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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-18

ersault and lit on his feet "Griz" was
not SO fortunate. His right ear struck
terra firma first and most of it remain
ed there.
AS soon as the equestrians regained
their scattered thoughts, they turned
to the horses and found them peaceful
~ grazing by the roadside. With UNI
daunted courage Gilmore and Louis
mounted again and attempted to con-
tinue the ride. This proved futile, how
ever, for the beasts refused to bulge.
They stood as if rooted to the spot.
Threats, abjurations and fiattery were
all the same to them. They had had
enough. After some time a stranger
was seen coming down the road and
the two Thespians resolved to ask his
advice. He took a long, long look at
the detected horses and drawled, "Sa-
ay, you fellers amt been riding them
horses, has YEP He was assured that
they had. II reckon you're UP against
lit. boys; them's Jim Bagley's scrape
animals and amt never been broke to
ridin'-a If you was to drive 'em and
every now and then make noise like
a steel scraper, think We might get
'em back to town all right. OF course
it's just chance, but better try it."
There was no way out of it The. two
players stood behind g. the horses and
grunted sHuddap.',. . The horses looked
around surprised. 'Ho-o-dap' came
again and the procession started back
to PocatelIo. H. eli - ri 81
Six hours later Gilmore, Louis and
the horses arrived at the barn. The
horses iimped into their stalls and
went to sleep again. Gilmore and Louis
started to look for Bagley. That indi-
viduaI was certainly wise, for he was
nowhere to be found. The only trace
Of him around the barn was bill. It
read: ser-5r--
'Messrs. Gilmore and Grizzly: To
horse hire, Il day, $780,. Leave money
on DESK
The experience was worth it.
Mr.. Gilmore will be seen at the Grand
on April 20 in 1.-The Wheel of Love"
and this engagement will be the annual
benefit for the Grand's employees.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-18
"The Lion and the Mouse.

There is nothing sensational about
The Lion and the Mouse" the sue
cessful drama of American political
and social life which Henry B. Harris
will present at the Grand for a two
nights engagement beginning Friday,
April "A, except the tremendous pop
ularity which the play achieved on the
night of the opening performance and
which has since grown in volume I'M
til 1t has reached all parts of this
country. '~rhe Lion and the Mouse"
Charles Klein, author of THE Music
Master" which has made David War
field the leading character actor of this
country. THE lion and the Mousse
was seen In Topeka last season for
several performances and drew big
crowds to the Grand.
The story of The Lion and the
Mouse" deals with the so-called finan-
cial kings of America and the author
has treated them in such an original.
vigorous and truthful manner that the
drama has compelling interest, fasci-
mating to all classes of playgoers. The
principal character is John Burkett
Ryder in whom playgoers will recog-
nize the portotype of a king of finance.
famous as the richest man in America
and also very much in the public eye
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-18

church. Hester scorns love that is
mingled with pity, and he puts their
love above all-and she gets the OPP
portunity that she has sought, to begin
life afresh with a fair chance. In or
der that Miss Roberts might be seen
to every advantage, Messrs. Henry B.
Harris and John Cort have surround
ed her with carefully selected cast
of prominent players. The scenic set
tings are elaborate, especially for the
prologue. which has some striking color
effects, introduced in the landscape
The costumes are from designs ap-
proved by the very best authorities.
1.-THE Royal Chef
THE Royal Chef will appear at
the Grand on Sunday, April 26 This
much heralded musical comedy had it's
first presentation at the Garrick thea
ter, Chicago, and with the exception
of run in New York and a short road
tour last spring has not been revealed
only to the playgoers of those cities,
therefore Topekans will have the op-
portunity of seeing practically a brand
new show and one that was one of the
biggest successes Of the past season
The original cast and it Is an all-star
one, has been retained and includes
such people as VIM. H. Mccarthy, Os-
car Ragland, Herbert Carter, George
Porter Smith. Franklin Fox, Gertrude
Hutchinson, Dorothy Rae, La Belle
Laurette, Dixey Lillard, and many 9TH
ers. Among the musical numbers are
"O'Reilly;" Tail of the Tailless Frog"
Spirit of 49," Let Me Go Back"
"Strolling:'' Mother Goose and "a
Rajah Bold
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-18
Coming to the Novelty.

A special feature at the Novelty
theater next week will be the APP
pearance of James R. Waite &. Co.
in a comedy drama in one act, en-
titled "At Light House Point" with
special scenic and electrical effects.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-18
Florence Roberts in "Zira."

Grand on Wednesday night in a play
that discloses the extent of her extra
ordinary emotional powers The piece
IL "Zira," by Henry Miller and J.
Hartley Manners, based on incidents
of wilkie Collins famous novel, 1.-The
New Magdalen." In the present YER
sion, the locale of the first act is chang
ed to South Africa and the period in
Prussian war is brought forward to
that of the late Boer war, and Mercy
Merrick the character made famous
by Clara Morris, becomes in this adpta-
ton Hester Trent, subsequently called
"Zira" after her wonderful resemb-
lance to a photograph bearing that
name. The story of the play deals with
the battle for a place in the esteem
of the world made by Hester Trent
who has lost it through false mar
rage. She meets Ruth Wilding at
Capetown, who is on her way to Lon
don to join her relatives and agrees
to aid the young lady to pass through
the lines. 1t is then revealed that Miss
Wilding is a friend of the officer who
deceived Hester and she threatens ex-
posture. A stray shell exploding in the
outpost strikes Miss Wilding, and leav-
ing her for dead Hester seizas the OPP
portunity to escape from her persecu-
lions and passes through the lines
Later she establishes herself in the
household in London as the niece,
Ruth Wilding, whom they have never
seen. The second act takes place in
the Mission house of the Rev. Gordon
CIavering, and here Hester learns that
the real niece was not killed as she
supposed. She meets her and col
lapses before the young clergyman
who has learned to love her while she
assisted him in her slum work. Again
in the next act, the real niece and the
imposter meet again, where the two
women have a scene that is unsur-
nassed as an emotional crisis. Hester
heats down the claims of the real niece
only to tell the whole truth in a mo-
ment of self abasement. 1t is a scene
that works the audience up to the
highest pitch. The last act is love
scene between '.Zira'' and the young
clergyman, who has resigned from the
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-18
COMING ATTRACTIONS.

AT the Grand.
Tonight-Grace Hayward in Dora
Thorne."
Sunday-"The Denver Express"
Night, only.
Wednesday-F1orence Roberts in
''Zira."
Friday-""The Lion and the Mouse"
Saturday-"The Lion and the Mouse"
Matinee and night.
Sunday, April 26-"The Royal Chef"
At the Majestic.
Sherman Stock company.
At the Novelty.
Vaudeville.
AT the Aurora.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-04-18

At hanSuS CIty.
THE Witching Hour will be the at
traction at the Willis Wood all Of next
week. -----------.---
The Woodward Stock company be-
gins a weeks engagement in a roper
toire Of plays at the Auditorium to-
night.
Buster Brown will be next weeks
attraction at the Grand.
The Barker Stock company will con-
tinue at the Shubert.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-01-04
Notice Of Proof of Completion OF
Works and Application of Water
to Beneficial Use.

State of Idaho, Engineering Depart
ment, Boise.
Notice is hereby given that at 2 pm
on the oath day of February, 1908, at
Elk City, county of Idaho, state of
Idaho, before G. L. L. Basket proof
will be submitted of the completion of
works for the diversion of cubic feet
per second of the waters of Meadow
Creek and of the application to benefic-
ial use of said water in accordance with
the terms and conditions of Permit No.
1927 heretofore issued by the State En-
gineer of the State of Idaho.
1. The name and postoffice address
of the person holding said permit are
Meadow Creek Mining Co., Newsome,
Idaho.
2. Said works of diversion will be
fully completed on the date set for such
completion, and the, amount of water
which said works are capable of con-
Quoting to the place of intended use, in
accordance with the plans accompany
ing the application for such permit, is
6 cubic feet per second
3. The use to which said water has
been applied is power purposes, and the
amount applied to beneficial use is G
cubic feet per second.
A. The place where said water is
used is about one and one-quarter miles
from the mouth Of Meadow Creek.
5. The date of priority which said
user is prepared to establish is January
81, 1906. JAS. STEPHENSON, JR.,
d28j18 State Engineer.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-01-04
The Heart Where Kindness Dwells.

There's beauty in the glorious sky
When morn her rosy hues displays,
And when at eve the western clouds
Reflect in gold the SUMS last rays.
The star-bespangled heaven is fair,
But there's beauty far excels
Nights brilliant gems or gorgeous
clouds
IT'S in the heart where kindness
dwells.
A summer rose is fair to me,
With pearly dewdrops glittering
bright,
And beautiful the sweet spring flow
ers,
Blue violets and lilies white;
They lend rich fragrance to the morn
Of innocence and joy it tells!
/ love them well, but dearer far
love the heart where kindness
dwells.
Nellie Heyer in Leslie's Weekly
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-01-04

The Kooskia Mountaineer rejecting
on the political situation in Idaho county
and the lubricants for the different ma
chimes fnds there are eight newspapers
-Four Ct them are republican, two
democratic, and tie other two Noun
taineer and Elk City Mining News we
don't exactly Know what position shey
hold on the political firing line during
war times"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-01-04

Weiser, Idaho, is in the neighborhood
of five hundred miles from Spokane,
Washington, but, notwithstanding the
distance, writers of base ball dope in
the latter city have told eastern papers
that Spokane is the home Of Johnson,
the kid ''phenom' who pitched on the
Washington, D.. c. team last summer.
But that isn't so bad for Spokane; there
is no record that the town eyer laid
claim to Lower California or the North
Pole.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-01-04

Mining News feels proud to know
that one SO keen and observing as Ed
| itor O'Donnell has not been able to
classify us politically, even though he
does fall short when the same effort
and knowledge are applied to his own
newspaper. We're not ''fer maxim .
confession at this time, and don't care
to find fault or criticize other publishers
who are so party-bound that they can t
see the virtue in others, but, candidly,
it is amusing often pathetic-to see
how some publishers stick to their
party through its varying moods and
principles. There are men in the pub
fishing business who have not learned
that their party does not flourish under
like conditions everywhere. Such men
often dispose of their publications in
one state and take up their residence
in another state, and there march under
the same banner, though it mean dia-
metrically the opposite of what it meant
in the state where he formerly lived.
Politics is a game fashioned to suit the
whims Of the voters, and there is a
scramble between parties to get nearest
the main chance This has given the
nation one great party for the past 80
years, and whatever wrongs and abuses
there are in the administration of ma
tional affairs, they are traceable to the
peoples willingness to keep the same
party and men in power so long.
In time of war everybody is willing
to die for country-if he can't be an Of
ficer; in politics every man wants to get
an Office Cor the county printing! and
he joins the party in which he thinks
his chances are best. What the country
needs worst of all is men who will LIVE
for their country, and then politics will
take care of itself. In time Of war the
nations safety is IN the keeping of the
volunteer whose home and country are
dear to him; when dark clouds shut off
the view and the ship of state is buffeted
about and the old captain and his crew
show weakness in control, it is then the
independent voter will cast his vote and
exert his influence for the man, regard
less of the party to which he belongs.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-01-04
NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR
PATENT.

u. S. Land Office, Lewiston, Idaho,
October =, 1907.
Notice is hereby given that James H.
Colgrove whose postoffice address is
Orogrande, Idaho, has filed an applica-
ton for patent for the lode mining
claim called the ''Poorman Lode" stu
ated in Orogrande Mining District.
Idaho County, state of Idaho, being
Mineral Survey NO. 2281, and described
in the field notes and official plat on file
in this office as follows: Magnetic
variations being 81 degrees east)
| Beginning at corner number l, a
corner of the claim. fir post 5 feet
long, inches square, scribed 1-2281 !;
and running thence south, 80 degrees,
fifty minutes west, 301 feet to corner
number 2, fir post feet long, in
ches square, scribed 2-2281; thence
north 70 degrees, Is minutes west, 221
feet to corner number 3, fir post
feet long, d inches square, scribed g.
2281; thence south 26 degrees west
$50. 10 feet to corner number a, fir
post feet long, inches square, ecribed
4-2281; thence north 81 degrees AZ min
utes west 1922 feet to corner number 5,
fir post feet long, inches square,
sctibed 5-2281; thence north 80 degrees
| so minutes east, 600 feet to corner
number 6, pine post feet long, in
ches square, scribed 6-2281; thence
south 81 degrees AZ minutes east, 1900
feet to corner number 1, the place of
beginning. From post number of said
claim, cross (x) on fir 20 inches in
diameter, blazed and scribed 1-2281 B.
T., bears north, AZ degrees, 30 minutes
east, 10 feet, and U. S. l.. M. no. d,
Elk City Mining District, bears. north
% degrees, 20 minutes east, 7577.84
feet
Any and all persons claiming adj
versely the mining ground, vein, lode,
premises, or any portion thereof, SO de-
scribed, surveyed, plated and applied
| for, are hereby notified that unless
! their adverse claims are duly filed ac-
cording to law and the regulations there
under, within the time prescribed by
law, with the Register of the U. s.
Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho, they
viii be barred by the provisions of the
law in such cases made and provided.
| 2. II. BARTLETT, Register.
| I hereby designate the Elk City Mn
ing News as the newspaper OF genera
circulation published nearest the alsovt
ramed mining claim. as the newsoapei
/ - which this notice shah be Published.
I. Il. BARTLETT, Register.
| Dated, October g. 1907.
nov 9 1907-jan 4 1903
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-01-04
Oriental Marriage Customs.


A Japanese who has been called the
Mark Twain of the orient, hands out
some pretty hard sense on the customs
of marriage in the far east and the
bachelor editor of this paper agrees
with him on some points, even though
we know we run the risk of being ac-
cused of mercenarv motives on this del
icate subject. The oriental philosopher
says:
I'm Japan marriage is regarded as a
means, while in this country is is the
end. 1t sometimes ends in surpris-
ingly short time. The parties assum-
ing the marriage state are merely per-
forming the necessary functions of life,
according to our view. Once assumed,
it is final and there is no way out of it
but DEATH To the oriental marriage is
absolute and not trial We marry
because we must. You marry because
you will; we marry because we hold it
an obligation to our ancestors and a
duty to our posterity; you marry be-
cause you fancy that you have found
your affinity. In Japan no life career
is considered success unless a mar
riage state is entered into finally and
truly. A man is no man until he is
married. Though Japanese be born
bachelor, he invariably dies married
man, provided he lives long enough"
All members of the fair sex in west
ern nations who think that the right to
pop the question" should rest with
her sex, if there be such persons, will
readily subscribe to the broad latitude
that is allowed the women in the orient
Women there don't bother any about
leap year; she just cops out the OBJ
ject of her affections and tells him
about it. Whether this is done under
the rnistletoe or practiced after the he
male fashion in America where the
wooer strikes the attitude of sick
calf and offers to lay the world at
her feet, when he hasn't been able to
pay his tailor bill for seven years, the
philosopher from that corner Of the
world doesn't say. But either party
can take the initiative. There is .
square deal all around. The girl does
MT have TO promise to love, cherish
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-01-04
Finances Are Clearing Up.

Whether the financial situation will
clear shortly after due attention is paid
to Santa Claus and this old world has
squared itself to reel off another year
to the cycle of time, is a question open
for all to discuss. The correct answer,
or, rather, satisfying answer, to the
business world cannot be given. Only
the experience gained through time can
give the correct answer, for the finan
cial problems of country so great and
developing so fast are largely in the line
of experiment. There are bright pros
poets at present that after the ordinary
adjustment of business affairs the
wheels of progress will start turning
again. The condition of the banks
gives hopeful sign. Confidence is
coming back. Many of the small banks
in the middle west are sending surplus
cash to the city banks, and the banks
in Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis, Mil
waukee, st. Louis and other middle
west cities are paying cash. Partial
cash payments are being made in clear
ing house centers in the northwest, and,
judging from reports, uneasiness is no
longer felt in banking circles in small
towns that are backed by sound re-
sources.
E. H.. Hartman made the statement
in New York the other day that the
country is on the threshold of boom
unparalleled in history. He agrees with
the opinion of the president of the Lord
& Thomas advertising agency, who
for number of years has collected fig
ures to determine the pulse of the bust
ness Of the country. Believing that the
most accurate information could be OBJ
tanned by going back to the soil itself,
figuratively speaking he has made it a
practice to seek his information from
the farmers and stock raisers them
selves and from the editors of the farm
publications throughout the country.
From every section have come opti-
mistic and healthy reports. Not pub
Usher or editor sent in gloomy re-
Spouse to the agency, ard survey Of
the reports of actual crop conditions
shows that the actual prosperity of the
nation is really remarkable.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-01-04
FOR GRAZING
PERMITS.

Notice is hereby given that all appli-
cations for permits to Craze cattle,
horses and sheep within the Bitter Root
(Idaho) National Forest during the
season 1908, must be filed in my Office
at Kooskia, Idaho, on or before Febru-
airy Is, 1908. Full information in re-
gard to the grazing 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, 1908-01-04

Whatever became of the old fash
toned girl who used to embroider her
sweetheart's initials on a silk ribbon
and sew it in his hat Christmas eve just
before they went down to see the
Christmas tree at the church," asks
the Louisiana Press-J Journal.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-01-04

and obey" though she have to chop
the wood to cook his meals, and carry
water to keep him from choking to
death. AS whole this oriental mar
riage custom looks good enough to be
transplanted in other parts of the
world.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-01-04

A Weekly Journal Devoted to the Inter
ests of the Elk City, Red River,
Orogrande. Newsome, Dixie and
Buffalo Hump Mining Camps.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-01-04
ELK CITY MINING NEWS

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Entered at the Elk City, Idaho, Post
Office for transmission through the
mails as second-class matter.
The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-07-03
CAT LOVED BY ALL
Feline THE PET OF NORTH CAR
OLlNA TOWN.
Splendid Act Of Pussy at Right MO-
ment Always Remembered, n
Whole City Mourned at
Her Obsequies.

When the train crew found that 1t
was Emma they had run over, n
dark night in Asheville, about ten
days ago, they all gathered about the
spot in that hats-of attitude which
the might have assumed about the
grave of a departed great man.
Emma was only a cat, but a cat
known widely in North Carolina. She
had been most tenderly cared for n
pampered since the night OF the Emma
township burglary in 1901, when she
saved the life Of one man and caused
the hanging Of two others.
One black night a clerk named s. II.
Alexander, who slept in the ~store-and'
post office building, was called to the
door by loud knocking. On opening Il,
he was confronted by two masked
men, who pointed guns at him and or
dered him to open the safe. Alexan-
der was scarcely more than a boy, II
he had to obey. Though the safe con-
tanned a LARGO sum of money. AS ne
knek on the floor to get at the compl-
nation, he rtvolved in his mind
schemes to foil the robbers, but, with
these blued barrels trained on his
back hair, he decided to reject then
all.
IS the door swung open, one ROPER
la!f IS revolver on top of the safe and
ste ed I'D to see what was inside.
Emma, who until then had been view
inc things with alarm from behind the
stove. chose that moment to act.
Using a sugar barrel for a take-off, she
leaned at the crouching robber, upset
his equilibrium anI passed her needle
like ciaws up and down his lace twice
O. lice times.
The other robber turned his head IN
alarm. 1t was only an Instant but In
that instant Alexander had snatched
the revolver from the safe and shot
tie man who was fighting off the cat.
TIE other robber leaped on the clerk
and wrestled with him for the smok'
inc revolver. Alexander was beaten
on the head and shot in several
Places: and, when the d~esperadoes
thoJght he was dead. they made on
vi naut stopping for the booty.
Neighbors were alarmed by the noise
of the firing and scuf1ng, and a posse
was able to start ON the trail while IT
was fresh. Before daybreak it cap
tu-ed not only the two robbers, but
two accomplices. All four were sen
fenced to be hanged. but at the last
minute the accomrlices got on with
h1e Imprisonment. Alexander got vel
| finally. At one time, when 1t seemed
certain that he must die. a girl te
whom he was engaged married him
After his recovery the government re
warded his bravery with a place n the
postal service.
The postmaster, D. ]. Mcclellan, ap
pointed Emma Official at TIT
| store. with all the privileges ant
emoluments of the place. When she
was run over the trainmen brought
he- body to the store, and XXI day
she was buried with imposing ceremo
MES and a funeral which nearly every
body in town attended. She was the
mother of 172 kittens, but, so fer as !:
known, only one is alive to-day. Tha'
kitten would probably be harder t.
buy than a child of the same age.