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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-10-02
L"'INDEPENDANT

Les expectations de b6tail cana.
dien, en- Angleterre, en- 1905 O6,ont
6t6 de $ll,079,O65.
Montreal, NJ Desautels ct
Either, cultivateur de Saint Vim
cent de Paul, ont trouv6e noy6e q
environ deux miles ct demi en- bas
de l'endroit Oh ellie a d1 p6rir
dams la riviere des P%rairles, Nine
Ad6lard Laviolette, nee Larue, qui
6tait myst6rieusement disparue.
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1908-10-02

Un journal canadien dit que la
population juive de Montreal est
d'environ $4,000 Ames.
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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1908-09-24
Another Chapter to GrangevilIe's
Late Tragedy

The case of State of Idaho VS.
Joe Sorrow, charged with murder
in the first degree, has been ON
trial since Friday of last week and
will probably 90 to jury late this
evening, All the evidence has
been submitted and the attorneys
will make their arguments this
afternoon.
About "a witnesses were intro
duced by the state and the defense
placed close onto dozen on the
stand. The state has made strong
case, the testimony being practical
ly the same as the preliminary
disclosed but has been strengthen
ed.
The defence aimed to prove that
Young Williams was the one to
strike the first blow and officer
Williams fired the first three or
four shots and wounded Sorrow
who shot in self defense.
County Atty. Griffith has been
assisted by Att. Reese Hattabaugh
and the state has made II strong
case against the defendant.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1908-09-24

Atty. Scales fought desperately
for the defendant and has conduct
ed the case in a masterly manner.
The plan of defence was excellent
and from what looked like a hope
less situation he may succeed in
getting his client off with life i'm
prisonment and thus save him
from the extreme penalty.
The following men are on the
jury and will have the fate of Joe
sorrow in their hands before
another twelve hours have passed.
j 5. Farzier, Kamiah, saw mill
man; j. + Wren, Winona, ranch
er; G. w. Ellenson, Kamiah,
black smith; John Williamson,
Denver, rancher; F. M. Herring,
Tahoe, rancher; Dave Ray.
Salmon river, rancher; Rudolph
Street, Denver, harvest hand;
\. V, Ball, Grangeville, auction
Ger; Geo. w. Marshall, Grange
willie rancher; T. w. Wisdom,
Grangeville, rancher; Floid Can
aan Grangeville, rancher;
Price keener, Joseph, harvester.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1908-09-24
A Compliment.

The following is clipped from
the BLAZER" the official publi-
cation of the Western Union Life
Insurance Co, a company with a
number of stockholders and many
policy holders in this country. The
editor Of the paper is Boyd G. Bar
rington, "A fine gentleman to meet
and first class man who made
many friends in this city during
the several months he spent with
us last spring in the interests of
the company.
"On the gentle undulating
prairie in the neighborhood OF
Grangeville, Idaho, our valiant and
progressive representative, w. A..
Patterson, is making u record for
himself by creating n strong
enthusiastic Western Union Life
constituency.
Mr.. Patterson has the knack of
forming many friends and re-
tanning their friendship. He has
recently provided many of the
citizens of Idaho county with the
protection that Western Union
Life Insurance Policies alone can
give. He swears by the Camas
Prairie country, and says that the
people of Camas Prairie are the
most appreciative, broad minded
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1908-09-24

cal, all-around work, should not
be less than Is feet; That is the
size of the machine we used and
we would not care for anything
smaller There is an economical
reason for this, AS the big machine
requires less power and labor for
the work it does than the small
er ones, and makes bigger
average for the same number of
horses and men.
| The question of time is another
important one; when your grain is
ready you want to get it out of
the field and under cover just as
quick as possible. A day or two
of bad weather may mean big
money loss. One thing with
the combine is, that when you
have covered your 35 acres cleaned
up and ready to go to market
You can save time with machine
and thereby save money.
As to your financial question.
''Do we consider the combined
harvester a practical method of
handling the grain in this section"
perhaps the best answer to that is
the fact that we intend to buy
another new machine next year,
pro badly a 20-foot cut. We be-
lieve that every combine that
comes on the Prairie will have an
effect in increasing the value of
the land, by making it possible to
make more money off of every
acre farmed.
There are several other points
that may be consi6 cred, such as
using less number Of horses with
gasoline engine to run your
separator, comparisons of climate
and climatic effects between Camas
Prairie and the lower countries,
ETC., but aside from this | think
we have gone into the subject
pretty thoroughly. However, we
are always willing to give our
neighboring ranchers the benefit of
our experience, aud will be glad to
answer any other questions that
you or they may see fit to ask.
DIR. King the eye specialist will
be in Grangeville again in Oct,
13tf
Land script for sale lowest prices
address r. f. Wilson, Cambridge,
Idaho. 1877
Firstclass work and good treat
ment at Hogan & Abrahamson
barber shop. 1874
Don't be afraid to give Chamber
lain's Cough remedy to your child
rem. 1t contains no opium or
other harmful drug. 1t always
cures. For sale by j. J. Pulse.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1908-09-24

factory and reliable labor; with a
heavy crop on hand a dearth OF
labor would expose us to big loss.
especially if weather conditions
should turn our bed. The prob
lem was to protect ourselves, and
we figured that the combined
harvester, if practicable, offered
the solution of our difficulties
With approximately 5000 acres of
grain to take care of the subject
was big enough to induce close
figuring.
Our investigations convinced us
that the combined harvester was
the machine for this section of the
country; we purchased one machine
and leased another, believing that
we had work enough for two. The
hall.storms damaged our crops to
such an extent that we might have
got along with one, but by taking
up the work of several ranchers in
our vicinity we got enough work
for two machines to get a good
try-out.
The leased machine was one
that had been used the previous
season, had been rebuilt, but still
as a secondhand machine. In
the start it did not work salts
factorily, but afterwards it got into
good running order and it's work
compared favorably with that of
the new machine.
AS to the actual cost of harvest
ing crop with combined harvest
er, We will confine ourselves to the
work of the new machine, which
we purchased and own, and which
we ran as our own machine. We
started this machine on $50 acres
of barley and finished the field in
8 days, an average of 80 acres per
day, at a cost of Sl.00 per acre.
This includes the work of 81 horses,
at cost of fifty cents per day per
head, the wages of five men to run
the machine, the salaries of a
cook and a roustabout and the
board of the crew. By the old
method of harvesting we figured it
cost as $3.50 to s4.0O per acre,
without counting anything for the
use of the horses or the board Of
the crew. Counting all these
items it has cost us, for three or
four years previous to this season,
not less than SO 80 to s400 per
acre to get in our crop.
The work we have mentioned
was done on what we term our
Edwards Ranch" We then
moved the new machine to our
Home Ranch into Fall Grain,
which averaged 429 bushels per
acre; the machine still maintained
the average of 35 acres per day, at
a cost Of 70 cents per acre, ex-
elusive of the use of the horses and
board of the crew. AS we used
our own horses and boarded our
own men the net cost to us was
not more than 81 90 per acre.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1908-09-24

"O"'y iou thitty vi IOuTty udys
work. We took our mules out oil
the harvest field and put them
right on to summer fallow and
they are in better shape now than
when the harvest started. These
combines will be great boost for
the mule industry.
Now, as to keeping the land
clean, a very important question
The combined harvester will take
up more foul seed from the ground
than any header, for the simple
reason that every thing that goes
through the combine goes through
cleaner and the foul seed goes
into sack. With header the
foul seed is strewn from the header
to the header r-box to the stack
and thereby great proportion of
the foul seed gets back on the
land again. With the combine
when the foul seed leaves the
ground it is intirely eliminated.
The labor conditions with a
combine are most satisfactory;
you need crew of five men, and
good men, and when you once get
crew you have them for the
season, and you have only five
good men to look after rather than
20 or 30 men of different grades
and classes. Their work is easy
compared to other harvest work {;
each man has his own work to do
and only one man of the crew has
any really heavy work. We ran
through the entire season without
changing a man on our crew.
It's easier to get five good men
that you can depend upon than it
is to get twenty to twenty-five or
thirty men Of all kinds and habits;
every rancher knows how hard it
is to secure a big crew that can be
depended on to stay with him and
do good work.
In the harvest season the farmer
has always had to lose lot of
time hunting up a crew of men
and replacing men who would
quit; when twenty-five or thirty
of these combines are working on
the prairie there will be plenty of
good men to handle them coming
to the machine for work, instead
of the farmer hunting all over the
country for any kind of men he
could get.
Your question as to the benefits
of combine for the small ranch
er is good one. We figure you
mean man farming about 100
acres. One or two, or more
ranchers with this amount of land
could get together and by a
machine, and with their own
horses and their own labor can
handle their crops at big saving,
as the price of good machine is
less than that of a stationary rig.
every rancher requires so many
horses for his ordinary work
through the year and this same
number of horses will do his
farming with harvester. BY
this method they will be indepen.
dent Of fluctuating labor con
ditions.
The size of a mac hine for practi
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1908-09-24

Our honest opinion is that we
can save from $500 to $500 per
acre with our own combine, over
the work of any binder or station.
ary rig we have ever put into the
field.
In regard to waste of grain we
believe that the combine is big
saver. One reason is that every
head that strikes the draper of the
combine header goes into the
sacks or is blown into the straw.
Ii your separator man is wasting
your grain you can detect it at any
time and apply the proper remedy.
Several conservative ranchers of
the prairie have followed the
machine around and their opinion
Is that it saves from five to eight
bushels per acre more than the
old-style machines working on
ranches right around us.
Hailed out wheat we worked one
and one-half days at cost of
$4,000 and got 400 bushels of
wheat. On hailed-out barley we
cut one-hundred acres in two davs
at cost of $4,000, and got 400
sacks. On this barley alone we
saved 300 by having a combine,
which we could not have saved by
any other method of harvesting.
We do not believe that any bind
er or header could pick up down
grain and short grain the way
this combine did. The header of
this combine can be lowered as low
as any moving machine or raised
as high as any header built.
one question that has not been
asked is the cost of repairs: On
practically 30 days work our re-
pairs on the new machine have
been limited to one Jacon's staff
uroken, cost $500, and 10 feet of
chain, cost 81. 80, total of $3.50,
and the loss of time on these ac-
counts has been practically moth
ing.
AS regards to horses, we
worked 27 horse sand mules on 80
horse machine, and had all the
power we needed. We understand
these machines are worked with
80 horses in the lower country.
So far as any i'll effects on horses
or mules from working on a com
bine, we had five head of three
year-old mules and three or four
brood mares, Is to eighteen years
old; when animals of that class
will stand the work it certainly is
not hard work for good solid
work horse. AS matter of fact
all of our horses and mules came
through the harvest is good shape
and we would just as soon have
our stock work on a combine as
any other form of farm work.
Concerning the relative merits
of mules and horses for this class
every comparison is in favor of the
mule. They will stand the work
better, they will stand more
grief" will worry and fret less
and will wind up days work in
better shape than any horses.
You can bunch % or 80 head OF
mules without any danger of
kicking or jumping; they are not
SO excitable or nervous, are better
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1908-09-24

people it has been his good fortune
to meet. We congratulate Mr..
Patterson upon the superlative re-
suits he has brought about in his
pleasingly persistent manner. We
predict wonderful fall cam
paign for Mr.. Patterson, and vouch-
safe the Information that he will
secure one hundred applications
between now and the close of the
year, We should have more men
like Patterson.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1908-09-24
The COmbine==Questions Answered
by Practical Man

The importance of the combined
harvester as an up-to-date method
Of handling crops has long been
recognized in other sections of the
country, especially in California,
but until this season there has
been no combine tried on Camas
Prairie. This summer Bales &
Jones bought one machine and
leased another, and worked both
machines through the harvest, un.
der circumstances they should
give all.around basis for judg.
ing the merits Of this kind OF
machine and comparing it's work
with the former methods of hand
ling grain. With view to ascer-
tanning the results of the harvest
work in a practical way the Free
Press has submitted the follow
ing questions to Tom W. Bales,
the president of the Bales.J Jones
Co.:
/. What started Bales & Jones
on the combine subject and induc-
ed them to invest their money in
one combine and lease another?
3 What has been your expert
ence with the machines during
the harvest and how are you
satisfied with them?
3 What is the actual cost per
acre for handling grain with a
combine as compared with the
other methods, viz:
Binding and Threshing.
Heading and Threshing.
4 How does the saving on
grain compare? Does the combine
waste as much or more grain in
the field?
5 Horses: Is the combine
harder on horses?
6 Labor: How does the cost
of labor compare?
Expenses: What is the pro-
portion of expense per acre?
s Time: What is the saving
in time?
8 Mules: How do mules COM
pare with horses for work on COM
bines?
10 How does work with the
combine compare with the old
method for keeping the land clean?
II How can the small ranch
er benefit from the combine ma
chine?
II What size machine is best
for work on Camas Prairie?
l3 In general, do you consider
the combined harvester a practical
method of handling the grain in
this section of the country?
Mr.. Bales, when submitted these
questions by Free Press repre-
sentative, did not attempt to an
swer them categorically, but ex-
pressed himself as follows:
For the past three or four years
we have experienced, in COM
mon with other ranchers in this
section of the country, consider
able difficulty in securing salts
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1908-09-24
EnlargeS Plant

White people always patronize
white industry, especially is this
true when it is to their advantage.
Mr.. Schroeder, our local laundry
man, is the party we have in view
as we write this article. He has
built up an excellent laundry trade
in this city and as result has en-
larged his plant by an addition to
the building 1896 feet and also
placed several modern laundry
machines in the plant. Schroeder
does fine work and calls and de-
livers. Try a white mans laund-
ry next time.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1908-09-24
Register Now

Register Now
The registration of voters is not
going on as rapidly as is desired
and it is urged upon all who are
eligible to vote to register early
aud not await the last day when the
registers will have all they can do.
The following are the places of
registration in the various Grange
vile precincts. The offices will be
open every Saturday.
Precinct No. Judge Halls
Office.
Precinct No. Post Office.
Precinct No. 3-Gibson Il Aliens.
Precinct No. finland Abstract
Office.
Hogan & Abrahamson, the new
barbprinp firm IA
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1908-09-24

Hogan & Abrahamson, the new
barbering firm. 1874
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-25
CLEVER COWARD
WANTS TO QUIT
JOHNSON SHOWS SIGNS OF
REAL FRIGHT
Selection of Referee Caused Much
Worry to Promoter Until He Agreed
to AdIudee contest-champion
Still is FaVorite In Betting

SYDNEY, N. 8. W., Dec. 24.-The
fight next Saturday for the heavy
weight championship of the world be-
tween Tommy Burns, the French-Can-
adian heavyweight, and Jack Johnson,
the American colored fighter, is today
the chief topic of conversation in Sgd
ney.
There had been a deadlock for the
last three days. owing to inability to
agree on the referee, and Johnson 8
consequent refusal to fight, but this
matter now has been Strengthened out
and today the betting on Burns is a
point stronger. -Four days ago it ia
vored Burns at to 4, and a large
amount has been placed at these fig
ures.
Hugh d. Mcintosh, promoter of the
contest, finally agreed to referee, at the
request of both fighters. The sugges-
ton advanced by Johnson, that two
judges in addition to the referee be ap-
pointed, has been abandoned.
The two men were examined today
by physicians, who pronounced each to
be in perfect physical condition. The
advance sale of seats totals $4,000.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-25
WHITTIER AFTER
TRACK HONORS
WILL ENTER TEAM IN MEETS
OF CONFERENCE
Quakers Weak in Field Events, as but
Few Applicants Have Had
Experience with the
Weights

Coach Radcliff of Whittier college
has started track and field practice in
preparation for the intercollegiate
meets which will be pulled off the lat
ter part of February and in March. A
team also will be entered In the regu-
lar conference meets. After the holi-
days there. will be meet between the
college and the "preps" and number
of practice meets with high school
teams.
The track outlook is better this year
than ever before, but the Quakers can
hardly hope to turn out an al-round
track team because of limited
amount of material. Individually some
of the men rank with the best In the
south.
The distances will be especially well
cared for. Captain White in the two
mile run and SS0-yard events, and Mills
in the mile and 440-yard dashes are
really formidable candidates for long
distance honors, and have good records
behind them. White, who has the adj
vantage of long experience, is regarded
as one of the best runners in the south.
While Mills seldom fails to capture
first place in the events which are MS
specialties. Among the new students
pected to make a good showing in the
distance events.
The Quakers bank in getting thelr
share of points in the dashes; also COS
tello and Feller are slated for the CEN
tury and Marshburn, Keer and Picket
for the 220 and 440 In the hurdles the
Whittier team is weak, N. Rennecker
being the only experienced man IN
clearing the barriers. He placed in the
last conference meet.
In the field events Whittier is pro-
verbally weak, and this year Will not
see the tradition shattered. Big
Rennecker is the one of the best IN
this department. although Henderson
promises to develop into good weight
tosser with experience. Feeler ana
Picket will be out for the broad jump
and Graves and Newby are out for the
high jump.
Pearson is the only candidate show
ing up so far for the pole vault. Coacn
Radciiff is endeavoring to improve the
wind of the squad by putting them
through cross-country runs.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-25
ROLLER MAY BE
GIVEN A MATCH
Winner of Kauffmann-Barry Scrap Is
Considered as Opponent for Tryout
of Wrestler Who Wants to
Break Into Game

DR.. B. F. Roller, college graduate,
fraternity man. prominent Seattle sur
geon and ertswhile candidate for Frank
Gotch's wrestling honors, may be given
battle with the winner of the Barry
Kaufman scrap some time around the
1st of February. All along 1t has been
the intention of the Jeffries Athletic
club promoters to put on a bout be-
tween the winners In Australia and the
winners here, but the match could not
be staged until along in March. Roller
has come to the front asking for a
chance to be heard, and in all prob
ability he viii get what he wants.
When the Seattle surgeon first be-
gan to write to Jeffries relative to a
scrap he was taken as a joke, and even
the best of references furnished by him
were not looked into. But Baron Long,
learning that Roller was an alumnus
of his own alma mater, Depauw uni
versity, in Indiana, began to look
around a bit, and is now convinced that
Roller is a good man and can give any
of them a run for the money. His lack
of, experience in professional circles is
the most serious drawback, for most
of the doctors athletic efforts have
been directed toward wrestling.
Some Of the foremost critics of the
country have gone on record to up
hold Roller in his claims for recogni-
tion. He is a finely built athlete, with
wonderful strength and remarkable
cleverness for a man of his weight and
should he be given a match with either
Barry or Kaufman 1t would be good
card. Billy Delaney, acting for Kauf-
mann, already has agreed to a scrap
with the medico, and Teddy Murphy is
expected to follow suit for Barry.
II put on, the Roller Barry -Kauf-
mann fight will be staged along toward
the 1st of February. The Jeffries club
has great expectations of getting the
winner Of the battle tomorrow In Aus
tralia to come here for his next bout,
but it is planned to make this a Wash
ington birthday affair, and there would
be plenty of time in between to hear
the claims of DR.. Roller.
Some one with a grudge against Billy
Delaney came uptown yesterday with
the report that Kaufman was in no