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Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
Depth Of Snow in Idaho
for December, 1912

While the year 1912 was one
of the wettest years experienced
since weather records have been
kept in this section, yet the Nov
ember precipitation was practi-
cally normal and that of Decem-
Der was deficient. November
was relatively mild, with less
than one-third of the normal
amount of snowfall, most of the
precipitation, occurring in the
form of rain. In December
there was about the usual amount
of snowfall taking the state as a
whole, but there was marked
excess in some northern sections
which left a deficiency in the
mountains of the southern por-
ton, whence comes the water
supply of the streams used for
irrigation. Moreover the snow
was light and dry, apparently
possessing a very little water
content. Owing to its light
nature there was considerable
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
Liquor Licenses Granted.

On last Wednesday the board
of county commissioners granted
liquor licenses for 1913 to the
following applicants:
F. A. Tamblvn, Fen Batty, c..
A. Johnson and P. F. Courtney,
Grangeville; John Funke, John
Peterson and Ray Minis, Cotton
wood; B. l.. Rigg and Gregory
& Wilson, Whitebird: G. L. L.
Basket, Frank Steckner and H.
F. Shissler, Elk City.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23

lands," is that, "In reporting
upon mining claims the question
first considered is whether the
patenting of the claim will in any
way affect adversely the interest
of the public in the land for
national forest purposes. If the
claim is not located on land which
is valuable for it's timber or of
high value for purposes other
than mining, and if it is appar-
entity taken in good. faith for
mining purposes and the mineral
avs have been complied with,
the claim is reported upon fav-
orably as not prejudicial to
national forest interests, leaving
further consideration of it to the
General Land Office on the basis
Of it's customary requirements of
proofs in the form of affidavits
offered by the claimant and his
witnesses. When, however, the
examination of the land by a
forest officer develops the fact
that public interest is involved
because of the value of the land
FOR national forest purposes &.
favorable report is made to the
and office only after it has been
examined by a mineral examiner
If certified civil-service standing
Or by a practical miner competent
to pass upon the questions in
volved."
Such requirements as the pre-
ceding, while they may be nee
cssary for the furtherance of the
objects of the national forests,
could hardly be regarded as any
thing but restrictions by the
prospector which might easily
prevent him from the enjoyment
of the results of his efforts.
Abundant cases have been re-
ported from time to time in
which, if true, the Forest Service
has stepped in and deprived
claim holders of their claims
through arbitrary bureaucratic
rulings. Although our mining
laws are not above criticism they
served to encourage the develop
ment of our mineral resources.
Between the land Office and the
forest service the prospector who
would open up and develop g
mineral property has, in recent
years, been bewildered and dis
couraged by the tangle of rulings
from which he seems to have nc
means of escape. Although oul
mining laws need some changes
more good would result to the
mining industry if the numerous
bureaus were shorn of some o.
their Czar-like power. Mining
and Engineering World.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
Crogrande Notes
Special to the Mining News
January %.

January 22.
Frank Cummings left on We'd
nesday's stage for Grangeville.
SAINT Conner finished the as
sessment on the Hogan placer
and is now at the Black Pine.
Frank Peck left on Mondays
stage for Grangeville and Spo-
kane.
w. Waugh Williams and VIM.
Droogs were in camp Sunday
night on their way out. Mr..
Williams was assayer at the
Jumbo for the past four months.
Joe Dysard left yesterday for
his home in Grangeville. Joe
came in three weeks ago to bring
two horses out ftom the Jumbo,
and after much hard work he
succeeded in getting them here
Sunday hight.
Chas. Cammack and M. w.
Taylor passed through camp
Monday on their way to Grange
vile.
Jack Cameron came over Mon
day from the Hump to rsmain in
camp few days. Jack says the
snow is so ft. deep in the Hump
ia some places.
Robt. Puelz is doing assess
ment on the Treasury Hill.
The forest service line is broken
somewhere the other side of
Golden so communication with
Grangeville has been cut off since
Sunday. We expect the line to
be in working order again by to-
morrow.
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
WouId HeIp Some.

what good does it do woman TOT
a man to be willing to die for herT he
gruIhbed. =.
HE might carry big life insur'
apce. you know" she hinted--Balt-
more American
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
CONCENTRATES.


will break, as it often happers
that rock easily drilled is hard
to blast.
Gravel used in concrete work
should be washed. This costs
little more, and insures the ab-
solute dependability of the con-
crete. Unwashed and untested
gravel is a doubtful material to
employ.
The use of clearance water, to
keep the glands free from grit,
is essential in all pumps of the
plunger or centrifugal type which
handle sand or slime. The pres
sure of the clearance water
should exceed the maximum
pressure under which the pump
delivers; and the water from the
gland service should be admitted
by the operation of an arrange
ment which connects the belt
clutch with valve on the water
service. so that the clearance
water is necessarily admitted as
soon as the pump is in action;
and automatically turned off as
soon as the pump is stopped.
Performance of annual labor
required upon mining claims can
be proved in the same way as
any other overt act. In some
Jurisdictions the filing of an
affidavit within a given time is
prima facie evidence of the per-
formance of labor, and in some
Jurisdictions the failure to record
is evidence that the work has not
been done. In any case, it may
be proved by other evidence that
work has or has not been done.
The California act of 1891 provid-
ing that failure to file an affidavit
of labor rendered the claim open
to relocation was held unconsti-
tutional in Harris V. Kellogg, III
California, 400, and was repealed
in the act of 1909 which enacted
section 1926 of the civil code,
which provides that the filing of
an affidavit is prima facie evil
dence which may be controverted
by other evidence.
Dressing of zinc-boxes should
be timed by the appearance of
the first compartment, and should
not entirely depend on the ques-
tion Of the efficiency of precipi-
tation. The maximum action of
the solution of the zinc occurs at
first contact, and it is therefore
essential that there be no chan
neling in the first compartment.
AS soon as this is noticeable the
box should be dressed. The
moving and rearrangement of
the zinc frees it from much of
5 the adhering gold or silver slime;
l and the repacking of the box so
that the solution comes into first
contact with the shortest zinc.
! ensures the handling of the mini
! mum amount of base metal for
the maximum amount of bullion
when cleaning up. The use of
long zinc-boxes and the exposure
of an abnormal amount of zinc,
\ which permits the breaking ur
of some of the zinc in each com
" partment, is, however. a method
often adopted. In this case the
boxes may be left for consider
able time without attention, but
the gold is ultimately found dis
tributed over a large area of fila
! ment zinc, and is not concentrat
ed on the shorts in the frs
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23
AS TO THE NATIONAL forest
Have the PrOSpectOrS Same Rights
Of Former Years.

Ever since the FOreSC service
was established under the u. S.
Department of Agriculture, pros
pectors on government lands
which come under the classified
tion of national forests have felt
that their rights in prospecting
upon this land were being en-
croached upon. Complaints of
prospectors and others interested
in prospectors' successes on the
national forests have been num-
erous, and in some cases, bitter.
In his report to the Secretary
of Agriculture for 1912, Forester
Henry S. Graves sets forth quite
fully the governments position
and the limitations of its rights
concerning mining claims on the
national forests.
The subject of mining claims
on national forests is opened
with the following statement:
Mining claims are perfected and
new mining claims initiated under
the same laws which apply on
the unreserved public demain,
and no restriction of any kind is
imposed on the prospector In his
search for valuable minerals. He
may 60 freely where he pleases
and may stake out his claim
wherever he finds indications
that seem to him worth following
up. When he desires
to make final proof no require
ments are imposed upon him
other than those laid down by
the general mining laws for all
public lands" Attention is call
ed to the fact that the timber
and forage on the locators' claim
are reserved for his free use, as
far as needed in developing his
claim, and if not sufficient, per-
mission will be granted him for
free use of the national forest.
Forester Graves ascribes the
charges that the national forests
are closed to mining development
and that restrictions have beer
imposed upon the patenting of
mining claims within them, tC
nlisapprehensions, misrepresent-
ations, and to the fact that be-
fore claims to land within the
national forests are patented
they are examined by forest
officers of the Interior Depart
ment, which has sole jurisdiction
over all questions of land title.
Doubtful claims bearing evil
dence of fraud or failure to COM
ply with the requirements of the
mining laws are always eXamin-
ed on the ground by a practical
miner or mining expert, and adj
verse recommendations are made
only when such officers certify to
the malfdes of the case" 1t is
evident from the preceding that
much depends on the competence
and honesty of the men who
make the examinations and re-
ports, and one of the principal
subjects of complaint has been
that claims have often been ex-
amined by agents of the forest
service who knew little or moth
ing about mineral indications.
Such cases can hardly come
under the category of "misap-
prehensions' or "misrepresenta-
tions" on the part of the pros
pectors.
Another statement is made
that does not seem fully in accorC
with that previously quoted, thai
no requirements are imposed
upon him (the prospector) Other
Elk City mining news. (Elk City, Idaho) 1903-1913, 1913-01-23

Water from streams in Cali
fornia in its progress from the
mountains to the sea, a distance
of about 100 miles, has been di-
verted for power, irrigation, and
municipal water-supply as many
as eight times.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26
HenryNailing.

At Dyersburg on the 18th inst,
in the home of the brid's neice,
Mr.. A. Henry, formerly of Lex
ington, now residing in Ooving-
ton, La, and Mrs. Ina Mailing of
Union City were married. After
the ceremony Mr.. Henry and
bride left for New Orleans, and
from that city went to Covington,
Louisiana, where he has been in
business for some two or three
years, and where he seems to
have formed many ties of friend
ship.
The bride is a daughter of the
late DR.. Harrison of Union City
and is a lady of splendid charac,
ter, mental attachments and do
nestle disposition.
The groom is a son of the late
James Henry, who was for a
quarter of a century previous to
his death in 1884, the Register of
Deeds in Henderson county and
who was said to personally know
every man who lived in the
county. Mr.. Henry spent his
boyhood and much of his man
hood in Lexington and in this,
his first matrimonial venture, in
which he is reputed to have won
a prize, he has the good wishes
of our entire people.
The Progress knew of Mr..
Henry's marriage last, week but
was not in possession Of accurate
Information concerning the
event.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26
CONFIRr1ED PROOF.
Residents of Lexington
Cannot Doubt VIVA t has
Been TWEED Proved.

In gratitude for relief from
aches and pains of bad backs
from distressing kidney ills
have publicly recommended
Doan's Kidney Pills. Residents
of Lexington, who so testified
ears,ago, now say the results
were permanent. This testi;
mony doublv proves the worth
os Doan's Kidney Pills to Lex
ington kidney sufferers.
j. Il. Thomas, r. +. ID. No. 3,
Lexington, Tenn, says: can
still recommend Doan's Kidney
Pills, for | consider them q
splendid kidney medicine. Some
years ago ! gave a public state
ment endorsing this remedy and
| gladly confirm it at the pres
ent time. My kidneys were dis
ordered and the kidney secre-
tions not only contained sedi-
ment but passes too frequently
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26
A Quiet Affair.

Lexington has had another
demonstration of the wisdom Of
coming to Tennessee to secure a
bride, which action was culmi-
mated last Sunday afternoon, in
the home of the BRIDES sister,
Mrs. S. M. Barnett, on Main
Street, when Mr.. Roy Donehoo,
of Atlanta, Georgia, took to
wife Miss Beulah Rodgers, of
Henderson, Chester county, Rev.
Fleetwood Ball, of the Baptist
church, tying the hymeneal
knot.
The attendants were Mr.. Math
er Lannaster, business partner
Of Mr.. s. M. Barnett, with Miss
Lillian Denver; and v. d. Bar.
ry, chief clerk under Postmaster
S. M. Barnett, with Miss Alice
Scott.
The bride is a daughter of
Mrs. Rhoda Rodgers and the late
j. S. Rodgers, Of Henderson,
Chester county, and has been
teaching in Madison county. She
is a young lady who possesses in
marked degree those charms
of mind and person that go TO
make up the ideal woman and
helpmete.
The groom is twenty -four years
old and is already making a sue
cess in the undertaking business
in the city of Atlanta, Georgia.
After the ceremony the bridal
pair left for Henderson on the
$40 train and from that place
will 60 their home in the
Georgia city.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26
FrazierEdWards.

Last Sunday~at 10 O'Clock in
the morning, in the home Of the
brides stepfather, Rev. T. A..
Sisson, Esq. Ed. Owens perform
cd the ceremony which united in
marriage Mr.. Granville Frazier
and Miss Annie May Edwards.
The bride is the typical Hender-
son county girl--a prize every
time. The groom is a young
farmer and son of George w
Frazier, the we'll known gin and
mill man. All parties live few
miles East Of Lexington in the
old Goth district.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26

Chester Davidson who is at
tending school at Knoxville is at
home for the holidays.
Choice candies, nuts, fruits
ETC., for the holidays, at Har-
vey's at prices to suit.
Mrs. Il. E. draper has sent by
parcels post, basket of holly to
friends in Northern Michigan.
Nice line hand mirrors, combsl
brushes, pass and cigar cases,
purses and bill books-WatsCn
Nc Haney.
Miss Addie Nicely Murray ar
rived last Saturday from Mem
phis to spend the holidays at
home.
Don't forget the Christmas
trees tonight-W ednesday at
the College and Baptist church.
Trade early-Ohamios, Xmas
Box Stationery and Perfume
Watson McHaney Drug 90.
We have just unloaded car
of the genuine "Ohio River
Salt-Try it.
Bennett & Joyner.
Mrs. Rozetta Blount goes to
Perryville and Decaturville to
: spend part Of the holiday sea.
son.
WANTED-At this office, and
wanted bad, some Country Sau,
gage, as soon as possible. Fetch
it in, please.
Lon Riley and wife have had a
very sick baby, but the little fel.
low was reported Improving
Tuesday morning.
| Misses Raulie Yates and Edna
Montgomery who are teaching at
Pinson came home Monday fol
the holidays.
! The. housewife who wants the
best for Christmas baking, car
find it by going to Harvey's-the
reasonable price grocer.
The Ruby Picture Theatre il
an every night attraction--the
most enjoyable pleasure the
town affords.
/ A. w. Weller, wife and little
son, Of Charleston, West Virgin
ia, passed Lexington Monday Ell
route to Cerro Gordo, to spent
the holidays with Mrs. Weller,
mother, Mrs. Eva Hancock.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26

way home for the holidays.
Matthew Barry, of the same
school, is at home for Christmas
aud New Year festivities.
An old gentleman named Big
ger from Marshall county, was
here last Friday and made a
turn around from trip to see
two sons in Oklahoma. He had
bought a ticket from Columbia,
Tenn, to Oklahoma City. but
riding on q train made HIM SO
sick that he abandoned the trip
and turned back from Lexington.
Judge N. K. Barham is at
home for the Christmas holidays
land the Progress wishes him
and his family a very merry
Christmas indeed. Our judge is
a hardworking, conscientious of
fetal, who is filing his RESPONSE
BILE position with honor to him
self and the betterment of the
country.
Little Miss Angeline King ar
rived from near Bellevue and
Franklin, Middle Tennessee, to
spend several weeks with her
relatives and foster parents, MIR.
and Mrs. James A. Henry. Lit
tie Argeline lived for~ a time
with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry and no
parents were ever more devoted
to their own child. Mrs. Henry
went to Hollow Rock Junction
to meet the little lady.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26
Local and Personal

Chamois skins Watson Nc
Haney.
r. L. Taylor and wife spent
last Saturday in Jackson.
FOR RENT:-3 room resi-
dence. w. A. LAwLER.
Mrs. f. Mansker WAS in Mem
phis at the first of the week.
IL you get it from Harvey, it's
good and cheap.
Mrs. +. 9. Boren spent Mon
day in Jackson shopping.
When you want lunch, get q
good one-at Harvey's.
Mrs. Ohas. L. Barry went to
Memphis in the last weekend.
Get Halls Ingrowing Toe Nail
Remedy, 50 cents at drug stores
Miss Rena Hutton spent the
latter part of last week in Mem
phis.
Walter Scott won the turkey
at the Ruby Monday night.
z Mrs, w. F. Boren, Of Darden
spent last Saturday here with
son, Fred, aud wife.
On tap, Dbl. of Louisiana Mo
lasses the best 60c gal.--Bennet
u Joyner.
Brakeman @. II. Wynn ha
been to Memphis and Paris oil
personal business.
/, Get Halls Ingrowing Toe Mai
Remedy, 80 cents at drug stores
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26

President Wilson is going
South (to Pass Ohristian) to
spend his vacation and to recup-
crate and it is confidently ex-
pected that he will run up to
Nashville on the Sth Of January
to be present at great Jackson
Day banquet, to which $50 invi.
tation will be issued and the
nominal price of 800 placed on
the plate. In addition to an adj
dress by the President, "Democ-
racyo and by the Eternal God"
ought to be prominent on tie
program.
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26

My back also ached most Of the
time. Doan's Kidney Pills en-
tirely relieved these symptoms
Of kidney complaint"
For sale by all dealers. Price
80 cents. Foster Mllburn Co.,,
Buffalo, New York, sole agents
for the United States.
Remember the name-Doan' g
and take no other. (adv.)
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26

Get cur price on "Gillster'l
Best flour. Sold in ] bbls, "a
Id sacks--196 Id bbls. Bennett
q Joyner.
Miss Geraldine Scott is home
for the holidays from Bos
cobel College at Nashville and
will remain until Jan. 5.
Before buying your flour and
salt, let us show you. and price
you, the best in Lexington.
Bennett q Joyner.
Fireman Willie Darden, who
has charge of the N. @. switch
engine at Paducah, has been Wis.
iting Lexington friends.
Compare my goods and prices
with those Of others who have
the same things to sell.
Harvey, the Grocer.
Don't say you are too old to
enjoy Christmas. Every man,
young, old, rich and poor ought
to feel Christmas in his bones.
Kirtley Blount went to Perry.
vile last Saturday to visit his
uncle Bill Dennison, and will
take in Decaturville before re.
turning.
Forrest Wiuslow says that Cir
cult Clerk Bill Dyer is the first
| man he over saw buy a Majestic
Range on which to cook persim-
mons.
DR.. Lew Douglas, colored,
comes across with subscription
money to the Progress and gives
US an order for stationery tor his
business.
Mrs. W. G. Evans and son,
Henry Barry, have gone to De-
caturville to spend Christmas
with Mrs. Evans mother, Mrs.
2. w. Miller.
DR.. Jasper Bray, at Darden,
(bless his heart sends US a round
dollar and says "Send on. the
Progress another year"-and
there are others.
Miss Matte Porterfield, who is
teaching at La Fayette, Alabama
will come to Lexington next
week to visit the family of her
aunt, Mrs. d. T.. Scott.
Our good old friend, James H.
Gillian, of the old 9th, has been
In town this week. He is a good
man and we hope has many more
years before HIM, notwithstand
ing he is advanced in age.
The Progress congratulates Mr..
and Mrs. Marvin Fisher upon the
advent of a ten pound boy, which
happy event occurred on Monday
Of this week. May he live to
become "a Fisher of men,"
Conductor Pink Johnson was
called to New Franklin, Mo-,
last Sunday on account of the ac-
cidental shooting of his brother,
who it was feared might lose one
or more of his limbs from the &C.
cident.
Miss Eula Martin, of Bath
Springs, and Miss Eva Wilkin-
son, of Saltillo, students of the
NJ, O. F. |. at Jackson, were
here last Friday enroute for
their respective home to spend
the holidays.
Roy David Brown, a former
Lexington boy, now far from un-
known in musical circles of the
Windy city, was here in the last
week end enroute for Houston,
Texas, to visit his aged father,
IMr. j. d. Brown.
Lexington Postoffice has done
an enormous before Christmas
business, which has been handled
with dispatch by Postmaster
Barnett$V. d. Barry and Mrs,
Barnett. Sam is making good
in the office and his clerks are o.
| X.
There will be Sunday School
at the Baptist church Sunday
morning at $50 O'Clock, but no
preaching service either morning
or night on account of the alb
scence of the pastor who, with
his family, is visiting in Clarks-
| dale, Miss.
| We are informed that John II
Wilson, a ginner at Huron, went
on his gin yard last Friday to
hunt for a bale Of cotton belong.
| ing to a patron-and found it,
The Lexington progress. (Lexington, Tenn.) 1884-current, 1913-12-26

There will be Sunday School
at the Baptist church Sunday
morning at $50 o'clock, but no
preaching service either morning
or night on account of the abb
scence of the pastor who, with
his family, is visiting in Clarks-
dale, Miss.
We are informed that John Fl
Wilson, a ginner at Huron, went
on his gin yard last Friday to
hunt for a bale Of cotton belong.
ing to a patron-and found it,
but found it in the place of a
bale of his own which had b,eu
removed from the yard by un'
known parties.
FOR SALE-Five room, one
hall, two galleries residence, two
years old in Lexington. Fine
garden, splendid well in gallery,
coal and wood house. Cheap fol
cash. Apply to o. V. REED,
Lexington, Tenn. 234t
Haywood Martin, of Bath
Springs, who has been attending
the Branhan & Hughes school al
Springhill, Maury county, arriv
ed here last Friday night on hi,
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-13
Hi 0>~lvAlIH0 ~ - AND new YEARS
IMPORTANT VALUES LINENS THANKSGIVING TABLE

Special values given on Table Lin
en-. from Saturday, Nov. 18th, to
Saturday, Nov. 22nd. If you are
thinking Of buying new Linen now
will be the proper time to Law in
your supply. Buy them for Thanks
giving or for Xmas gifts. This will
be the last sale Of Linens this wear
The Ward County independent. [volume] (Minot, Ward County, N.D.) 1902-1965, 1913-11-13
$50 Tailored Suits nov 7.80

More than fifty high class Tailored Suits
sembed in our suit room for this big sale. If you
ever expect to save money your Fall Clothes
is the time to do SO. You have lots Of time to
suits this Winter, and next Spring you are just
we'll off, for the styles will be good as they are
now