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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
electric line from Grangeville to Elk

electric line from Grangevil1e to Elk.
City.
The postof1ice department has deter
mined to establish star route mail
service from Occur d'Alene to Monitor,
Lyondale, Del Cardo bay, Twin
Beaches will also be accommodated,
the mails to run six times a week.
julius Kruttschnitt, first vice presi-
dent and director of maintenance and
operation of the Hartman lines, spent
several hours in Lewiston Sunday in
specting depot grounds and terminals
for the joint road built by Hartman
and Hill.
DR.. F. W. Mitchell of Blackfoot,
charged with performing a criminal
operation on Mary Robbs, young
school teacher, from which the girl
died, has been bound over to await
the action of the district court under
bond of $4,000. The preliminary hear
ing lasted a week.
Moscow and the city of Spokane
will be more closely drawn together
in a few days, by which time the steel
rails of the Palouse- Moscow division
of the Inland Empire system will be
laid into Moscow. On September !
the company expects to have the line
electrically operated into Moscow.
Mr.. Kennison of Orofino has lost
his mind over religion. Mr.. Kennison
was a member of the White House
guards during the civil war. He kept
guard over President Lincoln and aft
erward drifted to California, where he
laid the first railroad rail out of SaI
Francisco, when the Union Pacific rail
road was built.
The annual meeting of the state
board of equalization promises to be
or more far-reaching importance this
year than any in recent years, anC
has brought to Boise nearly every
county assessor in the state, an army
of railway tax commissioners, and rep
resentatives of timber, telegraph anC
telephone companies, who will spent
the week talking taxation.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
MONTANA ITEMS.

James Boner, aged 1O1, believed to
be the oldest citizen of Montana, is
dead at Virginia City.
The Second Infantry band of the
Montana National Guard favored Spo-
kane with several selections during
their short stay in the city while
coming home.
Freda, the 16-year-old daughter of
Conrad Bauer, living IL miles from
Billings, was kidnapped recently by
two men, who held up Mr. Bauer and
demanded his money There is no clue
to the perpetrators of the crime.
John S. Howard known as the cham
pion rope thrower of the world, has
been arrested, charged with aiding
Ernest Huston in the alleged abduc-
ton of Miss Bauer. The authorities
are searching for Huston and the
young woman in the vicinity of Laurel.
Under the continuing act of congress
for the support of the national guard,
the state of Montana has been appor-
toned the sum of 11,77S.77 for it's
troops, for the fiscal year beginning
July I, 1908, and ending June 80, 1909.
OF this sum $SS34.0S is to be used for
arms, equipments and camp purposes,
and the balance for the promotion of
rife practice.
e. H. Stage, aged about Is years,
was crushed to death between the cage
and elevator walls of the Monticello
apartment house on Broadway, Helena,
recently. The superstition is that he
attempted to board the elevator while
it was in motion and missed his foot
ing, being caught in the abdomen. He
has no known relatives, in the west
at least.
The Montana national guard is at
Camp Stanley, American Lake, Wash
The guard goes into camp the best or
ganized, best equipped and altogether
the best appearing citizen soldiery
thus far seen there. The little regi
ment brings a full military band oil
% pieces, each man a professional.
Interesting statistics are to be
cleaned from the returns of the vari
Gus county assessors to the state
board of equalization, as well as thai
body's assessment of the railroads fol
the entire state. AS compared will
last year, the assessment for the en-
tire state will show a decrease O.
about 100000, due to the falling of
in net mine proceeds of approximate!
$17,000,000. This is occasioned by thu
slump in metal values and the shut
down of several months in the grea
copper mines at Butte. The mine pro
ceeds eliminated, the total assessment
would show a gain of $14,000,000 IL
round numbers.
Through railroad lines are assessed
at $17,50 a mile, with others varyinl
from $4,000 to $4,000. There are 5
miles more sidetrack than last yea
, and $50 miles more of main line. TIL
/ railroads will pay taxes on $4,000, 90
this year.
J The total realty values are $124,117
J 9S3 and that of personal property $S1
7S9,SS7, which, with the railroads
swells the grand total to SEAS, 907,S7C
as against $253,OOO,OO last year.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
REpueNANT TO ALL JUSTICE.
Governor Dineen's Denuneiation Of
Springfield Riots.

Springfield, ILL.,, Aug. 17.-Referring
to Fridays race riots in this city, Gov
ernor, Deneen issued the following
statement: ut is as intolerable as it
is inexcusable. The idea of wreaking
vengeance ON race for the crimes
of one of its members is utterly re.
pugnant to all notions of law and JUS
tice. No government can maintain its
self respect and permit. Our state
will not permit it. The entire resources
of the state will be drawn upon il
necessary to protect every citizen Of
Springfield in his person and property
and those who violate the law mus
suffer the consequences"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
nTin" Soldier Killed Bow.

Kankakee, Ill.-Attempting to steal
a ride on the baggage car of a special
train carrying state troops to Spring
field to quell the race war, Earl Mel
son, IS years old, was fatally stabbed.
He died on the way to the hospital
Nelson had boarded the blind bag
gage as the soldiers special pulled
out of the local station. One Of the
soldiers told him to get off. He re
fused. The soldier, whose identity is
unknown, then pulled out bayonet
and stabbed the boy through the body
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
OREGON soUIss.

Farmers in the Umatilla country are
talking of using goats as a method of
Kidding their summer fallow of OBJ
noxious weeds.
Seth Garfield Brinn, IL years old,
son of James Nicholas Brinn of Yank-
ton, Ore, was instantly killed while
hunting recently. He was shooting
birds and stood on a log to load the
shotgun. He slipped and the left bar
rel was discharged. The entire side of
his head was blown off.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
Fire on Vancouver Island.

FIRES are raging in the south of Van.
couver island and MANY miIlions 1 -
Ieet OF valuable timber are renorted
destroyed; The cream of the timber
wealth OF the island is being sweDt
away. At Bear Lake, eight bn;, 5mep'
WIN supplies for surveying parties =
W. re DESTROYED 0a The loss in timber is
Szooo'oOO, The fire shows no Sion 90 30
abatement. o sign OF
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21

Camp Chafey is the latest Nevada
wonder, according to reports.
Recent development work at the Del
Rio mine in the Buffalo Hump district
has exposed a ledge 16 feet wide.
Miners are at the Bonanza mine,
16 miles north of Kettle Falls, Wash,
which it is said will be reopened at
once.
A late report from the Elk City dis
trict states that the camp has never
before shown as much activity as at
present.
Miners at Gle Elum, Roslyn and
Ravensdale, Wash, will receive the
same mining rates as were in vogue
last year.
Work has been resumed on the
property of the National Copper COM
pany. which has not been operated for
two months.
Failing to agree with the represen-
tative of the operators, $500 miners III
the Crookfeld district (Ohio) struck
Saturday The strike closes % mines.
Because of the recent developments
and the excellent showing the STOCK
of the Barnes-King Mining company
Helena, is advancing by leaps and
bounds.
Work has been commenced on the
long tunnel which is to be driven to
tap the ledge on the property of the
Copper King Mining company at great
depth. The tunnel is to be 1920 feet
long.
1t is reported from the Lucky Calu-
met mine, in the Occur d'Alenes, that
six-inch stringer of sulphide ore, sim
liar to the Snowstorm, has been en-
countered in a drift to the west of the
main crosscut.
Activities at the Holden mines near
Chelan, Wash, have increased in re-
markable proportions. Last week large
consignments of machinery arrived
and are being hauled to the mine as
fast as possible by the transfer COM
pany.
l. -l6n thousand coal ulIuSIS Ill INC
Indiana field are out by order of w.
D. Van Horn, president of district No..
IL of the miners organization. The
trouble started at the Rood mine in
Sullivan county several days ago over
the discharge of mule driver.
The litigation between the Occur
d'Alene Development company and the
Stewart Mining company in which an
injunction was obtained by the 'devel-
opment company restraining the Stew
art company from operating it's con-
centrator, is likely to be settled out
of court
High grade galena ore, scattered
through the quartz of the vein has
: been encountered in the drift being
run in the Clear Grit property located
near Delta, in the Murray district. The
drift has been run in $50 feet from the
bottom of the gulch, giving a depth on
the lead of about $50 feet
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
BOY BLOWS HIS OWN HEAD OFF.
After He Accidentally Kills His Girl
Cousin.

Saluda, S. c., Aug. 15.-Handling an
'unloaded" shotgun, Ernest Rowe
shot and instantly killed his cousin,
Bessie Rowe, in this county. He threat
ened to kill himself, but no attention
was paid to him. He left the house,
went into the yard, and moment later
the report of gun was heard. He
had placed the muzzle of the weapon
under his jaw and blown his head off
dying instantly.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
Earthquake Jars Boston.

A severe earthquake shock was felt
Saturday evening along the Massachu-
sets coast south of Boston. Windows
were broken and the residents of Can
ton and neighboring towns were star
tied by loud report. The instruments
at the Blue Hills observatory recorded
a considerable vibration.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
LUMBER RATES ON OLD BASIS.
Hartman Lines Yield to Interstate
Commerce Commission.

Portland, Ore, Aug. 17.-Pending a
final decision by the United States
supreme court in the lumber rate con-
troversy the Hartman officials have
announced that the rates fixed by the
interstate commerce commission will
prevail. This amounts to victory for
the Oregon and Washington lumber
men, since the decision of the commits
sion virtually restored the tariffs that
were in effect prior to November 1,
1907. Following the ruling of the COM
mission the railroads appealed to the
supreme court of the United States.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
LEPER's HUSBAND DIES.
General WardweII, Loyal to Afflicted
Wife, Succumbs,

Tombstone, Ariz., Aug. 1S.-General
D. X. Wardwell is dead while in quar-
antine with his leper wife. Her suffer
lngs from the combined effects of len
rosy and the nervous strain following
the attendant notoriety of their case
nave dethroned her reason, and she is
unaware that her husband is dead
General Wardwen was a veteran of
the Mexican and civil wars Effort, ~
deport Mrs. Wardwell to the leper col.
ony nave brought out many complica-
tlons' the federal authorities refusing
to act under the present law II &c
prooaDie she will remain isolated here
and cared for until her death
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
In National League.
Colorado Aground.

Victoria, B. c., Aug. ia wire
less message from the United States
steamer Colorado intercepted here re-
ports that she is ashore near Double
point. Fog between Port Townsend
and Seattle was responsible for her
grounding. The cruiser is not taking
water and is expected to be floated at
high water.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
SHORT SPORTING ITEMS.

Aberdeen and Tacoma played IT.
inning tie game at Aberdeen last Sun
day.
Nick Burley, known to every fight
fan in the northwest, was arrested in
Seattle recently.
The North Pacific Lawn Tennis as
ISOLATION has voted next years tour
nament to Seattle.
Stanley Ketchel believes he can
whip Burns, and has had the ''hunch"
ever since he whipped Joe Thomas.
King Edward contemplates retiring
from the turf. His majesty is heartily
tired of racing, so well-informed own
ers of racing stables assert.
With the exception of the miniature
Forest King and Quality Queen, the
fine collection of horses belonging to
John w. Considine, Seattle, was sold
at auction.
Joe Walcott's defeat at the hands of
Jack Robinson in New York was ex-
pected. The once great negro fighter
has been meeting dubs in small cities
for several weeks.
Jack Forbes and DIR. T. H. White,
two of Spokane's expert trapshooters,
have returned from trip to Alaska,
where they have been spending the
last several months.
The wrestling match between Dan
Sullivan of Butte and Charley Frank
lin of Seattle was ended by Franklin
getting the first two falls in and Z
minutes respectively
Centrefielder Flanagan, the heavy.
hitting Canuck who is playing a great
game for Vancouver this season, is
now the leader of the league in bat
ting, his average being 1856
Dean Chapman, billiard instructor at
the Spokane Amateur Athletic club
northwestern three-cushion champion
story teller, humorist and everybody
friend, has resigned from the club.
A movement is to be started in
eastern Washington to close the
game has been hunted so determinedly
for the last few years that chickens
are scarce.
Freddie Welsh the English light
weight champion, got the decision over
Johnny Murphy at Los Angeles re-
Gently in a 25-round battle in which
the Englishman had the best of it all
the way in weight, strength and clever.
ness.
Doc Brown of Spokane, a gambler
collector of rare coins, baseball pro
moter, a friend of the newsboyy and
of every man or woman who needed
help, has made and lost another for.
tune in Goldfield, Nevada, according
to reports.
Three silver loving cups, floral
pieces and other remembrances were
handed Cy Young recently in a benefit
game given the old veteran at Boston
The old boy is in his Goth year of big
league pitching and is still delivering
the goods.
AS the CulLuludJlou VI CnO uIOoI lO
markable days racing in the history
of Seattle, Fern L, a little flly owned
and trained by A. L. Jackson, won a
mile handicap in the worlds record
time of 1887 2-5, which breaks the
track record by more than a second
1t equals the phenomenal time made
by Dick Welles at Chicago years ago
Before the finest gallery of the week
tof the fifth annual tournament of the
North Pacific International Tennis as
sociation, Everett, Wn., Joe Tyler Of
Spokane successfully defended his
championship title against Frank
Payne of Tacoma. This is the SECOND
time that Tyler has won the NORTH
Pacific association cup, which was
won first by Payne in 1906.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
Tourist Crop is Small.

All Europe today is crying out in
grief at the seasons dearth of Ameri-
can millionaire tourists. Paris has a
few, London still fewer, and Germany,
Austria, Italy and Switzerland almost
none at all
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
New Interlake Channel Open.

Sault Ste. Marie, Mich, Aug. 49,
The new West Nebish channel, which
cost 100000, was opened to traffic
Monday morning.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
EVANS IS RETIRED
FAMOUS NAVAL Fighter OF
Age LIMIT.
Has Been Spending Summer at Mo-
honk Lake, NJ. ", With His Family
He Saw His First Naval Fight at
For Fisher During Civil War-Com-
manded Greatest American Fleet.

Mohonk Lake, N. Y, Aug. 18.-On
Tuesday evening Rear Admiral Robley
D. Evans, Fighting Bob" will have
concluded AZ years of service in the
United States navy and, being at the
age of 81, he will go on the retired list.
The admiral, unable to use one foot
because of illness which compelled him
to leave the fleet in San Francisco
harbor-a reminder of the wound re-
ceived at Fort Fisher 43 years ago
but mentally alert and vigorous, is at
the Lake Mohonk house, where he has
his family, spending the summer.
Career of Fighting Bob"
With the retirement from active
service Tuesday of Rear Admiral Rob
ley Evans -"Fighting Bob"-the
United States navy loses one of the
most picturesque figures that ever trod
a quarterback. Forty-fve years ago.
Evans, as young ensign, received his
baptism of fire at Fort Fisher during
the civil war.
1t has been his fortune to command
the greatest fleet of fighting ships ever
assembled under the American flag
and many of his countrymen are hope
full that congress will honor him by
creating him a vice admiral, rank
second only to that of the Manila bay
hero, Admiral Dewey.
Recalled Resignation.
Fighting Bob was born in Floyd
county, Va, 68 years ago and came to
Washington at the age of II to live
with his uncle, a newspaper man, upon
the death of his father, DR.. Samuel
Andrew Jackson Evans. Securing an
appointment to the naval academy
from the territory of Utah he entered
the college. When the war broke out
| between the states his mother, assum-
| ing that he would take arms for his
state against his country, sent in his
resignation to Washington and it was
promptly accepted. Young Evans was
| determined, however, to stand by the
| Union, even against his own family,
and had himself reinstated, to his
| in 1863 and served with honor through
the remainder of the contest. He be-
came lieutenant in 1866, lieutenant
commander two years later and com
mander in 1878. He reached the grade
of captain in 1893 and as such officer
he served through the Spanish-Ameri.
can war, commanding the battleship
Iowa at the battle of Santiago. He
was promoted to the rank of rear ad.
miraI in 1901.
During the period of strained rela
lions with Chile he earned the sobri
quet of Fighting Bob" He was in
command of the gunboat Yorktown
stationed at Valparaiso, which place
he threatened to efface from the topo
graphical map of Chile in such earnest
language that the naughty Latin
Americans speedily released the
American sailors. Rear Admiral Evans
has always preferred sea duty to duty
ashore. He has done more than any
living man to unity this country's
floating force, and great credit is due
him for the high state of efficiency o.
equipment and personnel of the navy
Rough and ready, Bob" Evans is {
typical fighter. A stern disciplinarian
but always just and fair, he is not only
respected by the men, but has the love
of them.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
Turkey War Ministers Dies.

Constantinople, Aug. 1S.-The cabi-
net suffered great loss Sunday in the
sudden death of the war minister, Red
jeb Pasha, from heart disease.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
Embargo on curaeaoan shlps.

Willemstad, Aug. 1S.-Letters from
Venezuela state that all cargoes and
passengers coming from Curacao will
be refused Venezuelan ports.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-21
MINES AND MINING.
New York MetaI Market.

Lead, quiet, $4.57h@4.62A; lake
copper, quiet, 1873 @13Ac; silver,
Size
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-20
SPECIAL SCENERY FOR
BROWN OF HARVARD

The second act in Brown of Har-
ward Is a scene on the campus. The
Amateur Dramatic Club is getting
some WONDERFUL outdoor effects with
their special scenery. With trees
and foliage and college buildings and
a distant view of part of the city,
they get perspective that is mar
velous. With the chattering of birds
in the trees, brilliant sunlight eff
feet and the scent of blossoming e
flowers and trees, the real spring
atmosphere is produced.
In the fourth act the boat race be-
tween Harvard and England occurs.
In this scene all the paraphernalia
necessary to such an event Is in evil
dence. This scene is most realistic
ally portrayed. Again in the final
scene a fine stage picture is shown
1t is the lawn fete on commencement
night.
The myriads of coIored lights and
japanese lanterns, the soft dreamy
music of the orchestra floating out
from the dance pavilion, the hilari-
Gus groups of students around the
punch bowl-everyth thing combined to
make a fitting close to a delightful
play.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-20
LOCAL WEATHER REPORT.
U. $. Department of Agriculture,
Weather Bureau.

April 10. p.m.-Temperatur
6S; relative humidity, 20; direction
of wind, southeast; velocity of wind.
Is miles; precipitation. o; weather.
part cloudy.
April 20, a.m.-Temperature.
so; relative humidity, 3S; direction
of wind. east; velocity of wind, s
miles; precipitation, O.; weather.
clear.
Maximum temperature yesterday,
II; minimum. Al; mean, 62 de-
parture from the normal, plus 7.
Forecast for Grand Junction and
vicinity (issued at Denver) Fair
weather tonight and tomorrow.
This morning the weathe, is clear
over the Rocky mountain region and
cloudy over the western plateau and
over portions of the eastern slope
During the past "a hours rain has
occurerd over the Texas panhandle.
and very light showers over eastern
Oregon and southern Idaho. Heavy
frost was reported this morning at
Santa Fe. N. NJ, with a temperature
of "a degrees.
r. NJ. HARDINGE,
Official in Charge.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-20
THE ANNIVERSARY OF
A DISASTROUS FREEZE

| Canon City Record: Monday, Ap
i.il 20, will be the anniversary of tho
disastrous snow storm and freeze
which killed the fruit crop of the Ar
kansas valley last year, causing q
loss of perhaps half million dol.
lars to the fruit, vegetable and Der.
ry business in the Canon City dis.
trict.
The number 20 seems to he a sort
of hOodoO to the fruit growing in
dustfy in Fremont county, for 1t was
on October 20, 1906, that the hail
created such havoc in the orchards,
particularly to the apple crop, and 1t
was the night of April 20, IL
months ago, that the most destruct-
i've frost ever known visited this Sec
ton of the state. If the fruit tides
over Monday, the fatal date, orchard
lists Will feel pretty safe so far as this
season is concerned.
All varieties of fruit trees here are
overloaded with bloom and there is
every indication of bumper crop of
everything produced in this district
Nothing but cold snap with the
thermometer showing a temperature
of 10 or Is degrees below the freez-
ing point, or a heavy snow storm
with protracted cold weather, will
seriously endanger the fruit crop for
this year. A light frost. such as we
are likely to have during the next
four or five weeks. will only thin out
the crop and save the fruit grower
the labor of picking some of it off.
The outlook was never so encour-
aging for the Colorado. horticulture
ist as now, and, If nothing unexpect-
ed happens, there will be plenty of
peaches, pears, plums, cherries, ap-
pies, etc. The apple trees are in tue
very pink of condition and have ex-
ceptional vigor and vitality on ac-
count of the rest they had last year.
The prospect is that the strawber-
ry crop this season will approximate
that of 1905, which was one of the
best years for the production of that
class of fruit known here in a gem
Grafton. The outlook is certainly a
very pleasing one for the ranchers of
the Canon City district.
The daily sentinel., 1908-04-20

On April 25 and &c the Rio Grande
will make the very low rate of $50
to San Francisco, Los Angeles or San
Diego, Cal, for the round trip, with
a limit of 60 days from date of sale.
account of the U. S. battleship men
euvers, grand receptions, military
and naval parades, aquatic and ath-
letic sports at the points named.
Choice of routes and a good time
with every ticket. Detailed infor-
nation cheerfully furnished at the
city ticket Office, 11o South Fourth
street