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Cheese-Washington, Ice; TIL
lamook. Ice.
Eggs-Fresh ranch, 25 a. 26c.
Storage, goo 23c.
Butter-Washfn creamery
30@31c; Oregon, 29c; East
ern, 30c.
Wholesale Meat Prices.
Fresh Meats - Steers 12H "
13c: cows. Ia Q12c; heifers.
12c; hogs, trimmed sides, 16 NC,
ewes, lie; mutton, wethers,
12hc; lamb. lac; veal. IL @ lac.
PricesPaid Wholesale Deal
ers For Vegetables, Fruit
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NON AN MUST FACt
MURDER CASE HERE

Bertha Difley. accused of MUIR
Ter of 3-year-old Clarence Hall,
must face trial before jury So
ected In Pierce county. Judge
ard having denied her motion for
/ change OF venue. Trial was set
or March s. despite the defend
,nt's objections. Her counsel
,sked that the trial be postponed
lntil April.
Both Homer Bone and A. b.
Comfort, representing Mrs. Diff
.ey, declared they were sure their
,lient could not get a fair trial
lere because adverse publicity
lad caused prejudice against her.
Prosecutor Remain, however,
insisted that no more publicity
was given her than was custom
AIRY In most murder cases.
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ID VIII CHAPTER II
OIn UV6u READ THRILLING NOVEL
New YokrG Co,
the Co

and hollow rushes which quickly
became saturated and lost all
buoyancy. And ] could not swim
a stroke. And | was alone, float
ing, apparently, in the midst of a
gray primGrdial vastness. con-
fess that a madness seized me,
that | shrieked aloud as the
women had shrieked, and beat the
water with my numb hands.
How long this lasted ! have no
conception, for a Darkness inter-
vened, of which remember no
more than one remembers OF
troubled and painful sleep. When
| aroused, it was as after CEN
turtles of time; and l saw, almost
above me and emerging from the
fog, the bow of vessel, and
three triangular sails, each
shrewdly tapping the other and
filled with wind. Where the bow
cut the water there was great
foaming and gurgling, and
seemed directly in its path.
tried to cry out, but was too ex-
hausted. The bow plunged down
just missing me and sending q
swash of water clear over my
head. Then the long, black side
of the vessel began slipping past,
so near that | could have touched
it with my hands. tried to
reach 1t, in a mad resolve to claw
into tho mood with INV nails h.,
my arms We're heavy and lifeless,
Again | strove to call out, but
made no sound.
The stern of the vessel shot by,
dropping, as it did so, into hol-
low between the waves; and
caught a glimpse of man stand
ing at the wheel, and of another
man who seemed to be doing little
else than smoke a cigar. ! saw
the smoke issuing from his lips
as he slowly turned his head and
glanced out over the water in my
direction. 1t was a careless, un-
premediated glance, one of those
haphazard things men do when
they have no immediate call to
do anything in particular, but act
because they are alive and must
do something.
But life and death were in
that glance. / could see the YES
sci being swallowed up in the
fog; ! saw the back of the man
at the wheel, and the head of the
other man turning, slowly turn.
ing, as his gaze struck the water
and casually lifted along it to.
ward me. His face wore an alb
sent expression, as of deeI
thought, and became afraid that
il his eyes did light upon me he
would nevertheless not see me
But his eyes did light upon me
and looked squarely into mine
and he did see me, for he sprang
to the wheel, thrusting the Other
man aside, and whirled 1t round
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/ descended to the lower deck
The Martinez was sinking fast,
for the water was very near.
Numbers of the passengers were
leaping overheard. Others, in the
water, were clamoring to be taken
aboard again. No one needed
them. A cry arose that we were
sinking. | was seized by the
consequent panic, and went over
the side in a surge of bodies. How
went over l do not know,
though / did know, and instantly,
why those in the water were so
DESTROYS of getting back on the
steamer. The water was cold
so cold that 1t was painful. The
pang, as | plunged into it, was as
quick and sharp as that of fire. 1t
bit to the marrow. 1t was like
the grip of death. / gasped with
the anguish and shock of 1t, fill
ing my lungs before the life-pre-
server popped me to the surface.
The taste of the salt was strong
In my mouth, and ! was strangling
with the acrid stuff in my throat
and lungs. q
But it was the cold that was
most distressing. felt that |
could survive but a few minutes.
People were struggling and floun-
dering in the water about me. |
could hear them crying out to
one another. And ! heard, also,
the sound of oars. Evidently the
strange steamboat had lowered
Its boats. AS the time went by |
marveled that / was still alive.
| had no sensation whatever in
my lower limbs, while a chilling
numbness was wrapping about my
heart and creeping into it. Small
waves, with spiteful foaming
crests, continually broke over me
and into my mouth, sending me
off into more strangling parox-
ysms.
The noises grew indistinct,
though ] heard a final and de-
spairing chorus of screams i'm the
distance and knew that the Mar
tinSL udu SOHc uONh. Ldtti,
how much later l have no knowl-
edge,-I came to myself with a
start of fear. / was alone.
could hear no calls or cries-only
the sound of the waves, made
weirdly hollow and reverberant
by the fog. A panic in a crowd
which partakes of sort of COM
munity of interest, Is not so terri
BILE as panic when one is by
oneself; and such a panic | now
suffered. Whittier was | drifting ?
The red-faced man had said that
the tide was ebbing through the
Golden Gate. Was I, then, being
carried out to sea? And the life
preserver in which l floated?
was it not liable to go to pieces
at any moment? had heard of
such things being made of paper
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BY JACK LONDON

Continued From Yesterday
l remember the scene impelled
me to sudden laughter, and in
the next instant / realized / was
becoming hysterical myself; for
these were women of my own
kind, like my mother and sisters,
with the fear of death upon them
and unwilling to die. And / re-
member that the sound they made
reminded me of the squealing of
pigs under the knife of the butch
err, and / was struck with horror
at the vividness OF the analogy.
These women, capable of the
most sublime emotions, Of the
tenderest sympathies, were open
mouthed and screaming. They
wanted to live, they were helpless,
like rats in trap, and they
screamed.
The horror Of 1t drove me out
on deck. ! was feeling sick and
squeamish, and sat down on a
bench. In a hazy way 1 saw and
heard men rushing and shouting
as they strove to lower the boats.
1t was just as l had read de-
scriptions of such scenes IN books.
The tackles jammed. Nothing
worked. One boat lowered away
with the plugs out. filled with
women and children and then
with water, and capsized. An
other boat had been lowered by
one end, and still hung in the
tackle by the other end, where II
had been abandoned. Nothing
was to be seen Of the strange
steamboat which has caused the
disaster, though | heard men say
ing that she would undoubtedly
send boats to our assistance.
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CHAPTER III.

seemed swinging In a mighty
rhythm through orbit vastness
Sparkling points of light splut
tered and shot past me. They
were stars, / knew, and flarine
comets, that peopled my flight
among the suns. AS reached
the limit of my swing and pre-
pared to rush back on the coun
ter swing, great gong struck
and Numbered. For an immeas.
urable period, Tapped in the rip
ping of placid centuries, en-.
joyed and pondered my tremen.
dous flight.
But a change came over the
face of the dream, for a dream
told myself it must be. My rhythm
grew shorter and shorter. ] was
jerked from swing to counter
swing with irritating haste.
could scarcely catch my breath
so fiereely was l impelled through
the heavens. / grew to await il
with a nameless dread. Then II
seemed as though / were being
dragged over rasping sands, white
and hot in the sun. This gave
place to sense of intoleratle
anguish. My skin was scorching
in the torment of fire. The gong
changed and knelled. The spark
ling points of light flashed past
me in an interminable stream, as
though the whole sidereal system
were dropping into the void.
gasped, caught my breath pain.
fully, and opened my eyes. Two
men were kneeling beside me
working over me. My mighty
rhythm was the lift and forward
plunge of a ship on the sea. The
terrific gong was a frying-pan
hanging on the wall, that ratified
and clattered with each leap oil
the ship. The raspipg, scorchinf
sands were a mans hard hands
chatting my naked chest. squirm.
ed under the pain of it, and hall
lifted my head. My chest was
raw and red, and l could see tiny
blood globules starting through
the torn and inflamed cuticle.
That's do, Ronson," one of the
men said. "Carn't yer see you've
bloomin' well rubbed all the
gents skin orf?"
The man addressed as Yonson
a man of the heavy Scandinavian
type, ceased chatting me, and
arose awkwardly to his feet. The
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and round, hand over hand, at
the same time shouting orders OF
some sort. The vessel seemed to
go off at a tangent to its former
course and leapt almost instantly
from view into the fog.
felt myself slipping into I'M
consciousness, and tried with all
the power of my will to fight
above the suffocating darkness
and darkness that was rising
around me. A little later
heard the stroke OF oars, growing
nearer and nearer, and the calls
of man. When he was very
near heard him crying, in
vexed fashion. why in hell don't
you sing out?" This meant me,
| thought, and then the darkness
and darkness rose over me.
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Wholesale Hay and Grain
Prices

Wheat hay, $14@15; clover.
$16@17; alfalfa $14@15; corn.
$36; cracked. sac; wheat. $52;
shorts, $34; bran. $32: oats, SAL.
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Turn to use want ads, pngc o.
I will save you time and money.
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man who had spoken to him was
clearly a Cockney, with the clean
lines and weakly pretty, almost
effeminate. face of the man who
has absorbed the sound of Bow
Bells with his mothers milk. A
draggled muslin cap on his head
and y dirty gunny-sack about his
slim hips proclaimed him cook OF
the decidedly dirty ships galley
In which j found myself.
fAn' 'ow yer feelin' now, SIR"
lie asked, with the subservient
sniirk which comes only of gener-
ations Of tip-seeking ancestors.
For reply, twisted weakly
into sitting posture, and was
helped by Yonson to my feet.
The rattle and bang of the frying
nan was grating horribly ON my
nerves. | could not collect my
thoughts. Clutching the wood
work of the galley for support -
and ] confess the grease with
which it was scummed put my
teeth on edge reached across
A hot cooking-range to the offend.
Ing utensil, unlocked it, and
wedged 1t securely into the coal
box.
The cook grinned at my exhi-
bition of nerves, and thrust into
my hand steaming mug with an
:" Ere, this'll do yer good 1t
was nauseous mess, ships cof-
fee,-but the heat of 1t was re-
vivifying. Between gulps of the
molten stuff ] glanced down at
my raw and bleeding chest and
turned to the Scandinavian.
> THANK you. Mr.. Yonson,"
said; but don't you think your
measures were rather heroic?"
1t was because he understood
the reproof of my action, rather
than of my words, that he held
up his palm for inspection. 1t
was remarkably calloused.
passed my hand over the horny
projections, and my teeth went
on edge once more from the hor-
rible rasping sensation produced.
"My name is Johnson. not Yon-
son." he said, in very good,
though slow, English, with no
more than a shade of accent to It,.
There was mild protest in his
pale blue eyes, and withal a timid
frankness and manliness that
quite won me to him.
Thank you, Mr.. Johnson"
corrected, and reached out my
hand for his.
He hesitated, awkward and
bashful, shifted his weight from
one leg to the other, then blum
deringly gripped my hand in a
hearty shake.
Have you any dry clothes
may put on?" / asked the cook.
Yes, SIR" he answered, with
cheerful alacrity. "Pll run down
an tyke a look over my kit, IL
you've no objections, sir, to
wearin' my things"
He dived out of the galley door,
or glided rather, with swiftness
and smoothness of gait that
struck me as being not so much
cat-like as oily. In fact, this oili-
ness, or greasiness, as was later
to learn, was probably the most
salient expression of his person
ality,
land where am II" ] asked
johnson, whom I took, and right
ly, to be one of the sailors. What
vessel is this, and where is she
bo,ind?"
f'Off the Farallones, heading
about sou'west," he answered,
slowly and methodically, as
though cropping for his best Eng
fish, and rigldly observing the Or
der of my queries. The schoon-
er Ghost, bound seal-hunting to
Japan"
Continued Tomorrow
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ASKING REPEAL
Of 8.HOUR Law

OLYMPIA. Feb. 16.--Plead-
ing that the farmer didn't like a
law that permitted only hours
labor day on public improve
ments. Representative Lum, of
Yakima, vigorously defended his
bill for the repeal Of all such laws
of the statute books In the face
OF vigorous opposition waged
yesterday by Murphine of King
county. Murphine contended the
laws had been in force IL years
and should not be repealed. Two
motions to postpone the bill were
lost.
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Frufts-Native apples. 75Gsi,
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Wholesale
Quotations
Prices Paid Producers For
Meats, Butter, Eggs, Poultry

LivestocK--Cows. 8 o. &c; calves
8%9c: hogs. INC; sheep, 40 SC;
lambs, SC. Dressed hogs, Toe.
Butter ana Eggs-Uancn but.
ter, 28 % zee; strictly fresh
ranch eggs, 23m 24e.
poultry - Chickens, dressed.
14m Ice; ducks, Sc; squads, So;
chickens, live, 9@12c.
The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1915-05-27
MINING ON NORTH SIDE.

Adam Aulbach, Of Murray, was in
the city Tuesday en- route to Coeur.
d'Alene. where he had been summoned
to serve on the federal jury. Discus
sing conditions on the North Side, Mr.
Aulbach said that there was nothing
big in the way of mining operations,
but altogether there is much going nr
in the way of development in small
way and that some ore shipments wern
being made. The success that hat az
tended recent operations in several
cases are most encouraging, AMI the
continued strong market for lead and
spelter he believed would soon make
its influence felt in that section. He
spoke particularly of the work of the
Giant Ledge company which had re-
suited in opening up a large body If
commercial ore, and he complimented
the management of that COMPANY.
upon the excellent manner in wttcn
its affairs are being handled.
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JACK WAITE LOOKS GOOD
SAYS A RECENT VISITOR
FIRST CLASS ORE IN UPPER TuN.
NEL-RAlsE COMPLETED
LET TWO CONTRACTS.

Parties who have recently visited
the Jack Waite speak most encouras
ingly of the prospects of further de-
velopment of that property. The jack
Waite became famous In the early
days ON account of the great outcrop
of ore at the place of discovery, sai0
TO be among the most remarkable sur
face showings in the district. The
main development of the property con-
sists of two tunnels. the upper one OF
which has evidently reached the great
ore shoot that shows on the surface,
Much shipping ore has been founu in
this tunnel and several cars have been
shipped but the distance to be hauled
to the railroad is too great, about IL
miles, to make satisfactory returns
possible, Much shipping ore is still h'
sight in this tunnel.
The Lower Tunnel.
About seven hundred feet below the
main tunnel has been driven and i,
now reported in good milling ore. with
strong indications that the grade will
improve rapidly. Recent work in the
Jack Waite has been confined to max,
ing raise to connect the two let
whicn has recently been completed
The raise was made in ore all the way
verying in quantity, all of it of milling
grade and occasional punches of ship
ping. The last hundred or more feet
of the raise was put through by Chris
Grimsmoe under contract.
Will Let Two More Contracts.
The company now proposes to LEI
two more contracts which will prob
ably make a big change in the or
on the property A notice
inviting bids for this work will be
found in another column of this paper
One of these contracts is to extend
the lower tunnel 100 feet and the other
is to drive 100 feet on the vein from
point in the raise about $50 feet be-
low the upper tunnel IF the result o.
this work proves as satisfactory as J.
expected, it is probable that plans for
the more extended development of the
will be taken up at once
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THE HYPOTHEEk.
Development Work Is Now Confined
to Sinking the Shaft.

Drifting has been suspended on the
900 level Of the Hypotheek The ore
shoot has been explored for upparu
of 400 feet, and the length Of the
shoot on the 700 level renders L prac-
tically certain that it extends severa,
hundred feet further east on the 90c.
and the probability is that It exten ls
considerably further west aIsa. The
ore on this level is generally carbon
ate, and 1t Is confidently expected hat
the 100 will show change to galena
1t is with the view to demonstrating
this that the management is now con-
centrating the work in the sha@, and
at the same time the work in the drift
is suspended, as there Is nothing to be
gained in taking out the ore, particu.
larry when 1t can be done more eco
nomically in the course Of gnnerlt
mining operations at q later date.
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spelter during the past few months
easily account for the enormous
profits. Lead is also quite an import
ant factor in the output and indica-
/ tions are that II will he more so dur
Ing the next quarter.
Considering the limited milling IA
cilities and the wagon haul to the rail-
road, the showing of cost per ton Of
ore mined is surprisingly good.
The New Tramway.
Work is progressing satisfactorily
on the tramway, mentioned in the re-
port, which win eliminate the wagon
haul The tramWay will be almost
two miles long. The concrete founda-
tions upon which will stand the tow
ers To support the cables are COM
peted and the towers at the arllroad
terminal are being erected The COM
pletion of the tramway viii be an i'm
of handling the ore.
Milsite at Enavile.
The Interstate Callahan company
last week filed deed conveying u the
company tract of ground adjoining
and including part of the toWnste of
EnavilIe, which II Is assumed Is TO be
used for a milaite at some fu.nra
time. The ground was surveyed last
fall and at the time attracted eonsid-
cradle comment, as it was believed
then that 1t was being done for the
big zinc company. 1t is an ideal mill
site, plenty Of room, and an abund-
ance of clean water. 1t Is not be-
lieved that anything will be done to-
ward utilizing the site for some tima
yet for to do 50 would mean con-
Meeting the mine with the Beaver
creek side through the Amazon Man
haitian, owned by the company, and
the construction Of a railroad down
Beaver creek to the North Fork
branch of the O.-W r. a. ~ There is
enough ore above the present work.
ing level of the mine to keep the pres
ent mill going for several years, anu
with the tramway completed there
would be no reason to abandon the
present works until this ore is worked
out.
The Miner desires to express its APP
probation for the copy of the Inter-
state Callahan report mailed direct
from headquarters, 1t Is n courtesy
that few companies have extended to
the press of the district
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THE NATIONAL.

Rumors have been heard during the
ward resuming operations at the Ma
tional. but no definite information IN
the subject could be obtained. 1t Is
believed, however, that there is scmc
for the report. II is claim
ed by those informed on the subject
that the National can earn a good
profit with copper at IA cents, wnicn
would indicate that the continued IDLE
ness Of the property is due to causes
outside the market for copper
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THE BULLION.

]. H. Tavlor returned the first of the
week from the Bullion, where he had
been for several days. He reports sat
isfactory progress in the long crosscu'
which is now in about 800 feet, leaving
about 700 feet approximately to be run
to the vein. This work is being done
Jointly by the Bullion and Copper
Chief A vein was cut about 30 feet
back which shows low values IN c"p-
per and which may Justify prospecting
at some future time.
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THE AMADOR.
Arrangements Completed for Reopen
ing Famous Mine.

ing Famous Mine.
Plans have been completed which
will result in placing the Amador mine
in active operation. These plans in
volve the immediate erection of mill
for the mine is already extensively de-
veloped and there is said to be 10000
tons of milling ore on the dump. The
deal for the reopening and operation
of the Amador has been brought about
through oscar Nordquist and Sidno,
L. Shonts Of this city, who some time
ago secured a bond on the property
and have since enlisted the support
Of a number of local men. Cash sub
scriptions amounting to 100000 have
been secured, which insures the sue
cess of the enterprise. Mr. Shonts am
Mr.. Nordquist went to the mine today
to complete some final arrangements
and it is expected that actual work o.
constructing the mill will begin a
once.
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the council and which require pub
licatiun to be published in the official
paper But the city clerk appears to
be a law unto himself, for the rrsi
ordinance passed by the new council
ing organ for publication. Asked for
AN explanation, Mr.. Walker merely
stated that he was advised to do so.
but refused to state who his adviser
was. The action Of the city clerk
makes no difference to the Miner in
any sense; 1t merely. shows that the
city clerk is following the lead of the
mayor in taking instructions from
the invisible government
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THE HECTOR.
The Vein Not Yet Reached, But Evil
IDENTIFY Not Far OF.
morning.

A few days ago the long crosscut on
the Hector came into slip or fault
running with the tunnel along which
was about six inches of oxidized iron
which has the appearance of carrying
lead values, and also considerable
crystalized lead. This has since Wild
ened to about three feet and ASSAYS
are now being made to determine i,s
values. The showing is an unusual
one, particularly at that depth, ana
much interest Is taken in the develop
ments of the next few days.
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w. L. Johnson, one of the newly ap-
pointed patrolmen, like Mr.. McGovern,
is not legal resident of the state of
Idaho, according to the best informa-
tlon obtainable. He is a nephew of
Colonel Harry Williams and arrived
in Wallace shortly after the recent Jail
breaks with the expectation of landing
the job as jailer, his experience as a
guard at the Oklahoma state prison
having given him expert qualifications
in that line. For some reason un-
known he failed to get the job, when
it appears that "Gumshoe JIM" who
it win be recalled was quite conspicu-
Gus in the Wallace city election, pro-
vided a place for him at the Hercules
mine. He has never been a resident
of this city.