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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10
So many more pressing matters

So many more pressing matters de.
mand consideration that the Democrats
Dhave decided not to attempt to force con-
frmation of the promotion of Doctor
Grayson to the rank OF rear admiral.
They have discovered that the promo
tion was what the EVENING LEDGER
called It. namely, monkey wrench
thrown into the legislative machinery.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10
SAM LOYD's PUZZLE

The present net income from the earn
ings OF the r. d. and G. road would
be per cent upon the entire stock
issue, but as there is $4,000, 900 in pre-
ferred stock upon which is paid 7Ih mar
cent interest, the road is therefore onIv
able to pay per cent interest upon the
common stock.
What Is the total amount of this
years common stock dividend?
Answer to Yesterdays Puzzle
No. = sasHsorr ysrons > l2rIs
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10

Dear Tom---Anent the proposed "interns
ment" of William Jennings Bryan-why
waste n perfectly good letter en-? W. D.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10
Philadelphia. saturday. February 10. 1917.

The sugar strike IS not affecting
the cost of sweetenng the kitty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10

And every other patriotic American
says, Me, too"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10

This is not blow at the tobacco
trust, but at the laundry bills, which are
high because Of the failure to enforce the
antismoke ordinances.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10

1.-THE attention of the Whatsinanams
Society,"" says the Springfield Union, is
called to the fact that Priv. Harry Ohara,
who has just received the British medal
for valor on the western front. is men.
toned in the war dispatches as Jap
anese"
Well, well, well, an is II thirteen years
ago that we wrote a piece about another
wan o. the family? 1t is so. Upon DAY
In 1904 we took our pen in hand to say:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10

In a tonsorial emporlum--yas. sub, q.
what All safd-at Twentieth and Nauo.~
streets, which is within meioniss sss
throw of Lombard street. we noticed ''
HAIR STRENGTHENED Gents
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10

A cablegram from Petrograd con.
WINGED onelof the Senators at Harrisburg
that he should vote for the Sproul resolu-
tion. 1t was not from Gar Nicholas nor
from Car Penrose. who rarely goes so
far from home in his efforts to keep away
from the Senate. 1t was from one of the
State Senator's personal and business
associates" who make Cars possible
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10

BESIDES. the youngsters gave us
pair Of fine new skates for Christmaa
We didn't know they cost 81 until we
saw it on the bill, which we hope to pay
on the fifteenth.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10
All Points of the Compass
Rubaiyat of a Commuter

lAN
A Young Book Agent came around one day
She had a most insinuating Way
bought her Book, and paid Dollar
cash
A Dollar wasn't very much to pay.
LVI
But afterward my Heart with Fear was
rife. It
I didn't dare go Home and tell my Wife
How I'd by Contract bound myself to pay
The girl Dollar Weekly all my Life.
Late in the evening Bill Sharpless volun-
teered 10 sing I'm Dying for Some One to
Love Me-"
wen stand for anything but that" said
Charlie Holden.
whats the matter?" asked Bill. Don't
you like my singing?"
.we don't know" replied Charlie. but
why take a chance?'
And so General Pershing, although he
didn't get Villa, is bringing 1000 Mexicans
with him into the United States. II appears
that because they helped the American SOL
dlers in their camps II Is unsafe for them
10 remain in their own country They
would be murdered for aiding the hated
Invaders We don't know much about war
or International law. but we know what
things We like, and this idea OF making II
Impossible. for 1000 men. women ana chii-
1ron - )Ife ~ their own country y not one
~ 4II1k II.[ n '| .I '|| ~ k ll.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10

WITHOUT giving us a chance TO ~.
to his query as TO whether we nou
the sign on the north end of the
way Building-"Tomie's Shoes sn
Around the Corner. N. w. go>
to remark that the average artistr
fault r. 5u<t his failure 70 'pp
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10
The chief merit Of the budget pla

The chief merit Of the budget plan
which commends itself to the men pro-
posing charter changes is that it would
put an end to the foolish practice Of fix.
ing a tax rate arbitrarily and then at.
tempting to live within the sum raised
Under this practice the city has accumu-
lated most troublesome deficit in recent
years. The new plan requires the ex-
ecutives to submit to Councils an esti.
mate Of the amount of money that will
be needed and then requires Councils,
after due consideration of the estimat tes,
TO NJ the tax rate at~such figure as will
yield the required sum. This is business.
like.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10

No matter who carries It. I follow
the fag.-Isaac III. Clothler.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10
THE FIGHTING RACE


I've been readin' the papers n
And watchin' the capers
OF Russian and Jap on the land ana the So
And it's got me to guessin
Why some names is missin
That should be conspickyus where hghtns
so free.
Shure! where are the Reillys,
The Caseys and Kileys. -
And all the rest of the Macs and the os'
There was never real fightin'
or wrongs to be rightin'
But some o. thin byes d be strlkin thsH
blows 81
Now the longer I ponder
The struggle out yonder. go.
Where the Jap and the Russian are nrun J
wild Fame,
The more I'm decidin
The Irishman's hidin 49,
Behind the auare front Of haythen'sa
name.
II ye read of "Patriski'
Or "Michelkomisk" :, !.
Ye will know they're not Russian at all
yere wise.
And the Jap "Tomohara"
Or "Teddimagara"
Are simply good Connaught men there
disguise.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10
THE ULrmUs ULTIMATE IN rrAIss'

II was Bembo's chiefest pacsx ppvx
to be called "Cicero's ape."-From ~
and Painter--a Renaissance Fancy ~
Richard Arlington In The Dial
What, r. o. c. wonders. did Bempo
slider his chief and chiefer praisesT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10

Fighting TO make the city smoke
less.-Headline
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10

1t may be that one of the incidental
results Of the war will be tho application
IN shipyards of the methods of Henry
Ford's automobile factory. Already the
great demand for ships has led TO the
construction Of standard pattern, which
can be duplicated quickly and at less
cost than ship of special design. The
ehipyard that can turn out a stand.
erdized ship on short notice and at a
low price will reap the profits of the
great building era which is dawning and
II will do more than a dozen rehabilita.
tion laws to restore the American flag to
the seas. Cheap ships are what the
ecmmerce Of this country needs just now.
Lancaster County Masons have
honored Pennsylvania's only President
BY erecting tablet to his memory in
&heir lodge room. Buchanan, who wa.
born in 1871. became a Mason in 1917.
100 years ago. 1t was In commemoration
~ this anniversary that the tablet was
unyeiicd. Buchanan was one of nine
Presidents who belonged 70 the Masonic
ordsr. The frst was Washington, ana
fho lodge In Alexandria. Va, to which
- belonged, stili preserves many relics
1ronocted with his membership. The
rrcGraphicai distribution Of the Presi.
6sots y more interesting. however, than
1>aIr relation to any secret society. New
1zupehire. New Jersey. Kentucky ana
reznont share with Pennsylvania the
lc{inction OF having produced but one
rnDanf Of the White House apiece. The
A1nmnnn ware the ou1v ruax. - nS~<
~ birth ~ = secure slsction.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10

The Government of the United States
win in no circumstances take advan-
tage of state of war to take possession
of property to which International un-
derstandings and the recognized law OF
the land give it no just claim or
title.-Statement from the Department
of State
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-02-10

utle-Statement from the Department
of State.
The Administration has simply for
mulated what has been in the thoughts of
Ill broad-minded Americans. War does
not repeal the laws Of equity nor justify
the disregard of the rights of noncombat-
ants. even though they be nationals of a
hostile Power. II we have to make war
Il will be as a civilized nation
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-09-06
RICH COPPER STRIKE
IN IDAHO COUNTY
Ore Assays $274.10 on Rice Property
Near Forks Of Snake and
Salmon Rivers.

Frank s. Rice received returns from
an assay of copper ore recently struck
in the western part of Idaho county near
the confluence of the Snake and Salmon
rivers The strike was made two weeks
ago and showed so rich in copper that
Mr.. Rice estimated that it would go
800 to the ton just from weight and
outward appearances. Returns from the
assays showed that the stuff runs
$274.1O to the ton with traces of other
paying metals. The vein was only an
inch wide at the surface but widened to
IA inches at depth of 10 feet. If the
ore exists in sufficient quantities and
are that it does, there will
be things popping in that section of
the country before long. II has been
known for some time that copper ex-
listed in that locality and the recent
strike confirms the theory
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-09-06
FIRES coNTRoILED-sET OTHERS
Two New Ones Burning Between Light
ming and Green Creeks.

The local fire situation is very graft
flying. The local forestry office re-
port all eonflagrations under control. On
Friday about So men who went to the
Sheep Eater district will be back and
a government paymaster win be here to
pay them off. The men get pay from
the day they left Spokane till the
time they return to that city. From
25 to 30 men are to be kept in the
burned area as safeguard against
any fresh breaking out of blazes
The fires between Green and Lightn-
ing creeks had been brought under con-
troll when two others were set out by
some ruthless persons. As there is no
timber in this section to destroy il is
hard TO discover what the object would
be. One of the set fires burned over
an area of a couple hundred acres but
is under control. 1t had not far to burn
till it reached ground already burned
over.
One of the fire fighters was brought,
in Tuesday evening with a cut foot. He
had been chopping and the AK slipped
severing the cord of his big toe. A
wild rumor comes to hand that the fire
on the Sheep Eater was caused by a
falling meteor.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-09-06
BEGIN WORK ON CRANGEvlLE'S
HOSPITAL FURNITURE ORDERED

Work has begun on Grangeville s
hospital. Carpenters are putting in
partitions in the old school building and
the plasterers are busy plastering, the
painters are putting ON the paint while
the plumbers are preparing to plumb
and in due time the electricians will
have the place wired for the lights and
will also install the special wires for the
X-ray machine.
In addition to the office, reception
provided as well as wards in which from
one to a dozen beds can be placed. If
necessary from 25 to 30 patients can be
taken care of right on the start and ar
rangements can soon be made to take
in more if necessity arises.
DIR. Rains has been busy ordering
equipment which consists of extra in
struments and tools for the operating
room, beds and other furniture tha+ will
be needed to care for patients. II is
expected that the material will be here
by the time the building is in readiness
which, judging from the present manner
that the work is going forward. will be
about the end of the month.
Everyone in Grangeyille and vicinity
seems to be enthusiastic over the pros
peets for the hospital as all who have
been interviewed are of the opinion that
The committee appointed by the com
mercial club to go out to solicit funds
for the hospital have been busy the
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-09-06

past week but are unable to give re-
port at this time.
Miss Hazel Calhoun has been engaged
as nurse for GrangeviIle IS hospital. Miss
Calhoun took three year training at and
graduated from the Sacred Heart hospi-
tai in Spokane. She since has had five
years OF practical experience, nearly two
years of which was in the city hospitals
of Spokane. She also nursed in Walla
Walla. For the past two years the
young lady has been in our city and has
shown herself to be eminently qualified
to handle any ease that is likely to come
up. p
DR.. Rains at the Commercial Club
luncheon made a report OF the WORK
done to date and it comedies generally
with the foregoing. The Girls First
Aid met Mt Red Cross headquarters We'd
nesday evening and decided to give $3.50
for the furnishing of private ward in
the new hospital.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-09-06

George d. Smith of George ~ livery
returned Saturday from delivering his
bunch of fire fighters to Dixie, from
which place the men were supposed to
hike the remainder of the distance to
the burned area. Mr.. Smith made the
round trip of about 200 miles in eight
days.
The party when it left Grangetille a
week ago Saturday morning including
l. w. WIS, teamsters and bosses, con.
sisted of 103 men. There were Is
teams, IA wagons and one buggy ridden
In by Mr.. Smith who went ahead to
provide camping places. The first day
the procession reached Switchback, a
distance of % miles, the next day New
some, 23 miles farther, the third day
they travelled 20 miles, reaching Dixie on
the fourth day out at five .. nj.
The cook and four helpers were in a
rig by tkmeslves and made camp ahead
Of the others so as to have the meals
preoared when the men arrived. Ask
ing whether the men showed any
peculiarities we were told that while
the majority were considerate, still
some of them were the biggest "hogs"
that ever lived. Food was served
Sby oOjuc WOuIU utip
themselves to more than they could
possibly eat. These had no regard for
courtesy and cared for none but them
selves.
Most of the men were cleanly about
their persons and would bathe when
ever opportunity offered. Mr.. Smith
says that some of the men would make
up their beds, sleep several hundred
yards from the main camp. One fellow
failed to awaken and had to walk Ii
miles to overtake the wagons.
The trip was anything but pleasure.
The roads led up hill and down while the
dust flew continually. Most of the men
walked up the grades but some were too
lazy to save the horses that much Mr..
Smith delivered his human cargo safely
without any sickness on the part of men
or horses. He could not see the fires
from Dixie but says there is plenty of
smoke. There are many fires around
Elk City but little timber is being dam
aged as it is not of the mercantable
variety. The timber is needed, how
ever, to hold the snow back.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-09-06
SHIP CATTLE TO MARKET
Twenty Carloads Sent From Cotton,
wood Last Week.

Farmers and stockmen OF the prairie
and river sections last week marketed
20 carloads of cattle from Cottonwood,
the prices being z and ~ cents for
steers and 8 cents for COWS.
The reports indicate all farmers and
stockmen are united in the plan to save
the feed supply of the upper country
for the cows and young stock and all
marketable stock will be promptly
turned off. Heavy shipments for the
next several weeks will continue, but it
is stated the livestock shipments will
be light after the first of the year.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-09-06
PETER MELAND BURIED SUNDAY.

Peter Meland died last Friday at
Charleston and was buried Sunday at
Denver. The deceased had been suffer
ing from arterial cerosis or hardening
of the arteries. He was born in Nor
way in 1858 and came to this country in
1879, settling on Camas Prairie % years
ago. To mourn his loss he leaves wife
and two step-children. He also is sur
vived by five brothers, two of whom
are still in Norway, and one sister. One
brother, John of Spokane attended the
funeral. Four nephews were in atten-
dance at the obsequies. Rev. II. J.
Munroe of the Christian church of this
city conducted the services while Un-
dertaker Hancock officiated. Burial
was made in the Denver cemetery. A
large crowd of sorrowing friends, were
in attendance, among them people from
Cottonwood and Grangeville.
Mr.. Meland had resided in the
prairit country for the past 25 years
and his sterling qualities of character
had won for him the highest regard
of wide circle of friends.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-09-06
ARE ATTRACTING ATTENTION


Grangeville' cowboy band got AWAY
for the fair Sunday morning. The rail
road company had special coach pre-
pared for them and the boys had two
blg cloth signs painted and attached to
each side of the coach. The signs read :
Grangcville's Cowboy Band.o These
sings can be read at distance of half a
mile.
A busy bunch were the band BOYS be.
fore getting ready to leave town. 1t
Is safe to say that they gathered up
every set of chaps and every pair of rid
ing boots within a radius of ten miles
of town and if local puncher figures
on taking O long trip he must wait till
the band gets back. After the boys got
the cowboy togs altogether, it looked
hike the paraphanalia of wild west
show.
One of the largest crowds that have
gathered at the local railway station in
some time was on hand to see the bows
off and to take the train themselves
either for the fair or for other outside
points. A photographer was there and
took the boys pictures, one of which
may be seen in window of the Free
Press. Tho boys did not get out and
P'"'- "o uiiiCiCht StopS OH tHe way as
some of the members had gone by car as
they thought they would need their
machines to run around in at the fair
A stop was made at Moscow where the
members all assembled to accept the in.
vitation to play for the commercial club
of that city.
Our cowboy band in mentioned from
time to time in the Spokane papers
which say that it takes the center of the
stage on many occasions and holds the
audience with their music and trick
roping. Red Harris, base drummer, was
and shown in Tuesday Is
Spokesman Review, as one of the
notable attractions at the big fair. Red
is all'blossomed out in broad brimmed
hat, fancy shirt, chaps and riding boots.
and those looking upon him at the big
doings must have visions of the
thousands of sleek steers he has roped.
tied and branded on the plains of wild
and woody west and how his artistic tenn
perament brought him in contact with
the base drum. Red is there with the
breakfast food when it comes to time and
can lay off quite a little while in a
piece4pf music and hit the drum Just Mt
the proper moment. Some trick, and
every school boy can do it.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-09-06
ARE TESTING OUT OLD
STERLING PLACER CLAIMS
Denver Mining Man Examining Channel
Of Little Slate Creek for Dredging
Proposition.

W. Ii. Wright, a mining man from
Denver, arrived in Grangeville Sunda,
and on Tuesday left for Little Slate
Creek where he will make some tests
on the Sterling placer and if the right
kind OF showing is made dredging opera
tons Will begin as soon as the arrange.
ments can be made and machinery rot.
ten in.
The Sterling has been an old placer
proposition and thousands of dollars in
gold have been taken out of the vicinity
in days gone by. This work has been
done on the gently falling slopes of the
Little Slate. The channel of the creek
itself has never been worked and it is
the channel in which the tests are to be
made.
Mr.. Wright was at the Sterling in
July and made some preliminary sexami-
nations and he had enough faith in what
he found to go back and order some test
drills. Owing to the demand for all
kinds of mining machinery his order
could not be filled till recently else he
would have been back on the grounds
several weeks ago.
If the tests come up to @expectatio ons,
two dredges will be put to working in
the channel. The property contains six
hundred acres mostly owned by Frank
Rice of this city. The channel is so
level here that it looks almost like a
lake bed. 1t is rather marshy and will
be ideal for dredging. Mr. Rice has
made tests on his own account and has
known it to go So to the cubic yard.
Fortunes are being made in dirt that
runs only 25 cents to the yard.
The Metals Exploration Company of
Denver is the name of the concern in.
vestigating the Sterling Placer. Bulke-
ley Wells of Telluride, Col is vice-presi-
dent and the one with whom Mr.. Rice
has been negotiating. The above COM
pany is at the head of big dredging
operations over the country and need
only be shown that money can be
made and they will put in the dredges.
The Sterling placer is 43 miles from
Grangeville and in the event that af-
fairs pan out as they should, this town
will become the supply point for the
mines. Mr.. Wright and party left
for the mines Tuesday. Drillmaster
Con Thuey and panner, Howard Beck
man, both registering from San Fran
cisco, had already gone in with the
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-09-06
TAKEN FOR SETTING FIRES.

w. j. Rape, who owns a ranch east of
town, was brought to Grangeville We'd
nesday charged with setting out fires.
Rape set the fires on his own ranch and
it seems that they got out ON forest
reserve land. This is in violation of
the law as all who wish to set out fires
on their own farms that adjoin the
forest reserve. must get permit which
well set time to put out the fire.
The forestry officials will then provide
a man to help watch the fire and keep
it under control. On account of the
present dry condition, the laws are be-
ing strictly enforced. Mr.. Rape was
placed under 800 bond and released
to reappear ON his own reeognizance.
Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1917-09-06
DEVELOP BUFFALO HUMP MINE
VIII Block Out Ore and Put in MIL
Next Spring.

Joseph Pelikan, a mining man from
Spokane, after being in the mining. dis
trict northeast of the city, left for his
home Tuesday taking with him a sack
of nice ore samples from his property
i'll the Buffalo Hump country which lies
about 80 miles from Grangeville.
Mr.. Pelikan says that he and asso.
ciates are making arrangements to
develop the property. The men are
working on $50 foot erosscut in the
jefferson and Franklin mine and be
tween now and spring expect to block
out 10000 tons of ore, when mill be
put in. 2fs
In these workings the miners have en-
eountered an eight foot vein of clean ore
that will easily 90 $50 to the ton of free
milling gold.
The Buffalo Hump district was the
center of big mining excitement in
1899 when there was big stampede for
the section. Many thousands of dollars
were taken out of the mines there One
Charles Sweeney, since deceased, paid
$25O,000 for two 10-foot holes and took
out over 100000 of easy milling ore.
A like amount was taken from the
Jumbo and the Crackerjack and still
greater values could have been extract
cd but the 10stamp mills of that day
were not equal to the task.
Mr.. Pe1ikan has a mine of similar
nature and by installing one of the
modern mills which extracts all the
values will bring the Buffalo Hump to
the front again. He says there is more
activity in the mining field than there
has been for some years and there are
n number of big deals pending, inclnd-
ing a number of mines in Idaho county.