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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-30
Illinois Assists Poor Mothers.

Chicago.-The first poor mothers to
be benefited under the new Illinois
pension law received payments Mon
day by order of Judge Pinckney The
law enables mothers to keep their chill
dren at home instead of having them
committed to some institutions.
Mrs. Frances Byrnes was the first
woman to receive a pension. She re-
ceived payment of $50 for the special
support of four children for four
months.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-30
Chinese Throne Tottering.

Peking.-Demands for the throne 3
abdication are crowding upon Premier
Yuan Shi Kai, who doubtless will be
forced to make decision within a
week. 1t seems to be a case of fight
or ask the court to depart from the
capital. Every suggestion for abdica
tlon is accompanied by promises of pro-
lection and ample pension.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-30
LIQUOR cRAzED; KILLS
William Odell Shot Son and Ben Stell-
man, Near Post Falls.

man, near fOSt Z ais.
Post Falls, Idaho.-Crazed by liquor
his son brought here from Spokane, Viii
liam Odell, gray-haired widower OF
65, fred six bullets from an automatic
revolver at his son David and Ber
Stellman, companion, during quar-
rel, three of the bullets piercing the
son s body, killing him, and another
tearing off the thumb of Stellman.
Odell and Stellman are now in the
county Jail at Occur d'A1ene.
~ didn't mean to kill my boy.
didn' mean to do it, sobbed the aged
man when arrested. After the first
shot was fred, the father became Graz
ed. When he found he had hit his son
he fred two more shots in the PROSTATE
form.
David Odell has been driving a de.
livery wagon at Spokane for Mitchem
brothers, butchers. Stellman is bar
tender at saloon in Spokane. The in
toxicants were taken to the Odell home,
where the three men drank freely.
During the drinking bout, the son
handed his father 40 cents and asked
his to go to the store to buy eggs for
dinner. The father took the money and
the son then became enraged because
the elder Odell had not refused it and
used his own funds.
Aged Man Warns Them.
While Trough house, was at it's
height, the elder Odell was rushed by
the son and Stellman. He warned them
to stay away, but they did not heed his
warning. He then drew an automatic
25-caliber revolver and killed the boy
Financial losses, sickness and worry
in the last several months are believed
to have affected the mind of the elder
Odell.
David Odell, the dead man, was 20
years old, and, according to his father,
has been divorced twice.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-30
Homeseekers by Thousands.

Reports just compiled at the offices
of the Hartman lines show that 29,s1s
homeseekers were carried to the Pacific
coast over the Hartman roads from
September 16 to October 16, this year.
Of this number 1890 passed through
Ogden gateway, 1929 were carried via
Ell Paso, s6s via Los Angeles and 37O1
via Portland.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-30
Case Attracts Crowds.

Lincoln Center, Kan.-Prospects of
securing jury and of hearing the
story of Miss Mary Chamberlain first
hand brings crowd of "regulars to
the trial of Sheriff. Clark, A. N. Simms
and John Schmitt, the three men
charged with assault and battery in
connection with the tarring of the
young schoolteacher.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-30
Furious Sea on Atlantic

New York.-Out of a comparatively
smooth sea, without warning, came
big wind which lifted Captain smilt-
neck up bodily and carried him the
whole length of the bridge. He barely
escaped being carried into the sea.
This is told by officers of the steamer
Estonia, just in from Copenhagen.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-30
DR.. B. Clark Hyde Trial On.

Kansas City.-Before a jury with
which the attorneys for the defense say
they are well satisfied, DR.. B. Clark
Hyde is on trial for his life, charged
second time with numbering Col
Thomas Swope.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-30
Bars Women From Juries.

Berkeley, Cal.-Women are not elig-
ible for jury service in the local court
nor in any other in California, accord
ing to ruling made by Judge Robert
Edgar of the local justice court.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-30
Express Robbed in Depot

Grand Rapids, Mich.-The Adams Elk.
press company depot Office was robbed
Sunday night of everything in the safe,
bandit holding up the route agent
and then escaping. The safe was rified
of several thousand dollars, the exact
amount not being known.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-30
LIFE IS RUINED;
KILLS HUSBAND
Mrs. Patterson Tells of How She Was
Duped by Chicago Business Man.

Denver.-Gertrude Gibson Patterson,
who was placed on trial Monday ON a
charge of having murdered her hus-
band, Charles A. Patterson, has written
a remarkable biographical sketch for
the use of her attorney, o. N. Hilton,
in which she accuses millionaire
clothing merchant of Chicago of hav-
ing ruined her life and of having
bribed Patterson to marry her. She
and the Chicago man, she AYERS, lived
together as husband and wife for five
years.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-30
NEW RAILWAY MAIL CLERKS
Washington, Oregon and Idaho AID
pointments Announced.

The following railway mail clerks arc
appointed in the northwest:
Washington-George o. Hanson and
Frank B. Centern, Spokane; P. s..
Biodgett, A. E. Henkelman, Isadore
Manly and D. R. Hawkins, Seattle; H.
j. Hartman, Eliensburg.
Oregon-George F. Cruson, Lebanon;
John R. Victor, A. w. Hancock and
Arthur c. Taylor, Portland.
Idaho-James w. Walker, Lewiston;
Samuel E. Worley, Emmett; Clare H.
Sewer, Caldwell; Hardy Bogue, Spen-
Ger, and John Johnson, Alexander.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1911-11-30
Saving Storage Dam.
Snohomish in Darkness.

The little town of Snohomish, 30
miles east of Everett, was in darkness
Monday night. The electric lights fail
ed when the pole line from the Sno-
qualmie falls power plant went down
and the floor washed out bridge that
carried the gas main leading from Ev-
erett.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06
DECISION LEFT WITH JUDGE
international Tribunal Is Compared
With Unsatisfactory Case Of Hyp-
notsm In Murder Trial.

p ]. Corcoran of the western avia-
ton circuit said at a recent banquet
in Salt Lake:
"The international tribunal has de-
cided against us in the Grahame White
claim. Well, that international trib-
unal is always unsatisfactory, anyway.
It is almost as bad as the hypnotist
in the murder trial.
"In the days when hypnotism fig
ured in every murder trial, famous
hypnotist offered to hypnotic the
prisoner and get confession out OF
him. This offer was accepted.
Accordingly, after thrilling scene
in the courtroom, the accused man
fell back stiff1y in trance, the hypno-
fist ceased the weird movements OF
his white hands, and there was
tense pause.
"'Well,' said the judge in low
voice, you've hypnotized him, fIaf-
emit you? What are you waiting forT
"T am waiting the hypnotist an
swered, till you tell me whether I'm
to make him confess that he did it or
make him confess that he didn't
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06

at the census periods of 1900-191O
(present census), 1920 and 1880. The
argument he sent to congress in 1862
read as follows:
THE aggregate sum necessary for
compensated emancipation, of course,
would be large. But it would require
no ready cash, nor bonds even, any
faster than the emancipation progress
es. This might not and probably would
not close before the end of the 81
years; at that time we shall probably
have a hundred millions to share the
burden, instead of thfrty-one millions
as now. And not only so, but the in
crease of population may be expected
to continue for long time after that
period as rapidly as before, because
our territory will not have become
full"
He then proceeded to analyze the
problem of population increase, and
decided that the population Of the
United States grows at the decennial
ratio of 34.60 per cent. He submitted
the following table to verify his deduc-
tons:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06

According to Lincoln the census Of
1910 should net 138.918,526 people, but,
like Jefferson, "Old Abe" was millions
too high in his estimate. The latest
census returns from Washington, sub
ject to further correction, places the
total at 91,972,266, which would show
Lincoln's calculation to have overshot
the mark by 46,946,260.
However, it is only fair to remem-
Der that Lincoln's estimates were
based on the possibility of the war
coming to a sudden termination after
the people had learned of his inten-
tons regarding the slave purchase.
But the death struggle went forward
relentlessly, and nothing was done
toward carrying out the life-saving
and humane policy advocated by the
great president. Therefore the above
decrease from his estimates must be
allowed to his credit, since hundreds
OF thousands of the male population
were killed outright on the battle
fields, and others died later as a result
of their wounds, or disease contracted
through the privations they suffered.
1t was the flower of youth that was
offered as sacrifice to the war-god by
both north and south, and it is an in
teresting surmise as to what extent
the contamination Of the fraticidal
strife decreased the population. A SUI
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ICES. 1t is impossible for anyone to de-
termine the influence the census fig
ures will have upon the educational,
political and religious interests of the
people. These numerals will affect
every state, county, city, town, village
and hamlet in the union. The size of
the United States senate, as we'll as
many state senates, will be iInmedi-
ately enlarged, and in a few cases d.
Unfinished. The national house of rep
fesentatives and state assemblies will
Also share in this change. Even states
VIII be bounded differently, and the in
ternal outlines of the present map Of
our country will undergo most drastic
alterations. Governors Of certain
states are anxiously anticipating sub
divisions Of their respective domains.
Each fears the setting up of another
state government on the east, west,
north or south of his present undis-
puted territory. The size of our army,
the strength of our navy, will be
shaped into accord with the findings
of the household of Uncle Sam.
Millions Of books are being held
over in the press until such time as
the exact and official information of
this census is made public. Absolute
ly nothing which the government does
seems to have so far reaching power
and eXerts such an influence on the
destinies of the nation as the taking
of the census; and nothing is accept
ed with such calm Indifference by the
people concerned in it's findings. Like
the Passion Play, it is in evidence
every ten years; and not unlike the
business inventory which takes place
every year, it establishes untold
changes, causes many unforeseen alter
ations, and brings to the surface val
liable details of both retrogression and
progression.
Trivial and profound themes alike
receive earnest attention. Even the
oft recurring argument that the capt.
toll of the United States is not central
ly located will be thoroughly threshed
out in many columns of space ere the
official report of the census is sent
broadcast through our land.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06
CEM5Z3 0ET1cc> NNShlHN0I2W, o. e.

we know to have been very great, we
may safely say we are above four mil
lions"
Thomas Jefferson personally as
sumed the responsibility of correcting
the first census, and with red ink made
increases in figures, as well as sup
plying such other numbers as he
deemed correct. He then, in his Off
cial capacity, informed the world
through our foreign representatives
that the federal count was incorrect,
but with his additions and amenda-
tions could be relied on.
When the second decennial count
was completed Jefferson was presi-
dent, and a letter written by him in
1901 contains the following assertions:
you will perceive that the increase
of numbers (population) during the
last ten years-1790-1800- proceeding
in geometrical ratio, promises rapid
growth and the prospect it holds up to
us, not with view to the injuries it
may enable us to do others in some flu
ture day, but to the settlement of the
extensive country still remaining va
cant"
This second census was intensely
gratifying to Jefferson and he assumed
the role of prophet again, but proved
over-enthusiastic when he declared
that the American population would
continue to increase at the same ratio.
Such was not the case, nor is there
any such definite thing as an exact
ratio in population increase. In 1913
he wrote to Humboldt:
"In fifty years more (1S63) the
United States alone will contain fifty
millions of inhabitants"
But the population in 1863 was fig
ured at S3,21S,117, showing that Jeffer
sons reliance on a definite ratio in
crease led him about 100000 too
high. In 1915 we find Jefferson writing
as follows to Mr.. Maury:
Forty millions in forty years, and
in sixty years eighty millions! This
would be 1916 plus go, making it in
1875 as SO,000,000."
But at that date the enumeration re
suited in 44,386,20 or about 36,000,000
below Jetferson's estimate Jefferson
was a careful student of natural in
crease In the human family, but his
knowledge as to what death, marriage
and immigration would do for a nation
was meager. If that great statesman
could not form a fair calculation, it is
safe to say that it would be a hopeless
job for anyone to indulge in predic-
tions of what the population will be
fifty years hence, according to geo.
metric ratio. Abraham Lincoln was
another chief executive who endeay-
ored to solve the population puzzle.
Like Jefferson, he attempted to indi-
cate the exact figures, but acquitted
himself with more credit in the prob
lem of human fluctuations. Lincoln
at one time practically proposed an
amendment to the constitution of the
United States, with a view to enamel
pating the slaves, and paying the
southern owners a reasonable pur-
chase price. He pointed out that after
the slaves had passed into the posses
sion of the federal government they
could be liberated, and the dreadful
civil strife thus be brought to a close
In endeavoring to further this project
Lincoln set out to foretell the great
ness in population of the federal union
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06
BETTER TEETH
FEWER DENTISTS BILLS

Your teeth decay because particles
Of food get into crevices between and
around the teeth and create germs
of decay. Ordinary tooth powders
and washes are entirely inadequate
to prevent it.
Try Paxtine Toilet Antiseptic, de-
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little in glass of water, and rinse the
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1t will whiten the teeth, prevent
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Paxtine thoroughly cleanses, de-
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false teeth and bridgework. Paxtine
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and peroxide for all toilet and hy-
gienic uses. At Druggists rs and soc,
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by The Paxton Toilet Co., Boston,
Mass. Send for free sample.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06
SAVING Trouble.

The husband of a fashionable wom-
an, whose gowns are at once the adj
miration and despair of her feminine
acquaintance, was discussing the
cost of living with a friend at the
Union League the other night.
by the way" ventured the friend,
"-er-don't you have a good deal Of
trouble keeping your wife dressed in
the height of style?"
The woman's husband smiled and
then shook his head, emphatically.
ooh, no." he said, nothing to speak
of. Nothing-nothing to the trouble
I'd have If I didn't"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06

Vegetable Compound has done for me
during this trying period. Complete
restoration to health means so much
to me that for the sake of other suffer
ing women / am willing to make my
trouble public so you may publish
this letter. Mrs. CHAs. BARCLAY,
RID, Graniteville, VT.
No other medicine for woman's ills
has received such widespread and un-
qualified endorsement. No other med
icine we know of has such record
of cures as has Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
For more than so years it has been
curing woman's ills such as infiamma-
ton, liberation, fibroid tumors irreg-
ularities, periodic pains and nervous
prostration, and it is unequalled for
carrying women safely through the
period of change of life.
Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. Her advice is free,
and always helpful.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06

the increased price of frogs legs In
winter. During the course OF one year
the total catch in the state OF Mime
sofa was more than half a million
aouan which involved the slaughter OF
no fewer than million frogs.
Formerly the American people cared
nothing for this luxury, and much fun
used to be poked at the "frog-eating
Frenchmen, but of late years the de-
mand has steadily increased among
Americans, so that now the titbit is
welcomed in many parts of the United
States.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06
An Eve for Composition.

An artist in Chicago tells Of a wom-
an in that town, who, with her maid,
went to purchase still-life picture for
her dining room. She selected a can
vas on which were painted bunch OF
flowers, a pie cut in two, and roll,
and was about to pay SIS for it, when
her maid approached to whisper in
her ear.
Excuse me, ma'am," said the serv-
ant. "but you are making bad bar
gain. I saw a picture very much like
this sold the other day for $15.'
"And was it as good as this?"
Better, ma am. There was good
deal more pie in it."-Lippincott's.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06

it attains its full size in a compare
lively short period, the demand for the
legs is readily met The breeding
pools in Minnesota number many
thousands.
There is no ST" month for the frog,
so it becomes necessary for the hunt
ers to seek him in winter as well as in
the spring, a quest involving no small
difficulty. seeing that, in winter, the
frog catcher must cut through the
ice, in some cases two feet thick, in
order to get at the nests" This diffi-
Guilty is. however, more than onset py
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06

thirty-f1ve to forty cents a dozen is the
average. st. Paul is generally account
ed the chief shipping point of frogs
legs, and employment is given to many
persons who make it their business to
gather the legs throughout the state.
The heaviest catches are made in
the spring and autumn. Frogs emerge
from their nests" in great numbers in
the spring, and at that time their cap
ture is most easily effected. At the
approach of cool weather the frogs re-
turn to the water.
The frog is rapid breeder, and as
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06
Frog Eating" in America

cipal competition met by the Mime
sofa variety is the "bull' species Of
the south; but this product is not so
gratifying to the discriminating palate,
for the meat of the southern variety is
not as sweet and delicate as the pro-
duct Of the northern swamps.
The cost in the east of the Mime
sofa frogs legs is of course greater
thar, the price in St Paul, where from
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06
Maud comnel Homework.

Frau Woerner is the German suf-
fragist who would make course in
Homework compulsory for every Ger
man girl, just as military training IS
compulsory for the boys. She Is try
ing to interest the men in the project
by telling them that they will reap
the benefit, as all the German house
wives will soon be good cooks.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06
important TO Mothers
Bears the
PonuIar Publicity.

THAT tall waiter seems to be very
much in demand"
Eyes; he never opens bottle of
champagne without attracting the at
tention of everybody in the room"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06
Six Million Represent the Number OF
Frogs Caught in Minnesota
During One Year.

The frogs legs that are served to
patrons of cafes and restaurants come,
for the most part, from Minnesota,
that is to say, the finest do, for from
the point of view of the epicure there
are no frogs legs to be compared with
those from the northwest. The prin-
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06
Quit Whinina,

Do you whine? Do you find fauIt
with everything and everybody? Then
make an effort to quit it. You are not
only harming others, but what 10
worse for a selfish person OF your
stamp, you are harming yourself
Atchison Globe.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06
CHANGE
in WOMAN'S
LIFE
Made Safe by Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.
Graniteville, vt "I was passing
through the Change of I ifeand suffered

L L D III NERVOUSNESS
and other annoying
symptoms, and [
can truly say that
Lydia e. Pinkham'S
V g G 9 bic Com
pound has proved
worth mountains of
gold to me, as it
restored my health
and sirens 9Th. I
never forget to tell
my friends what
lydia r. Pinkham'S
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06

He then added: cit is seen that the
ratio of increase at no one Of these
periods is either two per cent.
below or two per cent above
the average, thus showing how inflex-
ible and consequently how reliable
the law of increase in our case (coun-
try) is. Assuming that it will con-
tinue, it gives the following results:
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06

What is passing in the heart of an
other rarely escapes the observation
of one who is strict anatomist Of
his own.-Shelley.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06
r7sE ArrEN,s FoOT-rAsE

the Antiseptic powder to be shaken into the shoes
for tired aching feet. 1t takes the sting out of corns
and bunions and makes walking delight. Sold
everywhere, 25c Refuse substitutes. For FREE
trial package, address A. s. Olmsted, LIE Roy, NY.
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A Real Treat.

What We eatin'?"
"A dimes worth O. salt wild some
peanuts in it."-Judge.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06

Household troubles; Headache, Tooth
ache, Earache, Stomach ache. Hamlins
Wizard Oil cures these aches and pains
so why don't you keep bottle in the
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06

Men astonish themselves far more
than they astonish their friends
John Oliver Hobbies.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06

Constipation causes and seriously aggra-
Yates many diseases. Tt is thoroughly cured
by DR.. Pierce's Pellets. Tiny sugar-coated
granules.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1911-04-06
EDNJ4RD nm DLIRA/Tl
DIRECTOR OF The
CENcSZ/eS ID

interchangeable zeal to
count and systematic
the census of 1910. An
army of experts is ca
gerly toiling to bring
forth the figures in
which not only Ameri-
cans, but the world at
large, is interested.
Upon the result de-
ponds more than the
- -l N4n1