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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-18
Gold On Cottonwood Creek.

A special from Grangeville to
Mondays Tribune says:
Much excitement has been
caused here as result of the
assays made on ore taken from
the Matteson property, located
on Cottonwood creek, twelve
miles north of Grangeville and
three miles northeast of the old
Columbus school house. The
first assay made on ore taken
from the surface showed gold
values to the amount of Sc per
ton while an assay made from
ore brought here Saturday shows
gold values to the amount of $50
per ton and silver to the amount
of "a cents.
The lead was discovered about
Cnfee weeks ago on the M. A.
Matteson farm by an old miner
named Jack Randall who is
spending the winter in the neigh
borhood. The ledge on the sur
face is 2 IL feet in width and
has been traced on the surface
for about three-quarters of a
mile. In many instances the
surface groupings show free gold
to the naked eye and the result
of the last assay has created a
big stir here in mining circles.
A number of Grangeville peo-
pie will go to the property to
make a personal inspection of
the ledge within the next few
days and in the event the show
ing is all that is represented, ex-
tensive prospecting in the canyon
will be commenced.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-18
A Nice Bunch of PorkerS.


The price of hogs took another
raise the first of the week and 81
cents a pound is now being offer
e by local dealers. Henry Ter
haar, residing just east of town,
sol | a nice bunch of "a fat hogs
to Frank Simon on Monday at
the above figure and realized
$692.35 from them. The hogs
were only ten months old and
averaged 220 pounds each in
weight. Just another instance
that hog raising on Camas Prairie
is a paying industry.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-18
IMMIGRANTS GO
TO ALBERTA
Several Families Leave This Sec
ton for the Kings Domain,
Where They Hope to Amass
Fortunes.

Quite a bunch of former Idaho
county citizens left Cottonwood
this week bound for their future
homes in the Ito them) land of
promise Alberta. Four carload s
of horses and personal effects
comprised the shipment that left
here Wednesday morning. One
car contained the belongings of
Frank Patterson and Chris.
Waldmann, another of Fred Mer-
tes and Roy Eastman, all of this
place, a third of Conrad Bosse
and Henry Lueken, of Reuter-
vile, and a fourth Of l.. Schier,
of Greencreek. Each car carried
one or more men to look after
the live stock, while the wives
and children of the departing
settlers left on the train yester-
day morning for Calgary, where
they will be joined later by their
husbands prior to going on to
their new homes near Fieldhome,
Alberta.
Owing to the high price of
land most of those who left were
unable to purchase farms here
and hope to secure good farm
homes for themselves in the
kings domain. They fully real
ize that they will have to under
go numerous hardships for few
years while carving out a home
in that new country but have
confidence in the country and
their own ability to overcome
obstacles and the many friends
they leave behind sincerely hope
that in time they may all become
Morgans or Rockefellers in the
land of the midnight sun. "
The CHRONICLE will keep them
posted as to events on good old
Camas Prairie.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-18
Form Law and Order League.

A special to the Lewiston Tell
er from Grangeville says: At a
mass meeting of the citizens at
the court house Sunday after
noon a Law and Order and Civic
Righteousness league was organ
lied. The league not only ap-
plies to Grangeville, but to the
county and is formed in opposi-
ton to the belief that the local
option law could not be enforced.
Prof. Hartzell Cobbs, of Cot
tonwood, was appointed tempo
rary chairman with Clement S.
Hanna as temporary secretary
and treasurer. Rev. C. 7. Nc
Donald outlined the purpose of
the meeting and showed that the
league was to create a good pub
lie sentiment and back up the
county and municipal officers in
enforcing the law on locol option,
gambling and Sunday closing.
The following committee was
appointed on permanent organiz-
alton: Henry Telcher, chairman;
C. T. Mcdonald, Frank Rice,
James Brown and w. H. Cas-
sady.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-18
George Moughmer Passes Away

Word was received here late
Saturday evening of the death at
Orofno of George Moughmer, a
we'll known resident of this Sec
tion and the Salmon river. The
deceased was suddenly taken in
sane at this place a couple weeks
ago and was taken to the asylum
at Orofno where he died Satur-
day from pneumonia. His death
came unexpectedly and it is quite
probable that the loss of his
mind here was principally due to
the effects of the disease from
which he died.
The deceased was born in
Pennsylvania and was 81 years
of age at the time of his death.
He had resided in this vicinity
for a number of years and was
well known all over Idaho coun-
ty. About a year ago he located
on a homestead near Garfield
and resided there until about the
first of the year when he moved
to this place.
He leaves three brothers and a
sister in this county, besides rel
atives in the east, to mourn his
loss.
The remains were brought to
this place on the train Monday
evening and lay in state at the
McClaskey undertaking parlors
until noon Tuesday, the funeral
being held from the Methodist
church at one o'clock that after
noon.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-18
Filler Rancher Kills Family.

Telaford Thoni, prosperous
rancher near Filler, killed his
wife ahd two daughters with a
pick early Monday morning, aft
er which he took a box contain
ing some money, life insurance e
papers, deeds and a confession
to the coroner to a neighbor and
then. returned home where he
turned loose his horses and cat
tie and set fire to his house in
several places, cut his own throat
and lay down to die. The fire
was discovered later by neigh
bors but could not be checked in
time to recover the bodies until
they were burned almost beyond
recognition. In his confession
Thoni said he had been unable to
sleep for several months and
could not bear to die and leave
his family behind. Thoni came
to Filler about a year ago from
Iowa and was reputed to be
worth about $4,000. He was AZ
years old, his wife SO and his
daughters IA and 16 years re-
spectively.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-18


Last week while workmen
were absent a snowslide hit the
cabins and buildings of the Green
Monarch mine, 20 miles from
Standpoint, demolishing them.
Had the avalanche occurred at
night it is probable many Of the.
men would have been killed.
1t is reported that Toronto
capitalists have purchased the
water rights and power sites of
the Clearwater Timber Co. at
Orofino and that in all probabil-
ity 81, 800, 900 will be spent there
soon in developing water power
and erecting a big cement plant.
We were shown chunk Of
gold bullion worth $1,000 and over
this morning by O. c. Lapp who
smilingly remarked from the
New Harmon and Morrow
Strike. And the @. C. Lapp Co.,
have window display of the ore
from which this chunk Of gold
bullion was taken. Sites Senti-
mel.
The Standpoint city council has
agreed not to grant any more
licenses for saloons and an ordi-
nance win be perfected limiting
the number to probably 10, with
an increase of the amount of the
license tax. The present city
and county license amounts to
1876, and there is talk Of raising
it to $1,000.
Samuel Phinney, pioneer of
Idaho, died last week at Walla
Walla and was buried at Lapwai,
near where he had resided for
many years. He was one of the
first white settlers in central
Idaho and was married to a
daughter of Colonel Craig, after
whom Craig mountain was
named. Several children sur
viye him.
A. Sempert, the Grangeville
saloon man who recently filed a
suit against the school district of
that place for the return of part
of his unexpired license money,
which had been apportioned to
the school fund, was unsuccess-
full in his suit and will now have
to commence suit against the
county commissioners to get his
money returned.
Fred Gruber, who was arrest
ed at Lewiston last December on
a charge of having murdered
John Billings at Coeur d'Alene,
was found guilty of murder in
the first degree. Gruber and
Billings were employed with the
Parker Carnival troupe and Cru
ber enticed the old man from
Spokane to Coeur d'Alene where
he brutally murdered him for his
money. Gruber will be SEN
fenced next Monday.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-18
Stays Coyotes.

VIM. Harris, whose home is at
the east edge of town, has the
most effective coyote trap in the
country. The trap itself consists
OF a dead horse lying within gun
shot of Bill's back door, an open
Invitation for all hungry coyotes
to come and have a feast. The
trap works while Harris sleeps,
and when Bill awakes he puts on
the finishing touches, which is
usually at time when the ban
queters get to making a rough
mouse" among themselves, over
the choice parts of the carcass. {.
1t IS then that Bill quietly slips
out to the kitchen door, with a
winchester in hand, levels it to
tne proper angle and starts a
chorus which translated for be-
lngs of higher understanding
might sound something like,
Come to Jesus" The trap has
Deen In working only a few days,
out up to Wednesday evening IL
coyotes, eight females and four
dogs, had been billed out for the
happy hunting ground. Elk
City News. \
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-18

Murphy, the Lewiston drug
man, was doing our city We'd
nesday.
DIR. H. ]. Coggins, the Grange
vile veterinary surgeon, will be
in Cottonwood on March 20, 30
and 81 and farmers having sick
horses or animals with sore necks
or crippled feet should see him
at the Cottonwood barn on those
dates.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-18

Frank Winkler and Frank
Donsbach, of Keuterville, left
yesterday morning for the Alber-
ia country with a possible view
of locating there if they find
things to suit them.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-18

Mrs. Duffy is disposing of her
confectionery stock and, we un-
derstand, will soon take charge
of the Nezperce telephone office.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-18

George Winder is preparing to
erect another cottage up on
"grasshopper avenue" as he
terms it. This will make four
cottages he has there.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-18
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items From Various Places Re-
produced for the Benefit of our
Readers-StOries Rehashed from
Our Exchanges.

Outcroppings of natural gas
have been traced for 10 miles in
Bonner county.
Bonner, the Lewiston ball
pitcher, left the first of the week
for Spokane to join the league
team of that city.
A special train of oil will be
shipped to the fruit growers of
Boise valley to be used in the fire
pots in the orchards.
John Edbetter, who was ar
rested at Lewiston last week on
a charge of gambling. failed to
appear for trial and forfeited his
$100 cash bond.
Two deer drifted into town
this week and after looking over
the improvements on the East
side quietly strolled back to the
hills. Kooskia Mountaineer.
The Buster hotel at Elk City
has quit business at that town
and has been moved to the scene
of the new gold strike on Ten
Mile where a new hotel is being
built.
The Nez Perce county commits
sioners have estimated that $19,-
600 worth of damage was done
to the wagon roads and bridges
of that county by the recent high
water.
The local option workers are
now busy in Asotin county and
it is reported that elections will
soon be held at Asotin and Ana
tone to Danish the saloons in that
county.
According to new incorporation
papers filed at Coeur d'Alene re-
Gently by R. E. Strahorn, of Spo-
kane, the North Coast road will
build line from Tekoa, WASH,
to Lewiston.
Governor Brady announces
that the loss to the schools of the
state by reason of the late SUI
preme court decision in the Mar
BILE Creek case is not less than
$40, 100000.
State Senator Jerome ]. Day,
of Moscow, is behind a move
ment for establishing one of the
finest dairy farms in the state on
his 160-acre farm located just
north of Moscow.
Within three months Shoshone
county will be the only county in
the northern part of the state
that is not dry. It is conceded
that the election in Bonner coun-
ty will place it in the dry column.
Charles McCartor, a druggist
at Moscow, was arrested late last
week on charge of selling liq-
uor without license. He plead
ed guilty and was fined 5000 and
costs. Moscow is a dry" town.
The state fish and game de-
partment will have 1,500, 900
small trout to distribute to the
various hatcheries about May l..
Applications may be made to the
state game warden for a supply
of the young "frys."
w. ]. Henzell, of Greer, who
was recently sentenced to from
one to five years in the peniten-
tiary for selling grain for which
he held no receipt, was taken
from Lewiston to Boise the first
of the week by one of the peni-
tentiary guards.
The opening day for filing on
the Occur d'Alene reservation
has been postponed from April 1,
to May 2. June 2, is the last day
that filings will be accepted ac-
cording to numerical arrange
ment after which filings will be
K-~L1
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-03-18

j. V. Nash made business
trip to Lewiston yesterday,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-12
BOB BROWN TAKES
TEAM To NORTH
YAKIMA
(By United Press Leased Wire)

NORTH YAKIMA, Wash, April
12.-Tired of the continuous rain
at Vancouver and rather than risk
any further delay in the spring
practice, Bob Brown, manager of
the Vancouver Beavers, bundled
his team on the train yesterday
and will arrive in North Yakima
today, where he will make his
headquarters until the opening of
the season.
Eighteen players are with Brown
and he will hold the squad intact
until the opening game of the sea-
son with Spokane April %.
Brown has completed arrange
ments with Bill Carney, manager of
the Calgary team, to let him have
Wally Smith, infielder; Jimmy
Flanagan, catcher, and Tallant,
outfielder, and they will join the
Twilight league team this week.
Brown let Smith go on condition
that he be returned at any time
he is wanted during the season.
Brown will carry eight pitchers
for the first couple of weeks, when
the staff will be pruned down. He
is undecided just what disposition
to make of Jack Clynes, but it is
likely that the outfielder will be
sent to another club.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-12

at Warwick, when he cleared a
stream with leap of 80 feet.
Another winner was found in the
early COS, between the shafts of a
farmers cart. On the strength of
the assertion that the horse could
"lep" anything, he was purchased
for a 95 note. Two years later
Salamander won the blue ribbon of
the steeplechasing world and was
the finest flyer of his day.
The first Grand National was
won by Lottery. Never If the re-
cords of his time could be accept
ed, did another such horse live
When others could scarce rise to
fences, Lottery took them as if
rising from springboard. And
yet Lottery needed Ia minutes and
SO seconds to cover the Grand
National course, so that steeple-
chaser today could give him a mile
and win. So much has the chaser
improved in a couple of genera
tons.
1t was in 1893 that Cloister COW
cred the course in minutes AZ AS
seconds, throwing the fences be-
hind him with effortless ease as if
he never felt the jockey and two
stone of lead on his back"
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-12

comes home in front after such a
race may we'll feel proud of his
horse and himself. He is the envied
of the European racing world and
one of the select little band of 70
whose horses have won the clas-
sic.
Of the horses that have won the
Grand National, the greatest was
Manifesto, twice winner (once
while carrying ITS pounds, a weight
but one other horse, Cloister, ever
carried to victory, was placed
three times, started eight times
and ran his last race when 16.
What this means can only be ap-
preciated by one who knows the
Grand National course The horse
runs at racing pace, takes 80
jumps, any one of which is enough
to make an ordinary timber top
per hesitate, and finishes with
enough reserve power to stall off
the rest.
And this formidable race is run
at an average speed of 81 miles an
hour-a pace as great as that of
many an old time flat racer, carry
ing rs or 80 pounds less weight
and travelling less than half the
distance.
Only animals of wonderful STAN
ina and pluck can survive such
Furnishing race. Seldom has the
entire field finished the circuit,
while it is recorded on one mem
orable race only one third of the
field finished, the other 16 being
strewn over the course.
The story of steeplechasing
would not be complete without
reference to some of the giants
of the hurdles" whose names are
dear to lovers of sport.
1t was 60 years ago a famous
sporting lord, looking at a horse in
the stable of an Irish farmer, walk
ed away with the assertion, II
wouldn't have such a fiddle head
ed brute in my stable"
A few months later the despised
bundle of bones" won a steeple-
chase in magnificent style, and the
lord became his owner for a hand
some sum. The horse was Chand-
Ter, one of the fleetest and gamest
steeplechasers in turf history, and
the hero of a sensational episode
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-12

It's pretty near a safe bet that
the Spokane fans will have no colos-
sal kick coming on the umpiring in
the Northwestern league this year.
With Rasty Wright. from the star
pitching staff of last seasons In
dians, and Mr.. Frary (notice that
Mr. things look good for level
headedness and square deal at
least.
Rasty Wright may make his de-
but as official umpire of the North
western league here in Spokane,
where the Northwestern league sea-
son will open one week from Sat
urdaS. Many of the local fans are
heard bemoaning the fact that this
years season for professional base
ball has been cut by three weeks of
what it was last year. This is, of
course, because of the fact that
there are but four teams in the
league this season, but from all
present indications and promises of
the Spokane team, there is a still
better chance Of freighting the 1910
pennant over to this side of the
Cascades.
Seattle is out with a strong ag-
gregatiOn-practically the same as
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-12
QUERY DOPESTER

HlLLYARD, Wash. - Sporting
Editor The Spokane Press. Dear
Sir: Would you please tell me
through your paper how many
times Cans and Nelson fought and
ii Nelson knocked Cans out twice?
Did Cans whip Nelson in the first
fight? Was Cans in danger before
Nelson fouled him? Oblige A.
Reader
Answer-Battling Nelson and
Joe Cans fought three times. First
at Goldfield, New, September 3,
1906. In this fight Nelson lost on
foul in the AID round.
Nelson's second fight with Cans
was on July 4. 1908, at San Fran
cisco and Nelson knocked out his
opponent in the 18th round. They
fought again on September 9, 1908,
at Colma. Cal, and again Nelson
knocked out the negro in the 2lst
round.
Statistics show that the largest
purse for which Battling Nelson
ever fought was the one posted in
his fight with Joe Cans at Gold
field, September 3, '06. This
amounted to $4,000 and "A Read
ers' last question is apparently
answered by the fact that Nelson
was awarded $4,000 of this purse,
irrespective of the decision, and
Cans got but $1,000 George Siler
was referee. 1t looks a little like
Cans was in danger, as would be
indicated by the division of the
purse Sporting Editor, The Press,
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-12
AMERICAN BRASS
WORKS TEAM IN
LINE FOR GAMES

"Chic Hensher-no not Chic
Hen"-did you ever hear of "Chic?'
Well, Chic" is the star pitcher Of
a lively team of baseball players
that have organized from the
American Brass Works and talk
about brass-why there's nothing
to it! They have come forward
to challenge most anything inside
or outside the city regardless of
size or age. OF course they don't
care to kink their backs to play
with any of the Juvenile teams,
but there, is no team in the in
dependent class that can scare
them
Albert Burditt, of W219 Boone
avenue, is manager and a's) catch
er, and he suggests that for any
further information, or should it
be possible that there is any team
that would like to get acquainted,
just call him up at Maxwell iS9
party l.. This team played a
practice game with the Washington
Mill Co., team Sunday and-well
the Washington Mill outfit is not
in the habit of going to sleep.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-12
ENGLISH YACHTSMEN
KNOCK ATLANTIC RACE

Since Admiral V. A. Montague of
the royal navy criticised the plan
of the Atlantic Yacht club to race
from Lizard to Sandy Hook for the
President Taft cup in 1911 so Sc
verely, other adverse comment has
been made by English yachtsmen.
The tenor of the criticism is that
race across the Atlantic ocean
would be too dangerous. The
yachts, in order to make speed,
might be dangerously rugged and
lightly constructed.
Admiral Montague points out
that. as this is an American race
rather than an international affair.
the start and ending marks of the
race should be both in American
waters.
1t is question whether there
will be British representation in the
race. However, sufficient entrants
have already been secured to insure
success. There will be two German
yachts, two French yachts. one
from Baltic state and probably
two from America
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-12
KETCHEL LURED BY
THE BRIGHT LIGHTS

Some time ago when I wrote that
Stanley Ketchel was high rolling
and rapidly spelling his good
physique by rapid living, his friends
rose up in wrath denying its truth.
says Jeff Thompson. the scribe.
However. | know from my own per-
sonal knowledge that l spoke the
truth and subsequent developments
have proved my words.
Ketchel seemed to lose complete
control of himself after his man.
ager. Willus Britt. died Johnny
Igoe has been making herculean eff
forts to get him back into form. but
the lure of the bright lights and the
tinkle of the piano sounded better
to Steve
The fact that Ketchel is now out
of the championship class leaves
room for middleweight champion.
This ought to be settled pretty
soon Langford seems the best con-
tender now
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-12
HOvER.SCH|FFNER
TEAM LIFTS ONE
MORE JUICY SCALP

One more scalp hangs to the belt
OF the HoverSchiffne team, one
Of the liveliest in the whole city,
among the Independent mines. This
team went over to Mead, where
they boast of some team, Sunday
and trimmed them up to S-5 music.
Faubion and Scott did the twirl-
ing for the Spokane bunch, while
Winslow held the fort behind the
bat. Stranger and West were the
batteries for the Mead team, and
Stanger is some pitcher.
The work OF Silman, Hover
Schiffner's thirdbaseman, was a
feature of the game, together with
the craftiness of Pace. Pace
pounded the pellet for two safe
hits out of three times up and, not
content with that, he stole three
bases.
Faubion pitched the first five
innings, striking out seven men.
Scott finished the game by striking
out three men during his reign of
slab. But Mead has some team,
the boys say.
The Spokane press. [volume] (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, 1910-04-12
THE PRESS SPORT PAGE z=a
BIG BATTLE TO Be
BETWEEN INDIANS AND TURKS

made up the Turkish colony last
year and according to the dope Of
the fans, the big battle is going to
be between Spokane and Seattle
again this season. Well, that Is
what interests the fans and II Is
the interest that makes gate re-
ceipts keep up.