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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-11

undermine the company, to its utter
obstruction, if need be, in order to get
little "easy money! a rake-off for
which no return, whatever, is given.
The name of high state official is
valueless in a company directorate un-
less that official has real, genuine
money in the enterprise, is interested
in it's success, and is working for this
success. The giving of stock for a
name, for influence, has been the undo
ing of hundreds of mining companies in
the west, and such stock had much
better remain in the company treasury
until such timea as it can be disposed of
for the actual benefit of the company.
What's in name, anyhow, after tie
public has tumbled to the fact that the
bearer of the name is dummy, leach,
a CRATER, and a bell-wether to lead
fools and tenderfeet to the shearing
pen; for, in course of time it becomes
generally known that Mr.. Grafter's
name is on the directorate of such COM
panies merely for the influence it will
have; and this inference soon dissolves
into thin air. Salt Lake Mining Re-
view.
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NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho
December q, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Hiram
D. Brundige, of Elk City, Idaho, who,
on July IL, 1908, made Homestead
Entry No. OIL. for tract Of 159 acres
probably within T. 26 NJ. r. 9 E., b.
NJ, described as follows: Beginning at
the southwest corner of William Cole s
claim, or at post No. 1; THENCE s. S5 %
30 E., 40 chains; thence S. ~ W. 40
chains; thence N. 49, 80 W., 40 chains;
thence N. ~ E., 40 chains, to the
place of beginning. Has. filed notice Of
intention to make final five year proof
TO establish claim to the land above de-
icribed, before c. M. Butler, U. S.
Commissioner, at Sites, Idaho, on the
9Th day of February, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: John
W. Wood, Fred Duhrkop, Hiram Cart
wright all of Elk City, Idaho; Henry
c. Oliver, of Sites, Idaho.
T. II. BARTLETT.
Register.
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Serving His Country.

A certain public Office has been the
object of much satire because of the
passive nature of the iDcumbent's du-
ties-except when he is called by tragic
occurrence into the thick of action. So
very negative, indeed, is the work of
this public servant that he sometimes
serves his country most efficiently by
being absent, as appears in this extract
from Moses Colt Tylers journal, writ
ten in Washington years ago:
president Grant never starts a CON
versation. but when it is started he
often says a neat thing, Last year
there was an excursion down the Po-
tomac He was on board. with his cabi-
net and a quorum of both houses.
"'Mr President said Mrs. Judd.
who sat near him, it would be pretty
bad thing to have great accident hap
pen to this party> Nearly the whole
government would be destroyed
eyes, Mrs. Judd assented the pres
ident, but you observe that the vice
president has very prudently stayed at
home.'"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-11
FORFEITURE NOTICE.

To John Condron, your heirs, ex-
ecutors. administrators and assigns:
You are hereby notified that have
expended during the years 1908, 1909
and 1910, the sum of one hundred
dollars ($1e0) in labor and improve
ments upon each of the following
named lode claims, situate in Robbins
Mining District. Idaho county, State of
Idaho; the Union Jack, recorded in
Vol. 1, page 16, records of Robbins
Mining District; the Roxbury, recorded
IN Vol. 8. PAGE BAL, records of Robbins
Mining District, Idaho county, State
of Idaho, in order to hold said
claims under the provisions of
section 1924 of the Revised Statutes of
the United States. and the amendment
thereto approved January %, 1880, con-
corning annual labor upon mining
claims, being the amount required to
hold said lode claims for the period
ending on the 31st day of December,
A. D. 1910. And if, within ninety days
from the personal service of this notice
or within ninety days after the publica-
ton thereof, you fail or refuse to con
tribute your proportion of such expen
diture as a co-owner, your interest II
the claims will become the property o.
the subscriber, your co-owner who ha:
made the required expenditure by The
terms of said section.
4&ll CHRIS P. SMITH.
J First Publication Nov. 2, 1911.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-11
FORFEITURE NOTICE.
To w. w. Doty, your heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns:

To w. W. Doty, your heirs, executors,
administrators and assigns:
You are hereby notified that have
expended during the year 1911, the
sum of one hundred dollars (S100) in
labor and improvements upon each of
the following named lode claims, situate
in Elk City Mining District, Idaho
county, State of Idaho; the Mother
Lode No. l and the Mother Lode No. 2,
of which the location certificates are
found of record in book H of Mining
Claims, pages $50 and $40 respectively
of the records of Idaho county, in
order to hold said claims under the
provisions of section 1924 of the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States,
and the amendment thereto approved
January %, 1880, Concerning annual
labor upon mining claims, being the
amount required to hold said lode claims
for the period ending on the 31st day
of December, A. d. 1911. And if,
within ninety days from the personal
service of this notice or within ninety
days after the publication thereof, you
fail or refuse to contribute your pro-
portion of such expenditure as CO.
owner, your one-fourth interest in the
claims will become the property of the
subscriber your co-owner, who has
made the required expenditure by the
terms of said section.
GEO. BROWN.
First publication, Jan. A, 1912.
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BILLS LETTER.

I've got letter. parson, from my son,
away out west;
An my OF heart is heavy as an anvil
in my breast
70 think the boy, whose futur' l had
once so proudly planned,
Should wander from the path O. right
an come to SIGH an endl
told him when he left us, only three
short years ago,
He'd find himself a-ploughin' in a
mighty crooked row 80.
He'd miss his fathers counsels, an
his mothers prayers, too; H..
But he said the farm was hateful, an
he guessed he'd have to go.
His letters came so seldom that
somehow sort O. llnowed
That Billy was a-trampin' on mighty
rocky road;
But never once imagined he would
bow my head with shame,
An in the dust'd waller his old daddy
honored name,
He writes from out in Denver, an the
story's mighty short;
| Just can't tell his mother-it Il crust
her poor OF heart!
An so l reckoned, parson, you might
break the news to her
Bills in the legislator but he doesn'-
say what fur.
james Barton Adams.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-11
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.

NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Department of the Interior, United
States Land Office at Lewiston, Idaho
December II, 1911.
Notice is hereby given that Hiram
Cartwright, of Elk City, Idaho, who,
on August Is, 1908, made Homestead
Entry No. 0422, for tract of SO acres,
probably within T. 28 N, R. 9 E., B.
M, described as follows: Beginning at
point S. So 80 E., II chains and so
links east of the northwest corner of
Lew Brund1ge's claim, or at post No. |;
thence S. S3' 80 E. SO chains and so
links; thence S. IL e., "a chains;
thence S. TO- w, IS chains and so links;
thence N. IL w. Is chains; thence S.
79' W., il chains and Is links; thence
N. 9 W., 10 chains to the place of be-
ginning; has filed notice of intention to
make final five year proof, to establish
claim to the land above described be-
fore c.. Nj. Butler, u. S. Commissioner,
at Sites, Idaho, on the 9th day of
February, 1912.
Claimant names as witnesses: John
w. Woods, Fred Duhrkop, Hiram D..
Brundige all of Elk City, Idaho, Henry
Brundige of Sites, Idaho.
T. H. BARTLETT.
Register.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-11
What's In a Name?

We know of company; and there's
more of them, and our readers know
some of them, also; which is possessed
of valuable and promising ground, and
which is making every effort to raise
the necessary money for its develop
ment. The company is offering treasury
stock at twenty cents share; but can
not find buyer; for it is a well-known
fact that several large blocks of the
company stock can be purchased at any
old price, from five cents share up to
ten or down to two.
The question is asked, ''who are the
men who own these blocks which stand
in the way of the sale of treasury stock,
and how did they obtain it?' What's
the answer?
AS a general thing the problem is
solved by the statement that the blocks
of stock in question were given to men
supposed to have influence, merely for
the use of their names in the organic
alton of the company. Hon. John Graft
err is given a block of ten thousand
shares if he will become vice president
of the company. Mr.. CRATER has large
property interests and is looked upon
as a shrewd and successful business
man, and, when the public sees that he
has place on the directarate of the
company it is likely to purchase some
of its stock. But, does the name have
any pull? No, not any, for men of
means who have confluence in Mr..
CRATER go to him and ask him about
about the enterprise. Instead Of being
enthusiastic over the enterprise; in
stead of boosting the proposition and
helping it along, he disclaims any con-
nection with the company other thar
the use of his name. and bffers to sci
the inquirer any amount of stock from
from 1000 to $4,000 shares, for five
cents share. Others there are whC
have been given stock for their in
tiuence, but who, unfortunately for tn
company, use this influence the wron,
way, ana Tor the simple reason tina
they have no money in the enterpris
and are base enough to be willing t
make cleanup on the stock they hol
without any consideration of the i
effect such action will have on the we
fare of the company, in the personn,
of which they are supposed to be TOW
ers of strength because of their il
fuence standing in society.
What's in name, anyhow. if IL
name stands only for dummy? Al
any company whose directorate is cor
posed very largely of dummies
almost sure to fall, no matter no
confident and sanguine the real men
the company may be. The dummy h
no intention of extending helpir
hand. All he wants is stock, sto,
which he can. sell below what the col
pany is asking, and with which he c.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-11
Talking Canaries.

Talking canaries are great rarity.
but several authenticated instances are
on record. AT Norwood, England, in
1858 a lady had a canary bird which
began by repeating a word which its
mistress had often used to it-"Kissie,
kissie"-and by following the word up
by an imitation of the sound of kiss;
After a time the bird repeated other
words until 1t had a large vocabulary
of phrases, one of which consisted of
five words. Again, in 1868, talking
canary was exhibited in Bath, with a
vocabulary such as is generally taught
to parrots, and another talking canary
was exhibited for few weeks In this
country, but it unfortunately caught
cold and died. In Germany and the
Tyrol canaries are taught to initiate
the notes Of other birds and whistle
simple tunes, and the words which il
initiates may be regarded as a mere
development or variant of its musical
notes.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-11
Gratitude.

Mrs. Gringo-Steve, why do you ap
plaud that wretched clarinet player
Gringo-I applauded him because nc
quit playing.-Chicago Tribune
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-11
Miqht Have Been Worse.

ibid the play have happy endingr
at might have been worse. My
wife only forgot her handkerchief and
one glove."-Louisville Courier-Jour'
nal
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-11

A Weekly Journal Devoted to the Inter
ests of the Elk City, Red River,
Orogrande, Newsome,- Dixie and
Buffalo Hump Mining Camps.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-11

The reward Of one duty done is the
power to fulfill another.-Eliot.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-11

Blobbs-Nell and Belle no longer
speak toaeach other. Slobbs-ls that
so? What's his name 7.Phlladelphia
Record.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-11
ELK CITY MINING NEWS

ISSUED EVERY THURSDAY BY
GEO. c. PECK Publisher
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-01-11

Old papers for sale at Mining
News Office, 10 cents a bundle.
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So NNS GRACE ~ % 8
lV WINE 'Efk ANKSGlV kEg.1
Gy%$V 49, 50 =-~yyNVYlk(VKEN 81. 81.
?1|ESl![A KY@:!.

ers are plucked from them without
the fowls being first soaked in hot
water. This Is done for a purpose, for
valuable. The latter are used for
making imitation whale bone for the
stiffening of wonens stays and waists
and for many other purposes. The
feathers find ready market at any
time of year.
The Rhode Island turkey has a ma
tional reputation, for in the veins of
the Narragansett bird runs the blood
Of the wild stock once SO abundant.
Rhode Island is small state and the
breeders of fancy turkeys say that it
would not do to interbreed their flocks.
But the Rhode Island turkey is bred
and fed like any other. His chief diet
is corn, supplemented by the varied
food he picks up by his own exertions.
and four or five weeks before the
fatal day of late Fall he is subjected
to a special fattening process; but
there is not, say the dealers. any spe-
cial secret about the process.
Turkeys are able to march fifteen
miles a day, and because their trans
portation in that way is cheaper than
by rail they are often driven long dis
tances to the market. At the Thanks
giving season in many parts of the
country armies Of them, sometimes
numbering thousands may be seen
travelling along public highways.
A white turkey IS a rarity. COM
paratively speaking. Although its
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degree. There will be no suggestion
of football games, country club din
ners, ETC.; instead. there will be the
reversion to the customs of the gen.
Grafton Of our grandmothers.
Mrs. Taft will superintend Ill the
details of the dinner personally. For
weeks the White House staff has been
preparing for It. Every corner of the
great white mansion has been given
a thorough cleaning. The master
florist of the government will dec
crate the home with his choicest
blooms. and finally everything will be
made ready for the piece de resistance
the wonderful New England turkey.
In most ways. Thanksgiving at the
nations first home Is much like that
at other homes. The children return
from their respective schools TO their
vacations. There are no grandchil-
dren in the presidential family. but
there are many nephews and nieces,
who consider Thanksgiving spent at
the White House as the best that
Both of the Taft boys bring school
mates home with them and Miss Helen
has frequently invited one or more
of her friends 10 be present.
After the Thanksgiving breakfast at
the White House everyone goes TO
church. A light lunch at noon keeps
away hunger until turkey time. and
at seven thirty the table IS ready for
dinner In the state dining room. There
is a Sparkle Of cut glass, with rich
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flesh is no better for table purposes
than the bird of ordinary plumage its
feathers are rated as special fancy"
and bring high price. They are
worth three times as much as the
dark feathers, and are used largely by
milliners for trimming hats, being easy
to dye any color. The turkey, a SYM
Dol of the Thanksgiving feast is now
being recognized for its picturesque
attributes, also. TaXidermists are
mounting specimens for table decora-
tons. A finely plumed turkey, with
tail expanded. is beautiful bird, and
recalls the fact that benjamin Frank
lin wished to have it as the national
emblem instead of the eagle.
The farmers in the eastern section
of the country usually pluck their own
birds for Thanksgiving, saving the
feathers OF the wings and tails. per-
haps, for busters and other such pur-
poses. The manufacturers of the
products of turkey feathers, like the
wholesale poultry dealers, look to the
establishments maintained for the
preparing of the birds for their sup
ply.
The Thanksgiving turkey IS never
complete without cranberry sauce. and
the greater portion Of the cranberries
come from the marshy region of Cape
Cod. The picking of the berries is
mainly done by foreigners. After the
berries are picked, they are sorted into
different grades and shipped to every
| corner Of the country
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1912-05-09

Er has been estimated that turkey
is eaten in the United States on
Thanksgiving day for every fam
lily. This does not mean that each
family has & turkey, but where one
family has none another may partake
Of two or even three. To take all
the turkeys that are eaten in the coun-
try on one Thanksgiving day and
place them in pile would be an i'm
possible task, but such a pile would
rival the highest mountain in size
Millions of the huge birds are slain
every November for the annual feast,
and millions more are killed for
Christmas.
The day when Rhode Island and
Connecticut were looked to as the
sole source of supply for the turkey
market has passed, and now Iowa and
Tennessee ship an even greater num-
Der Of birds throughout the country.
1t is principally from these latter
states that the large cities in the East
and Middle West are supplied The
turkeys at this season are bought up
in great numbers by agents of whole
sale dealers, who travel about in bug
gics from farm to farm, picking up a
few here and there and assembling
them for shipment alive to the most
convenient railroad points.
The birds are forwarded by rail In
large boxes to the establishments of
the wholesale dealers and there they
arc slaughtered. Usually the birds
IRE dry picked"-that is, the feath-
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Fcc the Best Gouns

"RNTdITECTS are all too frequently
neslectful when the subject of
closets Is taken UP. There are
mover enough of these useful little
places about any home. Where ones
space is limited and there is no room
Tor Wardrobes and trunks, one usually
mas no safe place to bestow carefully
the best gowns. They are sometimes
placed in paper boxes and showed
under bed, to be brought out with
much Juggling and pulling. A large
wooden box Is n great Improvement
over the above mentioned method.
The box may be made Of pine a. a
very small cost. or 1t can be con-
structed of cedar, wood that will
preserve the materials placed inside it.
If the bed under which it is to be
placed stands high from the floor, a
valance is usually necessary to con-
ceal II. But when the box is placed
underneath a divan, the cot-cover will
entirely hide its whereabouts. The
measurements of the box depend on
the size of the bed
Its length should have couple of
inches leeway. SO that it may freely
be pulled out and showed back in
place. The width of the box. like its
length, depends on the size of the bed.
The box should have n tight fitting
cover, so that no dust can get inside,
and instead of the hinges being placed
on the cover at the back, the TOP
should be securely fastened midway
across, the front portion alone being
hinged. In this way it is only neces-
sary to draw the box part way from
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which she handed to Mrs. Justwed.
"who is 1t from?" she gasped. "You
open 1t. Homer
Mr.. j. tore the envelope leisurely.
opened the enclosure and read.
His fac, fell. He looked as though
life was done and over with for him.
what Is 1t. Homer" cried Mrs. ].
"Oh-oh-what has happened?" And
she rushed to see for herself.
"Mommer--Momme said Mr.. J.
and he gulped hard to keep down
something that kept rising in his
throat--"says she can't-can't--come
tomorrow"
isn't that a--?"
Eyes" assented Homer-dear quick
", IL had planned this as little sur
prise for you and now our Thanks
giving will be--here, Annie, there's
twenty-five cents collect on this mes
sage. Give the messenger this dollar
and tell him to keep the seventy-five
fo. delivering the wire so promptly"
Mrs. ]. gave him a quick and
searching look.
But Mr. Us face was still as mourn
full as the tomb.
WELL" he sighed, "I guess we'll
have to try to be thankful without
Mommer after ALI"
| Just then Annie returned from the
front door.
"Shure, Mister Jistwed," she said
"ut would have done yez good { sec
tn little divl's eyes whin l give i'm
! tn dollar UNI told i'm t kape tn
/ change. Gee he seZ, sassy as We
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~ HERE is no doubt that the one
II sided jabot Is established among
~ the fashions for the whole winter.
They are seen in all sorts of variations
when the size and material are con-
sidered. One Of the very latest Is
combination of filet and handkerchief
linen. The middle strip runs to the
bust and is about an inch and half
wide. lined with fine cotton net
Spreading out from this almost cover
ing the shoulder, is plated linen with
wlde band of filet on the edge. at
tached by a line of buttonhole stitch
ing.
Small bows Of black taffeta resemble
all the latest Partisan novelties and
they are frequently used on jabots.
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Use Of koce

- HIS winter will be q lace season
N Not for many years has there
- been so much lace and en-
broidery in evidence. and not only the
heaviest types of laces are used. but
the very light varieties as we'll. Heavy
laces, such as real Venice, cluny, flet
and Irish effects will be much worn
ms will also the machine made imita-
lions of these laces.
The popularity of cotton and silk
marquisettes will make Venice laces
great favorites until warm weather
comes again. Beautiful patterns Of
lace or embroidered designs on filet
nets are TO be had. When com bined
with marquisettes or other sheer ma
terials they produce some stunning ef-
fects
Real hand made f. laces may he
had with hand worked designs. but ths
effect and finish of the machine
made limitations are very similar, and
these are the goods that will be worn
by most women. Macrame, Irish
crochet and cluny will also be much
used. Light laces, such as malineS or
shadow laces. will he found alone and
in combination with heavier types Of
Ia
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Mrs. J. pouted.
you may think l do. Homer dear,
hut don't really nag" she insisted.
bravely returning to the attack. You
havo no idea how many, many times
I control my tongue when you exas-
perate me-"
And that's another thing to be
thankful for. my dear" interposcd
Mr.. j.
Mrs. Justwed's brows contracted and
the color famed up in her checks.
Really. Homer" she said icilv. "if
I didn't know you are trying to be
funny I'd believe you were trying to
start a quarrel"
Then l start all of them, 40 II"
retorted Mr.. J. with grin. That's
something you can be thankful about
leaving your conscience perfectly
clear in tn matter"
Mrs. J. hesitated a moment before
replying.
well, then" she assented slowly,
with smile that seemed to imply she
would give him a bit Of his own medi-
cine, "at last l have one thing for
which to give thanks. 1t is very good
of you to mention it. Mr.. Justwed."
Homer-dear scowled.
"Humh," he said, "is that the only
thing you have?"
Mrs. J. pursed her lips and weighed
the matter carefully.
Not exactly" she replied after a
while. Mother says that l have
scarcely anything at all except worry
and work and--and--a man who fails