SANDERS COUNTY LEDGERVOL. VI. NO. 20.

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THOMPSON. MONTANA. FIUDA.Y, JULY 8, 1910. PRICE FIVE CENTS

!tette, beeu opeued for settlement. TheNoRTHwEsT ITEMS pusie ui imarly 15,000 acres were puton tile in the Lewiston office. 'Most otit is grazing land, oiat•tilltat.Snake and :salmon rivers, the other out

WASHINGTON, MONTANA AND of 1(°°81"

IDAHO NEWS NOM.- --

A Few Interesting Items Gathered

Front Our Exchanges of the Sur-

rounding Country—Numerous Acci-

dents and Personal Events Take

Place Business Outlook Is Good.

WASHINGTON STATE NEWS

The hfoeser Lumber company's saw-mill at Newport has begun the season'scut. They will .cut about 3,500,000 feet.Their planing mill has been in opera-tion for a month.Benjamin Gallentine, at one time a

regular in the United States arzey andan Indian fighter of repute from 1870to 1876, is now living in peace andcontentment in a low cabin on theoutskirts of Hutium. Ile was fighting

Indians with General Custer when thehistorical Sioux war broke out in Da-kota in 1878, and was on the battlefieldthe day following the disastrous Custermassacre on June 25, 1876.

It has developed at -Morin in con-

nection with the investigation into the

system of bookkeeping in use by the

county made by. representatives of the

state accountancy board, that the ac-

counts of various lee mimes in the coun-

ty have not been checked nor audited

for years, and there is no record of

their having ever been audited, and a

county official is authority for the st,ate-

went that until the office of treasurer

was taken over by the incumbent, E. H.

Dammar,,I, the accounts in that office

had not even balanced for..a number of

years.Former State Senator H. M. Biwine

was given an indeterminate sentence of

from one to 10 years for embezzlement

from the Fatouse State bank, of which

he was formerly president.Attorney General Bell has declared

vacant the office a former AttorneyGeneral W. F. Magill, who, in company

with County Coroner IL N. Sticklin ofOlympia, dieappeared suddenly thr

weeks age. He bun named-R.-R.—M-4,

bell at the legal department of the

Great Northern railway in Seattle to

fill the vacancy.-A large forest fire has been raging

north- of Inchelium on the south half

of the Colville reservation.

The union machinists in five Spokane

plants are 0.• strike for an eight-hour

day.The Leavenworth State bank, a new

institution, opened its doors Saturday.

President E. A. Bryan's prize-win-

ning herd of Berkshires, known gen•

erally in livestock circles of the state

as "The Pussy Willow Herd," suffered

a reverse by the loss from the excessive

heat of Baron Premium, the prize boar,

Pullman Princess Second and Pullman

Princess Third, the leading sows in the

show ring." The total corporation tax collected

pp to Saturday night for the state of

Washington is $168,300.That fully $7,000,000 is being spent

this year on improvements in the four

irrigated counties of central Washing-

ton—Yakima, Benton, Hittites and

Franklin—is indicated by statements of

various contractors who are building

railroads, electric lines, irrigation ca-

nals, stores and office buildings and

residences and making municipal im-

provements.The first cutting of hay is not com-

ing op to what was expected. -

A ̀ telephone line is predicted for

Ephrata.So far the farmers of Walla Walla

county have received. 2,500,000 grain

sacks for the coming crop, half of which

have been furnished through the Farm-

ers' union, adeording to President Mc-

Lean. It is expected the crop will

make it necessary to secure 1,250;000

more seeks, most of which are niw

ordered.

IDAHO NEWS rrzitsThere is every prospect for an 4.n-

usually large crop of hay this year,Donner county's chief prodapt. It isestimated that in the neighborhood of200,000 acres are devoted in the raisinc.ef hay this year. It is estimated 80,000 acres will cover the lands devotedto the raising of cerea/e.It is alleged that Sewell Dean and

Walter Steffens, boys, b'roke open thecornerstone of the Episcopal church atWallace and robbed it of the money itcontained, five Lincoln pennies.The Rev. Renick, Indian missionary

at Wellpenit on the Spokane reeerva-tion, and wife have gone to Korea,where Mr. Renick will do missionarywork.Joe Cannon of Lapwai, Wash.,

charged with marrying a girl below thestatntory age for marriage, who eludedWhitman county officials, went to SanFrancisco and joined the United Statesmarine corps.Announcement is made at the depart-

ment of justice that C. H. Lingenfelter,United States district attorney, willcontinue In that post. It had been ru-mored that he intended to retire.

A large tract of land In Idaho county

Joseph Deviates, a Frenchgnan,rancher of Crane creek, aboutfrom Weiser, is in a. serious couditio,from the bite of a rattlesnake,

Professor H. A. Hallowell,' dean ofthe Lewiston State Normal school, received word recently from London thsthe has been honored by election as cor-responding member of the Englieb His-torical association. Dean Hallowell isa graduate of the University of Penn-sylvania. lie is the only eterreepondingmember of the society in the UnitedStates.

MONTANA NEWS NOTESA. "C. Frantz, one of the men who

was droweed in the Libby ferry boatdisaster, was found near Runners Ferry,50 miles away.The better farming special train of

the Northern Pacific completed its tourof the state Saturday night.Mrs. Vera Prosser, charged with mur

der In "tU first degree for the allegedkilling of her divorced husband, ReeseT. Premier, on a Great Northetu trainnear Libby, on June 1, is now an in-mate of the Lincole, eauety jail atLibby. —Sits bet been kept at a hotel.

Resolutions of condemnation of theaction of the state board of prison corn-mispioners, authorizing use of convictlabor on the roads of the state havebeen passed at a recent meeting of theSmeltermen's union at Anaconda.It is reported that Former United

States affinatori-W. A. Clark will Makehie future home in Paris. SenatorClark 's daughters are Miss Andre, aged7, and Mies Hughette, aged 4. MissAndre has spent -all her life in France,and neither of the children can speakEnglish, although both are proficient inSpanish and French. Mrs, Clark doesnot like America nor Americans, andis determined that her children shall bereared as French girls. She declaresthat if she can prevent it they willnever acquire the art of speaking dieEnglish language.

Fred W. Witham, secretary of theBillings Y. M. C. A., has tendered hisresignation to take effect August.

as accepted a similar position withtieY. N. C. A. at Walla Walla.

Charles Pomeroy, a well-known stockman of the Big Horn basin, was fatallykicked and trempled upon by a wildhorse in a livery stable at Dillon,Mont. His skull is fractured in twoplaces.L. P. Donovan has been appointed

receiver of the Pittsburg and MontanaCopper company by Judge McClernan,upon petition of Alfred Forsell, theplaintiff in a recent action against thecompany for recovery of $18,000 award-ed as damages by- the district courtnine months ago.

BUREAU OF MINES BUSY.

New Branch Created by Congress As-sumes Existence.

The bureau of mines created at thelast evasion of congress, as a coordinatedivision of the interior department, hasassumed actual existence, with GeorgeOtis Smith, director of the geologicalsurvey, acting as its chief. Mr. Smithwill preside over the new office in con-junction with his duties as director ofthe survey until a permanent head isappointed.

Secretary Ballinger appointed FrankE. McCalip of Crawfordsville, Ind., aschief of the division of accounts inthe new bureau, and he transferred allof Off employes of the technical branchof the geological survey to the bureauof mines.'

AMERICAN POWER CO.GETS INLAND EMPIRE

GAS PROPERTIES

The Northwest corporation of Phila-delphia has disposed of its gas andelectric traction companies to the'American Power & Light Co. The dealinvolves gas properties at Walla Walla,Wash., North Yakima, Wash., Lewiston,Idaho, Pendleton, Ore., and light prop-erties at Walla Walla and Pendleton.The Athena Traction line at WallaWalla and the North Yakima-Strahornproperties along the Yakima and Co-lumbia rivers are also included.

Peary Given Leave of Absence.

Civil Engineer Robert E. Peary hasbeen granted six months leave of ab-sence with permission to go abroad.The department allows him this leavefor ',carrying on certain tidal investi-gations.' He will soon be on dutyagain in the navy department. Ile willdevote most of the time which has beengranted him to lecturing before scien-tific bodies in Europe.

CALIFORNIA BOY SUICIDES.

San Francisco, July 4.—Henry Tice,22 years o/d, son of James C. Tice, localagent for Wells, Fargo & Co., com-mitted suicide last night by shootinghimself in the head.

Meat Eden Stay 17p.There will be no relief from high

meat prices for a time, at least. This isthe dictum of J. Ogden Armour, whoseword is law when the price of meat isInvolved.

DRY FARM CONfiRESSMFF'IS AT SPOKANE DURING

MONTH OF OCTOBER.Some of the Most Distinguished Men

in America Will Deliver Addressee

During Sessions — Many T'elultuns

secretaries of agriculture, governors ofstates, territories and ministers of prov-inces, officers and members of facultiesof agricultural colleges and expenmen-tal stations, national, state and countyagricultural associations and grangelodges, officers of the United Staterweather bureau, state land boards, stateengineers, state boards of agriculture,conservation, livestock and horticulturalassociations, railroad companies, com-mercial bodies, oounty commissionersand mayors of cities and presidents oftowns.

President Mendell announces in theofficial call that delegates may be up-

Offered to Exhibitorse—Delegates Ott pointed as follows:

Complimentary T1451[4,46 to Fair. Twenty by the governor of each state,territory or province.

Modern methods ef tillage, conserva-tion of moisture and the adaptation ofcrops to climate and soil will be fea-tured at the fifth Dry Farming Congressin Spokane, October 3 to 6, when ex-ports of international reputation willalso discuss legislation favorable to thefurther development of dry lands, byestablishing demonstration farms andexperiment stations, and ways sadmeans through which the unoccupiedagricultural acreage of this and othercountries may be made to successfullyproduce profitable crops.

Congressman F. W. Mendel/ of Wy-oming„ president of the organisation,says in thel official call issued on June29, that some of the most distinguishedmen in America, including governorsand ministers of Western states andprovinces, will deliver addresses, alsothat agricultural colleges in the UnitedStates and international sections will berepresented by experts in special linesof work. There will be exhibits of dryfarmed products from many districts inthe United States, Canada. Mexico and

Ten by the mayor of each city andoffiumissioners of each county.Five by each national and state agri-

cultural, commercial, conservation andhorticultural, forestry and livestock as-sociations.Four by each railroad or transporta-

tion company.Two by each local livestock, county or

local grange lodge or farmers' associa-tion, chamber of commerce, board oftrade or other commercial body.

Officers of the congress are: Presi-dent, F. W. Mondell, Neweastle,..Wyo.;American vice president, Frank C. Bow-man, Idaho Falls, Idaho; Edward H.Webster, Manhattan, Stan., and H. B.Hening, Albuquerque, N. M.; secretary-treasurer, John 'I', Burns,

International vice presidents: Prov-ince of Alberta, George Harcourt, dep-uty minister or agriculture, Edmonton;Manitoba, Premier R. P. Roblin, Winni-peg; British Columbia, R. M. Palmer,Kamloops; Saskatchewan, W. R. Moth-erwell, commissioner of agriculture, Re-gina; South Africa, General Louis Bo-tha, Pretoria, Transvaal; Hungary, Dr.

Lewiston, Idaho; Kenneth McIntosh,M. R. Flint, Meyers Falls; J. Mounce,! NEWS OF THE woRLD

Anatone; Arthur Land, Riverside; UPhilip CeZ, Cafe', I. M. Curtis, Hay;John Hakim, La Crosse; Ezra Zaring,Pampa; Jobe McGregor, Hooper; Wil. SHORT ITEMS FROM MOST ANYHam Morrow, Winona; Lillie Smith,Endicott; George Howard, Bt. John;George McGuire, Pleasant Valley; JohnKirkmay, Diamond; Edward Shields,Lamont; Samuel Themaa, Hatton; W. T.Anderson, Mesa; W. J. Button, Cheney;W. R. Cunningham, Sr., Cunningham;D. A. Scott, Ritzville; Benjamin Berry,Washtucna.Dr. N. G. Blalock, Miles C. Moore and

Grant Copeland, Walla Walla; B,Keigey, Quincy; W. A. McEachren, La-tab; W. E. Thompson, Winchester; H.W. Collins, Rockford; Gustaf ['lager;Paha; John H. McGraw, Seattle; JohnT. Bibb, Tacoma; R. J. Neergaard,Oakesdale; William C. Baker, Thornton;George Hall, Steptoe; J. K. McCormick,Palouse; R. C. McCroskey, Garfield; C.B. Kegley, Albion P. 0.•

' Airle Hover,

Kennewick; H. M. Gilbert, Toppenlah;J. C. Hubbel, Ellensburg; A. 0. Wood-ard, Fairbanks; Dr. S. J. Kloeber, GreenRiver; A. C. Mills, Ferry; Henry Hill,Orient; Holger Jurgenson, Wilbur; Dr.D. W. King, Wenatchee; George Ide,Colville; II. W. Sparks, Kettle Falls;J. F. Mahoney, Tekoa.

Ralston McKaig, Rosalie; General T.R. Yannatt, Farmington; A. D. Thayer,Waverly; W. P. Prosy, Goldendale; N.McInnis, Lyle; A. J. Splawn, North

; P., Benson, Prosser; W. D.Phillips, Deer Park; "W. H. Brownlee,Chewelah; Thomas Karl, Coeur d'Alene;B. T. Byrnes, Moscow, Idaho; ByronDeffenbaugh, Sandpoint, Idaho; PaulClagetone Clagetene, Idaho; J. B. lieu,-gird, Pullman; J. H. Nichol, Daven-port; Day lmus, Lind; James A. Moore,Paseo; J. L. Dumas, Dayton; D. P.Hayes, Waitsburg; — Stanley Hallett,

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JOHN T BURNS

SECT Jr TREAS

Officials of

SMAN r w riONDILLWYOMING

PREST.

ALFRED T ATKINSON,0 r•-i -r A N

CHAIRMAN BOARD Or,GOVERNORS

Fifth Dry Farming Congress.possibly Germany, Russia, Hungary,South Africa, Australia and Brazil atthe International Exposition in connec-tion with the congress, October 3 to 2.Trophies and cash premiums of • total

value of $3,500 will be awarded in com-petition free and open to the world.Professor Walter II. Olin of Colorado issuperintendent of premiums and awards.Growers may also compete for 83,500 inCata3, prizes, offered by the Spokane In-terstate Fair, by bringing double ex-hibits. The displays, comprising morethan 5,000 entries, will be housed in thelargest tent in America, to be erectedon the fair grounds.John T. Burns, secretary of the con-

grese, announces that complimentaryseason admission tickets to the Inter-state fair will be issued to all delegatesoutside of Spokane county. Among theattractions at the fair will be racingand general entertainment programs,aviation contests, sham battles andother spectacular features; also exhibitsof livestock, poultry, grasses, grains,roots, fruits and flowers and farmingappliances."This will be a congress devoted ex-

clusively to agricultural matters," Mr.Burns added. "Live issues pertainingdirectly to the development of dry lands,including plans for a world-wide cooper-ative movement of general uplift, willbe discussed from the platform and floorand the program promises to be one ofthe most interesting ever presented at afarming couvention."The practical educational side of

farming will be given prominence andseveral hours will be devoted to talksby experienced farmers, truck gardenersand orcnardista. There will also be anumber of institute sessions. under thedirection of dry farm experts."Governor Marion E. Hay of Washing-

ton and Mayor Nelson S. Pratt of Spo-kane will deliver addresses of welcomeand these will be followed by responsesand greetings from the various statesand nations.

Besides its membership the congressis competed of the president and vicepresident of the United States, cabinetofficials and members of congress, rep-representatives of foreign nations in-terested in agriculture, ministers and

Ladislaus Goger, New York; Turkey,Dr. Aaron Aaronson, Haifa, -Palestine;Mexico, Sr. lug. Lauro Viadas, chief ofagricultural section of the departmentof foment°, City of Mexico; Germany,N. Kaufmann's, imperial agricultural at-tache in the United States, Chicago;Brazil, Dr. Laurence Beata-Neves, chiefengineer department of public worksand industries, Mina Garaces, Cure Pre-to; Russia, Dr. Theodore Kryshtofovich,commissioner to the United States ofthe ministry of agriculture, St. Louis.The executive committee, of which

Alfred Atkinson, agronomist of theMontana agricultural college at Boze-man, is chairman, is composed of thefollowing:

Arizona, E. P. Grindell, Douglas;Colorado, C. R. Root, Denver; Idaho, W.H. Philbrick, American Falls; Illinois,George J.Scharschug, Chicago; Indiana,T. R. North, Warsaw; Iowa, Ora Wil-liams, Des Moines; Minnesota, CharlesPatterson, St. Paul; Missouri, F. L.Vandergrift, Kansas City; Nebraska, D.Clem Deaver, Omaha; Nevada, C. S.Knight, Reno; New Mexico, J. D. TinsIcy, agricultural college; North Dakota,J. H. Worst, Fargo; Oklahoma, AndersL. Mordt, Guymon; Oregon, J. M. Pat-terson, The Hellen; South Dakota, A. J.McCain, Rapid City; Texas, G. A. Mar-tin, RI Paso; •Utah, Lewis W. Merrill,Salt Lake; Washington, R. W. Thatcher,Pullman; Wisconsin, F. R. Crampton,Superior; Wyoming, J. D. Tower, Lar-amie; District of Columbia, L. J. Briggs,Washington.'The Washington board of control is

composed of representative men fromall parts of the state, as follows:

Governor Hay, Olympia; James J.Hill, Hartline; J. G. Wolfe, Almira;Hobert Shef flee, Govan; B. F. Richard-son, Wilbur; Nels Nelson, Creitton; A.J. Miles, Wilson Creek; Samuel H. Do-

Pus, Stratford; George Urquhart,-Krupp; Charles F. Bentley, Irby; -0.Hartsinger, Colfax; L. C. Crow, Pa-louse; William Lambie, Mayview; C. E.Moody, Lind; D. M. Schoonover, Lee;L. P. Turner, Harrington; C. W. Bech-tel, Harrington; J. W. Fry, Davenport;D. B. Williams,i h Pomeroy; A. Grew,Reardan; W. L. Dimmick, North Yak-inns; Jacob Smith, hsprague; A. L. Rog-ers, Waterville.

Medical Lake; George l'aud, CouleeCity; Guy Wolf, Ephrata and MillardIfeirgood, Cheater.

Executive committee: David T. Ham,chairman; Edwin T. Coman

' vice chair-

man; Frederick E. Goodall, 3: W. Hays,J. K. Smith, John L. Smith, DanielMorgan and C. M. Fassett of Spokane.Committee Of arrangements: D. T.

Ham, chairman; E. T. Doman, vicechairman; John T. Burns, secretary; R.

!Finger, J. P. McGoldrick, IL L.ody, R. L. Rutter, W. D. Vincent,

. A. Blackwell, George-43. Brooke, J.J. Browne, D. C. Corbin, W. H. Cowles,F. E. Goodall, Jay P. Graves, T. I.Humbird, R. E. Strahorn, E. E. CartierVan Diesel, David Brown, Sam Glasgow,H. M. Richards, C. L. Smith, WillittmHuntley, J. W. Hays, J. K. Smith, Dan-iel Morgan, John L. Smith, Dana Child,Aaron ubn, L, W. Hutton and J. GrierLong of Spokane.

TWO ARE KILLEDBY HIGGINBOTHAM

Kansas City Man Tries to Get HisDaughter, but Fails—Two Others

Seriously Injured.East St. Louis, III., July 3:—One man

and a young girl were killed, anotherman probably fatally injured when Rob-ert Higginbotham, agp 40, of -KansasCity attempted forcibly to remove hisdaughter from the home of 'Ms:formerwife here today. Ile killed—the --lat-ter's present husband and ht. 01,11

daughter. The dead:Michael Moser, East St. Louis.Evelyn Higginbotham, age 11, shot

through head.The Injured:Robert Higginbotham, "eltot through

the cheat, probably fatally.Higginbotham was divorced from his

wife Ave years ago, and two years agoshe married Moser, retaining the cus-tody of her daughter, Evelyn.

Wickersham to Alaska.

Attorney General Wiekersham legoing to Alaska to find out for the ad-ministration what the trouble id in'thatterritory of the United States.

PLACE ON THE GLOBE.A Review of Happenings in Both East-

ern and Western Hemispheres During

the Past Week—National, Historical,

Political and Personal Events Told in

Short Paragraphs.

There will be no congressional in-vestigation of the sale by the govern-ment of the Philippine friar landsafter all.The trustees of the Tuskegee Nor-

mul and Industrial Institute in Ala-bama have added the name of TheodoreRoosevelt as a member of the trustees.A building which it is believed holds

the record in this county in antiquityas a Presbyterian church is still stand-ing at Southampton, L. 1. Its erectionwas begun in ITO7 and it--was dedicatedas a church in 1708.

Secretary of War Dickinson owns thefinest conntr/ ..ngtite..in the whole aTennessee. This is the famous BelleMentle-Mtink-farter,- jeet .„.,villa. It is an immeuse estate—eeveralhundred acres of the finest blue grassland in the country.The fourth German Dreadnaught, the

Posen, has been commissioned. Thiscompletes the division of four Dread-naughts—Nassau, Westfalen, Rheinlandand Posen—which is ready for activeservice. A second division of Dread-naughts will be ready for active servicein 1912.

IS KILLED BY TRAIN.

Farm Laborer Is Run Down by InlandEmpire Railway Train.

Spokane, July 4.--John W. Winaudy,a laborer who had been working at theSeaton meek, was instantly killed thismorning at 8:30 o'clock at Seaton sta-tion by Spokane & Inland Campers'Limited No. 7 from Hayden lake.Aceording to the story of the acci-

dent given by the train crew, Wivanilywas waiting for the train and as itapproached, dashed across the track toget his suit case. Ile got the case butwas hit by the train nerore he couldget back. The limited does not stopat Seaton station. It is believed thatthe uufortunate man expected thetrain to slow down.

HARMON BREAKSRECORD IN THE AIII

Amateur Stays Aloft Two Hours ThreeMinutes in His New York

night.

New York, July 3.—Although an ama-teur, Clifford B. • Harmon broke allAmerican records for length of time inthe air in a continuous aeroplane flightat Mineola, L I., Saturday evening.He remained aloft in a Curtiss biplanefor two hours and three minutes, anddescended only when his supply ofgasoline war; exhausted.

BOUNDARY LINEWILL BE SETTLED

Governors of Washington and OregonAuthorised to Appoint a

Commission.President Taft has signed the reso-

lution adopted by both houses of cowgreen authorizing the governors ofWashington and Oregon to appoint ajoint commission to arbitrate and settlethe boundary dispute between the twostates.

How Firecrackers Are Made.

If there are to be fewer firecrackersthis Fourth than ever before, it it, atleant, interesting to read all about howfirecrackers are made over in China andof their almost constant and general usein China. Erick Pomeruy tells readers,of the July St, Nicholas the story; andE. S. P. Lipsett tells a tale young andold *iil enjoy of "How Tom WhitneyAstonished the German Army" on oneFourth of July when. that patrioticlad was traveling abroad.

''The Mystery of Rowing."

Walter Camp's article on the "Myst-ery of Rowing," in the July Century,will appear just at the time when thethoughts of the public are turned onthe universite boat races. Mr. campwrites interestingly of the fact thatrowing, which "looks no MM.*. WI,easy," should continually thwart thetheorists, and of what it means to aman to represent bin university in theboat. Two full page drawings bySchoonover accompany the article.

Shoots Wife and Himself.

Portland, July 5.—Harvey M. Lam-bert, a carpenter, shot his wife threetimes at their home and then shot him-self. Both are believed to be fatallywounded. The shooting followed aquarrel over domestic matters.

Six Years' Record of the Fourth.

/n six years the United States Haisuffered in killed and wounded byFourth of July celebrating, 20,296.