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Weekly journal-miner., 1912-12-11
EXPERT TO TALK
 ON GOOD ROADS
(From Fridays Daily.)


 The efforts of the Arizona Good Roads Association to bring an expert from the Office of Roads at Wash ington to Arizona to deliver a series of lectures on Good Roads. were crowned with success yesterday, when Tom Norris. President of the Association. received a wire from Vernon Pierce, acting director of the Office of Roads.
 r.. A. Boykil is the man who will be sent and he will begin his series of Arizona lectures at Prescott, January 5. Secretary Fraser sent yesterday large number of films, taken by Messrs. Locke and Ham, ilton. while logging" the roads throughout Arizona. to Los Angeles to have lantern slides made. Be- sides these Mr. Boykil has a number Of interesting slides depicting road scenes in all parts of the country.
 President Norris and Messrs. Fredericks. Murphy. Hesla, Aiken and Foster, held meeting at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday and at the regular meeting of the Chamber last night, plans for form. ing proper itinerary for the lee. turer were laid.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-12-11
PRICE OF CATTLE STILL REMAINS
 VERY FIRM
No Decline in Market Despite the Heavy
 Receipts
Special Correspondence

Special Correspondence.
 KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS. Dec 2-Cattle receipts here last week were considerably heavier than during the same week year ago, but the month of November showed a shortage of 10 per cent from last year. There was enough demand to absorb everything wi,hou, any de- cline in prices. and the market closed the week in healthy shape. Range cattle sold fully as high las, week as at any time this year. Colorado feed. CTS reaching S,2S. and heifers to killers al 5000 to N00. choice yearl- ings stock hciicrs at Sc SO A strong country demand is proving the main stay of the market, which it is likely to do all winter. particularly if there is no general break in the mar kci, a thing most highly improbable The run here today is 1000 head and Chicago is burdencd with JS,00O cattle today. yet the market is ss.ady in most cases. little weak in sports. A portion of the big run al, Chicago today is Show cattle. for the International The saleS of the fat steer classes there later this week may weaken prices for prime steers q little Sixty loads of quar- aniine cattle came in today. the best fed steers there al SIPS. and the best cows at $47s to 5000. No prime native steers have been here today. tops selling at $os0. which is the upper edge of bulk of steer sales, ranging down to $7.0O Sixteen thou sand cattle were bought for the country here last week. twice as many as during same week last year
 Hogs arrived to the number of 900 head today. two thousand above the first estimate. and prices arc largely 10 lower. top $782H. bulk N.5s to S7s. The market i'm proved during the session and quit at it's strongest point. lt does that nearly every day. which is apparently sign of considerable reserve strength. On the other hand many good heavy hogs arc coming. from which the bears argue that there is plenty of hogs in the country. and predict lower range after the first of the year. Majority of sentiment is on the bull side though, dealers saying prices will reach nine dollars before they sink 10 seven.
 Sheep and lambs arc coming mod erately in numbcss. 6200 here today. and the market is climbing upwards, though with many setbacks. Prices are 10 to IS higher today. lambs at T,5O. and ewes worth $3.80 to $<50 Feeding lambs are inferior as q rule, and sell around 5000.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-12-11
LINE ID MINING
 CAMPS
(From Saturday. Daiiy.)

(From Saturday, Daily)
 Frederick Browning of Goldfeld Nevada, writes that he will return to this section during the present, month to investigate traffic cond,. ions in and out of Prescott, with the view of placing on the road his string of six auto trucks.
 The camps to be reached arc in Copper Basin, the Senator Country, Humboldt. Mayer and intermediate points. Passengers and freight are to be carried. and it is his intention 10 introduce the service early in the spring. Mir. Browning was a visitor to Prescott about two years ago.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-12-11
CHRISTMAS AT HOME.

George J. Pemberton. who reached the city Thursday from the southern part of the county where he is oper- ating mine. left yesterday for Wheeling. West Virginia. where he will spend his first Christmas at the old home in fourteen years. A family reunion is to take place on that occasion. He is a nephew oi the late General Pemberton of Con. federatc army fame. He will mol return to this section until after the inauguration of Woodrow Wilson as president.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-12-11
coNFEssEs MURDER.

SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 5.--John Wesley Derr, aged 20. an apprentice seaman at the naval training station at Yerba Buena Island. has been locked in solitary confinement after confessing that he killed a man three years ago, in Richmond. Kan.
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-12-11
SEARCH FOR SCHOONER.

CHICAGO. Dec. s.--A general search will be instituted tomorrow for inc missing schooner Rouse Sim mons, reported sunk in the middle of Lake Michigan. laden with Christi mas trees. If was two weeks over due
Weekly journal-miner., 1912-12-11
REALTY DEALER IS
 SHOT BY AFFINITY

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. +-Rob- er J. Widney. prominent real estate dealer of Los Angeles, was shot and probably fatally wounded in an apartment hotel today by Mrs. V. Lyons. who is now a prisoner in the city jail as the result of the shoot. ing which both declare was acci- dental There were no witnesses but both are said to have told the detectives the woman did the shoot ing. She recently divorced w. C. Lyons. said to be a Denver polite. ian. Widney had been named as correspondent
 What His Wife Says.
 LOS ANGELES. Dec. <.-Mrs. Widney. wife of the wounded man said Mrs, Lyons on several occas. ions threatened to kill Widney un. less he continued his relations with her. She left for the north tonight Widney is one of the best known realty dealers in Los Angeles.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
SPOKANE WEEKLY REPORT.
Provisions.

Butter-The market holds firm at the
recent advance on creameries and coun-
try butter has gone up about 2 cents in
sympathy. Supplies generally are get
ting scarcer and markets are firm to
strong.
Cheese-The market is very firm.
Local cheese is unchanged at last week IS
advance and eastern cheese offering in
this market is up y cent. There is a
better demand prevailing.
Eggs-There is no change in local
eggs except that there is a wider range
upward on carton stock. Local produc-
tion is inadequate. Eastern fresh offer
ings are scarcer and advanced so cents,
with eastern storage nov offering. Lo-
cal storage eggs will sell at same price
as eastern storage.
Poultry-Broilers are off 1 cent and
will soon be quoting as chickens. There
is a fair supply and demand for chick
ems, with ducks, geese and turkeys nom
inal.
Fresh Meats-The market continues
firm but unchanged on livestock. In
dressed meats beef and mutton are frac-
tionally higher. Markets generally are
strong under scarcity.
Lard and Cured Meats-Local lard is
up Il cent, but eastern lard, which has
advanced strongly in the last few
weeks, is unchanged. Both local and
eastern hams are up u cent. Market
is firm.
Hides and Wool-There have been no
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03

changes in prices this week. There is a
fair movement of both hides and wool
at the prevailing prices.
Fruits and Vegetables.
Apples-Local quotations are I'M
changed. The market is easy to steady
at present low figures, under influences
of record-breaking crop in this section.
Good work is being done by producers
associations in finding eastern and for
eign outlets for our surplus, and it is
probable the best grades will be mostly
shipped out at fairly satisfactory prices.
Lemons-While lemons dropped rs
cents last week, the bearish sentiment
does not seem to have been well found
ed, and this week prices are up so to
rs cents, under continued good demand
at primary points and impending scar
city.
Pears-The season is at its height for
pears. All varieties are plentiful,
prices are down 25 cents, and there IS
an active consumptive movement.
Other Fruits-Valencia oranges adj
vanced 25 cents. Hawaiian pineapples
are off 25 cents. Other fruits in season
able supply and demand, without mate
rial change in prices.
Potatoes-Prices are the same as last
week, but sweet potatoes are more
plentiful and are off 25 cents. The crop
of potatoes in this section is heavy and
without much prospect of a shipping
outlet for the surplus, the market is
easy at the low prices prevailing.
Misunderstanding have shown fur
Their increase, prices are off another 10
cents at the top and demand is active,
Other Vegetables-Green peppers are
scarce and higher. Pumpkins are now
Offering. Other vegetables s%easonable
and unchanged.
Grain, Flour and Feed.
Wheat-There is practically nc
change in prices as compared with &
week ago, except for a further read
justment, p cent off, on club. The
weather has been fine for finishing grain
harvesting, with the wheat crop prac
tically finished and aggregate returns
breaking all previous records. There i
already some complaint of car short
age. Milling and export demands, Will,
not yet brisk, are sufficient to keep sucl
wheat as is going to tidewater wei
cleared up. Conditions for fall seeding
are excellent.
Flour-There have been no furthe
changes in quotations. Mills are nov
generally grinding on new wheat, Their
is a good normal domestic demand an
coast advices note a fair oriental an
export inquiry.
Feed-The only change is anotne
drop of 81 on oats, due to more plenti
full receipts of new crop. There is
s~easonable movement with market
easy to steady.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
Yakima Hop Crop Big.

North Yakima, Wash.-The Yakima
hop crop is now more thai two-tnlrds
harvested and the conditions under
which the work is being done are de-
clared by growers to be nearly per-
feet. The hops are coming down much
heavier than was anticipated and II
the rest of the harvest proceeds with
out damage the highest estimate as to
the totA yield will be exceeded.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
AM ERICAN
Spokane Worlds Fair Stock Company
Opens Long Engagement-Fine
Productions Promised.

PRODUCTIONS Promised.
Negotiations have been completed
by Carl G.. Milligan, one of the incor-
porators of the Power City Amuse-
ment company, whereby Virginia Bris-
a and the Worlds Fair Stock com
pany was brought from Los Angeles
to open an indefinite engagement in
stock at the American theater, Spo-
kane.
The initial performance will be
given Monday, September 80, James
Forbes well-known comedy, "The
Chorus Lady," being the bill. 1t is
expected that the season will extend
well on through the winter months,
such plays as THE Gentleman From
Mississippi" "Checkers," Seven
Days." The Great Divide" "The
Commuters" THE Spendthrift," ali
as Jimmy Valentine" "Nobody's
Widow" The Thief" THE Fortune
Hunter" "The Easiest Way" and Mrs.
Wigs Of the Cabbage Patch" having
already been contracted for produc-
ton.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
Held for M urder.

Bakersfield, Cal.-William E. Koop
and Ira Granger, employed on the Los
Angeles %aqueduct, were placed in Jail
here for killing the negro whom Koop
prevented from %assaulting a seven
year old girl at Roadside camp in
Jawbone canyon on the Mojave desert.
He will be freed as it was in self de-
Tense.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
Bribery at Klamath Falls, Oregon.

klamath Falls, Ore.-Councilmen
Herbert Savidge and j. Fred Goeller
are under arrest charged with solicit
ing and accepting a bride. Hunter
Savidge, a brother of the councilman,
was arrested charged with extortion.
Bail was fixed at $4,000 each. The in
dictments grew out of the transfer OF
q liquor license.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
With a face that vainly endeavored

With a face that vainly endeavored
to appear m%ournful, eyes that vainly
strove to produce a respectable flow of
tears, Patrick Murphy O'Dolan strolled
into a dry goods store.
81 want yer to tell me-" he MUIR
INJURED, "phwat the custom is for tn
wearin' iv mournin'?"
"Well," unused the assistant, "of
course, it varies. If it's a very dear
relative, you should wear black clothes;
if it a less near relative, a band of
black on the sleeve or hat; or, if it's
for a friend, just a black tie"
For some moments Patrick Murphy
o 'Dolan considered.
"Well," he whispered at length,
"give me a shoe lace. 1t me wife s
mitherl Exchange.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
a %S5O,OOO.OOO Kid.

Baltimore.-The stork has brought
a $50, 1000, 900 baby son to Mr.. and Mrs.
Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt. The birth,
at Botchworth, Surrey England, was
announced in a %cablegram received
Sunday morning by Mrs. G. Hazeltine
Bascher, mother of Mrs. Vanderbilt,
and formerly Mrs. Marguerite Emer-
son.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03

A Yorkshire farmer was paid by
check for some cattle he had sold. 1t
was the first time that it had ever hap
pened.
What s thisq' he asked.
"Why, money for the beasts" said
the cattle dealer.
"Well," said he, "awn try, but if
it a wrong one thou II heal about it."
The check was cashed of course, and
the farmer went home happy, but he
could not sleep. He had seen a wonder
full thing and it had excited hin. AS
soon as day broke he made for the cat
tie dealers house and awoke the deal
er.
otis me,' he said. "Where' IS tina
got thin bits of paper fromf Aw cud
we half a dozen myself!'
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
No Local Option for Spokane.

Spokane.-After an all-day hearing
five superior court judges decided
against the local option petition. That
the two petitions affecting Spokane
and Hillyard did not comply with the
1911 session laws was the opinion of
Judges Webster, KEENAN,, Hinkle, Sui
livan and Huneke, who heard the case.
No election IA be submitted for two
years.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
Troops Massacre 1000 C.hinks.

st. Observation-Disclosures commit
ted by Chinese expeditionary troops
in Mongolia are reported in Hardin
dispatches. After plundering and
burning several monasteries, the
troops massacred 1000 Mongolians
and mutilated the bodies of women
and children. Prince and Princess
Unai escaped, but all other members
of their family we're murdered.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
Joe Wood, Greatest Pitcher.

If figures do not lie, and it is said
they never do, and if Joe Wood con-
tinues at his present rate of pitching
speed, the Boston Red Sox twirler will
go down in baseball history as the
greatest pitcher of this or any other
day. Right now Joe Wood owns a
pitching percentage of $50, being cred
tied with 81 victories and four defeats.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
Tanner Guilty at Portland.

of Willard Tanner, charged with the
murder of Ray Wallace, a restaurant
waiter, brought in a verdict of man
slaughter. Hazel Edwin, in whose
room the murder occurred, was on
victed of m~anslaughter in the same
connection some weeks ago. The
crime was a premeditated and brutal
one.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
He Killed Wildcats and Pelican.

Walla Walla, Wash.-H. c. Fulker-
son of Wallula, Saturday brought in
two wildcat skins from animals he had
just killed, and also a large white
pelican. The pelican was said to
with wings extended, seven
feet and to be a fine specimen of its
kind. 1t was killed in the marches of
the Columbia river neal Wallula.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
Wallace Defunct Bank Paws.

Wallace, Idaho.-L. c. Wilson, re-
ceiver of the State Bank of Commerce,
announces that he paid a dividend of
AZ per cent, or approximately $53, 900,
on September %. This money is a
portion of the proceeds of the sale of
he banks home several weeks ago.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
British Railroad Fatalities.

London.-The board of trade report
on railway accidents just issued states
that in 1871 one passenger vas killed
on the average in every 94,700,0O0
journeys and one injured in every
1880, 900, as compared with one in TO-
600, 900 killed and one in 100000 in
jured in the 10 years ended with 1910.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
Arrest Alleged Opium SmuggIers.

San Francisco.-Robert Donaldson,
assistant marine superintendent of the
Pacific Mail Steamship company, and
Henry Gallagher, United States in
spector of customs, indicted by the
federal grand jury in charges of COM
plicity in an opium smuggling plot,
are under arrest. Both men protested
innocence.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03

In the home of President Taft's
brother Charles in Cincinnati a work.
man performing some odd job paused
Brother Charles private gallery. He
was attracted to a small original Van
Dyke, and moved up closer to get a
better look. "Ahi" he exclaimed,
"I've got that same thing down home.
Yes, it's exactly like that. Ny wife
got it some place here in town. Are
they worth much9' "That one is
worth $~35,0Oo," he was told. "Hum,"
he murmured, ct guess I'll have ours
framed.'
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
Anacortes Boy Drowned.

Anacortes, Wash.-While six boys
were polling about on a raft in Gran
berry lake near here, gathering cram
berries. their raft broke, precipitating
them into the water. William and
Harvey Riplay aged 8 and 10, were
drowned. and the others saved them
selves.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
Rules on Judiciary Vote.

Seattle.-Judge George A. Joiner Oh
Skagit county, sitting in the King
county superior court has decided that
a candidate for judge a not be de-
clared a preferential nominee unless
he receives more votes than were S
for all the other primary candidates
combined.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
Celebrate Negro Freedom.

Washington.--The 50th anniversary
of President Lincoln's preliminary
proclamation giving warning of the
emancipation edict of January 1, 1868,
was celebrated in the negro churches
of Washington and throughout the
country Sunday. The celebration on
tinued four days.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
Canal PROGRESS Satisfactory.

Panama.-Progress on the Fanaln
canal is very satisfactory to the cnlei
engineer. The upper approach val OF
the Pedro Miguel locks has peen
brought to the full elevation through
out the entire length.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03

A well-esteemed preacher in a New
England community that vas rather
notorious for the stinginess of its inhab.
itants suddenly announced his resigna-
ton, and the deacons Immediately
sought him out for his reasons.
"My decision has been brought about
by the negligence of my congregation"
announced the divine.
"Why SIR" protested one of his
hearers, 81 can't see how you can ac-
cuse us of negligence. The church is
crowded every Sunday"
ooh, yes" agreed the preacher;
''but what I accuse them of is contrib
utory negligence. "-Lippincott IS.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
Eleven Cars of Pears.

North Yakima.-Eleven carloads of
pears shipped from the orchards Of
w. P. Sawyer of Parker, probably the
largest grower of pears in the Yakima
valley, brought the owner $6247, an
average of $56S per car. The IL car
loads contained 5516 boxes of fruit,
averaging S1.13 per box for the entire
crop.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
NEW FOOTBALL RULES.
Small Field approximations Downs to
Gain Critical Move.

Gain Critical Move.
Walter Camp, secretary of the foot
ball rules committee, thinks that the
game this season will be a better one,
safety and lively competition both con-
sidered, than ever before. He reviews
the changes of the new rules as fol-
lows:
The rules for the season of 1912
include two very important changes.
One of these, relating to the field staff
itself, is extremely radical in that for
the first time since the introduction
of the game into this country there
is an alteration in the dimensions of
the playing surface, or gridiron, as it
has been called. Since the introduce
ton in 1876 the field has been 800 feet
in length, 100 feet in width, but for
the season of 1912 the entire field is to
be $50 feet in length, but the playing
surface, hat is the field, which is
usually known as the field of play, will
be only 300 feet in length.
"At each end is a 3O-foot zone be-
hind the goal posts and behind the goal
line where the forward pass is legal.
1.-THE other most important change
is allowing four downs in which to
gain the necessary 10 yards instead of
three, as formerly.
"The rest of the alterations are of
less Importance.
The number of privileged coaches
who may walk up and down the side
lines, reduced last year to three, has
now been reduced to one.
THE intermissions between the first
and second and third and fourth
periods have also been again short.
ened, the time elapsing being now only
one minute.
The forward pass, which was re.
stricted to 20 yards, may now be
thrown any distance.
"The on-side kick has been cut out
that is, the men of the kicker's side
who are off the side are not put or
side by the ball touching the ground
"The field judge has been dispensed
with, and the game is left in the hands
of three instead of four officials.
"a rule has been passed that if {
kicked ball strikes the ground before
going over the goal it may not score
a goal.
"The limit of the kick-out, instead
of being the 25-yard line, as formerly
is 10Y the 20-yard line.
"The 2O-yard neutral zone, the ban,
of officials and players, has beel
abolished"
The football rules of 1912, as lai,
down by the Intercollegiate football
rules committee, stood practically I'm
changed when the central board o
football officials completed delibera
tons in New York last week.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
At the Orpheum.
SPOKANE

All this week:
Joseph Jefferson, in a problem play
let; Albertina Rasch's LIE Ballet
Cl%assique'; Mae Melville and Robert
Higgins; The Great Asahi; Bowman
Brothers; the Three %Collegions; Berg
Brothers, cycling comedians.
Orpheum Concert Orchestra and the
--latest moving pictures.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
Both M en- Fined.
Sundays Performances.

The tipping over and rescue Of eight
spectators in a launch, the disabling
of two hydro-aeroplanes far out in the
lake and the "pranks" of an aviator
dressed as a m brought Chicago's
aviation meet to a close today.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
TROY, IDAHO, P. o. ROBBED.
Thug Cracked the Safe and Took $270
Cash.

Troy, Idaho.-Safe crackers Satur-
day morning worked in the postoffice
and got a ay with $27O in cash. The
registered mail and stamps were not
taken. 1t required three charges of
nitroglycerine to tear the safe. Those
who heard the explosions paid little
attention to them.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03
Wenatchee Apples to England.

Wenatchee, Wash.-Apples are now
going out rapidly on the market, the
price now being received for Jonathans
being $1.35 and Winesaps going at
$3.50. Thirty carloads of apples left
Saturday for various points in the
east, II cars being shipped to England.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03

The Spokane AID club is arranging an
excursion by special train over the
Northern Pacific to the third annual
Pendleton Roundup. The party will be
limited to 1875 people and will ave
Spokane at 10 p. m, Sept. 20, return
ing at Z a. m, Sept. 20.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03

Expenditures made by the United
States government for farm expert
mental stations have increased from
$4,000 in 1888 to $1,562,S7 in 1911.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1912-10-03

More than 100000 passengers were
carried on the electric railroad
through the Simplon tunnel between
Switzerland and Italy last year.