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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-18
WORST ENEMIES
TO A COMMUNITY

The Butte Copper Age is convinced
that the very worst enemies to a COM
munity are the agitator, the knocker,
the backbiter and the kicker. These
pessimistic parasites can see no good in
any enterprise or movement that has
tendency to advance the social and bust
ness interests of a mining camp and
their occupation is to obstruct and tear
down that which labor and capital build
up. They creep into industrial enter
prises and labor organizations silently
and like thieves in the night and with
oily tongues and smooth words make
believe they are the saviors of their fel-
low men and the advance agents of the
Utopian period. In industrial affairs
they complain of mismanagement of
mines and mining companies and in
labor organizations they let loose their
venom on existing conditions like pois-
onous reptiles upon their victims. And
the worst of it is that they come as
friends to aid and assist and soothe and
comfort and to bring good tidings of
joy to follow if an upheaval can be
caused on the placid surface of salts
factory conditions.
These human vampires are to be
avoided by all classes that desire ad-
vancement in business and social affairs.
They do no good and are seldom known
to labor steadily; they live off the earn
ings of others and spend their time agi-
tating, kicking and growing about
everything in general and nothing il
particular. Finally when they have
wrecked a mining company or spill
asunder the friendly relations between
employer and employe and stirred W
labor troubles, they manage to ger
from under and like the Arab, fold thei
tents and silently steal away, leaving
those whom they have injured to bea
the awful burden of the nauseating re
suits and to repair and patch UP tn
broken friendship and cordial relation
the members Of the community bore t
each other before the advent of thes
perfdious monsters to the midst of
peaceful and lawabiding people.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-18
State May Assess Whether Ground
Has Been Patented or Not.
U. S. SUPREME COURT SAY
Case is One From Leadvi1le
District, Colorado.

Washington press dispatch says that
the United States supreme court has
decided that any state has the right to
collect taxes on an unpatented mining
claim. The state further has the right
to seize an unpatented claim and sell it
to the highest bidder, giving what is
known as tax title.
The decision is of great Importance
and will tend to settle inumerable min
ing controversies. 1t may even effect
title on homesteads, desert claims and
the other forms of claims by which
United States property is sold to set
tiers.
The question came up in the suit of
George Elder, Samuel Mcmillan, Alice
j. Combie, Administrative of the John
McCombie estate, and others, against
Tingley S. Wood, Mary M. Rulard,
Anna L. Finnerty and Cecilia L. Wah-
rer. The suit was for the possession
of one of the most valuable claims or
the Comstock lode in the Leadville dis
trict, in which millions of dollars wortF
of ore is known to be buried
Tingley Wood bought tax title from
the state before the patent had beer
issued and while the property was still
technically United States ground. Viii
helmina GUIDE, a widow, had inherited
the claim and had failed to pay th'
taxes because she thought taxes neet
not be paid until the patent was il
hand. After the state had sold tn
claim for taxes she sold quit CLAIM
deed to George R. Elder and the othe
plaintiffs. On the question whether
state can seize for taxes property whicl
is still technically United States prop
erty, and on the further one whethe
the state has a right to tax an unpat
ented claim at all, the case was tough
through the district court at Leadville
through the supreme court of Colorado
and finally in the highest court of tn
United States.
The supreme court said the state di
have a right to tax unpatented lane
had right to confscate in case of fai
ure to pay taxes, and held Tingle
Woods title a good one. The plaintiff
appealed to the United States supren
court on the basis that the property {
stake was United States property, ar
the Colorado courts ruling was uphel
in full.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-18
Hotel Arrivals.

Elk Hotel-Glen Lamb, Clearwater;
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. T. Bell, Deadwood;
Arthur Cooper. Ten Mile; ]. R. Gustin,
Newsome; John E. Louden, Thunder
Mountain; Fred F. Smith, Newsome;
E. S. Davis, Red River; Ed Ford, Red
River; John o. Barbour, Lewiston;
George w. Overfeld, Lewiston.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-18
I. o. o. F.

Meets every Thursday night at
8 p. M, Odd Fellows Hall. All
visiting brothers are cordially in
vited to attend. GEORGE CHAMB~
ERs, Secretary.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-18

Agents Wanted-16x20 crayon por-
traits 40 cents, frames 10 cents and up,
sheet pictures one cent each. You can
make 40 per cent profit or $36 per
week. Catalogue and samples free.
Frank W. Williams Co., 1908 W.Taylor
st., Chicago, Ill.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-18
A1lProperties Are Work
ing Full Handed.
THREE NEW PROPERTIES TOO
Present Season Probably Be
Best in Many Years.

The placer mining season for the year
1908, in Elk and adjoining districts, is
open and the harvest is on full blast.
To use the Vernacular of the craft, the
gum-booters" are on the jump. The
season opened rather suddenly. A
Sweek ago there was but one placer
working the Hush. By Tuesday every
pipe was spouting water and all the
properties were working full handed.
The sudden change FROM cold to warm
temperature brought the placer season
on in hurry.
Plenty OF Water.
With an abundance of water and sew
eral new fields working the present
season promises to yield more of the
precious metal than any season in a
good many years. There seems to be
promise of plenty of water, insuring a
lsng run. although the snow on the
mountains is not as deep as it was last
year; but last summer and fall gave an
unusual amount Of rain, replenishing
the springs, filling the ground and the
lakes and causing the streams to flow
full all winter.
Many and New Producers.
All of the old placers-the mines that
have been the mainstay of the country
from the time of the first excitement
until the quartz deposits were ma Z to
produce-are running, and three new
ones are added to the list. The Hush,
the latest discovery in placer, and prob.
ably the richest ever found in the dis.
trict, is working full hand two shifts
w. w. Dawson, of Lewiston, is work
sfing his ground in O'Brien gulch on Rec
river, and Charley Svenson is taking
gold from his Balloon claim on upper
American river. The Golden Rule il
tfhe
just starting its second season undel
hydraulic equipment. In addition tt
those named, the following placers ar
working: Buffalo Hill, Gold Hill, Ret
Horse, Williams & Sylvester, Telephone
Girl, Erricson.
All the properties in Newsome ant
Dixie are working.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-18
EXTRA! (!

and variations thaC
characterized the first rushes to
Thunder Mountain and Buffalo
Hump, but, seemingly, with a
stronger foundation to hold out,
is on from Orogrande to the Four
Mile country, near the Clear
water river, IA miles from Oro-
grande, where John Howard and
John Lackey have exposed a
ledge Ia feet wide of ore that
shows gold to the naked eye.
The ledge is exposed at so feet
depth, is firm the entire width
and neither of the walls had been
found at last report.
The first news of the strike
reaching Elk City came by way
of Newsome, and is stated briefly
in another part of this paper.
Wednesday the news percolated
into Orogrande and surrounding
camps by way of the grapevine
route, bat. Thursday the highest
state of excitement was reached
when Engineer P. H. Leach ar
rived in Orogrande from the
Four Mile district, and gave the
first reliable report On the rich
discovery.
A Big Rush to New Strike.
Mining News forms were closed at
noon Thursday, so far as the general
run of news is concerned, but the almost
constant ringing of the telephone ano
excited prospectors informing us of the
big strike got the news instinct to work
ing again, and the press is held for what
is, without doubt, the most important
news item this paper has published II
the two years the present publisher has
had charge.
By telephone the information is giver
that all of the men in Orogrande wht
are foot loose are striking out for the
new discovery, and number have qui
the employ of companies to go. Th'
trail over the summit is still blocked
with snow, 80 that those who are afte
fortune in the new Ell Dorado are trudg
ing along the IA mile trail with pack
on their backs and bucking the snow
The days of Buffalo Hump excitemen
are recalled.
Excitement spread to Elk City miner
and prospectors Thursday night, an
from indications number will obey tn
hunch tc ''git up and git" but it
likely the Elk City contingent will go
by way of Newsome.
Mr.. Leach Tells About It.
4 Mr.. Leach, who gave out the frs
authentic report on the strike, is mir
ing man from Colorado, and he has as
sociated with him in all the locations h
makes in central Idaho, Mr.. Burbridgs
of the Bunker Hill & Sullivan mine
in Coeur d. Alene district. Mr.. Leac
has several good properties of his ow
in the Four Mile country, but as soc
;; as the Howard -Lackey strike was mao
Mr.. Leach took an extension location
sThis is the biggest gold strike eve
found in any part of the Bitter Ro'
range" said Mr.. Leach, "and Meth,
of the walls has been found yet. The
don't do any panning or looking at IL
rock with a glass; they break and loe
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1908-04-18
Many Workers in Quartz
and Placer Mines.
COEUR d'ALENE MINE BONDED
Spokane Capital to Develop
Good Prospect.

Newsome, April 15- Newsome district
this year will outstrip any year in its
history for prosperity, in the amount of
outside capital brought in, and in con-
struction of mills and surface and
underground improvements in the vari-
GUS mining properties. Several prop
critics have been bonded during the
winter and three sales made.
The placer season opened full force
this week. All properties have abund-
ance of water.
Occur d. Alene Bonded.
Nathan Haas and others of Spokane
have bonded the Coeur d. Alene group
of mining claims, on Santa Ann creek,
in the Newsonie district, of Peter
Proulx, the owner. 1t is reported work
will be started about the first of May.
There is considerable of heavy machin-
cry to be taken in to the property,
which can't be done until the snow is
off.
The Coeur d. Alene is very promis-
ing property and is developed further
than any other property on Santa Ann
creek. Property owners in that corner
are expecting lively times this summer.
Strike in Silver Crown.
Jack Howard has made strike of II
feet of petsite and silvanite ore in his
Silver Crown mining claim, on -Four
Mile. The ore shows free gold. The
claim was staked two weeks ago. The
new property joins the Franklin group.
A drift 500 feet will give vertical
, depth of 300 feet.
Near Georgia Ledge.
= C. Smith, who is working in his
Georgia, joining the Anaconda, will
strike the ledge in very short time.
Meadow Greek to Mill.
Practically all of the machinery for
the new quartz mill for the Meadow
Creek mine is on the ground, and con-
struction work on the mill building is
we'll under way. The new mill will
( treat 25 tons of ore daily. The shaft
is down 65 feet. About 25O tons of ore
: are now ready for treatment, most OF
! which, it is reported, assays better thar
$1,000 in gold.
a After South Fork Trail.
/ A. S. Johnson, one of the mining
n property owners along the Clearwatei
e and upper tributaries, and who hs.
been deeply interested in making trai
W along the river to connect Orogrand,
N and Harpster, was here few days ag
N while enroute to the county seat to asl
the commissioners to appropriate count,
money for the enterprise. Mr.. Johnso
had petition that was signed by nearl
:, all the residents of the mountain dis
tricts. Mr.. johnson reported that a
: but eight miles of the trail was bull
last fall.
st
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21
Snake Story.

A story is current of a man living
near Kirk, in Banner county, being
bitten twice by rattlesnakes. 1t seeius
he had stepped over fence when one
snake struck him in the ankle. He
killed the snake and sat down to open
the wound with his knife, and while
thus occupied another rattler bit him
on the back of the hand. He trans
ferred the knife to his left hand and
opened that also and then fastened
to the house, caught and opened a
chicken and placed it on the wounds.
Beyond some swelling neither bite
proved serious and he is getting along
nicely. We could not learn the mans
name.-Missouri Exchange.
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Washington Notes

Desperation is the one word which |
describes the attitude of
the forces which are opposing the adj
and seeking to forestall
a continuance of the Ro osevelt poll
cies. This is clearly shown by the
efforts of the anti:adminstration
forces in the South where, by means
of trump" convention they are
seeking to avert the inevitable, the
nomination of William H. Taft, "Big
Bill, as his admirers call him. The
first concrete evidence of this pro-
gram occurred in Florida, where a
rump convention elected uninstructed
delegates, after the regular conven-
tion has instructed it's delegates for
Taft. Winthrop Murray Crane, Uni
ted States Senator from Massachus-
etts, directed the work through But
Ter Ames, Representative from the
same state, while the idea originated
with Senator Foraker who has arrived
at point where he cares nothing for
the success of the Republican party
and, in blind rage, seeks only the de-
feat of Roosevelt and Taft. ..ss
The scheme of the anti administra-
ton crowd, commonly called "the
allies" is to have sufficiently large
number of contesting delegations at
Chicago so that By seating the major
ity Of them the delegations instructed
for Taft can be outvoted. It was
pointed outby one anti-administra
ton members Of the National Com
mittee thatif this program was carried
too far it would result III too severe
criticism Of the National Committee;
.whereupon, Mr. Foraker proposed to
get up contesting delegations from
Ohio with himself and Senator Dick
as delegates-at.l large. Then he ex-
planned, the National COMMITTEES
could consider the Ohio cases first,
could throw them out and seat the.
Taft delegationo, and So demon strate.
its absolute fairness 70 the country.
After. that, il could throw out AZ
many Taft delegations from the South
az Is pleased without fear 81 criticism.
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7lssS|I1 JINGLE By

SOpyAAsAl. 1SVt' $Dy %Byron #Wtluam0.
The One Chance. 81
The man we need today is he
Who sticks through rain and sun, z
The one who fights the bitter fight Y
Until the prize is won. ts 1900 ~ 81. i.
The secret of success Isl this: : = :
Be always In the race .> ~
When Opportunity, my lad. t..>-:-
Comes shopping round the place! -
Don't start a thing with whoop and
1whir j. -
And push it like. streak,
To dwindle down and quit the game
The next day night a week. 4.
It may be just the hour you leave
That Luck will show her face 2,
And Opportunity, my lad.
Comes shopping round the place!
When you begin a task that's big,
Don't chase butterfly.
Keep doing what you planned to do,
Until the harvest's by.
You won't amount to beans, a hill,
If you neglect the race
And Opportunity, my boy,
Just passes by your place!
At least this is the claim.
Don't be out chasing butterflies,
When she calls out your name.
Remember, she will call no more,
Nor leave a single .clew,
If once she finds you not at home
When she has raped for you!
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Pumpkin Pie,

Some low-browed, pessimistical sta
tistician has arrived at the deduction
that pumpkins are growing scarcer
year by year. This means, of course,
that by the time the city folks get a.
vacation and hurry into the pastoral
country, the pumpkin pies will be all
gone. Some time ago the great prob.
lem was Shall we open the minis to
the free coinage Of silver" etc. Later
the question of How to be happy
though married." agitated the COM
mOnwealth. Now we are up against
the real thing, if we may be allowed
the slang of common parlance-"Ts
the pumpkin pie to become obsolete 2"
Perish the thought! How we have
reveled in the luscious pumpkin slice!
It recalls the halcyon days, the days
of aspiration and faith, before the
rude hand of experience blue-penciled
a few things on the page of life. Up
TO the present time, we have been
permitted to recall this joyous period
by occasional communion with pump
kin pie. Now we are to be forever
cut off-the pumpkin is growing
smaller and smaller, fewer and fewer
each season, and will soon be mere
curiosity for the sideboard. Time was
when at cattle shows pumpkins were
fed the bovine beauties to keep their
hair sleek, and the man who raised
the biggest pumpkin carried off the
finest prize. Alas, one by one the joys
of youth are being swept away and the
pumpkin rolls into the. dim beyond
along with other beloved things, a
mourned luxury of the old-fashioned
days. Somehow these statisticians are
depressing. They shatter many hap
py memory and create hobgoblins as
children build mud-houses. Vale the
pumpkin pie! But we still have plenty
of material left for mud-pies. Perhaps
we should be thankful for that.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21
Jacobson Out For Governor

JdCOUSOtt WI VI \4VvStasVs
The County Chairman said in last
Saturdays st. Paul Dispatch:
Az forecasted in this column last
week Mr.. jacobson dropped into St.
Paul Friday and announced his can
didacy for the republican nomination
for governor. He declared that he
had not intended to get into the game
but that the pressure was too much
for him and he had to yield. At the
state capitol, Jake had long confer
ence with his Seventh district rival.
and at the close stated to the news
paper men in waiting that one thing
had been agreed upon by him and
MIR. Young, and that was, there would
be no fight to the finish. ''lf any one
thinks there is going to be any dark
horse game in this affair."" said Jake
in his characteristic way, che is going
to be fooled. I will put the lid on
the scheme quick. This fight as far
as the Seventh district and I and Mr..
Young is concerned, is going to be
along decent and clean lines and it
will be case of the best man winning.
I know what the fellows on the out
side will try to do. was victim
once, but they cannot get me again.
If they attempt it will turn a trick
that will put them out of business.
This has got to be harmony affair
and the people will not stand for any
thing else." Following the confer
ennce with Mr.. Young Jake was
closeted with a number of others
around the building.
No matter what the Lac qni Parle
man may hand out in the way of a
warning, there are going to be lots of
dark horses and quite a few of them
are being groomed. Messrs. Eber'
hart and Reese are by no means elimi-
mated even if they did declare that
they were not candidates. Then
there is Archie Grey down in the First
district. Some may take it as a joke,
but a Third district leader is respon-
sible for the statement that Joel
Heatwole may take a fling. Joel, it
is said, wants to copper few counties
for delivery to Jake, and also to get a
candidate for attorney general, who,
he says, is not backed by the railroads.
Then there is William Lee up in the
Sixth. The dark horse in a game like
this is natural It is only occasional
ly that one lands, still when the &C.
casion lends itself one is not lacking.
Jake's warning, however, is not with
out it's good advice. 1t is hardly like
ly that he will be caught mapping in
1908.
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Like Walking the Floor with Bah,

Like Walking the Floor with Baby.
Miss Bessie Horton uniquely enter
tanned a few of her girl friends Satur-
day night with an owl house party.
The .'owls'' went to roost at midnight
and were aroused by the alarm clock
at intervals of two hours to sip a cup
of coffee, tell a story or partake Of
whatever form of entertainment the
fertile brain of their hostess might
devise. The merrymaking lasted I'M
til noon the next day when the tired
frolickers were permitted to. 60 to
their homes to sleep off the effects of
the nights fun.-Bernard (Okla.)
Press. 49, ~:
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Call for the Unshayen,

Bring your hides of all kinds to me
to be tanned, either with hair left on
or of. 17s mile south and west Of
Fairview. F.. F. KUSCH.-Walton
(Minn.) Express.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21

PRINTERS whoa have served at
least four ears s. comp ositors can
secure valuable inf ormation Of inter-
.est Is them By addressing .. g. Dew
ereaix, il Rooms 4O4 -5-6 Court Blk,
ST. Paul, MINI. All
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21
!: Trouble Ahead.

An exchange remarks that if the
average girl don't play the harp any
better in the next world than she does
the piano In this, there is going to be
trouble. # s@.#
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21

Colonel Watterson is laundering
away at the New 7 ork smart set.
Why use ckshot, or utterhies, colo
mel b. 81
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No Men-vvives Need Apply. B

We learn that one Of our best
clerks, q lady, will become q wife In g
few days. Parti culars next week
Anderson MINI. Herald.
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Pleasant Hill News.

Frost will soon adorn our forests
with q beautiful robe for burial. Sad
yet beautiful. Pleasant Hill (Ark.)
Echo.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21

Col. John Temple Graves says
WON N should get mems wages.
Chorus Don't they! They get them
and use their credit besides.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21

The proposed anti Roosevelt and I'D.
Bryan party might be called the.
Sockd ollagers.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1908-02-21
What Was the Ante.

Chas. Longshore sat up with
Charley Johnson last Saturday night.
Arnold (Neb.) Times.
The San Francisco call., 1908-03-22

paia- -. told him what I had done.
Paia;ss vss nadder than blue blazes.
Swore> 80, lake the ladder away be-
fore the show started. Told him to
come down and try it, Met him at the
door, gave him passes for two for the
matinee. Painter so tickled to see his
old ladder on the. stage. let US keep it
for the two weeks
1t IS the soft word and the pass for
two that turneth away wrath. No one
knows that better than Harry Rose
mond. for more than once in his ca
reer he has met tho irate one at the
door and with smile on his face
begged him to 'eome in and enjoy IT.
But we can't always square things
with a pass. or season ticket. either.
There's a friend of mine lives out here
near the theater who has some OF the
finest Bohemian glass in town. IL is
his hobby. Spends money galore ali on
Bohemian glass. Time of the shake
the glassware was in a closet and was
hardly touched. / borrowed two vases
and Z centerpiece for a set for an ac-
tress. She had finished the week be-
fore the shake, but was so busy
around the house I couldn't find time
to take the glass back. April 1S-
br-r-r-r-r. Got to the theater about 9
o'clock. Glass all right. Got busy