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The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-23

9, block s, c. w. McClures addi-
tion to town of Mcclure. Consid-
GRAFTON $l25.
James w Ice and wife to Harry
$. McColgan, quit claim deed, I'll.
NV Of sw section -. township II,
range .. Consideration SIS.
Edward IT, hyde to Mary Cannon,
bond for deed, lot 8, block 10.
Thrupps subdivision, No in sw.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-23
BREWERS CALL
T(NlAY'S GAME
With NiLlERS
Wet Field Causes Manager Duffy
to Cancel Date viii
l'lay Sunday

Tnaa sa 81 THE 70 agy conditions 81
TIE diamoad nc game TO have b.
rIa}ea to-day between Milwaukee
ard Minneapolis aeae has bern all
"a 9ff.
Weather permitting, a game be-
tween the two teams Will he held
Sunday afternoon and one of the
best Games Of professional baseball
over 3e ID Cairo is assured
lete Taylor, Turner Binkley and
Hen. Teaklcy all stars with last
years Cairo team, had on their uni
forms and were out practicing with
the brewers yesterday afternoon,
They are showing their usual good
fom ard will have successful sea
sens This year, no doubt.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-23

Bresnahan started home from
Jackson, Miss, Thursday, in very
]eeysh frame Of mind over the
)ostponement. Roger is a peevish
2uss anyhow He wanted the series
allied off early part Of the week and
hen changed his mind.
M ]. Nidovich who starred ON
second with Cairo the first part Of
asst season, until an injury to his
thumb put him out, has received
several hattcring offers for this sea
son, but as yet has accepted none OF
them.
The Keokuk team of the Central
Association is keen for his services
rs second baseman, the directors OF
that team being acquainted with
his work when as manager of some
Texas teams he won the pennant for
them.
wide" is well posted on baseball
and will be a valuable addition to
any team so fortunate as to secure
his services. cithc" in the capacity
II manager or player
He Is a classy iudeIdcr, does
plondid work with the willow and
his base running Is Of the highest
lass,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-23
Jesse SLAYMAKER WINS
FROM SHORTY GAMBLE

Rock Island, March %. Shorty
Gambel, welter-weLght wrestling
champion of Iowa, was defeated
here this afternoon, in two straight
falls, BY Jesse slaymaker Of Albany,
Ill,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-23

There isn't much to tell about tht
Brewers at the present time Tho
lack Of work prevents getting line
on any of the performers now under
the tutelage OF Manager Hugh Duffy
and to make any predictions as t
who viii and who will not maxi
coed would be farcical. Even the
manager. who is supposed to be thc
best judge of players, has been un-
able TO get anything like line or
his timber and the only players h.
can tell anything about are thase
w.th established regulations.
T'he Bre~a RS have been gettina
We Eta rorE tlat win do them
any great beneft The first da5
wednesday, they had good weathc
ard got two healthy workouts, boti
Of which, though, of necessity wert
rather light Thursday Old Borea
put a crimp into Duffy's traininl
plans ard robbed him of many
golden hours. All the players wer,
Hnbered up at the Second street ca
barn, but the holes, in which tn,
workmen climb to fix the trucks o
the cars, prevented them doing NOR,
than toss the ball about. TIL.
pitchers got pretty stiff workout
but did very little cutting loose, be.
cause of the cold.
The cool and crisp air was warn
enough to warrant the manager tax
ing them 10 Bridgeyiew park for {
while. The park had not drained
after the heavy rain and sleet, dur
ing which nearly two inches of water
fell.
President Crossley of the local
club offered the Milwaukee bunch
the grounds of the country club fol
training purposes, but after LOOKING
it over Duffy and Nahin decided that
the turf would be too slick to risl
hurting any Of their athletes
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-23

Dolan, Tom Jones substitute
showed in camp for the first time
yesterday The youngster is looking
fine and declares that he is set for q
good season and says he has kept in
condition all winter
FIaherty, the new outfeldcr, show
cd up with Dolan This lad is butt
on speedy lines and Duffy expects
great things of him,
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-23

The Brewers are well pleased with
their reception at the hands of the
local association. The officials have
done everything in their power to
make the stay of the team pleasant
and to provide them with the things
necessary for their training.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-23

Pitcher Hume yesterday develop
I'd a sore arm yesterday, which is
causing him considerable pain. He
cut loose few benders too soon.
John D. Cheshro, the man who
perfected tue spit ball, mas been re-
iastated by the National Comm y
sjouer He has been declared a free
agent as the New YORK American
League Club has given him his re-
lease.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-23

The Br0wns-Ca-dinaIs Spring
series starts March 80, the date the
Cardinals are scheduled to play Mil.
waukee here. Secretary Nahin Of
the Brewers yesterday declared that
Bresnahan will be compelled to send
a team to fill the date.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-23

The teams training in the south
might as well have stayed at home
most Of the time. The majority of
the teams have had to do indoor
work a large part Of the time.
The Cairo bulletin., 1912-03-23

ORA Neal has been signed TO
manage the Henderson club this
season.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
Hard for Road Districts.

All road overseers have receiv-
ed notice from the county COM
missioners that they must not
incur any expense for road work
except in special cases. The
following is from their instruc-
ton recently sent out:
"The recent legislature passed
a law whereby the county COM
missioners must make an appro-
priation for all expenditures on
roads for the fiscal year, and
which amount must be within
the limits of the rate that can be
levied on the taxable property of
the county for this purpose,
which rate must not exceed ten
mills on the dollar. They also
reduced the valuation of the
county for assessment purposes,
to about $4,000,000. Last year
the valuation was about $10,-
100000.
"As the great bulk of the as
sessable property in Idaho county
is now within the Highway dis
tricts of said county, the general
road FUND will in the future, re-
ceive only 5 per cent of the road
tax to be collected in such High
way districts, to which can only
be added the road tax to be col
lected from property situated
outside of such districts.
''ln view of these facts, you as
overseer, will not perform any
work on the roads in your dis
trict, that will be a charge against
the county, that is not absolutely
necessary for the safety Of life
and limb, but should an emer-
gency arise concerning some road
work in your, district, you will
| Immediately report the fact tc
your commissioner, who will ad-
wise you how to proceed.
! ''Of course, any poll tax yor
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

soon as spring comes. On the
Last Chance, a mile and half
north of Elk City, there is two
stamp mill, erected the past
winter, that will be started as
soon as the water gives suffi-
cient head. Both of these prop
critics have excellent ore, and
have considerable depth on their
ore shoots.
The Elk City Mines Corpora
tion, operating the South Fork
mine will double their present
capacity the coming season. This
has more than paid for working
and development with 5 stamps.
There are several other prop
critics that are to install machi-
merry this summer, and on the
whole the outlook is very bright.
Aside from the properties that
will have mills, there are several
that are being developed that
show remarkable shoots of ore.
The Mineral Zone group, owned
by Mrs. M. A. Parr, has a shoot
Of ore opened on the surface for
200 it., that is very high grade,
and pans very free. One ship
ment of this ore has been put
through the Reduction plant, and
another shipment is being made.
Take the Major group, a good
shoot of ore has been opened on
this property, and there are
several other properties that are
showing up equally as good.
In Dixie there is unusual acti-
vity in development this winter,
and property owners are san
guine that they will experience
the best year in the history of
the district.
In Buffalo Hump, the Jumbo
mine is working a large crew,
putting in a cyanide plant, get
ting in supplies, an otherwise ar
ranging for an active season.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
a Queenaland Waterfall.

70 most people the idea Of water
falls in Australia is quite unfamiliar.
All Australia, however, In the winter
time MAY to September) makes a pill
grimage to Australia's beauty spot, the
Barron river falls, North Queensland.
A surveyor who visited the Barron
river falls thus records his impress
sions:
1.-The noise of the falls has been with
rs since the early morning-now hum
ming through the jungle. now rushing
like mighty wind up the gorges, now
echoing with astounding clearness on
the ridges. A few hundred yards be-
low our halting place the turbid stream
rushed among the blush gray rocks
and along it's well worn channel. and
beyond this gauzy clouds Of spray
1oated up from the brink of the falls,
caught the sunlight and were glorified
with ever forming. ever vanishing
rainbow tints. The water does not fall
in a sheer leap into the gorge. but
plunges along its rocky and precipi-
tous bed in series of cataracts- "
London Standard
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
Fury of Sunstorms.

How can we, who are bewildered and
appalled, by the fury Of our planets
cyclones and volcanic eruptions. form
a conception of the terrible energy Of
natural operations of the sum- New
comb suggested that If we call the
solar chromosphere an ocean of fire we
must remember that it is an ocean in
finitely hotter than the fiercest furnace
and as deep as the Atlantic is broad.
If we call its movements hurricanes
we must remember that our hurricanes
blow only about hundred miles an
hour, while those of the chromosphere
blow as far in a single second. There
are such hurricanes as. coming down
upon us from the north. would in thirty
seconds after they had crossed the st.
Lawrence river be in the gulf of Mex
leo, carrying with them the whole sur
face of the continent in a mass not
simply of ruin, but of glowing vapor.-
Harper's Weekly.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
ELK CITY co.
WILL BUILD MILL
Spokane Mining Men Plan for
Big Development.

Arrangements haye been made
by the Elk City Consolidated
Mines company, Spokane, con-
Germ, to install a chilian mill on
its property, about six miles
from Elk City, and will have it
in readiness for operation as
soon as spring opens up.
A large amount of development
work has been done on the COM
pany's property and large bodies
Of good milling ore have been ex-
posed as well as a considerable
amount of shipping ore. A
tunnel has been run 200 feet,
during the construction of which
300 ton Of ore was taken out and
milled, giving net returns of Sc
per ton in free gold. The vein
varies from one foot to six feet
in width and is a high grade
quartzite carrying oxides and
sulphides and free gold. Assays
of the shipping ore show values
averaging $32.97.
The company owns six claims,
the Red Wing, Red Rose, Blue
Jay, Maude S., Maud and Alti-
mont. They are located between
Red Horse creek and Seigel
creek six miles from Elk City. =
FIX.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

form of snow even in the lower
valleys and on the open plains.
Later the weather became mild
er and the snow disappeared from
large areas at the lower attitudes,
while in the mountains the mild,
temperatures and attendant rains
served to settle and harden the
snow. There were no floods,
most of the moisture from the
rain and melting snow being ab-
sorbed by the remaining snow.
There were no unusual amount
of drifting but the change to
milder weather was attended by,
many slides.
The present prospects is for
somewhat deficient waterfow in,
the Wood-Malade system, the
Salmon River and in the Lost
rivers, an average flow in the
Bear, Payette and Weiser rivers
and the Owyhee and Seven
Devils Mountains, and somewhat
more than the usual amount of
water elsewhere.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
At the Mineral Zone.

The work the past few days
on the Mineral Zone has been
the opening of a new cut west of
any former workings, extending
the ore shoot some distance. The
ore found in this cut is about the
same character, but the gold is
coarser, and it is a little more
free. They have about 20 tons
on the dump ready to be treated.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
Two Blocks in Grange
vile Destroyed.
THE RUIN IS COMPLETE
Very Little Insurance Will
Rebuild.

Grangeville was swept Satur-
day morning by the most disas-
trous fire in the city which en-
tailed a property loss aggregat-
ing $135,600, with reported in
surance to the amount of $780,
900.
The fire was discovered shortly
after 4:20 o'clock by the night
watchman, and at that time
three frame buildings occupied by
two small restaurants and the
Day barber shop were in flames.
A fierce wind was blowing, and
the absence of water pressure
rendered the efforts of the fire
department practically useless.
The attention of the department
was finally directed toward es-
tablishing a fire line and protect
ing the buildings outside the fire
zone, but the flames were not
brought under control until two
blocks in the center of the bust
ness district were Quilted and
three business men and
property owners made victims of
the fire.
All of the buildings burned,
with one exception, were of wood
construction and the flames lick
ed up the frail structures like
tinder. By 6 o'clock the fire was
practically under control, but
during the hour and a half pre-
ceeding the flames had wiped out
the entire possessions of many
citizens who are without insur-
ance to return partial reimburse
ment for their losses.
Many of the losses were small
in amounts but represented the
total possession of the victims
and in most cases no insurance
was carried by these persons.
The plant of the Grangeville
Free Press was entirely Destroy
ed entailing loss of ST, 200 with
$4,000 insurance.
In the burned zone were the
Arlington hotel, the Grangeville
hotel, Pulse drug store and Dun
laps jewellery store, all heavy
Ioosers.
The construction of new build.
ings to occupy the burned district
is already being discussed by the
property owners who will cover
the burned district with moderr
business blocks.
The Imperial hotel offers the
only public dining room service
in the city at present, but the
Revere hotel has been leased by
C. A. Johnson. proprietor of the
Arlington hotel, and will be open
ed to the public within the mex
few days. The hotel is complete
ly furnished but has been closet
for some time.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
LOOKS BRIGHTER
FOR MINING.
Everything Points to Revival
This Year.

Judging from the standpoint;
of the steadily advancing metal
market the future of the mining
industry looks far more promis-
ing than was the case a year ago.
The most encouraging feature in
the gains in metal quotations is
the seeming stability of the
copper market. 1t has long been
evident that copper is the con-
trolling factor in shaping the
destinies Of the mining industry,
When copper commands good
figure in the market, when the
demand evidently exceeds the
visible supply, a thrill pulsates
through the arteries of the min
ing industry throughout every
section in which the red metal is
produced, and a reflex of this
satisfactory condition is felt in
sections productive of silver,
lead and gold. AS matter of
fact a good copper market stim-
ulates activity in localities where
silver and lead are alone produc-
ed.
Almost hand in hand with
copper, silver has also greatly
enhanced in value during the
past two or three months, and,
to such an extent that there
should be a notable revival in
silver mining throughout the
country. Lead has been remark
ably strong and steady for some
time past, and at figure that
permits of reasonably good
profits in most sections. The
advance of two cents pound in
copper quotations means much
more to the producer than most
people imagine, and will enable
the great copper companies of
the west to add immensely to
their earnings. The advance of
silver, also, will materially in
crease the earnings of many
companies, and add to the regu-
lar output of lead, as lead is
usually by-product of silver, or
vice versa, so that mines produc-
tive of both metal, in combina-
ton, are all to the good at pres
ent quotations.
1t really looks as if 1912 was
going to be a banner year for the
mining industry. Conditions
could hardly be better, and the
output of the precious and baser
metals, this year, should be
greater than ever before in the
history of the mining industry,
i Salt Lake Mining Review.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
VIII Be Banner Year in
Central Idaho+
SMALL MILLS WILL PRODUCE
Fine Prospects Developed
Near Elk City.

From what can be learned from
the mining papers, published IN
the different mining centers, the
coming season is being groomed
for a revival of the mining in
dustry, such as it was before the
panic of 1907.
Copper, which is evidently the
controlling factor in mining at
present, has advanced in price
where fair profit can be made,
and all the big producers are in
creasing their output.
Among the silver-lead mines,
where the greatest activity has
been found the past year, the
outlook is not so promising. The
present congress is trying to re-
duce the tariff on lead and lead
ore, and should the proposed bill
become a law, it will reduce the
price of lead to such figure
that some of the large low grade
properties will have to close.
This bill is now before the senate
where it will meet the united op-
position of the western senators,
Silver has advanced to a price
where it will justify the opening
of some of the idle silver mines,
as the demand seems to be more
than the production of the silver
lead properties.
The outlook for investors in
gold properties is even brighter
than in any other class Of mining.
Some of the former big producers
are now falling off in their pro-
duction, and few new properties
of any magnitude are being
opened.
The great advancement in the
metallurgy of ores in the past
few years, has been so great
that it is only a question of get
ting tonnage-to extract the
values is assured.
In this phase of mining Central
Idaho is certainly an inviting
field for investment, for with the
advent of the Salmon river rail-
road, the transportation problem
will be solved.
It has long been the contention
of mining men that Central Idaho
has some of the greatest show
ings of gold ore, to be found in
the United States, and only the
lack of transportation has kept
capital from investing.
In the Elk City district this is
especially true, and in the face
of these dlScOuragementS, num-
ber Of the property owners have
erected small mills. on theii
claims and are preparing tC
work them.
Take the Little Butte mine
on Deadwood mountain. One o1
the owners, Geo. Widmyer
erected a small one-stamp mil
last fall, through, which he rar
enough ore to find out that i
would pay hansomely. He il
now getting out ore, and putting
in supplies, for a long run al
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22

may be able to collect, can be
applied on the roads of your dis
trict, but it is imperative that
you follow the above instructions
as there will be no funds to meet
bills for labor other than those
above stated"
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-02-22
Depth of Snow in January

Somewhat more than the usual
amount Of precipitation occurred
during January. That which fell
early in the month was in the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04
PIONEER WOMEN CALLED.

The Courier today records the death
of two notable Ottumwa women, Mrs.
Matilda Caroline Hedrick, widow of
General John M. Hedrick, and Mrs.
Lavinia Caldwell, widow of Col.
Joseph Caldwell. Mrs. Hedrick came
to Ottumwa early in the forties, imme-
diately after this county was opened
up to settlement. She was II years o.
age Mrs Caldwell came here a bride
in 1S49. She was past 96 years of age
when death called. These women were
pioneers and the wives of pioneers.
They came to Ottumwa when it was
nothing more than an Indian hunting
ground, and the present generation
can have little conception Of the hard
ships they experienced in their early
years. The husbands of both women
answered the Ncountry's call in 1861
and won nonors on the battlefield,
General Hedrick and Colonel Caldwell
ranking high among the Iowa soldiery.
AS great honor is due the two brave
women who were left with the cares
and responsibilities of the home with
out protectors. Both survived their
husbands by several years, but their
closing years were made happy and
peaceful by the loving care Of children
and grandchildr
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04
A BUSINESS FORECAST.

Although there is a presidential
election this year, which as a usual
thing causes an unsettlement of bust
ness, there. are a great many close OBJ
servers who believe that 1912 will be
a prosperous year in spite of the pc.
litical agitation promised. Their rea-
sons for believing that politics will not
play as big a part in halting business
this presidential year as formerly are,
first, because there has been SO much
political agitation the last two years
the effect. on business of the preelec-
ton campaign, has been largely dis
counted, and second, because mer-
chants during the past year bought in
small quantities for present needs and
the factories are assured good work
ing time in building UP the run down
stocks.
Bradstreet's commercial agency in q
business forecast for 1912 sees good
year ahead. It's forecast follows:
Nineteen hundred and eleven was a
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1912-01-04

they hale us to jail for it. I'm dva1
In the past two months. I'm going as
= Fortune Chedsoye.' His blue
less defiant. II repeat, the heart
should be nothing but a pump. Other
wise 1t gets in the way, becomes an
obstruction, a bottomless pit. WIN
power, that's the ticket. I can face
lion without an extra beat, / can face
the various countenances Of death
without an additional autter; and yet,
here's girl who, when see her or
think of her, sends the pulse soaring
from seventy-seven up 10 eighty-fOur.
Bad business; besides, It's so intern
ally questionable. It's hard work for
a man to keep his balance 'twixt the
devil and the deep, blue sea; Gioconda
on one side and Fortune on the other.
Gioconda throws open windows and
doors at my approach; but Fortune
locks and bars hers, nor knocks 1t
mine. That's the way 1t always goes.
IF a man could only go back ten
years and take a new start. Asst"
balling his fist at the reflection II the
mirror. "Snivel and whine over the.
bed Of your own making. You had
your opportunity, you listened to the
popping Of champagne corks, the mutt
ter of cards, the inane drivel OF
chorus ladies. You had q decent col
lege record, too! Bah! What q
guileless fool you were! You ran on.
didn't you, till you found your neck
in the loop at the end Of the rope?
And perhaps that softfooted, estim-
able brother Of yours didn't yank 1t
taut as hangman's? You heard the
codicil; into one ear and out the other.
Even then you had your chance; pa
tience for two short years, and q mill
lion. No, thousand times no. You
knew what you were about; empty
headed fool! And today, two pennies
for dead mans eyes,
/ He dropped his fist sdejectedly.
Where had the first step begun? And
where would be. the last? In soma
drab corner, possibly: drink, NOR
phine, or starvation; he'd never have
the courage to finish it with O bullet.
ne was terribly bitter. Everything
worth while seemed to have slipped
through his fingers, his pleasure 1Ov-
ing fingers.
Come, come, Horace; buck up.
Still the ruby kindles in the vine. No
turning back now. Well 60 on till
we come bang! against the wall.
There may be some good bouts be-
tween here and there. | wonder
what Gicconda would say IL she knew
why I was SO eager for this game?"
(To be Continued.)