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The Washington times., 1911-04-09
Believes Wives
Could Be of Aid.

do 1 believe that the wives of the
Democrats could really strengthen that
party's already strong position and in
crease its chances for lasting success"
she repeated, as I asked her the ques-
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

The Boy Scout movement will receive
q great impetus through the organiza-
ton Of the Camp Fire Girls. Thus the
coed will make her influence felt even
in military ranks.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

Coffeyville. Kan, has been placed on
the map for the second time in a
century. The first time was by a
bank robbery, in which heroic off,
Ger won fame and reputation.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

There was no head: of the table at
the banquet of Illinoisans last night
since none of the three MacGregofs was
there. Uncle Joe. Secretary MacVeagh
and Senator CulIom were absent.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

by some wel1-informed woman, is the
feature of each meeting, however, and
is followed by little talk instructing
the women in the platform of the
Liberal party.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

If Congress isn't going to clean out
the 15O alley slums of Washington 1t
might at, least appropriate enough
money to send the babies therein to
Fort Worth, where they're advertising
for a carload.
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

Does Howard University think its dis
cipline will be best maintained by pun
ishing a member of the faculty for TAX
ing a lone drink or by dismissing anony-
nous charges as prima facie unworthy
M consideration2
The Washington times., 1911-04-09

On Saturday the Marine Band will be-
gin its annual series of concerts in
Potomac Park. The annual controversy
as to whether the program shall be rag
time or classic will begin on the follow
ing day. and continue throughout the
season,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-24
Will Put On A Play.

The ladies Of the local library
club are now busily at work on a
new play which will be presented
to the people of Cottonwood at
the Odd Fellow hall on next Fri
day evening, March 3rd. The
play is being given for the purpose
of raising funds for purchasing
more books for the library and
should receive the support of
every citizen of this community.
AS the library is now a free one
where any responsible person
can secure books to read free of
charge it is necessary to raise
funds to maintain it in a differ
ent way than formerly when. a
membership fee was charged.
The play to be presented is
called "Suzette," a farce comedy
in three acts, and is said to be
very clever. Following is the
cast of characters:
Joseph Bradford, member of the
Stock Exchange. ....,. DIR. Powell
Tom Blackmore, his partner,
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. A. C. Foster
Bob Bradford Rradford's son
...-........ scott craig
Edwin Blackmore, Blackmore's son
................... Walter Odell
James, Bradford's servant
................... Julian Jones
Mrs. Archibald, Bradford's housekeep-
er...... Miss Cora Randall
Eta Bradford, Bradford's daughter
.................. Mamie Jones
Dora Blackmore, Toms niece
go. ...... Rose Blackburn
Matilda, the cook ........ Miss Gray
The local orchestra will furnish
music for the occasion. The ad-
mission will be so cents for
adults and 25 cents for children.
AS the play is strictly. a home
production and for such worthy
cause everyone should attend it.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-24
A Statement.
Greencreek, Ida., Feb. II, 1911.
To Des Moines Life Insurance

Greencreek, Ida., Feb. II, 1911.
To Des Moines Life Insurance
company of Iowa.
| wish to state that | have this
day received a draft for $4,000,
through Tom E. Deegan, mana
ger for the northern district of
Idaho, in full settlement of policy
No. 50962 of the Des Moines Life
Insurance company, of Des
Moines, Iowa, upon the life of
my late husband, Herman Geh-
ring. My husband took this in
surance on the 31st day of De-
cember, 1908, died on the 9Th
day of December, 1910.
do most heartily recommend
this company to any one desiring
insurance.
wish to thank the Des Moines
Life and Mr.. Deegan, the mana
ger, for the prompt and efficient
manner in which this claim has
been settled.
Wishing you the best of success
and assuring you that l shall al
ways have a good word to say
for the Des Moines Life and for
Mr.. Deegan, | am
Most Sincerely Yours.
Annie Gehring.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-24
K. P. LODGE
HAS BIG Time
Takes in Class of More Than
Forty Members and Ends Up
With Fine Banquet---Other
Lodges Represented.

The local Knights of Pythias
lodge had a great time here
Tuesday evening when they more
than doubled their membership
number by taking a class of A
new members through the mys-
teries of the order. Of the new
members 40 were entirely new
recruits and the class is said to
have been one of the largest ever
initiated in this state.
Geo. G. Martin, grand chancel-
lor of the state, was present
from Culdesac, accompanied by
some twenty odd members from
the Culdesac, Winchester and
Vollmer lodges, and had control
of the degree work for the vari-
Gus ranks.
The ceremonies commenced
early in the evening and were
not completed until aboutl seven
o'clock the next morning and
from the looks of some
of the new members the next
day we judge that they got their
moneys worth and perhaps a
little more.
At midnight an elegant BAN
quet was spread at the Hotel
Phoenix for the knights and their
lady friends. The dining room
was beautifully decorated for the
occasion and the banquet is said
to have been one of the SWEETEST
ever served here and equal to
many in the larger cities. One
hundred and twenty persons par
took of the feast.
Including the new members
the Knights of Pythias now num-
ber over eighty members here
and hope to reach the ninety
mark in the near future. In Sc
curing the new class the lodge
divided into two teams, the los
ing team to provide a big supper
for the winners. This accounts
for the hard work in securing
candidates and for the large
number of new members added.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-24
Boys Have Narrow Escape.

Anton ScnmalZDauer, VINO lett
Ferdinand last fall with his fam
lily for Alberta, was in town the
first of the week, having return
ed to attend to some business
matters and to rent or sell his
farm. He says he is pretty well
fixed up in the kings domain
and while he cannot tell yet very
much about that country he be-
lieves it will prove to be all right
in time. He has a big Groom
sod house built for his family
and says they all seem to enjoy
it pretty well in spite of the
frontier experiences and the cold
weather. He said the cold had
registered as low as 81 degrees
below zero there this winter but
that they did not notice the cold
nearly as much in proportion
there as here.
In speaking of the cold weather
Mr.. Scmalzbauer related a sad
tale about two sons of his neigh
Dor, John Hickethier, formerly
of Ferdinand, who got lost in a
snow storm there a few weeks
ago. The boys, who were 18
and IA years of age, went out
one morning for load of wood.
Before they got home that even
ing a storm arose and although
they passed within half a mile of
their house and heard the other
children call and saw the light
from the window they could not
face the wind long enough to
seek shelter. After drifting for
several hours before the storm
the younger boy became exhaust
ed and eventually his brother
had to leave him. Digging a
hole in the snow he put his coat
around the boy and lay him in
the hole and lay the small dog
across his feet, then covering
both with snow. He then hung
his vest on a bush so as to mark
the place and went on to seek
shelter, finally finding himself
with a family about twenty miles
from home. In the meantime
the neighbors were out hunting
for the lost boys and searched
for a couple days before the old
er boy reached home with news
of their safety.
The older boy was pretty badly
frosted from his trip for several
miles without coat or vest and
the younger was quite badly
frozen and is now in the hospital
receiving treatment. 1t will be
some time before he recovers
from the effects of his expert
ence.!
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-24

George Mcpherson and family
are visiting with relatives at
Asotin and Pomeroy, Wash.
M. M. Knox, barber from
Lewiston, came up Tuesday even
ing to hold down a chair in the
local shop.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-24

beginning to get the baseball
fever. They pine for a renewal
of the days when Weiser had !:
baseball team that put all other
teams in the state off the map,
when the mighty Walter john
son, now premier pitcher, Nj 4
putting them over the slab Ai .
all there was to it was fIif3e 4
strikes and out. !" 1t is poS4}
arrangements can be made with
Nampa, Caldwell, Payette md
Emmett to put teams in the field. a
Weiser has a number of locals \
who are first class players, and i
could get UP good team in short
order.
A sight that is unusual on the
streets of any city in the west !
was witnessed in Standpoint last
week when Frank Clements Of
the City Stables appeared ON
Main and First avenues with. al
well trained team of deer hitcHe4
to a small hand sled. The deer
were equipped with neat set at
light harness and were quite
tractable, willingly obeying their
masters desires as to the route b
to be taken. The deer was guild
ed by light reins attached to their
halters. Mr.. Clements secured
the deer when they were only q 4
few weeks old and has traineds
them well so that they willin9f
perform number of tricks.
An apple tree in an orchard ut
Moran Prairie, five miles north
of Spokane, has the distinction
of producing apples having nei-
ther seeds nor cores. While
seedless apples are ne longer un-s
common, and coreless apples are
occasionally heard Of, yet core
less apples in general are held to
be decided freak of nature and
something that apple growers
have been trying to develop for
years. The variety of the freak
fruit is unknown and experts
seem unable to classify it. 1t is
the plan of the grower to try to
develop the variety by grating 4
and if the experiment is success
full it will represent a great til
umph in apple culture, one Of tie
great and growing industries of
the west.
The generally recognized fact
that coyotes in the prairie coun-
try and animals of prey in the
mountain district are more nu-
merous this year than ever be-
fore is doubtless due to the de-
struction of the food supply of
these animals in the vast areas
burned over in the forest fires of
last summer. Thousands of such
willy and active animals as the
coyote, cougar and lynx would
flee from the flames and escape
while the smaller ones would
perish. Having their food sup
ply cut off in the burned over
districts these animals are driven
by hunger to other parts where
they congregate in large NUNS
bers. Half-crazed from starva-
ton they prey upon the farmers
stock, seize and devours every
thing that comes within their
reach. Reports show that ae} (
eral full grown horses baRey6 Been
pulled down and killed By cous
gars in different parts Of tlSsy
northwest. Reports also show I
that coyotes are running III III
packs, like wolves. = I: y
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-24
DOINGS AT THE
LEGISLATURE
Power County Bill Killed, Clear
water Bill Passes Senate, Lewis
County Bill Held Up---Other
Bills Passed or Vetoed.
THURSDAY
Freak Bill Killed.

HC IlOuoC Uill dUOllSlllIlS tIlS
public drinking cup or trains and
in public places was defeated by
the senate, IA to 6.
The attack of Senator Page, of
Bonner county a physician, upon
the measure resulted in it's death.
He declared such legislation is
radical, unjust, freakish, a fad,
an imposition, absurd and unnec-
essary. He said disease is sell
dom contracted through the use
of the public drinking cup.
The bill demanded the abolish
ment of drinking cups in public
schools, public places on trains
and in other places frequented
by the pnblic.
The senate passed bills as fol-
lows:
No. 90-To appropriate $4,000
for wagon road in Lemhi coun-
ty.
No. 15O-To amend section LEA
of the revised codes in relation
to the issue of bonds by road dis
tricts.
No. 184-To provide for the
proper embalming and transpor-
tation of corpses.
No. 142-To create a dairy,
food and sanitary fund.
No. 41--To appropriate $1,000
for the construction of five miles
of macadam road in the Fort Ha !
Indian reservation in Bingham
county.
Bills the House Passed.
Bills were passed by the house
as follows:
No. 192-Requiring that ten
days elapse between date of is
suance of marriage license and
marriage.
No. 121-Making office of fish
and game warden elective.
Nc. Making collection a.
gencies furnish bonds for prote, =
tion of their patrons.
No. 242AGiving county COM
missioners right to declare any
afternoon half-holiday between
April and October.
No. 246- Making June Is,
Idaho Pioneer day." legal
holiday.
No. 231-Relating to proceed
ings in justice courts and chang
ing form of summons.
No. 285-Prescribing a penalty
for escapes from the state peni-
tentiary and providing that the
Imprisonment be not less than
one year.
The house passed the bill re-
organizing the militia of the state
and the measure was considered
by the senate on first reading.
New Employers Bill.
Kirby, of Boise county, is the
author of a new employers liza
bility bill. 1t provides that the
rule of common law that a mas
ter is not liable to a servant in
his employ for personal injury
caused by the negligence of a
fellow servant, be abolished in
this state and that the servant
may recover damages.
Message by the Governor.
A message was received from
Governor Hawley calling the at
tention of the legislature to the
need of laws revising the reve-
nue. laws of the state so that the
bonded Indebtedness could be in
creased, urging some arrange
ment whereby a silver service
for the battleship Idaho may be
secured, and asking that the
biennial sessions of the legisla-
ture be held a month later than
they are held at the present time.
Veto by the Governor.
Governor Hawley today vetoed
the bill to prevent minors under
the age of 10 from entering poo
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-24
NEWS AROUND
THE STATE
Items From Various Places Re-
produced for the Benefit of our
Readers-Stories Rehashed from
Our Exchanges.

Our Exchanges.
1t is reported that the post of
flee at Tolo is soon to be discon-
tinued.
A miner up at Burke dislocated
his shoulder last week by rolling
over in bed.
The athletic board of the Mos
cow university have presented
sweaters bearing the letter 'I"
to all members of the foot ball
team of last year.
"A silver fox was killed recent
ly near Husum, Wash, the skin
of which is valued at 5000. 1t is
the fourth of its kind captured
in that county this winter.
A coyote apparently afflicted
with rabies was shot and killed
in Lewiston late last week by
VIM. Emerson, a ferryman, after
a chase covering several blocks.
Mary Moses, wife of the In
dian who died last week from
the use of drugs, was ordered
committed to the Orofino asylum
late last week after being ex-
an1ined at Lewiston.
Two negroes quarreled over a
small sum of money at Weiser
last week and one carved the
other up so badly with a pocket
knife that he came near dying
and is still in the hospital.
An unknown man threw him
self in front of an O. S. L. fast
mail train west of Weiser last
week and was instantly killed,
his remains being scattered along
the track for some distance.
The train crew was exonerated
by the coroner's jury.
On returning home from school
one day last week some little
children found their mother ly-
ing dead under a fallen wood
shed at their home near Wallace.
The accumulated snow on the
roof of the shed caused it to col
lapse while the mother was cut
ting some wood. The woman
lay under the shed for several
hours before she was discovered.
P. T. Bailey, a farmer residing
near Reubens, discovered the
railroad bridge across Cold
Springs canyon south of Reubens
to be on fire Saturday morning
and probably prevented a serious
accident by tagging the train
before it reached the structure.
The train crew worked for sew
eral hours to put out the flames
and the bridge had to be repair
ed before the train could proceed
on it's way.
William and Jess Tum elson,
farmers of the Angel ridge Sec
ton near Peck, hold the record
this season for coyote hunters.
Only a few days ago they sent to
a St. Louis fur house seven coy
ote pelts, three coon and one
white weasel skins for which they
received $34. 10. They will also
receive 81 bounty from the coun.
ty for the seven coyote scalps.
The Tumelsons assert that one OF
the coyotes was large enough to
be a gray wolf. Most of the
animals were trapped.
While Oregon stockmen are
receiving only $6.25 per hundred
for their steers, Boise stock Is
selling at ST, according to dis
patches from Portland The
steers bringing the fancy figure
were raised by a special feeding
process in the Boise valley. ane
were sold by Herbert F. Lemp
of Boise. The Portland paper
states that the price received b,
Mr.. Lemp is the highest that hal
been paid in the Portland market
and that the. 81 figure could b,
received for only the highesi
| n,,olifu of hoof 80 IS =
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-24
and billiard halls and card rooms,
and compelling all such places to
remain closed from midnight till
Z o'clock in the morning.

ana compelling all such places to
remain closed from midnight till
Z O'Clock in the morning.
FRIDAY
The senate killed the Power
county bill today by the "indefi-
nitely postponed" route. The
Clearwater county bill went
through the committee of the
whole, as did also the senate bill
providing for the creation of
Adams county from a portion of
Washington county.
The senate also passed the
house bill appropriating $4,000
for a bridge at St. Maries and
the senate bill creating good road
districts.
The senate also passed the
house bank commissioner bill,
and appropriated $3,881.25 for
relief of Tony Tubb, of Coeur d.
Alene, the bull pen jailer during
the mining riots several years
ago.
The governors vetoes of the
divorce and of the anti-poolroom
bills were sustained.
Bills Passed by the House.
Some of the bills passed by the
house give to the board of health
the right to have supervision of
the embalmers of the state and
to regulate the embalming and
transportation of corpses; pro-
vide for the determination of
noxious weeds and for the levy
ing of taxes in counties. for this
work; provide bonds for a wagon
bridge across Snake river be-
tween Lincoln and Twin Falls
counties; require the tax collect
or in each county to give a writ
ten notice of all persons owing
taxes, specifying the total amount
and the several levies made; ap-
propriate $2,671. 16 for the pur-
chase of the Hepburn toll bridge
across the Snake river between
Burley and Hepburn; require
railroads to equip their locomo-
tives with electric headlights of
not less than 1,500 candle power
and appropriate to the citizens
committee of Mackay $577.2O for
money paid to the California en-
gineer to report on the Mackay
dam.
Action by the Governor.
Governor Hawley today ap-
proved the following bills:
Senate bill No. 8 (Lee and
Harris) TO provide for an ap-
preparation of SIS, 900 for a bridge
across Snake river connecting Ell
more and Owyhee counties near
Loveridge Ferry.
Senate bill No II (MacBeth) -
To provide for an appropriation
of 81, 500 for a bridge across the
Salmon river near Barr's Ferry,
in Custer county.
House bill No. Ill (Smith) In
relation to proof on Carey act
land entries when the entrymen
are dead.
House bill No. 236 (Terrel Nor
gan, Glennon and ow)-To
provide for and authorizing the
payment of salaries of district
court judges.
The following was vetoed by
the governor:
House bill No. 81 (Hanmer) -
To provide for one year in the
state and three months in the
county as a requirement to the
securing of a divorce.
MONDAY
Governor James H. Hawley,
this morning in special mes
sage to the senate announcing
he had signed the local option
Search and Seizure" bill, ridi-
culed the legislature for its action.
He declared the measure un-
constitutional. that it permits
scandal mongers to blackmail
their neighbors, and that bill is
in every sense of the word a
farce and should never have
been passed.
He added it will permit Gear.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-14
HANGED the Clever Forqer.

OF curious petitions against the
death penalty being enforced one re-
calls the eighteenth century case OF
william I.yland, who was sentenced
for forging a bill for f7,1l4 on the
East India House. The forgery was
a work of art. No less than thirty
signatures were initiated, and at the
trial not one of the victims could
swear that the signature was not his
own. However. with the help OF the
paper manufacturers Ryland's guilt
was brought home. Then came the
petition OF his friends. So clever a
man ought never to be hanged, they
pleaded. His craftsmanship should
save him. 1t gained him a respite.
He was allowed to finish fine en-
craving he had begun. but nothing
more. Though the engraver was u "a
vorite of George ILL.,. that king quite
failed to see how a forgery could be
excused on the ground that 1t was .
clever forgery.-Pall Mall Gazette.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-14


Every whaler and sealer that sailed
the seas in the days of wooden ships
carried a fire bag. This was a tarpau.
lin bag about a foot long and Elk inches
wide lined with waterproof material,
with interlinings of oilcloth and thick
flannel. Into this was placed the flint
and finder box for kindling fire, and
the bag was then securely fastened
with double flaps and tied to keep Its
contents dry. 1t was the special duty
of the second mate to look after the
fire bag and in case of shipwreck to at
tack it at once to his person by means
Of stout straps provided for the pur'
pose. Thus if officers and crew were
cast away on some deserted shore In
the desolate arctic circle the means OF
obtaining a fire to warm themselves by
and to heat food and drink would not
be wanting as long as the precious fire
bag was safe.
The steam whalers and sealers OF the
present day still carry u fire bug slowed
in the lifeboat with the bread and wa
ter. but now It Is of rubber and con
tains half dozen tin boxes Of matches
New York Press.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-14
The Soap and Water Cure.

The traveller in the Himalayas must
be prepared for surprises. Two days
after the Hon. G. G. Bruce had reach
ed Mana he received message from
a young lady saying that ever since
she had seen him on the day of his
arrival she had been Ill. II was very
much hurt, I allow" says Major Bruce
in ''Twenty Years In the Himalayas."
During the course Of a short but inter
esting career no such snub had ever
been administered to my self respect.
I said, But can't l do anything| She
said, Yes; wash your face and let me
have the water So we got hot water
and soap, and she sat OH rock to see
that there was no deception. The
water, or, rather, the decoction, was
then put into long tlmbler. and she
then and there drank It all! What Is
more, the next day she sent word that
she was quite cured"
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1911-01-14
Four Hundred Years Before Peary

Four Hundred Years Before Peary.
The north pole is the place of great
est dignity in the world, and the peo-
ple who dwell near it have Won
derful excellency and an exceeding
prerogative above all nations of the
earth" How blessed we may think
this nation to be, for they are In per-
petuaf light aud never know what
darkness meaneth, by the benefit of
twilight and full moons, as the learned
in astronomy do very we'll know,
which people, If they have the notice
of their eternity by the comfortable
light of the gospel, then are they
blessed and all Of nations most blessed.
Why then do we neglect the search of
this excellent discovery, against which
there can be nothing said to hinder the
same?-From Hakluyt's Voyage (Six'
teenth Century,.