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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-28

picion in consideration Of q matter
said 70 be open and aboyeboard. Gov
ernor Brady says he viii ask for
more Information before he signs the
lease.
The proposed lease Ii q fair.
square. open and aboyeboard business
proposition said Mr.. Thompson.
Secrecy was maintained for good
and SUFFICIENT reasons. | had TO be
protected against interference. For
some time ! have been putting up
money to explore the range Of noun
tains containing the 5000 acres I de-
sire. There have been discovered
indications Of iron ore. in some cases
strong. but there has not been sufic-
lent development to determine The
scope Of the deposits. All ask from
the state OF Idaho Is to give me the
right to explore further.
Every one familiar with such
matters will admit that it is neces-
sary to have large body of land and
TO have long lease. Permit me to
say here that the lease Is practically
copy Of the Minnesota lease. under
which great bodies OF iron ore have
been developed. II anything it is
fairer to the state than the Minneso-
Ia lease.
In response to a suggestion that
the state land board should have in
vestigated the matter. he said: THAT
course would involve the state in ex-
tensive explorations. 1t Is different
from mineral or grazing lands. They
are tangible, while the ore is in the
ground. The state can not tell the
extent of the deposits without an ex.
haustive examination. am figuring
on spending 100000 to determine
the scope and character OF the de-
posits.
Il am willing to admit, for argu-
ment's sake. that iron ore exists in
paying quantities. Then, the only
question Is as to the royalty. whether
or not It is too small. In Minnesota
with every facility in the way OF
transportation. the state charges Is
cents. Under the circumstances 1 be-
lieve Is cents is higher royalty in
Idaho. Besides. am entitled to
(continued On mage three,l
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-28
LOCAL OPTION
BILL IN SENATE
Direct Primary and Anti-Pass
Bills are Legislative
Features

BOISE. Idaho. Jan. 2s.-A move
ment was started today in the senate
TO refer the local option bin passed
by the house to the finance committee
in the belief that It stands a better
chance to be reported promptly by
that committee, with fewer amend
ments. than II referred 10 the COM
mittee on privileges and elections.
Another important memorial was
introduced In the house OF represen-
tatives this morning petitioning con-
gress to make improvements in the
Pend orielle river. The memorial
passed without a dissenting vote.
A bill was presented to authorize
the issuance Of additional bonds 10
complete the capital building. the
democrats opposing the bill.
Johnson Of Bingham county 10 the
author OF = direct primary bin which
has the object OF perfectlng the par
" organization. The voter must
make allegiance to his party and sup
port the tickle, By the terms OF the
bill. This Is the fourth direct pri-
mary bill introduced 80 far during
the present session.
The minority wing Of the senate,
through Senators Bowen and McBefh,
made a vigorous protest IN the senate
this mornina against the alleged rail.
reading Of senate bills into the hands
OF the engrossing COMMITTEES after
second reading. when they should 50
to the committee Of the whole. The
minority senators lost their point on
two separate motions. Me3eth charg.
ed the senate with spending most Of
lts time in killing house bIlls. Bow
Continued on page thres.)
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-28
LONG LEASE ON
MINERAL LANDS
State Board Grants Fifty Year
Monopoly at Is Cents a Ton

BOISE. Idaho. Jan. 27.-The state
land board at meeting Tuesday, CON
corning which the greatest secrecy
was observed, by vote Of 3 to i
granted a lease upon 5000 acres OF
Nez Perce county mineral land, said
to contain deposits OF iron ore. to
George w. Thompson, Of Lewiston
for period Of so years in consider
alton of royalty to be paid the state
OF 3 cents ton for all ore mined.
Governor Brady. Attorney General
McDougal and Secretary of State
Lansdon voted in favor Of granting
the application, which was presented
by Mr.. Thompson in person, but the
superintendent of public instruction,
Miss Belle Chamberlain, voted against
it, stating that she insisted on an in
vestigation being made into the prop
osition before any action should be
taken.
The lease is upon lands situated in
townships "a and 35 north, range 5
east, and provides that Mr.. Thomp-
SON may enter upon and mine all
merchantable iron ore found on or in
said land. make Improvements neees-
sary and conveys him the right 70
contract with others for the working
Of such mines or to sublet the prem
ises to other parties. who shall enjoy
the same rights and privileges under
the lease as the party of the second
part.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-28
OoanlASDnR ISsPEcrs G. 4. \
Veterans EnIoy nay Or social Pleas

DR.. w. K. Jameson. Of Moscow.
state department commander Of the
Grand Army Of the Republic. made
an inspection OF the post this fore
noon at Sanders hall. Prior 10 the
inspection the members OF the post
gathered at the hall. formed them
selves into procession and with flfe
and drum marched down 10 the Hotel
Idaho and escorted their commander
to the hall. The post Is IN q splendid
condition. aud is one OF the largest in
the state Besides making an inspec-
ton OF the local post DR.. Jameson
also listened to reports from ofIlcers
from the posts OF Rathdrum and
Standpoint. eliminating the necessity
Of making q visit to them. After the
inspection a dinner was served BY the
Woman's Relief Corps.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-28
MAKE IDAHO
DIVORCE HARDER
Bill in Legislature to Raise Resi-
dence Time Limit

BOISE. Jan. 2s.-A bin has been
introduced IN the legislature regulate
Ing the length Of time necessary be-
fore a plaintiff can commence In the
courts an action for divorce. and II Il
is passed this state viii cease TO be a
Mecca for the divorce industry. The
present law provides that a residence
In the state OF six months IL snIIlclent
but under the bin now introduced 4
residence OF Is months viii be neces.
sary, Nearly ali OF the western states
have laws providing for a years resi-
dence. and since the revision % the
divorce laws In South Dakota this
state has been the easiest IA which
to secure q divorce. so far as the re-
CURED residence prior to the institu-
tion Of an action Is concerned.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-28
.ARREsTED oouXTERFEIrER

SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2s.-Rob-
ert Bradley. after a hard fight with
the ofleers and detectives was cap
tured today on the charge Of counter
feiting quarter and half dollars.
When arrested he was in the com
pany Of Josie Livingstone. who Is Tvs
Ing with him as his wife. and she
Joined In the fight for his freedom
and succeeded in badly scratching De-
tectiye Maheh's face Bradley ID both
refined and educated man. and ID
counterfeiting coins of excellent
workmanship.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-28
HANSON BILL IN SENATE
Measure Had Setback I'm That Body
Today.

Measure Had Setback in That Body
Today.
OLYMPIA. Jan. 2s.-The Hanson
race track bill which passed the
house yesterday met with its first
check today in the senate when the
progressive members lost their fight
to have il referred to the public NOR
ais committee. Senator Graves Of
Spokane led the attack against the
measure and wanted Il sent TO the ju-
dietary committee. He stated that
there was no necessity for such a bill
as all Of the matters contained in Il
would be covered by a code about to
be presented TO the legislature By the
prosecuting attorney. IL IL expected
that the bill viii pass the senate this
afternoon. and that It will be signed
BY Governor Cosgroye. The house
spend most Of the time this forenoon
in considering the rules OF procedure
and transacted no business OF inter
est. This afternoon Il vas the scene
OF a warm nght over = BIN which pro
poses that eight hours shall eoasti-
tute a day Of labor for women-
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-28
oCEAN DIsAsTER d sERIoUs

PITTSBURG. Penn. January rs.
Mrs. c. A. Severance. the wife OF
the attorney for the interstate COM
mission bill. and who was among
the passengers on the Republic when
It coilided with the Florida. 10 on the
opinion that a great many more lives
we're lost In the collision than have
been given out to the public. In
speaking OF II today she said: II am
sure a great many more died than
the oficials admit. Two men died in
my arms. and | saw a great many
dead under the blankets"
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-28

Attorney General Il \ l'a' ..,,,-.. n n
49, i the most prominent ngo.e !.
the - strenuous fight which me LINZ
scar state is making against uuseA
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-28
NINA CEEDER WANTS DIVORCE

Nina Ceeder has commenced suit
for divorce in the district court
against Fred Ceeder. The plaintiff
alleges that the two were married on
March 2. 1902. and then alleges that
for more than a year past the de-
PENDANT has failed TO provide her and
her minor child with the common ne
cessities of life. though he Is able to
do so. She prays that the bonds OF
matrimony uniting them be dissolved.
and for the custody OF the minor
child ]. L. McClear apears for the
plaintIn.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-28
Gets a Small Royalty.

To the state is reserved the right
to sell the timber from the lands.
lease them for grazing purposes or
sell them outright subject to the
lease Of Mr.. Thompson, whose rights
as lessee shall be protected. 1t is
provided that the state shall receive
a royalty of Is cents for every ton
of ore mined and that the lessee
shall mine at least 1000 tons, the roy
atty on which would be $3.50. during
the first five years and thereafter
5000 tons annually us cents royalty
a year, or pay to the state the roy
atty of Is cents a ton for 5000 tons.
In violation of the provision of in
denture the lease shall be revoked by
the state board. Termination of the
lease by the lessee can also be
brought about on SO days notice to
the board.
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-28
Great Secrecy Observed.

The matter was first presented to
the board about ten days ago.
No report on the proposition was
asked of the state mine inspector and
no report was submitted by him. The
application Of Mr.. Thompson was
never on file in the Office Of the reg
lister and is not there now. Secretary
of State Lansdon first entered a de-
NAL but finally admitted. Governor
Brady, it is said. first opposed the
proposition without an investigation
but finally gave in to the Emporium
tiles of Lansdon and Thompson.
The Idaho Statesman tomorrow
morning will editorially condemn the
manner OF acting on the proposition
saving the members of the board
should not invite criticism and sus-
Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-28

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Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1909-01-28

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Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-20
Governor is Insistent.

A Phoenix dispatch of Wednesday says: The mess cooked up by Cover nor Kibbey for B. A. Packard and J. c. Adams, territorial fair commissioners and which the executive apparently in. tends to serve them in courses, was heated up again today when letter was mailed to each of the gentlemen, notifying them that if their resigna- tions, called for some days ago, were not in the governor s office by noon, Saturday, February 20, he would issue an order requiring them to show cause why they should not be removed on charges he would later formulate MT. Adams stated tonight that he would tomorrow advise the governor of his intention not to resign. MT. Packard, it is said here tonight, has informed the governor that he would personally call on the 22nd. The outcome of the affair is freely speculated upon by mern- bers of the legislature.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-20
Enforcing Dog License.

Following up the general warning given to Tucson dog owners that they were to be prosecuted if they did not secure dog licenses, the officers arrested Jose Medina and F. Luera, on warrants sworn to by Poundmaster Mccormick, charging that the prisoners owned dogs and refused to pay the license. They were arraigned before Recorder Linden field and each fined s, which is the minimum penalty that can be given. They paid their fines and then an nouneed that the dog catcher might have their canines, stating that they did not care to pay any additional money on them. Since the notice was issued to dog owners to get licenses, more than 250 tags have been issued, but there are still number of dog owners who have not complied with the ordinance.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-20
Flagstaff Wants Clark Road

It is thought at Flagstaff that Sen ator Clark will certainly build rail road from Jerome to a connection with the Santa Fe, probably at Davenport. An effort is to be made 10 have tho junction at Flagstaff instead Of Daven- port. A correspondent of Peoen.x paper says: Flagstaff people have been building their hopes on this road for years and now that it is certain ty it would surely be shortsightejness on the part of our merchants ana tax payers to allow the terminals to be built at any such place as the station men toned above. Some action should be taken by the board of trade dad town council and overtures made to Senator Clark that will insure the terminals of this new road for our town. We have everything to offer in the way of induce ments, the chief of which to a railroa in this desert country, is water, and nothing should be left undone that will bring the connecting link with the north and south to our town. Tine loss of the Grand Canyon railway was severe les son to us. Do not let that oversight be duplicated. n
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-20
WOMANS FAITH
 CONV|NCES JURY
CONVICTION OF WARD MEANT DEATH BUT GIRL THRUsTs
 DOUBT ASIDE

RICHMOND, va., February l9.- "Oh, judge and you, Mir. Jurymen, love Roy so and I'm going to marry him and had to tell you this, because he never harmed anybody.''
 With this declaration of faith in her lover did pretty Grace Adams of New York, private secretary to "Pig Tim " Sullivan of Tammany Hall fame, gain the acquittal of Roy Ward, g, charged with having attacked Miss Maggie Bauer, young society woman. With conviction the penalty meant death.
 Ward had been in jail five months. Ward, who is a chauffeur, came to Rich mond for the automobile meets at the state fair. He met Miss Bauer and she accepted an invitation to ride with him. During this ride she leaped from the automobile and made her escape, be- cause, she said, he insulted her. Ward denied having made any advances to the young woman.
 In the solemnity of the court room his trial was in progress. A little woman, dressed all in tan, from her daintily clad feet to the becoming hat upon her head entered the court room. She came nnannouneed. All of tho witnesses had been examined.
 "If your honor please, l have one character witness l want to introduce, ' said Harry M. Smith of counsel for the defense. The announcement created a mild sensation, but no one coupled the little lady in brown with the ugly, worn oak witness chair.
 "Who is it?'' asked the court. And there, fatigued with long ride, that little lady in brown walked bravely be- fore the twelve men who held the life of her sweetheart in their hands, and spoke in a sweet girlish voice, that wavered now and then ever So little. Nobody can tell what was in the minds of the jury before they heard the girls story. Many thought it was a conviction. The prisoner at the bar turned slightly in his chair, caught a fleeting glimpse of the girl, and smiled.
 In less than five minutes the jury came back. The clerk read the verdict, mot guilty"
 Then came the handshaking and good wishes, and Roy Ward was a free man and he owed it all to the little lady in brown.
 Roy and his sweetheart drove at once to the city jail. Thert, at her request, the more than fifty prisoners, robbers and drunkards, highwaymen and second story workers-shook hands with the little lady in brown and with her sweet heart, and wished them both joy in their contemplated matrimonial venture.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-20
Telephone to courtland.

The Southwestern Improvement com pany on Monday began active work on the stringing of another wire into Glea son, says the Douglas Dispatch. The company has one wire passing through Gleason to Bisbee. An office is located in the front room of the Hunt lodging house, where the telephone and telc graph instruments are installed for the present. Fifteen phones have been or dered and are now enroute to Court land. They are of the Magenta type but the company announces that just as soon as the patronage amounts to fifty or seventy-five phones placed, the drop phone will be substituted through out. At present messages to and from Douglas have to be relayed at Bisbee, but the company is preparing to ex. tend i,s lines to Douglas, Pearce and Tombstone.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-20
Yuma Land Rulings.

Provided they hold title as separate estates, A man and wife will be entitled to l60 acres each Of patented lands un- der the Yuma project. Children over twenty.one, if owners of land in their own right, will also hold unquestioned right to l60 acres each. These ques. tions were thoroughly discussed and understood at tho organization of the Water Users association and have lain dormant from that time until the pres ent Distinctions between the size of the farm units for patented lands and those filed upon subsequent to the re- clamation act, as. well as the farm unit for the Indian reservation, have been confusing for the newcomers. Original l60 acre tracts of patented lands were signed for shares in the Water Users association, which guaranteed l60 acres of water rights to the owners and their successors in title. This insures every individual over 2l years of age the right to become the owner of 160 acres of patented land with water rights, under the Yuma project. Set tiers have been allowed to file upon government land under the project in amounts reaching l60 acres. In case the secretary of the interior decides to re- duee the holdings to a smaller unit, am pie notice will be given to allow hold CTS to choose the portion of entry as well as to assign whatever interest they may have acquired by improving these lands. It is the impression that the off cial announcement of the unit will not be made until the project hears com pletion. It is possible that special ap- portionment may be made, as in the case of lands on the Indian reserva- ton.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-20
Says Mexico would Not sell

Senor Garcia, Mexican consul at Ma. co, at Bisbee last Monday, expressed surprise at the action of the Arizona legislature on the memorial resolution to the president, requesting the govern ment to buy slice of Sonora south of Yuma and add it to Arizona. Ia speak ing about this the consul sta:ci that Mexico has no land for sale 10 the United States government, and that the people of the United States a,o very much mistaken if they think for ono minute that Mexico is in the market with its territory, just like mcrchan. disc. The consul said that if Arizona people are anxious for the lanl south of Yuma in Sonora, they can easily buy it as individuals, and that their rights as individuals would be respected by the Mexican government, which would give them all the protection in 'ts power, but when it comes to sale of land in a block from one government to another, the Mexican people would not stand for it, as it is unconstitutional
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-20
Banks in Good Condition.

Adolph W. Lautz, assistant territorial auditor, arrived in the city yesterday from Naco, says the Bisbee Miner. MT. Lautz is on the regular tour of the territory in the capacity of bank ex- aminer. It is the duty of the territorial auditor to examine the books of banks and building and loan associations one or two times year, and this work
 falls to the assistant auditor. "My observation is that the banking insti. tutions of the territory are in normal condtion,o said Mir. Lautz, speaking of his examinations. ''I might say that they are little better than normal, but it is saying great deal to simply make the conservative statement that they are up to the standard, as shown by the balances and deposits. In many of the larger centers normal conditions
 have not been. restored yet, and it is therefore gratifying to find our institu. tions in such condition of stability"
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-20
Boundary Dispute.

Yuma county is trying to annex a strip of land from Maricopa county three or four miles wide and extending along the entire western boundary. In other words, q bill has been laid in the committee on county boundaries pro viding for moving the intermediate boundary between the two counties eastward. District Attorney Timmons of Yuma county is in Phoenix to push the bill through the legislature. Yuma county claims that all specific attests of the survey of the present line have been lost, and that the line is there fore not valid. The Democrat states that search of the Maricopa records has disclosed the certificate of report
 made by T. A. Hicks and w. M. Breck- inridge in 1889, the county surveyors of Yuma and Maricopa counties, respec- lively. This certificate gives Maricopa
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-20
TWO RAILROAD
 GRADING CAMPS CLASH IN WAR
SOUTHERN PACIFIC AND SOUTH WESTERN ENGAGE IN BATTLE OVER CONFLICTING RIGHT OF WAY NEAR SOUTHLAND.

SOUTHLAND, Ariz., February l9.- The men who stood on the hillside fac. ing Gleeson Wednesday afternoon saw the merriest and most exciting railroad clash recorded in the southwest. The Espee" and the Meixco & Colorado railroad companies tried to grade the same 400.yard route on the side of a hill.
 The one began to blow up the stakes of the other, and in turn the other put its scrapers to work turning over the roadbed to suit it's own engineers. For time it was ease of the cart of one railway striving to pass over the scoop of the other, and as fast as the {" Espee' would blow over stretch of soil the Southwestern would scoop it back out of the way.
 Messages flew thick and fast in all directions. Automobiles began carry ing into Gleeson the head officials with in touch. The "Espee' strove to es- tablish their line, while the Mexico & Colorado (Southwestern) fought for a right of way, and thus the war contin- ued on the hillside until the big bosses came onto the battlefield.
 Then arrived in automobiles, running at the last notch of speed, Superin- tendent Campbell of the Southwestern and Superintendent Mcclure of the Espee." Under these eyes the battle of the flying dirt, the contestiug horses and scoops and blows went on, neither side making move beyond grading what the rivals wished done some other way.
 Finally both sides agreed to let the smoke of battle clear away. The forces of both roads were withdrawn from the contested field, awaiting an amicable settlement.
 During the melee the foremen of one company caught the horses brides of the other company, and vice versa Nearly 200 men engaged in the blood less battle.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-20
Resuming Operations.

Clifton advices state that the ore bins, trestle works and other property of the Arizona Copper company that was re- gently destroyed by fire is now about replaced with new structures, and while the Improvements lack a great deal of being completed, they are far enough advanced to permit the company to operate three furnaces, the teacher and several converter stands. Ore trains have been put on and the eoneentrators at Clifton will be going at full capacity. Practically all the men laid of on ae. count of the fire have again been put to work.
Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-02-20
NEWS
 AND COMMENT

county clear title to the strip of land under dispute and destroys the validity of Ynma's claim.