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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29
LIMITED TRAIN TWICE WRECKED
Federal Employe, Whose Mother Was
Killed in First Wreck, in Second.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-Five men were
killed and II were injured when a
Pennsylvania limited train, westbound,
dashed into a work train at Larwill,
Ind. No one aboard the limited was in
jured save a baggage man. The wreck
was due to the fog.
The wreckage caught fire and two of
the dead were burned Two or three
of the injured may die.
Among the passengers on the Penn
sylvania limited was Claude H. Taven-
ner of the seargeant-at-arms office of
the house. He was taking the body of
his mother, who was killed in the wreck
of the Pennsylvania limited at Hunt
ington, Pa, to Cordova, Ill, for burial
He was uninjured.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29
PALoUsE IRRIGATION PROJECT
Expenditure of More Than $5,000,o00
Proposed in Reclaiming Land.

The Palouse irrigation project, plan
ned several years ago to reclaim the
10000 acres in Franklin county, be-
tween Kahlotus and Pasco, in the Pa
louise and Snake river valleys, south
west of Spokane, but which was aban-
doned for a time, it was thought be-
cause of politics, will be taken up at
once and within the next three years
work will be started on the improve
ment, which will represent an expendi'
ture of between $5,OOO,OOo and So,
100000.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29
GRANGEVILLE fire
LOSS is 100000
BUSINESS SECTION OF idaho
CITY SWEPT BY FLAMES
SATURDAY MORN.
Fire Department Quick to Respond, but
Water Pressure Was Poor-Only One
Hotel Left in City-Origin of Fire
Unknown-A. F. Parker Heavy Loser.

Grangeville, Idaho.-The most disas
trous fire in the history of Camas
prairie occurred here Saturday morning.
The fire broke out in the Royal cafe,
unoccupied, on the south side of Main
street, and with a brisk breeze blowing,
the flames quickly spread to the build
ings ON the east and west sides of the
starting point, and before the flames
could be subdued more than two blocks
of both sides of Main street in the bust
ness district had been burned over, re-
sulting in loss of about 100000.
With the sounding of the alarm the
department was out, but with poor
water pressure efforts were almost fruit
less.
The Arlington and Grangeville hotels
were demolished, leaving but one hos
telry in the town, the Imperial hotel, a
brick structure just outside of the line
of the fire.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29

new railways about SLAP for every dol
lar they received in the form of divi-
dends, or AZ per cent more than they
have taken out. What is more, they
must continue to do this same thing for
years if they desire to avoid coming to
standstill and facing a future of COM
parative stagnation. Every railroad in
the western country must continue to
spend large sums of money every year
to provide the facilities to keep pace
with the development of the land and
the growth of business.
Wonderful Resources.
"With the wonderful resources in the
Pacific country, with the transportation
lines invading the interior, with the
opening of the far Northland, coupled
with the feeling that life and property
are secure, there is no reason why the
development in the next 20 years will
not far surpass that which has been ac-
complished up to the present time. The
opening of the Panama canal will facili-
tate the influx of desirable foreign set
tiers, to whom, as well as all others who
cast their lot with US, we should extend
helping hands and assist them in the de-
velopment of our unexcelled natural
wealth.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29
Republics Settle Troubles.

Buenos Ayres.-Friendly relations
have been reestablished between Para
quay and the Argentine republic
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29
People Will Move.

"There have been great movements
Of population in all ages, resultant from
forces of one kind or another which i'm
pei man to change his habitation. 1t is
recorded that the Romans conquered and
colonized the then known world; the
Spaniards sailed away to search for gold
and for the conquest of new countries;
the Puritans left England to seek land
in which they could develop their own
theories of life without interference
Many from the Atlantic coast pushed
out to the fertile valleys of the Ohio in
the early part of the nineteenth century
to make homes for themselves and their
families. There was the rush to Cali
fornia in 1s49 to seek gold. Later, with
the building of the Union Pacific, the
pioneer turned his face to the then com
paratively unknown regions west of the
Missouri river, known then as the
Great American Desert
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29
Funds of Miners Not Plentiful.

Probably nothing will be done for
few days, as the miners are extremely
anxious to learn whether the foreign
workers will support the strikers. A
meeting among the executive commit
tee of the International Miners fedora
tions will be held privately in London
Wednesday to determine what action
shall be taken. In the same way the
miners federation awaits the views of
the transport workers federation,
whose counsel will meet at Manchester,
Friday.
The workers strike funds are not
sufficient to maintain a prolonged
struggle.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29
The Real Pioneers.

cit is not necessary at this time to
90 into details about what the railroads,
the real pioneers and advance guard of
civilization, have contributed to the up
building and settlement of the North
Pacific country. However, it may be
interesting to learn that during the last
10 years the owners of railroad property
have invested in this western country,
for improvements and additions to exist
ing lines, for new equipment and for
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29
Involves 100000 Men.

Eight hundred thousand miners have
handed in their notices to quit work
March 1, and the newspapers and the
public are calling insistently for gov
eminent interference. The government
is reluctant to force itself on the dis
putants, and both sides appear to re-
sent the idea of interference.
Sir Edward Grey has appealed to
those involved in the dispute to come
to term instead of plunging into stu
alton bound to prove ruinous to the
country.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29
SIR EDWARD GREY, FOREIGN
SECRETARY, SAYS 1T
LOOKS BAD.
Calls 1t the Greatest National Catas-
trophe in Our History Newspapers
longed Strike Would Prove Ruinous to
Country-Strikers Funds Not Large.

London.-Althoug the country is
within Is days of the strike which will
involve hundreds of thousands of coal
miners, and which Sir Edward Grey,
the foreign secretary, has described as
threatening "the greatest national cat
astrophe in our history" there is no
sign of any attempt at mediation.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29
Heaviest Losers.

Commercial creamery, 500, insured;
about one-half insured; Alexander
Freidenich Co., 5000, fully insured;
Schmadeka building, $500, fully in
sured; People s meat market, $4,000, no
insurance; Dufer s pool hall, $4,000, with ,
$500 insurance; Days barber shop,
$1,000, no insurance; Dunlap's drug and
jewelry store, $4,000, with $4,000 insur-
ance; Dunlap building, $4,000, with in
surance of $4,000; Grangeville Free
Press, $27OO, fully insured; Grangeville
Electric Light company, $1,000 loss on
cables; Nez Perez Cooperative Tele-
phone company, $500 loss on cables and
other equipment; Pacific States Tele-
phone and Telegraph company, $1,000 on
Icables; Lingo secondhand store, 5000,
no insurance; Ferris building, $1,000, no
insurance; Kelley G. Hammill meat mar
ket, $2O0O no insurance; Lamb drug
store, $4,000, partly insured; Bibby
building, not occupied, $4,000, no insur-
ance; Arnold s plumbing shop, $500, in
surance unknown; Cote s cigar store,
, $500, no insurance; Pulse drug store;
$4,000, insurance unknown; Won Berg
building, unoccupied, $4,000, no insur-
ance; Hunnell S photo gallery, $500, in
, surance unknown; T. w. darlington,
! real estate, 5000, no insurance; A. F.
+ Parker real estate, $500, insured; John
: Briscoe, confectionery, $1,000, no insur-
ance; Smith s cigar store, $3.50, with no
insurance; Smith & Gerry building,
$1,000 no insurance; Peoples restau-
rant, 800, insurance unknown; Null
: nix confectionery, $500, partly insured;
e Arlington hotel, 1000 loss, with $1O,-
600 on furnishings and $4,000 on build
d ing, the insurance being unknown on
IS the hotel furnishings, with $4,000 carried
is on the building; Grangeville hotel, APP
# proximately $4,000, with insurance I'M
known; A. & B. barber shop, 5000, with
no insurance; Grangeville Savings and
Trust company, $500 damage on build
- ing, covered; First National bank, $500
- loss on building, fully insured
D" One of the heaviest individual losers
is A. F. Parker, who owned number
1T of the buildings destroyed.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29
Railroad Building.

"'The building of the Northern Pa
cific, and later the Great Northern and
and the roads in Canada, started a
movement of homeseekers to the north
west. Now the expansive force of 94,-
100000 people of the United States is
sending thousands of wholesome men
and women into this North Pacific
Coast country, not to seek religious
freedom nor political liberty, not to con-
quer a weaker people, not merely to
wrest the mineral riches from nature IS
treasure vaults or denude the forests,
but for the purpose of making homes
and earning an honest living with pa
tient and earnest work on the farm, in
the orchard and in the mine and forest
and other lines of endeavor. The immi-
grant from foreign shores also turns
with longing eyes from his now crowded
environment to this zone of plenty.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29

Versatility is not confined to any
one locality in the western country. In
the majesty and grandeur of the noun
tains, lifting their heads into regions
of perpetual snow; in forests antedating
the birth of the Christ child; in can
yons where picturesque carving con-
sumed centuries; in landscapes and
river, lake and ocean scenery of such
beauty and colors as were never shown
on canvas; in deserts where life is still
elemental and primitive and where
amid crumbling ruins of departed races
strange people dwell in an atmosphere
of dreams and enchantment and with
legends as interesting as those of an
cient Greece, in all that Nature has ever
done to enthrall the senses, to inspire
the tongue or pen, the west suffers not
by comparison with any part of the Ole
World.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29
Distances Conquered.

"Steam and electric railroads have
conquered distances and the barriers
long interposed by vast areas of thirsty
desert wastes have been let down. lrri-
CATION canals of sufficient length to CIR
die the globe with triple bands have
spread wide GASES in the arid places and
cheerful, prosperous communities dot a
landscape once vacant and voiceless
The unsurveyed and unexplored noun
tains await the prospector to disclose
mineral riches; streams rushing from
snowy SUBMITS, unchecked and uncon
trolled, lure the engineer to harness and
utilize for the needs of commerce the
power now wasted; the once mysterious
silent, expectant desert holds a promise
of freedom and independence to thu
careworn and discouraged. 1t offers thu
uplift of unmeasured distances and thu
individual home with that broader free
dom of action which comes with life il
the open.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29
Work With Harmony.

"Probably the chief problems of OBJ
vious Importance confronting the west.
ern country today are the increasing OF
the opportunities for our people to ac-
ouire homes and making possible a
larger acre production of our staple
crops. Then, too, the Pacific country
needs more people and more money. d.
verting only half of the present tourist
travel from Europe to the west would
hold in circulation $e5O,OOo,oOo now an
nually spent abroad by the people OF
America, and wider knowledge OF the
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-29
Irrigation Problem.

"Students of conditions agree that no
question of public policy is of more
vital Importance or affects so closely the
interests of the American people as the
immigration problem. This cannot be
dealt with as are other issues. Its sub
iects are human beings, who have aspi-
ratons, hopes, fears and frailties
Hence, the enforcement of our immigra-
ton laws becomes a matter of selection
and the universal welcome extended by
free people to those of oppressed coun
tries thus is restrained by considerations
of prudence and regard for the safety
and well-being of our country.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-04-12
Remarkable Bible Verses.

The eighth verse OF the third chap
ter of Zephaniah contains every let
ter. including the finals, OF the He
brew language, while one will find In
the twenty-tirst verse OF the sew
enth chapter OF Ezra every letter OF
the English alphabet except j. The
verse reads as follows: And |, even
|, AXtaxerxers the King, do MAKE a
decree to all the treasurers which are
beyond the river, that whatsoever
Ezra the priest, the scribe OF The law
of the God of heaven. shall require
of you, it be done speedily. ~ Youths
WorlG.
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-04-12

political leanings of the author When
submitting the sketch of a proposed
seal he addressed the committee as
follows:
AS | have already observed, Dr.
Franklin's and my thoughts by some
unexplainable coincidence are very
similar, inasmuch that we have both
sought to symbolic Liberty; and
furthermore as a typical Illustration
of the elimination of slavery, chr@e
the children of Israel In representing
these King-ridden people, it is my pri
mary desire to indicate on our seal
that the success of the Hebrews was
due. not so much to their skill and
genious in battle, but principally TO
the fact that they were God fearing
and cOnfided in the Almighty. who
though invisible, was present in the
pillar and cloud which led them
| propose that the seal contain an
diverse and reverse side; on the for
mer the Children of Israel, led by a
cloud by day and pillar of fire. by
night, on the latter Hengist and Horsa
the Saxon chiefs. from whom we claim
the honor of being descended, and
government we are now about to as
sumo"
The history of Hengist and Horsa is
one of great interest, and anyone
thoroughly absorbed in the story of
the seal can not afford to miss it.
Jefferson believed that indirectly we
inherited from these bold Germans
our form of government. The history
of England begins shortly before the
Christian era (55 B. CO., when Caesar
first landed and conquered an I'M
civilized race known as the Britons.
The Romans about the third century
had effected marked changes in the
island and had established the Chris
tan religion. and introduced Roman
laws and rules, but the Britons. a
barbarous race, so necessarily attack
ed them, that late in the fifth century
they abandoned England
Hengist and Horsa were the leaders
of the Saxons, or Germans, who dis
puted the ownership Of the British soil
and finally conquered the country.
They were defeated in three battles.
Horsa being slain in action at Eggles-
ford (455). Hengist Immediately took
possession of Kent and nearly the
entire southern half of England. He
established his court at Canterbury,
and the laws which he enforced were
in good taste with governments of
that early period He reigned about
80 years. and laid the foundation of
that Great England which has occu-
pied SO large a space in the history
of the world.
Jefferson was somewhat nettIed
over the disfavor shown his designs
by the critics Of the Continental Con-
gress. and betrayed his annoyance
when he wrote:
''If the Continental Congress will
not accept the stirring motto. Re
bellion to Tyrants is Obedience to
God l will employ it in my personal
seal"
This resolution was immediately
carried out. for he had an engraver
produce a seal with ct j. in script,
with the classic motto placed about
the border The symbolic designs
evolved by jefferson were many and
reflected in their virile character the
powerful intellect of this great Ameri-
can patriot who will be so widely re-
membered on ADril 49,
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-04-12
WHY PEOPLE 60 TO
CANADA

Those who are wondering why the
humber Of Americans going to Canada
year by year increases in the rates
that it does, would not be so surprised
We're they to accompany one of the
numerous excursions that are being
run under the auspices of the Govern
ment from several of the states, and
remain with the settler until he gets
onto the free homesteaCs, which, as
stated by Speaker Champ Clark, in the
u. 5. senate the other day, com prises
100 acres of the most fertile soil and
with remarkably easy settlement con-
dItlons. Then watch the results,
whether it be on this free homestead
OF 100 acres or on land which he may
purchase at from $3.50 $50. per acre,
fully as good as the S100 and $3.50
per acre land of his native state. and
which his means will not permit his
purchasing On the part of the mem
bers of the U. S. Senate and Congress
there is nothing but praise for Canada.
Canadian laws and Canadian lands al
though the reasonable desire is shown
in their remarks, that they pass legis-
lation, (Which is very praiseworthy)
that will make the land laws Of the
United States much easier.
1t is the success of the American
settler in Canada that attracts others,
and when experiences such as the fol
lowing are related to the friend back
home" is it any wonder that increased
interest is aroused and a determine
ton arrived at, TO participate in the
new-found way up in Canada that
means wealth and health and all that
accompanies it.
William Johnston, who formerly
lived at Alexandria, Mimi, settled in
the Alberg District near Battle River
and in writing to one Of the Canadian
Government agents, located in the
United States says: Eve have had no
failures of crops during our nine years
in Canada. l threshed 1908 bushels of
wheat and 1888 bushels Of oats in 1911.
off my 100 acres. This is a beautiful
country. | keep six good work horses
and milk seven cows, getting good
prices for butter and eggs. We get
our coal for $500 per ton at the mine,
about one mile from the farm. Am
about one and half miles from fine
school. AS for the cold weather it is
much milder here than in Minnesota,
where / lived for q years. Our well
is 35 feet deep and we have fine wa
ter Wild land is selling for S18.
to $25. per acre. Improved farms are
much higher. l am well satisfied with
the country, and would not sell unless
| got big price, as we have all done
we'll here"
Good reasons to account for the
number going to Canada
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-04-12

al IpOl ldIl ldSh- f1onc6 on
the same day that the Declaration of
independence was issued, July 4. a COM
m1ttee to devise a seal was created
While present-day Americans have
always been informed by writer's. his
torians and orators of the intense
heat of that aus picious Fourth of
July, and that because of the almost
unbearable atmosphere of the sultrv
weather prevailing the delegates as
sembled, hastily debated and quickly
signed the colonial Magma Charter il
order to get out of the congressional
hall, the facts are that the day was
unusually pleasant and characteristic
of a most agreeable summer climate
This statement, involving as it does
a correction of hitherto accepted his
torical material, rests on the author
ity of an entry found among Jeffer-
sons stray notes. an entry never until
now given printed publicity Innum-
cradle writer's have drawn highly col
ored word pictures of the dreadful and
sitting weather conditions existing on
that memorable day, but we submit
that far more reliance is to be placed
on the evidence penned by a distin-
guished and careful observer who was
present on the occasion in the role of
an active and honorable delegate.
Among the Jeffersonian script is
sheet bearing the following notations
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-04-12
Fiiipinos Dislike Autos,

The reckless and insolent automo-
bilist is hated the world over In the
Philippines, where most of the auto
mobilists are foreigners, and where
he natives have been used to loiter
comfortably in the roads after the
ashton of easy going southern coun-
>ries, the automobiles have long been
l grievance, and, falling to secure ef,
;ective regulation. the Filipinos have
adopted the practice of rolling big
ooulders into the roadway as a hint
lot to turn corners at a breaknaCk
speed
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-04-12

ton from the mother country, that he
hoped for a rebellion, and had faith
In the said rebellion evolving into
revolution which would result in the
necessity for a national signature or
seal He not only designed the en-
blematic or symbolic part, but also
supplied a motto which likewise ap-
pears among the stray notes of 1874,
couched in the following words:
For a motto ION device for Ameri-
can States United: Insuperabiles 81
Inseparabiles' ("together we are in
separable") -an answer given in the
English parliament to the house of
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-04-12
Degrees.

We are thus informed that at the
time of the passage of the Declara-
ton of independence. on the early aft
ernoon of July 4. 1875. the tempera-
ture, according to Jefferson's record
was rs degrees-a striking coinci-
dence in the year of the century and
the number of heat degrees. both rep
resented by the numerals. 76 Natur-
ally the question arises as to how JEFF
ferson came to make this exact OBJ
servation regarding the weather con-
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-04-12

lords and commons. He cites parlia-
mentary rolls as reference to the time
whea the episode occurred which
brought forth the reply. Jefferson's
idea of comparing the thirteen col
onies 10 the Is rods with which an
earnest father sought to impress his
sons with the principle that In union
there is strength. or the precept that
United we stand, divided we fall"
was taken from his copy of Aesop's
Fables The exact details of this an
cient story which appealed so en-
phatically to Jefferson are as follows:
"A father had a family of sons who
were perpetually quarreling among
themselves. When he failed to heal
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-04-12
Best Polish for Fine Furniture

revivers as brighten good varnish for
short time by dissolving part of the
resins they contain
One of the best possible furniture
revivers." he continues. lis one that
every housewife may easily mix and
prepare at cost of few cents and
with no labor whatever. One part of
lemon oil and two parts Of boiled lin
seed oil well mixed and applied rather
sparingly TO the vanished furniture
The Watertown weekly leader. [volume] (Watertown, Jefferson County, Wis.) 1912-1917, 1912-04-12

Dr. L. V. Redmar of the University
of Kansas, who is now engaged in re-
search on the chemical treatment OF
wood, makes, in an article on varnish
in the Scientific American. an asser-
ton that is of Importance to every
housekeeper. He says that cracks.
hairlines, scratches and other defects
in the vanished surface of fine fur
niture and pianos may be made worse
by using such cheap liquid furniture