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Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21
TO DO AWAY WITH FUCKER
Department Of Agriculture Has E,c
psrlmented with the PersImmon
for Years.

Puckerless persimmons are now be
Ing experimental with by the depart
ment Of agriculture in the hope that
they may be added to the list of valu-
able American fruits. the Washington
Star says. The experiments are being
carried on both In Washington and in
the south, the first to take the pucker
out of otherwise desirable persim-
mons, and the second to grow persim-
mons that have no pucker to take out.
The persimmon has been a problem
with the department for many years
There are some big varieties that
look almost like tomatoes and that
make a beautiful spoon fruit when
they are ripe, but they cannot be
taken to market after they get ripe,
because then they are too soft to
transport. The result has been that
many of he citrus fruit dealers who
handle them have come to look upon
them largely as a table decoration.
Great, lucious looking persimmons are
shipped, nicely wrapped in tissue pa
per, and sometimes on the wrapper
the packer prints a caution to the con.
sumer to keep the persimmon until
1t is ripe and soft. But the consumer
does not. and there is another enemy
added to the long list of people who
think the big persimmon is a delu.
sion.
There is another problem on which
the department worked at one time
and that was the production of a seed.
less persimmon. A tree OF this sort
was discovered outside of Washing.
ton on a Maryland farm. and it was
thought If the seedless variety could
be grated on some of the native
trees that a new fruit would be pro-
duced that In its way would equal the
seedless orange. Nothing ever came
of this experiment, but among the
varieties of the big persimmon that
have been introduced from China
there is one that is seedless and that
may be raised into a fruit that will
fill long-felt want.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21
STRAW KILLS TONS OF FISH
indiana Health Expert Believes He
Has Solved Puzzle Where Fac
tory Refuse Is Dumpted.

Muncie, Ind.-A complete invesuga-
ton of the slaughter of fish in the
Mississinnewa river, when tons Of fish
were found dead in the stream, is be-
ing conducted in Delaware and Grant
counties by State Fish Commissioners
Miles.
The secretary OF the state board Of
health. DR.. j. N. Hurry, has advanced
a new reason for the death of fish In
streams that are used by strawboard
companies. He says that in his opin-
ion there is no poison in the refuse
emptied into the water from straw
board and paper mills that is destruo-
tive to animal life, as has always
been supposed, but that the fish are
killed by minute particles Of straw,
from this refuse, entering their gills
and shutting off their supply Of oxy-
gen.
The strawboard companies say, as
indicative Of the purity of the water
in the streams below their mills. that
cattle on farms will leave the pure
water Of the streams to drink that
which is slightly colored with the ref
use from the strawboard mills, and
the companies further say that milk
and butter from COWS drinking the
adulterated water is purer and sweet.
er than any other
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21

Il loaf and invite my SOUL" sang
Walt Whitman in one of his "bara-
barrie yawps' that has sounded "over
the roofs of the world" And it is no
doubt the best, profoundest, and high
est thing ever said or sung about
loafing.
The soul-if we may be so fortunate
as to have one, In the real and high
significance of the word-will hardly
come to our mundane aid, no matter
how often we may invite it, unless we
loaf. We do not. in our ordinary
business of living, give it a chance to
visit us. Like the virtues and arts, 1t
demands large leisure and far hori-
IONS. That is why the poets and
thinkers possess soul" and we ordi-
nary mortals do not Our life is too
narrow, too "cabined, cribbed, con-
fined" Soul escapes or shuns us while
we grope in our huddled and clut-
tered existence. We must loaf" and
invite it.
Loafng is good for us-now and
then. AS a habit 1t is very bad; but
even a good CUSTOM" as Tennyson
assures us, would corrupt the world"
were it not for wholesome change and
variety. And an occasional loaf. wheth-
er voluntary or enforced. may be
salutary.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21
HUNG HER CASH OUT TO DRY
Delaware Woman Forgot Big Roll Of
Bills Until II Was Almost
Too Late.

Rehoboth, Del.-A weeks washing
Of IS bills. pinned on a line to dry.
was the result of bath which Mrs.
Daniel Townsend took and in which
no one can understand why the money
did not drift out to sea.
Mrs. Townsend is the wife Of a
prominent Rehoboth hotel man, and IN
taking her usual surf bath she did
not remove that portion of her apparel
which the average woman uses as her
pocketbook.
During the bath the surf played its
usual pranks, and, although the bands
used to hold the money in its place
were several times loosened, the
money was found intact. although re-
duced almost to a pulp when Mrs.
Townsend started to remove the bath
ing apparel
Il took several hours OF careful dry.
ing on an improvised lima before the
bills were IN shape 10 be taken TO a
bank and redeemed for more Sub.
stuntial onef
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21
THE SPOKANE MARKET.

Local dollhouse rhubarb selling at is
cents pound.
At the city market huckleberries are
selling at Ice a pound.
Prices to Producers.
The following list may be taken as
a fair standard of prices paid to pro
ducers outside of the city market for
the commodities named:
Fruits and getables-Potatoes 81
@1.25 cwt; apples, 75c@$3 box; beets,
$1.75@2 cwt; cabbage, 1 1-4@1 1-2c ID;
sweet potatoes, 1915 cwt; parsnips,
$1.25 cwt; cucumbers, 81 doz.
Butter-Ranch, 25c ID.
Hay--Baled oat hay, SIG ton; wheat
hay, SIG ton; alfalfa, $14; timothy, No.
1, $22 per ton; No. ?, $40 per ton.
Grain-Oats, $1.3O cwt; barley, 50
swt; wheat, 1925 cwt.
Hay and feed prices are f. o. b.
cars, Spokane.
Poultry-Live hens, 13c ID; dressed,
15@22c ID; live springs, 13c; dressed,
zoe; old ROSTERS, &c; dressed, lac; live
geese, 13c ID; dressed, 15c; live ducks,
young, 1sc; old, 13c; dressed, 1s@22c;
fancy turkeys, soc; dressed, use.
Retail Meat Market.
Dressed Poultry-Broilers, 1sc lb;
fryers, 1sc ID; spring roasting chickens,
1sc ID; hens, 1sc lb; ducks, 21c ID;
squads, 4Oc each; geese, 1se ID; tur-
keys, 25c lb.
Beef-Porterhouse steak, 25@3Oc;
sirloin steak, 22@25c ID; round steak,
15@1sc; shoulder steak, 15c lb; prime
rib roast, 25c; prime rib roast, rolled
or standing, soc; pot roast, 10 1-2@15c;
beef boil, s@1O@12 1-2c.
Lamb-shoulder, 1sc lb; leg, 22c lb;
chops, 25c ID.
Pork - Roast, 1sc; chops, zoe ID;
sausages, 10000; bacon, best, 32c ID;
plain bacon, CSC ID; plain ham, 22@
25c ID.
veal-Roast, 10000 ID; chops and
steaks, 25@3Oc H.
Mutton-Shoulder 10 1-2@15c ID;
chops, sc, zoe and 25e ID.
Butter and Eggs.
Eggs-Stamped eggs, 5O@55c doz;
fresh eastern, 45c; April storage eggs,
35@4Oc.
Butter-Ranch butter, 35c; creamery
butter, 40@45c h.
Fuel Prices.
Fuel-Four-foot wood, 81; pine, 4.
foot wood, Sc. Coal-Carney, Sheridan
Tabor, $s.75 ton; Rock Springs, $3.50
ton; Monarch, $3.50 ton; Roslyn, $3.50
ton; Lille, $3.50 ton; Owl Creek, $3.50
ton; sawed tamarack and fir, So. rick
sawed pine, $275 rick.
Hides and Furs.
Hides-Green: Cows, &c lb; steers,
&c ID; calfskin, 13c ID. Salted-Cows,
&c Id; steers, &c ID; calfskin, 13c lb,
Dry flint, 14@15c ID; dry sheep hides,
s@9e ID; bull hides, 4c ID; kips, &c lb;
light wool, 1a@14c ID; heavy merino,
10@1Sc ID.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21
Chamberlaln's Face.

One of Sir Benjamin Stones more
frequent sitters has been Mr.. Cham
berlain, who, once speaking of his
own portrait, said: 1T has been re-
marked that l bear a resemblance to
Pitt. l am afraid that my testimony
to this resemblance would have little
value. But If it could be alleged that
any likeness existed between that
great statesman, not bodily or men
tally, but in his aspirations, in his de-
sire to be of use to his country, then
should be proud indeed" Perhaps
the last photograph ever taken of Mr.
Chamberlain was that by Sir Ben
jamin at the notable fetes in Birming-
ham to ce' ebrate the great statesmans
SEVENTEEN birthday. At the house of
commons Mr.. Chamberlain was ever
ready to help his colleague, and on
one occasion volunteered to go and
hunt up the reluctant Michael Davitt
and bring him to the spot for the pur-
pose.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21
coNNAUGHT DUKE ACCEPTS.
Uncle of King Takes Post as Governor
General of Canada.


All doubts as to whether or not the
duke of Connaught will be the next
governor of Canada has been set at
rest by the arrival of mail in Ottawa
from England bringing Canada the
formal notice that the kings uncle has
accepted the office.
The duke has also decided on a num-
Der of appointments to his staff. His
military secretary, it is stated, will be
Major Henry Cecil Lowther of the
Scots Guards, who accompanied his
royal highness to South Africa and who
was for some time the military attache
at Paris. He is a son of Right Hon
orable James Lowther, speaker of the
British house. Mr.. Arthur F. Sladen,
private secretary of his excellency, Earl
Grey, will act in the same capacity for
the duke.
It is said that the date that the
duke will arrive in Canada has been
fixed as September 1.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21
Lunch In South.

New to me-" said a traveller lately
returned from his first trip in the
south, was the lunch table on wheels
that they push alongside the trains
there for the convenience of passen-
gers in the cars. We saw one of
these at a station in North Carolina.
Table, maybe four feet long by two
feet wide, built rather high and set
upon wheels big enough so that the
table could be moved about on them
easily. Sort of a two-story table this,
the lower story being practically a
long, broad shelf underneath, on which
they keep supplies from which to re-
plenish the things on sale-oranges,
bananas, sandwiches and so on. At a
station where there is no dining room
OF where the train doesn't stop long
they roll this table along at the side
of the cars; the table top is high
enough for passengers to reach the
things on it from the car windows
New York Sun.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21

his mother by undue influence. Mrs
Tingley denies that she exercised UNI
due influence, and 1t remains for the
plaintiff to produce his proofs.
Mr.. Patterson is vice-president OF
the National bank of Lawrence coun-.
ty. The suit has been brought at Los
Angeles. The Patterson family is one
of the Oldest and wealthiest in Law
renee county. The family fortune was
founded by William Patterson, banker
and iron merchant, who died five
years ago. Several members of the
family still reside there and move In
exclusive society circles. William
Patterson established the National
Bank of Lawrence county. He
amassed a fortune of 100000.
When he died he left a stated
amount to his widow The sum was
less than Mrs. Patterson was entitled
to under the law, and she contested
the will and got third of the estate.
With 81 100000 in her own right Mrs.
Patterson went to Los Angeles.
There she became acquainted With
members OF the Theosophic society.
Relatives and friends were shocked
about fifteen months ago when they
learned that the white-haired woman
of sixty-eight years was to marry
Clark Thurston, formerly of New
York and Philadelphia. head OF the
society. Mrs. Thurston settled 5000
a month on Thurston Her family be
came thoroughly estranged from her.
In the latter part of July, George L.
Patterson received a telegram stating
that his mother had died in the home
of Katherine Tingley in Newburyport
Mass.
No member of the family had had
any word that Mrs Thurston was H.
Mr.. Patterson FASTENED east and as
soon as he reached Newburyport tho
body was cremated The cause OK
her death is a mystery When her
will was opened It was found thai
$4,000 had been willed to Mrs Ting
ley. A month later Mr., Patterson and
Attorney j. V. Cunningham went TO
Los Angeles TO investigate the estate
and Mrs Thurston's connection with
the society. They discovered there
remained only $4,000 over the
amount willed to Mrs. Tingley.
No trace could be found Of tho
100000, the difference between the
value of the estate at the time OF
Mrs. Thurston's death and the amount
she had when she went west.
William Patterson. the founder OF
the estate, was twice married.
The woman who has just died left
three children, a married daughter,
and William and George L. Patterson
Of Newcastle, Rufus c. Patterson, n
son of the first William Patterson by
the former wife, is the wealthiest of
the family, being worth $4,000, 0OO.
The family say they win spend dollar
for dollar in an effort to recover tho
lost fortune.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21
THEY'RE FORGETTING GRIEF.
Six of the 142 Widows Left by Cherry
Disaster Have Remarked Is
Report.

Springfield, H., Jan. 17.-Widows
and children of miners who were killed
in the Cherry mine disaster of Novem-
Der 10, 1909, have received S54, 594 from
the Cherry relief fund, according to
the report of Secretary Duncan Nc
Donald Of the Cherry relief committee.
The report in detail shows that six
children Of the miners who were killed
have since died, and IL benefciaries
have gone to Europe.
Six of the 142 widows who lived at
Cherry just after the accident have re-
married and only 102 reside in the vii
age at this time. The sum of 1914, 593
remains in the hands of the cohmis-
sion to be paid to the widows and chill
dren Of the dead miners.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21

since 1894, but long prior TO that time
I became widely known by his powerful
defense Of the cardinal tenets Of re-
ligion against the assaults OF agnos-
ticism and atheism.
Doctor Lambert was born seventy
FIVE years ago in Allenport, Pa He
studied at st. Vincent's college, near
Latrobe, Pa, and at the Diocesan sem
mary in st. Louis. He was ordained
in 1859 at Alton, III. During the Civil
war he was chaplain OF the Eighteenth
regiment Of Illinois infantry. After
the war he became professor of nor
NAL theology and philosophy at the
Paulist Novitiate. In the early eighties
he made his famous replies to Bob
Ingersoll, which were published un-
der the title Notes on Ingersoll" In
gersoll was at that time contributing
a series OF articles to the North Amerl-
can Review in which he attacked
Christianity.
Two years later a disciple of Inger.
soil made a formal reply, and Doctor
Lambert followed with his Tactics
Of Infidels,'' which was disseminated
by the Y. NJ. c. A. About this time he
became involved In long and bitter
discussion with the late Bishop No
Quaid of Rochester. The bishop re-
fused to assign him to parochial duty
in that diocese. Father Lambert ap.
pealed to Rome and the papal decision
was In his favor. Bishop McQuaid
then assigned him to a village church
at Scottsville. Monroe county, where
he has resided for nearly twenty
years. He became editor OF the Free.
mans Journal IN 1894 Recently Prot.
estant and Catholic clergymen Joined
with him in celebrating the golden
Jubilee Of his ministry.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21
Chicago.

Chicago.
Rye-No ?, s5c.
Barley-Feed or mixing, 65@75c;
fair to choice mailing, 91@97c.
Flax seed-No. l southwestern, $2.45;
No. northwestern, $2.5s.
Timothy seed, 81.
Clover seed, SIS.
Cattle-Market steady to 10c higher
Beeves, $4SO@7.1O; Texas steers, 1925
! G5.50; western steers, $4,000; stock
ers and feeders, $3.75@5.5O; COWS and
heifers, $265@6.4O; calves, $7.5O01O.
Hogs-Market strong, sc up. Light,
$775@S; mixed, $7.75@s; heavy, $7.7O
as; rough, $770@7.S0; good to choice
heavy, $750@s; pigs, $7.40@s; bulk of
sales, $7.s5@7.95.
Sheep-Market steady. Native, $3.50
@4.50; western, $2.65@445; yearlings,
$4.60@5.75; lambs, native, $506.65;
western, $5@6.45.
New York
Bar silver, "a 1-sc; Mexican dollars,
45c.
Copper-Standard dull; spot, January,
February and March, $12@12.1O; April,
$12@1215; lake copper, $12.97 100
1912 12; electrolytic, $12.62 1908;
casting, $12.37 1-2@12.62 1-2.
Tin-Easy; spot, $39.5O@39.s5; Janu-
airy and February, $39.6O@39.95; March,
$39.60@39.9O; April, $39.6O@39.95.
Lead-Dull, $4.45@4.55.
Spelter-Dull, $5.55@5.65.
Iron-Locally iron was unchanged;
No. 1 foundry northing, $15.25@16.25;
No. ?, $14.75@15.25.
Portland.
Cattle-Market firm. Prime steers,
$7@7.5O; good to choice steers, $3.50
az; choice to prime cows, $5.25@5.50;
good to choice beef COWS, $47505.25;
good to choice heifers, $5O5.50; choice
to good bulls, $4.50@4.75; good to choice
light calves, $6.2506.75; good to choice
heavy calves, $5.25@6; good to choice
stays, $4.50@5.
Hogs-Market firm. Choice hogs,
$s.90@9.10; good to choice hogs, $s.75
@s.9O.
Sheep - Market steady. Yearling
wethers, $4.75@5; old wethers, $4.250
$50; good to choice ewes, $3.25M3.75;
choice lambs, S6.5O@7; good to choice,
$e@6.25.
San Francisco.
Oats-Red, $11O@1.32 1-2; white,
$1.47 1-2@1.52 1-2; black, $1.25.
Millstuffs-Bran, $27@3O; middlings,
$32@36.
Hay-Wheat, $9@14; wheat and oats,
$1o.13; alfalfa, $9@12.5O.
Available Grain Supplies.
Wheat-United States east of Rock
les. decreased, 625,O0 bu; Canada, de-
creased, 5000 bu; total United States
and Canada, decreased, 1883, 900 bp;
afloat for and in Europe, increased
100000; total American and European
supply, increased. 2,s15,OOO bu.
Corn-United States and Canada, in
creased, 100000 bu.
Oats-United States and Canada, de-
creased, 1900 bu.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21
WE'RE WE'D IN
DIRIGIBLE BALLOON
San Antonio Couple and Presbyterian
Clergyman Soar About 800 Feet
Over a Texas City.

San Antonio, Jan. 16.-While soaring
aloft over San Antonio in dirigible
balloon at the height of 500 feet, Miss
Marie Shelton and w. Walter Stowe
the well known young people of San
Antonio, were united in marriage this
afternoon. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. J. H. Adams of the Cum
berland Presbyterian church.
The balloon was piloted by Captain
H. E. Honeywell of st. Louis. The
wedding was actually in the clouds, as
the air was foggy and misty.
The young couple enjoyed a honey
moon trip of s5 miles across the coun-
try before the balloon was brought to
the earth. The party landed in the
woods, and had to walk three miles
before finding an automobile which
brought them to San Antonio.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21
Trials Of the Great.

Aren't you often bored by people
who rush up to you in a crowd and
loudly announce that they used to
know you when you hadn't a dollar7'
Eyes. They are almost as bad as
the ones who are always trying to
get me 10 let their children snapshot
me with their hands resting on my
shoulders Oh. see you have your
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21
SMUGGLERS CAUGHT
PROMINENT CHINAMEN ALONG
CALIFORNIA COAST GET
PUT In JAIL.
immigration Authorities Are Success
full After Long Chase-Prisoners
Said to Be Leaders of Syndicate for
Bringing Orientals Into Country
End of Conspiracy Is Predicted.

Los Angeles, Jan. 16.-The arrest of
four Chinese, all said to be wealthy
merchants of San Francisco and Los
Angeles, who are now held in Jail here,
is believed to mark the end of a Snug
Cling conspiracy which has worried the
immigration authorities for the last six
months and resulted in the redoubling
of the government border guards and
even the employment of a special reve-
nue. police cutter.
The men under arrest are Wong Chun
and Wong Wing Sal, former influential
merchants of the Los Angeles Chinese
colony, and Woo Wei and Mai Jick of
San Francisco. These men are said to
be the leaders of a syndicate that has
smuggled hundreds of Chinese into this
country Wong Chur and Wong Wing
Sal were taken last night by Charles
Conklin, an inspector of the immigra-
ton bureau at San Diego, who had fol
lowed them and a band of contraband
celestials from Ensenada to the Te-
hachapi, chase that occupied him
more than 40 days.
Take Contraband Chinese.
With them were captured four con-
traband Chinese, who are also in Jail
awaiting deportation, which was or
dered by United States Commissioner
Williams today. The alleged leaders
are held under $4,000 bail
The tip that led to the arrest of
Wong Chun and Wong Wing Sal was
given Conklin early last November by
an intoxicated Mexican, who had long
acted as a guide for the contraband
Chinese which the smuggling syndicate
is alleged to have routed over the sun
derground railway" leading through
San Diego and later through San Der
nardino.
Guide Tells of Smuggling.
This guide told the immigration au-
thorities of band in charge of the al
legged merchants who were soon to start
from Ensenada for the border. Conklin
was detached from the San Diego Of
fee, but when he arrived at Ensenada
he found that the Chinese had disap-
peared. With a party of several In
dams and the Mexican guide the in
spector took the trail and almost came
upon the fugitiyes at San Bernardino.
There he learned that the Chinese had
taken separate trains for the north.
Conklin took a faster train and cap
tured Wong Chun and two contrabands
at Mojave. Then he hurried on to Te-
hachapi and overlook Wong Wing Sal
and the other two.
The federal authorities at first de-
MED that any arrests had been made.
The attempt at secrecy was excused
on the ground that efforts were being
made to capture other suspected mem
bers of the smuggling syndicate in San
Francisco and San Diego.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21
Western Wheat.

Tacoma.-Bluestem, s41a@s5c; forty
fold, sac; club, s3c; red Russian, sic
Portland.-Track prices: Club, 81
@s2c; bluestem, s3@s4c; red Russian
soc; valley, see; fortyfold, S2@s3c.
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21
FAMOUS C0NTROvERSIALIST
WHO W0RSTED INGERSOLL

Rev. DIR. Louis
A. Lambert Of the
Catholic diocese
of Rochester, NJ.
Y, is in a sanf
tarium at New
foundland, N. j.,
suffering fro m
hardening of the
arteries, and Is
not expected to
survive. Doctor
Lambert has been
editor of the Free
mans IOurn Z
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21
rHE0SOPHIC SOCIETY HEAD
BROUGHT INTO LIMELIGHT

Mrs. Katherine
Tin gley, high
priestess of the
Theosophic socie-
ty at Point Iona,
Cal, has been
brought into the
limelight by the
suit of George l..
Patterson of New
castle, Pa, to re-
cover a million
dollars which he
alleges Mrs. Ting
Bonners Ferry herald. [volume] (Bonners Ferry, Idaho) 1904-current, 1911-01-21

"Take your arm away, siri'' sharply
exclaimed the indignant maiden.
"Sol" said the Young editor, mus
ingly, can unexpected accident, we re-
greet to say, prevents our going to
press Chicago Tribune.