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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-01

Mike Lauer and family, of
Ferdinand, took Thanksgiving
dinner here yesterday at the
Mat Lauer home.
Miss Clara Kincaid came home
from Lewiston to spend Thanks
giving here with her parents and
was accompanied by two young
LADY friends from the normal
school.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-01
FAT STOCK SHOW
AT LEWISTON
Attracts Much Attention A.
mong Stock Raisers of
Central Idaho.

The following letter regarding
the fat stock show to be held in
Lewiston on December 12-13-14
will no doubt interest many of
our readers, and especially those
who have pure bred stock to ex-
hibit or fat stock to offer for
sale:
In connection with the meeting
in this city of the Pacific Live
Stock Association on Dec. 1918
Ia it has been suggested to re-
quest the newspapers of the
eight counties comprising this
inland territory to give the meet
ing such local publicity as will
thoroughly advise the farmers
and stockmen regarding the pur-
pose of tht meeting. You are
aware the Pacific Livestock AS
ISOLATION is an organization of
stock raisers and others interest
ed in the development of the
stock industry in the Pacific
northwest states and this is their
third annual meeting. The two
former meetings were devoted
to the organization and general
discussion of the business but
this year it was determined to
enlarge the scope by holding a
fat stock show and combination
sale of all classes of stock. 1t
was thought this the best plan of
interesting the people as it would
enable all to observe what was
being accomplished by others
and in this sense it is much like
a fair and would serve as a mark
ct for any stock for sale and
would permit the purchase of
breeding animals by those wish
ing to exchange and improve
their herds.
with this idea it is arranged
for carloads of fat stock to be
shipped here and the feeding
in transit arrangement has been
granted by the railroads. This I
permits stock to be shipped to
Lewiston to this show and if sold
and the buyer ships to coast
or other points, the balance of
the through rate only will be
charged, and this rule holds good
should the stock remain unsold,
when the original shipper can
reship to other markets getting
the original through rate.
Some of the best speakers,
men engaged in the industry,
will give addresses each after
noon. Amongst these will be
Paul Clagstone, Pres. of the as
ISOLATION; Governor M. E. Hay,
of Washington; D. A. Lively,
vice president of the Portland
Union Stock Yards: w. L. Car
lyle, director of Idaho Expert
ment Station, and others.
"You will recognize that to
build up this territory it is neces-
sary to diversity and develop the
natural advantages to have every
farmer and stock raiser attend"
Every farmer or stock raiser
who is interested in pure bred
stock or the improvement of his
stock cannot afford to miss this
show, even though he may have
nothing to exhibit. The instruc-
ton gained from visiting such a
show will be of great benefit to
all and these shows will event
ually result in great benefit to
the entire country in stimulating
interest in all branches of stock
raising and providing a way for
the smaller stock raiser to secure
pure bred stock at a reasonable
price. 1t is to be hoped that the
present show will enjoy a good
attendance and will increase in
size and value each year in the
future.
Mike Lauer and family, of
l.aIx TLa I,ocri.yi,acr
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-01

DR.. Alcorn and DR.. Truitt last
Monday operated on Harry Smith
at Nezperce for a rectal abscess.
The operation was successful and
he will soon recover.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-07
UNIQUE GIFT TO BIRDS

Every one has seen birds and
squirrels in the parks fed and
coaxed with crumbs, nuts, and
all such things, but a certain man
who habituates Stuyvesent square
makes a unique gift to his little
feathered friends. Nearly every
day he passes through with a
wad of cotton, and tears it up,
scattering it bit by bit while the
birds gather round him. Not a
single piece is wasted. AS the
little pieces float through the air,
the birds catch them and fly
away, apparently delighted at
the idea of free building mater
ials. New York Press.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-07

the woods. He would have to
find the birds in order to make
pictures of them, and he must
see how the birds lived, and how
they built their nests, so that he
could tell all about them. 1t
would take a great deal of work
and trouble, but he was not
afraid of trouble.
That was years ago. Much of
our country was then covered
with great trees, and Audubon
often had to travel on foot
through woods where there were
no roads. Many a time he had
to sleep out-of-doors.
Finally he lost his money and
became poor. Sometimes he had
to paint portraits to get money
to live on, but he did not give up
his great idea. He still studied
birds, and worked to make his
books about American birds.
After years of hard work he
made paintings Of nearly a thou
sand birds, which were almost
enough to fill his books. But,
while he was travelling, two rats
got into the box in which he
kept his pictures, and cut up all
of his paintings with their teeth
and made a nest of the pieces.
This almost broke his heart for
a while. For many nights he
could not sleep, because he had
lost all his work. But he did not
give up. After some days he
went into the woods, saying to
himself, Il will begin over again.
| can make better paintings than
those the rats spoiled" But it
took him four and a half long
years to find the birds and make
the pictures again.
He was so careful to have his
drawings just like the birds that
he would measure them in every
way. Thus he made his pictures
just the size of the birds them
selves.
AS last the great books were
printed. In this country, in
France, and in England, people
praised the wonderful books.
They knew that Audubon was
indeed a great man. Stories of
Great Americans for Little
Americans"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-07

certain key. Another is fretful,
nervous, expectant-of what? A
blow, a sharp command, a cruel
twitch on the reins?
All! These speeches. souls,
these faithful brutes, who obey
mans command, who will walk
in danger if hidden, who will
take a message whenever sent.
What poor, what insignificant
animals men are, who so abuse
the confidence, the trust, the de-
votion of these useful beasts.
Because these animals do not
speak our tongue it is no reason
why we should think they have
no soul, that they are less capa-
able Of feeling, in their way than
are we.-The Vegetarian Maya
zine.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-07
%TOLSTOI'S LAST WORDS

Before he passed from earth,
the great Tolstoi left this fare
well message to the world:
Instead of returning evil with
evil, try to return evil with good;
to say nothing i'll Of men; to act
kindly even with the OK and dog.
Live thus one day, two days or
more and compare the state of
your mind with it's state in for
mer days. Make the attempt
and you will see how the dark,
evil noodles have passed away and
how the souls happiness has IN
creased. Make the attempt and
you will see that the gospel OF
love brings not merely profitable
words, but the greatest and most
desired of all things"
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-07
23 PER CENT INCREASE
1858 Poll Taxes Paid In Acadia Parish Last
Year Increased Interest In Public Affairs.

The Crowley Signal tells US
that the number of poll tax re-
ceipts issued in Acadia parish in
1910, was 4,258, as against 3,402
in 1909, an increase of over
twenty-three per cent. The in
crease is attributed to increased
interest in public affairs and to
the efforts of those who are in
terested in the question of saloon
license.
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-07
EXPRESSIONS IN sUB-HUMANs

To the editor it has always been
a source of study, sometimes
pleasure, often pain, to watch the
marvellous expressions in the
faces of animals.
Some always seek sympathy, a
friendly pat or word from people,
a friendly greeting from their
fellow horses. Others look sour,
cynical. Still another is dis
couraged and has sunken into in
difference. One is solid and still
retains spirit when aroused to a
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-07
About Our Dumb Friends,

Z would not enter on my list Of
friends, Though gruced 1oith pot
ished manners and fine sense, Yet
0antfng sensibifity, the man Who
needtessty sets foot upon a Worna.---
Copper.
AUDUBON AND THE BIRDS.
John James Audubon knew
more about the birds of this
country than any one had known
before. He was born in the
state of Louisiana. His father
took him to France when he was
a boy and there he went to school.
The little John James was fond
of studying about wild animals,
but most of all he wished to know
about birds. Seeing that the boy
liked suchdhings his father took
pains to get birds and flowers
for him.
While he was yet a boy in
school, he began to gather birds
and other animals for himself.
He learned to skin and stuff
them, but his stuffed birds did
not please him. Their feathers
did rot look bright, like those of
live birds. He wanted living
birds to study.
His father told him that he
could not keep so many birds
alive and to please the boy he
got him a book with pictures in
it. Looking at these pictures
made John James wish to draw.
He thought that he could make
pictures that would look like the
live birds, but when he tried to
paint a picture of a bird, it looked
worse than his stuffed birds.
The birds he drew were not much
like real birds and he called them
a family of cripples."
All of this time he was learn
ing to draw birds. They were
not just like the real birds. So
when he grew to be a man he
went to a French painter whose
name was David. David taught
him to draw and paint things as
they are. Then he came back tc
this country, and lived a while in
Pennsylvania, where his chief
study was the wild creatures OF
the woods.
He gathered many birds eggs
and made pictures of these eggs.
He did dot take the eggs to break
up the nests. He was not cruel,
He took only what he needed tc
study.
He made up his mind to write
a great book about American
birds, and in another book tc
print pictures of birds just as
large as the birds themselves.
He meant to have them look just
like living birds.
To do this he must travel many
thousands Of miles and live for
years almost all of the time II
St. Landry clarion. (Opelousas, La.) 1890-1921, 1911-01-07

Z would not enter on mig list Of
friends, Though gruced 1oith pot
fshed manners and fine sense, Yet
seanting sensibility, the man Who
neediessIy sets foot upon q Worm.---
ncaog,o,,
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
WOULD HELP HOME
lola Attorney Asks "COuld the
Lawyers Curb Diyorce?o
In Court Argument, Clifford
Raises the Question.
PLEADS WITH CLIENTS
Send EN- Home to Start Over
Says Barrister.
Other Items of General Interest
to Kansas Readers.

lola, Kan, Jan. 14.-Berton E. Cliff
ford, attorney for George r. Thomp-
son in his wife's suit for divorce. pro-
pounded a question in court when he
asked whether it would be possible for
lawyers to be of assistance in curbing
divorces
Clifford, Albert F. Florence and
Wallace H. Anderson, the attorneys
representing both Thompson and Mrs.
Thompson, were agreed that a divorce
was advisable but the custody of
the minor child proved to be another
question. Judge Oscar Foust has tax
en- the case under advisement and will
give decision next Friday
II sometimes think" Attorney Cliff
ford who represents Thompson, said
earnestly, that we lawyers make a
mistake when clients come to us and
ask us to institute divorce proceed
ings. Perhaps the reasons are ex-
cellent ones, perhaps there seems to
be good cause to bring the action and
following the wish of the client and
the legitimate legal process, we bring
the suit. But I wonder what the re-
suit would be if we would say to
them:
go back home. Make some sacri-
fee. Make many of them. Do some
thing, anything to make the home
happy. Do it for your own sake. Try
once more"
go back home Start new. Try
all over again. See If there isn't
som ething that you failed to do that
lies between. Make some sacrifice.
Make several Of them. Do something,
any reasonable thing to restore this
home"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
ABOUT THE OKLAHOMA HOPE
Carl Morris, Victor of Hart and Ken
nedy, Has Ability.

Oklahoma City, Ok, Jan. 14.-Carl
Morris of Sapulpa, who has jumped IN
one short year from the obscurity as
fireman on a Frisco freight engine into
the rapidly-shifting glare of the public
spotlight, is another of those mush-
room hopes of the white race"
To the causual observer, who has seen
him knock out dub after dub with
sledgehammer blows, powerful enough
to drop an OK, Morris looks like a world
beater.
But to the critic who realizes that a
champion must have class, experience
and an intimate knowledge of the game,
it is apparent that Morris has to travel
a long road before he gets the speed
and cleverness to entitle him to con-
sideration. The truth is heFhas lot
to learn to bring home the kale, even IN
matches with tough second-raters.
Morris has something of record
herea bouts. No man has been able to
stand before him for more than i've
rounds He has the confidence of IT,
tied heireSS hunter because or the easy
way he has disposed Of the men he has
met. He is young-24 to be exact-and
as strong as an Alaska brown bear. He
spent four years in the army and 1t
was there he learned to put on the
mitts" Firing an engine completed
his development.
Morris is not as awkward as might
be imagined-he'S just green He is
light on his feet for a man who tow
efs six feet four inches and weighs 240
pounds. He has reach of 81 inches
nine inches greater than Johnson-and
the barrel he calls his chest, stretches
the tape to 40 inches. His waist line
needs reducing and he ought to have
handler. His training has been crude
and sports who have seen the big fel-
lows natural strength and know his
courage, believe he made a mistake
when he failed to come to Oklahoma
City and let Jim Corbett look him over.
IT near he has an awful kick in eth
er. hand, and I'll take him east in the
spring if he'll co1AA here and convince
me he can deliver the goods said
Genial Jim.
Norris didn't come He has an ex-
railroad telegrapher, w. F. Stone, as
manager, and Stones experience in
ring affairs is limited, to put it mildly.
In the hands Of the right man Morris
might advance rapidly, but his own
greenness, added to his managers, does
not promise a brilliant future. If he
succeeds it will be despite handicaps.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
SOLDIERS ENJOY WALKING.
When Garrison Members Sail They
Will Miss Daily Exercise.

Leavenworth, Kan. Jan. IA
One regret that will come to mem
bers of the garrison at Fort Leaven-
worth, when they go to the Philippine
islands. will be leaving the now fam
Gus pedestrians course" on Grant
boulevard to Seventh street. The pop
ularity of the Grant avenue began
when Colonel R. H. R. Loughborough,
commandment of the post, first took
his favorite walk from post headquar-
tiers to Third and Delaware streets.
Now many hundred persons daily take
the walk to Metropolitan avenue.
Everybody walks. Officers are re-
Quired by army regulations to exercise
a certain amount each day. They
may take that exercise mounted or
walk Before the boulevard was COM
pleted, many of them rode each day.
There was a sidewalk from the post
to Metropolitan avenue, but that was
narrow. Now they walk. The hours
exercise past the trees and across the
reservation now is substituted. 1t
keeps their weight below the fighting
limit
Women of the post accompany their
husbands on the walk It is an ideal
road. The hills are not steep and the
surface of the pavement is smooth.
The surroundings are celebrating.
And there is a street car at the end
of the boulevard. The women have
become enthusiastic pedestrians. Of
ten they take their children with them.
Grant avenue might be called the play
ground of the post on a sunshiny af-
ternoOn.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
GIRL THROWN OFF HER HORSE.
University Student Who Rode From
Oklahoma Hurt Here.

I,awrence. Kan, Jan. 14.-Remem-
her Miss Mabel Edith Ransom, the
young lady who attracted attention by
riding all the way from Perry, Okla,
to Lawrence that she might attend
school? She is the same student who
had a pet gander expressed TO her
here. because cit was so lonesome
without her at home.''
Well, Miss Ransom has dislocated
shoulder, and it is all because she fell
off her horse on Quincy street this
week. The same gentle bronco she
rode all the way from the wilds of
Oklahoma met chug-chug car on
Quincy street, and promptly bolted.
Miss Ransom was unable to check his
course, and was finally thrown to the
pavement. One shoulder was dis
located.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
GIRL WILL LOSE AN ESTATE.
Alberta McVey Never Adopted so st.
LOuisanS Will Get 1t.

Alberta McVey Never Adopted so st.
Louisans Will Get 1t.
ottawa, Kan, Jan. 14.-Alberta
McVey never was adopted by Mrs. Ell
len McVey.
This fact was brought out today by
w. R. Cody, guardian of the girl and
administrator of the estate of her
foster mother. He had been investi-
eating the matter for several days,
and finally solved the question in a
long distance telephone conversation
with Father George Eckert of Law
renee, who was the Catholic priest
here at the time Mrs. McVey took the
girl nine years ago and who knew
the circumstances surrounding the
case.
Father Eckert says that the little
orphan, three years old at the time,
was selected from a number sent out
from New York City, but that legal
steps to adopt her never were fin
ished.
This circumstance precludes the
girls inheriting the little estate left
by Mrs. McVey, and makes a nephew
and a niece in st. Louis the heirs.
The property consists Of three room
house and two lots at 616 East Log
an street, and $110 in a local bank.
The girl will not lack for a home,
however, and it is probable that she
will be given over to the care of the
Catholic sisters at Leavenworth I'M
til further arrangements can be
made to provide a home for her with
some family that will adopt her.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
WANTS A SCHOOL COMMISSION.
Wichita Delegation VIII Ask Thai
LEGISLATURE Grant Government.

Wichita, Kan, Jan. IA delega-
ton from the Wichita school board.
headed by Chairman f. B. Messerve.
will go to Topeka Monday to work for
the passage of a bill making it possible
to put the schools in cities of the first
class in the state under a commission
form of government with three sal
aried commissioners elected from the
city at large in control instead of IL
elected from wards as at present. The
idea is to make it possible for all first
class cities to adopt this If they so
choose.
The bill stipulates a salary of $500
per annum in cities of from 10, 900 to
10000, $1,000 in cities from 10000 to
10000 and $500 in cities of over 49,
900. The Wichita delegation hopes to
get the bill passed in time to let the
Wichita people vote on the matter at
the time of a special Midland Valley
railroad bond election on February II,
which will make it possible to elect
commissioners at the regular spring
election if the measure carries here.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
NJ. v. RULING NOT SPECIFIC.
Chancellor Avery Takes Hand in In
depreciation.

Lincoln, Neb., Jan. 14.-"University
of Nebraska football teams may of
course play games on the medical
campus in Omaha, providing the
teams are composed solely of medical
students taking work in the Omaha
part of the medical college" This is
Chancellor Avery's comment on the
suggestion that university football
games may still be held in Omaha, de-
spite the rulings of Missouri valley
conference authorities which prohibits
games in other than college towns.
Some enthusiasts have pointed out
that the university has department
in Omaha and that Omaha is thus
college town" within the meaning of
the conference rule But DR.. Avery
looks at it otherwise. THAT Is mere
technically and one which we could
not stand for" said the chancellor
yesterday. "Of course the Omaha
medical students can play ball on the
Omaha campus, if they can get an
athletic field there. If we had stu
dents at the Valentine and North
Platte experiment stations, they could
play ball there, too. But Lincoln stu
dents can hardly journey to Omaha
on such a pretext."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
WHITE WRITES rTs OBITUARY.
Refers to Suspension of the Late EN-
pOria Journal.


Emporia, Kan, Jan 14.-Apropos
the suspension of the Emporia Jour
nal, an obituary is printed in William
Allen Whites Emporia Gazette. as
follows:
Alas, no more the shooting stick
will click against the quads; nor will
the forms be justified by little paper
wads; no more will old subscriber
sigh, and constant reader moan; no
more, alas, will type-lice gaily scam
per DER the stone. For they have
locked the office and the ghost no
longer walks; and there has come
silence in the place where money talks.
Today there smiles a specter with a
haggard mein and gaunt where yes
terday there blossomed forth a little
Long-Felt Want. And. o, they let
it languish, and o, they let it die,
and gave it neither sustenance, nor
patronage, nor pie, And still they gave
it sympathy, and yet they gave 1t
cheer, and now they stand mourn
full group, and sob around its bier. And
see the wet-eyed mourners heave their
aching liver pads, who let their darl-
ing perish for the want of proper
lads" For it had little iob-work and
subscribers but a few; but o. it had
bright prospects and its skies were
ever blue. But prospects would not
pay the hands. nor blue sky pay the
rent and so the LOng-Felt Want mixed
up into the armament And now 1t
rests in glory; it has left us sobbing
here, while those who watched it wane
away may drop a silent tear.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
kansas 4O: Baker M.

hawker basketball five opened the sea-
son last night by defeating Baker uni
versity, 40 to IT. The Methodists held
their own fairly well during the first
half, but were quickly outdistanced
in the last helf. Tommy Johnson's
goals from the court were the feature
of the game. Dousman, a former
Kansas City high school player, held
down right guard and made an excel
lent showing. Leon's work in captur-
ing IA points. four of them difficult
shots from the court unassisted, was
also of the stellar variety. For the
visitors Allis and Liston acquitted
themselves with the most credit.
Bakers fouls helped to boost the Kan
sas total as only two free attempts at
the basket were missed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-01-14
KLINE GAVE ATTELL HARD GO
Champion Hammered Away and Won
by FOOtWOrIx

New York, Jan. 14.-Abe Attell, the
featherweight champion, outpointed
Patsy Kline, of Newark, in a snappy
10 round go at the National Sporting
Club of America last night Kline kept
after Atten throughout the fight and
took a lot Of punishment in his endeavor
to land a knockout blow. But AtteIrs
clever footwork and ducking caused
many of Kline's vicious swings to go
wild.
In the clinches Attell pummeled the
Newark boys kidneys severely. Kline
landed a singing left On AttelPs jaw
in the ninth, angering the champion,
who retaliated with a volley of rights
and lefts to the head and body which
drove Kline to the ropes. Both boys
were fighting sturdiIy when the bell
rang.