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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-01-02
Engineer to Visit Elk
City in the Spring.
SALMON CITY RIGHT IN LINE
Railroad There Connect With
Oregon Short Line.

o. G. Kinny, one of the leading men
back of the electric railway proje ct
started last summer, writes from
Crockett, Texas, where he has gone for
his health, that the move for the rail
road is very much alive among the east
ern men who are interested in this
country, and that a representative of
a railway company will be here early in
the spring to look over the different
mining districts, and, if conditions war
rant, make preliminary survey along
the South fork Of the Clearwater river.
Mr.. Kinny does not mention the name
of the company interested, but it likely
is the same company that negotiated
with the eastern and local men in re-
gard to the project last fall, when the
interest aroused reached the stage
where telegrams were passed between
the parties. At that time the strongest
bond and surety company in the United
States made investigation Of the re-
sources Of the Elk City country.
Railroad for Salmon City.
Butte, Mont, Dec % Construction
Of a railroad from Dillon, Mont, on tbs
Oregon Short Line, to Gilmore apd
Salmon, Idaho, tappinsone Of the rich
est gold mining districts in Idaho, is as
sured by the annouDcement just made
/. at Dillon by W. A. McCuteheon Of
Pttsburg, president Of the Gilmore &
Pittsburg Railroad company.
The company has just filed articles ol
Incorporation in Lenbi county, Idaho
Mr. McCutcheon conferred with th'
right Of way commifsion al Salmon ane
instructed il 10 secure al once all tn'
necessaly rights Of way as the con
struction Of Che road viii commence a
soon as the snow leaves in the spring
The project win involve the building o
more than 100 miles Of railroad
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-01-02
Some Of the Mines That Have Piled
Up Millions for TIER Owners.
COPPER LEADS THE LIST
Some OF the Rich Mines o.
Other Days.

Here is a list Of a few Of the great
mining propositions in the United
States that are at present paying diyi-
dends. First and last they have paid
stockholders these fabulous sums;
The Calumet and Hecla copper mine
in Michigan, Slo7 10000.
The Boston and Montana, copper
Montana, $50, l25,o0O
Amalgamated, COPPER Mon'ana, S5l-
285, l89.
Anaeonda, copper Nontana, Sli ,ooo,
900.
United Verde, copper Arizona, S2e,-
6l5, 822
quincy copper Michigan sif,s 200.
Homesiase, gold, South pakoia,fil-
1880
Ontario silver and lead 'iiab Slf-
o82 500
Anzona, copper hraona sl2.3sQ. .o3i
eu0ke iH and sullivan silver end
lead, lda|'oI flo.all ,Qlo.
Calumet and haaona ePper h1.
9Qna. fi0flo,olo
hlash4 lfeaanel gala tlasla f9,.
1t.iilO
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-01-02

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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-01-02

Hotel pay o. q. Smith Erickson
Reef, j. u Hason Erickson Reef G.s.
Shissler, Newsomei Ernest enpii N.
Algor Ciiyi ~. y, Porter and daughter
liled Riyer j. ~ Thorn George W.
Davis Nr aad NlT. flapi hye clyi
MI pnsooll lltyi y. Al Scott Dl'yl
paf Hlennan hmelcan taRle w ~,
I.ongley John N lruuf Mf and Hif.
A.N lpgam Mr aud Nle ~ Al.
Austin N.s heal lnglami lai NuuaY,
lllY N. HlQmlers heNsQme Nay
nald Ne.ls0u fm Francisco fhaf
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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-01-02
EXTRA!

Harpster, Ida., Dec. 30-Spec-
ial-A crew of surveyors who
arrived in Harpster Wednesday
and are now at work
lines and setting stakes
on the 700 acres that was in the
application for govern.
ment townsite patent, is taken to
mean that a railroad is projected,
presumably the Northern Pa
cific, and that the men now here
are in The employ of a townsite
company that is Subsidiary 70 the
railway company. The men are
total strangers here and have
given out no intimation Of any
sort that would lead to their
identity or connection. How
ever, their presence is the first
step In the fulfillment of reports
and rumors Of railroad that have
been circulation tor some time.
Crew Has EN- Guessing.
The presence Of the surveyors ha
caused more speculation than anything
in a long time Harpster and th
whole countryside are stirred to tn
point that thrills. Its the Norther
Poetic" mo, you're mistaken; it,
the O. r.. & ~" "I'd gamble it's
/ Hartman line" "Oh, it's nothing bu
a gang Of black legs tryin' IN swindl
as poor buffers, put in the pessimisf
and the curbstone orators wouId hay
broke up in a row had it pot been for
soothing rebuke to al from q man
commanding presence who assure
them that they were al mistaken, th'
the surveyors were just doing o litt
preliminary work that Is necessary
the building of an electric ear lipe in'
Orogrande, slk Ciiy and Dixie.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-01-02
Nuah Building Ahead.

The year 1908 promises much IN the
building line in Elk City, move than any
year in the past, and the Pioneer saw
mill viii have to furnish all the lumber,
besides fiji the standing orders they
now have for lumber and timbers for
several of the mines. Several business
houses win be built, and a number Of
residences win be erected. The h. A..
Greying store viii be the larges' build
ing ard VIII be about the FIRST 10 be
built as Mr. Creyng wants 10 get bis
goods in before the road Is bad in the
spring
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-01-02
Pioneer Sawmi1l VIII Seek Loca-
ton in the Tall Timber.
BOOM REQUIRES MOVE
Year 1909 Promises Much in
Building Line.

Owing to the big demand for lumber
in Elk City and surrounding country the
past year and orders for lumber new
booked for spring delivery, Natwick &
Harris, owners of the Pioneer saw mill,
find it impossible to supply the market
with the mill in its present location, be-
ing SO far from good timber, so new
site for the mill will be chosen. Two
locations are now under consideration.
One is on Campbell gulch. between Elk
City and Orogrande, about three miles
from Elk City, where, on a rough esti-
mate, 1900, 600 feet of logs can be put
down at the mill at very little cost.
The other location is near the Erickson
placer, eight miles up Elk creek from
Elk City.
Entirely New Machinery.
Chances are favorable that the mill
in its new location will be almost en-
tirely new machinery instead of that
now in use. Mr. Harris stated there is
demand now for building material
their plant can't turn out, and the press
Of business requires that they fill orders
in the shortest time possible The new
plant will be larger in every way, in
cluding boiler and engine. A planer Of
large size will be included in the rev
equipment, and likely belt saw vii
be used.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1909-01-02
Salt Lake Men Still After
Elk Mining Property.
THE TOPEKA HAS SIX CLAIMS
One of a Group of Promising
Properties.

The Topeka group of mining CLAIM S.
the Hercules, and owned by
Mrs. M. A. Parr, has been bor6ed by
J. 3. Weimer, of Salt Lake Consider
alton is not given. Development work
will be resumed on the property. ac-
cording to the terms Of the bond, not
later than March 1st.
The Topeka group comprises six
claims, has three ledges, and is one of
a number Of promising properties to-
gether, being near the Alberta, Town
site, Elbhorn and Hercules. The To-
peka has a tunnel IT'S feet in length,
crosscuts on the ledge and numerous
open cuts on the surface.
Montana, gold, California, 4,2l6, $50.
There are scores Of recorded divi-
dend-paying. mines that have yielded
from one million to over three millions
Of dollars to the good. among which is
the Tonopah, Nevada, which pays
about Sl5O.00O each month, and which
has totaled in dividends So, 900, 900.
Mines OF Other Days.
And those other mines, Of 0ther days;
the COmstOck In Nevada. which created
the bonanza kings, Sharon, Mackey,
Flood and O'Brien, and which made
fame and fortune for Adolph Sutro, the
brainy engineer, The old Silver King
Of Arizona, which yielded nearly $50,
600, 200 and which is being reworSed at
present.
Old Tuolumne aal Amador, III Do
rado and Placer, Butte and Sierra, Me-
yada and Trinity, and Shasta and Sis
kiyou, what riches of adventure and
gold their mountains do tell of placers
and lost rivers, and Of the rolling and
tunbling and p.g cleanups of the days
Of hydraulic mining about Dutch Flat
and Cold Run and on the American,
Bear fuia, Feather and sacramento
rivers 80 wonder tAai Rlete hart's
tales never become OIL No wonder
that California Is sFer new in Ms hls.
toly 9f discovering and development
Golaseok'nF, net io love, * the
sweetest sf.IY ihsi Yer Nas iold th'
story tnai 0..el grows o|f.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-23

THE VANGUARD.


Now brutal winds have ceased to rage
Amid the wintry bowers.
And Ger the domes of ruined woods
Come back the balmy hours.
Thick-strewn, amid the grassy meads,
As stars within the skies,
Sweet troops of laughing violets
Unveil their tender eyes.
Again the tinkling April shower
Makes music on the shingles,
Whose mystic burden brings the bliss
That with our childhood mingles.
And still an eldrich chorus reeps
From every sedgy tarn,
And wheeling swallows build again
Within the ancient barn.
Anon the wilding rose will come
To make the zephyrs swoon,
And bend above h messy bank
Where silver ripples Groom;
And fleets of gorgeous butterflies
Will spread their painted wings
And sail Ger leafy palaces
Wherein the robin sings.
Again the loving honeysuckle
VIII clasp the happy porch,
And the poppy, in each sunny nook,
Still wave its little torch;
And daisies, in the morning air
Will shed their dewy breath,
And every warbler sing of life
And nothing hint of death.
In bird and flower I trace the tints
OF hopes eternal ray,
Prophetic elves, that finger still
In life's embattled way;
That whisper of a paradise,
The toiling years shall give,
When grief. and hate, and fear shall
die
And only love shall live.
AUGUSTUS WATTERs.%
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-23

q new era in street transportation will have been inaugurated, the Importance
81 which is now only dimly realized. Every great change is adopted with esi-
and reluctance, ant this me hast en a Ion time coming partly by reason
OF steam railroad and express company. opposition n partly public ditrust
Evidently he railroad companies AVE come to believe that trolley freight will
10 a valuable feeder for their lines, as the trolley roads nov are for their IA
engr traffic, for they offered no opposition to the passage of the trolley freight
act b " III Legislature. Public ditrust has also largely disappeared. Therew was.
fact,n o question before tn Legislature except as to terms n the conditions
Of the grant are neither too generous MOI too unwisey restricted. 1t remains
O for the populous municipalities ad the trolley companies to make reason
able eenen and each 1argem municipality will be governed DIM the matter by
its local conditions m needs. Certan considerations will De held in view
There must be n impairment of the passenger service n denial of necessary
improvement for the riding public, no increased congestion at congested points
In a crowded city like Newark, with every street corner a grade crossing it
will b. a difficult TASK to conform new neightcarryfng system that shall be
efficient to the convenience and safety O. human travel on the carsan streets
Justify large expenditures for btterments and extensions. But, undoubtedly,
h introduction If trolley freights will hasten the day for a Newark subway
system
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-23
A DEMAND FOR A SPECIAL SESSION.

A loud cal is made by the New Idea leaders in Essex upon Governor Fort
TO redeem what is claimed "a a promise in his message +. the Legislature on
III subject Of elecHonlaw legislation to call a special session if his recon-
nendations were 10 carried u The meeting Of the Essex League last night
furnished the first opportunity for a formal expression of the sentiment of the
leaders, and it brought u some vigorous expressions. The league chairman
will write ito the Governor on the subject. But it does not appear how the wishes
Of the league al De graufed by the mere calling of a special session. There
is no strength in n demand IN thu Legislature tina is not backed by expressed
public sentiment Governor Hughes Of New York, called a special session to
procure al enactment oil a subject that he who'll State vas aroused about
THERE is not the slightest evidence of such a interest in New Jersey as to
extending primary nominations to elections for Governor and congressman.
Members of the Legislature are moi conscious of such interest among their con-
stituents, and they would not be inclined to accept ssurane at Trenton that
1t existed, nevertheless. If called into special session to do what their con-
stituents have not asked Them to do and what they are not inclined to- they
would b in a resentul mood, ant the result oft the special session would be nil
But other matters, to be brought up in a special session, are limited at The
Governor may convene a Legislature, but I'M conhne 1t to n one object A
session nee begun might take up IN an all questions and be prolonged in
definitely One house cannot adjourn sine die without the other and the As
senby might repeat III legislative experiences in 1907, when the session did not
finally adjourn until October II.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-23
III TAX QUESTION AT OCEAN GROVE.

In all cases of New Jersey railroad properties held m perpetual leases by
foreign railroad corporations the latter pay the axes and the nominal owners
mated In the bond" that the lessee companies are to assume all charges on the
property and maintain it in good condition. At Ocean Grove the lot-holders
are lcssees OF the Camp Meeting Association, under leases running ninety-nine
sell or assign, but only subject to lease and to he conditions of the ease, so
that the association possesses the fee There is no agreement int the lease that
the lot-hoder shall pay the taxes ut there las been collected from him by the
association an annual assessment of $1,000 per lot Until last year no township
or county taxes were paid by Ocean Grove property, but, by a decision by the
Supreme Court. the exemption was made Illegal ant the Monmouth County Tax
Board assessed the tax OF the lot-hoders, a owner The State Board OF
Equalization % declares that the assessment amounting to $4,000, should BIZ
upon the association, as the owner of the fe, since there is no covenant lin the
lsase by which the lessee agrees o pay the tax, There is little difference in
fact between n Ocean Grove property lease an actual ownership, but there
may be all the difference in the world in the view of the law defining property
ownership. The lease system a adopted when no public axes were assessed
and when the association believed II had exemption in perpetuiyg and hence nc
agreement a inserted in the lease, which form of ownership a adopted
simply for restrictive purposes. The tax question now is a vital one If the
courts shall sustain the Judgment Of he Stat Board. a radical change of gov
eminent may be looked for at Ocean Grove.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-23
Will Soon Be Equal, If Not
Superior, Even to that
of England.
BY CAPTAIN A. T. MAHAN.

TEW persons realize what the APP
pearance of such a navy as that
which Germany Is building means
in international affairs. The question.
indeed, Is not what she intends; like
other governments, she may to some
extent live from hand to mouth, though
probably not so much so as others.
The question is: What will she be able
to do with such a force? That is her
meaning; the ~expediency of an unknown
future, as yet contingent and impossible
to foresee.
But though contingencies are beyond
our ken, it is perfectly movable. and
absolutely sure, that, should they be
~unfavorable, she. with a d~ecisively SUI
perior navy, will have the whip hand.
To cite instances, to illustrate in detail
how navies built for one purpose have
insensibly been led to assert decisive
effect in very different quarters, passes
the limits of this writing. Thus it
was, without malice prepense, that the
navy of Cromwell, built for the narrow
seas, was drawn. almost despite him
self, to the Mediterranean, and there
in his strong hands, followed by Will
lam III. and Marlborough, changed the
~ VI 8aiVp dfiu oifoPCo it vi
the destinies of America.
Is there any thoughtful man who does
not see that the great international
questions of this present day are shap-
Ing far outside of the narrow seas, al
though it is quite possible that they
may be decided there? Europe Is full
and overflows. So writes Captain A.
II. Mahan In Golfers for May.
Should such unhappy conjecture arise,
only sweet power can control the issue.
If the United States should find herself
d~ecisively inferior on the sea, she either
must acquiesce without resistance,
though not without remonstrance. or,
resisting with inadequate means, be not
only beaten IN the main issue, but her
commerce strangled by blockade. 1t
may be apprehended, too, that, follow
ing recent experiences, she may have to
pay the war bills of both sides. 1t
would seem almost better, upon the
whole, to spend such indemnity before
hand. ~pocketing the results ourselves, in
a navy adequate to prevent such humil-
be p~rovocation of further future trouble.
The alternative. of paying later the
price of the navy which shall have put
you in a hole, does not commend itself
as a palatable draft; not to speak of
the reversal of a permanent national
policy. deliberately adopted, and main
tanned through near three generations.
There Is. besides. the question Of our
property at Scarcely 1--WE years
."".
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-23


fly screens and they fit; that knows how to give the o castor
OIL for she won't take it from a spoon LIKE a person; that rigs ID
a reel for his avn hose instead of ha ngng it IN a hook to spring a leak:
that lays hs own cement walk ad tops the steps just a little tut o gee
tut look how little it all cost him; that builds his own mission furniture which
has to be moved with a py when hey sweep; that paints everything about
hsp place that paint will stick to-; that takes his clock apart to clean it in
stead of souang the works into gasoline thu way the fellow does hatc comes
AROUND to the house5 tina an fix the door bnw hent won't ring and las
all the locks and hinges n the place 81 that they pretty near work Of them
selves. You know the Handy Man, don't you?
Well, 1 dont like him, says Eugene Wood in a humorous artice appearing
in Hampton's Magazine for May
/ have a fiend who. 1 IN sorry % relate. is that way every chance HI
gets He makes a good living b. honoraby doing what sn Of the least
account tin life but just to show o. his DIV instincts; he's ven move my
Law just for the fun of it, Think of that, will you? Moved my lawn just
for the III IF it! r. sa #
I said to him, Ed I says, what makes you do that way2"
"Oh, 1 don't know" he answered, in a sheepsh kind of a way; IL
like to-"
Now" 1 said, that's no answer Why d. you like to" For the exer-
cse?"
well, some, 1 spose" he told me- and got red in the face. But it isn't
that SO much. I like to work with my hands; that's about he amount Of it."
I repeat l. don't like the Handy Man at ALL But you understand as well
as do that all my mockery Of him las been an efert to get revenge for all
his mockery of me and my thumbhand edness In my hearto Of hearts l must
w u that III our presenth high estate is ron his handerat.
The erected MAJ must frt ave hands that could relieve h jaws from
holding things ere ever the wide stretching mouth could shorten n dcontract
enough to form h sounds of speech. No story writer has ever dared to
make hsc astaway IN a desert. island as naked and empty-handed as were
our far-of ancestors when they landed OF this planet not a penny In their
pockets, and 10 pockets. Ready to perish were or fathers, Ill the way
along, from The first taking of a flint to give it a cutting edge to this day in
which the yielding air has finally been made a solid pathway for Dur travel
it las been the skinful hand tat has created for u a world to live fn-the
hand of the Handy Mar.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-23

President Taft is understood to dsfavor an income tai as a means OIL
Aldrich. and perhaps of a majority of the senators The question is largely sec
uonaL II is not a party one. The radical element of he Republican party mI
West demands an income tax and 1t is favored there also agricultural
interests al a mean of doing away in the future with many protective duties
q articles that the farmer buys In the manufacturing East where great in
dustral interests depend on the maintenance of protective duties sin the tariff, al
tax measure intended to rhse large revenue independent IF the customsh looked
upon with natural distrust. as furnishing a. reason for doing away with pro-
tectve duties. The West and South are growing fast and IS they grow their
power In legfdaton increases. The manufacturing States ike New Jersey and
Pennsylvania do not have the political power o that they had when the Me-
Kjnlsy tariff bill enacted. ad they will have still less power in tho future
The tncons-tax question, therefore, has a indirect but important bearing onl
~ srssuon Of tariff protection.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-23
significance of the German Macy to
the Interests Of the United States

~
have passed since, after long negotia-
ton, we freed ourselves from our en-
gagements with Great Britain, and OBJ
tanned, automatically, the free manage
ment and control of the canal. Con-
troll, however, is a mockery in terms
when confronted by a superior navy. As
toward Great Britain, we have other
meal of pressure should occasion
arise; toward any other European
power we have only our navy.
! l fear that the people of the United
states are less concerned than their
interest should prompt them to be by
this menace to another English-speak-
ing community, in the welfare of which
we have a great stake; but I trust that
self-interest may rouse them to the
fact that a ~portentous International
fact, and factor-that Is, maker of fur
Their facts-has come rapidly into exist
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-23
THE BEST STORY or THE DAY

III "a HEN Mr.. al was in thu South. a Cracker" did him some small
WV service, which vas paid TO, and, like he man, orgotten Some time
after the President elect observed a seedy Individual hanging about
he golf links
rs there anything yu would lke?" Mr.. Taft presently asked, good
naturedly, having just made a wonderful drive
Thar sho is. Aid k to see yo inauguratedt" h Cracker announced,
d vas Instantly frightened almost to death at his own daring.
in Washington On March A. He had never been ten miles away from his home
cabin before.
Upon his return a neghbor inquired. - F
what var h nose remarkably thing bout te whole shebang Bud %"
Bud elected a stream of tobacco juice with precision.
ME bdn' thar, he replied with emphasis-Earpegs Weekly.