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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
TRINIDAD MINUS ELECTRICITY
Explosion of Transformer at Trinidad,
Col, Starts Fire, Resulting in
T.occ

Trinidad, Col, June s.-Virtually
every branch of industry in this city
and neighboring towns is at stand
still as a result of the destruction of
the new power house of the Southern
Colorado Power company. .An explo-
sion in the transformer started a fire,
which wiped out the plant, causing a
loss by reason of the destruction of the
building and machinery alone of more
than 100000.
The fire is nothing short of calam-
ity to Trinidad and dependent towns,
as it cuts off the power which operated
the local and interurban electric lines,
lighting plant, newspaper plants, foun-
dries and factories.
The blow will be severely felt by
the Colorado Fuel & Iron company and
by the Victor Fuel company and sew
eral smaller coal companies, all of
which will have to cease operations
in many localities.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11

Inland Empire amounted to $4,000 900
In 1908. 1t viii be 100000, 900 in 1912.
by which time several million trees
set out in the last two years will come
into bearing and Others planted be-
tween 1908 and 1906 will have reached
maturity.
This is only the beginning of the
fruit industry in this part of the coun-
try, where millions Of acres of land.
now tlecked with the dusty green of
sagebrush, is awaiting the refreshing
moisture to make it blossom like the
proverbial rose. Irrigation will do
much more for the growing crops than
rain, as the natural element gives
nothing except moisture, while the
waters diverted from the mountain
sides bring with them new fertility.
Much of this land, now not worth more
than few dollars an acre, will then
readily be salable at from $3.50 to
$500 an acre, according to location and
the character of the soil. That is the
history of lands in the now famous
Yakima, Wenatchee, Spokane, Okan-
ogan, Colville, Bitter Root and Snake
river valleys, where the incomes from
fruit range from $3.50 to $4,000 an acre.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
Blue Arc Light Heals wounds.

New York, June 5.-Dr. Rudolph
Richter reports in a medical journal
that sunlight and dry air have been
proved to have powerful healing eff
feet upon various kinds of wounds.
But as dry air and sunlight are not
to be had everywhere, DR.. Richter has
provided a good substitute by employ
ing blue arc light.
This consists of an arc light with a
blue glass pane. The wounds are sub
jected to the light for half hour
daily. Such exposures lead to very
rapid drying of wounds and are fol
lowed by the formation of scars. The
diminution of pain following exposure
to the rays is said to be especially re
markable. DR.. Richter reports favor
able results in treating plain granulated
wounds, suppurating wounds and espe
cially chronic wounds.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
Legal Information
Observation-Disclosures


In Cunningham VS.. Castle, Ill New
York Supplement, 1867, plaintiff was
injured by an automobile which the
chauffeur had been granted permission
to use for his own pleasure by the own
err Plaintiff recovered judgment In
the lower court, but on appeal the New
York Supreme Court reversed 1t, on
the ground that the chauffeur was not
engaged in any business of defendant
at the time of the injury, and that the
permission to use the machine made no
difference as to defendants liability
The Alabama statutes of 1907 regu-
latlng freight and passenger rates ON
intrastate business were declared IN
valid as denying due process Of law by
the United States Circuit Court, In
Central Of Georgia Railway Company
VS. Railroad Commission Of Alabama,
161 Federal Reporter, OBJ The pro-
ceedings were to enjOin the State OH
GERS from enforcing these statutes. The
defense was that this was an action
against the State, and beyond the Jur-
isdiction Of the Federal courts. The
court held otherwise.
Plaintiff and her brother we're the
only heirs under their mothers will,
which gave the brother practically ev-
erything Plaintiff thereupOn entered
into an agreement by which she was to
receive one-thlrd the estate for not con-
testing the will. The will having been
duly probated without contest, the
brother tried to escape the compromise
agreement. In Blount vs. Dillawayv
IS Northeastern Reporter, ATT. the SUI
preme Judicial Court Of Massachusetts
held that, although a will contestant
had a statutory standing in the probate
court to enforce compromise agree-
ments, It did not prevent equity taking
Jurisdiction under these circumstances
and granting specific performances
against the executor.
The Wisconsin tenement house act
which provided that every tenement
house must have courts Of certain d.
mensions, and must be equipped with
1 the ordinary modern improvements as
to water supply common to cities hav-
ing public water and sewer systems.
and that any person violating the pro-
visions should be subject to fine or i'm
prisonment, was declared unconStitu
tional In Bonnet VS.. WALLER, 11G
Northwestern Reporter, 1856. The Wis
consin Supreme Court held that the
statute was such that an ordinary per-
son would relinqulsh his right to use
his real estate for tenement houses
rather than take the chances of vio-
lating the statute, and that the effect
of enforcing the penalties would be to
take property without due process Of
law
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
CAR FALLS 40 FEET TO RIVER
Engine and Tender Also Crash Through
Weak Oregon Bridge
Is Hurt.

Cottage Grove, Ore, June GA pas
senger train, consisting of an engine,
tender and one car, on the Oregon q
Southeastern railroad, on its return
trip from Wildwood and the Bohemia
mountains late Saturday night, went
through a bridge which spans Row river,
about five miles east of here.
About Is persons were injured and
w. H. Ostrander, the engineer, is ex-
pected to die. His chest was crushed
and he was internally injured.
The bridge collapsed in the center
and the car and tender went down and
were partially submerged. The prompt
ness of Engineer Ostrander, who
locked the brakes, saved the engine
from falling back on top of the
wrecked cars.
The bridge is 40 feet above the
water and it is considered miraculous
that in the mass of falling timbers no
one was killed.
About 10 feet of the rear end of
the passenger coach was submerged IN
the river. The uninjured, of whom
there we're few, did heroic work in
rescuing the injured. Owing to the
nature of the injuries of many of the
passengers and the peculiar position
which the car assumed, it was most
difficult to get out the MANNED and
bruised people.
Help from nearby farmhouses soon
arrived on the scene, but it was slow
work getting the injured out. The ar.
rival of the relief train made the task
somewhat easier, but it was only after
several hours work that the last OF
the injured was removed from the
| wreekage.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
FRENCH MEDAL FOR
AMERICAN PLUCK
Ambassador Lauds Spirit That Rebuilt
The City of San Fran
cisco, Cal.

San Francisco, Cal, June 7.--Another
manifestation of the historic good feel
ing between France and the United
States was expressed Saturday when
Ambassador Jusserand, on behalf of
the French government, presented to the
city of San Francisco a handsome gold
medal, commemorative of the restora-
ton of the city from the destruction
wrought by the earthquake and fire of
1906. The exercises took place in the
Orpheum building, beginning at half
past 10 O'Clock this morning. The
medal was accepted by the mayor of
the city, who responded fttingly to the
tribute of the French nation.
Impressive as was the medal itself,
the manner and words in which the
French ambassador presented it in
creased many fold the lesson of the
day.
D." Accept this gift, Mr.. Mayor" he
said, "and receive it you all, Amer.
lean citizens, in token that what once
was, still is; that we, French, continue,
as of old, to feel with you in your
moments of happiness or of anguish
and if l may be permitted to appro.
pirate the words of Mr.. Elihu Root
let me say in my turn, that we have
in France a feeling for America; and
sentiment, enduring among a people
is a great and substantial fact to be
reckoned with. Long live your city
and may continuous prosperity be the
lot of the American nation.
con the goth of April, 1906, we knew
but very imperfectly, in the east, what
was happening in the west, but
knew too well the American temper
to have any doubt as to what fight
against adversely your shores were
then seeing, and as to what resurrec
ton they would see later. The pas
life of a city, where pluck, energy
fearlessness are more common thar
even gold in her banks, supplied tn,
decision. All behaved as men ant
women of heart and honor. The pag,
written by the inhabitants of San
Francisco on the moving ashes of thei
dead city is not one that any wint
will ever sweep away"
Responding to the ambassador IS ad
dress, Mayor Taylor expressed, in be
half of the city, his grateful apprecia
ton of the French governments gift
alluded to the historic friendship of tn
two republics and in conclusion said:
"San Francisco begs you will assur
your government that it is with no pei
functory spirit she receives this media
but with spirit of gratefulness an
indeed of exultation, that so great
country as yours should deem GU
city worthy of it's especial regard an
favor. At the same time we can nc
but realize that while this medal
given to our own city, it is in larg
measure a gift to the people of tn
United States, and truly symbolic
that warm and enduring friendshi
which has for so long time existed b.
tween your country and mine. -
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
or1A MoNsTHRs McRnAsrno.

whether bite OF This Lizard IS Fn-
tally Poisonous 10 Man Unsettled.
"Naturalists who recently visited the
Mojave desert In Arizona say that
there has been an increase in the num-
Der Of gila monsters in that region"
said Dr. A. B. Cedron of Prescott,
Ariz., according to the Washington
Post.
These lizards are of great interest
to naturalists, for In spite Of investiga-
lions, authorities still differ as to
whether the bite of gila monster is
fatally poisonous. have had several
instances come under my observation
when men have been bitten by gila
monsters, but none ever died. In the
case of a gila monster biting a guinea
pig, however, the poison was fatal a
few minutes after the guinea pig had
been bitten. The natives of the South
west particularly the Indians Of Mex
leo, sincerely believe that the bite Of
gila is fatal to human being and
the lizard is held in much awe by
them.
IL ~ llkelyt uOWeNeIs tAut tHlS rear
is occasioned largely by the repulsiVe
appearance Of the reptile. The head il
very prominent, comprising about one
fifth of the total length of the body
and, like the back, is thlckly covered
with yellow and black tinted tubercles.
D 0! skin is very tough, and, although
bones of the tail are fragile, this
epn of the reptile Is very strong, 1t
ific, lg possible for the monster to raise
ion II and balance the body on the tip
a.. the tail, thus enabling II to climb
Ticks and steep ascents. There is no
doubt that the teeth lead to glands con-
tanning poison. 1t is very slow In its
movements, but 1t is not timld like
other reptiles. II one attempts to
strike the gila with a stick It viii
grasp the weapon in Its jaws like a
dog does. and when angered II emits
Its breath In a succession OF quick
gasps. 1t is supposed that the breath
of the gila has drug-like effect on In
sects, and as 1t can be detected at
considerable distance, It is believed
that this is the way 1t catches Its
food"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
HEADS aRooERs' ASSOCIATION
National Association Selects Thomas P.
Sullivan President, ]. w. Lux
Vice President.

Portland, Ore.-No contest developed
Saturday in the election of officers Of
the National Association of Retail Gro
GERS in convention in Portland. Without
opposition, Thomas P. Sullivan, mil
lionaire grocer of Chicago, was elected
president, and John W. Lux of st. Paul,
Mimi, vice president. H. W. Schwab
of Milwaukee, Wis, and John A. Green
of Cleveland, Ohio, were reelected treas
urer and secretary, respectively. A. H
Barth of Denver was selected as direc-
tor to succeed L. F. Padberg, st. Louis
Mo-, retiring.
The delegates adjourned sine die
after the election, selecting Springfield
ILL.,, as the convention city for 1910.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
SPOKANE MARKET-
Prices to Producers.


The following list may be taken as a
fair standard Of prices paid to pro-
ducers at Spokane:
Poultry-Live hens, lac; dressed, 17c
Id; live spring, lac; dressed, tic; old
ROSTERS, 10c; dressed, lie; live geese,
lac Id; dressed, 17c; live ducks, 14c;
dressed, zoe; fancy live turkeys, 22c;
dressed, csc.
Eggs-Fresh ranch eggs, $3.50.
Mutton-Dressed wethers, 1215c;
ewes, 1115c; lambs, lac.
Veal-Fancy small, lie ID; large,
THOSE lb; steers, live, $4.5O@5 cwt
up; dressed, 5000.
Fruits and vegetables-Potatoes, So
cwt; apples, use to $1.25 box; carrots,
s5@$1 cwt; beets, lac lb; dry on
ions 11s@2c lb; horseradish, 1870 lb,
Butter-Hazelwood creamery, s3c
ton, pressed ieweled telegrapher' s key
lb; Jersey Belle, 3oc.
Hay-Baled: Dat hay, SIS ton;
wheat hay, $1s ton up; alfalfa, SIS;
timothy, $1s.
Grain-Oats, $1.55 per cwt; barley,
$1.so per cwt; wheat, $1.4O per cwt.
Retail Feed, Grain and Hay Prices.
Straight bran, $l.4O per 100 lbs; al
falfa, 81 cwt; tiwiston Z, cwt, $l.oS;
t toOso h t,mUtsy Sliaetta team hay, fes
bundled oatnday by a score ST Ii t
~ ht-of-Way Agent 10,
sae d19q local. i IF the Northern Pac
sugar-oanejn the Kooskia sec
sugar for 81. right-of-way up
Retail le,e', the route roe
Tamarack and fr-lyy Ole
cord, So cord; in lots of hoOSfs, '$5.7s
cord; in ricks, $3.50 per r. *. ~
Pine wood-Four-foot single cord
$3.50; in lots of cords, $5.25 per cord;
in ricks, 1925 per rick.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
FARMS FOR THOUSANDS.
When the Three Reservations Are
Opened in August.


Number / will be the lucky man.
whether he wins first drawing for his
allotment in Occur d'Alene, Flathead
or Spokane Indian reservations, which
are opened for application July Is.
Number 2 and few hundred follow
ing who draw will be by no means un-
lucky men, in two of the three reser-
walton drawings, for there are thou
sands of acres of rich land to be
chosen.
g Well suited for the growing of
wheat, oats and barley and other small
grains, root crops and fruits.' So
writes James w. Witten, superintend-
ent of the opening and sale of Indian
reservations, in a pamphlet issued by
the government descriptive of the Occur
'Alene lands.
81 have no personal information as to
the character or productive quality of
these lands,' says Mr.. Witten, but he
appends to his pamphlet rainfall and
temperature records furnished by the
United States weather bureau, and tells
applicants what rules of application
must berigidly obeyed.
Veterans Are Helped.
1t is an advertisement designed not
to attract the many, but to draw the
honest settlers. Veterans of the civil
or Spanish wars are given certain
privileges, but they, as well as the or
diDorv opDl;con+ yn,,ct cryaor +boF +box
do not already own more than 100 acre:
of land and are not applying for theil
reservation land for any Spectator 4
ultimate benefit.
Commissioners appointed by the
| government have classified the lands
subject to entry in the Flathead res
ervation," reads the government pam
phlet, Gas follows: 4O,229 acres as agri
cultural lands of the first class; 1901!
acres as agricultural lands of the sec
ond class, and 6,1s9 acres as grazing
lands. These lands have been appraised
at $1.25 to So an acre. Their
are about 100000 acres in the Coeu
d 'Alene reservation, including the tim
bered lands and about $4,000
acres of the Spokane lands
classified as agricultural and subject t.
entry. The timbered lands in the Spo
kane reservation can not be entered.
1t is also stated that portions of tn
Flatbead reservation are withdraw
from entry under the reclamation act
the area of the lands so withdraw
not being stated.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
Pacific Northwest wheat.

Ritzville. -Bluestem, $1.10; red, 95c.
Davenport.-Bluestem, $1.15; club,
$1.00.
Tacoma.-Milling bluestem, $1,000
1.35; club, $1.14; export bluestem, $1.24;
club, $1.14; red, $1.09.
Portland.-Track prices; Club, $1.1s
@1,2O; choice milling bluestem, $1.2715
@1.sO; turkey red, $1.1s; red Russian,
$1.15; valley, SLIT.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
nnnsnl General to Return.

The resignation of R. J. Winnie
American consul general at London, is
onlv partly due to political cOnsidera-
ton. For personal and domestic rea-
sons he is to return to the United States.
He thought he ought not to stay out
of the country for more than three OF
four years, as his children were apt
70 grow up into Englishmen instead of
Americans. The English climate does
not suit his wife IS health, and his chill
dren are becoming too English to suit
tba views of a good American.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
Available Grain supplies.
''The Burgomaster. {"

Harry Hermsen win head the big
revival of "The Burgomaster," which
William P. Cullen viii present at the
Spokane theater June 10, Il and Is.
This clever comedian is in the role
of Peter Stuyvesant, governor Of New
Amsterdam, who sleeps for 200 years
and awakes to find himself in modern
New York.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
utah Lake Is FLOODING land.

Salt Lake, June 5.-An alarming rise
of the Utah lake and the streams feed
ing it is causing residents in the low
lands to fee from their homes. Farms
are being SO rapidly submerged and the
lake is rising so rapidly that there is
fear that the western portion of the
town of Provo will be inundated.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
Max Morris Dies in Denver.

Max Morris, vice president of the
American Federation of Labor, national
secretary of the clerks union and well
known in northwest labor circles
through frequent visits, died Sunday
afternoon in Denver. He was AZ years
old and left a wife and two children.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
Curb widows Expenditures.

The Lambeth (London) Board OF
Guardians has decided that no outdoor
relief should be given to the widows
during the first six months of widow
hood If they have spent iavlshly on
funeral and mourning any money re-
ceived from a club, insurance society
or other source.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
Chicago Drivers, strike of.

Chicago.-The strike and lockout Of
the drivers for the department stores
which had been declared in the labor
trouble. that cast an ominous shadow
over Chicago's commerce have both
been declared off.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
supreme Court Adiourns.

The supreme court of the United
States has adjourned for the summer
and broken the record for unfinished
business. There are nearly 500 cases
on the docket undecided.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11

Cooperative Purchasing Agency
A cooperative purchasing agency Is
being organized in this country for
supplying American and English mis-
sionaries with certain necessary sup
plies.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11

When a woman says her husband
will not give her any satisfaction when
she accuses him, she means he Will not
confess.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11

Dispatches concerning market quota
tions, conditions and phases, are as fol
lows:
Chicago.
Flour-Firm.
Rye-No. 2, 8sc.
Barley-Feed or mixing, 76@77c; fair
to choice mailing, 77@7sc.
Flaxseed-No. southwestern, $1.57h
No. 1 northwestern, $1.67h.
Timothy seed-$3.9O.
Clover-$1010.
Mess porkLPer bbl., $14S71a@14.90.
Lard-Per 100 lbs, $11.20.
Short ribs, sides--Loose, $10,55@
1865.
Short clear sides Boxed, SIG
11.121a.
Butter-Market, steady. Creameries,
Eggs-Market steady. At mark,
cases included, 1oe; firsts, 1910; prime
irsts, 2115c.
Cattle-Market weak. Beeves, 1910
ORIG; Texas steers, $4.65@6.25; east
ern steers, $4.45@6.25j stockers and
feeders, $360@5.50; cows and heifers,
So. 5O@6.3O; calves, $6.5O@z5O.
Hogs = Market SC higher Light,
$6.95@7.4o; mixed, $7.5O@7.571a heavy,
$7.15@7.6O; rough, $7.15@7.3o; good to
choice, heavy, $7.3O@76O; pigs, 500
600; bulk of sales, $7.35@7.5O.
Sheep-Market weak, Toe lower. Ma
tive, $4C0650; western, $425@6.6O;
yearlings, $6.25@7.5O; lambs, native,
$6@s.4o; western, $6.25@s.6o
New York.
Wheat-Spot firm. No. 2 red, $3.50
nominal b afoat; No. northern,
Duluth, $1.3712 nominal b afoat;
No. 2 hard winter, $1.3715 f b afoat.
Hops-steady; Pacific coast, 1908
crop, 9@9hc.
Hides, Wool and Petroleum-Steady.
Sugar-Raw, quiet; fair refining,
1899; centrifugal, 90 test, $3.50; mo-
lasses sugar, 1914.
Coffee-Market quiet. No. Rio,
77-S@sc; No. 4 Santos, DC; mild, mar
ket quiet; Cordova, 9 3-4@12 3-4c.
| Bar Silver-52 3-8c; Mexican dollars
44c.
The tin market was quiet, with spot
quoted at $29@29.25.
Copper was firm and unchanged, with
lake quoted at $13.3775@13.62h, 'elec
trolytic at $13.12h@13.37h, and cast
ing at $13@13.25.
cad was steady and unchanged al
$4.35@4.45.
Spelter was firm and shade higher
at $5.20@5.25.
The iron market remained steady
No. foundry northern, $16@16.50; No
IL, $15.75@16.25; No. southern ant
No. southern soft, $16@16.25.
Available Grain Supplies.
Special cables and telegraphic com
munications received by Bradstreet Z
show the following changes in avail
able supplies, as compared with pre-
vious accounts.
Wheat-United States, east of tn,
Rockies, decreased 3,O63,0 900 bu.; Can
ada, decreased 1,644,000 blu. Total
United States and Canada, decreased
4, 707, 900 Blu. Afloat for and in Europe
increased 100000. Total, American AM
European supplies, decreased 4,070,O0C
Corn-United States and Canada, in
creased 1,764,O blu.
n Oats-United States and Canada, de
: | creased 1 C5S 600
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11

Lives ere to be measured by their
outgoings, not by their income.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11

The finest private goodness grows
out of devotion to public welfare.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
Wonderful Possibilities.

There are scores of gravity, siphon
and pumping plants in various parts OF
washington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon
lana, and all are successful. The ex-
tent of operations on irrigated lands in
the northwest will be better understood
when it is known that the value OF
the apple and other fruit crops in the
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-06-11
OTHER MARKETS.

Dispatches concerning market quota
tions, conditions and phases, are as fol
lows: