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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
ALASKA COAL. LAND CLAIMS,
Judge Rudkin Rules Men Indicted Must
Stand Trial at Spokane.

Judge Frank H. Rudkin has handed
down a decision in the conspiracy
cases arising out of the Alaska coal
land claims which is regarded by at.
torneys as far-reaching in its effect
1t practically takes issue with Judge
Hartford s decision on every point and
overrules the demurrers of six defend.
ants to indictments for conspiracy to
defraud the United States of coal lands
by means of dummy entrymen.
The decision means that RAYMOND
Brown and William L. Dunn of Spo.
kane, Charles II, Doughten, ex-Mayor
Harry White and Charles A. Mckenzie
of Seattle and Donald A. Mckenzie OF
Washington, D. c., will be tried at the
September term Of federal court for
conspiracy. 1t also means far more, as
it affirms the right of the United States
to regulate Alaska coal lands under the
restrictive laws of the United States
as provided in the act of 1873, which
the defendants claimed could not be
read into the act of 1904.
1t means that the $200,O00,000 worth
of claims held by the six defendants
can not be patented and held by them
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
ROOSEVELT VISITS SESSION
OF LEGISLATURE PRAISES
STATE GOVERNMENT.
Calls 1t the Forward Movement -
Praised Senator La Follette-Said He
Found West Progressive-Direct Vote
for Senators His Plea-State and Uni
versity Banquet in His Honor.

Madison, Wis, April 16.-An in
dorsement of the "forward move
ment' in Wisconsin, in which he
mentioned the name of United States
Senator Robert M. La Toilette, was the
feature of Colonel Theodore Roose
welt S address before the joint assem-
bly, of the Wisconsin Legislature Sat
urday.
Colonel Roosevelt arrived in Madi
son in the morning to be the guest for
several hours of the Wisconsin legis
lature. Owing to the Easter vacation
a large crowd of university students
was at the station, together with a
large number of townspeople. The
colonel was met at the station by the
reception committee and the party
drove to the executive residence for
breakfast, the guest of Governor Nc
Govern.
Addressing the legislature Colonel
Roosevelt said
What has been accomplished in
Wisconsin under the lead of Senator
La Toilette and under the direct in
spiration of the men whom | am now
addressing has been of such quality
as to mark Il genuine and long stride
forward in our political, social and
economic development as a nation, and
| come here not merely to congratulate
you but also because L desire, in so far
as possible, to call the attention of
other communities, including my own,
to what has been done in the state of
Wisconsin. The progressive movement
has been sane in Wisconsin. -
Mr.. Roosevelt said he found every
where on the Pacific slope and in the
Rocky mountains that the ambition
Of each state was to follow Wisconsin
as the wisest and most farseeing pro
gressive state and to secure the same
Ico-operation in their states between the
government and their universities in
rendering service to the state which
obtains III Wisconsin.
1 lie then made plea favoring the
election Of United States senators by
direct vote.
A short address was made by Mr.
Roosevelt to large crowd in the gym
nasium on Progressivism" following
his talk at the capitol. Luncheon al
the city club, which was attended by
state and university officials, con
cluded the program,
Colonel Roosevelt left for Chicago il
the evening to spend Easter.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
THE RAILROADS REPORT this
YEARS COLONIST COMING
AS RECORD BREAKER.
Claim $4,000 Persons From All Over the
East Took Advantage of Special
Rates to See the West-Over $4,000
Located in Pacific Coast States
Many Went to Texas.

Revised statistics compiled by Off
Gals of the railroads which handled
passenger coIonist business to the Pa
eifc coast during the 30-day period
ending April 10 disclose that all rec
ords for that class of travel during
the annual spring period were smashed
this year.
Tables have been compiled to show
that $4,000 persons Travelled from hun
drods of points in the east, north and
south TO cities ON the western edge of
the continent while the special rates
offered by the various lines were in
force. This figure, it is declared, ex-
ceeds by fully $4,000 the total of last
spring when eolonist rates were Of
fered throughout a period of As days
The travel this year was distributed
as follows: Southern Pacific via Og.
den, 1920; via Ell Paso, 1920; via Los
Angeles, s68 via Portland, 3,761.
Oregon. Washington Railroad & Nay
/ igation company, l1,600
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Re, 10000
Northwest route via Hill lines (es
timated), $4,000; via other lines (es
Itimated), 10000.
1 1t is estimated that fully $4,000 OF
all those who travelled on eolonist tick
cts this spring went to extreme west
4 ern states.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
LAND LAWS CHANGED.


The price of crown lands in British
Columbia has been doubled by the gov
ernemnt, fact which out to be known
to every American citizen who is think
ing Of taking up his residence in that
section. Under the old rules. land
might be purchased from the govern
ment by pre-emptors at $3.50 per acre
for second-class land, IS per acre for
frst-elass land, plus 25 cents per acre
for government survey fees. This re
mains unaltered, but purchasers of land
must now pay exactly double these
rates all aromd-$5 for second-class,
$40 for frst-class, and SO cents per acre
survey fees-the new rules now being
in effect, Moreover, the government
has Withdrawn from purchase all land
lying between the fftieth and sixtieth
parallels of latitude in the Cariboo,
Lillooet and Kamloops divisions.
The government is now going to step
further The land which has been pur-
chased under reserve will be surveyed.
and after survey comparatively small
parcels will be placed upon the market
at such time when railway facilities
are given. 1t will be so placed, not by
lottery but by auction, the government
setting an upset price, covering the cost
of survey, below which it viii not be
sold, above which it will be knocked
down to the highest bidder, Pros
pectiye settlers in British Columbia
should carefully consider tnese regula
tions before migrating.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21

Nv, T., Bush, for many years CONNER
cal agent for the Pacific Coast Steam
ship company at Nome, Alaska, died
Sunday at Seattle.
The business section of Botheu, a
town of 1900 people, situated at the
head of Lake Washington, IL, miles
north of Seattle, was swept by fire
early Sunday, with loss of $4,000,
partly insured. The fire started in a
bakeshop in the basement of the Odd
Fellows hall, and destroyed 16 build
Jugs before it was placed under control
Dynamite was used to stop the spread
of the flames, the home of William
johnson and the tailor shop of Fred
Sehrata being blown up for this pur
pose.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
Postal Banks Gaining.

Steadily increasing interest in the
postal savings bank system is indicat-
ed by statement made public today by
Postmaster General Hitchcock. 1t
shows that $201,961 was ON deposit at
the 4s postal savings banks at the close
of business on March 81, an increase of
$6S,092 in two months. The humber of
open accounts increased from 1864 to
4307 and the average balance of depos,
itors from 1864 to $36.Se. This re,
port represents the business of only tive
months.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
sMorehead Pleaded NO Guilty.

Tacoma.-With apparent little con-
Germ, Roy Morehead pleaded 'not
guilty" to a charge of first degree muir
der for the alleged drowning of Mrs
}, 6. Buchanan in the waters off Gag
harbor recently. The trial was set for
May 8.
The prisoner was calm and collected,
despite the fact that his 7-year-old son
saw the entire proceedings on the lonely
beach and has told the coroner and
other officials that "Papa hit Mrs
Buchanan over the head with an oar
and then jumped on her as she lay IN
the water" The 5-year- old son of tine
murdered woman was the only other
witness of the crime.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
Farm Women Organize.

The Colorado board of control Of the
Sixth Dry Farming congress has author
lied the calling of the very first i'm
tersational convention Of farm women
ever held in America, if not in the
world.
This convention, while an auxiliary
to the Dry Farming congress, is to he
known as the International. Congress
of Farm Women, and the initial session
viii convene in Colorado Springs, Colo.
The detail of the organization has
7. Burns, as secretary of the woman 5
work.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
London Has 1000 Homeless.

A census of the homeless persons in
London was taken on the night of Feb
ruary II. The number of persons dis
covered homeless was 1,7s5, 1,462 be-
ing men, 321 women and children. In
cidentally it may be mentioned that the
government is going to spend $500, 900
in browning King George.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
STOPPED AT B. @. BORDER.

Canadian Immigration officials Deny
Negroes Entrance TO Province.
Forty negroes from Kansas City, No,
were stopped Ell route TO Vancouver,
B. G., by Canadian immigration OH
GERS at White Rock, on the boundary
north of Bellngham. WASH, and were
returned to Bellingham. No reason is
given by the immigration agents at
White Rock for excluding the men.
They may be excluded if diseased, or
if they are contract laborers.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
wenstcne Fruit growers Organize.

The ftujt growers Of Wenatehec.
with those from other fruit districts
in that country, have organized the
Weuatehee fruit district, taking in All
Of the territory in the Columbia river
valley at a maximum elevation Of 1900
feet, from Rock Island, III Chelan coun-
~, TO the British Columbia line.
Il Is the ultimate idea of the fruit
growers in this section to form such a
union that the market can be con
trolled so FAR as apples from the Wen
atchee valley are concerned and with a
solid front place the apples on the mar
kets of the world with one label.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
Recover for Lost Ticket.

A railroad passenger may lose his
ticket or accidentally burn it and recov-
er the value of it from the railroad com
pany according to a decision just rem
dered in Lost Angeles by Judge Fred
". Wood.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
S. L. Smith Dies in West.

A railroader for nearly 60 years and
a resident of the west for SO years,
Samuel L. Smith, age 70 years, died re,
Gently at Spokane. For the last 80
years he has been conductor, 20 of
which have been spent in and around
Rathdrum, Idaho.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
MORE TROOPS GO TO ARIZONA
Lives Of Americans in Mexico Must BE
Protected. saws TIFF.


Protected, Says Taft.
Neutrality-suspicious. rumors here OF
another conflict at Agus Prieta, the
president Saturday ordered the Sixth
cavalry regiment from Des Moines,
Iowa, to Arizona to reinforce the
posts there. This step supplements the
president s warning to the Mexican and
the revolutionary authorities that
American lives and interests must not
be endangered by unrestrained border
line fighting. 1t completes, it is said,
the administration s present program of
precaution.
The fact is emphasized in official
quarters that American troops have
instructions not to cross into Mexico.
The officers have been ordered to
preserve a strict neutrality and to see
that American citizens do not expose
themselves to danger.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
ousal Defeats AL shrubb.

William Queal of Alexandria Bay,
N. Y, defeated Alfred Shrubb of Eng
land, holder of the world IS running
record for 10 miles, in fast indoor
race in New York City. No records
were broken. The time was $3.50
The records is 50:40.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
Denman Thompson Funeral.

Wtst Swaney, N. H.-Denman Thomp'
son, the veteran actor, creator and pot,
trayer of that homely New England
character, Uncle Joshua Whitcomb, was
buried Sunday with simple ceremonie,,
IN the little cemetery across the roaO
from his home.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
VIM. schuldt Deputy u. S. Marshal

William Schuidt of Lewiston, Idaho
has been appointed deputy by United
States Marshal Hodgins, to succeed Ned
Green Of Moscow, who recently com
mitted suicide at Kamiah, aud he VIII
ENTER upon his duties at once.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
H. F. Poland Killed at Pony, Mont.

H. f. Poland, superintendent of the
Boss Tweed mines at Pony, Mont, fell
from an ore wagon and was fatally
crushed between wheel and an EN-.
bankment. Mr.. Poland was one of the
prominent mining men of Montana.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
Past N. w. Ball Champions.

l9O1-Portland; Grim, manager.
l9O2-Butte; McCloskey, manager
l9O3-Butte; Wilmot, manager.
l9O4-Boise; McCloskey, manager.
19O5-Everett; Hulen, manager.
l9o6-Tacoma; Lynch, manager,
l9O7-Aberdeen; Brown, manager,
19Os-Yaneouver; NordyRe, manag
l9O9-Seattle; Lynch, manager.
19l0-Spokane; Ostdiek, manager
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
Cotton Crop 1910,

Census bureau reports show the cot
ton crop of 1910 to be 11,941, 1868 bales,
counting round bales as half bales and
including linters, compared with 1885,
200 for 1909.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
IDAHO CADETS PUNISHED.
Had Refused to Report at Dress
Parade,


Moscow, Idaho,--Ordered out of camp
with their baggage removed from the
tents in Lewiston, refused more meals
at mess, expelled from the cadet special
ears on the return trip Saturday and
forced to pay full fare, was the punish
ment imposed upon eight cadets, stu
dents of the University of Idaho by
Lieutenant Cathro, L. S. A., command
ing, because the cadets failed to report
for dress parade in Lewiston April 28,
Those expelled from camp were;
larry Soulen, son Of Professor Soulen
of the university faculty, "Doc" Rea
Of Moscow, D. J. Toner of Washington,
Cartee Wood of Boise, Harold Niles Of
JuIiaetta, Ray Tingley and Colonel
koelsch OF Boise and lloyd Hunter,
6rst musician of Weiser.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
Train Kills Three

Elizabeth, N. J., April 17.-An east
bound express train on the Jersey Gem
trail railroad plunged into crowd about
to board a standing local train here
Sunday night, killing three persons and
injuring several others.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
CAPTAIN WAS COWARD.
Could Have Saved Lives of Steamer
Irouuois.

lroquolS.
Victoria, b. C.-Captain a. A. Sears
of the steamer Iroquois, which was
sunk with p persons Monday, April
70, lied when he could have saved the
lives Of passengers and members of the
crew. according to testimony brou@'
out in the preliminary inquiry into the
loss of the boat.
Captain a. A. Sears was arrested on
charge of manslaughter He was all
mitted to bail of $4,000.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
Stanford Wins Boat Races.

Oakland, Cal, April 16.-Stanford
made clean sweep on the water to-
day, winning from California both the
freshman and varsity races over the
Oakland estuary course.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
aerman waiterg on skates.

Do not accuse a German of being
slow. In garden restaurant in Berlin
the waters serve the patrons on roller
skates.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21

Commemorative of the suggestion
published April rs, 1907, at the little
city of st. Die, France, that the new
world discovered to the west of Europe
should be called America, by which ap
pellation the western hemisphere has
since been known, a Franco American
celebration will be held at st. Die.
France, June 3, 4 and s.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
Students of Dry Farming.

The bulletins and annual reports of
the Dry Farming congress are now be-
ing read by the students of agrjeul-
tural colleges.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
Her SON SAYS She WILL EN-
DEAVOR To IMPROVE Eco
N0MIC CONDITIONS.
Richest Woman in World Refuses to-
Invest in Foreign Enterprises-Her
Father Was Oil King-A1 Her In,
terests to Be Incorporated Into $780,
100000 Corporation, Managed by Son.

"When the time comes I am sure
that my mother will be found in the
fore ranks of those endeavoring to bet
ter economic conditions in our coun-
try Since my mother began her bust
ness career she has never asked more
than per cent for her money. She
has made it an inviolable rule that her
profits acquired in a given locality shall
always be reinvested in that particu,
lar locality. Her argument has always
been that every community should be-
entitled to the benefit of its own pros
Perity Her Americanism forbids in
yestments in foreign enterprises
abominates William Waldorf Aston,
the American expatriate, above all
other persons in the world.
Thus spoke Colonel Edward H. R.
Green, in a recent interview, when he
told the plans of his mother, Mrs.
-Hctty Green, to dispose Of her millions.
In Big Corporation.
Since coming to New York Colonel
Green has gathered the interests Of
his mother into $lO0,oOO,0 600 corpora
Jlon it is announced that AIRS. Green
is to leave the little fiat in Hoboken
and live with her bachelor son at the
Waldorf-Astoria, moving there May 1.
My grandfather laid the founda-
tion OF the fortune which my mother
asked me to assist her to manage,
explained Colonel Green. ~ should
like nothing better than to launch my
New York career from the same of
fees which he occupied. They may be
vacated May 1, but as my mother never
dispossesses a good tenant we may
have to locate in one of our other
buildings downtown,
My grandfather was an oil king in
his period and practically supplied the
eastern states with sperm oil, OBJ
tanned from whales killed off the
coast Of Alaska In those days there
was no transportation across the coun-
try After his death petroleum took
the place of sperm oil. 4 new oil king
/ MAS crowned in Cleveland and the
whaling industry became d memory.
'Iu New York our finn will prob
! ably be named T.. H. Il. Green Go.
Branches viii be opened in Boston,
Chicago, Dallas and San Francisco
said Col. Green.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
Americans in Insurrecto Army.

Americans fighting with the insur-
rectos were the direct cause of the cas-
ualties that occurred at Douglas, Ariz.,
according to telegram received by an
official of the war department from
John Doan, citizen of Douglas.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
HAVE A real BATTLE
REBELS and REGULARS OF
MEXICO TRY To LICK EACH
OTHER SUNDAY.
Insurrectos Lose 40 or More, While the
Regulars Lost Four in the Attack in
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Refugees Hit
Prisoners, Shackled Together With
Ropes, Exposed to Danger at Onset.

Chihuahua, Mexico, April 17.-Forty
or more insurrectos were killed and
more than 100 wounded in battle
fought between Sauze and Santa Clara
canyon, about SO miles north of here,
according to federal couriers. They
brought orders to have hospital cots
ready for federal wounded. The fed
erals report five killed, including, prob
ably, women.
Marching from Casas Grandes to
eral Luis Valdez the federals, followed
by about 100 refugees, were attacked.
Five hundred insurrectos under Gen
erals Orozco and Villar had been in
structed by Francisco Madero to head
off the Casas Grandes contingent and, if
possible, to capture and release the
prisoners.
The fight occurred at Hacienda as the
prisoners, shackled together by ropes,
and the women and children refugees,
weary from the long trip, were scat
tered in long broken lines.
The federals Immediately responded
with heavy firing and placed the pris-
oners and non-combatants under pro
lection. The fighting continued for
several hours and resulted in sending
north General Rabago with 500 rein
forcements. The first intimation of the
fight was brought here by the arrival
of riderless horses. So far as known
none of the prisoners, among whom are
believed to be many American, Were
wounded, and none escaped.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21

Some spring poets are born, not
made, and some are merely driven to it,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21

With the advent of spring the trees
win begin to leave.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
Call For Volunteers.

I Mexico City,.A general call for vol
uuteer soldiers to serve for six months
has been posted here, The call is made
TO all citizens between Is and As years
old who desire to lend their services ia
the country. The pay is one peso $50
cents) a day, besides clothing and
equipment, The customary inducement
OF advancement in rank and pay to
those who prove worthy is included.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-04-21
Big Battle Expected.

Aqua Prieta, Mexico. After several
slSirmishes between rebels and the adj.
vancing federals, without known fatali-
ties, the opposing forces are now await
ing another day. The federals were
wearied from their long march and halt
ed tlfeir advance at dusk The rebels
are busy fortifying Aqua Prieta and
vicinity. A battle is expected in the
morning, and it may be a decisive one,
as Madero S forces are concentrated
here and defeat. would bring disaster
TO them in more than one respect.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1911-07-25
/. sMAsA TAE EXPRESS TRUST.

& For sixty years or more the express
monopoly Of the United States, a crea-
t1re Of the worst form of corrupt
privileges. defiant, insolent and law
less has exacted enormous tribute
from the people Of this republic in the
same way that the robber barons OF
the Rhine levied their heavy toll upon
the merchants Of several centuries
ago. They have realized the monopo.
llBtic ideal Of the worst possible SER
Vice at the highest possible rates,
Upon d ridiculpusly small capital with
< the aid Of sdeluges Of water" they
have year. after year divided the loot
Of amazing, dividends. In the eVolu-
ton OF this giant monopoly none Of
the tested devices Of financial piracy
were overlooked by these amiable and
respectable freerbooters who have
lived UP to the best traditions OF Capt.
Kidd In his palnlest days.
z But the secret rebate, the unholy al.
Sllancel with the railroads, and the
sggentlemen'sp agreement dividing the
plumber territory among the big COM.
painless Is but the work Of amateurs
compared with the art that for dec.
AIDES has made the Federal postoffice
an appendix of the express trust and
kept In control Of the Senate a power.