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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
IDAHO NOTES.

A K. of P. lodge at Mullan is soon
to be started.
Six hundred and fifty persons of
Moscow went to Pullman on the 18th
to the Idaho-W. S. C. football game.
Gymnastic work is required of all
students of the preparatory department
of the State University by recent
ruling of the faculty.
The annual military ball, one of the
principal social functions of the year
at the university, was given Saturday
evening, November 14th.
Building operations in the Lewiston
country are hindered by scarcity OF
building material and in many cases
construction work has been delayed fol
several weeks until lumber could be
manufactured.
The enrolment in the University OF
Idaho in different lines of work is as
follows: College of Engineering, 1903;
College of Agriculture, 81; College Of
Letters and Science, lis; State Pre-
paratory school, 1913.
Steps will be taken the first of the
week to raise the Boneta and NORTH
Star steamers which were burned and
sunk several weeks ago in fire at st
Joe. The hull of the North Star is en-
tirely destroyed. 1t is thought the
machinery of both is fairly good.
The Idaho State Corn show will bt
held in the university at Moscow un
der the direction of Professor Hyslop
agronomist, December 2 to 4. Prizes
in all varieties and valuable sweep
stakes prize will be awarded, als(
prizes for boys in corn judging con
test. The domestic science department
of the university will open specia
demonstrations for the women who may
attend the show.
Wick Faubert of Mace had a narrow
escape from a serious accident recently
Faubert had been hauling giant powder
for a local mine when he carelessly al
lowed some of it to become mixed will
his tobacco. After a day of labor hi
settled himself in his easy chair, loaded
his pipe to the brim and prepared tt
enjoy the weed. No sooner had ht
lighted up than he and the entire house
were startled by loud explosion.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
OREGON NEWS.

Seven hundred sheep without an
owner is the peculiar state of affairs
which exists in southern Baker county
A. B. Conley of Lagrande, a wheat
king and banker, who eloped with Ger.
trude Williams from La Grande a short
time ago, has not been found.
Plans for Pendleton 3 new depot
costing $4,000, were announced re.
Gently by ]. P. o'Brien, general man
ager of the o. R. & N.
Joseph Shaughnessy was acquitted
at The Dalles for killing A. Wilcox Dc.
tober 1. The evidence showed that Will
cox died from three wounds inflicted
by Shaughnessy. The prisoner was dis
charged,
The jury at Portland, in the case Of
Jack La Rose, who killed Hyman Neu,
man, secondhand man, last spring
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
MONTANA souIBs.

John Wolf, who was run over by an
ore wagon at Butte, died of his injuries
Saturday.
Four carloads of sugar beets were
shipped out of Dillon, Saturday, for the
factory at Blackfoot, Idaho.
The body of an unknown man, killed
by train, was found on the railroad
track near Whitefsh, Mont, the other
day.
A new street sweeper is now being
used on the newly paved streets of
Bozeman and a new dump wagon will
also be purchased.
A call has been extended by the
Lewistown Presbyterian congregation
to Rev. E. W. Wright of Missoula, and
his acceptance is expected.
w. H. Davey, former mayor of the
city of Butte, but now the proprietor
of cafe at Butte, is mourning the loss
of a sack containing $40, stolen by a
porter.
Kiley & Neffner's sawmill at Sedan,
near Kalispell, was destroyed by fire
the other day. The loss is placed at
$4,000 to $4,000, partially covered by
insurance.
The contempt proceedings against J.
R. Grice, justice of the peace of Silver
Bow, were ordered dismissed by the SUI
preme court in an opinion handed down
recently by Justice Smith.
Colonel w. H. Boule, the constable
of Lima who shot and killed Tony En-
mis- at Lima recently, entered a plea of
not guilty to murder in the first degree
and gave his bond for $4,000.
Attorney General Galen has decided
that special election must be held in
Madison county to decide whether Hunt
(rep.) or Westmoreland (dem.), each of
whom received 964 votes, shall be sent
to the legislature.
The commercial club of Lewistown
recently shipped to the Milwaukee COM
pany small but interesting collection
of mineral specimens, the ore coming
from all the camps of this county and
including some fine specimens of coal.
f. M. Ringer, former chief dispatcher
at Missoula, who was charged with in
voluntary manslaughter in connection
with the Olive railroad wreck, was dis
charged by the justice at Plains. The
case had been under advisement since
the preliminary examination Oct. IL.
The strenuous work of the last two
months on the Flathead reservation in
rounding up and corralling the $50
bison o4 the Pablo herd purchased by
the Canadian government has come to
naught and there will be no shipment
of the animals to Canada this year
Despite all the precautions that had
been taken to insure the success of the
drive the enclosure into which the buff
falo had been driven preparatory to
loading them into cars at Ravalli
proved insecure and the herd is now
roaming at will on the reservation,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
Farmers, Commission Enlarped.

Through cooperation of farmers and
professional interests connected with
them throughout the United States in
the work of the country life commission
is urged, and the appointment of two
additional members of the commission,
Charles s. Barrett of Union City, Ca,
and William A. Beard of Sacramento
Cal, is announced in a letter from Pres
ident Roosevelt to Chairman Bailey of
the commission.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
MINES AND MINING.

AS an evidence of prosperity, Charles
Leibenstein, we'll known mining oper-
ator, has received advices from an east.
ern syndicate which he represents to
close pending deal for the Blue Rib
bon group of claims in the Granite dis
trlct, near Sumpter, Ore.
Bossburg, Wash.-A surface assay of
$9S.75 from 20-inch opening at the
apex of the hill covered by the Ever,
green and Jasper mining claims, situ-
ated eight miles east from here, was
the record made recently by the Clug-f
ston Mining and Milling company.
For the year 1907 the mineral out
put of the state of Washington, ae-
cording to statistics compiled by the
geological survey, was of value of
11,617,7O6, the chief figure in the ag-
gregate being coal output of $7,679,-
sol. The state led the Pacific North
west in coal production, and also in
clay products and in lime.
While the principal feature in the
mining in the Boundary, B. c., is the
pushing forward of the development
work upon the Phoenix Amalgamated,
belonging to the Consolidated company
of Trail, where the owners expect con-
fidently to have a mine equaling the
CRANKY in point of capacity, and while
in Rossand there is steady prosecution
of work upon the older properties and
a good deal of leasing going forward
in some of the lesser mines, in the Slo-
can the activity is still more marked.
The history of Idaho proper begins
with the discovery of gold on Orc
Elmo creek in 1860. In that year Cap
tain Pierce led company of 40 men
from Walla Walla directly to the Nez
Perez country. Pierce City was found
ed on Orc Elmo creek, and before
spring there were 800 men in the dis
trict, and a month later more than
1000, says an exchange. The rush of
goldseekers soon scattered prospectors
in every direction. New discoveries
were made and towns sprung up as if
Ny magic.
The New Republic company, mining
concern, has filed articles of incorpora-
ton with a capitalization of 100000,
the main office to be at Republic, Wash.
The directors are L. w. Anderson of Sc
attic, o. B. Hollis of Spokane, M. J.
Burns of Pine City, J. E. Mcfarland
of Spokane, j. E. Kennedy of Rosalia;
j. L. Harper of Republic, S. H. Manly
of Republic, G. M. Fripp of Grand
Forks, B. c., and M. V. Harper of Re
public. They have purchased the lease
of the Republic mine from Richard Null
roy and associates.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
SHORT SPORTING ITEMS.

Jimmy Gardner says he will box no
more Africans.
AL Neil and Frank Mayfeld are to
box SO rounds at Sacramento Deem
Der 4
Corey of Yale, son of William Ellis
Corey, is the only left-handed quarter
back in the east.
louie Long is out with challenge
to Kid Scaler, the Spokane lightweight
who is anxious to meet Dick Hyland.
The University of Washington row
ing crew will be competitor in the
eastern regatta at Poughkeepsie on the
Hudson if funds can be raised to de-
fray its expenses.
Owen Moran, the English feather
weight, has begun training for his six
round bout with Grover Hayes at the
Paramount A. c., in New York, the lat
ter part of this month.
z Freddie Welsh and Abe Attell should
typify the very highest class of swift,
lightning parlor boxing. Neither of
them is likely to get hurt, but Attell
should win the decision.
Al Murphy, who claims the middle
weight wrestling championship of Can
ada, was defeated at Missoula recently
by Joe Tebeange, a local wrestler, in
a catch-as-catch-ca wrestling bout.
The citizens of Aberdeen, at an en-
thusiastic meeting recently, decided to
continue their club in the Northwestern
baseball league and pledged themselves
to such financial assistance as may be
necessary.
The Seattle Golf club IS team of eight
players won the handsome silver trophy
and the eight individual cups. in the
bogie match at Portland Saturday, de.
feating the Waverly club players by
just two points.
Yale is said to be advocating a
change in the football rules which will
designate five yards as gain for a
first down when team has possession
of the ball between its own goal line
and the middle of the field and the OPP
ponents goal.
Even in these days of seeming recl1,
less expenditure for sporting events
nothing has ever been projected that
viii take so many hard American dol
lars to bring to a successful conclusion
as the Grand Prize race of the Auto
mobile club of America that will be
run at Savannah, Ca, on Thanksgiving
day.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
NEWS OF THE WORLD.
SHORT DISPATCHES FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE GLOBE.
A Review Of Happenings in Both
Eastern and Western Hemispheres
During the Past National,
Historical, Political and Personal
Events.

With military pomp and impressive
ceremony the prison shop martyrs
monument in Brooklyn was dedicated
Saturday afternoon.
Fire Saturday destroyed the old oil
warehouse of the Prairie City Oil COM
pany on the outskirts of Winnipeg,
Man. Loss 100000.
Residents Of Illinois, with the object
of perpetuating the memory of Grover
Cleveland, have formed the Grover
Cleveland Memorial association.
Miss Corrine MCGOWAN, 20 years old
clerk in confectionery store in Kan
sas City, Mo-, Saturday fatally shot
Newell Powell, a negro, because he
seized her.
The emperor of Japan is attending
the large military maneuvers at Nara,
where $4,000 Japanese troops have been
engaged in extensive field movements
and battle tactics.
San Juan, Porto Rico.-Oficial cleo
ton returns show that the unionist
party carried all seven district of the
island. The unionists advocated indie
pendence and self-government.
In England they are experimenting
son growing wheat and vegetables with
the aid of electricity. The tests SO far
have been very successful on small
scale at the experimental station
Vienna, Austria. Baron Richard Won
Bienert,. minister Of the interior, has
formed n W cabinet in accordance
with instructions from the emperor,
himself taking the Office of premier.
The grand jury at Nashville, Tenn,
returned indictments against Robin
Cooper, Col. d. B. Cooper and ex-
Sheriff John Sharpe, charging them
with the murder of Senator E. w. Car
mack last week.
Toxic, Japan. The delegation of Pa
.ci6c coast business men who have been
touring Japan for sew raj weeks sailed
on the Japanese steamer Tenyo Sat
urday for San Francisco, with the ex-
ception of few who will first go to
China before returning home.
Count Won Bernstorff, who has been
appointed German ambassador at Wash
ington, is prepared to leave Cairo,
Egypt, for Berlin, where he win re-
.ceive instructions and have an audi
.ence with Emperor William. He will
leave Berlin for Washington between
the 10th and 18th of December.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
No Disorders Looked For.
Fears No Uprising.

Pasadena, Cal.-"I do not think that
an uprising would follow the death OF
both the emperor and the dowager EN-.
press of China" said Mrs. E. H. Con.
ger, widow of the late United States
minister to China, when seen at her
home today and informed of the death
of the emperor and of the serious i'll.
ness of the dowager empress.
eff she dies the present empress will
ascend the throne. knew her quite
well when we were in China"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
Indiana RefOrmatory Fire.

Five buildings of the Indiana state
reformatory and nearly the entire plant
of the Indiana Manufacturing company
at Jacksonville, Ind, were destroyed
by fire late Sunday. The loss will total
$25O,oOO. There were no fatalities, the
1900 inmates of the reformatory re-
naming locked in their cells.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
MRS. A. F. READ is DYING.
Blackmailer of Mrs. Phipps of Denver
Is Remorseful

Denver, Col.-Mrs. Allen F. Read,
who threatened recently to kill Mrs.
Genevieve Chandler Phipps with dyna-
mite unless 100000 was Immediately
given her, is reported by members of
her family who have had her in charge
since her release from Jail to be in a
critical condition and to be steadily
sinking, as her stomach refuses to re-
tain nourishment. She is said to be la
boring under the impression that she
had caused the death of someone and
to evince heartrending remorse.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
Negro Kius Three More Men.
SPECIAL SESSION OF CONGRESS-.

President Elect Taft Says he VIII Call
It to Take Up Revision Of Tariff.
That special session of the 61st
congress will be called soon after the
4th of March to take up the matter of
the tariff revision became positively
known when William Fl. Taft, presi-
dent-elect, after spending the day at the
White House as guest of President
Roosevelt, stated that he intended to
call the special session to meet as soon
aft his inauguration as would be
reasonable.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
Moline Pillow Comnanv Sire.

Omaha, Neb.-Fire early Sunday
morning destroyed the west half of the
Nebraska Moline Plow company build
ing, together with its contents, large
stock of buggies, wagons and farm ma
cninery. Loss, 100000.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20

Saturday brought in a verdict of muir
der in the second degree.
Portland s four hundred was shocked
recently when it became known that
jewels belonging to Miss Hilda Jacobs
and valued at $1,000 had been stolen at
fashionable bridge party given at the
Portland hotel.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
Bryan Goes to Mexico.

Mr.. and Mrs. William Jennings Bry-
an left Sunday for trip to Mexico.
They will seek rest and recreation. The
itinerary of the trip has not been an
nounced. Mr.. Bryan will deliver a
commencement address in Philadelphia
December %.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
Northwest Fruitgrowers.

The Northwest Fruitgrowers associa-
tion has united with the Oregon State
Horticultural society in a convention to
be held in Portland, Ore, which viii at
tract delegates from Washington, Ore
gon, Idaho and British Columbia. The
state association begins its meeting on
Tuesday, December 1, followed by two
days of the northwest association.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
DECISION WAS SWEEPING.
Jolt to Tobacco Trust Body Blow to
Every Form of Combine.

The sweeping character of the recent
decision of the United States circuit
court in declaring the American Tobac-
co, company to be combination in re-
straint of trade is attracting widespread
attention in business circles and among
members of the legal profession, who
have given special attention to the trust
question, not so much for its immediate
effect on the allied tobacco interests,
but more particularly for it's scope and
effect upon all classes of industrial com
binations engaged in interstate trade.
An appeal from this decision to the
United States supreme court is now in
active preparation and process by coun-
sci in the case.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
EDNA CLARK FOUND.
The Alameda Art Student Writes Home
From Chicago-Minister Absolved,

Edna Clark, the young Alameda art
student who has been missing from
home and for whom. the police of Oak
land and San Francisco have been
searching since October 81, is safe and
well in Chicago.
The Rev. Payson Young, an Episcopal
cl rgyman, has for several days been
accused of knowing when and why the
girl left home, but the clearing up of
the mystery quiets all this talk.
A letter was received Sunday by the
girl S mother, in Oakland, in which the
writer says she is well. The letter states
that the girl is working in Chicago I'M
der an assumed name. The deter is
emotional in tone and indicates that the
young lady left home owing to domes-
tic misunderstanding
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
Gomez sweeps in Cuba.

Havana.-Oficial returns from 1869
of total of 149s polling places show
that General Jose Miguel Gomez re-
ceived 1888 votes, against lis, 1929 for
General Mario Menocal, the conserva.
tive candidate. The liberals carried
every province in the island.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
KILLED IN GUN FIGHT.


Negro Desperate Shoots -Four Men at
okmulgee, Okla.
Okmulgee, Okla, Nov. 16.-Five per-
sons were killed and 10 others injured
Sunday afternoon in fight between
Jim Deckard, a negro desperate, and
the local police officers. The dead:
Edgar Robinson, sheriff of Okmulgee
county.
Henry Klaber, assistant chief of po-
lice of Okmulgee.
Two negroes named Chapman,
brothers.
Jim Deckard, negro.
The wounded:
Steve Grayson, Indian boy, fatally.
Vic Farr, chief of police, shot through
the shoulder.
Deputy Sheriff, name not yet learned,
arm broken.
Seven others were slightly wounded.
Deckard Beats Indian Boy.
The disturbance occurred at the rail-
way station, where Deckard engaged
in fight with an Indian boy, Steve
ySO1, anu OOdb hlA AntO Anoono1DlAAby
with \ rock. When Policeman Klaber
went to the station Deckard fled to his
house near by, barricaded himself in
and when Klaber approached Deckard
shot and killed him. Sheriff Robinson
gathered posse in few minutes and
hurried to the scene. Part of this posse
was made up of group of negroes,
whom the sheriff commissioned as dep
nties.
Negro Kills Three More Men.
AS the posse approached the house
Deckard opened FIRE with a rifle, shoot.
ing as fast as he could load his weapon
Sheriff Robinson fell first, instantly
killed. Then the two Chapman broth.
ers, negro deputies Of the sheriff, were
slain. Deckard was then shot down
He was seen to roll over on the floor
strike a match and set fire to his OWE
house, which was soon a roaring fur
mace, in which his body was baked.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
Heney Tor Cabinet.

1t has developed that Heney's name
has been under consideration for attor-
ney general in Taft g cabinet.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20

A woman thinks man is extrava-
CANT because he would just as soon pay
$40 for something he wants as $e.ss.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
ROLL SHOWS 2ls REPUBLICANS.
Democrats Have 172 Members, or Six
More Than at Last Session.

According to the temporary roll call
of the house of representatives of the
61st congress the next house will con-
sist of 219 republicans and 172 demo
Gratis, total of 391, as against a total
of $50 in the house during the last ses-
sion, of whom 223 were republicans and
166 democrats.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-11-20
EMPERoR OF CHINA DEAD.
Dowager Is Dying Minister'S Wife
Pears No Trouble.

Pekin, Nov. 1.-THE emperor died
shortly after o'clock this afternoon.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-06-25
Pine Creek

While engaged In sinking well for
the use OF Williamson Il Co., who are
running saw mill on the Burrotf
farm, Lewis Sower and Ed Brown
struck three foot vein OF coal about
l5 feet below the surface, which is
said to be of very fine quality, SINH
lar to the antricits, and as the mine
is only two and one-half miles from
Haynes station, the farm on which it
is located is considered to be more
valuable than all of the gas and oil In
the adjoining vicinity,
The many friends of Nellie Vorhees
Will regret to learn that she will
shortly leave this part OF the country
to go to Hopewell where she expects
TO follow her fayorite vocation, which
is music teaching.
Homer Denison was seen on the
road, last Sunday evening, heading
toward Cedar Falls.
Albert Little had yearllng calf
caught In the flood caused by Sunday
nights rain, and carried on the waters
of Big Pine, distance OF five miles
before 1t struck Salt Creek, where 1t
was caught by some boys out In q
skift, who brought 1t to shore. With
the exception OF being little chilled
the calf did not seem any the worse
for It's long ride upon the raging
waters.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-06-25
Max

On last Sunday night a terrific
storm passed over this country do.
ing great deal of damage to the
farmers.
Our road supervisor is busily
engaged in working the roads in
our part of the country.
G. T. Welty made business trip
to Logan Friday.
Tillie Barnes and Clara Black
stone called on friends in Maxville
Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Wesley Hickman was a
Logan visitor Saturday.
Several from around here attend-
ed the children's service at Bethel
Sunday afternoon.
Sarah Larimer who has been
very sick is almost recovered.
Mr.. and Mrs. CT. Welty had as
their Sunday guests Mr.. and Mrs.
Robert McCandish and family and
Mr.. and Mrs. A G. Upton.
Frank Johnstonimade u business
trip to Logan Friday.
Children's service will be held
at Harvey Chapel M. E, Church
Sunday, June 28 Everybody in,
vited. UNCLE BILL.
The Democrat-sentinel. [volume] (Logan, Ohio) 1906-1935, 1908-06-25
program gotten up bv the children

program gotten up by the children
John Starner was very lucky
last week, falling from the top Of
a cherry tree, the limb broke
while on it, fell to the ground on
hands and feet. He received a
few sprains, but not serious.
W. A. Starner has been deliver
ing lumber to Lancaster the past
week.
Frank Primmer called on the
latter's parents, M. Brillman, last
Sunday.
Sunday June 2sth., p. M, there
will be Sunday School conference
at the U. B. Church, beginning at
1 80. The program is as follows {:
n 1:sO-Devotional Exercises, . ..
......... H. M Woodard, Lancaster Ohio
n :45-Tbe Sunday School as Winner,
Mrs. Rev T. B. Cheadle, Sugar Grove
Whtstling Solo ,...... ..........,
...... Mrs. Almus Mason, Sugar Grove
a:2O-A Chalk Talk about Teachers
and Things Herbert harrington, Logan
VYhistiing solo ...... Mrs. Almus Mason
S:00-The Sunday School in the Country
... ......,. Grant Matheny, Sugar Grove
Song by School