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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-06
ALL ABOUT THE CONGRESS

Everything is in readiness for the
Dry Farming congress, which will have
its fifth sessions in the state armory
in Spokane, October to 6, and its in
ternational exposition of dry farmed
products of the Spokane Interstate fair
grounds, October to 9. 1t is expected
there will be $500 delegates and be-
tween $500 and 5000 visitors from
various parts of the country. There
will also be AS representatives of for
eign countries.
President Taft will formally open the
congress by pressing a golden button
at o'clock, Pacific time, the evening
of the first day, and after a medley of
international airs by a big military
band, Henry W. Newton of Spokane,
chairman of the state and local boards
of control, will present the presiding
officer. If Congressman F. W. Mondell
of Wyoming, who is very sick at his
home in Newcastle, is unable to at
tend, it is likely that Frank w. Bow
man of Idaho, first vice president of
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-06
SPOKANE INTERSTATE FAIR
Everything Ready for Opening Day
October 3---Dry Farming
Congress Also.

vegetable exhibits will be eye-openers,
even to the case-hardened fairgoer. Ben
Bergunder, the veteran, roper-in of
everything in a horticultural or agri-
cultural line that IS worth while, says
there will be no comparison between
this years showing and past perform
ances. He ought to know, for he IS ar
ranged all previous exhibits in these
divisions.
Great Collection of Live Stock.
John L. Smith, president of the fair,
gives his word for it-and he s a big
stockman himself-that in every way
the finest collection of horses, cattle,
sheep and hogs ever seen in the Pa
cific northwest, will answer the roll
call Monday morning.
Splendid Amusement Program.
So it is with regard to the amuse-
ment program. In addition to ten of
the biggest American and European
vaudeville acts to be staged afternoon
and evening in front of the grand
stand. fair visitors will see the great
est open air melodrama ever produced
in the west, "Chief Joseph and the
Battle of the Clearwater, which will
be put on every night. 1t will occupy
the entire infeld of the race track
Several hundred Indians and soldiers
will participate.
Then there s the flying machine dem
onstrations of j. C. Mars, one of the
world S greatest aviators, who will make
four sensational daily flights from in
front of the grandstand
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-06

The power of the press in disseminat-
ing information regarding the Dry
Farming congress and the Spokane In
terstate fair or any other great en-
terprise is to be acknowledged by the
management of these enterprises in
something more than perfunctory 81
Thank You" this year.
Committees representative of the
newspapers of Spokane are already at
work on plans for the entertainment of
the editors from all parts of the United
States and Canada who will come to
this city during the week of October
to 9. Monday afternoon the moulders
of public opinion will be guests of the
Interstate fair. Special cars will take
the scribes to and from the fair
grounds and a special committee will
see to it that the newspaper men are
given every possible facility for en-
joying the fourth greatest fair in the
United States. Tuesday night the In
terstate fair will again be host, when
the visiting shapers of national desti-
MES will again be taken to the big ex-
position by special cars to see the big
vaudeville night show, the military In
dian battle spectacle, "Chief Joseph
and the Battle of the Clearwater and
Gregory's sensational fireworks display
with which the evening great program
of entertainment will be rounded out.
The Chief Event.
The chief event of the entertainment
to be provided for the publishers, to
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-06
FRANK. c. BOWMAN,
Idaho Falls, Idaho-Who Most Likely
Preside at This Congress Owing to
Illness of President Mondell.

sentative of the French government,
stationed in Algeria; DR.. Elwood Mead
of Australia, representatives of Great
Britain, Hungary, Germany and other
foreign countries, officers of the United
States department of agriculture, farm
ers and members of commercial organ
izations. Besides the formal program
there will be a series of institute meet
ings, addressed by prominent men, at
which questions will be answered.
The largest tent ever erected on this
continent will be used at the fair
grounds to house the exhibits of grains,
grasses, vegetables and fruits. Ten
thousand dollars in prizes and premiums
will be distributed in the various con-
tests. Martin j. Vessels, superintend-
ent of exhibits of the Spokane chamber
of commerce, has charge of the installa-
ton of the exhibits, while W. H. Olin
of Colorado is superintendent of prizes
and premiums. Professor Coates P Bull
of Minnesota is chief Judge His as
sistants are Professor o. B. Whipple of
Montana, Al G. Aicher of Idaho, and
Professor w. S. Thornber of Wash
ington.
There will be exhibits of grains.
grasses, vegetables and fruits from Mon
tana, Idaho, Washington, California,
Texas, Utah, New Mexico, Colorado,
Nevada, Oklahoma, North Dakota,
South Dakota, Minnesota and other
states, and the provinces of Alberta,
British Columbia, Saskatchewan and
Manitoba and Australia and Mexico.
The people of Spokane have made
elaborate preparations for the recep-
ton and entertainment of the officials
of the congress, the speakers and dele
gates and foreign representatives and
visitors to the exposition. The prin-
cipal business and office buildings in
the main thoroughfares will be gay with
banners and buntings and flags and
there will be a scheme of illumination
eclipsing anything yet attempted in
Spokane. In addition to the banquets
and receptions in honor of the foreign
representatives, officials and speakers al
the congress, there will be a series OF
smokers, theater parties, automobile
trips and a game dinner at Hayder
Lake, Idaho, for the local and visiting
newspaper men. The Spokane chamber
of commerce, headed by Charles M
Fassett, will be host at the latte,
function
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-06

the organization, will have charge of
the convention.
The program, to be arranged this
week by the board of governors, headed
by Alfred Atkinson of Montana, con-
tains the names of 80 of the world s
foremost advocates of modern tillage.
Many of these are from the west, but
there are speakers from all parts of the
world, thus giving the congress an in
ternational aspect. This is also true
of the exposition of dry farmed
products, which is declared by experts
to be the most complete and compre-
hensive ever gathered together any
where in this or other countries.
Speakers named on the formal pro-
gram at the congress will deal with
many problems of dry farming, not only
in this country, but in all parts of the
world. Among the distinguished Wis
itors will be Colonel M. Malcor, repre-
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-06
extensive plant at Winchester was
shipped out of that point last week.

extensive plant at Winchester was
shipped out of that point last week.
Several commercial clubs of the state
have inaugurated a movement to have
counties place signposts at the inter
section of all the principal thorough
fares.
Captain II. H. Dennison, a prominent
lumberman of Standpoint, who has been
missing from his home in that city
for three weeks, was found in Spokane
Saturday.
Searching parties from Wardner spent
Sunday locking for Leland Crocker,
well known Twilight league baseball
player, believing that he has met with
foul play or has been lost
Members of handcar party of seven
riding from Mace to Wallace Saturday,
the majority being teachers of the can
yon high schools, were thrown from the
track and narrowly escaped serious in
jury.
A special car from Pleasant Hill,
county seat of Calhoun county, ILL.,,
containing % people, the advance guard
of colony of Illinois farmers, has
arrived at Kooskia, where they will
locate ON farms.
Sam Cone, known throughout the
Nez Perez reservation country as a spe-
cial officer, is at the Indian agency
interviewing Nez Perces, arranging for
a party of 100 Indians with their
squaws to attend the Interstate fair
at Spokane and participate in the re-
production of the battle of the Clear
water.
An unknown woman recently en-
deavored to raise money at Occur
d'Alene city on the pretense that she
was Wallace fire sufferer. 1t was
found she was depositing money at
bank. She approached the relief COM
mittee of the commercial club. A men,
Der identified the woman as owner of
$500 bank account. He reported to
the county commissioner, and the
woman returned the SIS contributed
and left town.
Recently the Country Life Commits
sion, appointed by Governor Brady, at
the request of President Roosevelt
through the National Country Life
Commission, held meeting at Boise,
when plans for work in Idaho were dis
cussed and partly formulated. The chief
work asked from this commission is to
arrange for the improvement of the
social life of the people of the rural
district through any channels thought
best by the commission.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-06

whom the success of such great under
takings is largely due, is that sched-
uled for Wednesday afternoon and even
ing when all of the typewriter manipu-
lators-who said pencil pushers9-
be the guests of the Chamber of Com
merce at game dinner at beautiful
Hayden lake, across the Idaho border,
about As minutes from Riverside
avenue, by special Inland Empire
system electric flyer.
Interstate Fair Opens Monday.
The seventeenth annual Spokane In
terstate fair, which is of world wide
significance this year on account Of
the Dry Farming exposition, which is
TO be held in connection with it, will
open Monday, October 8, continuing
through the week to and inclusive of
Saturday, October 8. The fair this
year will be finished article in every
respect. To begin with it will take
precedence over all fairs in this part
of the country in this regard, that it
will go down in history as "the fair
that was ready" Just by way of pre-
venting tardy exhibitors or attractions
from delaying the program, the fair
management has ruled that all attrac-
tions and exhibits due ON the grounds
Monday morning must be in ship-shape
by Saturday night before the fair
opens or else be barred out. The fair
this year represents an outlay of about
500 600. In every department it will
be in every way a record breaker over
all it's predecessors. The fruit and
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-06
MONTANA NEWS NOTES

The first snow of the season fell IN
Kalispell Saturday.
Construction work has started on the
new home of the First National Bank
of Libby.
John F. Rodgers of Butte has been
charged with the murder of Mrs. Ida
Adams of that city.
The teachers of Lincoln county are
to hold three-days' session in Libby,
beginning Monday, October 8.
1t is expected the rails will be laid
between Three Forks and Bozeman,
on the new Gallatin Valley railroad
this week.
G. Comerford, laborer, recently from
Deadwood, S. D., while working on the
new Missoula sewer, was caught in a
cavein Saturday afternoon and in
stantly killed.
Ed Smith, who has been in Jail at
Dillon for some time on the charge of
attempting to rob the Dillon bank, has
again been positively identified as Fred
Taylor, who spent last winter in Dillon.
While passing behind horse in a
corral barn at Missoula Carl Jensen. a
10-year-old lad, was kicked and fell be-
meath the animal which kicked him
IN the head, crushing the skull across
the top.
Timothy E. Healy, Cascade county
pioneer, stanch and active democrat,
mayor of Belt, prominent lumberman,
banker and manufacturer, died at the
hospital in Great Falls Saturday after
noon, after suffering with pneumonia
for only four days.
An unknown man who afterward fled
to the hills and has not been found
entered the store of Thomas Cussick.
at st. Regis, and after ordering the
proprietor of the place to throw up
his hands fired shot, the bullet from
5000 revolver passing through Gus
sick's left breast.
AT recent Gaelic meeting at Butte
motion carried to the effect that all
theaters staging characters or skits or
plays In which the character of the
irlsnman is reviled, insulted or held up
TO ridlcule be condemned and that an
ultimatum be issued to them to take
notice that the Gaelic league will pre-
vent them from abusing the Irish
character.
Inc DAILY Bank and Trust company,
anaconda, announces it will no longer
nonor warrants drawn in payment of
city indebtedness. The bank alleges
mat the city has passed the legal limit
OF Indebtedness and is insolvent. The
Anaconda National bank authorities
also state that they will not accept
city scrip. The banks allege that the
city is not saving any money and there
Is no chance for the council to work
out the problem.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-06
IDAHO NEWS ITEMS

For the second time this season snow
appeared Sunday on the hilltops near
Standpoint.
Nothing definite has as yet been done
by the commission but it is planned 70
meet again during the week of the
State fair.
The first car of lumber milled by the
Craig Mountain Lumber company at its
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-06

Reamer s and Bowen s big bands will
furnish splendid daily and nightly
musical program.
The Midway this year has an excep-
tionally fine list of attractions.
Taken by and large the fair will be
a humdinger" throughout and the
man or woman who misses it will make
a decided mistake in so doing.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-06
Foe of Ingersoll Is Dead.

Newfoundland, N. j., Sept 27.-The
Rev. L. A. Lambert, one of the last of
the old-time religious controversialists,
died here of general debility, aged rs.
When Robert G. Ingersoll was at the
height of his fame, Father Lambert
came into prominence by his notes on
Ingersoll, and his reply to Ingersoll IS
Christmas sermon.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-06
A. j. McKillop Suicides.

Chicago.-After a struggle with his
wife, who sought to save him, Archi-
bald J. McKillop, an official of the Hi
nois Central railroad, Saturday leaped
from second-story window of his
home and was dashed to death on the
pavement below. McKillop had been
i'll for some time. Hiss illness was
caused by overwork.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-06

About 100000 corks from Spain
have been held up by the United States
government. Section of the tariff act
provides that the country of origin must
be stamped on them, and this the Span
ish manufacturers failed to do.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1910-10-06
The Chief Event.

The chief event of the entertainment
to be provided for the publishers, to
Sharp County record., 1910-12-02

chanic from your vicinity, for we
wish it so,
8. You shall induce your
neighbor to buy everything from
us, as we have room for more
money,
8. You shall often look at the
beautiful pictures in our catalog
so your wishes will increase and
you will send US in a big order,
although you are not in immedi-
ate need Of the goods; otherwise
you might have something left to
buy the necessary goods Of your
local merchants,
10. You shall have the me-.
chanics that repair the goods
you buy from us book the bill,
50 you can send the money that
should have gone to pay for his
labor to US for new goods, other"
wise he will not notice our in
fluence.
II. You shall believe US in
preference to your local mer-
chants.
12, You shall, in case of &C.
cident, sickness or need, apply
to local dealers for aid and cred"
it, as we do not know you.
Sharp County record., 1910-12-02

Fourteen years ago this week
the present editor took charge OF
the Record. That's a long time
ago. Fourteen years from now
y:s may be right here. Again,
we NAV not. We may be in Jail
or in congress, though we trust
not to sink to such terrible
depths. And just now we can t
feel the need of further punish
ment. Speaking soIemnly, four
teen years in the newspaper
business in one country town IS
a devil of long time. Looks
like the grind would get monoto-
nous, but it doesn't. There's more
excitement and more fun con-
neoted with this business than
the unnitiate1 ever dreamed
about. Its oodles exciting to be
compelled to spend half your
time lodging creditors and the
other half hid out from sub
scribers who happen to get red
headed at you about something.
It's mighty funny to send your
paper to a fellow a year or so
and then get a letter from him
telling you he never ordered the
paper, and coulidentialIy advls.
ing you that your burned old pa
Der amt no count nohow. There
are such onery cusses, but they
are known only by the meek and
lowly newspaper man, whose
days are filled with tribuIations,
fear and tremblings. One emf
nent authority--a newspaper
man himself says all the poor
publishers will be admitted by
Saint Peter at the last day, be-
cause this vale of tears is hell
enough for them. So far we
have never known a well inform
ed man tc dispute this consoline
theory,
Sharp County record., 1910-12-02
The Depository Law.
A news item from Berryville

A news item from Berryville
saye'
The property owners and tax
payers Of Carroll county are
highly pleased with the results Of
the county depository law in
this county. The tax collector ia
required to deposit the county'a
money with the depository bank
every two weeks, which pays ia"
,-crest for tho Use Of The money
During the past year the interest
on these deposits Of the county
amounted TO something like $500,
which is placed to the credit of
the school fund,
Sharp County record., 1910-12-02
THE MAIL ORDER HOUSE HyM3vj


Some one who has evident
had considerable experience VIZ
the mail order houses and the
methods Of doing business hs
written out their rules Of buslne Y
as they appear to be used in cos,
Quoting their affairs, says t
Paragould Soliphone. Here thy
are:
1. You shall sell your farrl
products for cash wherever yc
can, but not to us; we DO 2
buy from you. 81
2. You shall believe ota
statements and buy all you rec
from us because we want TO n
good to you, although we as
not acquainted with YOU
3. You shall send the moa5
i in advance to give US a eha1.i
to get the goods from the facto!t
with your money; meanwhl
you will have to wait patiently
few weeks because that is OF,
method.
4. You shall apply to yo4'
nearest town TO aid you in build
ing good roads so you can COS.
veniently get the goods from "
for we do not build countr.
roads,
5 You shall buy your church
bells and interior church fixture
from US and forward the money
in advance, for that is our bus
mess method.
6. You shall collect from The
business mon in your vicinity ~
much money as you can for taf
benefit Of your churches. al,
though we get more money fro Y
you than they do, still it
against our rules to donate mon
ey for building country churches
7. You shall buy your tool:
from US and be your own me-
chanic 10 order to drive the me-
Sharp County record., 1910-12-02

"While admitting the neces-
ity, the advisability and the de-
irabiIity Of the legislature meet.
ngin the new building, cannot
'Ilord to say, 90 on and do what
lou want and we will pay the
Pills." This is what Senator
'hos, jacobson Of Pulaski coun-
y wrote to Gov, Donaghoy in
|nawer TO the governors letter
uggesting that the commission
lght and heat the new capitol,
pc Legislature to make al appro-
'riation when 1t convenos TO GOV.
b the bill,
Sharp County record., 1910-12-02

Governor Donaghey Is 80 very
hSloua to complete the state
|apltoI be ore tho convenine Of
Pc Legislature next January that
pe has addressed u letter to each
pember of tie general assembly
|sklrg their opinions Il the oapi-
NJ commission 10 warranted In
lhuelpaClng an appropriation for
pghtlog and heating the build
|hg' In other words, arc the
nombors Of tho legislature will
Png TO permit tho capitol com.
hlsslon to complete this part Of
pc work, for which there Ia now
~ appropriation, and will the
Pemoers Of the legislature, when
HeS assemble in January, make
% appropriation for this work
|qool to the amount tho capitol
commission may have spont in
Ps eompleIIon2 This IL u sam.
P'e OF the business sagaeity Of
he alleged business governor Of
rkonsae' The legislator who
edges himself to the course
egeotod by Gov, ponaehey
pght to resign his office and
on get bored for the simples.
Sharp County record., 1910-12-02
noRtb ERRansas

The Shirley estate was settled
at Walnut Ridge last week.
The widow, who is now Mrs
Byrkett, gets S101,31O and the
state lodge Of Odd Fellows gets a
like amount, while the heirs re-
ceive a property valuation Of
more than $50, 600.
The Smithville Rural Tele-
! phone Company has purchased
the telephone line from Straw
berry to Black Rock and has
connected same to the regular
line. The company is construct
ing a new line from SmithviIle
via Denton to Black Rock.
The Droz Lumber Company's
plant near Huron, Izard county,
was partially destroyed by fire
one day lately, The fire origin
ated in the engine room and
spread to the drying COON, burn
ing large quantity Of the finish
ed product. There was no in"
surance.
During the past two months
considerable rea estate has
changed hands in the neighbor'
hood Of SWifton. Nine tracts OK
land have been sold, the total
amounting to more than $4,000.
1t is said the good prices OF cot"
ton are in a measure responsible
for this activity.
Che local defenders Of the law
are doing their best to wipe
crime out Of the little city of
Norfork and they are making
some headway it seems. There
were thirty offenders before the
Justice Of the peace at that place
last week charged with gambl-
ing, bootleggng, etc.
Willie Allen, l0.year'old lad
&C. uclmoe, met bis de2'A ~ y
horrible manner last week when
he smotAered u death in u cotton
store house, lie was playing
in the building and in hiding
from his little sister, covered
himself with cotton. The sup
position is that while under the
cotton he broke a blood Iessels
preventing his escape.
Mrs. Hiram Finley, living a
short distance from Sulphur
Rock, was burned to death a few
nights ago, She had retired Tor
The. night and got up at late
hour to take a dose Of medicine,
and while building fire her
clothing became ignited. She
ran from the house and jumped
into a nearby spring, but the
flames had already inflicted fatal
injuries, to which she soon suc-
culnbed.
D. Brock is in Jail at Newport
charged with the killing OF James
Parsons at Bradford, several
miles southwest Of Newport, last
week. The trouble was the re-
suit, it is claimed, OF a settlement
for some timber, Brock called
on Parsons and paid him for
some timber, for which payment
he demanded receipt 1t Ia
claimed that while Parsons was
reading the receipt which he
wrote, Brock shot and killed him.
The tragedy caused much excite
ment and for u time mob violence
was feared and for this reason
Brock was taken TO Newport for
safe keeping.
Sharp County record., 1910-12-02

The Record has never made
buch reputation 10 prophecy,
but we are willing to risk a little
|omelhine on this one, II Gov.
bonaghey and Hon. S. Brun-
lidge both oppose jeff Davis for
|he senate, Jeff will win the race
Eitb all ease, We very much
)oubt If there is a man in the
|tate who, in a single. handed
'ace, can defeat jeff Davis, and
three'cornered affair spells his
e.election sure. I