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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-08
Pure Bred Stock at Auction.

The stockgrowers, dairymen
and farmers of central Idaho and
southeastern Washington will
have one of the greatest oppor-
tunities to purchase practically
at their own prices pure bred
horses, cattle, sheep and hogs
ever afforded them during the
Northwest International Live
Stock Show to be held at Lewis
ton, Idaho, December IL, 13 and
Ia, 1911. A breeders combina-
tion auction sale is announced to
be held daily in connection with
the show, at which two and
three-year old Shire Percheron
and Belgian mares and stations,
Shorthorns, Gallaways, Here
fords, Jerseys, Holsteins a n d
Ayershires, bulls and heifers,
Poland China, Berkshire, Duroc
Jersey and O. l. c., boars and
sows, will be offered to bidders.
The scheduled announcement in
connection Herewith is: This
is golden opportunity to buy
pure bred stock Of the above va
rieties your price buys them" j"
AS a special one and one-third
railway fare and reduced freight
rates have been secured on all
railway lines in and out of Lewis
ton, buyers will be enabled to
avail themselves of this opportu-
nifty of bargain stock buying at
the minimum of expense.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-08
Would Put In Telephone EA
change.

C. A. Gray, representing the
Pacific Telephone & Telegraph
Co., appeared before the board
at the regular meeting Monday
evening and asked that body for
a 25-year franchise to operate
the lines of the company in the
village, which was granted, the
applicant standing all expenses.
Mr.. Gray stated that it was
the intention of his company to
rebuild the line across the prairie
and that in passing through this
place the aim would be to follow
the alleys as far as possible with
the pole lines and to keep off OF
the streets. Mr.. Gray is now
canvassing the town in an effort
TO secure subscribers enough to
Justify putting in an exchange
at this place and has strong
hopes of being successful. He
states that it is the intention OF
his company to develop the rural
telepone service as much as pos
sible and hopes to soon have sew
eral of the rural lines connected
M with the long distance line at
this place.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-08
They Never Leave The West.

gentleman who is just home from long visit at his
oiu nome IN Iowa. after absence of five years. noted
peculiar fact in connection with western immigration He
found that numbers of his former acquaintance who had
removed to Canada the SOUTH the states on the east
ern slope of the Rocky Mountains had returned to their
former home to ve but not single homeseeker who had
crossed the had returned stay There were
people IN that one community who could tell why they did
not like Canada the Dakotas Nebraska Kansas or the
South but there were reports from the West There is
reason for this Not everyone who west is salts
fed The hardships of pioneering dscouragng caus-
ing temporary dissatisfaction which sometimes lasts until
visit to the old home is made when disappears forever
People often locate where conditions not to their liking
the altitude may be too great peculiarly local
condition be unsatisfactory and they remove but al
most without exception to other part of the west
The dry farmer may not readily adapt himself irrigation
nor the congrower t. frtgrowng because they are out
of their element, but within short distance they can al
ways find conditions for which their experience suits them
The advantages of the apparent that they do
not return to their former homes The West magnet
which few who within its reach resist It's
charm partly in its steady development but it's great
pulling power is the fact that other part of the world
have poor men been able to do as well.
Horace Greeeys advice is still good
American Falls Press.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-08
A Cowardly Attack.

A cowardly assault was perpe-
trated here on Thanksgiving day
upon Albert Nordick, a respect
able and peaceable citizen of this
community, by Roy Mead. AS
Mr.. Nordick was sitting on a
rock on the Salmon river breaks
watching his flock of sheep and
perusing a newspaper, Roy Mead
sneaked up on him and when Mr..
Nordick turned his head struck
him with a weapon of some kind,
presumably with large revolver,
without which this young man is
never seen. Mr.. Nordick stag
gered to his home on Salmon
river where he is at present lying
in a critical condition, in spite of
medical assistance which was i'm
mediately summoned to his resi-
dence. No cause for the attack
is known as Mr.. Nordick had not
spoken to his assailant for two
years. Some controversy has
existed for. some time as to some
government land but, as Mr..
Nordick was herding his sheep
on his own ranch at the time
this could hardly be the. cause of
the attack. The preliminary
hearing was set for December
18th and Mead's bond fixed at
$1,000, which the young man fail
ed to give and was taken to
Grangeyille under the custody of
Sheriff Overman.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-08
Preparing Cream for Churnina on
The Farm.

The quality Of butter produced
by a dairyman depends very
largely upon the treatment Of
the cream previous to churning.
Flavor is the one great quality
of butter fat over other kinds Of
fat. Destroy the good flavor and
YOU are destroying the best quail
ity of the butter, improve flavor
and you are raising the standard
of the product on the market.
The flavor Of butter depends
mainly upon the cream previous
to churning. For this reason It
is very essential that care b
taken in the preparation Of the
cream for churning. Filthy con-
ditions in the cow stable and in
the milk house are perhaps the
most common sources Of bad fla
vors in milk or cream. These
are conditions however which
can be controlled by any dairy
man who has an eye for cleanli-
ness.
Filthy cows, and in many cases
unclean mixers also, have their
effect upon the milk produced.
1t is impossible to milk q cow
that has cake of manure on her
thigh without getting some of
the filth into the milk pail. II
the COW is kept well bedded and
curried this source of trouble will
be done away with to a great
extent.
When dirt from the cow or
from the mixer is introduced
into the milk there is not only
introduced the bad flavor of the
manure but also some ferments
common to the digestive tract.
These ferments develop very
rapidly in the milk If the tenn
perature is favorable as milk
contains the elements Of food
necessary for bacterial growth.
AS this growth continues it de-
composes parts Of the milk caus~
ing it not only to sour, but also
bringing about putrid flavors
which are very Objectionable. in
butter.
Cream for churning should be
allowed to sour at about 65 de-
grees F.
If the cream does not ripen
rapidly as is often the case in the
winter time the addition Of q
small amount of buttermilk will
help the ripening process. Quite
often the flavor in butter is spoil
ed by making the cream too sour.
There seems to be a growing de-
mand in the cities for sweet
cream butter as it usually has q
fresh clean taste. Sweet cream,
however, is difficult to churn and
the loss Of fat in the buttermilk
is usually greater than in the
case of the cour cream.
G. E. Frevert, Dairyman, Ida
no Experiment Station.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-08
NEWS AROUND
The STATE
Items From Various Places
Reproduced for the Benefit
of our Readers--Stories Re-
hashed from Exchanges.

State insurance commissioner
/. c. Hattagaugh was up in the
northern counties last week in
the discharge of his duties.
Six feet Of snow on the level
is reported in the Buffalo Hump
country, which breaks all previ-
GUS records for this early in the
season at that camp.
The citizens of Lemhi county
will vote this month on the ques-
ton of returning again to Ii
censed saloons and it is said that
Bonner county is also consider
ing holding an election since
Kootenai county went wet.
w. H. Demuth, a young miner
employed at the Standard mine
above Wallace, was instantly.
killed last week when some steel
drills that he was carrying came
in contact with an electric wire
over his head. He was electro
cuted and his face turned black
shortly after his death. Demuth
was a native of Missouri and had
worked at the mine but a short
time.
Alexander Humble, editor of
the Socialist paper at Lewiston,
has resigned and will probably
be succeeded by Ernest Inter-
man. Mr.. Humble viii remain
in charge of the paper until his
successor arrives to relieve him.
1t is said that Mr.. Humble's
writings did not contain enough
birthstone" to satisfy some Of
the fire-eating members on the
board controlling the publication.
On last Saturday night a bob
cat entered the chicken coop of
Carl Zehner, who lives out in the
Tolo section, and killed forty-five
chickens. Mr.. Zehner heard a
noise early in the evening and
went out to the coop and, pre-
suming the marauder had been
frightened away, closed and lock-
ed the door. The next morning
when he opened the door he
found forty-fve dead chickens
and one real, live bobcat. Free
Press.
Mrs. T. B. Snyder is the proud
owner of an egg machine that
the Eagle will match against
anything in the state. 1t is a
thoroughbred Rhode Island Red
pullet hatched April 10th, last.
She began laying in July and
with a clutch Of 20 eggs COM
menced to set in September,
October lst she hatched IL gold
Aen chicks which she has mother.
ed" with tender care through the
cold and stormy weather to date.
November 26th she again COM
menced to lay meanwhile "hov-
ering" her young chicks and
scratching a living for them.
And eggs 80 cents a dozen. No
wonder Dad" doesn't have to
work. Meadows Eagle.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-08
TRAPPER SHOT
HIS PARTNER
Men Quarreled While Out In
The Mountains and One
Shot the Other in Self De-
fenSe.

A dispatch from Grangevill
to Sundays Tribune says: Claim
ing that he had killed his partne-
and that he was ready to atone
for this action, S. F. Pruitt, agec
AZ years, walked into the sher,
ifs office this morning at II
o'clock and asked that he be
lodged in Jail on the charge OF
murder, reciting in detail to the
officials the crime.
Last May, Pruitt stated, he
and E. G. Rucker, aged 35 years,
went out on trapping expedi-
ton in the wilds of the Salmon
river country, about 45 miles
from the mining camp of Dixie,
and that after several months
spent in trapping, prospecting
and placer mining a falling out
occurred, resulting in the death
of Rucker on the morning of
November 5.
Pruitt claims that on the morn
ing of the tragedy Rucker arose
from his bed in the cabin occu-
pied by the men with the state
ment that he was going out to
the wood pile in the rear of the
place and secure an ak and re-
turn and wreak vengeance on
his partner. Pruitt jumped from
his sleeping place and secured
his 32-calibre Winchester rifle to
protect himself with, all the time
trying to evade the approach of
the maddened man by running
away from the scene. Rucker
followed, Pruitt claims, yelling
at the top of his voice that he
was going to kill the fleeing man,
and, when escape seemed impos7
sible, Pruitt claims he turned
and fired one shot at Rucker,
taking effect in the mans breast.
Seeing that his victim W a S
lead, Pruitt acknowledged to the
officers that he secured a strong
rope and attached the same about
the neck of the dead man and
cast the body into a deep eddy.
He then decided on seeking out
some one in whom he could re-
pose confidence, and rowed down
the Salmon river for a distance
of twenty-five miles to Eakin's
placer properties. Here he told
Of his crime to TIE men employed
at the place and he was accom-
panied back to the scene of his
crime by a man named Weider,
of Payette, Idaho, and a miner
nam ed Fenny, formerly of
Weatherby, Oregon, a thorough
search was made for the remains
Of Rucker but in vain, the water
being very deep and swift at the
point Pruitt claims to have cast
his partner in.
The searchers returned with
Pruitt to Eakin's place and then
rowed the self-accused man down
the river, leaving him to find his
way here and give himself up.
The scene of the crime Prultt
claims to have committed is To-
Gated in the widest section OF
the Salmon river country and
removed many miles from clvlll-
zation, lying about 135 miles
southeast of Grangeville.
Those who heard Pruitt's con-
fession place credence in the
story, and a pasty will be organ
lzed here from attaches of the
sheriff's office or persons appoint
ed by that official to visit the
place and prosecute a further
search for the body.
! Pending their return Pruitt IS
being held in the county Jail.
Don't forget the commercial
club meeting tonight at the VII.
iage council room. There vii
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-08
Thoroughbred Cattle AT Cost.

In an effort to encourage the
raising of a better grade Of cattle
and to increase the production OF
cream in the various dairy dis.
trlcts of this part of Idaho the
Lewiston commercial club has
appointed a committee to confer
with the farmers of central Idaho
and work with them in securing
one or more shipments of pure
bred cattle from some of the
eastern dairy states, the cattle
to be sold to the farmers after
arriving here at actual cost.
There are few farmers who can
afford to go east or send there
for one or two pure bred animals
because Of the heavy cost of get
ting a few animals shipped such
a distance, but it is believed that
If the farmers are given an op-
portunity of buying pure bred
cattle at actual cost at Lewiston
there are many who will gladly
avail themselves of such an op-
portunity. By shipping in car
or two of cattle at a time the
cost Of transportation will be
greatly reduced, thereby bring
ing the cost of the animals with
in the reach of any who really
desire to improve their herds.
If the situation demands, a buyer
will be sent east to purchase the
cows for shipment here and will
secure the best dairy cows not
,ver six years of age that are to
De had. In this way the farmers
will be able to grade their herds
# dairy cows up to a proper
standard of excellence within a
ew years and money that has
,een going east in the past for
AIRY products will soon be kept
t home.
Any farmers who desire to
axe advantage of this opportu-
ity are asked to write to the
)airy Committee, care Of Lewis
On Commercial Club, as soon as
ossible, giving the number of
nimals he might care to buy.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-08
Says Wheat VIII Raise.

Like all farmers, am hold.
ing onto my wheat for a higher
price, said Thomas Wren, the
well known railroad contractor
of Glendive, Mont, who is owner
of one of the largest wheat farms
on Camas Prairie, near Grange.
vile, Idaho, at the Spokane Hast
evening. Il have no particular
information indicating that wheat
will advance, but / have such a
strong hunch thatit. viii that /
am carrying $1,000 bushels.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-08

Sunday was the beginning of
Advent.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-08
Shellins Them Out.

Gus Wickman dropped into the
Globe Office today, from deliver
ing 36 head of hogs to Ed Knorr
and told the stock reporter about
a remarkable cow he is the own
er of. He has a white-faced
Hereford and Shorthorns COW on
his ranch that is not only a first
class milk COW, but which scorns
the idea of producing a single
calf at time. Last Monday she
brought three strong, well de-
yeloped calves into the world,
and is taking good care Of them.
This cow has had three pairs of
twins before the triplets came,
making a total Of nine calves in;
four years. Gus says II il III IT
tributable to the elimat . and dobs
weed, as he has had one othSf'
coy produce ,triplets II
ranch: Grang geyille Glib
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-08

Miss Ella Stratton is visiting
with friends here this week from
Winchester.
About an inch of snow fell last
night but the air is too balmy for
it to stay long.
John Jorgenson and Oscar
Asker were in town Wednesday
from near Winona.
Leslie Reed came in from For
est Wednesday with his gasoline
wood saw and will saw wood
around town this winter.
Joe Schober is having city
water piped to his brewery this
week and is making malt and
getting things in shape to begin
brewing genuine Pilsener" at
an early date.
All of our stores are displaying
nice lines of holiday goods at
present and there should be no
trouble for old Santa to get all
the nice things he may want for
the little folks.
"Slim" Bunnell, Roy Osborn,
George Rustemeyer and c. w.
Tate left this morning for across
Salmon river on a deer hunt.
They expect to be gone for sew
eral days and we hope to eat ven
ison when they get back.
Mrs. Hollandsworth, who has
been visiting here for the past
several months with her child
rem, Mrs. Baer, Mrs. Maxey and
Jim Hollandsworth, left Satur-
day for her nome at Eugehe'
Ore, and was accompanied by
her son, Alvin. Mrs. Maxey and
Walter went with them as far as
Spokane.
F. S. Hancock was up from
White Bird Monday after some
of his effects and informed us
that he was not quitting Cotton
wood. as had been reported, but
would be back again as soon as
the weather warns up IN the
spring. His recent illness made
it necessary for him to seek
warmer climate tor a time, hence
his sojourn down on the river.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-12-08

Don't forget the commercial
club meeting tonight at the vii
lage council room. There will
De matters of general import
ance to be considered.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-06
Blunders BY NoveIists.

NovelistS, even of eminence, are
prone to make blunders. Sir Walter
Besant in For Faith and Freedom
wrote after the Eykins had settled in
Providence. ''Barnaby soon grew tired
of this quiet life and went on board a
steamer bound for England. promising
that we should hear from him." This
was in 1886 or 1857. and the first
steamer from America to this cou1tr,
did not reach Liverpool till July. 1919
Wilkie Collins also made numerous
amazing blunders. In The Duel In
Herne Wood" he makes the story open
with the receipt of a telegram. and the
period is 1917. when twenty years had
to elapse before the first Geographic
wire was laid. Three of the characters
also talk Of taking the express train
to London in defiance of the fact that
the first railway to London was not
opened till 1888.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-06
TYPEWR!TERs IN CHINA.
They Are Used There, but Not For the
Native Lanquaqe 4#

They Are Used There, but Not For the
.. ..>- Native Languages. ~
Typewriters are now made for use in
nearly a hundred different languages.
and they are sold all over the world.
but there is still one great nation
which. for a very simple reason. has
no typewriters that write, its tongue.
That nation is China.
The English alphabet has twenty six
letters. the Russian thirty-six. The
typewriter produced for the Russian
market is the largest made, but no
typewriter could be made that would
begin to be big enough for the Chinese
language. which has no alpha bet. but
is represented by sign characters, of
which there are about $4,000. OF the
great number of words found in the
English language only small proper.
ton are used for the ordinary purposes
of speech. and the same would be true
as to the characters used in the Chi
nese language. but the number of Chi
nese characters commonly employed is
still far greater than could be put on
any typewriter So this nation of 400
100000 people has no typewriter in its
own tongue.
But that doesn't mean that no type
writer's are sold in China More and
more Chinese are learning other lam
guages besides their own. and Chinese
merchants and resident foreign mer-
chants use typewriters, and they are
used in legations and: in consular Of
fees and in banks and shipping Offices
and colleges and by missionaries. by
various people. Altogether there are
sold in China a good many typewrit-
rs.-Washington Post.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-06
AN ANCIENT LEGEND.
Creation Of the Cocoanut, the Wakwak
and the Palm Tree.

Creation Of the Cocoanut, tho Wakwak
and the Palm Tree.
According to the opinion Of the old
historians and the commentators Of
the Koran. God created from the re-
mainder of the clay of which Adam
was made the kullseer. or cocoa tree.
which is found in abundance in the
Indian islands. 1t produces nut
which is brought to Anatolia and
Roomil. The interior and oily part
is nourishins and fortifying food. The
shell is worked into spoons and cups
of the size Of a mans head. 1t is
round black nut on which all the
parts of a mans head may be seen
mouth. nose. eyebrows. eyes. hair and
whiskers-before it was formed from
Adams clay. A wonderful sight!
From the same clay God created
also the wakwak. found in India. the
fruit of which resembles a mans
head. which. shaken by the wind. emits
the sound of wakwak.
Finally was created also the palm
tree from the remainder Of Adam S
clay at Kufa. near the water Tinnoor.
This is said to be the reason why the
palm trees of Kufa. Medain and ON
mauR are straight and upright. like
the stature Of a man. If you cut its
branches it does not only no harm to
It, but grows even more. like the hair
and beard of men. but if you cut off
the head Of the palm tree it gives a
reddish juice like blood. and the tree
perishes like man whose head is cut
off.-Evlia Effendi, "'TraveIs''
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-06
Two Seats IN the Aisle.

On visit of John W. Gates to New
York shortly before his last trip
abroad he was discussing Wall street
speculation and how dull it was with
a friend who sometimes takes a file,
in the market himself
LET me see," said the friend: iii
was five years ago that a Stock Elk
change seat brought S97 600. Now one
can be got for $4,000"
"Seventy-fve thousand dollars.'
shouted Gates. IF man went down
ey he could get two seats on the mid
die aisle"-New York Sun.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-06
The JENNY Lind Rock

The Ohio river claims among it's
treasures the Jenny Lind rock. The
singer was passenger on a steamer
which struck on sand bar near the
rock. and while waiting for the boat
to be foated Miss Lind had boatmen
row her out to the rock. where she
stood alone and sang a song.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-06
OF Course.

In the bankruptcy court 1 once
heard witness asked the amount Of
his gross income. Me gross income.
is it? Sure an I'd have We know that
l have no gross income. I'm a fisher
man. an me income is all net" was
the astonishing reply.-GreeD Bag.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1911-10-06
A Queer Customer.

Mandy" said the village tailor to
his wife, "I'm going to give Sam Bill
ings suit of clothes for pig"
my goodness. papa" exclaimed his
little daughter. What does a pig
want with suit Of clothes ?"-NeW
York Times.