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The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-18
THE CHAMPION ~TRACK-LAYER.

John HI. Benson, Of the Great Northern,
Has That Title.
H.. s. Coykendsll, superintendent Of con.
struotion of tho Great Northern railway,
says that John Il. Benson. who recently
completed the task of laying the rails ON
the Great Northern extension, is the
champion traeklaysr Of the United States,
and probably of the world. "His record"
SAYS Mr. Coyksndall, 'may be placed at
1906 miles of track laid under his own di-
than reach across our continent in its
broadcast point. This amount of track
material, steel, ties, spikes. bolts, etc..
would consist Of about 100000. 900 pounds
of stssl. 9.5Oo,0O0 GROSS ties, 80, 800, 900
spikes, angle bars, etc. The greatest
est single weeks record, 3711 miles; the
greatest single months record, 1872 miles.
NJ Benson laid the track from Minot,
N. D., to Helena, 648 miles, in eight con-
secutivs months. from one end, including
all delays"
The machinery used by Benson is very
simple, but accompanies the work with cs-
lerity. certainty and surety. His record il
also highly c~ommendabls on account OF the
comparatively small percentage of acoi-
dents in his branch Of the service. An out
slider. observing his machinery in operation
with e Grow Of 300 to 500 men, is astonished
by the clock-like perfection of the move
ments. This is in reality the principal Sc
cret of Mr.. Benson's success az q track
layer. He haa q place for every mau aud
keeps every man in his place without let
ting the man know that he is working under
q boss. In other words, he has tho faculty
of making 4 contidsnt of eech individual
In his service and placing him upon his
honor n individual esponsibility. The
SUCCESS of the plan was foroibly illustrated
in the case OF tho water carrier for the
t~racklaying crew. who had been in Mr..
Benson's service for several years, nnd who
recently stated in confidence to a convivial
friend that the Great Northern nivsr
would have been built but for Jim Hill,
Jack Binson and mesilf." Tn old water
carrier firmly believes that his part in the
enterprise was just as important as that of
the president or the superintendent of
track laying.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-18
RECORD OF THE COURTS
Claiming Exemption From Taxation
Under a Clause OF the Con-
stitution.
A Butte Man Suing the County
Treasurer or Lewis and
Clarke.
He Claims That the TAX on His MtnluE
Ground Only Amounts to
Fifty Cents.

Guy X. Piatt. Of Butte. through his agent,
Ben +. Piatt. Of Holena. has commenced
suit In the district court for ption
from taxation of certain land in this county
which it IL alleged has boon used only for
mining purposes. The suit Ia against
County Treasurer Barden 10 restrain him
assessed at 81, $50 upon which the tax WAS
$25.33. The land was purchased from En-
nest +. Hahn who got his title from the
United States. the original cost being $50.
Under section 3. Article XII, of the state
constitution, Piatt claims he can only be
assessed on $50. lie rendered the county
treasurer 80 cents, which he says IN
the amount Of the tax including
the delinquent penalty. The clause Of the
constitution to which Pistt refers 10 as fol-
lyws: A mines and mining claims, both
placer and rock in placer, containing or
bearing gold, silver. Upper. lead. coal or
other valuable mineral deposits, after pur-
chase thereof from the United ststes. shall
DO saxsd at the prioe paid the United States
therefor, unless the surface ground. or
some part thereof. OF such mine or claim
10 used for other than mining purposes,
and has a separate and Independents value
for such other purposes, in which casa said
surface ground. or any part thereof. 30
used for other than mining purposes, shall
be taxed at its value for such other pur-
poses, - provided by law; and all ma
ohiuery used in mining, and oil property
and surface Improvements upon or ap-
purtensnt to mines and mining claims
which have q value separate and indie
pendent of such mines or mining claims,
and the annual net proceeds of oil mines
and mining claims shall be taxed a. pro.
vided by law"
The and is twsntv-ive acres in the nv ID
sw a and all Of a tract Of two and one hall
40 es in the 80 a swI, section 80, township
10, north of range 3 west.
Toole & Wallace filed q suit yesterday for
Rebeeca Davis to recover ST. $50 from
Samuel Pickett. OF this amount she says
she loaned Pickett $1,000 some time ago,
but does not recall the date. The balance
she claims the defendant owes her for
taking care Of q lodging house.
Leon A. LaCroix commenced q suit fol
Mary A. Flahaven to obtain a decree snnul-
ling her marriage to Michael b. Flahaven.
They were married At Melross, Stsaru
county, Missouri, on Oct. 20. 1880. She &C
cuses the defendant of habitusl drunken.
moss.
The second day Of thu trial of the Green
hood-Bohm case resulted in placing Isaac
GREENWOOD and Ferdinand Bohm on the
stand and the int reduction of papers which
are to be used in the trial.
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Mr. Trsmper's Views.

To The INDEPENDENT: Az a taxpayer and
workinRman with q family to support, !
wish to express my appreciation of the po-
sition taken BY MI. Jockey IN the interest
of taxpayers M an economical expsndi-
ture Of the public funds. His reply in your
issus of the 10th inst. to Mr.. Edgerton was
. statement Of facts. and II I we're that
gentleman, with "a little to complain
about, l would keep my mouth closed.
At . time whom money 10 so scarce, with
30 little employment for labor in Helena,
whom ! and hundreds of other workinamen
who have families and homes here are COM
PEELED, through necessity. to leave them for
months ut . time in order to earn a living
and the money with which to pay the taxes,
It ia doubly important that their property
and homes should not be assessed at more
than their actual worth, while a banking
institution ia required TO pay taxes on little
moro b half of it, cash value.
Jan. II, 1893. G. A. TREMpER.
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Samuel X. Davis-specisi.
INVESTMENT STOCKS,

INVESTMENT STOCKS.
Posrman Occur d'Alene)-1,OOO shares,
safe.
Bald Butte--2,OW shares. The best
gold mine SO far developed in Montana.
Safe.
Iron Mountain-On the present equip
ment, development. amount OF ore in
sight. output. ETC., and present price of
stock. II will pay a better PERCENTAGE than
any stock in the market; 33111 per cent for
1892, with a fair probability Of u large in
crease in 1898.
Benton group (Nsihart)--The late devel-
opment of rich ore in :his phenomenal
mine has caused the withdrawal OF most of
the stock in my hands; l, 7oo shares for i'm.
mediate sale is all at the present figure.
Whitlach Uniou-The present st ,tus of
the mine and company of this coming great
gold mine guarantees the stock a safe pur-
chase. A few lots offered in which you can
lose no money.
26 and 81 Bailey Block.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-18

Butcher & Bradley's prices are always so Low
that they do not have to have mark-down ant
discount sales to sell their goods.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-18

To the Ban Juan gold fields, the new Green
River placer diguinRs. Ogden, Salt Lake.
Denver, st. Paul and all points east at re-
duosd rates. Every ticket guaranteed.
Pope d O'Connor's railroad ticket Office.
JOHN c. REMINGTON, Manager.
No. A N. Main street.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-18

Go to The Bee Hive for = bargain in any lin'
they carry. Goods must 60 at their special Of
ferlngs.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-18

The celebrated jackson corset waist at Butcher
i Bradley's; also full line DR.. W arner's corsets,
Zoe ami upward.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-18

Notice.
j. b. Hoshaw, NJ. d., 10 hereby appointed
manageI OF the Helena Ensor Institute to
date from this instant.
NJ. J.. FLETCHER, General Manager.
Helena, Mont. Jan. II, 1888.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-18

Mullan Fuel company is selling wood at 81. rs
per cord ~ two cord lots. l.. Il Il. block, Sixth
avenue; telephone 1856.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-18

Wood SAFE per cord in two cord lots. J. II.
Boucher. agent. l.. d L. block. Sixth avenue;
tele hone Isl.
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Legal blsnks at this Office.
Railroad tickets

Damaged y-fire.a nd-water sales do not COM
pare with tho prices quoted this week for nice
fresh goods Mt The Zee Hive dress goods sale.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-18

Dress goods are selling this week at The Bee
piece of goods in the house reduced for this
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-18

A fine line OF table linens and towels inst re
ceived at he ice Hive. Prices lower than ever
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-18

In comparison with the colossal clearing sale
at ~, DIS Bros. all other sales will sink into in
significance.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-18

Wood safe per cord in two cord lots. j. II.
Boucher, agent, l.. Il L. block, sixth avenue;
telephone l6b.
The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1893-01-18

Foster kid gloves at The Eco Hive for sl.2a.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-20
NOTICE TO sUBsCRIBERs,

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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-20
GIGGLErTEs.

please tf gimme one stamp, sab. y
sWhat denomination, auntie?' "Baptis'
sahl Baptis' .'-Judge.
A mans popularity should not be
gagged by the crowd attending his flu
neral. A public duty is sometimes a
private joy.
Stuyvesant-Is it true that gambling
has been stopped at Newport? Delaney
Nothing OF the sort. 1t has never been
strictly prohibited.-P
DR.. Thirdly-Sorry your husband ism t
out to church today; is he i'll? Mrs.
Hicks-No, he ism It i'll, exactly-just one
of his weekly attacks of being homesick.
Puck.
Mrs. Essey-If you drink brandy with
out putting water in it, you will ruin the
coat of your stomach.
Hen Essey (absently Never mind; it's
an old coat.-Puci.
Friend-And what did you see at the
Worlds fair?
Bride-Oh, some of the loveliest furni-
ture and carpets -an6-er-oh, ever
so many other things. Detroit Tribune.
MIR. Van BRAIN. Dnkane-Why Gas
well-He does nothing but fiirt with the
girls. Dukane-Then you don't like TO
see a mans efforts all miss directed
Pattsbwg Chronicle Telegraph.
Brother Watson-Ah, brother! I'm
afraid Brother Merrick will have to be
read ont OF the church.
Brother Wherefore, brother?
Brother Watson-IIe painted his fence
last night. and he's allowing it to dry on
the Sabbath. Puck.
She-Henry is such a simpleton. He's
like the ostrich that hides his head in the
sand and then thinks nobody can see
him. He-Oh, but that isn't bit like
Henry. Sne-Why, you know how in
discreet he is. He-Yes, but he hash t
got the sand. Boston Transcript.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-20
Household Hints.

The tone of the piano improves when
the instrument is moved from the wall oil
the room.
The white OF on egg, with little water
and sugar, is good for children with
irritable stomachs.
A new, soft paint brush is good thing
to dust carved furniture with, as the
bristles will penetrate the deepest crew
ices.
A quart OF milk, in which the juice OF
three Mandarin oranges has been
squeezed, is said to be a refreshing lotion
for the complexion.
One pound of sulphate of zinc dissolved
in two pailfuls of warm water and thrown
into the offensive cesspool will soon de-
odorize it.
If mirror be placed where sunlight, or
a very strong light falls directly upon it.,
the quicksilver will be liable to dissolve,
leaving dark Spots on the glass.
Miss Hayden and the kindergarten and
stenographic teachers can be seen at St.
Marks school on Saturday, Sept. 2, from
II a. m. to q. m. There are some schol-
arships for deserving pupils. The kim
dergarten will be free.
One OF, the simplest methods to remove
fruit stains from linen or cambria is to
place the stained parts over bowl and
continue pouring boiling water through
until the stain disappears. If this be
done soon after the article is stained, there
will be no trouble in most cases. The
water must be boiling.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-20
TAXES CAN BE REDUCED.

The HERALD has already printed a
learned opinion from an eminent law
firm of this city that the county court,
sitting as board of equalization, cannot
make uniform reduction OF the entire
assessment of the county as petitioned
for by many of the taxpayers.
The reasons given are that the board
has power only to act in individual cases
on complaints made, except that it may
examine the assessments to see if they
are relatively equal and may increase
those thai are too low and decrease those
that are too high. 1t cannot make an
original assessment. That is left to the
assessor, who is under bonds to do his
duty and is required to assess property at
its cash value. A uniform decrease would
include the assessment on money loaned,
on hand OF on deposit, and that would
make it appear that the assessor had as
sessed such money in excess of its legal
value contrary to his oath.
We have great respect of course for the
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value Tor any amount not exceeding five
dollars in any one payment. '-Revised
Statutes u. S. Sec. 3, 1857.
The same act declared the silver coins of
the United States to be ia trade dollar, a
half dollar or fifty-cent piece, a quarter
dollar or twenty five cent piece, dime
or ten-cent piece. No mention was made
of the regular United States silver dollar,
and its omission is claimed to have been
surreptitious and intentional to secure its
demonstration.
The Bland act of 1878 provided for the
purchase of two million dollars worth of
silver, and not more than four Millions
worth, per month, to be coined into sill
yer dollars which shonld be a legal ten
der. The act of 1890, commonly called
the Sherman act, repealed this pro-
vision, so far as the purchase
and coinage of this amount of silver is
concerned. 1t is thought by many peo-
pie that the repeal covered the legal
tender clause of the BLAND act, but
careful examination OF the two laws does
not warrant this opinion. The statement,
therefore, that silver is q legal tender
nolc to the amount of five dollars only,
needs that correction.
Nevertheless, in the east the tender of
silver dollars is usually accompanied
with an apology, and no one thinks OF
rendering more than five dollars in silver.
In the west it is different, and the fact
thata silver dollar is worth dollar as
coin TO all intents and purposes is recog-
nized. The silver dollar is legal tender
today, and ii. the same rights were given
to it in coinage at the minis as are given
to gold, there would be no trouble about
it but the good effects on general BUSH
ness would be immense.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-20

BILE TACT is, that in the course
of the festivities her majesty
seems to have. continually changed her
Indictments. One of the special artists
shows her with an ermine train; another
represents her with no train at all. An
other shows her with a crown on her
head; another appears to have seen her
only a few minutes later in a bonnet.
One picture represents the queen and her
guests all taking lunch at one table; an
paper surpasses itself by two views of the
route 10 the railway station, in each of
which the royal couple are provided with
totally different carriage, and different
horses and attendants. | think / can ex-
plain how these discrepancies arise.
Probably some of the special artists dis
patched to sketch the wedding made their
sketches at Henley London Truth.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-20
THE "HARD TIMES

We have received a communication
from gentleman in this city expatiating
on the ''hard rimes,'' and propounding
what he considers the ''only remedy''
for them in this city. We do not publish,
it although it is strongly written and with
evident sincerity, because it is more
likely to increase the complaint about the
''terriple stringency' and 'unexampled
Distress which so many people bewail
with extravaganza exaggerations, and the
"means of salvation' proposed are not
practical under the law.
There is great suffering in many places
through lack of employment for the la
boring classes ann this city shares with
others in the prevailing privations. But
many sucn times have been seen before
and they are not destined to continue very
long. 1t will avail nothing to picture
horrors in startling colors nor to arouse
forebodings over possible future miseries.
Encouragement is needed more than con-
dolence and hope will accomplish more
than regret.
Any tangible remedy for the prevailing
stringency will be grasped in hurry.
But we see none offered that is more than
a theory or an insubstantial impractical
bility. We shall have to wait for the
turning OF the tide or the s'moving of the
waters'' with as much patience as we can
muster.
The remedy now proposed is the issu-
ance of city warrants without interest, to
a needful extent, even to $2, 1000, 600, if
occasion require, 30 be taken at par by
every body for the purpose of sustaining
the city credit. and to be received by the
city for taxes, licenses, fines and all debts
and demands due the city. The city to
pay them out for every purpose the same
as money, in small denominations, to pass
as currency within the city.
The proposition will not do, because
the city has no lawful power to
increase its indebtedness in such a
way or to any such extent, and this
sort of paper would be kind of fat
money without anything behind it of
ultimate redemption. 1t would be i'm
possible to keep it at par, and nobody
could be compelled to accept it at all
except the city itself for municipal de-
mands.
There is nothing in money way that
will accomplish anything like the amount
of good that q return to free silver coin
age would effect. That seem to be the
only efficient remedy for the'' hard times''
we all wish would 4'come again no more"
That would not Danish poverty nor
equalize wealth. The inequalities that
exist have prevailed IRON the earliest
ages, and will continue until more per-
feet social system is established and be-
comes universal.
Meanwhile, if everybody will put to
good use the means that are available,
and capital will loose its grip upon coin,
and labor be content with small wages
until better can be had, and every body
will strive to be helpful, cheerful, honest
and hopeful, there will be less complaint
and more content, and beneficial change
Will soon make times look brighter and
conditions actually and rapidly improve.
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Blouse with shawl Collar.

The pink striped silk of which the
blouse is made is cut very wide to give
fullness enough for the gathers at the
neck, along the shoulders and at the
waist. The tight fitting lining is hooked
down the middle in front bias silk
stripe 81 inches wide, folded over a piece
of stiff muslin "a inches wide, is re-
quired for the shawl collar, which is laid
in three pleats in the length and trimmed
at the outer edges with a fiounce 4sf
inches wide in the middle, and sloped off
to 2h inches at the ends. The collar
goes round the neck opening and borders
the whole edge Of the right crossed fronts,
but only half the left fronts. Gigot
sleeves. Silk waistband % inches wide
lined with stiff muslin and fastened with
bow at the side.
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Dress for Girl Ten to sixteen.

This dress is of dotted wooden goods.
1t has gored skirt, and the seams are
done over with narrow trimming, the
skirt edge being finished with box
plated ribbon ruche. The bodice has
yoke of plain material, gathered around
the neck, also at the lower end, the collar
being also of plain material. The front
is cut away SO as to show the yoke, and
forms a kind of rever. brought from the
armhole, where it is formed into one
plat, lined with silk and finished with
the trimming. Sleeves full to the elbow,
where they form frill and join on to a
high cuff of plain material. Material re-
CURED, fifty inches wide, for IA years,
six wards
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-20

HAS VOORHEES, changed his mind quite
recently? Here is what he said to New
York IYorld reporter only few weeks
ago: 81 am in favor of return to the
BLAND law, which worked very satisfac-
torily while it was in existence, and, in
my judgment, could be re-enacted with
good results to the country. That or
something else equally as acceptable to
the friends of silver must be brought for
ward, for the reason that the repeal ofthe
SHERMAN act pure and simple would work
the complete characterization of silver.
do not understand that anybody desires
or expects any such thing as that
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-20
A RrpueLIcAN paper offers IS some.

REPUBLICAN paper offers as some
thing that The party in power is directly
responsible tor this pertinent item:
che receipts of the national treasury
for July, 1893, were $50, 800, 776. 10; the
expenditures were S39, 675, SIS. 60. The
country, therefore, ran behind in that
one month $S,770, 1924. To meet condi-
tiors ike this, the party in power must
collect more import duties than under the
ssrobber MCKINLEY bill. ~
Why this is under the robber McKN-
ley bill. 1t has not been repealed, tlere
has been no opportunity to repeal It.
The Republican party is directly respon-
sible for it and for every evil that has
come from the legislation that is now in
force. Whatever import duties are now
gollected are exacted by ssthe robber Nc
KINLEx bill. - If Republicans do not
see that, they are blind, If they do and
still charge their evils to the Democratic
party, they arc infinitely wicked.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1893-08-20

WHEN REPUBLICANS berate CLEvE-
LAND as goldbug because he wants the
Sherman act repealed without conditions,
they should remember that this is the
desire of all the prominent members of
their own party ana that the law was
passed &c save HARRISON from hole, as
he would have vetoed free coinage bill,