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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-12-08
Forest Fire Losses.

A rough estimate of the fire loss upon
the national forests in Montana and
northern Idaho, upon which the forest
officers of the United States department
of agriculture have been engaged since
the fires were put out, puts the total
amount of timber killed or destroyed in
this one district at over billion board
feet, while the area burned over is put
at over one and one-quarter million
acres.
The heaviest losses were in two Idaho
forests, the Occur 'Alene, where over
3 billion board feet of timber are re-
ported killed or destroyed and over
100000 acres burned over, and the
Clearwater, where one billion feet of
timber were killed or destroyed and
100000 acres burned over. On the Hell
ena National forest, in Montana, the
loss in timber is believed to have been
100000 feet, on the Cabinet forest
400, 100000 feet, and on the Lolo forest
300 100000.
A large part of the losses on the
Occur d'Alene, Clearwater and Lolc
were due to what became practically
one great fire. The burn is shown on
the forest service maps as extending in
northwesterly and southeasterly di
rection from north of Wallace, Idaho
to point some 80 miles southwest OF
Missoula, Mont, or nearly 100 miles. Al
| its widest point this burn has a width
of about 40 miles, but its shape is very
irregular.
| Forester Graves believes that, a.
usually happens in the case of big fires
there will be found to be considerable
areas of living timber within the re
gions now mapped as entirely burned
| over.
How much of the billion fee
which was either killed or burned VI
in Montana and northern Idaho cal
eventually be salvaged it is of cours'
impossible to predict. If it were all
total loss, and if its stumpage valu
were put at the average price at whicl
national forest timber was sold las
year, it would be the equivalent of
money loss of about $15,000,000.
1t is believed that last summer
fires either burned up or killed between
and per cent of the total stan'
of national forest timber. At the pres
ent rate of cutting from the nationa
forests, billion feet is equal to 1
ears supply; but it is less than one
sixth of single years cut in the Ell
tire country, or enough to keep all on
lumber mills busy for something unde
two months.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-12-08
DIAz' SOLDIERS WIN
Big BATTLE With REVOLU-
TIONISTS ON SUNDAY.
Over 1000 Men Engaged in Fierce
Battle Sunday All Day-Rebels Lost
Is Men and Many Wounded-No FORTH
ern Mexico Quiet-President Diaz
Makes Statement on Recent Riots

Chihuahua, Mexico, Nov 2s.-In an
engagement near this city Sunday which
lasted from 9 o'clock in the morning
until 3 0 clock in the afternoon, 600 fed
eral troops routed a force of 400 Ma
deroistas, driving them repeatedly from
strong position and compelling them to
take to the mountains. The revolutions
lists lost 10 killed and many wounded.
There were no fatalities on the federal
side, but several, including three Off
GERS, were wounded.
General Navarro was in command of
the federal troops. He left Chihuahua
at CLOCK a. m. at the head of four
companies of the Second battalion and
two squadrons of cavalry from the Thir-
teenth regiment.
Quiet in Northern Mexico.
Laredo, Texas.-Sunday was day of
tranquility in northern Mexico, accord
ing to official advices received. Similar
statements were received from the de-
tail of troops stationed along the Dor
der on the American side Of the river.
General fear of formidable revolution
in the southern republic seems to be dis
sipated.
General Hagadorn of the United
States army, commander of Fort McIn-
tosh, reported everything quiet at Mi
nora, Texas. If present plans are carried
out Company A of the Twenty-third in
fantry, stationed at Minora, will be or
dered back to Fort Mcintosh.
Diaz Blames Senior Madero.
President Diaz of Mexico addressed
the following telegram to the editor of a
New York paper:
1.-THE recent riots in certain portions
of Mexico are the political work of
Francisco I. Madero. According to the
proclamations published upon throwing
himself into a revolution his object was
to obtain the presidency by force, since
he was unable to do so by the votes of
his fellow citizens.
fThis political movement will not ex-
tend, since hitherto it has limited itself
to riots in Puebla, Gomez Palcios, Par
raj and Ciudad Guerrero. In all these
places they have been depressed by the
police and the federal forces. The rest
of the republic has remained perfectly
tranquil.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-12-08
EXCURSIONS TO CALIFORNIA.
Three Trains from NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
and Inland Empire and Canadians.

Three Trains from Northwest-Spokane
and Inland Empire and Canadians.
More than 1000 specially conducted
tourists from the northwest will make
the pilgrimage to southern California
this winter. Announcement of four ex
cursions under the auspices of the Harri-
man lines management has just been
made.
The excursions announced are as fol
lows:
Inland Empire-Leaves Spokane Jan
uary 6 and brings excursionists from
eastern Washington, Idaho, Montana, as
well as some western Canadian.
Canadian-Leaves Spokane January
II and carries excursionists from the
Canadian provinces of Alberta, Sas-
katchewan and Winnipeg and eastern
British Columbia.
Seattle-British Columbia-Leaves Sc
attic January % and carries excursion
lists from Oregon, western Washington
and British Columbia.
Tacoma-Leaves Tacoma February 10
and carries excursionists from Oregon,
Washington and British Columbia.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-12-08
MONTANA NEWS NOTES

Clyde P. Daniels, who expects to en-
gage in the manufacture of cedar prod
ucts, will soon have his ferry in oper-
alton on the Kootenai river at Rankin,
six miles below Libby.
There is every Indication that the
Snowshoe mine, the chief producer OF
the Libby district, is about to resume
operations. The Snowshoe has not beer
operated for about four years, having
been tied up in an estate. During thu
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-12-08

The egotist always uses the capital
I, but he isn't always capitalized.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-12-08
WASHINGTON STATE NEWS

Joseph Newman, merchant of
Northport, died recently.
The supreme court has decided that
victims of the Seattle armory accident
can not recover by damage suit against
Contractor Dow.
Mataichi Ueda, well known to all the
Japanese of the Coast as a contributor
of prose and poetry to japanese news
papers, committed suicide in Seattle
Saturday.
I The state bureau of statistics and i'm
migration, of which the secretary of
state, 1. M. Howell, is ex-officio com
missioner, has just issued from the press
a report dealing with the irrigated lands
of this state. Write Tor it.
The coast artillery was triumphant
at Tacoma Saturday, and by brilliant
victory over the Vancouver barracks
eleven won the championship of the
army and navy in the northwest. The
score of the game was % to 0.
At cost of about 100000 F. A.
Blackwell of the Idaho & Washing
ton Northern railroad has completed
the 10 miles of new road between lone
and Metaline Falls, the new town at
the northern terminus of the road. The
new railroad cost 100000.
Leaving valuable jewels and watches
which lay on her dresser untouched
an unknown Saturday night entered the
room of Miss Bertha M. Parks, 1e
years old, at her home in Seattle and
while she was sleeping with her sister
cut from her head long tresses of deeT
auburn hair and escaped with his
plumber. ~.
Negotiations involving real estate
valued at 100000 that have extended
some time eliminated in the sale o,
$3.50 acres of wheat land near Warden
Grant county, belonging to James G
Cunningham and Harry A. Flood, boil
of Spokane, to J. M. Murchie of Nortl
Yakima. The price was 100000, o
practically $40 per acre. About 800
acres is improved wheat land.
The Indians on the Colville reserva
ton, many of whom sold their allot
ments, are in an ugly mood and threate
trouble unless they are paid, claimin
; they are unable to get satisfaction re
9 garding settlement from the India
authorities, and that months ago thes
. allotments were sold to private il
dividuals and moneys received by tn
/. department and yet they have not re
/. ceived a dollar.
According to Headpacker Johnson G
: the Pomona orchard in the Toucht
valley section that orchard this yea
:, established several new records.
t., was recently purchased from J.
Dumas for about $150,000. 1t has jul
J. realized from this years crop gro
; return of $4,000, or nearly the pu
chase price. From this is to be SUI
a, tracted $4,000 expenses for marketir
the crop. All the culls and windfal
D. have been disposed of. These latt
0. apples were sold in carload lots to
e. firm in North Dakota at 90 cents hu
j. dredweight, or about 25 cents a BIO
the lot bringing about $4,000 for apple
4, which might well have been a tot
t, loss.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-12-08
Indicted Banker Kills Self.

Evansville, Ind.-Captain Simon P,
Gillett, former president of the Citi-
zens' National bank of this city, who
is under federal indictment for alleged
Encouragement of the bank, shot and
killed himself Saturday.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-12-08
BURNED TO Death
over Is FACTORY GIRLS TN.
ABLE To MAKE ESCAPE.
At Newark, New Jersey, When Case
line Tank Got Afire Somehow-Oc-
Cured in a -Four Story Brick Block
Occupied by Two Paper Box and
Electrical Fixture Factories.

N.
utes 25 girls were burned alive Satur-
day or crushed to death ON the pave
ment on leaping from the windows and
fire escapes of the four-story factory
building at Orange and High streets,
occupied ON the top floor by an under
wear manufacturing concern, where the
death list was heaviest The lower
floors were occupied by two paper box
concerns and two electrical fixture fac
tories.
The latest count shows that 20 of
the 25 bodies are identified and that
five girls are missing. They may be
among the unidentified dead or yet in
the ruins. The collapse of wall in
terrupted further search. Fifty were
taken to the hospital, of whom two
may die.
Among the injured is Joseph E.
Sloane, deputy fire chief, who was
overtaken by the falling wall and
buried in bricks and rubbish. He is
badly hurt, but may recover.
Sat Paralyzed by Fright.
The rush of the flames was so swift
and threw such terror into the girls on
the top story that the body of one was
found still seated on a charred stool
beside the machine at which she had
been busy when the first cry of fire
paralyzed her with fright.
Like Rats" Says Fireman.
net had been spread beneath the
windows and the girls began to jump.
Like rats out of burning bin, was
the way a fireman described the de-
scent. They came out of the windows
like a thick treacle, rolled upon the
heads of those below them and cas-
caded off the fire escape to the pave
ment 60 feet below.
Some of them stood in the windows,
outlined against the flames, and jumped
clear; others jumped from the land
ings, still others from the steps where
they stood. The air was full of them
and they fell everywhere-into the net
on the necks of the fremen, and Is OF
them on the hard stone pavement.
! When the awful rain ceased there
} were eight dead in the street and the
cutters ran red. Seven more were Sc
badly crushed they died in hospitals
italian silk workers knelt in the
> streets and prayed. Priests and clergy
: men worked their way through the
,, press to give the last consultations tt
those of their different faiths. Ambu
lances and automobiles, commandeeret
! for emergency service, were hurryint
. in opposite streams to the hospital
and back again.
9 The fire department now estimate
d $165,OOO, but no statement from tn
owners and tenants is yet available
!, The building was four-story bricl
). structure.
The wooden floors were soaked wit
n oil drippings from the machinery an
II the flames ate their way through ther
y like pasteboard.
Sadie Benson, an employee of tn
l. Aetna company, was cleaning an .ele'
t. trio light fixture in a gasoline batl
N The gasoline took fre-she does nc
q know how-and trickled in a littl
e. rivulet of flame on to the floor, wheI
n stood a full can of gasoline. The ca
,e exploded and the burning liquid ne
a. far and wide.
O. Death List in Previous Big Fires.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-12-08

This afternoon gown Of velvet,
which is quite the thing Tor dressy
wear. shows pretty waist effect
The lapels are of satin, put on wrong
side-up fashion.
The overskirt arrangement is also
novel
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-12-08
Changers to Ohio in 1911.

The National grangers selected Co
lumbus, Ohio, for their 1911 conven-
ton.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-11
NOT QUITE THE SAME THING.
Party Tickets Had Changed Somewhat
Since the Old Gentleman
Handed Out Advice.

Everybody who had known old
his tongue when he spoke or his
neighbors. 1t was his most marked
aracteristic-excepl the independ-
ence which he manifested in his po-
litical affiliations. 1t made a young
man who was visiting in the neighbor-
hood curious, and one day he man.
aged to lead up to the subject and
ask the old man what had taught him
to keep such a good watch on his
tongue.
1T was my father" replied the old
man, quietly. "A splendid man, as /
remember him. He always disliked
to hear folks gossipping unkindly
about each other. I've seen him, when
they began it, get on his feet, just like
a cow grazing and gradually working
toward a hole in the fence, and be-
fore any one knew it he'd be out of
the room, SOS he couldn't hear 'em.
HE talked to me about it. Henry
he'd say, when you're of age never
say anything about a man if you can't
say good of him, and always vote the
straight party ticket
But you don't vote that way"
well. sir" said Henry, you see
my father said the straight party tick
ct, and when / came along to vote.
the pesky thing had got so crooked
that | don't believe he'd have recog-
nized it."
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-11
MAKING THE JOINT PERFECT
Clamp Holds Miter Firmly Together
While Glue Has Time to Thor
oughIy Set.

An invention of interest to carpen-
ters and cabinet makers is the inter
clamp designed by a New Jersey man
and shown in the illustration. 1t Is a
common experience among these work.
men to find that inter slips at it's
joint when 1t is being made fast, and
the slightest inaccuracy spells the job.
The clamp is made of two angular
members hinged together at the bot
tom, and adapted to receive between
them the corner of the inter. One of
the numbers is stationary and the
other is locked into a stationary
position by means of locking lever.
To join the inter the ends are covered
with glue and the corner placed in the
clamp. The two pieces are thus firmly
held together till the glue sets, when
the lever is thrown open and the
clamp drops away, leaving the inter
solidly and accurately Joined. This
clamp can also be used to hold the
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-11
INDUSTRIAL AND MECHANICAL
NOTES.

Aluminium dust, or powder, burns at
an exceedingly high temperature.
Soaking silver tableware In sour
milk over night will restore the bril-
lance of the metal
Fifty ton loads of coke can be dump
ed from up to date steel freight cars
in less than two minutes.
The United States, Germany and
Great Britain produce four-fifths of
the worlds supply of pig iron each
year.
Over s19,000,O00 worth of gold was
produced In Alaska last year, to less
than $1,00O,00O worth of other min
erals.
A Chinaman has invented a simple
machine with which a person can
make straw braid of fine quality twelve
times as rapidly as by hand.
The United States annually exports
more spirits OF turpentine than all the
other countries of the world-16, Oeo.-
600 out of 24,OOO,00O gallons.
The sticks of dynamite used in a
year in building the Panama canal, If
placed end to end. would reach In a
straight line from Boston to Spo-
kane.
Aluminium, combined with other
materials, Is appearing as a textile,
neckties, shawls, hats, and lacings for
shoes being among the newest pro-
auctions.
The market for the Formosan cam.
phor is improving. Since April $780,
600 kin (kin equals one and one-third
pound, have been exported. This is
the greatest amount exported since
the government monopoly commenced.
The lubrlcating mechanism of a
gyroscope car is fitted with an alarm
to warn the engineer, for If the axles
of the rapidly moving horoscopes
should get hot they would cut through
the bearings in an instant
In a new refrigerator recently pat.
ented by a Georgian the usual shelves
are replaced by drawers hinged at one
corner to swing outward, but limited
distance, the bottoms of the drawers
being perforated for ventilation.
Heretofore regarded as valueless, a
certain kind Of soil of which there are
large deposits In Denmark has been
found to make excellent bricks of light
weight and so tough that nails may be
driven into them without cracking.
A proposition is on foot to estab-
lish in the ancient city af Palcs. from
which Columbus sailed to discover the
new world. a permanent agricultural
and industrial exposition to increase
the friendly and commercial relations
between the nations of the western
hemisphere and Spain.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-11
THE REST OF IT'S x,No
I'm twins +?


Is always advertised. in fact il only pays
TO advertise good things. When you see
an article advertised in this paper year
after year you can be absolutely certain
that there is merit 10 IL because the con-
tinued sale OF any article depends upon
merit and to keep on advertising one
must keep on selling. All good things
have imitators. but limitations are not ad-
vertised. They have no reputation to sus-
tain. they never expect to have any per-
manent sale and your dealer would never
sell them IL he studied your interests.
Sixteen years ago Aliens Foot-Eas the
antiseptic Powder for the feet. was first
sold. and through newspaper advertising
and through people telling each other
what good thing II was for tired and
aching feet IL has now a permanent sale.
and nearly 200 so-called foot powders
have been put on the market with the
hope OF profiting by the reputation which
has been built up for Aliens Foot-Ease
When you ask for an article advertised
In these papers see that you get IT. Avoid
stbstttuteS
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-11
Revolving Safe.
or screws

Since no metal has yet been devised
which can resist the action Of the oxy-
hydrogen or the oxyacetylene flame,
1t became necessary to find some other
means of keeping burglars from safes
and strong boxes, so the revolving safe
has been evolved. 1t consists of a
steel box inclosed on all sides and ar
ranged to reyolve on ball bearings
and inclosed ir a spherical compart-
ment built of strong masonry and
closed. In the inclosing masonry and
in the strong box doors are contrived,
by means of which the strong box is
accessible from outside, as long as 1t
is not revolving, which would be the
case. for instance, during the business
bours of the bank In whose quarters
the revolving safe is set up. At the
close of business both doors are
closed. an electromoter. operated by a
storage battery, is switched on and
the strong box then revolves at uni
form rate of speed uninterruptedly
until a predetermined period, to which
a clockwork connected with the
switching apparatus is set, when the
roving mechanism is automatically
switched of.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-11
BUTTERFLY FARM AT BExLEY
Britisher Raises All Kinds Of Moths,
Which He Sells to NaturaIlsts
and Museums.

London.-An article which appeared
recently describing L. w. Newman's
butterfly farm at Bexley. Kent, has
aroused a great deal of interest among
people who do not know what Is the
purpose of such farm. Letters have
been received from many sources ask
ing for information on this point.
The advent of the butterfly farm is
due directly to the great increase In
popularity of nature study during re-
cent years. Field clubs. local nature
history societies. school and other ma
ture museums and private COLLECTORS of
butterflies and moths are growing In
number with such rapidity that an es-
Enlistment like the one at Bexley,
owned by Mr.. Newman, inaugurated
with the idea of supplying collectors of
butterflies and moths with those in
sects in all their stages, has proved
busy and paying venture.
Mr.. Newman farms British insects
only: but he supplies museums of all
grades of Importance. and private col
lectors, also, on both sides of the At
lantic. His private customers range
from a millionaire naturalist to school
boys The latter consult him by thou
sands, often sending him curious let
tiers and ending with their best love-"
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-11
FARMER DIGS UP $4,000
Delaware Man Unearths Gold and Sill
yer Coin While Flowing in His
Scrubby Field.

Laurel, Del.-Ashbury Hammond has
dug $32 900 in gold and silver coin out
Of a grave on lis farm, the other day,
and all his neighbors are busy plow-
ing over their own fields in the hope
of similar windfall.
The local bank has taken the money
and has given Hammond full credit for
it, so that there can be no question of
the value of the find. Hammond was
a scrub farmer whose land barely sup
ported him.
This sudden acquisition of fortune
came when his pillow point struck a
brick vault in sandy hill He got
a pick and opened the vault. AS soon
as he recovered from the horror of
seeing a skeleton there he went inside.
A bag OF coin lay at the skeletons
head and another at his feet. One of
them contained Spanish and American
gold and silver worth $4,000. and SIM
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-11
pOUErRXz9'
GOOD HOUSE FOR CHICKENS
Detailed instructions and illustration
Showing How Building May
Be Built.

The ground plan of a substantial
poultry house, shown in the illustra-
ton, Is Il feet by 80 feet, and is d.
vided into parts each IL feet by 10
feet.
The compartment on the right is
used as winter roosting and laying
place
The center as a scratching shed In
the winter and a shelter from rain and
sun during the summer.
The room at the left is used during
the winter as place of exercise and
in which to feed mashes and to water
the fowl This room also contains the
dust boxes and where the feed is
stored.
A. A, A. In the dotted squares rep
resent the windows or their location
in the front of the house. B. B, is
sided up solid to the line running from
b to y feet high.
The line running from c to c is
the top of a four-foot high poultry net
ting which runs the entire length OF
the house.
There Is drop curtain arranged in
each room to come down next to this
wire in stormy weather or cold nights
IRON c, c to top of the house is
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-08-11
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A Good Poultry House.

planked up solid except the windows.
as shown in A, A, A,-D, ID, ID, the
nest boxes under the dropping board
n.
There are two rows OF nests-one
facing the scratching shed, the other
facing the right-hand room. A trap
nest may be arranged very convent
emily here.
L Is drop curtain In front CT the
roosts in the winter department.
which is TO be let down at night. F
is the roosting poles in the winter
quarters.
G is the roosting poles in the sum-
mer roosting quarters.
II, H, the doors of poultry netting.
/. the little door that leads from the
scratching shed to the end room.
j, cut straw scattered on the floor of
the scratching shed in which to scat
ter wheat, rye. oats and corn.
X. the dust box.
l., the drinking fountain.
NJ. NJ, NJ, the floor. which should be
of sand and gravel.
n, the dropping board In winter
roosting department
A house of these dimensions should
be nine feet In front and seven feet
tall in the rear. 1t may be made of
any stuff at hand, or to suit the
builder.
1t can be made a very costly affair.
or 1t may be gotten up very reason
ably