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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-07
Village Board Meets.

The new board of village trust
ees met in regular session Mon
day evening, and proceeded to
get acquainted with the duties
they have been burdened with
for the next two years. After
the usual number of bills were
allowed the mstter of choosing a
marshal, nightwatch, clerk and
treasurer was taken up and re-
suited in the former members of
these respective Offices being re-
tained in Office.
The chairman then appointed
the various committees as fol-
lows: Cemetery committee.
Trustees Bartlett and Rhoades.
Auditing committee, Trustees
Winner, Bartlett and Rhoades.
Street committee, Trustees 8
Simon, Winner and Mckinney.
Several other matters were
considered at some length and
the board then adjourned the
session until tonight when they
expect to take final action on one
or more measures and wind up
a number of small detail matters.
The farmers of this section are
circulating petition to have a
herd district created on this side
of the prairie and will present
the matter to the county commits
sioners at their next session.
The district, as petitioned for,
will commence at Lawyers can
yon northwest of Ferdinand and
a mile west of the Boise meridi-
an, and run south to about a mile
south of Keuterville, thence east
to a point near Denver and thence
north to the canyon, thus max
ing the canyon the north line of
the district. The petition is be-
ing quite generally signed and
there is little doubt but that the
board of commissioners will Gre
ate the district as applied for.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-05-07
cial Club an organization to be
valued and respected both at
home and abroad.
Cottonwood Ball Teams Lose.

Cottonwood's base ball team:
seem to have taken a lay off dur
ing. the past week and have lost
every game played. kToj begir
with, the high school team lost
their game at Grangeville last
Friday by a scorej of Is to Is
The boys played hard ball but
costly errors prevented victory
from perching again on THEN
banner.
Then on Saturday the first
team, or part of it at least, cross.
ed bats with the ,Kamiah team at
this place and met another crush.
ing defeat. Lack of practice and
ragged support showed up at all
corners and Kamiah won in a
walk, the score resulting 16 to 2
in favor of the latter. Rustic
meyer and G. Lange were the
battery for the home team while
Mccoy Hill and Parsons did a
similar stunt for Kamiah.
On Sunday the White Bird team
played Cottonwood and won the
game by a score of 13 to 6. The
boys from Salmon river put up a
good game and showed the result
of their practice down in the
banana climate while the boys on
the hill were hugging the heat
ing stoves and wondering where
their summers wages had gone,
Hughes and Fry did the battery
work for Cottonwood in this
game but the result did not diff
fer materially from that of the
game before.
After this game was ended
White Bird and Kamiah mixed
up in a seven inning game which
the latter won by score of 8 to
Z.
On Monday the Cottonwood
and Kamiah teams again tried
their luck on the diamond. Fred
Lange was in the box for the
home team and for a time it look
ed as if the game would result in
a victory for the home team, but
it was not to be. Cottonwood
started off in the lead with two
runs and had things practically
their own way until the fifth in
ming when a series of errors let
in seven runs and this lead was
too much to be overcome, Each
team secured two more runs and
the game ended with the score
standing 9 to 4 in favor of the
Indians,
The Kamiah team put up al
most errorless ball, and while
Hill was hit oftener in the last
game than was Lange. yet good
won him the game. This
six games played by Kam-
Iah this spring, all of which have
been won.
The river teams have the ad-
of a couple months
practice each spring before the
prairie teams can enter the game
and the benefit of this early
work was clearly demonstrated
in the games played here Sunday
and Monday.
Cottonwood has not as yet got
her team lined up and has had
little practice, but we venture to
predict that before the season
closes the best team in Idaho or
Nez Perce counties will have it's
work cut out to hand anything to
the aggregation of ball tossers
flying the Cottonwood colors.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
BALLOON EXPLOOfS
HURTING TWO men
Captain James Moore of the
America and Bystander Are
Fatally Injured

REDDING, July 3.-In the presence
of several, thousand spectators, the
dirisible balloon American /" exploded
at local recreation park this after
noon, fatally injuring Captain James
Moore. the aeronaW and Milton My
gait, a bystander.
Four spectators were knocked down
and seriously hurt as the immense
crowd made rush to get away from
the scene of the accident.
Moore has a broken pelvis, a frac-
tured right hip and right arm and two
thirds of the skin surface of his body
is frightfully burned.
Mygatt, who is so years of age, was
thrown to the ground with such force
by the explosion that he sustained
fractured hip.
Captain Moore was making the first
of three ascensions. which he had con-
tracted to make here. Attached to
the huge gas bag was small basket
like framework carrying an engine
which furnished the power for the
propeller.
The dirigible was about so feet above
the ground. Captain Moore had just
exclaimed, here goes for successful
flight or trip to h" when the re-
volving propeller caught in the bag
and tore a huge hole in the covering,
from which great volumes of gas es-
capped.
Before the aeronaut could stop the
engine or drop out of the basket, the
gas ignited from the motor sparker.
There was flash and a roar, the force
of which threw many people to the
ground. The crowd became panic
stricken and trampled a number of
persons under foot.
Captain Moore came here from Los
Angeles, where his family resides.
Balloon UnIucky
LOS ANGELES, July S.-The balloon
America is the same which was lost in
the Sierra mountains north of Pasa-
dena with a party of five men a few
months ago. Tt was then in charge
of Captain Mueller. 1t was one of the
two balloons brought here to make a
transcontinental race. but failed be-
cause neither could get across the
mountains.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
Balloon UnIucky
JAMES HAZEN HYDE
MAKES STRONG APPEAL
Declares He Did Not Flee After
Smashing Taxicab

PARIS. July s.-James Hazen Hyde
of New York, the former vice president
of the Equitable life assurance society,
appeared in court today in appeal pro-
ceedings against his conviction by de-
fault on the charge of running down
a taxicab with his automobile and or
dering his chauffeur to speed away
after the accident.
Hyde declared he did not take flight
but on the contrary left the machine
and procured the number of the cal
with which he had coliided. This testi-
mony was corroborated by two pas
sengers who were with Hyde at the
time The court reserved decision.
The sentence imposed upon Hyde May
was one months Imprisonment and
a fine of $780, His. chauffeur also was
sentenced to months Imprisonment
and a fine of $50.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04

herself; but l can scarcely believe that
she would intend to take her life. She
might have been lonely and have felt
hopeless"
It came out yes erday that day or
two before her dea,h Mrs de Ia Mon
tanya had presented to her a rent bill
which was not due. The incident an
noyed her slightly at the time, and it
is not thought by her friends that it
would cause her to become Respondent.
None Of her creditors harrassed her.
According to Solomons, her estate,
, when all the debts are paid, viii be
worth about $4,000.
Mrs. de Ia Montanya left will which
was prepared for her by her attorney,
but which will not be opened until
her second brother. Howard Barber.
reaches this city. The viii leaves her
property to her brothers and gives gifts
of personal effects 10 close friends. A. B.
Barber is thought to have been named
executor of the estate. Public Admin
istrator Hynes secured letters OF ad-
ministration over the estate yesterday
from Superior Judge J. J. Van Nos
trand. Those letters will only apply
pending the sdmissio nof tn ewill to
probate.
Howard Barber was near Hanks
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04

vile, Wayne county, Utah, vest Arday
in the Green River mountain country
Il can not understand why my sister
should have committed suicide" said
Alfred B. Barber yesterday. she had
everything to live for. 1 know of nc
sentimental feelings she might have
had for any man, but she might posi-
bly, have been regretting her separation
from Jimmy de la Montanya / under
stand that he had sent her some flow
ers an da card on the day of the di-
vorce."
Mrs. Helen Bennett. first wife OF
Howard Barber. was positive that Mrs
de la Montanya did not kill herself with
premeditation, ba,k she could not explain
the tragedy. ~
Mrs. Laura Heath, a close friend oi
the dead woman, telephoned to the cor.
oner yesterday afternoon that valu-
able amethyst bracelet, always worn by
Mrs. de la Montanya, as it was the gift
of her dead sister. Mrs Harry limerick
of San Pablo. was missing from among
the Woman's effects. A thorough search
of the apartment was made by Mrs
Heath and Mrs. Patton, but the orna-
ment could not be found, and its loss
introduced a mystery of secondary in
terest in the complex case.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
HOT DENUNCIATION OF
THE GRAYS' METHODS
Numerous Complaints by the Laborers Who Have Been
Kept Waiting for Wages

Throughout San Francisco yesterday
discussion of the murder of Carolina
Brasch and the subsequent confession
of her slayer, James Edward Cunning
ham, turned to general storm of in
dignation and denunciation of Gray
Brothers, the firm for which the girl
worked.
From men and women of every walk
of life. from city and state officials,
from the pulpit and from the toilers
who have themselves been victims of
pernicious pay check system there
came the same expressions of disap-
Iproval at the inhumanity Of methods
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
PREVAILING PAY METHODS ARE
WORSE THAN WORST SLAVERY
BY MICHAEL CASEY

In speaking of this Gray Brothers particularly
The system of the in handling
Francisco has been than the kind of slavery speak
personal knowledge of the existing conditions
The teamsters ogani-
boarding the monthly
and check and Within
have tied of the
forced them abolish the
Brothers with their unorganized and unskiled
hope that of position will the up with
the legislature and have enacted regulate this
abomnable labor thorough organ
the that of the correcting
this evil and believe will bring quicker than the
Legislature.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
LEGISLATURE REJECTED BILLS
TO ELIMINATE CHECK SYSTEM
By p. Fl. MCCARTHY

Regarding the check for me to
call the attention of the people of this city
in 1896 p bills presented by the California to
the legislature which eliminating
the said turned with
ature of this
hope the day when the check will
immediate of the
either coin of these United
delay. -e.s
In word the abor worthy of his hire at
stated intervals agreed and understood both employer
and empoye.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
Police Find Empty Cartridge
HOW CAPTAIN OF POLICE KNEW
SHOOTING WAS AT GRAY Bros
By JESSE B. COOK, Chief of Police

DON'T want to interfere in anything that does not
chief of police, but will say that the system
OF some contractors IN their is outrageous and
has tendency to force commit from spirit of
revenge Just think of aborer who has hard hoe
any time working hard for month and when he expects
his wages he given piece paper payable months after
date. That outrage. laboring should be paid
presenting his time check several reputable
do. When put off from time to time it any
wonder that he gets angry and broods it, finally ending
crime? There law reach these contractors and they
settle it with their consciences.
have not had any complaints against Gray Brothers
becoming chief of police complaints have
been made Captain Colby the southern station by
who had put off just Cunningham were Of
nothing could be done by Captain Colby the way of
told that had been shot contractors office he in
Gray Brothers because those complaints had made to
The and something should be so tha
they present their matter for t
nothing the books ground leeis
end to this perncous system
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
Would Repeat His Crime


Cunningham said again yesterday,
in his usual quiet way, that he CON
sidered he had good cause to kill the
girl, and that he would do it again
under identical circumstances.
"She worked for the Gray brothers
and did their sort of business for
them, acting as their agent. There
fore she was, in way, just as much
in the wrong as they are" was the
way the murderer regarded the case
Two attorneys. E. B. d. Spagnoi
and A. Fl. Garland. counsel for a
friend Cunningham made while work
ing for the Smith construction COM
pany at Cragmont, called on the pris-
oner yesterday, at their clients re-
quest. to ask him if he wanted legal
advice. This Cunningham refused.
saying that he did not need any at
torneys as yet.
after l am charged will FIX my
course of action" he said. i can not
say now Just what ! shall do-ner-
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
EMPLOYERS SHOULD TREAT THEIR
MEN WITH HUMANITY AND JUSTICE
By EDWARD robson TAYLOR. Mayor

1t would be excellent thing indeed sort
of regulation that would men with
humanity and entire perhaps
phshed through
matter close study and suggestions to
Just how the desired result be
now prevailing can be bettered they should be- and
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
INDEX OF THE
SAN FRANCISCO CALLS
TELEPHONE KEARNY Sc
SUNDAY, JULY 4. 1909
WEATHER CONDITIONS
NEWS TO-DAY

YESTERDAY-Clear; southwest wind; maxi
mum temperature, so; minimum, 30.
FORECAST FOR ToDAY-Fsir; somewhat
warmer: moderate west Winds Page 43
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
Slayer of Girl Book Keeper
Would Prefer Death 10 the
Insane Asylum
WOULD NOT HESITATE
TO REPEAT THE CRIME
Brothers of Dead Woman Ex.
press Only Pity for Slayer
of Their Sister
NO FORMAL CHARGE TO
BE MADE BEFORE INQUEST

HALMLY, without the slightest
I show of agitation, seemingly
with as little concern as though
he were going to his dinner. James
Edward Cunningham, confessed mur-
derer Of Carolina Brasch. the young
girl book keeper slain in the Office Of
Gray Brothers contracting company
last Wednesday afternoon, led Police
Detectives Arthur MoQuaidc and
Daniel Driscoll early yesterday morn
ing TO the junction OF First and
Bryant streets, and there, standing on
an elevation overlooking a precipitous
descent toward the bay, pointed out
the spot where he threw away the
empty revolver cartridge that had
contained the bullet sent into the girls
brain.
The detectives searched among the
bricks and weeds for a short time and
recovered the cartridge, as he had
said 1t was No. SO, as are all the
cartridges Cunningham purchased
The fact that he was aiding in sub
stantiating the confession he made to
The Call Thursday night and thus
Strengthening the case the state will
press against him when he. comes on
trial for his life seemed not to con-
Germ the man at all.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
INCOME SAID TO BE LIMITED

Mrs de la Montanya had considerable property said Solo
but the income from that did appear be
permit her the life which accustomed
while living Montanya
has a final
excellent and she always able the bills they
They bills all
Recently she made apart
that she had been deceived There pending
the have the sale aside the grounds
against Goldsmith whom the
II represented her that the
month"; while fact the rentrol and o
IT also alleged that the original the
month to
However the difference would
$500 And Mrs de
She owned another and
produced In fact her monthly
dedung the interest charges
net income was about 500 month But this did
On that she could not have the travel and
Shortly before her death last
understand plans for foreign might
travelled had
despondent that fact In
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04

which make slaves of free American
citizens and open the way for blind
anger. which could result in such
tragedy as that of last Wednesday.
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
Many Complaints Made

Despite the deniaIs of Harry Gray.
a member of the firm of Gray brothers.
that any trouble had recently been
experienced with other laborers than
Cunnip CHAM, dozens of men in the
FIRMS various camps came forward with
stories similar to those related by
Cunningham and Novak In each in
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
Mrs. LOTena de la Montanyas Friend
Denies RumoT of Men in Room
at Time of Suicide
Mystery Wells Reasons for Tragic End of Noted
Beauty and Brother Asks Detectives to
Conduct Searching Inquiry

CKEPTCAL certain degree of the told regarding
the death of Mrs. Loena de la Montanya,
effects OF revolver shot her apartment Jones
Friday evening the womans brother Barber
Deputy Coroner John Kennedy invoked aid police
evening TO thoroughly investigate the
Detectives Tim Rordan Boletto case
and late last evening the apartment and
Margaret W Patton the friend Montanya
during her last moments and Celia Buda women
ada the reiteraton of tragedy
Both denied emphaticaly
had been friends of Mrs de Monanya and Mrs Patton
dinner during the evening and that during after
the had accidentally fired the shot which caused the death of
beautiful young
GIVES NO MOTIVE FOR SUICIDE
Mrs Patton does presume the suicide
She expressed the suggestion that her friend might
playing with the weapon for effect when accidentally
Police Sergeant Lyne examining after the shooting
discharged the crowded persons narrow
escapes from being numbered as its victims.
What the suspicious Of and the
police the facts that although the shooting said
occurred us o'clock and the died 930 the
Office notified II
death had Dr. H. w. Allen of hotel
who called by Mrs Patton attend the dying Mrs de
tanya, thought by the office
his public duty having notified the morgue
left the city yesterday afternoon explain
the lapse Of time he allowed to intervene
It is reported that the pistol located by
officials in the bedroom of the dead woman, while tragedy
occurred in the dining OF the apartment.
Lucus l. Soomon who Mrs. de Montanya's attorney
suggested the feasible which might
killing herself although not fully
reconcile the idea OF suicide with what he knew of the
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
Sleeps for Twelve Hours


The detectives found Cunningham
just awakening from an untroubled
II hour sleep, and hurried him into an
auto and to the spot where he had
stated the revolver cartridge had been
unloaded Then the machine was
whizzed back to the Wells-Fargo
building. and Cunningham showed
where he had come out of the back,
door of the building after numbering
Miss Brasch, and gone out of gate
leading from the express company
private. yard into Jessie street. down
which he walked to First street, and
thence down to Bryant.
DR.. s. L. sBraseh. George o. Brasch
and Max p. Brasch, the three broth
ers of the dead girl. called on Chief
of Police Cook yesterday and prof
fered, their services in aiding the de-
partment in the case. The men ds-
elared that they felt no resentment
toward Cunningham. as they believe
him insane. and can but pity him for
his wanton crime. They can see no
reason for the murder, and consider it
but the crazed notion of demented
man
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
FOREIGN
SPORTS

Motorcycle rider in races at Denver crashes
through fence and is killed. Page &c
Yale defeats Harvard in tenth inning Hnish
and wins the college baseball supremacy
for 1909. Page "a
Papke money comes with rush and odds dror
TO to l for Mondays fight. Page 20
Giants take double header from BROOKLYN
and record attendance game. Page 20
Hazel Hotchkiss and May Sutton will con
test in challenge match Monday for state tennis
championship. Page IS
Mixing in dates for the coming deer
season may cause clash between hunters and
game wardens. Page 81
Mrs Walter S. Martin to meet Miss B. Have
meyer in golf finals tomorrow Page 20
Many interesting track and field events on
card for today and Monday. Page 2s
San Jose defeats Oakland and makes it four
games in row. Page "a
Sam Hildreth's Dalmatiau. TO 1, wins Great
Trial stake at Sheepshesd bay, defeating high
class youngsters. Page 20
MARINE
The postofhec clerks want home for In.
capacitated members. Page A
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04

Continued on PaEe IS, Column 2
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04

Msuzy shows wisdom in selection of execu-
tive committee to handle his campaign for
mayor Pare %
The San Francisco call., 1909-07-04
MARINE

The pcstofhec clerks want home for In
lcapacitated members. Page A
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-12
MANY HEAR
NOTED SPEAKER
"Christian Science" Subject
of Address al Opera House
PAYS AUDIENCE TRIBUTE
Prof. Il. S. Herring Inspired
by Responsive Listeners
History and Teachings of Christian
Science Expounded in Clear, Con-
else and Eloquent Manner.

AN audience large in numbers and
appreciation, assembled at the Grand
to hear Professor HERNIA ms. Herring,
of Boston, Mass, deliver his famous
lecture on Christian Science, last
evening at the opera mousse. The
speaker paid his audience the COM
pliment of saying 1t was one or the
most intelligent and responsive he
had been privileged to address, and
that IL served as an inspiration In
presenting a theme already reduced
to the acme of logic by research and
truism. The address was mastery
in construction and delivery, Pro-
fessor Herring being introduced by
Mr. A. r. Howser in the following
well chosen words:
Friends: I'VE meet here tonight
In the one common interest OF think
ing people, The search for truth
'All down through the history of
time this instructive desire of men
to know the truth is clearly traceable.
The wise men of old, following the
OltT VI DSlnltnCHl uutii IL ltolch
over the babe in the manger. were
led on by the desire to know the
truth.
Martin Luther, John Calvin,
William Penn and John Wesley. al
though each in his turn was opposed
and ridiculed, classed with heretics
and lunatics were earnest search
lers for truth.
Today we are still searching for
truth. Why this search? Why this
longing to know the truth?
Christ Jesus in his infnite under
standing of all things, Dotn human
and divine made clear to us the rea-
son for this governing desire, that
leads mans thoughts onward and
upward in these words, "Ye shall
know the truth and the truth shall
make you free"
Christian Scientists believe that
they have come into an understand.
ing of the truth that does indeed sci
man free.
Christian Scientists believe thai
the teachings of Christ are just as
true, his commands just as impera
tive and the power of God just al
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-12
FRUIT and VEGETABLES

Are fresh and fine, ou rmarket for
Saturday cannot be surpassed.
Plenty of strawberries, big lot Of
pineapples, nice oranges, all sizes
ripe bananas, new crisp cucumbers
new wax beans, long red radishes
fine red tomatoes, in fact everything
you want from the garden or grocery
et prices that are right.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1909-06-12
Turner's
Big Market

Fresh Home Grown Peas.
Fancy Home, Grown Strawberries.
Fancy Florida Pineapple for canning.
Wax Beans, Cucumbers, Tomatoes,
Asparagus, Spinach, New Beets. Let
tuce. All kinds of Radishes. All kinds
OF Fresh and Smoked Meats.