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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-23
Dollar Wheat Looks Good.

Farmers in this part of the
country who failed to sell all of
Scaeir wheat crop last fall have
reason to thank their lucky stars
now when they can sell their re-
naming grain for dollar a
bushel. Roy Osborn, the local
agent for the Vollmer-C Clearwater
Co., raised the price of wheat to
the dollar mark late last week
and has secured practically all of
the grain remaining in this Sec
tion at that figure. Dollar wheat
certainly looks good to all those
having any left for sale and
there are doubtless many others
who wish they had held for a
higher price.
The price of 81. 35 per hundred
being paid now for barley has
caused about all of that to be
sold except sufficient to tide the
farmers over until the new crop
is harvested.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-23
4 MURDER
AT JULIAETTA
Harry Steffen, a Prominent Far
mer of that Section, is Shot
nv Assassin While Preparing
Breakfast.

Henry Steffen, a we'll known
farmer of the Potlatch country,
was shot and killed at his home
near Juliaetta Sunday evening
about 7 o'clock. Steffen was
building a fire in the stove when
the assassin fired through the
window at him, the bullet enter
ing his head and causing almost
instant death. In order to ap-
proach the window the assassin
had to leave the road and ap-
proach the house from a different
direction. Steffen had no known
enemies, but the shooting is
thought to have been done by a
man whom Steffen saw shooting
at neighbor. Steffen was un-
married and was living with his
mother and brother. Draper's
bloodhounds were secured from
Spokane and put on the track of
the assassin. They followed the
scent to the home of Robert
Brant, a neighbor of Steffen, and
Brant was later arrested at Julia
eta and taken to Lewiston where
he is now in Jail. Brant told
conflicting stories and the cir
cumstantial evidence points
strongly to his being guilty of
the crime. He entered a plea of
not guilty" when given his
preliminary hearing Tuesday and
seems to think he will have no
trouble in proving his innocense.
Brant's hearing will be held on
May 4th and he will then pro-
baby be bound over to the dis
trict court.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-23
District Court Jurors.

Judge Dietrich has ordered the
session of district court to con-
vene at Moscow on May 10th and
following are some of the jurors
drawn for duty during the ses-
sion:
Grand jury H. A. James, Cot
tonwood; Fred Bernthal, Denver;
Samuel Jones.
Trial jury-Charles Conrad,
Keuterville; D. l.. Wylie, Grange
vile; Francis Bowman, Denver;
F. M. Powers, Sites; VIM. Han
ley, Archie o. Martin, Fred
Rustemeyer, Cottonwood.
The trial jury is to report for
duty on May 18th.
W. A. Gentry joined the list OF
CHRONICLE readers Wednesday.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-23

The Northern Pacific survey
ing crew which reached Kooskia
last week has secured pack
horses and part of the crew left
the first of the week for the
Lochsa country to do surveying
there as near to the snow line as
possible. The rest of the party
will run a survey up the Middle
Fork and tie onto the line at
some point on the Locksa. Sew
eral crews have been running
surveys in that section during
the past year or two and it is
thought all are working on a cut
off route from Missoula to Lewis
ton, which will eventually be
constructed.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-23
CHANGE IN
INDIAN LEASES
New Ruling by Interior Depart
ment Permits Indians to Lease
Lands for Period of Five Years
---WiIl Take Effect at Once.

A new and interesting ruling
in connection with the leasing of
the Indian farm lands on the
Nez Perce reservation will be-
come effective with all leases
drawn from this time. A re-
vision of the scale of prices for
which the Indian land will be
rented is also being formulated
and it is expected a material ad-
vance will result.
According to the new ruling
the rentals will be paid semi
annually, the dates for such pay
ments being April and October
l and all rents become delinquent
thirty days after these dates and
subject the lease to cancellation.
In connection with the five
year leases, which are now favor
ed by the department. 1t is
stated such leases are only given
where the lessee establishes his
permanent residence upon the
property in question so that all
improvements made may be well
cared for. The purpose of the
long term lease is to provide the
Indian land owners with better
buildings and better accommoda-
tions for their families.
Another important feature that
is expected to enter into the
leasing of lands is a requirement
that the lessee be a bona fide
resident of the reservation anC
actually engaged in farming. Il
is stated this condition is being
urged by a large number of rent
ers to protect their interest:
against the operations of corpora
tions, and that a rigid enforce
ment of the terms of the lease
will hereafter be demanded.
Under the rules and regula.
tions governing the leasing Of
the Indian land, each renter il
required to supply an affidavit tc
the effect the land is being Sc
cured for his individual use anC
not for the benefit of any Other
person or corporation. 1t il
stated there have been many
violations of this oath during
past years but under the new
rules by which the leasing de
partment will be governed, any
violation of this affidavit will b,
deemed sufficient grounds for |
cancellation of the lease. -Trib
une.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-23
NEWS AROUND
The STATE
Items From Various Places Re-
produced for the Benefit of our
Readers-StOries Rehashed from
Our Exchanges.

B. F. King, a prosperous resi-
dent of the Winchester section,
has been committed to the insane
asylum at Orofno.
An epidemic of scarlet fever is
reported at Standpoint. Thurs
day of last week twenty-seven
cases were reported by the health
officer. -Ex.
The two Indians who were ar
rested last week in Whitman
county for horse stealing were
sentenced this week by Judge
Steele to serve a year each in
the penitentiary.
T. J. Ranch plowed up an old
shotgun near Hanson last week.
The gun is supposed to have
been buried near a treasure OF
about 100000 stolen from the
Overland stage in Portneuf can
yon in 1869. Twin Falls News.
It is reported that the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad
company is purchasing land near
the asbestos mine east of Kamiak
and has already secured 1,6OC
acres there, including the lane
on which the asbestos rock was
first discovered.
Special detectives are again al
work suppressing the liquor
traffic on the Nez Perce reserva
ton and several arrests were
made late last week. Specia
Officer Matulys arrested E. Erick
son, the Kippen saw mill man,
for having two bottles of alcoho,
in his grip. Erickson claimed
they were for his private use
Earl Seals, of Mohler, was alsc
arrested at Vollmer for having
liquor in his possession.
The state pardon board recent
ly granted a complete pardon tt
l. A. Lyon who was sent up fol
life in 1893 for a brutal murder
at Parma. 1t is said that tht
board acted in secrecy and thai
an attorney who had been EN-
ployed by the widow of the mur
dered man to fight the granting
of the pardon was not notified
It is said the widow has been il
Mysteries since learning of tn
pardon and fears for her owl
life since Lyon is at large.
On account of a recently pass
ed law requiring that all stallion
must undergo an examination b,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-23

the state veterinarian, owners in
this vicinity have been in quite a
quandry as to how they could
comply without discontinuing
breeding for a time. A local
owner this week received a COM
munication from the state veter-
marian stating that considerable
time would be required for him
self and deputies to travel over
the state to make the examina-
tions and in the meantime horse
men could ignore the law. Cen
esee News.
A woman at Nampa died Sun
day from the effects of being
bitten by a cat.
The cattlemen of the Snake
and Salmon river sections are
now starting in on their regular
spring roundup, and report prac-
tically no loss; conditions having
been better on the winter ranges
than for several years past. =
White Bird Independent.
The Nez Perce county commits
sioners recently granted a peti-
ton for the incorporation of the
town of lilo and now are facing a
protest filed by residents of that
section against the granting of
the incorporation prayed for in
the petition. The persons filing
the protest swear that lilo has
not the two hundred bona fide
residents required by the law
governing the incorporation of
villages.
The barn of VIM. Bozarth was
burned near Culdesac Monday
and six horses, fifteen sets Of
harness and a large quantity OF
feed destroyed with it. The fire
started from sparks from a rub.
bish heap that had been burned
near the barn early in the day
The men thought the fire was all
out and left the place, only tC
look back when about a mile dis
tant and discover the barn il
flames. The loss was estimated
at about 1,500.
Four saloon licenses at Geneset
expired Monday and will not be
renewed. The saloon men claim
they could force the county CON-
missioners to grant them licenses
if they wished to do so but it il
said the commissioners will no
issue licenses unless forced to d.
so by the courts. This leaves
Genesee with but a hotel bar anC
its license will expire on Angus
1st, after which time the resi-
dents of that place will have. tt
slake their thirsts on buttermilI
or some other notwithstanding
beverage.
| GcLI- L -
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-23
Invested In Swamp Land.

George Stuber and Gus. Kop-
czynski returned Wednesday
evening from their trip to British
Columbia. Owing to the earli-
ness of the season they did not
try to make the trip in to Francis
lake as they would have had to
walk for about seventeen days
and pack their grub and horse
feed with them for the entire
trip. While on the coast they
invested in $50 acres of swamp
land on an island near Vancouver,
paying SIS an acre for it. They
say it will produce about four
tons of hay to the acre now and
can easily be drained. Hay sells
there at $50 a ton and always
has a ready sale. The other
members of the party went on
in to the lake and will probably
not reach home again before
some time in June.
Paul Bailor, the Grangeville
undertaken, was in the city
Wednesday.
Mark Howe was in the city
Wednesday and yesterday from
the county seat.
High" Ball, representing the
Blake. McFall Co. of Portland,
was doing our city yesterday.
Eugene Afford, editor and
part owner of the Lewiston Trib-
une, the best newspaper in Ida
no, was in the city yesterday in
the interests of his paper.
The body of James Guseman,
who died recently at his home
east of Greencreek, was shipped
to Leavenworth, Kansas, from
Grangeville Tuesday for burial,
the remains being accompanied
east by a nephew of the de-
ceased.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-04-23

Bert Tefft's home north of
town was released from diph-
liberia quarantine yesterday.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24

The United undoubtedly the richest country ON
the GLOBE fustanng every The granaes paradise
the world supply the needs people,
dtonal furnish large quantities Of food for the other principal
of the earth.
1t true that the arbo principal and few inlet water
OF coasts been fortified
against attack from the by sufficient power give
movement yet the fact entirely organized coast
artillery totally insufficient inadequate properly and fight
than oneourh of the modern guns position the coast
ramparts of the nation
defeat of in its home probability though
possbywoud lay the open attacking enemy under the
OF Its victorious fleet And
land forces where there could be little opposition Judgment
under until such of territory could
mtrenchmnts manned with the flower foreign soery constantly
reinforced by well modified troops educated effective
not veteran army! Consequently for land defense
and with of proportions with the may
be required of it.
New York could be first attack
and Judgment Washington be captured Immediately
fore sufficient peng force could
sion.
perfectly foreign invasion the whole country
would drive the invaders would
matter what the But that could be
destruction had been worked people, previous prepare
ton to meet the despoer; for volunteers with
preparation.
The millions millions of dollars that
well placed and it should be osd curtaied
necessary adjunct to the army the army oget
form the defense of the nation.
There plenty of Notifications guns
and work Them What having
which to protect home if only shoot one What the
OF xpendng fabulous of constructing forca-
tons and mounting them with the disappearing guns
less such forts with educated officers skilled
competent soldiers to for such valuabes of the nation?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24

Some Of the devices by which ignor.
ance tries to deceive intelligence are
amusing. The largest coal field In the
United States Is that which extends
from Casper and Douglas, Wyo., north
ward to the Canadian line. Under the
law which provides that coal lands
Of certain character and situation shall
be withdrawn from homestead entry.
investigation Of this field has lately
been made by government biologists.
The coal here appears In what. is
known as blanket VEINS" which lie
nearly parallel to the surface. SO that
an outcrop appearing on one side OF a
hill 10 likely to be found on the other
side at the same elevation. But many
of the ranchers and would-be settlers.
maintaining that coal lands" under
the law, are only those in which the
coal appears on the surface, have gone
70 far as to level the tops of hills to
cover outcropping coal veins, under
the delusion that they could deceive
the biologists.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24
Electric Line Conducts a Hailstorm

A hailstorm followed the course of
an electric transmission line in Van
cluse, France, last June. AS reported
by an observer, this storm swept over
an area about a mile and quarter
wide and nine miles long. The storm
started to follow a narrow valley in
the side of a mountain chain, but on
meeting the electric line, which cuts
at right angles across series of such
valleys, the hailstorm joined it and fol-
lowed it until exhausted The effects
of the storm were most violent close
to the line and decreased toward both
sides. Hail fell near the line, rain on
the edges of the storms path. An
other observer reports that three balls
Of globe lightning appeared near the
cables at one point bursting just be-
fore the hail fell There seems to be
no doubt that the line conducted the
storm, but probably the presence of
the electric current had nothing to do
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24

a prince of the Hollenzollerns, or
something like that, could be main
tanned properly if his boy could be
hitched up to buggy and driven by
woman because he knew the blood
too we'll to believe that the prince
could refrain. If the woman was an
American and handsome, from kicking
over the traces and climbing into the
buggy But he said l could go ahead
and give the prince few degrees and
see how he caught it onto, already.
The kaiser asked me upon my honor
If l thought he was crazy. He said
lots of his subjects thought he was,
and he wanted my unbiased opinion.
as sometimes he saw things that
scared him. | told him | thought he
looked nutty, but looks did not count
that when he thought he saw things
to investigate them and he would find
he was all right, but if he let things
go with no investigation he would be
like a man knew who was sent to an
asylum and got crazy because he did
not investigate an alarming occurrence
and the kaiser wanted me to tell him
about it.
l told him it was an old story in
high circles in America. but it showed
how to deliver the goods, and he in
sisted on hearing the story. and told
him of man whose friend sent him to
an asylum to have the doctors look
him over, and after week of exam
ination the doctor told him he would
be all right again in three weeks, and
he could write his folks he would be
home again before Xmas. He went
to his room wrote the letter, sealed it
up and licked a postage stamp to
stick on. when he dropped the stamp
on the floor and 1t fell with the sticky
side on cockroach. which the man
did not see, and the unseen cockroach
walked across the floor with stamp
on his back, the man watching the
stamp going away with no visible
means of locomotion. He watched the
stamp reach the wall, and start up
the side and his eyes stuck out and he
felt of his head to see II he was in his
right mind, and the fear that he was
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24
He Interviews the Kaiser

1t is good deal like breaking a
bronchO to ride, to prepare German
prince for an American college, and l
may have got my foot in it by promis-
ing the kaiser to teach his boy all the
goes to America and runs up against
the college gang, but | will prepare
him for the worst if it kills us both.
The kaiser took me into his private
den one morning and asked me il |
thought l could get his son wise to
what would happen to him as fresh
man when he went to America, and
said, Sure, Nike" and the kaiser said
his name was not Michael but Will
helm, and l told him that didn't cut
any ice. He seemed relieved that his
son would not have to cut ice.
Gee, these Germans are pretty
dense. He asked me how much he
must pay me for polishing up the
prince, and when I told him | would
halter-break him and fix him up so he
would stand without hitching, and
when | gave him his diploma he would
eat out of my hand and a woman
could drive him, and it wouldn't cost
500 markee the kaiser held his head
and looked as though he was going
to have a fit, and he said he wanted to
think it over. | told him l would give
him time to think it over II he would
think sort Of sudden like and he went
into sort of trance and l guess he
was thinking, for when he came out of
1t he said he supposed 1t was proper
for the prince to be led around with a
he Endorsed that proposition, but he
could not believe that the dignity of
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24

brought up the prince and made him
take an oath that he wouldn't get
mad or tell the secrets of the order
of "Who-Whos," and then we seated
him on the plank and l said, Enc
meme, money N.Y." and gave him a
shove, and he went down that plank
like it was creased and struck with
splash right in among the goldfish,
his blindfold came off, and saw some
ladies coming across the lawn to visit
the fountain, and | yelled to the
prince to cheese it," and he squirreled
back up the plank, and was. going to
paste me one in the nose, but | told
him all freshmen in college had to
take their medicine that way and
while we were picking the slivers out
of his drawers he asked If Roosevelt
son had to be hazed when he entered
college, and l told him they were haz-
ing young Roosevelt yet, and. the
prince said, well, if Roosevelt got his,
l will took mine, and schmile all right,
but dey peter look a little Quit
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24

The extraordinary and practical sue
cess that has attended the work Of
well-endowed government-supporte in
situations for the scientific study of
disease and the systematic test OF new
methods for the treatment of such
maladIes as have hitherto resisted the
efforts of physicians and surgeons Is
one OF the most striking and promis-
Ing features OF present-day medicine.
In the United States the most impor-
tant Of the few institutions OF this kind
Is the Rockefeller Institute for Medical
Research, founded In 1901 by Mr.. John
ID. Rockefeller. Under this endowment
there Is maintained in New York city
well-eQuipped medical laboratory
where stan OF trained investigators
free from the cares OF routine practice
hospital work. or teaching, are concen-
trating their entire attention upon re-
searches which deal with the proven
ton and cure of disease. As In other
scientific institutions, where effective
organization and adequacy of material
equipment are most essential remarks
Herbert T. Wade. In the American Re-
view OF Reviews, so that at the Rookie
Teller institute everything has been ar
ranged IN order that experimental
medicine may be prosecuted under
conditions most productive OF good re-
suits.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24
Hcrutinize the Maxlms.

A busy clergyman declared recently
that tho way he got through his work
was by violating most of the precepts
he had been taught in boyhood, fore
most among them. If you want any
thing done, do 1t yourself" The house
keeper may take leaf from his book.
For example the task which she turns
over to her daughter lightens her own
hands and trains those of the little
maiden. The most fatal precept for
mother to observe is, Whatever is
worth doing at all, is worth doing well'
that Is. II well is interpreted to
mean as well as you can do it, Here
ID place for her to use that judgment
which comes so high in the markets of
the world and Is too often held so
cheap in the home. "As well as posi-
ble' Is none too well when the task
Is making an apple pie or boiling po-
tato; but the woman who dusts her
house from attic to cellar every day as
we'll as she can do 1t lacks a sense of
proportion. So does she who darns a
pair OF 25-cent stockings a half-hour a
week for three months. "A penny
saved Is penny earned is another
dangerous MAXIM declares the Youths
Companion, unless 1t is administered
with discretion. Cheap milk may in
volve large doctors bills Cheap eggs
may mean an UNBEATABLE pudding. A
low wage In the kitchen may carry
with 1t waste far beyond Its saving.
Women are learning that being a
woman demands some knowledge OF
almost every subject OF modern eco
nomic inquiry, and that 1t is no longer
possible to trust all the useful precepts
OF the past to solve the problems of
the present.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24

nutty caused the sweat to pour down
his face
The stamp kept going up the wall
till it came to the ceiling and he
watched it go across the ceiling and
disappear in crack in the plaster,
and he sat glued to his chair. pale
as DEATH and finally he got to his
feet, tore the letter into pieces and
threw them in the waste basket, and
said aloud to himself as he felt of his
burning temples Three weeks, bunk,
won't get out of this asylum in a
hundred years." and he began to weep
all over himself
If he had followed that stamp and
found the cockroach he would have
been cured
The kaiser laughed like he would
split, and then he said after this he
would always chase cockroaches and
never be crazy in the head any more
and for me to go ahead and give the
prince all his hazing, enough to make
him sick, and he went off looking in
all the corners for cockroaches.
| told the kaiser that if | had halt
dozen of American boys we could
initiate the prince all right, but he
was bigger than me and l ought to
have help, so he detailed four servants
to help me and told them to do just
what l told them to do
Well, we didn't do a thing to the
prince the first day. First we blind
folded him and put him in a box stall
in the barn, and took off all his clothes
except his undershirt and drawers
and we fixed a plank from the second
story window of the barn with one
end in a fountain of goldfish. and we
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1909-05-24

Then we put on his uniform and
made him get down on his hands and
knees, and | got piece Of board and
stood back of him and told him the
council was ready to confer the spinal
MENINGITIS degree on him. but if he
was afraid and wanted to back out
he could, but if he was willing to go
on and become a sublime and perfect
devil, he should repeat after me the
grand hailing sign, Let 'er go Gala
CHER" and he said, 60 ahead, Mister
Gallagher" and soaked him one with