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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-07-24
FOSSIL FORESTS OF THE VEL
49,. LOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK

In the Yellowstone National Park
twelve successive forests, one on top
of another, have been buried by out
flows of lava, and petrified, accord
ing to a pamphlet entitled Fossil
Forests of the Yellowstone National
Park" by F. H. Knowlton, just issued
by direction of Secretary Lane.
while these fossil forests were grow
ing and being entombed," says Mr..
Knowlton, much of the area now
within the park was the scene Of ire
mendous geologic activities. There
were many active volcanoes just east,
north and west of the park, and some
inNthe park itself. From these vol
canoes vast quantities of material
were poured out, building up in places
whole mountain ranges. Within the
park these is evidence of similar vol
canic activity. The area within which
the fossil forests are now found was
apparently in the beginning an ir-
regular but relatively fiat basin, on
the floor of which after time there
grew the first forest. Then there
came from some of the volcanoes,
probably those to the north, an out
pouring of ashes, mud flows and other
material which entirely buried the
forest, but so gradually that the trees
were simply submerged by the incom-
ing material, few of them being pros
trated. On the raised floor of the
basin, after a time, the next forest
came into existence, only to be in
turn engulfed as the first had been,
and so on through the period repre-
sented by the 1000 feet or more Of
similar beds. The whole history of
the manner in which these forests
were fossilized is not fully under
stood, but it was undoubtedly depend
ent on or at least greatly facilitated
by the presence of volcanic and hydro
thermal activity, which was doubtless
then, as it is to some extent now,
a marked feature of the park region.
The fossil forests are surrounded by
a matrix that is known as an acidic
1ava-that is, a siliceous lava
which contains abundant silica in So
luton. The first part of the process
of silicification may we'll have been
that silica would be deposited in all
the cells and vessels Of the wood,
making an accurate cast of all open
spaces. Then, while the slow process
of decay went on, as each particle
of organic matter was removed its
place was taken by the silica, until,
finally, all the wood substance had
disappeared and it's place, atom by
atom, had been taken by silica"
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-07-24

found that the body had disappeared,
evidently being carried into the main
current and taken down stream. A
fruitless search was made until 1890
but no trace Of the unfortunate man
could be found. The next day ]. @.
and Newt Adams secured a boat and
went down the river for several miles
south, searching in the hope that the
body had become lodged against some
obstacle, but after hunting all day
they returned unsuccessful. -Roberts
Sentinel.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-07-24

such hustler and made their puny
efforts seem so ineffectual by compari-
son, he managed in some mysterious
way to gain the immediate approval
of the Mexicans. Perhaps it was his
all-pervasive good nature, or the re-
spect inspired by his hardihood; per-
haps the qualities of natural leader
ship which had made him a picked
man among his brother Yaquis. But
when, late in the afternoon, Bud came
back from trip to the tent he found
Amigo in charge of the gang, heaying
and struggling and making motions
with his head.
Good enough" he muttered, after
watching him for q minute in silence,
and leaving the new boss in command,
he went back and started supper.
That was the beginning of a new
day at the Eagle Tail, and when De
Lancey came back from town-whith-
er he went whenever he could conjure
up an errand-he found that, for once,
he had not been missed.
Bud was doing the blacksmithing,
Amigo was directing the gang, and a
fresh mess Of beans was on the fire,
the first kettleful having gone to rein
force the Yaqui's backbone. But they
were beans well spent, and Bud did
not regret the raid on his grub-pile. II
he could get half as much work for
what he fed the Mexicans he could
well rest content.
"But how did this Indian happen to
find your" demanded Phil, when his
pardner had explained his acquisition.
"Say, he must have deserted from his
company when they brought them
back from Moctezuma!" asa
"More'n likely" assented Bud. He
amt talking much, but l notice he
keeps his eye out-they'd shoot him
for deserter If they could ketch him.
I'd hate to see him go that way
"Well, If he's as good as this, let's
take care of him!" cried Phil with
enthusiasm. "I'll tell you, Bud, there's
something big coming off pretty soon
and I'd like to stay around town a
little more If could. want to keep
track of things"
"F'r instance?" suggested Hooker
dryly. 1t had struck him that Phil
was spending good deal of time in
town already.
well, there's this revolution. Sure
as shooting they're going to pull one
soon. There's two thousand Mexican
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-07-24

torn by the brush. But the same
good-natured, competent smile was
there, and after few words with Bud
he leaped nimbly. down the bank and
laid hold upon the rock. They pulled
together, and the boulder that had
baked Buds gang of Mexicans moved
easily for the two Of them.
Then Amigo seized a crowbar and
slipped it into Granny and showed
them a few things about moving rocks.
For half an hour or more he worked
along, seemingly bent on displaying
his skill, then he sat down on the
bank and watched the Mexicans with
tolerant, half-amused eyes.
If he was hungry he showed it only
by the cigarettes he smoked, and
Hooker, studying up the chances he
would take by hiring a deserter, let
him wait until he came to decision.
"Oyez, Amigo" he hailed at last,
and, rubbing his hand around on his
stomach, he smiled questioningly,
whereat the Yaqui nodded his head
avidly.
"Stawano!" said Hooker, "ven." And
he left his Mexicans to dawdle as they
would while he led the Indian to camp.
There he showed him the coffee pot
and the kettle of beans by the fire, set
out a slab Of Dutch-oven bread and a
sack of jerked beef, some stewed fruit
and can of strip, and left him to do
his worst
In the course Of half an hour or so
he came back and found the Yaqui
sopping up strip with the last of the
bread and humming a little tune. So
they sat down and smoked cigarette
and came to the business at hand.
Where you go?" inquired Bud; but
Amigo only shrugged enigmatically.
"You like to work." continued Bud,
and the Indian broke into a smile of
assent.
"Muy bien," said Hooker with final
ity; II give Mexicans two dollars a
day give you four Is that enough?"
"Si,' nodded the Yaqui, and without
more words he followed Bud back to
the cut There, in half day, he &C.
complished more than all the Next
cans put together, leaping boldly up
the bank to dislodge hanging boulders,
boosting them by main strength up
onto the ramshackle tram they had
constructed, and trundling them out
to the dump with the shove of mighty
hand.
He was a willing worker, using his
head every minute; but though he was
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-07-24
PROPER DISTRIBUTION

The Chicago Tribune suggests that
the back-to-the-farm movement be
diverted from the American city man
to the alien laborer in the mills who
would gladly leave his city home
and factory job If he were shown
the way to the farm" AS more than
half of the aliens come from farms,
that is where they should be sent,
but we should go farther back and
direct him thither when he lands,
In handling immigrants we have no
proper system of distribution, the
consequence being that they go where
there is no surplus of labor and stay
away from places where they are
needed.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-07-24
R. A. PALMER.
UNCLE BILL

Things around the sheriff's office seem so still
For they used to prance and buck around at will,
But the wild and fuzzy game
Will no longer be the same
When the voters put the "kibosh" on poor Bill.
For that gol-dinged r. A. Palmer will be there,
And then it's up to him to rip and tear,
And the whiskers that we knew
Never more will be in view
For Palmers bunch of hang-downs will be there
Oh, the Bingham G. O. P will use their power
And will hand poor Uncle Bill lemon sour.
Oh, they'll vote with all their might
And they'll sure put out the light of
Uncle Bill and Waterman Jim upon the tower.
Away back to the dump goes Uncle Bill,
And the zephyrs through his galluses will drill;
And, though some fool chumps declare
That his proper place is there ..
We think three terms for sheriff is PILL
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-07-24

ASAOo oAN AO1Nih6 thO hOiCo Will NY
Mantle when 1t became necessary to
break rock, while Bud bossed the
unwilling Mexicans.
In an old tunnel behind their tent
they set a heavy gate, and behind 1t
they stored their precious powder.
Then came the portable forge and the
blacksmith shop, just inside the mouth
Of the cave, and the tent backed up
against 1t for protection. For IL there
is any one thing, next to horses, that
the rebels are wont to steal, 1t is
giant powder to blow up culverts with,
or to lay on the counters Of timorous
country merchants and frighten them
into making contributions.
AS for their horses, Bud kept them
belled and hobbled, close to the house,
and no one ever saw him without his
gun. In the morning, when he got I'D,
he took It from under his pillow and
hung 1t on his belt, and there II
stayed until bedtime.
He also kept sharp watch on the
trail, above and below, and what few
men did pass through were conscious
of his eye Therefore 1t was all the
more surprising when, one day, look
ing up suddenly from heaving at
great rock, he saw the big Yaqui sol.
der, Amigo, gazing down at him from
the cut bank.
Yes, 1t was the same man, but with
a diffe1ence-his rife and cartridge
belts were absent and his clothes were
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-07-24
BODY OF DEAD MAN SEEN IN
SNAKE RIVER

Excitement prevailed in Roberts
Tuesday evening when John yelling
and Vaughan Mcintosh hurriedly
came to town from the river with
the report that they had seen the
body of an unknown man floating in
the water where they were engaged
in fishing. The boys were at the
river about mile north Of town
where the waste pipes empty into the
large eddy of Snake river, and had
been fishing a short time when they
saw an object float into the eddy and
near to where they were fishing. On
close inspection the object proved to
be the body of man floating face
up and about half of the body out
of the water. The body came near
enough to the boys for them to dis
tinquish that 1t was of man, ap-
parently about forty years Of age,
smooth shaven, dressed in a white
shirt and light colored trousers. He
had evidently been in the water for
from ten days to two weeks, as the
body was badly swollen, and the
sleeves Of the shirt were badly fray
ed, evidently from catching on bushes
or other obstacles while floating in
the river. The young men, after
reaching town and reporting Of their
gruesome find, helped organize a
large number Of citizens, who re-
turned to the river to recover the
body. Upon their arrival it was
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-07-24
ADVERTISED LETTERS

List of letters remaing uncalled
for in the post office at Blackfoot,
Idaho, for the week ending July 21,
1914. Persons calling for these will
please say Advertised July 81,
1914"
Adams, Joe
Baker, Myron
Ceges, J. c.
Griffin, Edna
Hill, r. H.
Kenrelly, Jack
Mitchell, Mary F.
Orrnyno, Vicente
Riggs, Mrs. Velva
Snow, Mrs. George
Spencer, John T.
Smith, Elise
Skonson, A. r.
Thayer, Bert
Warner, Mrs. H. e. (2)
Webb, Mrs. Virginia
Wood, Lizzie Mayo
Postage due on each of the above,
one cent. All of the above letters
remaining uncalled for two weeks
from the date of this list will be
sent to the dead letter office.
GREGORY JONES,
postmaster.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-07-24

In the profession Of journalism it
is perfectly understood that an edi-
tors usefulness is to be judged largely
by the character Of the opposition to
him. Enemies deal in no batteries.
If you want to measure an editor or
any public man accurately, first find
out who his enemies are and there
will probobly be no need to ask why
they are his enemies. Their attitude
towards newspaper tells the story
as nothing else can Of that news
papers attitude in respect to its duty
to the public.-Baltimore Sun.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-07-24
WE HAVE YOUR NOTE.

We have all kinds Of promissory
notes that anybody wants, and can
I'LL your orders for large or small
packages on moments notice, at
the Republican Office. II.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-07-24
(Copyright. 1914. by Frank A. Munsey.l
CHAPTER XIII.

! For sixty days and more, while the
weather had been turning from cold
% warm and they had been laboring
eeebly to clear away the great slide
a loose rock that covered up the
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1914-07-24

'Hooas VI peILIeo ere 6eqL 'sHueIq leg
or esoql loI ueoHqndeH eq.L ees
WANTED! Clean white rags at
The Republican office.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-09-14
JUNEAU TO HAVE
 SERVICE STATION

The U. S. forestry service with headquarters for Alaska in Ketehikan. has determined to establish a perm anent station in Juneau. A site has been chosen and the contract let for the erection of 2 dock and float for the forestry boats on a strip of water front between the Alaska Juneau com pany's dock and powder house. Other buildings will be erected later.
 W. G. Weigle, chief of the service, who is staying at the Hotel Cain, said last, night that a man would be sta toned here at once to take care of the needs of this end of the district temporarily.
 Beginning with next spring an office will be maintainer here permanent- ly. The growing lumber industry in this section and, the fact that the U. S. land office Is located here are given as reasons for establishing the new station.
 John Sailes, who was awarded the contract for erecting the dock and float for the forestry service, has already secured tho piling and will begin the work of driving them tomorrow.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-09-14
ENGINEER MINE IS
 PROVING VERY RICH

The famous Engineer group of claims, of Atlin, owned and operated by Capt. James Alexander, is proving one of the richest mines in the north, if not on the continent. Although working on a small scale. force of but fifteen men being employed and only a two-stamp mill, an average of more than three pounds of gold is be. ing mllled daily. says the Whitehorse Star. The first shipment of gold to the outside was made few days ago when fifty pounds, the result of fifteen and half days work, constituted the consignment.
 Sufficient development work on the Engineer property has been done to justify the assertion that it is a gigan- tic proposition. The ledge is eight feet in width and increases in richness as far down as a shaft has been sunk, 12O feet, The ledge has also been tapped at a depth of 400 feet, How much deeper the ledge extends is un- known. but there is already enough ore blocked out to produce millions of dollars worth of gold.
 Although the property pays nicely on the small basis on which 1t is being operated, Captain Alexander contem- plates installing additional machinery and increasing mining facilities by an- other year.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-09-14
MUSICAL CLUB WILL
 ELECT NEW OFFICERS

Tomorrow, Tuesday evening the Ju; neau Ladies Musical Club is to meet at the school house at s o'clock. This will be the first meeting of the new season and the regular election of officers will take place at this time. It is expected that there will be a large attendance.
 Recently the club received lot of new music and members of the or ganization are eagerly looking for ward to the work that will be taken up. The Juneau Ladies' Musical club is deservedly one of the most popular organizations in the Capital City. The annual public rehearsal given by the organization is matter of absorbing interest to the public in general and is always generously supported. Last wear the net receipts from the re- hearsal amounting to $1S0 were do mated to the Juneau public library fund. Mir. Willis E. Nowell is director for the organization.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-09-14
GEN. DAVIDSON
 HAS FINE OFFICES

Charles E. Davidson. Surveyor Gen. eral and ex-offlclo Secretary of the Territory of Alaska, Is established with his entire office force in their handsome new quarters in the big concrete Goldstein Block this morn ing. They commenced moving from the old offices Saturday morning and worked all day yesterday The new offices are probably the finest In all Alaska. They occupy positions along the south and west side of the top floor of the tall building and have commanding views of the town and harbor.
 The suite contains five offices all told and two large supply closets and layatory. The first office encoun- tered at the head of the stairs and near the elevator is the ofl6S of Sec retary of the Territory, which Is con nected with the private office of the Surveyor General. Next to the Sur veyor Generals private office is the main office of the Surveyor General. This office is in the corner of the building and contains fire and bur glar proof vault. It is also connected with Mir. Davidson's private office. Immediately adjoining on the west side is the office of the chief drafts man. adjoining it the main drafting room. the area of which is greater by far than any of the others. The sup ply closets are conveniently located adjacent to the drafting rooms.
 The elevator is not yet in opera ton for the carrying of passengers and will probably not be used for that purpose for several days on account of the work that is still in progress on the building below the top floor, but the stairs have been placed in condi- tion so that the general public may use this mode of reaching the upper most floor.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-09-14
ROOF FINISHED ON
 NEW POWER STATION

The iron has all been laid on the roof of the Alaska Light and Pow CT companys new power station in North Juneau and the building is rap idly being placed in condition to re- sist all sorts of weather.
 The grading is all done and the foundations laid for the new l5,OOO- gallon tank for fuel oil to be used in connection with the operation of the steam plant. The steel ordered for the tank is expected to arrived any day When the new tank, is finished the efficiency and capacity of the pow CT station will be increased 50 per cent.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-09-14
REV. ERICSSON VISITING
 BROTHER IN JUNEAU

Rev. A. H. Ericson, pastor or the Advent Christian church, of Whitman Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston arrived in Juneau on the Dolphin yes terday to visit with his brother Claude E Ericson, one of Juneau's substantiai hnsiness men. Rev. Ericson and CIanSe separated eighteen years ago in Biddiford, Maine, when they were bnt boys. and they had not seen each other since that time until yesterday
 Rev Ericson, came to Los Angeles and visited in the Pacific Coast cities enronte to Juneau. He has enjoyed inc travel immensely and is very much pleased with Alaska.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-09-14
TREASURER SMITH HAS
 NOT BEEN NOTIFIED
-:.---

Although the bill, validating the AL aska revenue laws as passed by the first session of the Alaska legislature, is reported to have been passed by congress, Territorial Treasurer Wal stein c. Smith, declares that the treasurer's office has not yet been officially notified, and until such notice is received it is extremely difficult to operate under it.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-09-14
NO GUN CLUB SHOOT
 GARTER HAS MEDAL YET

The Juneau Gun club did not hold the regulation Sunday shoot yester- day. and. former Mayor c. w Carter, is still wearing the Truesdell medal and a good.natured smile. = Nearly every member of the club took to the water or the trail either Saturday or yesterday to have a crack at some thing more desirable than clay plge- ons.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-09-14
SEVEN CANNERIES
 ARE INDICTED

Seven corporations engaged in the fishing industry appeared in court this morning by attorney to answer to indictments charging unlawful fish ing or of operating unlawful contriy- ances for the taking Of fish. In one instance individuals as well as the corporation, arc indicted. The corpor- ations concerned are Glacier Fish Co, z. R.. Cheney, attorney; Taiu Can ming and Cold Storage Co., J. c. Held, attorney; Astoria and Puget Sound Canning Co., Pure Food Fish Co, Gun nison & Robertson, attorneys; Paci, fic American Fisheries Go, Tee Har- Dor Packing Co.,. Thllnget Packing Co.,. Vim & Burton, attorneys.
 All of the defendant corporations except the Pure Food Fish Go. are indicted for maintaining traps al- leged not to be constructed so as to allow of the full width required by law for the passage of fish through the traps during the closed season each week. from six o'clock Saturday night until six o'clock Monday morning. The Pure Food Fish Co. is indicted for unlawful fishing with purse seines, Patrick Hamilton, Nick Beg, and J.. Pecar, employees of the company are also indicted and made defendants for the same specific act. It is alleged that they flshed within 100 yards of the mouth of the Karta river a red salmon stream on August 19.
 The matter was put over until four o'clock this afternoon when 1t will be decided whether the defendant cor porations through agents will be for mally arraigned or whether the ap- pearance by attorney will be sufti- cient.
 Salmon packers from the various canneries in Southeastern Alaska that have been engaged in the business during the season just coming to al close began arriving in Juneau last Friday and there are at present quite a number of them in town.
 Some of them state quite frankly that they, or the companies they rep resent. have been indicted for main taining traps that are unlawful. At torneys for some of those indicted claim that there Is only a techanical question involved and that the trial, if there be one, will determine what is to be recognized as a legal trap.
 Among those who state that they have been summoned here by the court are R. P. Davis, superintendent of the Tee Harbor Packing company operating at Tee Harbor; Thomas Ryan, and Robert Forbes, of the Pa cifc American Fisheries Co, operat- ing at Excursion Inlet; William Bow man. of the Thlinget Packing com pany, operating at Funter Bay; Rob- ert Bell, of the Astoria and Puget Sound Canning company operating at Excursion Inlet. Others who are en- gagged in salmon packing who arrived in Juneau recently are J. P. Nelson, superintendent of the Glacier Fisher ies Co.,. operating at Idaho Inlet; John A. Carlson, of the Talsu Packing com pany, operating at Talsu Harbor: John Beagle of the Pure Food Canning Co, operating at Ketchikan; Otto Burk- hardt, of the Alaska Pacific Packing company operating at Chilkoot Inlet
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-09-14
sUPT. HoADLEY HERE;
 LIGHT FOR SHEEP CREEK

Milo aoadley, superintendent of the U. S. lighthouse service arrived in Ju- neau oa the Ella Rolfe, under charter to the service, in which he has been cruising the waters of Southeastern Alaska. It is understood that while Mir. Hoadley is here arrangements will be made for establishing light on the Sheep Creek bar near Thane.
The Alaska daily empire., 1914-09-14
TUG ANNA BARRON IS
 HERE ENRouTE SOUTH

The big steam tug Anna Barron, Capt. Doyle, of the Thlinket Pack ing company, is in port, having ar rived yesterday Capt Doyle has started from the company's plant at Funter for Seattle, when he received to put back to Funter and bring supt. William Bowman to Ju- neau. The vessel Is coaling tip today to sailing south.