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THE FREE PRESS. 9, ORANQEVII.LE IDAHO. OCTOBER 23. ISM EatIDAY, : I I OUK COUNTY FATHERS. Official Proceeding! of the Board of County Commissioners at the October, 1800 Term. State of Idaho, County of Idaho, n î* 01 î? ay v o 1 « 1 of I*' 6 ' - the Hon ' JCommissioners of ■ niar »»a' 46 °^ da ] 1 ®'port in regular session pursuant*, law ( W d "b C ! b ?- , ! en ' ^Tw' Rioekknm a„d w vj n n 1 ' d A w £T-' C T m ' I k l w Talkington, C %i ' f^n ' DCX ' d ?. pUty - » llJn hS Ä Pr<tCeC(hngH Were ™ , ' , . « he business before the Board was looked over and same passed c for further con'ideration. > , ^ perV ',T 9 -P-. , a S d , the,r , bdl 1 allowed and the auditor ordered g eml^ fund °" t b An™r«.ii>r rd dt»t No. 5 « '5 oo ï w Thonip ,o| i, « ;• « . mom j Tippe ry, er ' •• '• lo."!...'.'!.'.*.'.*! Jo vü j» V BA < iïe t n, 0,t ' •• •• is "aJoo w j Harrah', •• " u .i.'.' so oo ChafRTcJiwfort » M m w la ^ r ' " ïi«; Stephen oriKwoid " •• it. izoo 68 00 D McWen'rie. I.bor in rd dl.i No. U M Aifre<i OhiHirne, •• " " ...... 9 oo jam» Thorpe, " •• « « il r> S'iiSunion. •• " n Karri», ' « " " " - i»oo K u ixe ie, t>i«pk«mithing ** ** ". 2 oo c m F»!?Vn,' rr 'iit»r, <• ••. J Î5J Georgesur'ridge, " •• •• 2 IO ÎÎ "SinVord, "• •• »S O H.nnönAci.rk" •' " " V: ™ ** » The ^application of Richard 8. McCourtie and statement of Clerk Board county commissioners as to indigency of said McCourtie, ap proved. * Board here a^jouimeil until to morrow at 9 o'clock a. m. BFcovn TVHV hiv SECOND TEKk. DAY. Tuesday, Oct. 13, A. D. 1896. Board met pursuant to adjourn ment; the following proceedings then had, towU; Tho following roi,d supervisors reports approved and bi Isi allowed and the auditor ordered to issue warrants therefor on General Road su or rd 4M No. 2. »14 75 John k Adkiaon, '• " 4 . 8 75 wni M 8hiî l ck* on ' « " " , 7 , « So W*B Trusblood, " " " M i"" JS W In the matter of the application of Harrison Kip Kip for a license to operate a ferry aei'oss the Clear water river at tho peints described in the application now on file, and it appearing that ti e landings of said proposed ferry are in the counties of Nez Perse and Idaho, and that publication of said appli cation has been mode in Idaho * county only, and not in Nez Perce * county as required by law, tho said matter is continued until tho spec ial meeting of this Board to lie called for Monday November 9, 1S96, in order tlu.t publication may be made as required by law. in the matter of the application of O. B. Canfield et ill, jietitioueis fora public rood fi fly feet wide beginning at the terminus of the present county road leading from Whito Bird to Doumeck plains, ou 8cc lino between sections 31 and 32 in Tp 29, N of R 1, EB M; and running thence N etc., terminating at N E corner of section 29 Twp 31 N R 1, E B M; peti tion granted, and J W Shannon, county surveyor, Fmncis Bowman and J E Ferree appointed viewers thereon to report lit next special session ofthis Board, Nov. 9, 1896, The surveyors field noies and estimates of cost of wagon road from Elk City to D ; xie appimvetl. In tho matter of the viewers re port of a road beginning at south west corner of 8ee 36, (center of county road) Tp 32, N of R 1, E L M, and running N xar 20° East on wagon road 360 feet N 15° E 475 feet, N46JE, 795 N 21J W 300 feet, Stock creek bridge 15 feet 1710 feet N 4i W. r 5) N 13 E, 550 N 474 E, leave wagon road N 30 E, 1180 feet to N\V comer cf See 36, north on west boundarj'' of Sec 25 695 feet N 204 W, follow a gulch 850 feet N 6J E, leave gulch 645 feet N 20i E, 670 feet to ) Sec cor on the west boundary of 8eç 13, T 25; thence north 2 miles to J Sec cor on the west boundt.ry of Sec. 13, N R 1, E B M, as petitioned for by Anton S Nuxoll et kl, the said re report is hereby approved and the road hereinabove described de dared a county road. In the matter of the viewers re port of a road beginning on the north line of Sec 29, Tp 32, NR1, E B M, and running N etc., 7 miles 616 feet to tie Denver and Kendrick wagon road. The said report is ordered laid over until tho special meeting of this Board to be called for Monday, Novem her 9, 1896. The following bills allowed and the auditor ordered to draw war rants therefor on the General Road p und: j w shannon, ca «urvejor. »135 oo 4™»®'™,^'"'. ..;:. cToii.nd.oh.inmsa. 250 k Limb,'ro«d viewer . . I. ..ill.' 3 ou lä b oerding, flagman.... 250 In the matter of the application j of H M Jorgens, W H Pierce et al, ; for a public root from Camas prairie to Kamiah, petition grant ed, and J A Seeley, J W Hender ■on and James Tipton appointed Î s<i. J J 1 viewers to report thereon at next special session of this Board, Nov. 9, 1896. In the matter of the application of W H Bennett et al for the re opening of certain road known as the Cottonwood road; petition re jected. Board here adjourned until to morrow at 9 o'clock a. m. THIRD TERM DAY. Board met pursuant to adjourn ment. The following proceedings then had towit: Report of M S Martin assessor and tax collector approved. Jn the matter 0 f the viewers re of a road beginning at 8 W ( ', )r ()f 8 E j of £ c 3 „ fT wp30, Nof R 1, E B M, and extending E ujxiii the Hec line for J mile to H E corner of 8 E J of Sec* 3, of same Xwp and intersecting at this point » public highway, as petitioned for by Henry £ vonW et al. The said report is hereby approved and theroadhereinabovedescribedde c , ared a count roa( , In the matter of the application of 8 T Calder ot al for a public road beginning at 8 E comer of g Untle *- 8 and runni N etc to ^ to ^ nsito of Stuart ; the application having been here tofore at a former scssian of this Boardapprovedandviewersthere on appointed, and it appearing that the said viewers did not report, it is hereby ordered that J W 8han çç n , county Flynn and A they are hereby appointed viewers OD 8ai<1 r0ad a " d Pe P 0rt ° n at next regular session of this Board. In the matter of the application of James Threehooso et al fora public road from Corliett's ferry to ^ 1* Robinett s ranche; tho said application rejected, there being no l>ond as required by law filed with same. In the matter of the road from Clearwater precinct to Stuart, (samo being road No. 205 on road record) as petition ed f° r by II F Flynn et al, ft ud which was declared a county road at the April session, 1896, of this Board; it appearing that cer toin c,lan 8 <!8 in fiamo are necessary, owing to objection of certain per gons over w j 10se ] an( ] road run8 it ia horel(y ordered that changes b0; and they ar0 hereby made in accordance with the plat and notes of survey filed by James 8tuart v 8 dl t puty ^ rve yor, reference to whJch ' is b J ereby m ^ de , aud to tho road r€C()rd th f; » f the applicat.OU of I rank E Wyatt et al for recon sidération of the laying out and es S^ ,,i ^ , i n € r O £ 0 ? P *5 i " r ® ad *?' Tw .P 28, N R 1, E B M; said appli cation rejected, " le matter of the application Joseph Cox et al, fora publie r° a d froin a point on tiie north bank of Clearwater river at the 'crry landing in the town of Stuart and "°m thence running down Ka ' d 1 *'' er on Ç as ^ hank etc., a dis * auco of *miles; the said applica * ,on re jceted, there being no bond "j 11 * 1 same as required by law. * n J" 1 matter of the application , , e organization of a new school distric. on petition of N J Goodwin et al, to embrace tho ter ritory within the hereinafter de 8cr 'hed boundaries: It appearing from the written approval of the county supt. of schools and from tho facts brought * kno wledge of the Board that the organization of said district be , the _ convenience of settlers in the said bounded and described territory, it is hereby ordered that , 10 «mowing described territory he, aud the same shall bo known as 8C h^ol district No. 37, towit: corner °* L, i °f ®e® 21, Twp ''t N K 4, EBM; thence E to N E S? l n t T , * 5CC ^wp 31, N K 4, E B M; tlieuce S to 8 Eeor ner °£ , B , aid t heric-e E to N E cor 0°' ^ ^ P T ?* ' N R 4, E B , ' 5r, e ?, c ? ® ® corner of N E ^ bec ~®> Twp 31, N R of J' ^henco E to 8 E cor of L '° f ® 25, Twp 31, ^ J,' ,ence S to S E confer oi Sec ob, 1 wp 31, N R 4, E " " ; "Ti*® 8 E corner of ,, \\ * , ^ W P N R 4, E ' the ï c ® b t0 ® p '. co rner of N I P ^ p ?®' ^ K 4, E B M ; ,®?°f. r , *9 b comer of S E j ?? w è ®cc4| I wp 30, N R4. £ " , N '9, N '' 1t !9 rner of ^ ^ °. , ' '' 4 h® 0 ""iTwp 31, N K 4 > ® M , ; , 0 th ®9 ce ,) V to N K corner S*'® ^ W P 31 > S°® Î.9 ^ S ÎV^.?^ bec 7?'. ^ ^ ® 4 > ® J°, N }} corner of S d i h®® "*• Pw P "1. ^ R 4, E* B M; thence N to place of beginning , In the matter of the application organization of »hool Strict on petition ofCkas. F. Cone et a!; it appearing from 7 the written recommendation of the ®. ount / f u P t- ^kools and from th .® ^fts brought to the knowl ® d f!® V 1 ® t J iat t !" e or g al >i *? tl0u of 8 9 ld dl8 tT*ct will be for the convenience of settlers in the territory thus sought to be orgau j.*??' 'J' s ^°r®^y ordered^ that the tbU owing desen bed territory, to 9 JÎ : Beginning at the mouth of Alison creek and runuing up the oo north side of Salmon river includ ing Shearer's ferry and the Wire 250 bridge settlements on the south ou side of Salmon river; thence follow lä »?* the divide between salmon 250 river and the south fork of the j Clearwater river to tho head of al, ; Main Slate creek; thence down Slate creek to the mouth of Little Slate creek; thence up Little Slate creek to the mouth of Dead Horse creek; thence up Dead Horse surveyor, Henry Carpenter be, and N R 4, corner a new Ten and get in for into and sick nuts more They pods the look for who they ing for aver tion with said and as tute gist sold olive nuts the ing, tage does feed for ties nut, by the or and Of creek to the divide; thence along the divide to the head of Allison creek; thence down Allison creek to its junction with Salmon river at the place of beginning, be, and the same is hereby known as school district No. 38. The following described county warrant ordersd paid, more than sixty days having elapsed siuce same was advertised: Warrant No. 3S», (Jen'l Road Fund, aeries 1*03. In the matter of the application of certain inhabitants of Florence for the appointment ofWD Rob bins as justice of the peace of Florence precinct. The said ap plication is h said W D Roll bond is herebj the peace for Florence precinct. The bond of W D Robbins as justice of the peace of Florence filed and approved, with A N In gram, Herbert Hamlin, Henry Miller, W C Rothwell and L R Yates, sureties The following jurors and witness certificates alb wed and the audi tor ordered to draw warrants therefor on the Current Expense Fund: W H B»»h, T Jurot ... Julius Pederson. " August Heartburg " _ J M Bankett, " ... George Hohen n. " W B Briscoe, " Manuel V Sebastian " M G ilttmbo, " 0 W Levatider, grnnd Jin Wn Bedding, Luther B Bradbury •• ' K W 1 horn ion, witness. V W Thornton, Julius vonBargen " For the foregoing 14 certificates the auditor to draw a warrant in favor of P Toiil for $236.70. Dennis Holland, witness before G J. fl* Û0 W W Blackburn, W 8 Clarke, K 8 8weet. J H vonBargen, K E Fogg, (wituess cert of Stella B Thorn ton assigned) .. P K Sherwin. G J witness C 8 MeC ready, trial Juror — 1 D Lyon, grand ju -or.17 40 The followi ng named 11 certifi cates allowed and the auditor ordered to dilaw warrant therefor in favor of A Freidenrich, on Cur rent Expense Fund for the amount thereof, to wit 8204: Sandy Ingram, grand juror J A Wimpey. *' Frank Hanley, " Andrew Joigenson James B Sloan " Ue Yates. " Janies Adkinson,'* Wiley Knighton. " George Ganaway" Harley Stephens " George G Fenn, , E B E R of E E of E N ; j of K 4 > of >i for the to of the of ereby granted; and bins upon his giving ' appointed justice of .... »18 00 . 24 SO .... 23 70 .21 «I .... 10 50 21 90 . 4 8ll •J 90 26 70 SO 00 . 15 10 . 10 40 •or 2 oo .. 18 M H !4U 6 80 . 18 50 5 tO .... 7 70 . . 2 90 3 6 • » 7 50 .. 6 W) 23 70 .... 22 80 20 70 .... 20 <0 ... 19 60 18 00 _25 50 1» 80 19 50 In tho matter of tho application of A T Fitting et al for change of boundaries of Clearwater aud Stu art voting precincts, the said ap plication is hereby rejected in ac cordance with Sec 38 of election laws of the st Ue of Idaho. Tho following warrants having been errouionsly allowed at the July 1896 session of this Board, towit: No 158, John J Puli«, for »22.05 on Current Ex pense Fund No 18« , C 8 McCniftdy, for |12.60 Kxpe î ho Kuiul. Are hereby ordered cancelled by the auditor a id treasurer. [Continued on fourtli page.] Current oil. of ty, have a grand old liters- j ophic books by the side to and the Memora THE FUTURE OF CHINA. John Will Now Rapidly I'all la with tha Latest Industrial Methods. The Chinese ture and philos of which Pla bilia of Socrates seem mere bro chures. The C tiinese are essentially a literary and aesthetic people, although they, too, can boast of many campaigns sod architectural monuments. Their public buildings in brick are few, but those in mud still fill us with admira tion. Their tnditions are wholly op posed to ours. Their traditions are very old, very theoretical. llarbnrous t-aditions, grown up in the rough practice of life, are more easily displaced than those which have their rootu imbedded in an ancient but ever green philosophical literature. But when the public examinations, on which Buccesr in life depends, shall cease, no matter by what blow, to con fine themselves to Chinese classics alone, then gentleman John will be come as laborious, docile and enterpris ing in modéra war and finance and policy, and military and industrial methods and training, as humble coolie John already L in shopkeeping in San Francisco and Australia and the Straits. Then we shall have to look out. er, the be Sir all at of SEEKING ANCESTORS. Librarians WinrM by Wanna Looting for Kerulatlonary Forebeer«. "My life is made miserable," said a librarian, plaintively, "by people who are anxious to become members of the Sons of the Revolution or the Daughters of the Revolution. Only about one-half of them succeed; but it takes a long time to prove to them that they can't succeed. The craze started only a few years ago, with the organization of these societies) and it is still on the in crease. "Most of the seekers of ancestors are women. A gréât many of them, I be lieve, have never been in a library be fore. They know nothing about how to begin a search. They ply me with questions. All I can do is to find out in what state their ancestors lived dur ing the revolution and then turn over the state documents to them. Then, likely as not, they will ask me to help them search, Ibut I draw the line at that. Their disappointment when they can't find a single private in their favor is something terrible. Sometimes they get angry and say the books are wrong, the library is wrong and everybody is wrong. Again they find, to their hor ror, that they in the revolution—sneer.tors who were ardent tories.'' 4, ancestors interested r r 1 Babylon and Ro The greateit cities of ancient tima were Babylon and Rome. The former is said to have an area of one hundred to two hundre d square miles; its houses were three ir four stories high, but palaces and g the vast area irdens occupied much of so that the population was not what these figures seem to indicate. In fact, it is said by one his torian that riine-tenths of this area was taken up by gardens and orchards. The total population of the city under ISebuchadnez^ar and his son, EyU Merodach, is estimated at over two million. Rome reached its grandest ■ize during tie fourth century of our era, and its population was then about two million fit e hundred thousand. y of of a MONEY IN PEANUTS. Ten Mill lea Haller« Spent Annuity le America for Tills -rrult." A wan incidentally asked a street vender If his peanuts were first-claas, and the response to the inquiry was surprising, savs the Chicago Tribune. "No," said the vender. "You do not get first-class peanuts in tins country in this way. The best peanuts are used for other purposes. They are made into meal and grits by scientific men, and In Germany they arc prepared for sick people In the hospitals. The pea nuts you get In candy arc the very poorest grade. And some of the 'burnt almonds' which you get ore nothing more than fourth-rate peanuts." "Where did the peanut come from?" "From Central and South America. They grow there in long pods, and the pods contain from four to five kernels. They were carried to tho old world in the early days, a.id in the seventeenth century they constituted the chief staple of Africa. You will find if you look it up that the slave dealers of Africa In those days used to load their ships with peanuts to bo used as food for their human cargoes. The negroes who were imported from Africa to this country brought over tho peanut and they were scattered and first grew in Virginia. And now this country is rais ing the crop, and, owing to American shrewdness, the uut is ground and used for various purposes and shipped all aver tho world. "I reckon you know," the vender con tinued, "that peanuts in a certain condi tion are more nutritions than beef. When specially prepared they rank with beans nnd peas. The peanut is said to contain 20 per cent, of protein and 40 per cent, of fat. What is known as peanut meal contains 52 per cent, of protein and 8 per cent, of fat. It is the cheapest of aU food materials." In 1861 and 1805 peanut oil was man ufactured largely in four southern states, nnd was employed as a substi tute for olive oil. In fact, one drug gist admitted, some of the "olive oil" sold now in this country Is nothing more than peanut oil. Nearly all of the olive oil sold ill the United States is mixed with part of the peanut. Pea nuts furnish from 550 to 50 per cent, of the weight of their kernels in oil. Sometimes peanut oS is used for light ing, and again it is utilized to advan tage in the muking of soap and as a lubricant in machine shops. The American pcauut is larger and better llavorcd than any other, but it does not contaiu so much oil as the Af rican nut. The "cake" which is left after extracting the oil makes excellent feed for cattle, and is used very largely for that purpose in Germany, where it sells for (:>0 to $33 a ton. This country owes to Germany the suggestion it has received in relation to the edible quali ties of peanuts, and the department of agriculture is now investigating tho method of Germany in the way in which that country has handled the nut, and the result is to ho published by the department for the benefit of the farmers. The United States now produces 4,000,000 bushels of peanuts annually, or 88,000,000 pounds. The total world's supply amounts to about 600,000,000 pounds. The exportation from Africa and India to Kurope during the last year amounted to nearly 400,000,000 pounds. Of this quantity 222,000,000 pounds were delivered at the port of Marseilles, France, the liuSc of it being pressed for • oil. It is estimated that $10,000,000 worth of peanuts are eaten every year in the United States, and most of the quanti ty, it is said, Ls consumed between j meals and at odd times, a ABOUT QUEEN VICTORIA. Thm Storlei That Ar. Intrr««tlng Con cernlug England*. Sovereign. For many a year after lier husband's death Queen Victoria would never con sent to be photographed, save in very lugubrious trim add with the prince consort's bust or portrait well in sight. Much livelier uow that she is much old er, her majesty to-day sits for artists in grand array as well as everyday clothes, and some of her favorite jewels and laces have thus become well known to the public. Tho severely criticised or naments bedecking the sovereign's head and chest on the jubilee coinage may be rccognizeci as studies from actual jewels much beloved by her majesty. Sir Edgar Boehm had a hard time of it with outsiders when those coins were first issued, but he was amply compen sated by etrlogium 8 falling from royal and imperial lips upon the charming way he had rendered that favorite neck lace, brooch and earrings. The queen's money from the state is all paid up in advance to the 81st of March next, and so are all the annui ties that are granted to the prince of Wales and the other members of the royal family, and Coutts', the bankers, are the only persons who know how the royal accounts stand. The thirty-six thousand pounds a year allowed for the children of the prince of Wales remains at the same amount as it was before the death of the duke of Clarence, and this money will continue to be paid till six months after her majesty's demise. On each anniversary—or the annual celebration of the queen's wedding— the beautiful painting of the marriage of her majesty is brought into the royal dining-roor* and deeorated with white silk rosettes. In this painting the queen's mother and the beautiful duch ess of Sutherland, mistress of the robes, show to great advantage. The curtana also appears near the queen's left shoul der, held at the "carry" by a state officer, (the curtana or enrtein is the pointless sword of King Edward the Confessor, considered an emblematic sign of mercy), and in the left hand background of the picture arc two large burning tapers on the altar of the Chapel Royal, St. James', whieli were blown out by the archbishops of Can terbury and York immediately after the ceremony. These candles are still preserved, and wiH not be lighted again until required for a sacred ceremony, which, we trust, w-ifl not take place un til aH the young society people of to day are bald-headed aad have to wear wigs. a of in be at is r 1 but J^-OTlCE FOR HOMESTEAD PROOF. William Hohaus. H. E No 2339 Land Ornez at Lzwistuh. Iimwo.i O ctober 5, 1S96 ( Notice ls hrreby given that the lollowlng - named settler has filed notice of his Intention to make filial pr«H>l In otippnrt of his claim, and of that ssld proof will be made before Probate I v , |; ho - I<Uho coun, J r - 0,1 to ' WILLIAM iiohafs, NEJ 4 8 «c is, Tp», He names the following witnesfte* to prove hU^continuouK regldance upon and cultivation wnHan^H*. Zum wail, Will Um H. Sebastian, Loul* c. Arnold, Manuel V. Sebastian, all of 0r ,;'!£ eVil1 *' I<Uho eo, i" , /'v«. h £. » .. ' Ke « ut * r ' Teacher's •semination, Ihurs y day, Noven be? 5, at 10 a. m. r i 1 rock a Their Carte» r« Oll« and Fer»m«l«* says serial Are Brndtred - How She Different Para Are gway Ü»« 1 * Bock , a them; Farmers whose horses are played ont with and useless now know where to dispose Thg of them. They sell them as low as two , dollars apiece to an establishment here Une that converts the animal into a fertil izer, and then later on the farmer pur chases the fertilizer and plants the out put of his old horse where it will enne a _ his crops and hasten their growth, lne , concern that deals in old horses, says .. the Chicago Tribune, is in the busmess of producing fertilizer, and the more cba horses available the better it is for the trade, for this is an Industry that has ^ always prospered despite hard sentry and business depression. The concern {ron stands ready to purchase a îe sentry horses that can be procured. The A price paid is one dollar and a halt to two dollars a head. They are worth nothing to the ownrrs and when it is considered that about ^ hundred ^ pounds of fertilizer is P™"™ d fr °" break each animal it can easily be «»n that a good margin of profit is made^ If ^ the supply holds they ItiU °n an down average three horses a day all the year round at these works, and, as the busi ness is of long standing, it is estimated that enough horses have been disposed of to swpply a large ^"«^g army. ^ The ages of these infirm brateanngw m ^ from fifteen to twenty-five years, and their condition depends largely upon the life they have led. Many of the animals look as if they hadn't seen oats since they were colts, and others are spavined-sprung at the knees and blind. An apartment of the building is set apart as the death house, as it is here the exocutioncr wields the instru W0RN-0UT HORSES. IN in of in is of is of a it it of tho in of for A nirnniB Turned to A«oount When Dead. The some which foul year, the ever ment of death. The manner of disposing of the ani mals is this: When led from the pen the horse is tied to a post and the "black cap" placed over its head. The executioner then strikes it a blow across the head with an ax and the an imal falls helpless to the floor. Its throat is then cut and life vanishes. This done, the process of dissection and separation begins. The hide is first removed and the carcass boiled, if it contains any fat. The grease is des ignated as "horse oil." The bones of the lower limbs are boiled, and the fat extracted from them is called "neats foot oil." When the flesh of the car cass has been thoroughly boiled and the grease skimmed off the surface of the vat it is thrown into the cellar and allowed to remain there for over three months, all the time being subjected to the influence of potash and gypsum, which is mixed with it, and which rots I» ing in ly, the it. but The bones pass through two crush ers, the first of which reduces them, and the second grinds them to powder. Several chemical ingredients are then mixed with the bone dust. This prep aration is what is commonly known as bone fertilizer, and is probably the the best artificial commodity used in agri culture. The horse hides are disposed of to leather manufacturers, and bring more than was originally paid for the entire animal. Dut not horses alone are used in the production of fertilizer. A great many cattle go that way too, and as for bones, those of any animal are valuable. The concern here does not draw the line on live animals; dead ones will do, providing they are not too old. It is a very strange coincidence that but very few cows are disposed of in this way, and that may explain where much of the tough beef cornea from. It the on of ly con old in and to or may it is of of the the the the this six royal the state the the hand two the were Can after still un to wear Several qualities of fertilizer are pro duced from animals, it all depending upon the amount and quality of the in gredients used. Various vegetables and cereals require fertilizer of a cer tain strength, and while a certain qual ity will produce good results ou one kind of vegetables it will destroy an other. The price per ton ranges all the way from twenty to thirty-five dol lars. The product of this one plant is disposed of direct to the farmers and about one thousand tons arc sent out annually. The works are capable of turning out three tons per day. The present executioner of horses has been identified with the works ever since they were established, about fourteen years ago, and during that time it is es timated that he has put to death three thousand animals. FATTEN ON BARBER'S WHIMS. Odds and Ends Turned Over by Cheeky Fellows with an Eye to Business. "There are only three men in Chi cago in that fellow's line of business," remarked the chatty Wabash avenue barber, as he turned to strop the ra zor. Oh, he trades in barber's crank notions, superstitions and whims," the operator continued. "He goes from one shop to another with that little handbag and trades razors, strops, brushes, hones—anything in the ton sorial line. How does he make a liv ing at it? Easy enough. You don't know barbers very well, I guess. Well, one of 'em buys a razor for, say, two dollars, and after he's used it awhile makes up his mind he doesn't like it. So he sells it to this man for one dol lar. This man leaves it on trial with some other barber and gets four dol lars' worth of old razors in exchange, and then he sells one of those old razors to the original purchaser of the two dollar razor. He does the same with strops and hones and brushes, course he makes money. Dresses well, smokes good cigars and works only when he feels like it. There's money In it for the three fellows in the busi ness, but the snap will be overdone as soon as the scheme is better known. Capital necessary to begin? Cheek and acquaintance are all that are neces sary. When the razor broker gets a cranky customer who shaves himself and who doesn't care what his outfit costs, provided it suits him—why, then, he does what anyone else would do. He makes the crank pay for his crank iness." ia to to Of J^-OTICE FOR HOMESTEAD PROOF. Allen D. Stephens, H. K. No. 2381. Laxd Orriez at Lzwikton, Idaho, ) Sept. 2, 1896. I Notice ts hereby given that the following, named eettler has filed notice of his Intention to mske final proof In support of bis clslm,slid that said prool will be m«de before the Clerk of the District Court, at Mt. Idaho, Idaho. October 28.1896, vis . ... „„.ALLEN D. STEPHENS, lor the Sec. 12, Tp. 31. N. K. 4, E. B. M. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon aud cultivation of, said land, vit: Robert Farris, Beniamin C. Cowling, Walter — Clark, George M. Robertson, all ol Clear water, Idaho countr, Idaho. 15-21 ( - and Probate 0,1 Tp», prove of r ' on 8 - B. f. Morris. Register, Rock bottom prices at George Brown's, Stuart, Idaho. THE ROCK HOME OF DEATH. r .-«wwme J °"™£ Jrr I Ba i Dorr down, down! All »re In the 1 rock home of death. A moment's pause, j a silence falls on the chattering crowd, j says tht Gentleman's Martine. Then* affrighted with their second's fear,.they gway onwar d through a rocky gallery. Bock on either side of them, r * k *uZl them; here bare and and, there slimy with oozing water and foul growths. Thg passn ™ c broadens out, it narrows, , ever an j ever there is the black Une on the roo f that marks the road. 8uddenly a black shadow on the left or tbe r j,, b t, The eye plunges into the g of the gide roads , an d recoUs a _ bast a t their mysterious gloom. The , tg g[ e on a thin glitter seams a .. a flickering, broken Une "All!" says the guide. "Yes, cba j n ." 8tjn f orwardi the shadows to right ^ loft grQW in size . ^me have a sentry silently guarding their obscurity {ron / rash obtrusion; where there is no ■" sentry there is n chain. 1 A sudden check from in front breaks continuity of the forward move * Wg ^ on nffaln and , o! the rock« ^ h(md contract chan(?c color, break out into the grewsome design of triuall built waU of hones and ^ From y the level of our heads down to the level of our feet aknll resta gkull Bnd leans back against the ^ ^ The shivering A£ eli ht falls wlth unequal rays ^ {ormul ti it flashe8 coldly ^ grinning teeth, penetrates the m ^ rtarle8 f crann i es of the waU, and IN ot of and cent per as per in shows bone of many shapes and Now it lights up a rent in some skull—a ghastly, jagged wound which haunts one with the thought of foul murder. Anon it shimmers with erratic play on the trickling water that, pursuing its silent way from year to year, has crusted with a smooth gloas the skull beneath. ever curves. A HARD THING TO DO. I» Is Aim0.1 ImpoMlbl. ts Km, Imi Hand Still. Thought provokes action; think of do ing something, and (unconsciously, per haps,) you begin to do it. In the university of Wisconsin Prof. Jastrow iias an instrument called the automatograph, which shows very clearly and precisely the automatic movements of the hand. It consists merely of a piece of glass resting on three movable metal feet; or, in other words, it is a small carriage which will shift its position at the slightest movement. At the end is n needle fixed vertical ly, and in contact with a roll of paper covered witli a layer of lampblack. If the apparatus moves the movement is traced on the paper by the needle. Both paper and needle are hidden by a screen. An for the his to to of Ih-of. Jastrow tells you to rest your hand upon the glass and keep it per fectly still. This appears quite easy; but when you think that your hand is quite motionless you find to your sur as prise that the needle is tracing lines on the paper! paper; you will find that your hand has been moving exactly in agreement with the movement of the rod. too of The fact is, you cannot keep your hand still; unconsciously and invisibly It moves with j our thoughts. Look at that pair of scales; watch liow the rod goes this way and that- way as tho sca>.'s move. Now look at the black QUEER STATISTICS. Singular Fact. Relating In Ut. tin man Family. The estimated population of the world on January 1, 1805, was 1,500,000,000. Taking the world over, there is an average of one death and one and one fourth births per second. Only one lialf of all who are born into the world live to the age of 17 years. Vital statistics prove that, taking the world over, there are 109 women to every 100 men. Out of every 9 sudden deaths reported 8 of the number are men. The microscope shows that the hu man body is covered with scales, each ■calc covering 500 pores. Only 6 persons of each 1,000 horn lire to be 75 years old, and only 1 out of the same number reaches the century mark. Figures by experts in vital statistics prove that not less than 4,847,500,00 hu man beings die on our globe each cen tury. The latest anthropological statistics prove that in America the daily, month ly and yearly number of births exceed the deaths in the ratio of S to I. Huxley's tables show that the human body is made up of 13 different ele ments. of which 5 are gases and 8 are solids. The average height of man in the United States is 5 feet 10 >f inches; in England, 5 feet 9 inches; in France, 5 feet 4 inches; in Belgium, 5 feet 6 X Inches. in one an all is out of es a Chi ra the ton liv two it. dol dol two with only busi as and a then, do. Duration of Life Among Bird«. Tne distinpruished German biologist, Wiesmann, has pointed out that there ia less exact knowledge on this subject than might be expected, considering how many in number are the ornitho logical societies. Small singing birds live from eight to eighteen years. Ravens have lived for almost one hun dred years in captivity and parrots longer than that. Fowls live from ten to twenty years (and are then sold spring chickens to young housekeep ers>. The wild goose lives upward of one hundred years and swans are said to have attained the age of three hun dred. The long life of birds has been interpreted as compensation for their feeble fertility and for the great tality of their young, inlands of St. Kilda, off Scotland, twenty thousand young gannets and an immense number of eggs are annually collected, and although this bird lays only one egg per annum and is four years in attaining its maturity, its numbers do not diminish. Obviously, as Wiesmann observes, such birds must reach a great age or they would long ago have been exterminated. Of « mor From the small ) I Clerk prove Walter Clear Printing Outfit for Bale. Having put in new material I now offer at private sale a second hand outfit of everything required to equip a six or seven column folio newspaper, with Washington hand press if required. This ou t ht was used in the publication of the Free Press until lately, is in good condition and on , . complete in all particulars and will bo sold at, a big sacrifice for cash. n Parker. Orangeville, July 9, 1896. WHY I Ba bothered with inferior goods wbsn eon get a firat-ciaza „tide it j will call for it. j , , _ LiEVl STRAUSS Sb CO'fi 0 SElURATiB wOPFlI KIVETED OVERALLS ARD SPRING BOTTOM Pun " r **|| Aw mad# of the best material« Hewed with the beat is»., j Finished in the best at jU. gyggj GiKIEHT GUAR1ITEED • EMPLOY OYEB BOO GIBT! ■" W,ta 1 BKII ■ LEVI STRAllfifi ■ A« UtVI VTRAU 88 & 00. SAN FRANCISCO, To« °%j«« NOR »ALK IVIRYWHllt». SEND tor • piotue of Factory, w« will mail one to yon Iq, ot oharge. CAUFORHiA' Notice to Tax-Payers, Notice is hereby given to the tax-payers of Idaho county, State of Idaho, that taxes are now due and payable. Taxes will become delinquent on the 1st Monday of January A. D., 1896, to-wit: Monday, January 4, 1897. Unless paid prior thereto 3 per cent will be added thereon and 6 per cent will be added if not paid after the 1st Monday in March and prior to sale; with such other costs as may be provided by law, besides interest at the rate of 12 per cent, per annum from said 1st Monday in January. M. 8. Martin, Assessor and Tax Collector, Idaho county, State of Idaho. Mt. Idaho, Sept. 24, 1896. If is a LO AS A LABORER. An Officer ot Thirty Yetri* Frontier perlene« Gives His Views. A man who lias been on the frontier for thirty years and has put in a big part of that time fighting Indians, U Capt. P. H. Bay, of the regular army, now in charge of the Shoshone and Vrapahoc agency in Wyoming. Capt. Ray has practical views touching the Indian problem, based on his long con tact with the red fnan. lie believes that the Indian can be made a self-support ing and useful citizen, and all that is needed is. to furnish, him a sufficient in centive to work for a living, the same as his pale-face brother. "During tho war just ended," said he to a writer for the Washington Post, "I had the Indians nt work on a big irri gating canal, of which seven miles have been completed. They made as good laborers as I ever saw and worked cheerfully for one dollar per day. In addition to that they raised enough grain for tlio reservation and to supply the neighboring military post, having a surplus besides to sell. They haaled every pound of freight from the railway terminus to the agency, a distance of one hundred and fifty miles. The men who have been living off the Indians by supplying all their needs for the past quarter of a century hate to see them beginning to get on a self-supporting basis, for then there will be no more money to be made out of them. For that reason every obstaçle is thrown in the way and all sorts of misrepresenta tions made by these parties, who dread to see their occupation gone. During all my experience in the west I have never known an administration that has dealt with the Indians in ns clean and conscientious a way as the present. The secretary of the interior has, without any partisan bias, done in every in stance his best to promote tbe interests of the tribes and the government, and, from my own observation, I think that he has thus far been very successful." is on at an the to are hu out hu ele are the in 5 X The Candidate's Position. "The man who attempts to stand on his dignity," said the man with the hay colored waistcoat, "won't amount to much when hegetsintoa political cam paign." "No," said tho man with the new straw hat, "he will do about as well as the fellow who attempts to run on his merits." "Correct," said the man with the yellow shoes. "The only stand a man can take when he is running for office is todie on general principles." r Bolivian Indian Dtaieets. The consul in Bolivia mentions as a curious fact that here and there in Bolivia one meets with small communi ties of Indians talking a different tongue to the surrounding districts. This results from the practice exercised under the rule of the Incas, whose cus tom it was to transfer an entire com munity to some distant part of the country when any seditious movements took place in a particular town or dis trict. ten of an lays its 1896 1868 PIONEER Saw and Planing Mill. C. F. BROWN, Proprietor. « ®oo»Uwitly on hand • «upplr of floerj ing, Rustle, ahiplap, ceiling anaall kindaoj rough and dressed lumber of good quality a ° a at reasonable prices Two miles south of GrangeTllie, Idaho. H. O'lKA-ITE, Merchant Tailor. Satisfaction Guaranteed, Prient Reasonable. Perfect Fit. The public patronage Is respectfully eu. Call and «e« sample«. One door «««l 0I potlolllc«. I t of in Granger 111«, Idaho* S MOKE T O B AC C O BRIGHT. MILD AND PURF- in at, Intima