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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13
INCREASED COST OF FURs.


Skins Advance Between 500 and 600
Per Cent in a Few Years.
No fur has risen in value like the
lynx in the last few years. Four years
ago the dealers could buy any amount
OF skins for Sc apiece, writes the Cana
dian correspondent of Fur News. Now
a large skin will fetch the trapper $50
to $3S.
The fact that fewer lynx have been
taken this winter than last does not
go to prove that they are decreasing
in numbers. The lynx is an animal
that is continually travelling and he
goes in a huge circle, covering thou
sands Of miles, so that years in which
they are plentiful in Manitoba and the
western provinces there is likely to be
a decrease in the eastern provinces.
The mink does not appear to be
quite SO numerous as formerly. This
can readily be explained by the large
price paid the trapper for skins. Ten
years ago skin that would fetch 81
now can readily be sold for Sc.
In Manitoba and the western prov
inces the season is closed for beaver
and otter owing to the scarcity of these
animals. However, these two magnif-
cent fur-bearing animals are becoming
more plentiful On many parts of the
Assiniboine, where the beavers have
not been seen for period Of twelve
years, they are now visiting the old
haunts and building new dams. On
the Souris river the beaver has sbe-
come so plentiful that farmers have
complained of the damage done to
small trees, particularly poplar.
The weasel is another animal that
the fur men yearly export in thou
sands. The weasel is easily taken by
the trapper, as he is a very inquisitive
animal and is always on the move.
One fur dealer of this city has already
shipped 10000 weasel skins to the Eng
lish market.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13

Munyon's Paw Paw Pills coax the liver
into activity by gentle methods. They do
tonic to the stomach, liver and nerves; in.
vigorate instead of weaken. They enrich the
blood and enable the stomach to get all the
nourishment from food that is put into it.
These pills contain no calomel; they are
soothing, healing and stimulating. For sale
by all druggists in Toe and 25e sizes. If you
need medical advice, write Munyon's Doctors.
They will advise to the best of their ability
absolutely free of charge. MUNYON'S, SD
and Jefferson Sts., Philadelphia, Pa.
Send 1Oc for trial package
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13
IRRIGATION PLANS
IN THE NORTHWEST
Hundred Million Dollars Worth OF
Lands to Be Added to
Irrigable Area,

Some idea of the Importance to the
future development of the Pacific north
west of the government irrigation
projects is to be gained from the
statement issued by the reclamation
service in answer to requests for infor-
nation as to the estimated costs of
reclamation of present projects, the net
costs, the irrigable areas, the water
right charges and the repayments to
the government which the settlers will
make in paying for their water. 1t
shows that in Idaho $22,O00,000 worth
of lands will be added to the agri-
cultural areas, in Washington $31 ,0o0,-
600 and in Oregon $10,60O,00O, while
Montana leads with more than $40,-
100000.
These four states will have more
than $100,OOO,OOO out of the estimated
total value of all present projects,
which is $239, 900.
Up to October 81 1909, the settlers
on these projects had repaid to the gov
eminent in Oregon $1,000, in Wash
ington 77,10O, in Idaho $4,000 and
in Montana $4,000.
Lands now actually under water on
these projects are in Idaho $4,000 out
of total of 100000 acres to be re-
claimed; in Washington 10000 out of a
total of $685. 700; in Oregon $4,000 out of
1885, 900 and in Montana about $4,000
out of total of about $4,000 acres.
The lowest charge per acre for re-
clamation is ON the Minidoka project
in Idaho, estimates running as low as
$22 and as high as $50. The highest
charge per acre is on the Okanogan
project in Washington, the Umatilla
project in eastern Oregon coming next
at 500
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13

At Portland, Oregon, struggling Tor
his life with an infuriated baboon,
Fred Wilson, of Brazil, Ind, trainer
employed by an animal show, fought
desperately for half an hour with Ko-
komo, a pink-tailed baboon. that at
tacked MIN in the. cage. The savage
beast clutched Wilson's throat, but SO
long as the trainer could keep on his
feet he had the best of the fight. At
length he fell, exhausted from the loss
of blood and strain, and the animal
gnawed at his legs in a frightful man
ner. A score Of monkeys in the cage
kept up a shrill screaming during tbs
progress of the fight and this attracted
the attention of other employees, who
rescued Wilson.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13
- Science
= sszeEI1veantiOn

The boiling-points of metals have
certained. Recently H. G. Greenwood
had undertaken a new investigation Of
this subject, and he gives the follow
ing results for certain well known
metals: Aluminium, 1900 degrees c.;
copper, 2,310 degrees c.; iron, 2,45O
degrees c.; lead, 1925 degrees c.; sill
yer, 1856 degrees c.; tin, 2,270 de-
grees.
Lord Dudley, the Governor-General
of Australia, has headed a movement
for persuading the federal government
to establish in Australia solar OBJ
servatory to act in concert with those
now In operation in England, India
and America. 1t is pointed out that
there is a great break in the chain OF
these obserVatories, extending between
California and India and covering
distance of $50 degrees of longitude.
The proposed observatory in Australia
would serve to fill this gap. Moreover,
it would possess special value from
being located in the southern hem1-
sphere. With it's aid continuous Sc
ries of observations of the sun, ex-
tending throughout the "a hours, could
be made.
Among the most interesting of~Amer-
lean birds is the great vulture called
the California condor, which rivals the
famous condor of the Andes in size,
averaging Az feet in length and III
feet in spread of wings. 1t nests in
wild and inaccessible places IN the
mountains. Its eggs measure Az by
21h inches and are very rare IN COL
.leetions Prof. Vernon L. Kellogg calls
attention to the fact that this plro car
rias two mallophagan parasites which
are common to it and to the two other
oroat vultures of the American cor
5i1lora the Andean condor and the
k,ng-vulture, whose combined range
oxtends several thousand miles north
nd south. But the parasites are wing
Ioss whereas the vultures represent
three separate genera, of which the
indiv;duals are particularly non-grega-
rions. How, then, have they come lnto
tho nossession of identical paraslteS'
pnofessor kellogg believes that the ex-
aIonotion must be that the parasites
iaFos+od an extinct common ancestor OF
4ho three related types of BIRDS ana
have persisted, practically uncnahseu'
~ ,ts now divergent descendants
invention during the next two or
.braa Centuries, says Prof. John t.
McKindrick, will probably be IN the
sirac+ion of initiating the wonderful
economy, and the simple direct metn-
~ of nature. Take the electric eel
80 oIActrIc organ is in no sense
40 gA-hattery, but a contriVance oy
800 electric energy is liberated at
49, moment when it Is required AT
rast the organ shows so small an elec-
+romotiye force that gooo ea!Faho-
r,oter ia required to detect II, DuI
s,dden nervous impulse from the eels
sntnoI cord raises a potential OF many
go,+s with very little heat and so
smoIi an expenditure Of matter as TO
dafv the most expert chemist 10 "eisn
r. Firefies, glowworms ana many
5oan-sea fishes produce light without
800 Got 8 cost which would make Ine
80 NJ wax yesta an extraVagant out,
iax" The organic chemist requires an
a.. 49, -ssources of his laboratory, Win
bigb temperatures and potent agen s,aS
IN produce alkaloidal substances Wnioa 4
nIants make at low temperature anu
BY slow processes
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13

On the first day that young man
began his duties as reporter on pop.
ular paper report came from near
by town that there was terrible FIRE
raging. The editor of the paper imme-
diately sent the new reporter to the
place, and, upon arriving there he
found that the fremen were unable to
get control of the fire, SO he sent this
telegram to the editor: "Fire still
raging. What shall / doR" The editor
thought minute and then sent back
this message. ''Find out where the fire
is the hottest and jump in"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13

1t was raining outside, and little
interrogative Irma was in one of heI
worst, or at least most trying moods
Father, busily writing at his desk, had
already reproved her several times fol-
bothering him with useless questions.
"I say, pa, wha-"
"Ask your mother"
"Honest, pa, this isn't silly one
this time
CAN right, this once. What is itR''
"Well, if the end of the world was
to come, and the earth was destroyed
while man was up in an airship
where would he land when he came
down."
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13

The following conversation may
prove enlightening to those who are
racking their brains over problems in
political economy:
''The pocopo is small animal of
North America, chiefly remarkable for
singularity of diet. 1t subsists solely
on one article of food.'
"What is thatS''
"Other pocopos. Unable to obtain
this, their natural sustenance, great
number of pocopos die annually of
starvation. Their deaths leave fewer
mouths to feed, and by consequence
their race is rapidly multiplying. I"
"From whom had you thisf'
ga professor of political economy. y
81 bend in reverence. -
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13
~. S. to Gnarantee Bonds.

In accordance with recommendations
by the senate committee on finance the
bill providing for the issuance of $780,
100000 of certificates of indebtedness
for the benefit of the irrigation reclama.
ton service will be SO amended as to
make the government directly respon'
sible for the payment of the certif'
Gates.
AS the bill now stands the certif'
Gates are made payable from the re.
clamation fund.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13

After waiting for several weeks
without hearing from her story, the
amateur author wrote the magazine
editor, requesting an early decision,
saying that she had "other irons in
the fire.
Prompt came the EDITORS response:
"Dear Madam: 1 have read your
story and, after giving it careful con-
sideration, should advise you to put
Il with the other irons. Success.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13
EASY To WIN BACK
YOUR HEALTH

It is certainly time to take immedi-
ate action if you would ward off a
serious sick spell. 1t is positive
proof of a weak stomach and de-
ranged digestion and for which you
cannot take better medicine than
Hostetter Stomach Bitters; but
remember this, the longer you put off
giving the assistance needed by the
digestive system the harder it is
going to be to cure you. We know
of hundreds of cases, taken in hand
at the very beginning, in which
short course of the Bitters proved
very efficacious. Therefore, be per-
suaded to get a bottle today from
your druggist or dealer, and thus
avoid all possible danger OF sick
spell. It is a wonderful tonic and
invigorant for overworked, nervous
and rundown persons, and in cases
of Poor Appetite, Bloating, Heart
burn, Indigestion, Dyspepsia, Cos
tiveness and Malaria it is the best.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13
Coming to Northwegt Canada.

Three steamers from England reached
Halifax recently with 1000 passengers,
most of whom are bound for the Cana
dian northwest. On the way across the
ocean are the steamers Mongolian and
Numidian, bearing 1000 more immi-
grants.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13

Iowa is the only state which shows
decrease in population, according to
+he unofficial statement of. the census
bureau 1t is estimated that the de-
crease there is 43,60S.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13

Father-Whatl You want to marry
my daughterR Why, sir, you can It sup
port her. / can hardly do it myself.
Suitor-Blankly-C-can' we chip in
together3
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13
Convention at a Tea.

She (sweetly, as they sip their tea
togethsr)-Isn't this delicious?
He OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, l love
to take tea with a little lemon--CO-
lumbia Jester.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13

Six Years-Papa, what does heredi-
tary mean?"
Fond Papa-Something which de-
sends from father to son.
Six Years-Is a spanking hereditary
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13

Many saints seem to believe that the
Sunday frock coat is made Of some
kind of eternal asbestos.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13
WASHINGTON is
We SECOND LARGEST
WESTERN STATE
o.0s,,s Shows That Iowa Is the Only
District to Decrease in
Population.

ruo4icial estimates of the population
g The various states computed by the
oansns office for 1910 show that New
vork leads the national procession, with
population of S,065,72s. W
Pennsylvania is second, Illinois third,
ohio fourth and Texas fifth.
The estimated population of the west
orn states, with the estimated increase,
! shown as follows:
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow IS
Soothing Syrup the best remedy to
use for their children during the
teething period.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13

Gladys-Why does Ethel believe in
second sightG
Marie--Well, she said she fell in love
at first sight.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13

When man marries his troubles be-
gin, but they can begin before if it IS
breach of promise suit.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13

Mrs. Jawback-The doctor says /
must sleep with my mouth shut. How
can get into the habit
Mr.. Jawback-Try practicing it
when you are Cleveland
Leader.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13
ror Anv Disease or injury to

the eve, use PETTIT's EYE sALvE,
absolutely harmless, acts quickly. All
druggists or Howard Bros, Buffalo,
N. Y.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13

Ask your doctor to name some OF the
results Of constipation. His long list will
begin with sick-headache, biliousness,
dyspepsia, thin blood, bad skin. Then
ask him II he would recommend your
using Ayers Pills.
MADE by the J. c. Aver o., Lowell. Mass.--
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-05-13

Even the honest prst1el is crooked
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-24
SUNDAY POSTAL WORK

nID YOU ever stop to think, gentle
reader that while you are attend
- ing church services. spending a
pleasant day at the shore or lolling
Testfully in your hammock on a sun
day, q large number of the men who
serve you daily at your door with the
mails are compelled to work the sew
enth day in order mainly to collect,
sort and hand out the Sunday mail
for a small minority who demand that
they be served on that day?
In a few exceptional cases it is i'm
portant that men get their mail on
Sunday; in most cases il is quite un-
necessary and selfish. For this limited
number the postofice department re-
quires the local offices to be kept open,
and in various cities from a score to
several hundred men lose the day of
rest, worship ana recreation that most
other people enjoy to froshen them for
the new weeks beginning on Monday
A movement Of considerable pro-
portions is now under way throughout
the country for the abolition of the
Sunday work Of the postmen, and in
several cities it has been brought
about by the opponents Of needless
Sunday work coming TO the support Of
the carriers and clerks. Tt is said that
in only a few cases do business men
demand their mail, but that girls,
women and young men are almost
wholly the ones who rob the workers
of their day Of rest.
No man can work seven days With
out bad effect upon him physically,
mentally and spiritually. He is bound
70 go stale, as the athletes put it, be
sides starving the better part of his
nature. If it is true that the depart
mcut IS working its men unnecessarily
s,veu days a week, it ought TO stop it,
and the movement to that end should
have the support Of every citizen who
knows the need Of a rest day for every
human being.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-24
CALIFORNIA; Chance
lcollier,s Meekly)


No man would become a successIul
politician if he were the sort of per-
son who allows his wishes to befog ms
perception of the facts. That Is why
prominent Republicans are SO frank'
in private conversation, about the
strength of the insurgent movement
All of them admit that with the issue
clearly understood and all the votes
out the insurgents in the Republican
Dartv would outnumber the standpat-
ters three to one The insurgents nave
two handicaps; they are not orgahizeu,
and in the most populous sections OF
the country there are no direct prlihaI
les, which means that the lnsursents
have no chance to come out ana pe
counted-the machine makes the tlch-
ct, and the insurgents must elther Vote
for it or leave the party. NOW can
fornia is unusually fortunate; IN that
state the insurgents under the name
of the Lincoln Roosevelt league, are
better organized than in any other
state. except in the small number
where they have gained control OF the
official Republican committees; also
California now has the direct primary
In addition to this the insurgents have
put forward a splendid set or can
didates for the nominations, when VIII
be made August 16. Their candidate
for governor, Hiram w. Johnson, adds
an engaging personality to hlgh ca
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-24

In the United States in 1880 there
were 49000,000 hogs and b0,0O0,O00 hu-
mans Twenty years later there were
| 76, 900 humans, but only 6bOOO,OOU
| hogs.
In the same lapse of a score of years
| the production of eggs rose from nine
dozen to seventeen dozen per capita.
| The market receipts of our leading
cities show that this increase of eggs
and decrease of hogs still continues.
As the hen has outgrown the hog, so
the dairy COW has cast into the shadow
her big brother the beef steer. In
fact, we are becoming a nation of milk
and egg eaters.
The passage of the cattle range. the
wheat field and the hog lot, and the
! phenomenal growth OF the dairy and
orchard and poultry yard and garden
is the most noteworthy development
of modern agriculture.
In the pioneer days Of unfenced agri-
culture, when the boundless prairie
was yielding forth the stores of fer
tility that had been accumulating
since the world began, humanity
could afford to slaughter animals FOR
food But the day of limitless land is
fast passing in the United States ana
in the world at large, and the more
wasteful forms of production must
give place to the more economical.
A hen can lay five times her own
weight of eggs in a year. The prize
COW at the University Of Missouri pro-
duced sufficient milk in one year TO
| equal the food value in the carcasses
of four 3-year-old steers.
There are other forces, however, than
that of the growing scarcity of land
that are aiding in bringing about an
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-24
Eat Eggs, Not Ham

increase in the use OF the animal
products in the place of animal car
casses.
The flesh of the hog is the natural
food of the woodman, the pioneer, the
prospector or the farmer whose work
begins with Aurora's harbinger and
ends with the smoky lantern but there
is something about fat pork that falls
to appeal to the man who labors with
check book and fountain pen.
Perhaps another cause for the ten
dency to use more animal products
and less animal carcasses is the dis
covery that the full dinner pail of the
meat -eating American is the result,
not the cause, of his efficiency as n
worker, and that, to certain extent,
his efficiency increases as the full dim
ner pail is lightened.
Much of the credit of this discovery
belongs to Horace Fletcher, who, being
troubled with a pain in his stomach,
began to chew his food.
TT is the much chewing" said
Fletcher, but the professors were in
doubt so they measured and analysed
Mr. Fletcher's bill of fare, and dis
covered that the amateur strong man
was consuming but one-third the pro-
teid, or flesh flood, element that the
professors said was necessary for
physical we'll being.
Further experiments show that in
creased endurance invariably came to
those who chewed more and ate less
especially less meat. Today the en-
durance records stand: Kneebending
test, best vegetarian, 2400 times; best
meat eater, 1927 times. Holding out
arms, best meat eater, % minutes; best
vegetarian, 176 minutes.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-24

The boats go UP the river
The trains dart through the wales.
The people to deliver
Among the hills and dales.
And by the seas and mountains
The millions fish and swim.
And the surf and the rlls and the fountain
Call Come. oh comet" to him.
But his tears they are hot and peary
As he MARBLES this plaintive tune:
Il took my vacation early.
Way back in the first Of June"
When robins first were nesting
He started to "let down;
lie felt the need of resting"
And scampered out of town:
And the sweat now beads his forehead
And the heat-waves crack the wall
As In his office torrid y
He hears the green fields call.
But his tears they are hot and pearly
As he warbles this paintiye tune:
Il took my vacation early.
Way back in the first Of June"
All woe to him who rushes
Away when summers young.
When the buds are on the bushes,
Ere the birds first songs are sung!
For the rest OF the summer slaving
In the hot. hot. boiling town,
lie hears with his senses raying.
The sea as It calls Come down"
And his tears they are hot and pearly
As he MARBLES this plaintve tune;
u took my vacation early
Way back ia the first Of June"
New York World
Los Angeles herald., 1910-07-24
Public Letter Box
WRITES IN DEFENSE OF
PAYNE=ALDRICH TARIFF

Editor Herald AS one of the sub
scribers of your paper | have been
reading in your yesterdays Herald
the campaign in Kansas of Speaker
Cannon and Senator BristoW yet ii
seems to me a puzzle that the press
and some of the people take stand
adverse to the Payne-Aldrich tariff
and still it is the best that could be
had under prevailing circumstances
Let us look at the beginning of the
framing of the new tariff in extra ses-
sion; the first note of the comfy to
the people was that they would put sc
pound tax on one pound of coffee and
10 cents per pound on tea. There
arose a great howl from the press all
over the land about taxing the poor
people their coffee and tea. There are
9O,00O,O00 people in the land who will
with rare exception all enjoy the lux
ury of drinking daily their coffee and
| tea. An average family will use about
one pound of coffee per week and less
than one pound of tea per month"; that
would have figured about or less than
one pound per day to the family of the
rich or poor. Why, the poor people
would have been proud to assist the
government with their mite to carry
on the running expenses, while the
amount collected would have given
the United States treasury fair start
the tariff committee could then have
given a much lower tax on many ar
ticles as they were now able to give
in order to produce money enough for
the billion-dollar congress appropriation
The people would always be ready to
pay the small amount of government
tax because that money is redistribut-
ed to the people annually out of the
appropriations, if it was not for the
political calamity hOWls that today
make the people believe the last drop
of their life blood is taken by the gov
ernment by the tariff.
r. w. MUELLER.
SOldierS, Homo .InlN 20.