aboard" said
Tollemache. "Why not construct q
couple of internal machines which
could be fred by pulling a string and
let them drift toward the canoes when
the Indians are near enoughT
TT is worth trying" was Courte.
nays brief comment, though he saw
later that Tollemache's suggestion was
very useful one.
To be continued next week.
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The experience Of the miner from
Argentina was not to be gainsaid.
Courtenay glanced up at Elsie. If
aught were needed to complete the
contrast between civilization and saw
agery it was given by the comparison
which the girl offered to the women in
the canoe. The hot sun and the alb
sence of wind had changed the tenn
perature from winter to summer. Aft
er breakfast Elsie had donned mus
lin dress and broad brimmed straw
hat. Exposure to the weather had
bronzed her skin to delightful tint.
Her nut brown hair framed a sweetly
pretty face, and her clear blue eyes
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-06-04

Elsie seized the chance of s1aapshottiaO
the party.
and red lips, slightly parted, smiled
bewitchingly- at theemnerl The men beneath. The
: camera in her hands added holiday
aspect to her appearance, an aspect
which was unutterably disquieting in
its relation to the muttered forebod
ings she had broken in on.
II find the get-up Of our visitors dis
tinctly humorous" he said, "and
hope they are bit scared of us. We
would prefer their room to their com
pany."
u thought that Senor Suarez would
hail them, as he can speak their Ian
guage. Perhaps he does not wish them
to know he is on board?"
Now, Elsie had heard the mans i'm.
passioned appeal when the Indians
were first sighted, so Courtenay felt
that she, too, was acting.
A new direction was given to Elsie's
thoughts by the somewhat scowling
aspect of Christobal's face. He was
looking at Courtenay in a manner
which betokened certain displeasure
The Spaniard's cultivated cynicism
was subjugated by a more powerful
sentiment. 1t seemed to Elsie that he
envied Courtenay his youth and high
spirits.
Elsie dared not meet Courtenay's
eyes. A food of understanding had
suddenly poured it's miraculous waters
over her. Incidents unimportant in
themselves, utterances which seemed
to have no veiled intent at the time,
rushed in upon her with overwhelming
conviction. The middle aged physician
suspected her of flirting with Courte-
nay and disapproved Of it as strongly
as she herself had condemned Isobel's
admitted efforts in the same direction.
The proceedings Of the Indians put a
stop to any further conversation. The
canoe had drifted closer to the ship
1t was about eighty yards distant when
the Indian who was on his feet sud.
denly whirled sling and sent a stone
crashing through the window of the
music room. The heavy missile, which
when picked up was found to weigh
nearly half pound, just missed Tolle.
mache.
The captain raised a double barreled
fowling piece, the only gun on board
and fred point blank at the savages
But the women were padding away
vigorously, and the shot splashed in
the water on all sides of the canoe
though a howl and a series of violent
contortions showed that one at least
OF the pellets had stung the wixened
Indian whom Suarez believed to be q
newcomer.
There was no second shot-cartridges
were too precious to be wasted at an
impossible range-but the undeniable
fact remained that the Indians meant
TO be aggressive. For a little time no
one spoke. They heard the echoes of
the gunshot family thrown back by
the nearest wall Of rock. The regular
plash Of the paddles as the canoe sped
shoreward was distinctly audible. They
watched the tiny craft until it vanish
ed round the wooded point which con.
cealed Otter creek.
The mufRed clang Of hammer broke
the silence which had fallen on the
watchers from the ship. Walker had
slipped back to his beloved engines
Had he not vowed that the massive
pistons should again thrust forth their
willing arms on or about New Years
day? He had forgotten the cannibals
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(From The Minneapolis Tr1bune)
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-12-03

teRration Of the party will come from
within, and not as a result Of a com
bined opposite party as many may
think. President Taft's admlnistra-
tIon Will be one OF turmoil. 1t will
he impossible for him TO satisfy the
progressive element and the stand.
patters
The progressive element OF the re.
publican party are democrats, only
lacking the name. II Mr.. Taft Is an
easy going man, as is claimed by
those who know him best, his ad
mlnistratiOn will be practically a
failure. He will become discouraged
over his fruItless efforts TO please
both wings Of the party and bis ad-
ministratIon will not be marked b,
any particular aggresslyeness. While
there has been great sounding Of
symbols during the past administra.
ton, yet President Roosevelt Is per.
haps the only man who has tn
strenuousity 10 handle the discordant
elements 10 his own party. This Is
where the administration OF Mr..
Taft will fail
IL looks now as II the republican
party Is confronted with the con-
ditlons which the democratic party
faced In 1893. The democratic party
has passed through the various stages
OF disintegraticp and is now In an
advanced stage OF reconstruction,
and is prepared TO grapple with the
problems which the future may have
In store. In the past the democratic
party leaders have differed as TO
governmental problems, while today
they are agreed. The result OF these
disagreements has been a loss OF par
ty energy, party enthusiasm, a con-
dition which Is now beginning to eff
fect the republican party In the same
way.
While the party has met defeat un-
der the craftsmanship OF Mr.. Mack,
yet he has done more to cement to-
gether the discordant elements than
any other set OF men or forces which
have been at work In the interest Of
the democratic party within the past
ifteen years. Many are justified In
the opinion that the democratic
party In the past campaign did more,
10 bringing these reforms TO the
front and educating the people, even
though defeated than the republican
party did In a victory.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-12-03
CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

From reports In the Statesman and
Capital News the politicians are ser
iously considering the matter OF call
Ing constitutional convention.
The Idea OF constitutional conven-
tiorljs, ostensibly, to revise the state
constitution TO permit sheritfs and
assessors to succeed themselves and
make other needed changes In the
document. II may appear that there
Is a good sized Ethiopian 10 the pro-
verbal woodpIe. The motive be.
hind the idea Is undoubtedly to re.
move the test oath from the consti-
tuition.
This may be the principal Idea,
but there are other plans, which
have brought out the suggestion, and
that Is to evade the carrying out of
the pledges by the dominent party,
When the legislature convenes It will
be an easy matter TO convince the
people. so The politicians seem to
think, that IL would be better TO al
low a constitutional convention to
carry out the platform pledges In
stead OF taking up the time Of the
legislature In these needed reforms.
This would be more satisfactory to
the saloon interests In the matter OF
a local option law, and also the cor
poratlons which needed reforms
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-12-03

might directly effect. While con-
/ stltutional convention would be
more satisfactory to these interests,
IL would defer the day when the re-
| forms would 60 into effect d small
matter Of four years.
To call convention OF this nature
/ il would be necessary for t"o-thir1s
Of the members Of both house AID
senate TO make the call and then the
question would be submitted 10 the
people In the election two years
hence. In case IL carried, the con
yention would he held previous TO
The following election and such
amendments as might DC made
wou.d then have 10 be submitted TO
the people at the next election. At
the earliest possible moment these
reforms could be enacted into law
would be four and possibly six years
from next January.
In any event, these reforms pledged
during the past campaign would not
be carried out under four years.
There is a serious question 10 the
minds OF the people whether they are
In a mood To consider such repudi-
alton Of pledges, which we're taken
in good faith by the people. 1t will
be taken, should the legislature
make al effort to SHIFT the burdens
u d later day, as an effort to defer
the time and SHIFT the responsibility
OF carrying out these pledges either
at this session or at all.
1t will be remembered that the re-
publican party two years ago repudi-
ated four out Of i've peIdges to the
people. The vote In this election
evidenced the fact that the people
resented this reputation. While the
national ticket carried the state by
sixteen thousand majority, yet Bardy
was elected 10y less than half that
majority. There Is grave possibil-
lty that, had this not been nation
al election Brady would have been
defeated. IT the party in power, by
evasion or trying to defer the time
for carrying out their obligations to
the people by constitutional con
vention, succeed In their efforts, it
will meet with defeat two years from
now, which 1t should. The people
are getting tired of such political
evasion, such political treachery and
political trickery
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-12-03
RE AN INCOME TAX.

Congress will meet In few days.
There will he the usual cry of re-
trenchment ana economy; we sus-
pect that IT will be shown that the
revenues have dwiDdled quite 800, =
600, 600 because of the onsaughts Of
prohibition and the consequent fall
ing of OF the tax on liquors, but,
nevertheless, we hope an income tax
law will he passed, and with the pro-
ceeds extensive public works will be
inaugurated. The best way to rec
oncile labor and capital differences is
TO take by law portion Of the rev.
enues derived from the use OF capital,
and with II give labor broader field.
There Is plenty of work that should
be done. The best way to give idle
men In every state employment
would be to commence On great
scale the reclamation OF swamp
lands. Every Eastern state has more
or less swamp land. A scheme like
the present reclamation law would be
effective, II applied to swan p lands.
And the result would be the same,
The land redeemed would at once
make homes for settlers and begin at
once TO add to the bread producing
area OF the country. The money
would DO but loan, to be speedily
returned, and when returned, the
wealth OF the country would be
greatly increased. The work should
be begun at once, and the money to
pay for the work should come from
tax on abnormal incomes. The
present mighty increase OF some for
tunes Is menace 10 the peace and
integrity of the republic. For in
stance, Mr.. Carnegie gives away
many millions OF dollars annually.
hut his public charities have behind
them AL view of enhancing the
giver's name and fame as philan-
thropist. Ii, say, one-third OF what
he has given away had been taken
from him by legitimate tax and
the money used TO reclaim swamp
lands, by this time ten thousand
families would have homes, and
would be making enough more than
a living from them tc educate their
children and give them little start
In life. AT the same time they
would be adding materially to the
food supply OF the country, and think
for moment Of the difference be.
tween ten thousand families, living
In comfort and with generous hopes
Ia their hearts, and ten thousand
families who have no homes except
rented huts aud tenement apart
ments, and not knowing where they
are going to get food and clothing
for the winter. The way to kill
discomfort and to drive away dark
thoughts Is to give men work for
their strong arms and comfortable
homes for their children. Aud TO
permit Individual or combined capt..
al free rein TO pile up abnormal In.
comes without accounting or respon-
sibillty, Is to take the nrst step to-
ward the degradation Of a nation. -
Goodwln's Weekly,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-12-03

The Capital News is much elated
over the fact that the republican ma
lorities we're greatly decreased In the
MormOn counties. In feiicitating IT.
self upon this fact, the analysis
calmly ignores the fact that the tick.
ct ran behind in the Gentle couu.
ties. IL this matter is honestly con.
sidered, Il will be found that the
Alexander ticket made gains tn the
Mormon counties, but lost as much
In the GENTLE counties as was gained
In tho Mormon counties by elimiuat-
Ing the Mormon question The Cen
tile republicans who voted for Stock.
Slayer two years ago could not see
any difference between a republican
Mormon ticket and a democratic
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-12-03

Governor A. b. Cummins was
elected during the past week sena-
tor from Iowa to fill out the unex-
pired term OF Senator Allison. There
is now no question but what he will
succeed himself the first of the year.
His election will mean two things to
the country-he will make an able
assistant TO Senator LaFollette ana
Senatur-to-be Kern of Indiana, and
puts out of business the standpat
element in Iowa politics, or the rail-
road machine.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-12-03

Andrew Carnegie has written a
magazine article in which he says
the Steel trust does not need protec.
ton. The article goes ON to say that
when an industry has shed It's swad.
ding clothes it is no longer an infant
and does not need the paternal care
of the government. Carnegie Is eth
er figuring on worldwide trust or
else knows when he has got enough
Of the grab game.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-12-03

AS much as Cannon Is to be despis-
ed by the progressive element In the
United States, yet many would pre-
fer TO see him reelected speaker
than to see Taft dictate the success
fu man. For the last seven years
the country has seen too much dicta-
tlon by the president TO wish to see
continuation. II Taft has hisway he
would prefer to see Burton, OF Ohio,
take Cannon's place and this would
leave the way clear for the election
Of Charles p. Taft to the senatorial
toga. About the only senatorial
qualification the brother OF the pres
ident will have Is that Of great
wealth, which Is not a particular
accommodation. Teddy debating
the senator from New York and Taft
saying who shall be senator from
Ohio will look very much as IL co.
terie of politicians were about to die
tate the membership of congress.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-12-03

The investigation of the Standard
oil trust demonstrated that John d.
Rockefeller would like to have the
people believe that he Is another
Apostle Paul, while the people will
continue to think that he comes
nearer representing the character of
Jesse James. We apologize to the
living relatives Of the deceased des.
peradu.