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The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29

WE are indebted to the Associa-
ton of Civil Engineers for a copy of
the new notice of quartz location as
revised by Sec. 36l1 Of the new
political code of Montana. 1t is, in
~ estimation, one of the most alb
surd and unjust laws to the poorman
that has ever been enacted in the
state. The law first provides that
the prospector shall be compelled to
sink or drift ten feet before he shall
have the right to post his notice, and
second that he must employ a L. S,
deputy mineral surveyor (Which will
cost him $40 per day. to survey his
boundaries and the extent of his shaft
or tunnel, and sign "A certificate there
to, before he can hold the ground.
This gives tie surveyor and capital
list the greatest advantage they could
possibly have and makes it almost
impossible for a poor man or an
ordinary prospector to locate IA claim
under ordinary circumstances.
Furthermore, it will have a bad effect
upon the state for the reason that it
will prevent doubtful propositions,
or claims that do not at the surface
appear promising, from being located
and developed, thus serving as a
great drawback to prospecting, and
the development OF new mining fields.
Think Of a miner going ten, twenty
live, fifty or even a hundred miles
into the mountains prospecting for
weeks and months, doing the required
amount of work, and returning to
secure the services of deputy miner
al surveyor to survey his boundaries
and examine his ledge and the
amount of work! What is to hinder
some 'shark" or scoundrel, during
the prospector's absence, from taking
advantage of his labor and surveying
and locating his claim? This law will
undoubtedly endless trouble
and a more extensive enforcement
of the old style shotgun law. For
there are few prospectors who can
readily find the cash to meet such an
emergency.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29

WI have said that no paper in
the state is defending the company
store. But laterly we have caught
the following article which the pub
lie may interpret for itself:
We have heard it reported that the
Broadwater mine at Neihart is soon
to be closed but we hope this is not
true. This mine is the largest en-
ployer of labor in Meagher county
and a stoppage of work would be Sc
verely felt. If it is true as minated
that the managers of these mines
have been trying to force employees
to trade at their store they have
made a mistake, as such "A thing as
debating where a man shall trade or
board cannot be done. Business
houses to make a success must deal
In such a manner as will please their
customers. But it is a mistake to
try to prevent this firm from doing
business. If it pays the licenses re.
CURED by law it has a right to sell
goods and we fear that some Of our
friends over the mountain in the eff
fort to boycott may not have i'm
proved the condition of business in
their camp.
This puerile is effusion the pro-
duct OF the Rocky Mountain Hus-
bandman, commonly dubbed the
Glmlet, and whose editor gets crazy
whenever he goes out of sight of a
hay stack. There are not enough
pig-sties and long whiskers at
Neihart to make him feel at home
and with massive intellect delving
into the mysterious labyrinths Of
scientific chicken giblets, he. cannot
understand of the common conditions
of a mining town. He says the com
pany store cannot coerce, and we
stand rea ly to prove that it did CO.
cree. After the magnificent fight
that paper made against legalized
monopoly in the last campaign we
are surprised at its ignorant ventures
in our direction. If the Husband
man does not adjust the above
illogical and ludicrous statement il
must prepare itself for a nice, spicy
invective which will not end in one
short week. If it proposes to bols-
ter up the cause of company stores
then the Husbandman is our antagon-
list and must take its medicine along
with company institutions.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29
FOrty-Niners' Bill of Fare,

The following bill of fare was
actually served in a California hotel
in the %fifties, and is vouched for by
many old timers in this community:
L
Bean. 81. OK Tail. short Il ~
Beef, Mexican prime cut, $3.50.
Beef, plain. S1.O0.
SIS.
Beef, tame, from the states. 81 &c.
VEGETABLES.
Baked Beans. plain. 75 cents. creased. 81 %.
Two Spuds, fair size, 30 cents, peeled. IS cents.
ENTREES.
Sauerkraut, Si.0O. Bacon fried :, %
Stuffed, Sl.0
Hash, low grade, 70 cents; Hash. Is k. 81 90.
GAME.
Goldfish Balls. 10 cents.
Grizzly Roast.
Grizzly Fried, 10.
Jackass Rabbit. whole. Sl.00.
nee Pudding, plain. 80 cents, with molasses. 81.
square meals, So; payable in advance.
\. B.-Goid scales at the end of the bar,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29

The May number of Montana
illustrated is on our table. a triAe
late, but just as racy and bright as
ever. Its frontispiece is a splendid
likeness of the great and good Gov
ernor Richards. ''Irrigation in Mon
tana" is treated at length by Jeremiah
Collins. The Egypt of America
referring to Gsllatin valley, is we'll
described by Emin Yerkes, the
khedive of said Egypt. Thos. G..
Merrill, Chaplain Bateman, Geo. w.
Sweet, and others are among the
contributors. The illustrations are
profuse and elaborate. This number
may be said to excel its predecessors
in many respects. The June num-
Der will boost Neihart in a three
page blow-up.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29
GOLD AT NEIHART,

GOLD bearing veins are quite
plentiful around Neihart, and sever
al mines being worked today derive
quite a revenue from the sale of this
metal. The Benton ore all carries
gold, it being not unusual to get
assays of $3.50 and over in the yellow
metal from that mine.
The Cornucopia ore contains con
siderable gold, some shipments hav.
ing been made which were valuable
for their gold, even had they not
yielded silver. The |. X. l.. COM
pany has found rock that contained
$40 to the ton in gold. The
Granite Mountain (Snow creek peo-
pie secured assays from a very large
vein which ran as high as SO in gold,
and Is free milling. Probably the
finest specimen of gold quartz ever
taken from the Little Belt mountains
was discovered in the Lady Shallot.
a claim belonging to the St. James
company. This specimen showed
beautiful nuggets of coarse gold
encased in crystals of felspar. All
the Snow creek ores carry gold in
more or less quantities.
Above town the ores are less valu-
able in silver and richer in gold.
Lodges with a Gaping of hemitite
are quite numerous, all of which
show traces of gold. And as far as
the head of Belt creek this character
istic holds good. Clifford and Main
ards claims, at the summit, are well
known and are destined to Weld
great riches.
Neihart is a silver camp, but the
gold contained in connection with
her ores has made many a miner re-
joice.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29

THE editors of the state have been
and done the annual fcastinp and
are returning, or being returned, to
their respective tripods. 1t is not
often they enjoy a vacation, and alto
gether, they are about as hard and
steady workers as the country con
tains. We are glad they had this
opportunity of enjoying the great
hospitality of Billings, Becker.
Matheson and Gray, and feel assured
that the benefits of this respite from
toll will have a noticeable, salutary
effect upon the working of both hand
and brain, to the end that better pa.
pers will be published, as the work
of enlightenment goes on. Our only
regret is that we were unable to take
in the sights, eatables and drink
ables, along with the gang.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29

M~arysvillc Messenger: The COM
pany store contest at Neillart con-
tinues and there seems not a reason
able doubt that the company store is
doomed in that camp. 1t is well.
People should be allowed to purchase
where they deem best and should al
SO be permitted to eat at such houses
as they may choose. Marysville is
probably the only camp in the state
where mine managers do not make
an effort to control the patronage of
their employees. This rule ought to
be universal.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29

john McMURRAY, the astute and
sparkling editor of the Anaconda
Recorder, has taken unto himself a
wife in the person of Miss Kate
Peters of Butte. We never believed
John would do such a thing, but
since stubborn facts must he met.
we think it II of the best things
that Johnny ever did, and that it
will serve to stimulate all those
manly qualities which he is known
to possess. We congratulate him
upon his new relation.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29

To THosE interested in events at
Neihart we will state that the citi-
zens and miners are on top of the
heap, the Broadwater mine is still
running, and company stores are not
working worth a blank. We called
the turn when we predicted this re-
suit, and it is but a few days till the
company store will witness its funer-
al at Neihart. And Gabriel will not
resurrect it.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29
PRESS OPINIONS,

Butte Tribune: The NEIHART
HERALD deserves the support Of
every newspaper, merchant and min
er in the state in its fight against the
company store, which is an octopus
of unbounded evil wherever it is al
lowed to exist. When a man earns
a dollar by the sweat of his brow he
should certainly have the right to
spend that dollar with the merchant
from whom he can get the most for
it. But if he is compelled to trade at
a company store it is ten chances to
one that he pays more FOR what he
buys than he could purchase the
same elsewhere for, and he virtually
becomes a slave, as he seldom has a
chance to handle the money for
which he sells his labor. Company
stores will not be allowed to gain a
foothold in Montana, and it is Just as
well that the death blow be delivered
at Neihart as anywhere else.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29

STREET cleaning has been almost
completed at Neihart, and Commits
sioner Ellenberger deserves the
palm for the neatness and despatch
with which the work was done.
There are still a few cess-pools that
need draining, but this will all be
attended to in due course of time.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29

liavre Herald: The fight of the
people of Neihart against the intro
duction in their midst of the "com-
pany store should receive the moral
support Of every one who believes
individual liberty to be a fundamen-
tai principle of our government. The
Righteousness of he"company store
has been demonstrated many times
and in many places. 1t strangles
honest competition and by the coer-
clon used to make the employees buy
of the employer reduces them to a
condition of ~vassalage out of all har-
mony with the precepts of our con
st'tution. Hit i'm again, citizens of
Neihart.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29

The Meagher County News turns
its largest gun loose in the direction
of company stores and does the act
of vigorous bombardment in the
name of justice and humanity. All
honor to the News.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29

Meagher County News: The cit
liens and miners are resolute and
united, and while they intend to use
none but p~eaceable measures, are de-
termined that Neihart shall never be
at the mercy Of the company store.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29

w S. JENNINGS is one of the best
peace officers ever appointed at Nei-
hart, as his six months of service has
proved. Wide awake to the wants
of the community, he is always on
hand when a peace officer is wanted.
He has collected enough money as
licenses since January first to pay
his salary twice or three times, and
it is well known that much of this
would never be paid unless an officer
looked after it. Jennings as deputy
sheriff cannot be improved upon,
and we hope the commissioners at
the next session will see their way
clear to restore his salary.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29

The Leader perpetrates a serious
joke upon the sheep-shearers of Te-
ton county as follows:
Sheepshcarcrs at Pondera get Z cents
IA head when the wether will let them
work.
Sheepshearers, will eve permit
such lambentable c~aiolery?
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29
The Preston Grocery.
vvsr OF REGULAR sa,ce,.

rour'een pounds granulated sugar. 49,. 81 90
49, lush Ease Eggs, per dozen ...... 20
Arbuckles coffee, per pound 25
n Pci Poohd Is
Breakfast bacon, per pound. Is
T POI IS
Tomatoes, three Cans. 20
Mocha " Java coffee 40
Corn starch, per pound. 10
Gloss Z" -
twenty-five pounds rolled oats 1 90
Dried fruits, three pounds 30
Seal OF N. c. smoking tobaccoe per p'nd, 70
Eight cans Economy milk 90
Six =" Highland " O0
81 mn per can 20
baking powder, twelve OF. can..... 40
creamery butter, per two pound roll. . 60
Pure cider vinegar, per gallon 40
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29

ASK your druggist about
bACO-CURO. 1t is purely
vegetable. You do not have to
stop using tobacco with
BACO-CURO. 1t will mott
fV Won when fO Stop on1 ro,,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1895-06-29
ENDERS OF RUTH.

Or all the state papers that have
voiced a sentiment upon the com
pany store not one has taken IA posi-
ton favoring or defending such in
stitutions, save only the Hus-
bandman. We are extremely graft
fed to note the unanlmity with
which our cause has been supported
and derive pleasure from publishing
a list Of those to date who have
swung a sledge in helping us to
clinch II arguments. These papers
are full of courage and are not
nfrail Of the ShnnnC al man
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-24
What Paper Is Made OF.

PAPER is one of the most lavishly
used articles of modern times. The
materials of which it can be made
are almost as numerous and common
as the Uses to which the finished arti.
Gle is put.
There are something over 1000
patents covering the making of pa
per. 1t may be manufactured, un.
der some one Of them, from the leaves
of trees; from hop plants, bean stalks,
pea vines, from the trunks and stems
of Indian corn and every variety of
grain; from moss, clover and timothy
hay and more than 100 kinds of
grasses; from straw and cocoanut
fiber; from fresh water weeds and
seaweeds; from sawdust, shavings
and asbestus: from thistles and this
tie down; from banana skins. tobacco
stalks and tan bark from hair. wool,
fur, old sacking or bagging and from
almost any other imaginable refuse.
Kate Fields Washington.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-24
A Night In a Hardwar. Store,

whats that commotion over
thorc?" asked tho Wise as he snap
ped his jaws viciously.
It's only the Footrule putting
on his rubber Hose and a pair of
Pumps previous to his call upon the
Sleigh Bells answered that old
bore, tho Anger.
What's that in his hand?"
"A Corn Pepper. He will use it
to pop the question. He thinks he
has n snap in that direction.
There was Immediately q Crate
sensation. Tho Dumbbells moved
about uncasily. The Cow Bells, on
the other hand, began to Ring lus-
tily. Awl the Tools next opened
their Tongue Caps, and tho Sadirons
wept. The Tea Strainors strained
their Taper Joints 10 listen. The
Alarm Tills sounded their Gongs.
The Pokers suspended quiet game
in the corner. The Footrule glared
savagely about him. "I'd Belt you
all in the eyes for a nickel or pull
you Pail Ears for half the sum, -"
said he. Then the policeman tried
the door, and silence reigned as be-
fore. -Hardware.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-24
Let Hoston Annoy II

In one of BOStOn'S suburban cities
the church Organist was called before
the music committee for reprimand.
1--WE d"nt doubt, said the spOkeS-
man, that you know your business
and can handle an organ; but, to tell
the truth, we think-havc thought
for some time along back-that your
pieces are too much like the opery
with the accent on the second sylla-
ble), and seems to us the house of
the Lord amt exactly the place for
opery music"
DO you mean that my selections
are too operatict' asked the amazed
organist.
We'll, yes, that's about it. Now,
for example, that solo Miss -- sang
last Sunday morning-way up, then
way down-that's the kind of music
we object to in the house of the
Lord"
Last Sunday! Miss IS solo,
answered the organist, thinking
back. But, my dear sirs, that was
1 Know That My Redeemer Liv,
eth"
We'll, we don't know anything
about that, but what we'd like is
some good hymn tunes. A good
rousing opening piece like Hold the
Fort we don't object to, but the OPP
cry music, as we said before-we
don't feel satisfied with it."
And this within five miles of cul.
tured, musical Boston. Christian
Register.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-24
Two brothers.

In Marblehead, Mass, two brothers
are living who have not spoken with
each other in many years. They are
twins and as like each other as two
peas in pod. One is named John
Thomas and the other Thomas John.
Each is the only relative the other
has in the world, and yet for some
little tiff they had many years ago
one said, III never speak to you
again" and the other said likewise
They live i'll the same house, eat at
the same table, but occupy separate
parts. They have one boat in com
mon and go fishing together, but ex-
change no word. Should a visitor
go with them each will talk freely
to him and in the others presence,
but no remark will pass between
them. And yet they are friendly.
Should one be sick l have no doubt
the other would nurse him carefully,
for if one hears the other slightly
spoken of there is trouble at once,
and he will defend the absent one
with his last breath. New York
Press
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-24
Promotion on the Field of Battle.

On the field of battle the Emperor
Napoleon would pull up in front of
a regiment, and calling the officers
around him would address each by
his name He would ask them to
mention whom among them they
considered most worthy of promotion
or of Il decoration, and then passed
on to the soldiers. Such testimony
delivered by those of the same rank
bound the various regiments togeth-
er with the bands of confidence and
esteem, and these promotions. grant
ed by the soldiers themselves, had
all the more value in their eyes.
In the course of one of these dis
tributions of military rewards, which
were like family scenes, an under
officer was designated to the emperor
as the bravcst and the best. The
colonel, while agreeing that he pos
sessed all the qualities necessary to
make a good officer, added that, in
rendering him this justice, he regret
ted that on account of a serious draw
back he was unable to recommend
him for promotion. What is ita''
asked Napoleon quickly. Sire, he
can neither read nor write" II ap-
point him officer, colonel You will
have him admitted as such. MEM
oirs Baron de Meneval.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-24
Cultiyating Cinchona.

The path passes at first through
cinchona plantations, and as it rises
from the plain commands fine views
of the fertile valley and of the noun
tain ranges to its south The cultiva-
ton of the cinchona trec is one of
the principal industries of Java, and
the chemical process adopted by the
Dutch for the preparation Of the
drug Is said to produce the best sui
plate of quinine procurable This is
carried out i'll Holland, whittier the
bark a. stripped from the trees and
dried is exported.
Cinchona plantations are frequent
on the lower hills throughout Java,
and the trees are of all sizes, from
the mere sapling up to 80 feet high.
The price of quinine has fallen so
low in the European markets that its
production is said to rarely pay the
expenses, and most of the cinchona
now grown is government property
-Blackwood's Magazine.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-24
POETR ".
III lOI WANT 1 KISS.

There 5 Il Jolly fresh proverb
That II pretty much like this
That u man il half in heaven
When he has a woman kiss.
But there's danger in delaying,
And the sweetness may forsakc 1t:
30 tell you, bashful lover,
II you want a kiss, why, take il.
Never let another fellow
steal a march on YOU in this
Never let a laughing maiden
See YOU spelling for a kiss.
There S royal way to kissing,
And the jolly ones who make it
Have u motto that is winning
If YOU want a kiss, why, take it,.
Any fool may face a cannon,
Anybody wear a crown,
But man must win woman
If lie a have her for his own.
Would YOU have the golden apple,
You must find the tree and shake il.
If the thing is worth the having,
And you want a kiss, why, take it.
Who would burn upon desert,
With forest smiling 10y ?
Who would give this sunny weather
For a black and wintry sky?
Oh, tell YOU, there is magic,
And Won cannot, cannot break il
For the sweetest part of loving
Is to want u kiss and take it.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-24

IF there's one sort of porter who
has a harder time than another, it's
the one who runs the buffet car" is
what porter said in telling of his
woes. ITO be sure, now and then
he's in luck. But the way things
are counted, weighed and measured
out to that sort of porter makes your
head ache.
The sugar is actually almost
counted and just SO many Jumps al
lowed for each cup of coffee. If a
passenger, as sometimes one will,
takes fancy to keep a few Jumps of
sugar as sort of candy, 50 much is
taken out Of the porter
Every loaf of bread is expected to
do for so many orders, and an extra
slice is taken out of the porter. He's
expected to be more than careful of
everything, and broken egg is
charged to his account. milwaukee,
Journal
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-24
Bismairk'a Best Smoke.

The value of a good cigar" said
Prince Bismarck in conversation
with some friends, lis best under.
stood when it is the last you possess
and there Is no chance of getting an.
other. At Koniggratz I had only
one cigar left III my pocket, which ]
carefully guarded during the whole
of the battle as Il miser guards his
treasure. | did not feel justified in
using it. l painted in glowing colors
the happy hour when should enjoy
it after the victory. But had mis-
calculated my chances. A poor dra.
coon lay helpless, with both arms
crushed, mnrmurIng for something
to refresh him. felt i'll my pockets
and found that l had only gold,
which would be of no use to him.
But stay, had still my cherished ci.
gar. | lighted it for him and placed
it between his teeth. You should
have seen the poor fellows grateful
smile. 1 never enjoyed a cigar SC
much as that one which l did not
smoke