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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-10-03
NelDs From Neighbonng Localities

progressing nicely in his section. He
stated that his oats went 100 bushels
to the acre and that Lee Morris has
some barley that went IS bushels an
acre.
II person has a little cash on hand
to invest, it seems that one of the best
investments around here would be To
put it into some residence property in
Ferdinand as there is always a demand
for houses here and none vacant. A
good residence can be rented at most
any time for good price and it does
not take but a short time for a house
to pay for itself at from seven to twelve
dollars month, and that is what
houses in Ferdinand bring.
Now that the proposition of having a
high school in Ferdinand has been start.
ed, and we understand everyone is very
much in favor of it, the people of this
district should not let it drop and pass
it up as such things are often done. We
certainly need high school here as
there are number of pupils here that
should be in school. Surprising it is
necessary to charge considerable tut
ton, it is certainly cheaper than il
would be to send them away to school
and besides you know where your child
rem are and what they are doing,
If you have children ready for high
school you should not neglect their edu
cation or send them away to school
when it would be SO easy to have a
high school here. Think it over and
see if this is not true, then get busy and
work for q home school.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-10-03
FERDINAND Is PROSPEROUS
enterprise Tells the Weeks News.
Want High School and Moro Homes

henry Hussman Of Keuterville, is
visiting friends and relatives in Ferdi-
nand this week.
Miss Edith Long and Beard are Wis
itlng Grangeville friends this week.
The farmers Of this section are all
oosy hauling their grain to town at
present.
Mumps seem to be the fad in Ferdi.
nand at the present time.
Two Sisters were up from Lewiston
TINS week soliciting funds for the st,
Joseph Hospital at that place.
Mr.. and Mrs. Axe, who have been
making their home in Ferdinand foz
some time expect to move to vollmez
this week.
marley Lewis went down to the can.
tribe.
y. y. Hanson, Mrs.. j. A. Bushue, and
Aoa Vorham went over to Cottonwood
IN Mr.. Hanson = auto Wednesday even
ing.
Ben Terwillegar Of Green Creek VA
Town Tuesday and reports harvest
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-10-03
KoosKIA EVENTS OF A WEEK
Big Fair Next Week. Other Items From
the Mountaineer.

Mrs. Ralph Telcher, of Grangeville,
was guest at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Gelbach the first of the week.
Work on the new bank building is
being pushed right along. Talk about
your "humdingers' THE Kooskia bank
building has 'em all faded in the Clear,
water region.
Sample copies of the Fort Fraser, B.
c., News, are being circulated in this
territory, sent out by real estate boom
ers who are fishing for suckers. They
will be money ahead on the deal if they
use their booster literature to start the
morning fire over in Jack Frost g
country.
Frank Janik left for Moscow this
morning on a business trip. His min
ing property on Wilson creek, about
twelve miles from Kooskia, is showing
up in fine shape and he is making ar
rangements to work it on an extensive
scale. Frank says he has the real dope
and intends to 60 right after it.
Miss Grace Meigs, who is guest of
Mr. and Mrs. John Quinlan, will 60 to
Lewiston about October 7th, having
been engaged to teach the Orchards
school near that city. A handsome new
school building has just been completed
and Miss Meigs will have the distinc-
ton of being the first teacher in that
now famous region-famous because it
is the most beautiful orchard tract in
the entire Pacific Northwest.
Some strenuous work has been going
on during the past week in connection
with our fair and harvest festival
which opens next Thursday. The var
ious committees have been quite busy,
and the parade committee especially has
been real active.
Every business house must be repre-
scented in the parade, and with other
sside issues" it promises to be an in
teresting event on the second day of
the fair. The school children will march
in the procession, the teachers and
trustees being kind enough to interest
themselves in the matter.
The exhibits will be placed in the
Shriner building at the head OF Main
street, and the display committee is
anxious to have all exhibits in as early
as possible.
The amusement committee has done
good work in securing attractions, and
everything points to successful fail
and good time for all. Let 'er rip.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-10-03

resting themselves and getting better
acquainted with what is going on in
the town and community.
A fine new piano was placed in the
high school room Saturday. The piano
is OF high grade value and cost $500.
Only small amount is still owing. All
pupils regardless of grades extend their
thanks to those who have so generously
aided in the purchase of the piano.
Special mention should be made of Mr..
Jesse Hurley for the liberal manner in
which he aided the school, besides sell.
ing the piano at cost he assisted in
raising about $14O. The last gift he
gave the school was forty song books.
So music will be feature in the schools
after this.
NJ. L. Hastings, prominent stock
raiser in the Winona section, while in
town Tuesday was asked if he thought
that his investment of large herd Of
Hereford cattle some months ago, had
been a paying investment. Mr.. Hast
ings said that he could Judge only from
actual experience, and that he had paid
for the original herd something over
$4,000 and had since that time sold over
$4,000 from the cattle, and at the pres
ent time he values the herd at $40, 900.
While in Grangeville attending the
Border Days celebration he sold every
bull from his herd that possibly could
be spared.
Judging from this, it is safe to say
that the man who engages in thorough
bred stock raising is sure to make mon
ey from his investment, is the conclu-
sion that ardent stockmen have arrived
at, and it is thought that the future
will prove to the most skeptical man
that such will be the case.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-10-03

fork mine Monday where he goes to
take job as carman.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. l.. Basket and
daughter, Miss Jessie, are contemplat-
ing trip to outside points soon.
Frank Harsh and wife, who have been
visiting with Elk friends the past week,
returned to their home on Red River
last Saturday.
Frank Hye returned on Saturdays
stage from Dixie where he has been the
past week ON mining business.
Fred Smith, the hustling, bustling,
Central Idaho mining man, was bust
ness visitor to the camp Saturday and
Sunday.
Howard Paulson and son, Leslie, were
in town the latter part of last week
from Red river. They have been doing
some efficient work on the bridges be-
tween this place and Finley's station.
Jack Wood, the popular Red river hay
baron, mas his teams at work on the
American Eagle property hauling tim
bers to the company's sawmill.
Jesse Baldwin and wife have taken
charge of the Mud Springs station
house. Virgil York and family expect
to spend the fall and winter months on
the outside.
Billy Boyce resigned his position this
week at the Mineral Zone and trekked
for Crooked Creek, south of the Hump,
where he will spend the winter develop
ing his mining property.
Robert Romero and wife returned to
camp Sunday after an absence of sever
al mo- ths spent in the Payette country
Bob will complete title to his ranch
which lies a mile west of town at the
! American river crossing on the Orc
grande road.
Daniel and james Laverty, Fred Gan
terer and Frank w. Brettholle, citizens
Of the Kamiah section, who have beer
rustic ating for the past month at the
famous Red river Hot Springs, passed
throu Oh Elk City last Friday on theil
way home.
/ Joe Brown, the efficient and accom-
modating supervisor Of road district No
40, reports that he has finished clearing
the right-of-way on the Little Elk road
and that the work of building severa
bridges, and the grading, will be car
ried forward to an early completion.
/ Frank Dustin, Patrick Doyle, A. G
Haroldson, Dan Deon, of Burke; NJ. L
Stephenson and Albert Nelson, Of Wal
lace, arrived in camp on last Wednes
days stage, leaving Friday for th'
American Eagle mine where the will
be employed. Walter Patterson, tn
well known trapper and guide, chap
eroned the party from this point t.
the mine.
& From present indications this oil
camp Of Elk City is going to come int
her own here the close Of 1912, for tn
revival that is being experienced in thi
district, in a mining way, is not mer
talk and this is effectively proved b.
the fact that there are now over doc
en- working mines around this camp an
the work being done is Of considerable
Importance. The mines are gettinl
down to business and the development
is being undertaken along lines that ar
going to meet with success.
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Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-10-03
COTTONWOOD cHRoN1cL1Nas
More Heavy Grain Yields. Personal
Items.

Mr.. Riebling, mining man, was in
the city from Grangeville Monday try
ing to interest some of our moneyed
men in property he had recently dis
covered in the Ten Mile country east
of the county seat.
M. M. Belknap closed deal Tues
day for the purchase from A. s. Hardy
of Grangeville, of the residence occu-
pied till recently by S. Goldstone and
family on the hill south of Main street.
The consideration was not given out
but we understand it was in the neigh
borhood of $500.
w. w. Blackburn was in town Mon
day and informed US that during the
rainy spell a couple of weeks ago he
and a neighbor went out coyote hunt
ing with the fox beagle hounds, which
Mr.. Blackburn imported from the east
last spring, and succeeded in running
down and killing three of the coyotes
the first day. The hounds took the trail
in fine style and followed it to the fin
ish each time.
DR.. Burke, of Vollmer, and DR.. Shin
nick, of this place, performed an opera
ton Saturday on Il. A. Hodges, the To-
cal bakery man, for dropsical condi-
ton of the abdomen. The operation was
very successful and the patient is able
to be up and around little each day
and is feeling much improved.
Grain is coming into the local ware
houses now in a steady stream and on
Tuesday the farmers union house re-
ceived over $500 sacks. This house is
over half full at present and will soon
be OVERLOOKING in spite Of the fact that
substantial addition was built to the
building this summer. Both of the
other houses are receiving their share
Of grain and unless shipments begin
soon all Of the houses are liable to be
filled to the doors. Grain prices are off
trifle this week and the market does
not look promising for q raise very soon
| OoCdI hdiuAH Woc III tOWn o0"uAuSy
from his home east of Greencreek and
gave the writer some reports Of nice
grain yields in his part Of the country
any of which can be verified by calling
on the farmers mentioned.
Adolph Hinkleman, neighbor Of Mr.
Hamlin, had field Of 100 acres Of
spring sown blue barley that returned
a yield Of IS bushels to the acre ani
H. Vessels field Of the same kind Of
grain yielded 6S bushels. These arr
very nice yields for spring barley ani
equal many Of the fall crops Of the aver
age season. Mrs. Kelsch also had fielt
Of beardless barley from which sh'
threshed 68 bushels to the acre. Mr.
Hamlin 3 barley did not 60 quite a
heavy as his neighbours but he had
field of % acres Of bluestem whea
sown last spring which brought him
yield Of 36N bushels per acre and he il
very proud Of this crop, a. he certain
" has reason to be. The 0reencreel
and Winona sections are hard to bea
when it comes to raising large crops ant
the farmers out there value their LAM
so highly that they arc all trying to &C
cumulate more Of it and the price i
steadily going skyward in consequence
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-10-03
LIVELY NEws FROM Kr:K

Mining News Gives Encouraging Re
ports. What People are Doing.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1912-10-03

Tom Lynch has just completed com
modious hay barn ON his ranch adjoin
ing town.
". L. Hawkins left for the South
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-02-02
NO HARD PROBLEM TO SOL VIZ
se'Inoy's Suggestion Would Seem 70
Be Natural Way to Get Around
Situation.

The Englishman who has been
wearing top hat and a frock coat
impressed all who saw him with his
distinguished appearance as he
strolled about with an expansive air
In one of the mere expensive hotels
On Wednesday morling he came up
to clerk
would like to have a shirt laun-
oered, he said. Il must have IT back
by five O'clock"
Inc clerk told him that the time
was unusually short, but he would do
what he could, and the shirt was de-
Hvered Oh time.
He came down Thursday morning
and said he wanted another shirt
Numbered, but that this one must be
PACK by two o'clock In the afternoon.
The clerk said that would be too
short time. The Briton grew angry
and demanded to see the proprietor
lie got as far as the bell boy captain,
to whom he protested that he would
not stand for such treatment. The
Dell boy suggested the purchase of a
third shirt.-New York Sun.
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time its character has changed very
little, though it has grown to such pro-
portions that If II is not the oldest,
it is surely the largest university in
the world, with about 10000 students.
Its recent history quite typifies the
change that has come over Egypt.
The title university" is misnomer,
for Ell Azhar Is really only theolog-
ical school, holding its sessions on the
floor of huge mosque, or group of
mosque buildings. Garfields defini-
ton OF a satisfactory college as log
with Mark Hopkins on one end and
student on the other is nearly realized
at Ell Azhar, for the students simply
sit on the floor, with teacher in the
center. Any place will do for
class room, though certain pillars are
associated with certain classes. If
visitor threads his way among these
groups, as / have done, he is likely to
be Kissed, in token of the students
hatred of all Christians. The books
studied consist almost exclusively of
six works dealing with the Koran and
the life of Mohammed. OF course the
study is entirely in the Arabic lam
guage; and the studer's come from
all parts of the Moslem world. No
fees are paid by the students, but, on
the contrary, they are paid for attend
ing. OF course, none of the modern
sciences have had place in the cur
riculum. Twelve years is a common
period for students to spend at Ell
Azhar, and some have been in at
tendance for 20 and 30 years. All
live in the mosque.
Within the past six months the his
tory of the venerable school has been
stormy. There have been riots, with
violence to the professors and de-
struction of property. The university
has been closed, and the students
have made demonstrations before the
palace of the khedive Both profess
sors and students have been on strike,
and now, after revolutionary over
turns, the whole establishment has
been put on new basis. The story
of the riots, in their successive
phases, is too long to be told here. 1t
began with the demand of two-thirds
Of the teachers, who were receiving
only pound and half month
wages, to be raised nearer the level of
the other third, who were getting
twenty and thirty pounds. The stu
dents thought the time opportunue to
demand an increase in the food which
they got from the state, and also for
a stated payment in cash every month.
| They also demanded a modernization
Of the institution
All this means that old Ell Azhar is
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Iced and managed. Traffic is qme,-
ly and carefully regulated. All pub
lie servants. of whatever department.
are in uniform. The city has literal,
ly all the modern conveniences--sew
age, water. gas, electric light, street
cars, telephones, excellent paving and
street cleaning, and the whole man
a~ed with British thoroughness and
precision.
The order of London is here, but
none of Londons somberness. The
sidewalk cafes seem more numerous
than in Paris, and the streets are full
OF all manner of costumes, from the
yelled women of Cairo to the swagger-
ing Macedonian, with his huge sash
and pistol or the white robed Moor
or the globe-trotter In helmet or Tyro-
lese hat. A veritable panorama of
the nations passes daily in front of
the big hotels. Small wonder that
the tourist, fascinated by the strange
ness and colorfulness of it all, thinks
himself In the veritable east.
The barbarism which underlies NOR
ernized Cairo creeps out after night
fall, and one who strolls up the side
streets and alleys may see the digni-
Ned young Egyptian put aside his col
lege education, and forget his Paris
ian clothes, and do the sinuous ORR
entail dances, common to all barbaric
people, TO the accompaniment of a
tom-tom and other primitive musical
instruments. Painted hours sit at
doorways and windows, but there is
less open vice on the streets of Cairo
than on the streets of New York
That some of the worst phases of the
life of old Cairo persists under the
surface is party due to the patronage
of the tourists
At the CROSSROADS Of the World.
The meeting and mingling of the
east and the west at Cairo, which
even the most casual tourist observes,
is but typical of the political condi-
tons which obtain here. Egypt is the
meeting place of Africa and Asia, and
within a few hours sail of Europe 1t
was in the battle ground of all the
world conquerors in the pre-Christian
centuries. Egypt itself was once the
most powerful, as well as the most
highly civilized nation on earth. It's
dominion extended clear to the Tigris
river, and the Hebrews were not the
only people who felt its oppressive
power.
Today the greatest waterway that
the hand of man has fashioned or
controlled runs through Egypt, the
Suez canal. So crowded is it with
profitable tonnage that the British are
seriously considering the creation of
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a new and exclusively British canal
to compete with it, For this, be 1t
ever remembered, is the one best
route to India, which is the most pre-
cious and jealousy guarded jewel in
the crown of British empire.
Although touched in every way by
the influences of new life-railways,
steamships, literature, newspaper
schools, travel and free speech, Egypt
remains in some respects the most
reactionary country on the globe 1t
is intensely Moslem, and it witnesses
outbreaks Of fanaticism which show
that almost anything is possible at
any moment in Egypt. When the
sacred carpet for Mecca left Alexan-
dria last year there was an unpro-
voked and unexpected attack upon in
offensive Europeans, merely because
they were Christians. 1t is known
that the Sennoussi movement. which
has its headquarters and stores of
arms at Jerabub, an oasis in the des-
ert, is powerfully represented in
Cairo, and has its teachers in Ell
Azhar, to infiame the fanaticism of the
students against the Christians. For
the old, old Moslem dream of world
conquest has never been given up, and
the signs are that its point of out
break will be this same new-old city
of Cairo.
Copyright. 1911, by Joseph B. Bowles.)
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1912-02-02
BURNING ITCH WAS CURED

Il deem it my duty to tell about a
cure that the Cuticura Soap and Oint-
ment have made on>Wyself. My trou-
BILE began in sElotcheA breaking out
right in the ede of MI = air on the
forehead. and s read { the front
part OF the top Q my ffrom ear to
ear, and over m ears hich caused a
most fearful buhng Ah, or eczema.
For three yes Had this terrible
breaking out on my forehead and
scalp. / tried our family doctor and
he failed to cure it, Then tried the
Cuticura Soap and Ointment and used
them for two months with the result
OF a complete cure. Cuticura Soap
and Ointment should have the credit
due, and l have advised a lot of peo-
pie to use them" (Signed) c. d.
Harrington, Creek, N. c., Jan. 26, 1911.
Itching Scalp-Hair Fell Out.
Il will say that have been suffer
Ing with an itching on my scalp for
the past few years, My hair fell out
In spots all over my head. My scalp
started to trouble me with sores, then
the sores healed up, and crusts
formed on the top. Then the hair fell
out and left me three bald spots the
shape OF half dollar. / went to more
than one doctor, but could not get any
relief, SO l started to use the Cuticura
Remedies. tried one bar of Cuticura
Soap and some Cuticura Ointment,
and felt relieved right away. Now the
bald spots have disappeared, and my
hair has grown, thanks to the Cuti-
cura Soap and Ointment. l highly
recommend the Cuticura Remedies to
all that are suffering with scalp trou-
ble." (Signed) Samuel Stern, 236
Floyd ST., Brooklyn, N. Y, Feb. Z,
1911. Although Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are sold by druggists and
dealers everywhere, sample of each,
with 32-page book, will be mailed
free on application to "Cuticura,"
Dept. 8 X, Boston.
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The Water TeIescope.

The fishermen of Norway sometimes
employ a rude sort of water telescope
of their own invention. A tube is
procured, made of tin and funnel
shaped, about three and one-half feet
long and nine inches in diameter at
the broadcast end. 1t is made wide
enough at the top to take in the OBJ
servers eyes, and the inside is painted
black. AT the bottom or wide end a
clear, thick piece of glass is inserted,
with little lead IN the form of ring
to weight the tube. When the instru-
ment is immersed in clear water it is
said that the observer can see down
an astonishing number of fathoms.-
Harper's Weekly.
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Turkish Medicines.

Old-fashioned physicians have plenty
of reliable remedies for cholera. An
agate in the pocket and a hyacinth on
the neck are much esteemed, but the
bone of dead child carried in the
pocket is nearly as efficacious. Chol-
era, we learn, is caused by the moon.
Therefore drink decoctions of laurel
while Mars or Mercury is in the as
cendant, since these planets are un.
friendly to the moon. We are glad to
know this, as we have always had our
doubts about the moon.
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Was Il COMING or Golnu2

The train was reported forty min
utes late, and after the time had
elapsed a would-be passenger in
CURED: How late is that train?"
"Oh, about an hour late"
The hour passed and the query was
repeated
We'll, they'll be about an hour and
twenty minutes late here"
Patience reigned until the query
was justly renewed, and the railroad
man replied: We'll, sir, think that
train will be near two hours late"
Whereupon the passenger said:
Say, mister, will you kindly tell MI
which way that train Is going?"