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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-05-23
Elk City VIII Be Busy
This Season.
SEVERAL PROPERTIES TO WORK
Will Open as Soon as Weather
Conditions Permit.

The outlook for Elk City and
the surrounding country was
never brighter. 1t is true that
the past winter was very sever,
and that the snow has been very
late in going off, which has re-
tarded certain work that should
have been under way.
The past few months has seen
two or three small mills erected
and put into commission, and
there are now at least three
more that are contemplated, and
work has already commenced on
one. These small mills are what
will bring a district to the notice
of capital. They not only pro-
duce enough to pay for the de-
velopment Of a promising pros
pect, but they are the only test
as to the merits of a mine. A
property that can produce ore
that will pay in a small mill will
certainly attract the attention of
investors, and if the owners wish
to sell they will have very little
trouble in making a deal. On
the other hand, it is a pretty
good thing to have nice little
mine, that the owners can go
ahead and take out the ore and
mill it, and get the profit, for it
is Well-known that an Individual
can work. ore and make money
out of it that company, cannot
even mine.
Aside from the fact that there
are several small mills running,
there is at present some deals on,
that are of a large character and
which will require the expendi-
! ture Of a large sum of money for
! development.
From what.can be learned the
company that has bond on the
American Eagle is expecting to
begin operations as soon as the
weather conditions will permit.
4 This company own the Rio Tintc
group, next to the American
Eagle claims, and contemplate
the sinking of a large working
shaft, and a great deal of de.
velopment work before any at.
tempt will be made to mill.
The taking over of:the Minera
Zone group by FredaW. Bradley
is another big deal of more i'm.
portance to Elk City than any
that has come up for years, fol
the return of Mr.. Bradley to this
district will mean much in the
way of giving confidence tc
others. This deal will likely bt
closed by the first of June, anC
work will start Immediately.
1t is reported on good authority
that work will be commenced il
the near future on the Cracker
jack in the Buffalo Hump country
and that the Jumbo will star
active operations as soon as sup
plies can be put into the camp.
The placer mining promises tC
: be prosperous this season, bu
there are only two active mine!
in this district, bat at DIXIE
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-05-23
Reduction Plant is Now
Running
ARE TREATING CONCENTRATE
Can Now Extract High Per-
centage of Values.

The roaster at the Elk City
Reduction plant, made it's initial
run this week, and is proving
very satisfactory, and the plant
is now treating the concentrate
that has accumulated, for some
time past.
After the concentrate is roast
ed it is subjected to a cyanide
treatment, and Manager Tytler
states that a very large percent
age of the values are extracted,
in fact the extraction is so much
higher than from raw ore, that
the expense for roasting is not
noticeable.
The completion of the roaster
is the last unit of the plant, and
Manager Tytler announces that
he is now ready to receive any
and all kinds of ore, and can
guarantee the highest possible
recovery of values.
The roaster is the patent of A.
J. Carver, Of Charleston, Wash,
and is designed as to be continu-
GUS in its operation. The prin-
cipal of the roaster is the double
fiue the one in which the fire is,
being directly underneath the
one in which the material to be
roasted is fed. In the roasting
compartment is a series of steps,
and as the material passes down
it drops from one to the other,
and at each drop is supplied with
fresh air, the air being supplied
through an opening in the bot
tom of the flue.
AS the material passes down
the hue, it is caught in revolv-
ing cylinder, lined with fire brick
so constructed that they will
throw the material forward at
every revolution. 1t takes about
ten minutes for the material to
pass through the cylinder, and
it is then ready for treatment.
Directly beneath the cylinder is
the fire box, and all the heat gen.
Grated is first thrown against the
cylinder, and then enters the
fue, and heats the bricks that
divide the two compartments.
The process of roasting is very
simple, and no machinery is usec
except to revolve the cylinder.
and it is claimed that very little
fuel is needed after it has beer
heated to the degree that it viii
votalize the sulphur and arsenic
AS the fumes raise and go off
there is dust chamber in which
the minerals are thrown dowr
and saved, so that nothing will
be lost.
In speaking of the roaster Mr.
Carver says: II hope it viii
prove as. valuable for the treat
ment of gold ores as every on,
seems to think it will. But what
ever its value along that lin
may be, / think it is a hundre,
times as valuable to be, used il
connection with the tanks hav
invented, in treating copper ore
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-05-23
Monazite and Zircon.

Monazite and zircon are min
erals containing rare-earth metals
whose properties on becoming
incandescent when heated render
them valuable in certain forms
Of gas and electric lights. Mon
azite is employed in the manu-
facture of incandescent gas
light mantles of the Welsbach
type, and the oxide obtained from
zircon enters into the compost
ton of the glover of the Nernst
electric light. Both minerals are
found in the United States and
have been produced to a consid-
cradle extent. During 1911, ac-
cording to Douglas B. Sterrett,
of the United States Geological
Survey, in an advance chapter
on "Monazite and Zircon" from
Mineral Resources for 1911, !"
no monazite was marketed, al
though 13, 1872 pounds of crude
sand or "ore" is reported as
mined in North Carolina and
South Carolina.
Zircon, according to Mr.. Ster-
rett, was produced in 1911 to the
amount Of 3,209 pounds, valued
at S802.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-05-23

A lineman on the Sites tele-
phone. line was in town the past
week making repairs. He reports
the line in very bad condition on
the mountain, and does not think
that the service will be improved
until the snow goes off.
P. C. Stecker, of Spokane, rep
resenting the Protectograph, was
a business visitor this week.
Frank Duncan, the Dixie mer-
chant, was in town this week,
transacting some business.
]. Woods, = was in town this
week from his Red river ranch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-11
THAW TAKES STAND
IN SANITY HEARING
Spends Five Hours Under Examina.
tIon by Jerome, Who Opposes His
Release From Matteawan.

White Plains, n. Y, June 27.-As-
gistant District Attorney Jerome, who
is fighting TO prevent Harry K. Tbaw's
release from Matteawan hospital for
the insane, spent five hours in grill
ing Thaw on Tuesday the sixth ami
versary Of the killing Of Stanford
White
Mr.. Jerome reminded the witness
suddenly Of the anniversary of the
tragedy and questioned him sharply
as to circumstances Of the killing.
Both Thaw and his counsel, Clarence
J Shearn. quickly interposed objec-
tons on the ground that Mr.. Jerome
was showing animus and serving pri-
Tate interests"
Mr.. Jerome declared his questioning
was within the province Of a mental
examination" and he was generally
upheld by Judge Keogh, but was IN
successful in his apparent attempts to
make the witness display undue agi-
tation.
Thaw said that by a combination
Of his own opinion and that of his
aIienists he had arrived at the con-
clusiOn that he is now sane.
Evelyn Nesbitt Thaw still fears that
if her husband gets out of Matteaman
he will attempt her life, she testified
at the hearing of Harry K. Thaw's ap-
pication for release from the asylum
on the contention that he is now sane
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-11
Iron Braces on Artificial Limb Attract
Electricity Which Badly Burns
Railway Signal Man.

Kansas City, Mo.-During a severe
thunderstorm G. Richards, fifty-eight
years old, 3019 Durham avenue, a
signal man for the Kansas City Belt
Railway company, was struck by
lightning in his tower at Twenty
fourth and Penn streets. He is in
the General hospital being treated for
serious burns.
Richards was at work at the time
the lightning struck the tower. The
bolt first struck the stove pipe that
extends through the roof of the sigma
station and it followed the pipe to the
interior where the lightning contin-
ued its downward course with Rich
ards in its path.
'If Richards had not worn an arti-
fetal leg I don't believe the lightning
would have struck him" Dr.. G. G.
RemIey, a police ambulance surgeon,
said His left leg is cut off below the
knee and his artificial leg has iron
braces which are held in place by 4
belt that encircles his body. 1t is my
opinion that this metal attracted the
electricity to the man"
The effect of the lightning is shown
in burns over the lower portion of
Richards abdomen and legs. The
lightning followed the artificial left
leg from a point a few inches below
the knees. The limb was splintered
and at the toe Of the shoe a hole was
torn in the leather, giving appearance
Of something having been thrust
through from the inside The pipe
from the stove was wrecked, a window
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-11
PILGRIMS At SHRINE
Aany Persons Visit Church at
EChternaGh, Luxembourg.
curious Ceremony Part Of Reputed
Cure for Nervous Disorders
Several Bands Help Devout
Keep Step During Hop.

London.-The extraordinary spec
:acle of between one and two thou
sand soIemn-faced men, women and
children hopping and dancing. back
ward and forward, 10 the inspiring
strains OF a number Of brass bands
vas seen in the quiet little country
own Of Echternach, Luxembourg, re-
,ently.
The occasion was that Of the feast
If St. Willibroed, an eighth century
abbot Of Echternach, and the hopping
multitude is formed of pilgrims to his
shrine, for it is said that all those who
suffer from nervous diseases who viii
pass before the shrine Of the saint
displayed in the old abbey church
1ere, hopping three steps forward and
hen two backward, will be cured.
The scene reminds one strongly Of
troop Of bowling dervishes, who aft
ct bowling and waving about for
hours, become frenzied and end by col
lapsing.
The pilgrims Of Echternach are not
so bad as that, but many of them
danced until almost exhausted, and,
with clothing burst open and perspira-
ton streaming down their faces, they
staggered to drink the water held out
to them by the onlookers, then dash
ing through the crowd back to the
places in a fever Of religious excite
ment.
At a distance the procession looks
like a huge party of merrymakers IN
til closer inspection shows the tense
and solemn faces.
They came down the narrow streets
in ranks of about six, each holding a
handkerchief to connect him with his
neighbor. Hundreds of women, ut
terly careless of appearance, their
black dresses covered with dust, hair
combs and pins falling and faces red
with exertiOn, struggle along, in many
cases dragging children with them.
White-robed priests, bands and bca-
ners head the pilgrimage, followed by
a body Of young men wearing emily
shirt, trousers and boots, VINO put
great energy into their dance, surg
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-11
SENTENCE
FOR LABOR CHIEFS
Gompers, Morrison and Mitchell
Ordered to Prison.
AGAIN HELD IN CONTEMPT
Court Fixes Terms OF Twelve, Nine
and Six Months pectiveIy-
Defendants Released on
8ond-WiIl Appeal.

Washington, June 26.-Declaring
from the bench that Samuel ,Gompers,
Frank Morrison and John Mitchell
are guilty Of "assiduous and persistent
effort to undermine the supremacy Of
the law" Federal Justice Wright on
Monday adjudged these officials Of the
American Federation Of Labor guilty
Of contempt and sentenced President
Gompers 10 a year in jail and Morrison
to six months. John Mitchell is yet
to be sentenced.
Justice Daniel Thew Wright an
nounced the decision Of the court. 1t
covered 2 closely typewriter pages
and took about two hours to read.
Bondsmen were on hand and attor-
neys for the labor men gave notice
of an intention to file an appeal to
have the Supreme court review the
judgment In its previous review Of
the case the Supreme court reversed
the conviction on the ground that the
contempt proceedings had been i'm
properly instituted. New proceedings
were at once begun.
The charge was that the three men
as officers Of the American Federation
Of Labor, through the organizations
official publication, had disregarded
Justice Goulds Injunction against the
publication Of the Bucks Stove and
Range company's name in its boycott
list"
The boycott placed by the Fedora
ton Of Labor against the products OF
the Bucks Stove and Range company
grew out of a fight made by the metal
pOlishers' union and supported by the
federation for an eight instead Of 8
nine-hour day.
This was resisted by the company
and the Federationist published tie
name of the Bucks Stove and Range
company under the caption Of I'VE
don't patronize."
The proceedings against the officers
of the federation was begun August 10,
1907, by the stove and range company.
Justice Gould of the supreme court
of the District of Columbia issued
temporary Injunction restraining the
defendants from prosecuting a boycott
on the business and products of the
Bucks Stove and Range company, La
ter this injunction was made perma-
nent
References to the Bucks Stove and
Range company continuing to appear
in the Federationist and in speeches
and writings of the defendants, the
company had Gompers, Mitchell and
Morrison cited to appear and show
cause why they should not be pun
ished for contempt of court.
Mr.. Gompers openly intimated that
he would not be bound by the terms
of the injunction After the hearing
in the contempt proceedings. Justice
Wright of the supreme court Of the
district found the defendants had been
guilty of willfully disobeying the in
junction and sentenced them to i'm
prisonment in the district Jail
In announcing the decision Justice
Wright declared that the defendants
had 'tntimtdated browbeaten and CO.
creed" the patrons Of the stove and
range company until it had suffered
severe loss
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-11
U. S C0DFIsHERs GO FAR
Many Gloucester Ships Obliged to
Seek the Waters Off Western
Alaska.

Seattle, Wash.-Of the bleak shores
Of western Alaska the world is now
drawing on its last and greatest store
Of Goldfish. Branches of all the large
eastern codfshing packing plants are
now established on Puget sound The
supplies come from the shores Of Alas
ka, 1000 miles westward from the
Strait Of Juan de Fuca.
Over one hundred codfshing boats
are now on the fishing banks, each
manned with its complement of dOries,
men and appliances for cleaning and
sailing away the catch. Of these ships
some sixty once claimed Gloucester,
Mass, their home port.
For six months the ,codfishers will
work as long as there is light to haul
into their dories their daily catch. The
men are paid al average Of 10 cents
per fish, and a usual days work is
from ESQ to $50 fish, weighing from
three to fifteen pounds. Each ship
carries eight dories, with five men to
a dory.
Each morning the fish are piled up
on the deck of the ship, where they
are cleaned and then sailed away in
the hold one pound Of salt to four
pounds of fish.
The men earn from SO to $50 per
day. Prizes are given to the fisher
who makes the largest catch during
season. Last season the champion
caught 1890 Goldfish. Anacortes,
Wash, in mid-Puget sound, is the Pa
cific home Of the worlds largest cod
fishing feet. The cod fishing pay roll
is s1,20O,O0O annually
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-11
BARROW CASE
MAY Be DROPPED
Disorder in Court Causes Rumor
in Attorneys Trial.
PRESS MEMBERS IN THREAT
Judge Hutton Is Severely Criticized
for the Manner in Which He Has
Conducted Court Hearing in
Los Angeles.

Los Angeles, Cal, June 29-The
trial of Clarence S. Darrow on
charges of bribing a witness to the
Mcnamara case may be dropped at
any time owing to the disorder that
has been evident in the courtroom al
most every day since the trial began
and the consequent errors that have
crept into the record.
This startling bit of news became
known on Wednesday when it was
learned that District Attorney Fred
ericks had held a secret meeting
with prominent members Of the bar
and business men and asked their ad-
vice regarding taking such step,
Judge Hutton, before whom the case
Is being tried, came in for serious
criticism for his manner Of conduct
ing the case and in allowing open
laughter and applause from group
Of Socialists and union men who have
been in almost constant attendance
upon the trial whenever DarroW's at
tOTneys made telling points.
Judge Hutton summoned one of the
news paper lEiji G5c44 Lc-LtF - ALtO SAc%Li1-
bers and threatened to send him to
jail for contempt if he continued men
tioning disorders in the courtroom,
because he said it might incite some
one to violence
At the close Of the court, every
one Of the IA reporters covering the
trial went to the judges chambers
and criticized him to his face. declar-
ing that they would print the facts
of his conduct of the case without
hesitation.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-11
Message Sent by Explorer Pub
lie After Six Years.
California Farmer Has Finally Given
Out Polar News Recovered on the
Leg of a Goose-Bird Cap
tured in 1905.

Sacramento, Cal-''North Pole, July
1, 1906, Major Andree."
Was this message, which was
tagged to the foot of a south-bound
goose, captured by a northern Califor-
MIA farmer on July "a, 1906, a message
from the dead telling of the first sue
cessfuI conquest of the frozen north
written by the leader of the Inflated
polar expedition which left Danes is
land, Northwest Spitzbergen, in the
balloon Cornen on July II, 1897?
For Is years the civilized world has
waited in vain for news of the An
dree party.
On the morning of July "a, 1906, a
huge goose, unlike any species ever
seen in California, fell exhausted into
the chicken-yard of H. NJ Thomas, a
farmer residing near Montague, Siski-
you county.
Thomas discovered a. small nickeled
tag attached to one of its legs, tied Sc
curely by a strand Of copper wire
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-11
CAUGHT by Police, Gives Strange Rea
son for Fondness for Won1-
ans Apparel.

Livingston. Mont.-After a weeks
effort marked by seven failures to
capture Iivingston's wild woman,
the strange creature, whose actions
have excited this city as nothing else
ever did. was run down by Chief Of Pc
lice Frank Swindlehurst and Police
man Hansen, and to the amazement OF
the officers was found to be well
known clerk.
The prisoner under cross-exanina-
ton broke down, telling the officers
that he had been marked" before
birth, his mother having fallen into
stream and when dragged from the
water was laid upon pile OF women 5
clothing by his father.
The passion, declared the prisoner,
TO attire himself IN feminine garb and
disport himself in the water at night
for hours was ungoyernable. He be
came so proficient in the water that
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-11
ROOSEVELT RETURNS TO
OYSTER BAY FOR REST
Announces General Organization For
New Party-Conyention to Be
Held Within Six Weeks

Chicago, June 26.-CoL. Theodore
Roosevelt has gone to his home at
Oyster Bay for a brief rest Before
his departure on Monday Mr.. Roose-
welt said that the new party b. which
he has been nominated for president
will hold convention within from
three to six weeks.
The convention will be held in
either Chicago, St. Louis or Denver
3ir. Roosevelt personally announced
that a general organization committee
had been provided consisting Of the
following.
Gov. Hiram Johnson Of California,
Gov c. A. Aldrich Of Nebraska, Gov.
r. S. .Vesey of South Dakota, Senator
Moses n. CIapp Of Minnesota, Senator
Dixon Of Montana, Judge Benjamin
Lindsey Of Colorado, Congressman
Miles Poindexter Of Washington,
Charles r. Thompson Of Vermont, Col.
E. c. Darlington Of Maryland, Matthew
Hale Of Maine, Clifford Pinchot, James
&. Garfield, z. A Van VaIkenburg,
Col. William R. Nelson, Controller
len White, George 7. Record and Rich
ard Pearson Of North Carolina
The Committee will advise with
Governor Johnson, the chairman, as to
naming an executive committee Of
seven.
Mr.. RooseveIts return to Oyster
Bay is due almost entirely to his wish
to get in one or two weeks rest be-
fore starting his fight over again.
Personal friends OF Roosevelt who
have been with him during the last
six months appear absolutely worn
out and are now viewing with alarm"
the prospect Of another four mouths
Of fighting Roosevelt is just smiI-
ing over the same prospect and de-
clares:
I will never let up until the
will of the people is properly regis
tered"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-11
TIES DOG ON FISHING LINE
Angler Solves Problem of Leading
Canine in London by Using
Tackle.

London.-There is a dog crisis in a
famous West end square. TIE regu-
lations are clear that all dogs must
be led. but the trouble has arisen
about the length of the lead. One in
genious dog owner has an arrange
ment like a fishing line, which he lets
out and takes in, with the result that
the terrier can go many yards from
his master without, he argues, break
ing any bylaw. Another owner is a
tarpon angler, who threatens to put
his mastiff on tarpon reel which has
1000 yards of line. A meeting on the
matter is about to be called.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-11
MARKET REPORT.
milwaukee,. June %. 1912.


Butter.-Creamery, extras, Csc;
prints, 26c; frsts, 23@24c; sec
onds, 200 21c; renovated, % a 23ci
dairy, fancy, Use.
Cheese - American full cream.
new made, twins. 10 p Ollie; Young
Americas, 141a 615c; daisies, lao
IA &c; longhorns, 14015c; linn
burger, 151a Q16c; brick, 100
1890.
Eggs-Current receipts fresh, as
to quality, 150161ac; recandled, ex-
tras, 10000; seconds, 1O012c.
Live Poultry-FowIs, 111ac; roos-
tiers, lie; broilers, doz., 4.50 a $50
Potatoes-Wiscon sacked on
track, $50 soc.
Wheat-No. l, northern, lao
III; No. 2, northern, 1.13 OILS;
No. 3, northern, la.
Corn-No. 8, yellow, Use.
Oats-No. 8, white, 541Ac; stand
Barley-Wisconsin, 10Y; No. 3.
los; No. 4, 1903.
ard, sac.
Rye-No. 2, soc.
Butchers steers, $500
7.75; heifers, 5.5O@7.00; cows, 4.95
q $50; feeders, 5.0O05.5O; calves.
7.2508.25.
Hogs-GOod heavy butchers, 7.55
@770; fair to best light, 1900
$50; pigs, 6.OO@6.75.
Sheep-Lambs, 7.OO07.5O; ewes,
3.5004.00.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1912-07-11
MRS. PANKHURST is i'll.

Freed From Jail Because of Poor
Health Caused by Hunger Strike.
Lo1d0n, England, June 26.-Mrs.
Emmeline Pankhurst, the suffragette
leader, who was sentenced on May %
at the Old Bailey sessions to nine
months imprisonment on the charge
of conspiracy and melting to malicious
damage to property, was released from
Holloway jail on Monday owing to her
health breaking down on account of
the hunger strike which she and her
imprisoned followers began.
The other prisoners, including Mrs,
Pethick Lawrence, one of the editors
of Votes for Women, who was sen
fenced at the same time as Mrs. Pank.
hurst, are being forcibly fed.