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progress temporarily. At this moment
Mr.. Carter noticed another bear run
ming OF from another part Of the
apiary., He took 4 shot at It, but must
have missed, as no sign of blood was
found afterward: The first bear which
he had wounded soon regained its feet
and got so close to Mr.. Carter ~ to
strike sat him vigorously with one Of
its paws. fMrs Carter bounded 5be-
hind an' adjacent tree. where he got
Id two more Shots frdm his rifle b.
foge dc bedr tbdldss hinh .tk fk4ss,. i !,
bullets put On end TO bruiA The boaIs
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WANTED TO Meet HIM AGAIN
Patriarch Had Something to Say 20
Man Driving a Big Red
Automobile. .

The Stranger a singular
looking old fellow sitting out there
on the fence. He seems quite a patris
arch.
The Native-Yep. He's been sittin'
thar fer three years.
"Three years. Good gracious!
There must be an interesting story in
volved in this. Ii he waiting for
something?"
yep. He's waiting fer tall feller
drivin' big red autymobile. He came
by bout three years ago an ruined
over tn old mans calf. The feller
stopped an said: What's the dam
age?' an the old man said, Bout
leven dollars and the feller gave him
a twenty an drove on. An tn old
mans sittin' over there waitin' for
him to come back"
"Eh! Poor old chap. Forgot to
thank the man, suppose. But what's
he got that shotgun for?"
"The twenty tn feller gave him was
bad" =
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strap which they had seen in Mrs..
Williams house, and it was secured.
Just who placed the strap about Gi-
rard's neck and how he was suspend
ed from the limb could not be learned.
After leaving Girard in his perilous
position, the little brother and the lit
tie Green boy went into the house.
Where is Girard, boys?" asked
Miss Green, a sister Of the little boys
father.
HE is out in the back yard hang
ing to a tree!" was the innocent re-
ply.
With the gravest OF fears, Miss
Green and a servant rushed out of
the house and into the back yard. The
sight that met their gaze sent a thrill
of horror through their minds. Gi-
rard was tied SO high that it was i'm
possible to cut the strap, and the
servant was compelled to break the
limb, and let him down as tenderly
as possible. She then unbuckled the
strap from about his neck.
Girard was unconscious. his NUS
cles were rigid and his face was al
most purple from strangulation. He
was tenderly borne into the house
and physicians were called.
The little boy was still unconscious
when the physicians arrived. Some
bromide was administered, ice was
placed about his head, and a vigorous
mechanical massage was given; and
the physicians succeeded in bringing
Girard back to consciousness.
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THE FIGHT COMMENCED IN EARNEST.

rifles to the spot whence it came.
what a sight met our eyes! There was
Forget" holding on to a bush with
both his hands while one of the young
lions had hold of his foot pulling as
hard as he could in the opposite direc-
tion. Although blood was streaming
from the lions jaws. all of us laughed.
Things went from bad to worse, when
a particular friend of "Forgets" got
hold Of the lions tail and helped
things by pulling it. Up to this time
the young lion was only eating For
gets" foot in a friendly way and
seemed to enjoy the fact that we all
stood around and looked on, as we
had often done at feeding time.
AS soon as the lions tail was
tugged 1t turned on it's tormentor with
a roar and struck him down with its
paw. Forget" jumped up, drew his
knife, and thrust it into the animals
side, killing it instantly. The poor na-
tive's foot was indeed badly chewed.
Forget said, after his foot had
been dressed, you were a friend of
the young lions. Why did you kill
it,"
"Baas," he answered, 1T is too
much to expect me to continue the
friendship by feeding the lion with
my own foot"
found out later that Forget" liv-
ing up to his reputation, had forgot
ten to feed the cubs, and, one getting
very hungry, and no doubt thinking it
made no difference, started to eat its
foster fathers foot while he was
asleep. The other cub got very quar-
relsome after it lost its brother. sold
it to an agent Of the Antwerp Zoolog-
ical Gardens, where it 10 believe to
thia Aav
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Birds Bear Love: Mail Slow.

= Winsted, Conn.-David Cohen, who
recently came here from New York
to manage a clothing business. will
send love letters to his 1iancee in New
York by carrier pigeon instead of bv
mail. He has received q dozen nj.
geons for that purpose, one of which
took prize at recent show in New
York. Mr.. Cohen refused to diyulse
his sweethearts name or street nd.
Dress: BY rail to New York it 10 III
miles, and It takes four hours for. the
fastest trains to carry = letter there.
BJ air line the: distance y consider
ably eshorters md Nr. Cohen has ne.
ured that he can beat Unele Sans a.
livery system By more than an hosr.
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Bear Hugs a Babv.

Walla Walla, Wash.-When Angelo
Locati, an Italian farmer near Mil
ton, Ore, heard screams from his two
year-old son he ran into the house
to find the child in the embrace of a
small black bear. A vigorous kick
caused the bear to release its hold.
Aside from a few scratches the
child was uninjured. The cub weighed
IS pounds and had evidently strayed
from his hills and wandered into the
house through the door which stood
open.
The bear rafded Locati's chicken
coop before entering the house and
killed five chickens. Locau is keep
ing the bear as a pet.
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REVENGE.
The Retort Crushing.

The Retort Crushing.
The late Peleg w. Chandler, who
was hard of hearing, was one of the
most effective of wartime speakers.
Every occasion illustrated his elo-
quence and demonstrated the quick
ness of his repartee. At one meet
ing he was frequently interrupted by
blackguard at the rear Of the hall.
who kept shouting: why don't you
60 yourself?" For a time Mr.. Chand-
ler's deafness prevented him from
catching the exact nature of the in
terruption of which he had been for
some time conscious. At last, MI.
Chandler caught the words of the dis
turber. Then, in the mildest accents,
which emphasized the force Of the
words, he said: young man, IL my
ears were as good as yours, and as
long as yours, shouldn't be here to.
night"
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AYpotheticab.

let me-" said the stranger at tho
baseball gate, TASK you a hypothetical
question"
Go ahead"
"Supposing that I had ten cents,
and desired to witness an exhibition
Of the manly sport inside the en-
closure, the price being Is cents; and
supposing that were to approach you
for Is cents necessary to fruition Of
my hopes, what would you say?"
That's easy. I'd say: Lend me the
10 cents as have just Is myself, and
am q rabid fam"
Thus, after all this subtle eloquence,
there was nothing doing.
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to return the dogs at night. Mr.. Car.
ter was awakened about midnight by
a noise which came from his orchard.
where his bee colonies were located.
He quickly OWNED that a bear raid
was on. He grabbed q rife and hur-
rted out of the house toward the
.apiary. .-.-...
= He took sudden backward jump
when q big black bear ROSE upon its
hind feet IRON behind 4 beehive and
Pstarted toward him. Mi. Carter fired
ut the animal 1t close range: Tha
bullet wounded bruin and Stoned hin
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CHILD IS HANGED |
. + BY HIS PLAYMh1ES
!. BOYS ARE TOO osK1t1llsr'c i! 4 " y, CA. i
FRYING OUT SCENE Of NOV:
r ling PICTURE SHOW, j
DOCTORS ~SAVElITTLEFEEL0W
x :! :,
Lad Is Unconscious and Almost Pur-
pie from stranpuiation When
Finally Discovered Suspend :
ed from Limb Of Tree.

Atlanta, Ga.-An attempt to carry
out scene in a moving picture show.
where hanging occurred, came near
proving, fatal for Girard Williams,
aged six years, the little son of Mr..
and Mrs. M. G. Williams the other aft
ernoon, when he was left hanging to
q tree by strap fastened about his
neck, in the back yard Of his grand
mother, Mrs. W.. A. Williams, on
Spring street. - $->,t
When taken down, the little boy
was blue in the face, every muscle
was rigid and he was in an uncon-
sctous condition. Four physicians
were hurriedly called, and after work
ing heroically for two hours, the lit
tie fellow began to regain conscious
ness. With perfect quiet and rest, the
physicians state, there 10 q good
chance for his recovery.
Girard, together with his little
brother and Philip Green, a neighbor's
boy, all about the same age, were
playing in the back yard of Mrs. VIII
dams, the former children's grand
mother, shortly after noon, when it
was suggested, it is said, that they
carry out the adventures Of a man
flashed upon the curtain of a moving
picture theater. In this play the lit
tie boys had seen man hung up to
a tree by his neck. and afterward cut
down, without suffering any evil ef-
fects.
A tree, with inviting limb and a
convenient coal house, is located in
the back yard. All that was needed
was a rope or strap with which the
experience of the man in the moving
picture show could be initiated. The
little fellows fhonpht Of q loafhor
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A Grand Sight at a Waterhole.

~ vi dt'u olyiIl d. d VdternOIe.
1t was long wait and was almost
asleep, half dreaming, when the gen.
tie touch Of the shikaree brought me
back to business. He pointed across
the vlei. There was q slight noise. A
second or two later the broad horns of
a buffalo bull showed through the
leaves, and then came a COW with q
calf. They came to the water and
drank. I did not shoot, as I wanted
one Of the smaller antelopes. A little
later, as though by signal, eland, wa
terbuck, koodoo, duiker, wi1debeest,
blue wildebeest, reedbuck, impala.
blesbok, oribi, giraffe, and dozens of
other animals too numerous to men
ton came down to the vlei.
It was a grand scene; all these
graceful animals, as beautiful as
though they had stepped out of book
of fairy tales, mingling in perfect
friendship. There was not a quarrel
among them. The big-eyed, aristo-
cratic-looking pookoo rubbed horns
with the stately lechwe as they put
SASAI SAeoAs 6ASteA4u8 AOseS AutO the
cool, inviting water. was lost in ad-
miration. hated to disturb the beau
tiful scene by q shot.
All at once. like an arrow from the
tree above shot the form of a leopard
onto the back Of buffalo calf. In 4
fash there was a wild stampede. All
ran but the buffalo COW, the mother of
the calf. When the calf was struck it
fell either dead or unconscious. and
the snarling leopard stood over its
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German museum. When We reached
suitable hunting grounds we camped
and set out daily in different direc-
tions In small parties, German SCI
enlist accompanying each. One morn
Ing shikaree came in with the news
that the weld little way to the north
was covered with game. The hunters
with their rifles and the scientists
with their notebooks and cameras, set
out, making a wide detour. We d.
vlded into parties, a shikaree at the
head of each, with the exception of
those two which van Reenan and N.Y.
self commanded. We soon reached
the game. There seemed to be thou
sands of every variety on the weld.
Huge eland, beautifully striped zebras,
hartebeest, impala, koodoo, gemsbok,
springbok, in fact there seemed to be
congress of all the antelope in A.
RIGA.
On the outskirts near clump of trees
a number of giraffe lowered above the
rest of the animals. Van Reenan set
out in their direction and the rest of
us waited till the other men started
shooting on the opposite side of the
weld, thus driving the herds in our di.
rection.
After a long, firing wait of four
hours, the cracking of rifles in the
distance brought US to attention and
told Us that the work of death had
commenced. Every head on the weld
was raised; every animal, for Sec
ond, was still and silent as statue.
Then. with one accord, they turned
and came galloping toward us, the
ground trembling under the thunder
of their hoofs.
With the magazines of our rifles full
We waited till the animals came into
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FORCED TO GUARD BEEHIvES'

apiary in the Boiling neighborhood. had
an exciting experience with two
honey-loving bears recently. He has 4
pack of bear dogs which have been
used principally to guard his bees
against the attacks Of bruin. The ken
mel Of these dogseis' close to the hives,
and no bear cared to venture close to
the spot. 'As neighbor borrowed the
pack to trail down some bears that
had been giving him trouble and failed
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1hat's a Reason.

''Take of your coat, Herkimer,"
said the boss, in kindly tones, as he
directed the electric fan little more
toward himself.
Herkimer Hoskins blushed furi-
ously.
Thank you, SIR" he said, "but-er
the fact is, my wife makes my
Shirts"
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." Search for the pel'eaey Bears IN
Texas Destroy Apiariss by "
Wholesale.

The beekeepers Of the Wharton sec
ton in Texas frequently suffer losses
from the depredations OF bears. Vari-
aect tho apiaries xvom thG javaattoM Of
ehese" animals.
Henry Carter. who has q larxe
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had completely destroyed his apiary
before he arrived on the scene Mem.
phis Commercial-Appeal. -.'''s. .-.'-'

:. "A friend OF mine came across i M
tive sitting in the veranda of i house
from which sroans proceeded" Mr.. e.
Thurston stated at tho British Royal
Society Of Arts in . lecture on the M,
dves OF southern India. HE learned
that the mans wife was sitting on .
'swine studded With sharp malls "a 81
'dsrst5 -csrs !hini 'by syulstA ~ mstie,
Of some 6iaing ailment!s e -, -s:-s
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dizzy speEf0neA terrible condition Of
the kidnSy seereti etioepns,.< ~ eots soi mis-
erablex,1 xent7to :bss put ne doctor
did not do anything for mes<and no
one expected me torscoyer. Doan's
Kidney Pills first relieved, then cured
me, and have had no kidney trouble
for seven years since."
Sold by all dealers. 80 cents a box.
Foster-Milburn Co.. Buffalo, NJ, 7.
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Not Noticeable.

NOT Notbcea6Je.
Little Nose Lamblack-De teacheh
done sent me home, nanny, cause
you didn't wash nah face.
Mrs. hanback, (angrily)-You fool
chile, what 70 you done tole her
didnt?-Illustrated Sunday Magazine.
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Little children are suffering every day
h the year with sprains, bruises, euts,
day in the year, the world over.
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WHEN YOUR BACK ACHES
L lsra Warning That the Kidneys Aro
- ! Sick and Nssds Help.

A bad back makes every day 4 dull
round Of pain and misery. ItS.a sim
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The
Capture of
Le0pards
and Smaller
Game
By Capt. Ftjtz Duquesne

UST as one can tell
when a rhinoceros
Is near by observing
the little rhinoceros
birds that follow it
to feed on it's lice,
so it is easy to tell
the vicinity of large
c2rnivora by the
vultures that hover
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. the kidneys are sick
;and cannot keep up
: hsr rslne,E.ef q y! ending
'ta5ksof 62oering the
blood. Lame back.
bA8k
sna and urinary;
d1orqers are warn.
t4ge.that mast:.=:not
81 overlooked. A,
q sSmith. i4&c:,E.
Mtqs, st., Liberty,
AllsAs: IL 6ys: u: :Was
rtc1lIsl9xawithC & pain.
gig al.l a9dl!,:1alea had
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Don't offer odds to the elevator boy
or he'll take you up.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-06-25
WILL BUILD TWO WAREHOUSES;
Donald Grant & Co. to Make
Headquarters in Shoshone

Donald Grant & Co.. are a busy set
of men these days having the contract
for the completion of the electric rail
road from Jerome to Miner on their
hands while at the same time they are
Just entering on the important work of
building the canals for the Clover Greek
segregation in the western part of the
county. But it seems that is not suf-
ficient for this enterprising firm for
they still have on hand the completion
of the two big reservoirs located about
three and five miles north west of the
Newman Brothers ranch or a short
distance south west of shoshone. These
reservoirs or lakes are on the Twin
Falls North Side high line canal and it
will take the Grants year to con
struct them. To expedite matters they
are arranging to build one large or two
small warehouses in Shoshone on west
Rail street, one part for groceries and
one for hay and grain W. C. Milligan
their purchasing agent was up from
Gooding Tuesday to make arrangements
for these buildings. If Mr. MiIligan Is
to attend to the business of the com
pany both at Gooding and Shoshone ne
will have his hands full, indeed. There
is no fear but what the Grants will
have their contracts finished on time
and probably long time before. They
have faculty of doing things in
hurry and making time in the face of
difficulties seemingly insurmountable. I
1t is their custom to receive premiums I
for the completion of contracts ahead
Of time rather than paying penalties
for being behind on contracts.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-06-25

from II to Is men on the pay roll all
the season. The power employed will
be 30 horse power electric motor pro-
vided by the Shoshone Light and Water
company.
The machinery for the plant has been
ordered from Chicago and is on the
way. 1t will be first class and up to
date in every particular. 1t sexpected
here within ten days. The first kiln
will hold 100, 900 and it is hoped will be
ready for delivery in 30days.
An immense amount of this product
will be used right here in Shoshone and
building after building will start up as
soon as the bricks can be delivered.
If sand mold red pressed brick do not
spell a greater Shoshone then the lack
;,p letters viii be Forthcoming in due
time.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-06-25
BRICK YARD FOR sH0sH0NE
Plant With Capacity of $4,000
A Day will be Installed

A new brick plant for Shoshone is an
assured fact. 1t will turn out sand
raold pressed red brick with a maximum
capacity of so. 900 day.
The proprietor is Harold Pitts of
Minneapolis, Minnesota. and he will
place in charge of the mechanical de-
partment, man who has had 80 years
experience as supt. in the brick plants
of Menominee, Wisconsin, and knows
The business from beginning to end.
Six acres of land have been secured
on west Rail street beyond Borden's
corner and close to the rail road and a
spur track will be provided later for
convenience.
Shoshene clay is about the best to be
had anywhere and the bricks turned
out will be the same as are used in
building ten story buildings in Mimi
eapoIis, MINI.
From careful and conservative esti-
mates Mr.. Pitts concludes that over
]. 900, 900 bricks will be soldin Shoshone
alone this season. The plant will keep
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-06-25

same burden as the same persons are
the tax payers largely in each case.
Again it IS the policy of all growing
cities to as nearly as possible keep
their public buildings in group. This
we now have, the high school building,
Court house, and opera house being in
a group that is a credit to our expand
ing community. Let US keep it so.
There is nothing that will go as far
to keep children in school and make
them interested in going to school as
the having of beautiful and well kept
school buildings and school grounds.
The grounds we now have are sur
rounded by trees that are pride to US
and have taken a generation to grow.
The generation now going to school are
enjoying these trees and it Is help to
keep them in school. Remove the
school grounds to the rocky ridge west
of our town and neither the present
generation nor the next generation will
live long enough to see trees growing
about the school building and the
building surrounded by shade. And if
trees would grow there after the ex-
pense of blasting out holes in the
rocks and placing earth there, how
much will it COST
Certainly our school at least should
be in the center of our population and
not in portion where all population
must come from a distance to the
school. Let us keep the building as
nearly as possible in the center of our
community.
FRANK 7. DISNEY.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-06-25
Mil and Brick Yard for Hepburn.

The Touring mill being constructed at
Hepburn by Henry Schodde and others
is being rushed along at lively rate in
order to be ready for grinding the new
wheat crops by the first of October. 1t
will cost S22, 600 and will have a capac-
ity os 50 barrels day. This is not the
only improvement for Hepburn as they
have brick plant in operation that is
turning out their product on rush orders
and they have orders in sight for
700, coo bricks. What these two enter
prises mean for Hepburn can readily be
understood by any one.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-06-25
BRICK BLOCK GOING UP SOON
Walnut Street to Put on Metro
politan Airs

Westward the march of empire takes
its way is to be modified somewhat in
the case of Shoshone's business growth
which is to be DETECTED somewhat to-
ward the south or in the direction of
the court house.
Fred w, Gooding has bought the
Wernicke corner just south Of the Wer-
nicke hardware store and the two
gentlemen will proceed to build two
fine business houses of new Shoshone
brick, the same to connect and form a
continuous front with the building
A. |. Mcmahon is constructing on the
alley corner to the north.
The two buildings will be two stories
high with plate glass fronts and in
finish and style there viii be something
doing.
On Tuesday morning o. ]. Brennan
left check on Mr.. Disney table cover
ing the price of the center business LOT
of the Horton block and Mr.. Disney has
withdrawn from market the lot next
toward the south alley and as conse-
quence there will be built in the i'm
mediate future four fine brick business
blocks forming continuous front from
the corner of Walnut and Post streets
south toward the court house. From
the corner south the buildings viii be
owned by Messrs. Merritt, Vreden-
burgh, Brennan and Disney and Wal
ters.
Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1909-06-25
Cement Walk. for North Side.

The citizens of the north side are
waiting for the grade and line report of
the city engineer to be acted on by the
next meeting of the city Board before
beginning laying cement sidewalks on
their side of the river. The south side
is pretty well supplied with the finest
cement walks in creation and now the
north side folks will take up tie work
and make their part of town as desir-
able as the other.