For the patronage you have
given us during the past
year and we wish
you ail a
Happy and Prosperous
New Year
Qraupner & Caldwell
Papers Recorded in Countv Offices
Reported by the Pend Oreille County
Abstract Co., of Newport, Wash.
Deeds—Wm F Knowlton et ux to J M
Sachs, $1, und § w£ swj, 28, and sei of
nei, 29-37-42.
B L Gordon et ux to US Reidt; $1,
12.4 acres in sw£ nej, 34-31-45.
Order of Dismissal—Case entitled
First State Bank vs J M Lund et al.
Patent—U S to Jack R Zielowsky, lot
4 and swj nwj and lots 1 and 2, 3-37-42.
Deed—F G Mathison to Silas A Will
iams, $1, sw£, 8-34-44.
Mining Location—E A.ger et alto the
Public, Antler and Mystic lodes, New
port district.
Deeds—F M Knowlton et ux to W N
Miller, $1400,.10t 2, blk 5, Scott's add
to Newport.
Benj C Gochenour to Sterling Silver
Lead Co, $1, Lucky Jack cement loca
tion, Metaline district.
Articles of Incorporation—Press Pub
lishng Co; capital stook $5000; by Ar
thur H Shoemaker, Ray R Rauch, May
K Sherlock.
Proof of Lbor- -Fred N Davis to the
Public, Oriole, Oriole Annex, Red Cloud,
Silver Queen and Daisy claims, Meta
line district.
Has No Power to Order Extension
Olympia, Wash., Dec. 23.—0n a
question raised by the public service
commission as to whether it can compel
the Idaho & Washington Northern
Railway to extend a track to Metaline,
as petitioned by many residents there,
Assistant Attorney General Stephen V.
Carey advises the commission unoffi
cially that it is without power to compel
such an extension by the railway.
The Metaline people signing the peti
tion to the commission state that much
ore and wood are shipped from that
point, and that the only means of get
ting it out is by using the river as a
means of transportation, or by way of
wagon roads, and that in the winter the
river is not conducive to easy navigation
because of the ice and slush, and the
wagon roads are in bad condition. They
say that the extension they desire
would be seven miles in length and
would extend from Cement.
May Roberts
James Henry Darnley's cleverly de
vised scenes, episodes and bright lines,
the admirable work of May Roberts and
Victor Gillard as John Smith and Mable
and the all-round excellence of the
supporting company combine to make
of "Facing the Music" a veritable
whirlwind of fun, and there is no cause
for wonder in the fact that the piece
has been played to great audiences
wherever it has been presented. Alto
gether, "Pacing the Music" deserves
all the favor it has received from play
goers everywhere, and its stay being
limited to one night is a source of re
gret. Will be presented at Fid's Opera
on Monday, Dec. 30. Tuesday, Dec. 31,
"The Sweetest Girl in Dixie." Seats
on sale Thursday, Dec. 26, at the box
office.
A Des Moines man had an attack of
muscular rheumatism in his shoulder. A
friend advised him to go to Hot Springs.
That meant an expense of $150 or more.
He sought for a quicker and cheaper
way to cure it and found it in Cham
berlain's Liniment. Three days after
the first application of this liniment he
was well. For sale by all dealers.—Adv.
We thank you
The county commissioners of Bonner
cuonty have for the second time during
the past two weeks refused to receive
the resignation of Assessor Defenbach.
The assessor is senator-elect and desires
to be present at the opening of the leg
islature, and his resignation was ten
dered conditional on the board appoint
ing W. W. Von Cannon, now deputy
assessor and also assessor-elect to the
position. The majority of the county
commissioners are Democrats, while
Defenbach and Von Cannon are Repub
licans.
The county commissioners have noti
fied Gov. Hawley that provision has
been made in the tax levy to raise the
$2500 necessary to be raised by the
county before the $25,000, appropriated
by the state for the highway between
Newport and the Montana line becomes
available.
Notice is hereby given that I will not
be responsible for any debts contracted
by my husband, James C. Huff. — Adv.
33-3 Mrs. Z. Hupp, Locke, Wash,
Bonner County News
We wish to call your attention to the
fact that most infectious diseases, such
as whooping cough, diphtheria and
scarlet fever are contracted when the
child has a cold. Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy will quickly cure a cold and
greatly lessen the danger of contract
ing these diseases. This remedy is
famous for its cure of colds. It con
tains no opium or other narcotic and
may be given to a child with implicit
confidence. Sold by all dealers.—Adv.
Finds Hardy Peach
Says the Loon Lake Times of last
week: A. H. Albert, of the Northern
Nurseries at Chewelah, was in town
Wednesday on business. He says he
has found a peach over in Pend Oreille
county that is suited to our climate, and
that his firm expects to be able to fur
nish young trees of this variety within
the next few years. He also has a
drought-proof potato which gives prom
ise of producing wonderful results here.
He reports that their orders for nursery
stock have more than doubled within
the past year.
This is the peach originated by J. M.
McDonald, of Newport, on his fruit
farm down the river.
Bartholomew Arrested Again
C. E. Bartholomew, of Springdale,
who was recently tried and acquitted on
a charge of murdering C. H. Gneist, a
saloonkeeper, was brought to Colville
this week to answer to a charge of in •
sanity. Bartholomew's arrest was the
result of a complaint made by Edward
Hodgson, who claims that two weeks
ago Bartholomew came to him and or
dered him to leave town or he would
kill him. Bartholomew is now out on
bonds. He demanded a jury trial.—
Statesman-Index.
Advertised Letters
List of Letters remaining uncalled for
in the Newport, Wash., P. 0. to date
are as follows:
, Cotter Bros
Fied ler & Lechler Hanson, Andy
Hawkins, A Jockin, Betii
Murphy PP Scott, Ben J
Stannard, R T
When calling for the above please say
"advertised."
Carl M. Johanson, P. M.
NOTIQE.
SNAPSHOTS
AT CELEBRITIES
General Mario Menocal, New
President of Cuba.
General Mario Menocal, who was re
cently elected president of the republic
of Cuba, is a product of American ed
ucation. He spent eight years in the
United States and was graduated from
Cornell at the age of twenty-four as
an engineer. Consequently he speaks
English perfectly and has a thorough
understanding of American ideals and
business methods. When the war with
Spain broke out he enlisted as a lieu
tenant and was appointed to the stall
of General Gomez. Later he was with
General Garcia and advanced in rank
until he became a brigadier general.
After thaf war closed he served as
chief of police of Havana for a time
and then became manager of the Cha
parra Sugar company, an American
corporation. In this position he proved
his ability as an organizer and execu
tive. He was called upon to manage
an undevelo])ed estate of 165.000 acres
and had to create a town, build a rail
road, make a harbor, handle thousands
of men and make out of a wilderness a
busy town. All this he did to the com
plete satisfaction of his employers.
General Menocal is a member of one
of the oldest and most ai'istocratic
families of Cuba and represents the
young and progressive element of the
island republic. At the previous presi
dential election he was an unsuccess
ful candidate against Jose Miguel Go
mez, whom he has now defeated. Gen
eral Menocal is but forty years of age.
Queen of the Montenegrins.
Queen Milena of Montenegro, th
first of the Balkan states to open hos
tilities against the Turks, is a patriot
of the warmest devotion to her coun
try. She strongly favored the upris
ing and, in fact, for years has worked
to promote a united Balkan movement
to wrest from the sultan his Euro
pean provinces of subject Christians.
Like all ;the Montenegrins, she hopes
for the restoration of the old kingdom,
which formerly embraced not only
Montenegro, but likewise all northern
| MILENA OP MONTENEGRO.
I
Albarla. The capital of the formei
kingdbm was Scutari, which has been
the scene of some hot fighting.
Milena became the wife of King
Nicholas, then prince of Montenegro,
In IStjO and is the mother of three sons
and sjix daughters. She was the daugh
ter «jf Voyevod Peter Vukotech, one
time senator and vice president of the
Montenegrin council of state. Her
daughters have made excellent mar
riages from a political standpoint
Zorfca, the eldest, now dead, was the
wife of King Peter of Servia. Two
others married grand dukes of the roy
al hpuse of Russia. Helena, queen of
made the best match of all, while
a fifth is the wife of Prince Francis of
Batten berg. Thus it will be seen that
the . royal house of Montenegro is well
fortified with friends in the courts of
Stripe.
TIMELY HINTS
FOR FARMERS
Feeding the Horse.
The horse, most especially of all
stock, shun Id have careful attention in
feeding. Ihe hurried feeding, not pre
paring the grain properly, often causes
bad results if not death. The ear corn
before being put in the feed trough
should have the smutty, worm eaten
grains removed. Then if the ear is
struck against something solid it will
be found that there will fall from it
a great amount of worm dust. That
is not good for the horses. When
shelled corn or corn chops are being
fed they should first be put in water
and the dust and chaff floated out. It
is surprising the amount of rotten
grains there is among the shelled, sack
ed corn. The heated and molded hay
should not be fed to the horse. It
will cause a bloat, a poisonous gas in
the stomach, most especially the work
horse that has but little chance of
getting green stuff, and, besides, there
is but little food value in such hay.—
Farm and Ranch.
The Small Sheep Flock.
Sheep raising on a small scale Is al
most universally profitable on almost
every farm, but when more than a
small flock is kept quite a different
proposition is involved, says Progres
sive Farmer. With a small flock no
special pastures are required, and
they can be housed in buildings used
for the other stock without crowding
and require little feed and practically
no special attention. When a larger
flock is kept two or more pastures
should be maintained, ample houses
for keeping dry without crowding
provided and an abundance of suitable
feed supplied. We advise the beginner
in tnis line of stock raising to procure
the best native ewes obtainable in his
locality and then buy a pure bred ram
and with this small flock learn the
business thoroughly before attempting
to raise sheep in large numbeys.
Kill Smut on Seed Wheat.
A pint of formalin and fifty gallons
ot water make a very effective solu
tion for treating seed wheat to prevent
the appearance of smut. The formalin
can be purchased at the drug store for
a small sum. and the farm pump will
donate the water. Spread the wheat
out on the barn floor and sprinkle thor
ongly with the solution, using a com
mon sprinkling can. The wheat should
be shoveled over and sprinkled again
in order to wet every kernel with for
malin. Old sacks, canvas, etc., should
then be thrown over the heap and al
lowed to stand for a few hours. After
this the wheat is spread out and al
lowed to dry.
CHARCOAL FOR
POULTRY HEALTH.
Keeps Fowls In Good Condi
tion and Prevents Disease.
The larger per cent of our largest
poultry raisers who have the greatest
success with their fowls, both old and
young, keep a constant supply of char
coal before their birds from the time
tbey are hatched until they are dis
posed of. In my long experience in
the poultry business 1 have found that
charcoal is one of the grarrest disin
fectants 1 know of, writes A. E. Van
devort in American Cultivator.
1 keep it before the fowls ail the time
BDd feed it in their mash mixtures
and very seldom have an ailing fowl
or. chicken. Of course it is not un
common for all poultry raisers to have
fowls become suddenly ill and die
without any apparent cause whatever,
it always being a profound mystery to
the owner. But, so far as permitting
coutagious diseases, the use of char
coal will absolutely prevent any catas
trophe of this kind.
Ot course it is expected that fowls
are kept comfortable and in clean quar
ters. It could not be expected that
charcoal will perform miracles. But
where fowls have intelligent manage
ment charcoal will be an auxiliary
that can be relied upon as a health
producer. There is nothing that can
take its place when it comes to putting
the hens in good laying condition.
Where charcoal is used 1 have never
had bowel trouble in my chickens. It
will help prevent little chicken cholera
if fed freely to the breeders during
the winter months, and if the powder
ed charcoal is used in the mash mix
ture for the growing chicks they will
lievelop very rapidly.
The coarse ground charcoal, about
the size of the average grain of corn,
js rhe best grade to get for the older
towis.
Green Food For Chickens.
Chickens require green stuff all win
ter. Provide roots, but do not feed
them on the ground Drive spikes in
the posts or sides of the chicken house
iboui a foot above the floor and drive
the roots on these spikes.
Separating the Milk.
Good separators these days will do a
good job of separating cold milk, but
there is no economy in separating milk
when cold The fat is most easily and
thoroughly removed while the nsllfc in
warm.
IN THE REALM
OF FASHION
For the Schoolgirl.
The chic suit with the long shawl
collar is of a gray mixture material.
Bands of dark red cloth outline the
collar and cuffs and trim the hem of
the skirt. Ornaments of gray braid
are used to fasten the coat. A blouse
GRAY CLOTH SUIT.
of dark red crepe de chine embroider
ed with dull silver braid is designed
to wear with this suit. The large black
velvet hat adorned with loops of the
same material is a becoming model to
youthful faces.
Velveteen and Corduroy.
Velveteen and corduroy are used to
fashion many smart frocks for street
wear.
Plain colors are more frequently used
for the velveteen models. They are ef
fectively rrimmed with fur. metallic
laces. Persian or tapestry embroidery.
Velveteen does not adapt itself so
successfully to draping as do the softer
velvets, so the skirts are usually plain
or with plaited insets
The bodices are jumper effects, with
guimpes of lace or chiffon.
Corduroys in the soft finished quali
ties are extensively used.
Frocks and coat suits are developed
of this material and seem to find a
ready sale
The two tone corduroys in brown and
tan. blue and black or black and white
are especially favored.
in plain colors dark blue, brown,
black and burgundy are the shades
more frequently used.
WRAPS FOR THE
LITTLE FOLKS.
Chinchilla, Cheviot, Corduroy
and Velvet Popular Materials.
A marked feature of the coats for
children is the use of belts, says the
Dry Goods Economist. These consist
of patent leather, suede or silk sashes.
Most of them are put on several inches
below the waist line, somewhat in
Russian style.
While many of the popular numbers
are in Norfolk style, others are button
ed over the left shoulder and finished
off with a belt Other favored styles
have the single revers and sailor col
lars or are in plain double breasted
effect
Corduroys and velvets continue to be
among the best sellers of the season,
particularly in navy, brown and black,
in sizes from two to six years. In
sizes one, two and three years white
is favored.
Chinchillas are also selling freely in
navys, browns and grays. Double faced
Cloths and boucles are being reordered
In large quantities. In fact, the de
mand for many of the fancy woolen
novelties is so great that many manu
facturers are behind in their deliveries,
as the mills cannot supply them with
the materials.
There has been considerable inquiry
recently for coats trimmed with fur.
and many beautiful garments of
character are being shown.
Red cheviots trimmed with Hudson
seal. £>ale blue broadcloth with squirrel,
white broadcloth with ermine and
brown corduroy with skunk are among
the popular combinations that are seen
in the market
A few coats made entirely of fur are
being shown, some of white coney,
natural and dyed squirrel and mole
skin: also novelty coats of colored
plushes in navy, golden brown and
taupe.
'miration fur is being used with ex
cellent effect. and plush is meeting
with favor.
Charmeuse Frocks.
Charmense is a favorite material for
the afternoon frock A charming mod
el of navy blue was trimmed with cord
ed gray silk Another model of taupe
colored charnieuse had trimmings of
king's b'ue
SELECT CbLLINOS
The Diver and Wis Clothes.
When i-lot lied in the ordinary divers
suit topped with the heavj brass Del
met a diver is helpless The a:r that
IS pumped down to iiim tills not ouiy
the helmet. l»ut the entile suit, putting
ti oni to su'-n an extent that heavy
weights are required •<» Keep the man
down The work that He «an do w
limited one of the annoyances that
lie lias to endure is the fact that be
cannot readi inside ot his <uil to ease
an;, discomfort. A diver once dis
covered a June hug in his helmet when
IK was down under water, and lie waa
ob'iged to endure all the torture of
having lhe insect crawl over ins face
without any possible means of reach
ing it to destroy it or even brush it
! away. Recently, however, a French
inventor devised a diver s outtit which
dispenses with everything but an ab
breviated form of helmet. Air is pump
ed to the diver in the usual way.
throutrh a pipe which is attached to his
helmet at the back of the neck
Yes. Indeed. Threepence Is Threepence.
Since the national health insurance
act went info effect in England last
summer washing day has threatened to
move down the week from Monday to
anywhere this side of baking day.
whi< h anybody who knows anything
knows is Saturday. The reason is that
Ihe lirst employer of the week has to
pay the washerwoman's insurance con
tribution. So if you keep Monday for
vovr wash day you have to pay three
pen e extra A good many employers
have already shifted to Tuesday, in
the hope that other and more stubborn
housekeepers will stick to Monday and
pa\ t lie threepence. But if everybody
changes to Tuesday there will be noth
ing for it tint for the economical to
change again to Wednesday and to
continue changing until all the possi
bilities m tlx* case are exhausted. It
is s;sid that conventional England con
templates this shifting of wash day
with a stony norror. but threepence is
threepence. New York Post.
The Last of the Nogis.
!t is reported that iis the result of
conferences among the relatives and
intimate friends of General Count Nogi
it has I teen derided that the house at
the ronnt shall heroine extinct owing
to tin* lack ot ail heir. The extinction
of such a respectable family as that
of the late general, who was. so to
speak, a bulwark of the state, being a
matte:- of great regret to the nation, a
smrires:ion has been advanced to main
lain the family name i»y adopting an
heir. lint, this being con.rar.v to <he
will of the ireneral. it was decided that
the family should cease. The property
of tin* late count -and countess nasal
ready been distributed among the rela
fives and old acquaintances as remem
brances. The dispositioti of the resi
dence at Shinzakamachi. AkasakP
where the count and countess di
will be settled after the fiftieth da
service for the illustrious dead is h
at the house. Japan Times.
Lending Umbrellas.
One of the v handiest things In the
world must he the umbrella lending
system in operation In Belgium. It
costs $1 a year to be a member of the
organization, each member receiving a
check. When it rains he hands in his
check at the nearest cigar store and
gets an umbrella. When he returns
rhe umbrella he gets another check,
srood for another umbrella when he
needs it. One of the great advantages
of the system is that it avoids the ne
cessity of carrying an umbrella around
to fool the weather, with the chance
being about nine times to one that the
weather will fool you and that by the
rime yon jret home yon will have for
gotten where it was you left the um
brella Anything that will keep the
umbrella question straight will be wel
comed by the average man. and it
looks as if the Belgian scheme would
be helpful in that respect.—Philadel
phia Press
Doom of the Cuckoo Clock.
What is to become of the cuckoo
clock is a question now in France,
where the twenty-four hour clock has
been adopted in the railway service
and must needs be adopted by the ho
tels and inns. What is to be done with
the bells? Are they to strike along
in the twenties in the morning, when
the traveler will mast enjoy his forty
winks of sleep, the very cream of slum
ber? it is feared by Swiss clockmakers
that the innovation will mean death to
the cuckoo "Does any one suppose."
inquires an anxious Swiss, "that this
bird, so long a feature of the cozy
chamber of the inn. will be allowed to
launch twenty-one, twenty-two or
twenty-three consecutive cuckoo calls?
Surely the traveler will not suffer such
a thins: He will hurl not anathemas
alone, but his boots, at the offender,
and the cuckoo clock will be a thing of
the past"-London Chronicle.
Snores and the Man.
"My grandfather snored, my father
snored, m.v mother snored, and I have
always snored. Edward never snores.
He is no son of mine." These few
lines in the will of Edward Arthur
Rentinck Mon ok ton. Baron Hethering
ton. have thrown a huge estate Into
the probate court of England and ques
tion the legitimacy of the succeeding
heir The late baron's nephew claims
succession to the estates under the
will and will also lay claim to the peer
age The man who for years has been
accepted as the lawful son of the old
lord has entered a caveat. allegrint? that
the will is prima facie pr>of of his
fathers insanity The case is attract
ing national interest