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Imperial Valley press., 1908-03-21
HE INTERNATIONAL FIREBRAND

The reckless international corres-
 Pondent is becoming more than ever public menace. We have not for
 botten the infammatory dispatches
 hat came from Tokio last year, tell 1ng how enraged Japanese newspapers
 md politicians were demanding the
 espatch of fleet to San Francisco. Apparently similar agents of mis- thief are at work in America, poison ng the mind of Japan with mislead- Ing accounts of conditions here. Ac- tording to a despatch from the Japan Ese capital:
 "A fresh crop of sensational war reports, chiefly emanating from New York, are being sent to Tokio in spec |al cable despatches. They create un- rest in the minds of the Japanese public, the people being unable to explain the continued Chauvinism of America in view of the consistent eff forts of the Japanese officials to dem- bnstrate the sincerity of the desire to avoid friction"
 Of course "the continued Chauvin- ism of America" is a grotesque myth No such thing exists. The people of the United States are concentrating their minds on the arduous problem of making a living after the wreck of panic. The sensational war reports" are evidently the work of the cores pondents, who value exciting stories more highly than the harmony of two nations and the peace of the
Imperial Valley press., 1908-03-21
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, Land Office at Los Angeles, Cal, Feb. 26, 1908.
 Notice is hereby given that Levi M. Doughtery, of Heber, Cal, has filed notice of his intention to make final five year proof in support of his claim, viz: Homestead Entry No. 9712, made Oct. 16, 1901, for the N. D. 14, Section 21, Township 16 S., Range 14 E., s. B. M., and that said proof will be made before Clerk of the Superior Court at Fl Centro, Cal, on April 13, 1908.
 He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of the land, viz:
 D. G. Whiting, of Heber, Cal; D. R. Crawford, of Ontario, Cal; l.. D. Cool ey, of Imperial, Cal; Huntington Me Kusick, of El Centro, Cal.
 FRANK C. PRESCOTT, mar 14-apr II Register.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-03-21
IMPENITENT OFFENDERS.

"No real poet" says MT, Clement K, Shorter, lever secured a large audi ence within fifty years of his death save only by those elements in his work which are not good poetry, but merely inculcate the obvious" That, probably, does not disturb our popular living poets, who all write as if they did not think themselves within fifty years of their death, but had ample time for repentance.-Ambrose Bierce.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-03-21
THE HEROIC DRUNKARD.

These are entertaining days for those interested in the rule of the worshipful dollar, the sad-eyed Demon Rum, and in the constant struggle of the individual and of the race for free dom from the weaknesses within them selves.
 No man naturally temperate has any slightest conception of the drunk ards desperate struggles, sorrows and repeated efforts-heroic even in fail ure No sober man, perhaps, has even once in all his life tried to do right as earnestly as that drunkard in the gut ter has tried over and over again
 If prohibition is to be permanent, if it shall be proved possible to wipe out by law the sorrow that has de- stroyed so many lives, ruined homes, and broken the hearts of mothers, none will be so glad as the drunkards themselves, none so eager to thank their deliverers.-Arthur Brisbane.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-03-21
SCRAPS OF SECRET HISTORY.
How Near England Came to Losing
 Canada In 1865.

Senator Zack Chandler wished to see the speedy restoration of the Southern States, and was anxious to smite the British lion for the destruc- ton of our commerce. He inaugurated a movement which secretly spread with great rapidity, and brought us all most to a rupture with England.
 At that time our ships of trade had been obliterated from every ocean, and the American flag, which once had been carried by our fast sailing ships to every port, had disappeared. We had no navy, but practically every har- bor was protected by the ironclads, called monitors, which had been in vented and built during the war. Our big seacoast cities were so thoroughly defended, therefore, that no foreign enemy could have made a successful assault upon us by sea. There were no other ironclads in the world. We had a monopoly, and not a wooden ship on earth-and all the European navies were wooden-would have had a show against them.
 This started Senator Chandler think ing, and he evolved a daring scheme. His bitterness against England seemed to increase after the war had been terminated. One day he drew me aside in the Senate cloakroom, and unfolded his plan. He said:
 'I propose that we take an appeal to President Lincoln, signed by in fluential men, to call an extra session of Congress, and send two hundred thousand trained veterans into the British possessions north of us; one hundred thousand picked troops from the Federal army, and the same num- have thought of this seriously for weeks, and 1 shall make every effort to bring it about" He was intensely in earnest, and I knew that he would back his plan up with all the brains and energy at his command.
 It was Senator Chandler's idea, of course, that the United States should seize Canada from Great Britain in payment for the enormous losses in ficted upon our commerce by British built vessels sold to the Confederate government He talked this matter over with me many times. The pros pect of extending our northern bound ary to the North Pole pleased him.
 I fell in with the plan almost at the beginning Senator Chandler unfolded his plot to many other Senators, and it was discussed seriously. At that time Alaska was about to be annexed, and it was realized that the British possessions in Canada would come in handy.
 Finally, so far had the plot pro- gressed that thirty Senators had been pledged to support ir, and I attended many informal caucuses at which the next steps to be taken were discussed.
 Then, at almost the very instant the scheme was to be sprung upon the country, and pressure brought to bear upon the President to secure his CO operation, MT. Lincoln was assassi- mated. This made the carrying out of the plan impossible. From the very first day Johnson took the oath of office as President he was at war with Congress, and the invasion of Canada never materialized.-Sen Stewards Recollections.
Imperial Valley press., 1908-03-21

Teller sells Singer sewing machines P. o. building, Imperial. 24tf
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
A Happy Solution.

There had been a long-standing diff
ference of opinion in the Plunkett fam
fly concerning the dining table. Mrs.
Plunkett maintained that its legs were
too short, and ought to be heightened
at least half an inch.
at doesn't fit our chairs, Jared. and
you know it," she continued "When
we sit down to this table we're too
high above 1t. You could have pieces
Of wood glued on the ends of the legs.
That would be easier than to saw off
the ends OF all the chair legs"
81 don't agree with your proposition
at all, Cordelia" said Mr.. Plunkett.
81 think the table is just right. But
I'm willing to compromise the matter.
You have been wanting a hardwood
floor In this dining room for a long
time, haven't your
yes"
well, we can have that new kind
Of hardwood flooring that is laid on
top of the old floor. That will raise
the entire surface three-eighths of an
inch or more, and that Will raise the
table. Of course, just SO much. How
will that do?"
This seemed to be fair proposition,
and without moments hesitation
Mrs Plunkett accepted it as salts
factory compromise.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
One of the
Essentials

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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
Admiral HemphiII Relieved.

Manila.-Rear Admiral Joseph New
ton Hemphill has been relieved by
Captain Giles B. Harbor, commander
of the Maine. Admiral Hemphill sailed
for Hongkong on the cruiser Chatta
nooga last Monday and from that port
for home on the Mongolia. The battle
ships Maine and Alabama of the ad
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fleet have sailed from Manila for Sing
apore on their way around the world
to the Atlantic coast again.
Tenders of three GOLFERS have beer
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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
Building and pannr
Roofing. IdpOl

In addition to selling doors and win
dows to anyone at wholesale prices, we
carry in stock and can ship promptly
building and roofing paper, and the
prices are the lowest ever offered
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Rein sized building paper, in two
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So. feet, only &c per lb.
Tarred Felt, 800 So. feet per roll,
only $1.25 per roll
Send for our price lists.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
BORAXINTHEDAIRY

The problem of keeping sweet all
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He has come to realize that the
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output; that the faint that is left is in
form of bacteria which grow and multi
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The farmer has learned that hot
water won't rinse away the greasy
residue In dairy utensils.
He has learned that soap leaves a
residue of it's own which is, If any.
thing, worse than the milk or cream
residue, and there has been constant
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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Major RID. Kellogg of Iowa is dead.
The Bank of Austin .Nev., failed
Monday.
The price of wheat and corn went
up on the exchange at Chicago Mon
day.
Three deaths and one suicide result
ed from the heat last Monday in
Chicago.
Frank l.. Brown. motorman of
Tacoma was murdered last Monday
by highwsymen.
Seventy five Thousand sookeye salmon
were caught Monday in fish traps near
Bellingham, Wash.
James lverson of Sparks, New, en-
gineer of the Southern Pacific, was ac-
cidently shot near Truckee, CAL, by
his companion, Harry Criss, while
hunting for deer, mistaking him for
one.
E. I'll. Fain, railway mail clerk,
employed between Pasco and Day. ton,
Wash, has been arrested on a charge
of rifiing registered mail. He confess
ed that he did it to build home for
wife and baby.
The Golden Gate Limited, the fast
transcontinenal, all-Puullman train OF
the Rock Island rain load, west bound
from Chichago to Los Angeles struck a
broken rail while running at full speed
at Hado( Ariz. } station early Monday.
Two rear coaches were ditched injur.
ing Is passengers. se.
The question is being seriously con.
sidered whether or not the Fernie fire
which which is reported to have des-
troyed large quantities of stored Goa.
and coke at Fernie, Crows Nest, Mich
ell and other towns, will result in the
closing down of the Canadian shelters
Several of these are not supplied with
a large reserve.
The latest news fr.m the Crows Mes
district shows death list of 81, which
will possibly be increased to 70 or 80
a property loss of exceeding $4,000,
900, and about 1000 homeless people
Fernie and Michel have been wipet
out and Coal Creek, five miles east o
Fernie, is also destroyed. Hosmer los
some 10 houses and the coal company
surface works were destroyed. Th
powder magazine at Hosmer exploded
killing one man.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
Kidnapped Girl Goes Insane.

Pretty Clara Konter, the 1S-year-old
country girl who was abducted and
held captive for over SO hours and
then mysteriously returned to her
fathers home at Shousetown, Pa, in
an apparently lifeless condition, is
now lowering between life and death.
Still in daze from her terrible ex-
perience, not recognizing even her par.
ents, the girl will be moved early to-
morrow to a Pittsburg hospital. To
night she acts as one in a trance.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08

Once upon a time an inspector was
examining a very youthful class of
Scotch boys. and among other subjects
he requested the teacher to ask her
pupils few questions in nature knowl-
edge. Desiring her class to do her
honor she decided upon the simple
subject, Chickens"
Now children" she said, 81 want
you to tell me something very wonder
full about chickens
How they get out of their shells?'
promptly responded one little fellow.
We'll" said the teacher that is, OF
course, wonderful but / mean some
thing more wonderful still"
There was a silence for a few sec
onds. Then up spoke little Johnny:
Please, ma7am, it's mair wonderful hoe
they ever got intae their shells"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
"The Thief"

"The Thief" in which Miss Mar
garet Ellington will open the season
at the Spokane theater August II, is
said to be fine example of the best
in dramatic art-a play that conveys
an idea to the spectator, not through
any bald treatment of set thesis, but
through the emotions.
Essentially a woman's play, "The
Thief has naturally afforded its chief
feminine player wonderful opportunity
for dramatic appeal.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08

Our little four-year-old has always
lived in an inland village, and therefore
is not much acquainted with nautical
affairs. though deeply interested in
railroad trains and other forms of ter
restrial locomotion. Recently he
visited in a neighboring town which
is situated on a river. Standing on the
shore, he saw small ferry boat APP
preaching, and became much excited.
Selling his mothers skirts, he exclaim-
ed, "Oh, look, mamai Here comes
choo-choo car in swimmingi"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
SPOKANE FAIR THIS YEAR
$4,000 Given Away in Premiums and
Prizes.

The Spokane Interstate fair of 1908
will be larger than ever before. An
effort is being made to make this the
best and largest exhibition of products
in tbs history of the organization.
The fair will open October 5 and
continue for one week, closing Satur'
day night, October 10. Over 100000
will be given away in premiums and
prizes for the race meet. An exten
sive race program has been arranged
which includes the ever attractive re
lay race, which will last for six days
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08

What are you paying for poetry
today?" the long-haired man inquired.
The editor glanced at the closely
rolled manuscript in the visitor s
hands.
'Pll have to consult the janitor,"
he said. I'VE are not buying heav-
lily at present. Just little now and
then to accommodate our friends. But
we never buy it in less than ten-pound
lots"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
Dog Show at Spokane Fair.

The dog show at the Spokane fair
this fall will be one of the largest in
the history of the fair. The show will
be given under the direction and super
vision of the Spokane Kennel Club and
long list of trophy cups will be given
winners of each class.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
Reopens as Orpheum.

The Columbia theater, Spokane,
which has been closed for several
weeks, will reopen August 23. when it
will become the Spokane home of the
Orpheum circuit. The house is being
thoroughly cleaned and repaired and
will be in good condition for the open
ing. George M. Dreher will be mana
ger.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
Bryan Made Member of Union.

Lincoln (Neb) Typographical union
at its meeting Sunday voted to make
William j. Bryan IN honorary member
Governor Sheldon, who is a republican
and friendly to organized labor, was
also made an honorary member.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
Dramatic Notes.

A revival of 1.-THE Prisoner of Zenda"
is promised by James K. Hackett for
next season.
Choruses of sheath gowned girls are
proving attractions in musical come
dies in the west
Chorus girls throughout the country
are getting some newspaper notice by
forming rival Taft and Bryan clubs.
Capt. Marshall, author of GA Royal
Family" has finished new play
called THE Outsider"
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
She Left $500, 900 Estate.

San Francisco, Aug. 3.-Mrs. Har.
riet Thompson, widow of the late Cap
tain r. R. Thompson, a millionaire
died at her home in this city after
an illness of several months. Mrs
Thompson was sc years old The death
of her husband few months ago left
to her an estate which is appraised at
$4,000. 900.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
State of Ohio, City of Toledo 90


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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
one-Rate Fare to Spokane Fair.

The Spokane International railroad
has granted a rate of one fare for the
round trip to Spokane for the Inter-
state fair, which will be held in that
city October to 10 inclusive 1t is
expected other railroads will follow the
example.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
Live Stock Prizes.

A handsome silver cup, valued at
$50, will be given for the best draft
colt, three years old or under, at the
Spokane fair this fall. The colt must
be sired by a registered sire and bred
in the Inland Empire.
Several handsome silver cups will
be given as special awards for the fol-
lowing classes: Best registered draft
stallion, any breed. Best draft brood
mare, grade or pure breed, with colt
at side Best draft sucking colt, grade
or pure breed.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08

Does it require much nerve to ask
a woman to marry your" inquired the
inquisitive youth.
mot half as much as asking for a
raise in salary" was the prompt reply.
Detroit Free Press.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08

When . man dies, 1t is customary
to say that he left vacancy that win
be hard to fill. There isn't any vacan-
cy left If you take a cup of water
out Of the river, 1t leaves no vacancy.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
1000 Men Out of Work.

Boston, Aug. 3.-More than 1000
men are idle in New England as
result of threatened strikes and the
shutting down of several paper mills
of the International Paper company.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
Hartman Comes West.

New York, Aug. Be. H. Hartman
president of the Union Pacific, started
for the west this afternoon on a spe-
cial train of five cars.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08

80 Wild Bill died of snake bite?
Whar did he git it?"
ooh, tn snake didn't bite Bill. TIL
snake bit Tough Tompkins, an Temp
kins drank two quarts O. the remedy
an then shot Bill. Judge.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
coLvILLE RESERVATION MAP

The South Half Colville Reservation Blue
Print Map, 25x32, made by Henry L. Steele
Nespilem, Wash, showing all mountains
rivers lakes, springs, roads and trails al
land classified. Topography absolutely cor
rect. Price. $3.50. Henry NJ Steele, Mes
pilem, Wash, Frank r. Corbaley, agent, S
Washington street, Spokane, Wash.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08

HOWARD e. BURTON, Assayer and
Chemist, Leadville, Colo. Specimen prices
Gold, silver, lead, $1.00; gold, silver, 75c
gold, soc zinc or copper, 81. Cyanide
tests mailing envelopes and full price list
sent on application. Control and umpire
work solicited. References: Carbonate Ma
tfonal Bank
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
Castro Gets Even.

President Castro has withdrawn the
exequator of all the Dutch consuls and
time as the Netherlands government
apologies for the alleged insults put
upon Venezuela was received in Cura-
Gao.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1908-08-08
VACANT GOVERNMENT LANDS.

BLUE PRINT MAPS OF STEVENS
county showing all vacant government land
$3.50. Township blue prints of Stevess
serry, okanogan, Douglas and Chelan coun
les, 81 per township. Frank h. corbales
SO Washington street. Spokane, Wash.