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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26
Washington, D. c., News.

Senator Bourne of Oregon has been
selected chairman of the subcommittee
OF the budget committee of the senate
which will correspond somewhat to the
English budget plan for keeping the
government expenditures within the
revenues. 1t is freely admitted that
the proposed committee will be the most
powerful in the senate. Senator Cham.
perlain's committee assignments as
finally determined are irrigation, pub.
lie lands, agriculture and printing.
Senator Hepburn of Idaho has IRE,
scented for appointment Warren Trnitt
OF Moscow to the federal iudgeship
newly created in Alaska. He also
recommended for appointment ex.Sen.
ator Fulton to the Oregon iudgeship.
Senator Dixon of Montana is chair.
man of the newly created committee
on conservation of national resources.
Former Delegate Cole of Alaska was
buncoed out of $4,000 at Council
Bluffs, Iowa, on a fake wrestling bout.
Sharpers took all his available cash
mat the Payne tariff bill would BRING
about a great international tariff war
If enacted, because of the section which
continues in operation the Cuban reel
procity treaty, is one of the arguments
that is being made against the measure
Representatives of western states are
claiming that the new drawback bro.
vision in the Payne tariff bill is dis
crlminatory against the west in favor
OF the east. The revised drawback sec
ton permits manufactures to secure the
regular drawback of 90 per cent of the
duty paid on imported raw material
without the necessity of using the i'm
ported material in the manufactured
product that is exported. A raw ma
terial of domestic production, in equal
quantity and of similar character
may be used instead of imported ma,
terial.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26
ENGINEER DIES AT HIS POST.
Sticks to Engine When the Train
Crashes Down Grade.

Como, Col.-An ore train on the Col
orado & Southern railway, composed of
16 loaded cars got beyond control re-
Gently on the steep grade from Boreas
Pass on the crest of the Continental Di-
vide and jumped the track at sharp
curve while going at the rate of 90
miles an hour.
Engineer Bud Schwartz, who stuck
to his engine in heroic effort to
stop the train, was instantly killed.
The other members of the train crew
jumped from the train when they real
lied it was beyond control and escaped
with minor bruises.
When Engineer Schwartz realized
that his train was beyond control he
grasped the whistle cord and all the
way down his engine kept giving out its
shrill note of warning. Schwartz
went to his death with the cord in his
hand.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26
Prices to Producers at Spokane.

The following list may be taken as a
fair standard of prices paid to local
producers outside of the city market
for the commodities named:
Poultry-Live hens, 14c; dressed, 17c
lb; live spring, 14c; dressed, lie; old
ROSTERS, 1oc; dressed, lie; live geese
14c Id; dressed, lie; live ducks, 14c;
dressed, 1sc; fancy live turkeys, 22c;
dressed, 25c.
Eggs-Fresh ranch eggs, $7.75.
Mutton-Dressed wethers, 121bc;
ewes, IL 1ac; lambs, lac.
Veal-Fancy small, lie Id; large,
7h@sc ID; steers, live, $4.5O@5 cwt
up; dressed, S@@9c.
Fruits and Vegetables-Potato Use
@$1 cwt; apples, 75c to $125 box; car
rots, s5c@1 cwt; beets, 1 Ac lb; dry
onions, 1R@2c Id; horseradish, 1870
lb.
Butter-Hazelwood creamery, 37c lib;
Jersey Bell, 35c.
Cheese-Wisconsin and Hazelwood,
lie Id; domestic Swiss, 17c; brick
cream, lie.
Hay, Baled-Oat hay, $1s ton; wheat
hay, $1S ton up; alfalfa, SIS; timothy,
$18.
Grain-Oats, $1.55 per cwt; barley,
$1.3O per cwt; wheat, $1.4O per cwt.
Pacific Northwest Wheat
Tacoma.-Milling bluestem, $1.15;
club, $1.O5; red, $1.O3.
Portland track prices: Club, $1.Os;
bluestem, $1.20; turkey red, $1.1O; red
Russian, $1.O5; valley, $1.1O.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26
BEETHOVEN AND BUSINESS.
sellns HI. Music vyas .pI.tnstetul :.

selling His Music Was DIntasteful 10
the Great Composer.
An extremely interesting article
which has just appeared in a German
musical and theatrical paper contains.
the following statement. says the Phil
adelphia Record: Beethoven never
bargained in the ordinary way; his
fees for a contribution were demanded
briefly and in decided manner, and he
always pointed out when mentioning a
price that he meant guineas and not
sovereigns, or, rather, their equivalent
In Austrian coin. In 1901 he wrote
to music firm at Leipzig: Nov the
unpalatable business part is done with,
! wish things could be managed differ
emily in this world. There should be
only one music publisher to whom the
artist might take his work, knowing
that he might ask fee according to
his requirements. AS It is, he has to
be partly tradesnan. Good heavens,
how different and unpalatable this is"
But this pious wish was never fulfilled,
and Beethoven had to remain half a.
tradesman" to the end.
As a suggestion of how DELEGATIONS
are occasionally made, the following
letter, which Beethoven wrote to the
same publisher In 1902 from Vienna, IS
interesting:
'The lady in question can have
sonata and will do my best to carry
out her aesthetic ideas. The price is 5.
guineas (ducaten), and for this she
may retain the sonata for a year as
hrr private property, but not for publ
cation. At the end OF the year the
sonata becomes my property-that is
to say, have the right to publish it,
and II she thinks It an honor she may
ask to. have the work dedicated to.
her."
This, from the business point of
view Of the lady in question is surely
a tempting offer. At least, so the art
patroness of to-day would think il she
had a chance of suggesting to a Bee
thoven the aesthetic idea" for So
nata; to retain such treasure in her
own hands for a twelvemonth, and!
thereafter have It dedicated to her
and all for guineasl
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26
NORTH COAST HARRIMAN's7
Portland oregonian Says Strahorn Road
Is o. r. & N. Feeder.

Ne Z
Portland, Ore.-The Oregonian says:
"The mysterious North Coast road that
has long been the enigma. of the north
west railroad situation is believed to
have been connected up with the Oregon
Railroad & Navigation company's line.
The North Coast has up to this time
remained an unguessed riddle, but now
it is thought the Hartman interests
have been behind the project from it's
inception and that the railroad will in
wade the Hill territory in eastern Wash
ington for the purpose of diverting traf-
fic to the o. R. & N and the Union
Pacific that would otherwise be hauled
over the Northern Pacific or Great
Northern.
"The building of the big bridge
across the Columbia river near Kenne-
wick and the connection with the main
line of the o. R. & N. has apparently
let the cat out of the bag. 1t is now
believed that the time for secrecy has
about passed and that soon there will
be an official announcement verifying
the report"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26
THE CooPERs FOUND GUILTY.
Of Murder in Second Degree at Nash
vile, Tenn.

vile, Tenn.
Nashville, March 22.-Colonel Cooper
and son Robin were found guilty of
numbering former Senator Carmack in
the second degree and Immediately SEN
fenced to 20 years each by Judge Hart.
When the jury filed in after four
days deliberation the Coopers turned
pale. Near the colonel sat his two
daughters. Father and son showed no
emotion when the verdict was read, but
the daughters were heartbroken.
The court Immediately commanded
the Coopers to stand up and then pro-
nounced sentence. The only sounds in
the room were the sobbings of the
daughters.
The minimum for the crime for which
the Coopers were convicted.is 10 years.
The jury decided on maximum of 20
years.
After the release on bail the Coopers
were driven to the home of Mrs.
Burch, the colonel's daughter. Argu-
ments for new trial will begin April 3.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26
The Jews and Thirteen.

Commenting ON the thirteen supeI~
stltions in the Oesterelchishe Wochen-
schnift, Jacob E Ehrlich, a Jewish
writer, says: ''The number thirteen is
surely not a bad one for us. The holy
writ tells Of the thirteen attributes Of
the Most High, and we have thirteen
feast days In each year. Our great
arch enemy, Haman, was hanged on
the 18th of Abas. The thirteenth birth
day of our sons is a day of Joy be-
cause on that day the child becomes 9,
member of the religious community.
The dream Of Joseph was Of thirteen
the sun, the moon and eleven stars
and Jacob had thirteen children"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26
YOUNG MCCORMICK.
insane Son of Great Harvester Man
Ill in California,

santa Barbara, Challenging that
ner husband, Stanley Mccormick, son
VI I'll late Cyrus Mccormick, harvester
Mng, q mentally incompetent and ask
!ng mat guardians be appointed to han
ule the $1O,OOo,OOo estate, Mrs. Rather
me 4. D. Mccormick has appeared as pc
utioner in the superior court.
Mclormick came to Santa Barbara
las. las. July accompanied by a doctor, and
onfee trained nurses. The party is now
A. Cne magnificent estate owned by the
r' family. 1t is reported Nc
0o[mlek is suffering emotional insanity,
a'u IS subject to violent spells render
ing him dangerous. Noted alienists
nave pronounced his case hopeless.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26

dispatches concerning market quota
lions, conditions and phases are as fol-
lows:
Chicago.
Flour-Market steady.
Rye-No. 2, zoe.
! Barley-Feed or mixing. CALICO
65 Lee; fair to choice mailing, 65 Lao
67 1-2c.
Flaxseed - No. southwestern
$1:57 IA; No. 1 northwestern, $1.67 IA
Timothy seed-$3.75@3.sO.
Clover-$S.75@8.9O.
Mess pork-Per bbl., $17.5O@17.55.
Lard-Per 100 lbs, $1,000.
Short ribs, sides-Loose, $s.75M9.26.
Short clear sides-Boxed, $4,000
9.62 1-2.
Butter, steady; creameries, goo
% 1-2c; diaries, 2O@25c. Eggs firm at
mark, cases included; frsts, 1sc; prime
irsts, 19c.
Cattle-Market steady. Beeves, So. go
@7.10; Texas steers, $4.4O@550; west
ern, steers, $4@54O; stockers and feed
ers, $3.40@5.24; cows and heifers, 81 80
@5; calves, $6@s.
Hogs--Market sc lower. Light, Sc 80
@6.7O; mixed, $6.4O@6.sO; heavy, Sc. so
@6.S5; rough. $6.5O@6.6O; good to
choice heavy, $6.6O@6.85; pigs, $4,000
go; bulk of sales, $66O@6.8O.
Sheep-Market steady. Native, 1925
@5.70; western, $3.50@5.9O;. yearlings,
$6@7.25; lambs, native, $5.5O@s; west
ern, $5.5O07.90.
New York.
Flour-Dull and unchanged.
Wheat-SpOt No. red, $123 3-S ele-
vator; No. 2 red $1.24 3-8 f. o. b. afloat;
No. northern Duluth, $1.25 1-2 f. o. b.
afioat; No. hard winter, 1923 1-2 f. o.
| b. afoat.
Sugar-Strong. Fair refining, $3.420
3.48 1-2; centrifugal, 90 test, SO $40
3.98 IL; molasses sugar, $317@3.23 1-2.
Refned-Firm; crushed, $3.50; pow
dered, $4.95; granulated, 1886.
Coffee-Steady; Rio No. Z, s1-4c;
Santos No. 4, 8 7sc. Mild-Quiet; Cor
dOva, 9 3-4@13c.
Cotton closed quiet. Middling up-
lands, 800; middling gulf, 5000. Sales,
200 bales.
Bar silver, so Ice; Mexican dollars,
44c.
The tin market was easy, with spot
quoted at $2s.3O@2s.5O.
Copper was dull, with lake quoted at
1927 1-2@12.35; electrolvtic, $40
1925; casting, $11.S7 1-2012.12 1-2.
Lead was quiet at 1897 1-2@4.O2 1-2.
Spelter was unchanged at $4.750
SIT 1-2.
Iron was unchanged
San Francisco.
Wheat-Shipping, $1.9O@1.95; mill
ing, $1.97 10000 1-2. Barley-Feed,
$1.47 1-2@1.5O; brewing, $150@1.55.
Oats-Red, $1.s2 1-2@195; white, 81 80
az; black, nominal.
MilIstuffs-Bran, $2s.50@3O; mid
dlings, $33@35.
Hay-Wheat, $1,000; wheat and
oats, $22@25.50; alfalfa, $15@1s; stock,
$12@16. Straw, per bale, 6O@s5c.
Wool-Nevada, 12015c; mountain,
6@1Oc; South Plains & s. J., s@15c.
Butter - Fancy creamery, % 1-2c;
creamery seconds, 27 lie; fancy dairy,
&c 1-2c.
Eggs-store, a2c; fancy ranch,
% 1-2c.
Liverpool.
Close: Wheat-May, IS 2 7-Sd; July,
IS Id; September, rs lid. Weather
fine.
Available Grain Supplies.
Special cable and telegraphic COM
munications received by Bradstreet g
show these changes in available supplies
compared with previous accounts:
Wheat-United States east of Rockies,
decrease 26s.0O0 bushels; Canada, in
crease 1,276,O00 bushels; total United
States and Canada, increase, 9ssOOO
bushels; afoat for and in Europe in
crease 100000 bushels. Total Ameri-
can and European supply increase
3,0S8.O0O.
Corn-United States and Canada, in
crease $4,000.
Oats-United States and Canada, in
crease 1872, 900.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26
Woman Wins From Woodmen.

: ~. Lincoln, Neb.-Mrs. Lena Margaret
MI Me mas won her suit against the
Cd '1 a., Woodmen, when a jury award
~ q4'%9O.75. She sued for $4,000, the
bn" ount OF the policy held by her hus
Oand, and interest.
M 11fS' Lille, after a sensational trial
b Was convicted of numbering her hus-
baI uu, Governor Mickey later pardoned
non. ana she sued the insurance com
~ Inc present trial was practically
ie'rial of the murder case.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26
Available Grain Supplies.
Money Buried on the Farm.

Mount Vernon, nl.-David Myers, a
farmer living near here, has deposited
$4,000 in the bank. The money was
returned to him by detectives who in
vestigated the robbery of the Myers
home six months ago. Altogether $685.
600 was taken. Recently $4,000 was
found buried on the farm of a son of
Myers.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26

To meet the Rev. D. G. Downey and
the Rev. Edgar Blake of Chicago, the
Sunday schools of the Methodist
churches of the Inland Empire have
been asked by President Elder U. F.
Hawk to send delegates to a conven-
ton in Spokane June 6, and 8.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26

Thirty steel machines have been in.
stalled in the new department for me-
chanico-therapy at the Vanderbilt
clinic of the College of Physicians and
Surgeons. By the use of the machines
tissue, bone and muscle will be
strengthened and the period of conval,
essence lessened.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26
MEANS PEACE IN BALKANS.
servia Is to Get Instructions From
the Powers.

Belgrade, Servia.-Peace is regarded
as assured. 1t is semi-oficially stated
that the powers would invite Servia to
declare the question of the annexation
of Bosnia and Herzegovina settled and
to disarm and discharge its reserves.
Furthermore, it was said, the Servian
government would accede to this re-
quest, thus opening the way for direct
negotiations between Austria-Hungary
and Servia for a commercial agreement.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26
Clue to One scoundrel.

Tommy Muscarelli, 10 years old, says
that it was he who carried the note
from the kidnapers to the hotel. He
said he and another boy were met on
the street by a man who told them to
take the note. The boys describe the
man as being of dark complexion, about
80 years old and weighing 14O pounds.
A man and boy, believed to be Willie
Whitla and one of his kidnapers, are
detained by the police of Cuyahoga
Falls The man claims he is from Har-
risburg, Pa.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26

That mighty unfair trick of killing
the fatted calf for the prodigaI cuuses
more family rows than anything elsa
on earth. except the division Is
Fathers Moneys
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26

VIII Eli Stillman Bailey of Chicago,
raa;u nas discovered a substitute for
Ma5:I, Is graduate of the Hahnemann
medical college.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26

Usually the early bird catches the
worm for the benefit of the little tel'
lows who stayed at home.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26
BIG CROWDS WATCH TAFT.
Center of Attraction Going to anC
From Church.

Washington, March %. - President
Taft spent Sunday in rest and recrea-
ton, after a week filed with activity.
He attended religious services this
morning in All Souls church. He
walked to and from church and was the
center of attraction for throngs along
the route.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-26
OTHER MARKETS.

Dispatches concerning market quota
lions, conditions and phases are as fol
lows:
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08
uon Sugar

the board, but now that the work liz
chiefly confined TO maintenance and re-
pair for which purpose the country is
divided into sixteen districts. 10 which
arc assigned ALI engineer officer OF the
army and an inspector OF the navy each
with lighthouse tender and the need
ed plant for his work, IT has become ap-
parent By the frequent friction thai
arises. due 10 the absence OF any central
independent authority, that there must
he a complete reorganization OF the
board.
Would Transfer Control
I concede the advantages OF keep
ing In the system the dignity oil disci-
pline that the presence OF naval and mill
tary officers lnsurcs. but unless the
presence OF such officers In the board can
be made consistent with responsible
executive head that shall have proper au
thirtE. ! recommend the transfer of control
over the lighthouses To a suitable civilian
bureau. This is in accordance with the
Judgment OF competent persons, who are
familiar with the workings of the present
system | am confident that a reor-
ganlZation can be effected which shall
avoid the recurrence of friction between
members, instances OF which have been
OFFICIALLY brought to my attention, and
by such reorganization greater efficiency
and substantial reduction In the ex :
pense OF operation can be brought about
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08
POSTAL SAVINGS BANKS.

The second subject worthy Of mention
in tho postoffice department is the real
necessity and entire practicaoillty OF eS-
tahishing postal savings banks. Tho
successful party at the last election de-
Clared in favor OF postal savings banks
and although tho proposition finds oppo-
ncnts in many parts of the country, ]
am convinced that the people desire such
arc furnished they will be productive Of
the utmost good The postal savings
banks are not constituted for the pur-
pose OF creating competition with other
banks. The rate of interest upon de-
posits to which they would he limited
would he SO small as TO prevent their
drawing deposits away from other
| believe them to he necessary I'm or
der to offer a proper inducement to thrift
and saving TO great many people of
ing facilities. and to whom such n sYs-
tenn would offer an opportunity for the
accumulation OF capital. They VIII fur
niSh a satisfactory substitute, based on
sound principles and actual successful
trial In nearly all the countries OF tho
world for the system OF government
guaranty of deposits now being adopted
IN several western states. which with
Difference to those who advocate 1t seems
TO me TO have In il the seeds OF de-
moraiZaton To Conservative banking and
certain financial disaster.
Problems to Be Solved.
Inc question or now the money depoS-
itcd in postal savings banks shall be In
vested is not free from difficulty, but |
believe that "A satisfactory provision for
this purpose was inserted as an amend
ulcnt to the bill considered by the senate
at It's last session. 1t has been proposed
10 delay the consideration OF legislation
regarding postal savings hanks until af-
ter the report OF tho monetary commits
sion This report Is likely 10 be delayed.
and properly 80, because OF the necessity
FOR careful dcliberation and close inves-
tication. | do not sec why the one should
be tied up with the other IL is under
stood that the monetary commission
have looked into the systems of bank
ing which now prevail abroad and have
found that by q control there exercised
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA JAIL.

My predecessor transmitted TO the con-
gress q special message on January II.
1909, accompanying the report OF COM
missioners heretofore appointed to In
vestiga,e the jail. worllbouse. etc, in
the District OF Columbia. In which he
directed attention 10 the report as set"
ting forth vividly. the really outrageous
conditions In the workhouse and jail
The congress has taken action I'm pur-
suance Of the recommendations OF that
report and OF the president 20 the eX
tent OF appropriatirg funds and enacting
the necessary legislation for the estab-
lishment OF a workhouse and reforma-
tory. No action. however. has been
taken by the congress with respect 10
the jail. the conditions OF which are still
antiquated and lnsantary. | earnestly
recommend the passage OF a sufficient
appropriation 10 enable n thorough re-
modelling of that institution TO be made
without delay II is a rcproach to the
national government that almost under
the shadow OF the capitol dome prison
crs should be confined In n building desti-
tute or the ordinary decent appliances
requisite TO cleanliness and sanitary con-
dtions
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08
THE CUSTOMS FRAUDS.

I regret TO refer TO the fact OF the
discovery OF extensive frauds In the col
lection OF the customs revenue at New
York City, in which a number OF the
subordinate employees in the Weighing
and other departments were directly con-
cerned, and in which the beneficiarics
were the American Sugar Refining COM
pany and others. The frauds consisted
In the payment Of duty on undcrweights
Of sugar The government has recovered
panY all that il is shown TO have been
defrauded OF The sum was received in
full of the amount due which might have
been recovered by civil suit against the
benefciaries OF the fraud, but there was
an express reservation in the contract
OF settlement by which the settlement
should not interfere with, or prevent
the criminal prosecution OF every one
who was found to be subject TO the
same.
Criminal prosecutions are now pro-
ceeding against q number OF the govern
mont officers. The treasury department
and the department OF justice are exert
ing every effort 10 discover all the wrong
doers. including the officers and en-
ploYees of the companies who may have
been privy TO the fraud. 1t would seem
TO me that an investigation of the frauds
by congress at present pending the prob
ing by the treasury department and the
department of justice. as proposed,
might, by giving immunity and other
wise, prove an embarrassment In sccur-
ing conviction OF the guilty parties.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-08
ALASKA.

With respect to the territory OF Alaska,
I recommend legislation which shall pro-
vide for the appointment by the presi-
dent OF a governor and also OF an eXecu-
tive council, tho members of which shall
during their torn OF office reside in the
territory and which shall have legislative
powers sufficient to enable II To give to
the territory local laws adapted to its
present growth ! strongly dcprcCate
legislation looking to tho election OF a
territorial legislature in that vast dis
trict. The lack Of Dermancncy OF resi-
dence of q large part of tho present pop
ulation and the small number OF the pco-
pie who either permanently or temporar-
lily reside in the district as compared
With Its vast eXpanse and the variety OF
the interests that have IN be Suhscvvcd.
make it. altogether uniting In my iudS-
ment 10 provide for a popular election
Of legislative body. The present syS-
tenn is not adequate and does not furnish
the character of local control that ought
TO be there The only compromise II
seems to me which may give needed local
legislation and secure a conservative gov
ernment is the one / propose.