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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-14
TERMS OF AWARD FOR WHEAT
TROPHY.

Much interest has already been
aroused in Canada by the announce
ment made by the Canadian PACING
Railway that Sir Thomas G. Shausl
messy, its president, has offered SLOW
IN gold for the best hundred pounds
OF hard red spring or winter wheat
grown anywhere in the two Americas
For Canada to win this prize Oh
$1,000 in gold" writes MI j. S. Den
mis-, president of the Canadian Paclhc
irrigation Colonization Company, VIII
mean that we are still mistress Oh
wheat; it will mean honor and glory
10 the farmer individually and $lOVV
IN his pocket. 1t will mean that Dotn
canada and the farmer who carries
on the coveted prize will receive suca
advertising as would be hard to So
cure in any other way. The pa.
ucular district where the wheat
grown, and the man who producer
1t will become famous. Land values
IN his district will increase as a COZ
se4dence, and, to sum up, the VIE
hing OF this prize will induce settle,
ment all over the Dominion. Canau'
cannot afford to lose"
Mr.. James ]. Hills prize cup IL.
the best bushel of wheat grown N
the United States in 1911 can be wos
by the exhibitor whose grain glvts
the largest yield per acre, has tls
pest general appearance and we,gh'
ana is truest to variety and type. i.
Mr.. Hill requires further that .ns
wheat placed in competition for u,
cup must be exhibited by the actus'
grower. The grower must be pre-
pared to make affidavit as to inc
method Of preparation of the land y,
Ine wheat, crops grown on the ians
Ior three years previous, date an
method of sowing, amount OF sew
used and the date of harvesting.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-14
Good Filling.

Strange how some fellows look at
things"
How now?"
well, there's young Gately, waiting
for dead mems shoes; he never can
fill them In the world"
But he expects they will be stuffed
out with gilt-edged bonds. Boston
Herald,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-14

Bacon-What in the world Ia that
rooster growing so about?
Egbert-Why. he's Just discovered
an egg that's never been In cold stor-
age.-Yonkers Statesman.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-14
Nature. own Process.

He-Do you use pasteurized milk?
She-I suppose so. 1t comes from a
pastureized COW, anyway.-Bostap
Evening TRANSCRIPT
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02
DROWNED MANS
STILL IN RIVER
Arnold Madsen Was Victim of
Accident Which Occurred
Yesterday Afternoon.
DRAGGING FOR THE BODY
Neils Christensen, Companion of De-
ceased, Unable to Talk the
English Language.

Arnold Madsen, a young farmer
whose home is at Audubon, Iowa, was
the man who drowned yesterday after
noon when the skiff in which he was
rowing overturned just before reach
ing the Rock Island bridge between
the Rock Island arsenal and the Dav-
export shore. Neils Christensen, the
companion Of the drowned man, was
saved by people who put out in boats
from the Davenport shore in response
to calls for help from the drowning
men. Madsen went down before aid
arrived, but Christensen managed TO
keep adoat by holding to some of the
boats cargo which was near him. The
remains of Madsen are still in the
river. and efforts are being made to
find them with drag hooks.
HAD BEEN CAMPING.
The two young men, neither of whom
are over "a years of age, came TO Dav-
export a week ago from their home on
a farm near Audubon. They secured a
room with Mrs. Harry Warnken, 81
Marquette street, and stayed there
week, during which time they hunted
for work. Christensen cannot speak
anything but his native Danish tongue
but Madsen had little difficulty in max
ing himself understood. A week ago
yesterday they announced TO Mrs.
Warnken that camping would be
cheaper than rooming, so they left and
went to Bettendorf. There they got a
boat and started dragging for clans
It seems that they were on their way
back to the city when the tragedy oc-
CURED which robbed one of them of
life.
SEEN BY FEW.
The overturning of the boat was seen
by very few people. although there
were many on the bridge at the time,
and many more along the shore on the
Davenport side. Attention was first
attracted by the cries of the two
young men. Then they were seen
d camping outfit and an overturned
skiff. Boats set out at once to their
aid, but arrived too late to save Mad
sen.
Little could be learned about the re-
latives of Madsen, as Christensen was
still badly frightened today and quite
unable to make himself understood 1t
is believed. however by the police that
Madsen had no relatives here, and pos
sibly very few where he came from.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02
CASE is REFUSED
Justice Cleland Claims Improp-
er Procedure in Nissen
Change of Venue.
MATTER ALLOWED TO REST
Defendant Asserts He VIII Have
Something to Say About His
Arrest by Policeman.

Asserting that the proper tran
script for a change of venue had not
been issued by Police Magistrate c.
J. Smith in the case preferred
against Justice George P. Nissen by
Officer John Kinney, Justice J. H.
Cleland refused to give the defend
ant a hearing last evening when the
case was brought into his court. He
claimed that the magistrate had sent
a transcript for appeal in which was
stated that judgment had been rem
dered, whereas he should have sent
a transcript for the change Of
venue. John Looney represented
the defendant. The arrest of the
justice followed an exchange Of re-
marks by Nissen and Kinney.
To BRING COUNTER-CHARGE-
1t is stated that the police officer
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02

rectly illustrated. Cowboys will dis
port themselves on horseback, during
the various stunts" which their eQues-
TRAN experiences has made them IA
nous for; roping horses, picking up
objects from the ground while their
bronchos are at full gallop, and per-
forming numerous other tricks known
and accomplished by the cowboy of the
prairies. In the same scene will be
introduced troupes Of trained bronchos
and mustangs. Ray Thompson has
achieved the feat of educating the
western horse, training him to perform
the various high school, tricks of the
thoroughbred circus horse and &C
cOmplishing feats which it has never
been performed these Ineal descen-
dants of the wild horse were capable
of being instructed in. AS a culmfn-
ating feature Of their performance one
of the horses jumps over a camp Ia
BILE at which is seated a party of din
ers. While these scenes of revelry
are being enacted, Indians are noticed
to be steathily approaching and soon
they make a murderous attack upon
the pleasure party and the scene OF
revelry is quickly changed TO one of
relentless combat. By this method
are illustrated the dangers and perils
which best the pioneer in his mis-
sion of redeemfng the prairtes to the
use of civilization Other scenes typ
ical of early days in the west will
form a part of the Wild West and
Far East. The roughriding contingent
will show thrilling feats of equestrian
ism, and will illustrate the riding
methods of the worlds equestrian ma
lions. In contrast with these western
scenes will be shown an Oriental spec
tacle, which will illustrate the cos
tunes, customs and people of the Or
lent, bringing the sands of Sahara into
comparison with the rolling prairie of
our own western wilds.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02
FALLS OUT OF BED
AND BREAKS ELBOW
Leo, 4-Year-Old Son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Bert COrken Meets With Ser
ious Accident.

While trying TO jump from his bed
10 the floor Leo Corken, years old,
tripped over the railing around the bel
and fell TO the floor. His left elbow
received the full force of the blow and
the bones in the socket were either
broken or torn loose and the crazy
bone vas broken. The accident occur
red yesterday afternoon at o'clock in
The home OF his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Bert Corken, 535 Twelfth street Three
physicians have been in almost con-
slant attendance since the accident and
have placed the injured arm in cast
Tomorrow an X-ray photograph viii be
taken. The accident is exceedingly
painful and serious. There is a dan
ger that the arm may stiffen and the
boy viii be handicapped for life. II
VIII take at least six months for the
injury to heal.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02
BUFFALO BILL is WITH US

WHO ENhlDltIon IN IrI-ClUes Ior Two
Days.
Among the typical western scenes
which viii be shown with Buffalo
Pills Wild West and Pawnee Bill's
Far East, at Moline today and Dav-
export tomorrow, will be the wagon
train settlers camp and Indian attack,
in which the pleasures and amuse-
ments of the plainsmen and early set
tiers of the middle west will be cor
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02
STEAM ROLLER RUNS
OVER DAvENPORTER
Gus Fork, Employed as Laborer'
Crushed Under Machine and
Severely Injured.

Gus Fork, laborer in the en-
pIoye of the Mccarthy Construction
company in Davenport, was run
down by a steam roller yesterday af-
ternoon and he sustained injuries
which may prove fatal. The man
was at work on the new paving on
Main street between Second and
Third streets. The roller approach
ed from behind him and he did not
observe it. He stepped squarely in
front of it and was knocked down.
One of the fore wheels passed over
the lower part of his body and Sc
verely crushing his legs and hips and
injuring one arm. He was removed
TO the Davenport hospital
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02
SEARS YOUTH FACES
A SERIOUS CHARGE
George Brown Is Held on Complaint
of Florence F1tzsimmons of
Milan.

Criminal action was started
against George Brown, 10 years old,
of Sears, by Florence Fitzsimmons of
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02
" OMAN KILLED
BY A FAST Train
Mrs. E. A. Fritts of Geneseo
Walks in Front of a Rock
Island Limited.
HURLED AHEAD 70 FEET
Was Dead When Spectators of Acct
dent Reached BOdy-MOther
of City Marshall.

Mrs. E. A. Fritts, an aged Gene
SEQ woman, was struck and instant
Iy killed yesterday afternoon by
Rock Island passenger train which
left this city shortly before l o'clock.
Mrs. Fritts was the mother of City
Marshal William Fritts of Geneseo
and she WIS we'll known, having liv
ed in Geneseo a greater part of her
life which lasted IS years.
Yesterday she was trying to cross
the railroad tracks at State street.
The gate tender had noticed the
coming of the limited passenger
train and had lowered the gates, but
Mrs. Fritts became confused and
walked squarely in front of the pant
ing monster She was hurled 70
feet
DEAD WHEN REACHED.
When bystanders who saw the &C
cident reached her, life was extinct.
The shock of her impact with the
engine drove out the spark of life.
Mrs. Fritts is survived by two sons
William and n. E. Fritts of Gene
SEQ and two daughters, Mrs. George
Inman of Lincoln. Neb., and Mrs. ].
G. Mcconnell of Kansas City.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02

server showing the hottest days to
have been the third and fifth, when
the official register read 104, and the
coolest 81 on the 26th. The precipi-
tation for the month was 5.12. There
were Is clear days, two cloudy and
Is partly cloudy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02

will leave the matter stand as It is
at present and will not push the
prosecution. However, Justice Mis-
sen says that he is not done with
the case but when asked what he
intended to do, he refused to state.
1t is thought that he swill prefer
charges against the cop for assault
and battery. but this has not yet
been done.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02
DEAD WHEN REACHED.
City Chat
BACK FROM VACATION.

Back from vacation, broke and sore,
Thinking perhaps that TWO weeks more
Would about do down by the shore;
Holding hands you'd ne'er seen before.
Back from vacation, regret
Cor the girl with the hair black as jet,
And for the blonde you can't forget
Cried when her bathing suit got wet.
Back from the vacation. almost out,
Wondering what il was all about;
Willing 20 work without a doubt;
Thinking of lips that wore a pout.
Back from vacation, with tan.
Possessor of a little fan
Given to her by another man;
You're 10 return it when you can.
Back from vacation. not so much
As a chiuk's chance TO make a touch;
SIN The memories are all such,
It's not so bad TO be in Dutch.
Irwin Thomas.
Buy a home Of Reidy Bios.
Kerler Rug company. cleaners
Tri-City Towel Supply company.
For express. call Spencer & Trefz-
Let William johnson do your tin and
furnace work; 1916 Third avenue
H. T. Siemon wants your tin and
furnace work; 1526-152S Fourth ave
nue.
Kindling wood $3.50 per load at the
Rock Island Sand and Gravel con-
p5ny. Old phone COS.
Do your eyes need attention? Do
you have eye strain headaches? See L.
Marks, the eye-sight specialist, over
Dolly Bros. shoe store.
July Weather.
Unusual atmospheric pranks were
Ts,l-- ha rnnArr % oh
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02

Milan, who alleges in a warrant
sworn out in the court OF Justice
George p. Nissen that the defendant
is the father of her baby, born Sun
day. The arrest was made by Con-
stable Goldberg. The case was con-
tinued for ten days as the complain
ant is unable to appear. Brown was
released on $500 which was furnish
ed by his mother.
All the news all the time-ThO
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1911-08-02
AsClear Away of Untrimmed

The fashionable straw. black,
burnt, colored and choice shapes
OF black and burnt chips at 1Oc,
25c, SOC 75o and 500. The prices
have been double, treble and quad
ripple. It's not now a question of
.alues but a way Of making room.
The new fall shapes are cIamor-
ing for recognition, many of them
are very large and they'll require
lots of space for display.
Beautiful new trimmed models
in exclusive and distinctive styles,
from sources that sets the sea
on's fashions.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-21
A Queer African Town

The town of Abu Hamed is located where caravans quit the river Nile and begin their journey across the desert. Merchants leave their mer- chandise there and load up again with goods that other merchants have left there for them. There is nothing un- usual in this, the strange part being that no storehouses or depots are used for the protection of these goods. often of priceless value. The curious story about Abu Hamed is that goods left under the monument dedicated to ST. Abu Hamed are safe. Here they re- main in the sand beneath the mOnu- ment for months or years No one will molest them. They are considered to be under the protection of the saint himself. There has never been known an instance of loss or theft of any goods.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-21
Tho Particolored Bear.

The particoloFed bear tAeluropus melanoleucus) is so rare an animal that it deserves more than passing mo- tice. This particular specimen was acquired by W. N Ferguson. a mis- sionary in Szethuen. from a Tibetan hunter. Its habitat is the dwarf bam- boo and rhododendron forests which clothe the hills at an altitude of from 5000 10 1000 feet in this part of China It is a vegetable feeder. The soles of the feet are hairy, and, though very bearlike in appearance. 1t has been named the great banda by Sir Ray Lankester, as the structure of the skull and skeleton shows 1t to be closely related to the Himilayan pan da or wah. It has never been obtain ed by a European sportsman and was originally discovered in 1869 by Perc David in the mountains of east Tibet. The banda. a very handsomely colored little beast. is the only old world rep resentative of the raccoon.
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-21
PRESS COMMENT
ELEVATING RAILROADS.
 (Journal-Miner)

If ever a public official was put a supreme test to prove his honesty of purpose, his fidelity to his sacred trust and his duty to the public, il was when Governor Sloan as the head of the Territorial Board of Equalization, exercised his influence towards securing an increase in Ari- zona railroads of nearly five million dollars.
 Had the specious and lachrymose arguments of the railroad attorneys prevailed, the territory at large and every individual taxpayer would have been a sufferer.
 The Santa Fe, Prescott and PhOe- nix railroad. whose twenty years of immunity from taxation expires this year, put a valuation of s3,500 per mile upon it's property. This state ment was instantly shown to be ridiculous by the report made by the company itself to the interstate com merce commission-and which the board had in its possession. In this sworn statement made to the com mission. the value per mile of the road was given at s7s.OOO. By arbi trarily fixing the value at $10,O0( per mile, the board of equalization showed they were disposed to treat the railroad fairly, and it certainly did that corporation no injustice And the boards valuation while by no means severe is nevertheless al most three times as great as that submitted by the railroad
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-21
Tree City.

 l know little city on a green and sunny
 hill Where a hundred tiny families have
 homes. Its byways are uncrowded. it's leafy lanes
 are still. And there no noisy railroad ever comes The homes are high and airy. They hang
 and rock and sway Whichever way the summer breezes
 blow. They have no doors or windows. no rocf
 to blow away. But leafy awnings shade the babes be-
 low. The fathers and the mothers all earn their
 daily bread And bring it to the little ones who cry. They do not ride or motor: they do not
 walk. instead They choose she very latest mode-they
 fly. The happy little citizens who live SO high
 and free They sing and sing and sing the whole
 day long Fer ths peaceful. quiss city Is green and
 bovsiy tree. Ana tho cweIlers thsrs are birds. whose
 n<s is song. r -sl Nsobolas
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-21
COPPER AGAIN ADVANCED.

BOSTON.-Further advances have been made in electrolytic copper, yes terday's market being firm at 12 3-f cents a pound. This is the price nam ed by the large selling agencies, in- cluding United Metals, Guggenheims, American Metals, Phelps, Dodge & Co. and others.
 Boston-June's copper transactions to date have run as high as 5D.OO0.6Oo pounds.
 Wednesday afternoon there was an exceedingly good demand, both from home and abroad, and sales were booked freely at 12 5-S cents. Amalga- mated and other sellers have decla-- ed themselves out of the office.
 Lake copper has not followed cleo trolytic to the extent which produc- CTS would have liked, and the usual premium has not been maintained on sales. Comparatively little Lake has sold at IF 3-4 cents, against the cleo trOlytic price of 12 5S. Sellers say the demand has not come in to their liking.
 There has been nibbling for Sep tember copper and whatever sales are made for that deiive-y will command the full 12 3-4 cent price.
 The fact that American manufact- urers have been caught short on their requirements has done much to stim- uiate some of the beiated buyers to hasten to market with their orders. although they are still trying to buy at fFactionally under the market.
 United Metals Selling Go. Tuesday and Wednesday afternoon made large sales at 12 5-s cents for electrolytic While this price commanded the bulk Of this company's business some of its regular customers were favored with concessions.
 Calumet & Hecla has not openly entered the market with it's prime Lake brands, although the company has offered during the week some of it's Buffalo electrolytic. Quincy has sold at 12 3-4, and the Stanton mines have offered at that price
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-21

uons of menial. whereas that morn Ing thousand sought to minister 70 him. Thus it would appear that not only dces nothing succeed like sue cess. but nothing but success sue eeeds.
 1 don't believe that President T aft can be beaten for renomination. It Is a fashion that republicans have to renominate. II was so in the cases of Lincoln. Grant and Mckinley and logically it was so in the case of Roosevelt, who had served practically what was one term when his first elective term" began. Hayes was out of the question for the nomina- ton. Garfield died, and it took 5 aine to beat Arthur for the nomi- nation. But, then, Arthur had never had a first nomination. Ben Harrison was renominated, though Blaine com peted the distinction with him,
 Now who is going to compete. src- cessfully compete, with Mir Taft7 There Is much talk of La Toilette, but it is very doubtful if he can get a single vote in a republican national convention from what is known as
 
 numerical strength in national DOW WOW in one party as in the other Certainly the Wisconsin insurgent could not expect to get a single vote in convention north of the Potor1ar and east of the Ohio. Taft will also have strength in the great middle west" and in convention he s sure 10 carry Ohio.
 This is a great big country we live in and it's material and political inter- ests are conflicting. Until there ,s 9 shifting that will stagger our most tutions. I doubt if we shall again Lave Q "noUular" president Sc far as ar' concerned | am eAiy t9 repeat that .n my Orinion Taft $ the verv best president for the south the ie- publican Ya-tv hes vet elected. A q democrat would not support him but an free to say that he IS lie urlv re7uH rcan vet in tle white iCuse who ever made the so1th rec' Hat she is not a step sister in the union.
 And there has been no pretense about it, no sham. Perha1s he Is let ter fitted for chief justice han for president, but as a southern democrat I am glad he was elected president and I am sure that there is a deal Of down Tght cant in the abuse H at they have heaped upon hin. dn rot think he understood the tariff Tn that behalf he was bunkoed. but all in all Mir. Taft can appeal to history and do it with confidence.
 I say this of a good man for whom l would not vote for president
Bisbee daily review., 1911-06-21
IS SUCCESSFUL IN
 PASSING BILL
Wool Duty of 42,5 Per Cent Retained for Manufact- urerS and 20 Per Cent
 for Growers
NOW UP TO SENATE;
 EFFECTIVE NEXT YEAR
One Democrat Votes Against It, Amendments Rejected One by One on the
 Floor

WASHINGTON, June 2O.-The house of representatives by a vote of 22i to 100 today passed the Un- derwood wool tariff revision bill providing for a reduction of the duty on wool and the manufactures of wool
 Twenty-four republicans voted with the democrats for the passage of the measure, and one democrat. Francis of Ohio, voted against 1t
 Many amendments were offered and voted down. the only one adopted relating to a slight change in phraseology. Almost i've hours were spent by the house in, debate under five minute rule.
 Amendments Rejected.
 Immediately preceding the final vote. a motion offered by Represent ative Payne Of New York that the bill be re-submitted 10 the ways and means committee with instructions that it await a report from the tar in board on the woolen industry before making final report of 1he bill was lost by a vote of 1S9 to I9S.
 Representative Underwood. chair man Of the ways and means com mittee, in charge of the bill, kept his forces we'll together in their opposition to all amendments. While some democrats proposed amend ments, with one exception they voted with the party when the bill came 10 passage.
 20 Per Cent on Raw Wool
 The bill places a duty of 20 per cent ad valorem on raw wool imports, as against an average Of a little more than A per cent ad valoTem under the present law.
 On partly manufactured wool and on raw products manufactured in whole or in part from wool. the ay- craze duty under the proposed law would be about 42.5, as compared with the present ad valorem duty of more than SO per cent
 The ways and means committee has estimated that the bill would reduce the annua! revenue under the woolen schedule of the tariff by a little more than S1,000,00 The bill prescribes that it shall be in effect January 1 next, but it is not believed the oill will pass the senate at this session.