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Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-04-22
WHAT THEY THINK OF BONDS.
Opinions Expressed by Some of our
Leading Citizens and Taxpay-
y ers Think of the Bond
Question.

ing the attention of the people of
Toledo these days. They will be
called upon next Saturday to decide
whether the city shall issue bonds
to the extent of 81, 500 for water
works or general improvement, or
not. AS on all important questions
opinions differ largely, some of our
best citizens and heaviest taxpayers
being on each side of the question.
The LEADER man interviewed
several of our citizens upon the
subject last Monday and herewith
give their opinions in an abbreviated
form:
B. F. Jones, county clerk and
mayor of the city.-"We have just
undertaken street work which will
take at least $4oo to complete, and
to plank the crossings will take
more. The city needs and must
have public landing or wharf, it
can't keep on using railroad or
private property for this purpose.
I do not believe in mourning a
warrant indebtedness to exceed $500.
To make the improvements named
above would create a greater debt
than l believe it wise to issue war
rants for. The work can be done
much cheaper now than when times
are good. %NThe rate of insurance
on Front street is 10 per cent. To
put water hydrants there would
reduce the rate one-half, but this
cannot be done unless the bonds are
issued. I am in favor of bonds.
M. Gregson, owner of the Toledo
saw mill.-'I think that if the
town was to expend the ST., 500 il
would greatly help it, and if the
interest does not exceed E per cent
it will not be burden. l would be
/ in favor of the bonds -
R. Campbell.-"I am not in favor
of the bonds"
Attorney F. D. Carson. n.-"Not
being taxpayer I will not vote tc
tax other people"
J. S. Akin. .-"I have no opinion
to express.
Attorney H Denlinger, Jr.-"l
am not in favor of bonds on genera
principles, though there are time!
when they are justifable. think
! they ought to be for some definite
and specific purpose. I would only
be in favor of bonds for some pur
pose that was an absolute necessity.
N. Snow, merchant.-"I hav,
formed no opinion yet. Have no
fully investigated it, think it woulc
be good idea to go slow and pa,
as you CO."
R. A. Arnold.-"I have no opin
ion to express.
Mrs. c. G. Copeland, merchant
-"I think the idea of bonding is
very bad one."
o. o. Krogstad, druggist.-Th'
object for which the bonds are pro
posed are not sufficiently specific
Had it been for some specific object
such as light plant, city hall o
some industry, I would have beel
in favor of it. 1 am unable to Sc
any sufficient returns in the propo
sition. / am not in favor of tn
proposition as it now stands"
c. L. Gowell, merchant.-"Its
business proposition; the best busi
ness proposition that can be offere
for the city's interest.
A. Waugh.-"I have no opinio
to express"
J. H. Mcneil, merchant.-"I wi
vote against the bonds"
7. P. Fish; merchant.-"I al
opposed to it; taxes are heav
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-04-22

No-To-Bac for Fifty Cents.
Guaranteed tobacco habit cure makes weak
men strong, blood pure. bOc, 81. All druggists
Lincoln County leader. [volume] (Toledo, Lincoln County, Or.) 1893-1987, 1897-04-22

NtTED ARTISANs-RlvER DELL Assem-
bI y, United Artisans, meets on 2nd
'fA .anesday nights of each month in
I - hall, Elk City. oregon. Visiting
And brothers are always welcome.
- J. c. DIXON, NJ. A.
. @. DAI.ABA, Secretary.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-07-31
weiehing Ice by Measure.

A correspondent of the Western
Druggist complains that he Is continu-
ally defrauded in the Ice delivered fer
his soda fountain, and weighing not be-
ing exactly practicable, he wants to
know If he cannot find the true weight
of chunk Of ice by measurement.
st. Louis druggists are not alone In
their complaint about short weight on
Zee, and the explanation for the diminu-
tive size of 10O-pound chunk Of ice,
namely, that it Is the GOODNESS Of ii
which has contracted 1t so, will be as
familiar to them as to their brethren
in Ill luck in Chicago. AS to the ques
ton Of our correspondent, that Is en-
tirely apropos, and we take pleasure In
assisting him. The calculation is quite
simple If we remember that one cubic
foot of water weighs 62.5 pounds. One
cubic foot equals II times IL times II.
or 1,72S cubic inches. Dividing this by
the number of pounds of water gives
us 1,72S, divided by 62.5, equals 27.65.
Hence, one pound of water measures
27.e5 cubicinches, which for 100 pounds
makes 2,765 cubic inches. While ice
blocks, as delivered, are not always OF
exactly rectangular shape, yet in ma
FORTY OF cases the weight could be de.
termined approximately correct. We
would advise our readers to try this
plan, appealing to the scale when then
figures are doubted
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-07-31
"A Bridegroom,s Race with Death.

The story of an unhappy bridegroom,
whose hair grew gray in single morn
ing, and that the morning of his mar
riage, is reported from Zigrad, in
Hungary.
Mitru Popa, born in Teregova, son
of a small farmer, and affianced to a
daughter of a prosperous citizen Of
Zigrad, recently started for Zigrad,
there to wed and bring home his bride.
The place can be reached in two hours
by the mountain road. There was,
however, q short cut; it led through
the railway tunnel with single line of
rails. Popa laid ear to ground and
listened. As there was not the slight
est vibration he took courage and ven-
tured into the dark passage. Here,
the report goes on, he had been
stumbling along as best he could,
when, after ten minutes passed in the
total darkness, and being, as he
Judged, near the centre of the tunnel,
he heard the distant rumbling Of an
approaching train.
The noise grew louder behind him,
and Popa ran; louder still, and Popa
raced! 1t was via dolorosa with the
small point of daylight far off amid the
darkness, and if he could win to it,
then it meant life, safety and bride, but
the thunder of the train grew ever
nearer. Fortunately the gradient was
a steep one, and the express was called
express by courtesy only, and the race
between the man and death terminated
at the tunnels outlet, the man winning
by about his own length.
The mercifully sluggish express
passed into the daylight as the BRIDE
groom fell PROSTATE on the bank.
When he had started he had dark
brown hair; when he arrived at the
brides house it was white as the
brides veil. The lady, however,
accepted him on the somewhat dubious
grounds "that the hair would come all
right in time and that the injury was
covered by insurance.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-07-31
A Snake Under His Shirt.

cit was in the San Juan country, in
Colorado, in 1876, that I had an expert
ence that few men would be likely to
forget in lifetime" said j. E. Lantry
last night in the Office of an uptown
hotel much frequented by Western
men. "a party of five of US had gone
in there to prospect ahead of the rush
that we knew would come next year.
1t was one night toward the end of
September that we were in camp in the
open air, every man lying rolled up in
his blankets, for the nights were getting
cold and frosty. Next to me was man
named Adams, from Illinois originally,
Z believe. About the middle of the
night he sawoke me by calling my
name.
"sWhat's the matter, Bill. I asked.
''Hs answered ms In Q most peculiar
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-07-31
Overlooking World.

Surprising that You had been borl
blind, and after living many years shut
out from the beautiful things of the
world, some skilled surgeon should
give to you your sight, wouldn't you
have some marvellous experiences? says
the Chicago Record. An old man who
had been born blind had his sight thus
restored to him. At first he started
violently and was afraid of the strange
things around him, the hugeness OF
his room and its contents. One of the
first things he saw at the window was
a flock of sparrows. "What are they?''
asked the physician.
II think they are teacups, was the
reply.
A watch was then shown to him, and
he knew what it was, probably because
he heard it tick. Later, on seeking
the flame of lamp, he tried to pick it
up, not having the slightest idea of its
nature.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-07-31
Callers and Omce.seekers.

Ex-President Harrison gives most
interesting pen picture of "a Day with
the President at His Desk" in the La
dies Home Journal. The article Is
unique, az being the first written by
President of life In the White House,
and in describing the routine Of Chief
Executive. A feature that he treats
with directness relates to the Presl-
dents Interruptions from callers and
office-seekers. "1t Is rare good for
tune" he writes, during the early
months of an administration IL the
President gets one wholly uninterrupt
ed hour at his desk each day. The Pres
iednt's time is so broken into bits that
he is often driven to late night work,
or to set up a desk in his bedroom
when preparing message or other
paper requiring unbroken attention.
Thoughtlessness Is the root Of all this.
Il only want five minutes and If he
were the only one 1t could be spared;
but his double is at his heels, and the
urgent public business is postponed or
done at night with faded mind. 1t
may be said that untimely visitors
should be excluded, and SO they
should; but thoughtfulness on their
part would be cure without smart"
Regarding the office-seekers' persistency
in having personal interviews with the
President, General Harrison asserts
that they advance their cause but little,
IL at all. "But the feeling that some
thing is or may be gained by personal
interview prevails, and for the first
year aud half of an administration
the President spends from four to six
hours Of each day talking about things
he willnot have to act upon for months
while the things that ought to be done
presently are hurtfully postponed.
IF the President could make up and
publish an appointment docket, and no
tify all persons having anything to say
in a particular case to draw near on 9
fixed day, it would result in a great saw
ing of time all around, and great saw
Ing of money to the applicants, who
could remain at home until summoned
TO appear. No papers should be received
after the submission of the case, ant
motions for rehearing and for a new
trial should be barred"
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-07-31
The Chinook.

In the Northwestern States a Pc
culiarly warm, dry wind, called the
Chinook, which has wonderful power
of "eating up" snow, occasionally pre-
walls, and remarkable visitation of
this wind occurred in Oregon and
Washington last December. Professor
Ward, writing in Science, calls atten-
ton to the close resemblance between
the Chinook winds of the Cascades and
Rocky Mountain regions and the cele-
brated fehn winds of the Alps. Both
blow down from the mountain ranges,
and both produce effects, in the sudden
liquefaction of snow, that are almost
marvellous. There is no mystery about
them, although they require particular
conditions of atmospheric pressure,
combined with certain effects arising
from the position of the mountains
with respect to the isothermal lines, or
lines of equal temperature. Boston
Cultivator.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-07-31
Extracting Gold,

A process of extracting gold by which
every particle of the metal In the ore
is recovered is stated to be In success
full operation in West Australia. 1t is
called the ore atomic process. Gold
quartz is crushed into small Jumps and
is then put into closed chamber, sub
jected to the heat Of a furnace, to the
action of water and Of hydrogen gas.
This eliminated sulphur and reduces
all oxides to the metallic state. After
being heated, the material Is suddenly
cooled by jets of water-an operation
repeated several times till the quartz
crumbles to powder at the touch Of the
finger. 1t is then thrown into a tank
and the gold is separated by washing.
-Chicago Tribune.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-07-31
Cleoratra's Mummy.

Where does Cleopatra's body rest?
Scarcely layman who would not an
swer, why, in Egypt" After her
eajoleries, her wiles, her life of intense,
L not very exalted loves, Cleopatra
was laid in one Of the loveliest tombs
that have ever been fashioned by the
hand Of man. But what change 1000
years has brought about. To-day an
ugly mummy, with an emblematic
bunch of decayed wheat and coarse
comb tied to its head mere roll of
sightly-swathed dust-lies crumbled in
the hideoIs glass case at the British
Museum. 1t is Cleopatra, the once
great queen, Venus in charm, beauty
md lovs.--Golden Days
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-07-31
THE FUR SEAL.
Its Breeding Grounds, Growth, Home
Life and PrOductiveness. 'sss

Its Breeding Grounds, Growth, Home
Life and Productiveness. ~
The male fur seal, or ''beachmas-
ter" reaches full maturity at the age OF
seven years. At that time his weight
is about 400 pounds, being consider
ably heavier when first in from the sea
in the spring, or after feeding IN the
fall than in the intervening period,
when he fasts on land and grows grad
ually lean and weak. The males vary
considerably in color, the general
shade being black or dark brown, with
long hair or bristles of yellowish white.
These are especially long and numer-
Gus on the thickened back of the neck,
forming the so-calied "wig." The
wigged males have a rough, coarse
coat, and their skins are without mar
ket value. The animal makes its home
on the rocky shores of the islands In
large, closely-massed bands, forming
what are called rookeries. 1t is ex-
extremely gregarious; individuals sell
dom venturing far from the main body,
while ON land, though wandering about
singly in the sea. The female fur
seal. is much smaller than the male,
and has soft, smooth hair of varying
shades of brown, under which is the
dense, short, brown fur. The female
bears her first offspring at the age of
three years, but her full growth is not
attained till two or three years later.
The average weight of the grown
female is about eighty pounds. The
young or fur seal, called pup, is born
soon after the arrival of the female.
It's weight st birth is about ten pounds
The fur seal is a polygamous, each
male capable of holding place on the
breeding grounds having from one to
one hundred females in his charge,
constituting what is. known as
''harem," the average number being
about thirty. But the size of each
family is subject to variation, depend
ing not chiefly on the strength of the
male, but the preference of the female
for location, and on the, topography
of the ground. The young male is
very similar to the female in color and
appearance. He is not permitted to
enter the. rookeries in the breeding
season. The old males are very par
ticular in this regard, and the "bach-
elors," as they are called, are forced to
herd by themselves on what is known
as the hauling grounds" located
near the breeding grounds, but dis
tinct from them.-Forum.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-07-31
!. COMMENTED ABoRIcINALs.
Something About the Flathead Indians OF
--= British Columbia.


-.e British Columbia.
The Flathead Indians of British Col
umbia afford an extensive field for :
character study, land the writer having
lived among them number OF years,
has had unlimited opportunities Tor
noting their peculiarities. Friendly
contact with this people shows them to
be of an entirely different disposition
from their northwestern brothers, and
distinct as tribe. They receive no
help from The Government, for the rea-
son that they are we'll able to sustain
themselves by securing employment at
numerous occupations open to them.
Independence is stamped upon their
countenances and their talent consists
in carving, canoe building and kindred
employments. Fishing and hop pick
ing are the principal industries in
which they are employed during the
summer, while in winter, telling tim
Der and hunting gives ample compen-
sation for comfortable living. Canoes
are their means of transportation and
their skill in manipulating the paddle
is often made manifest during town ex-
hibitions, in which this sport is
prominent feature. Great numbers OF
these ingenious Indians live along the
trend of the Frazer River, which winds
its way through dark canyons, amid
towering mountains where in proxlm-
ity to the waters turbulently falling
over rocks they live in state OF felic-
| ity, fishing and hunting.
The ritual of the Roman Catholic
Church attracts many of them, and
schools of this denomination are scat
tered about the province. Industrial
schools also are opened for their espec-
ial benefit and many of the youthful
Indians avail themselves of this instruc-
ton. Indian brass bands have been
| organized at different stations and it
is amazing to note their rapid acquisi-
ton of skill in the management Of the
different musical instruments, consid-
ering that they were comparative
strangers to anything in this line such
q short time ago, and now it is quite a
! common sight to observe these bands
playing on occasions of festivity in the
cities.
They are great fish eaters, and their
mild temperament is attributed to the
effect of this diet, which is the chief
food of every meal and cooked by
means of smoking, giving it an appear
ance that detracts much from its de-
licious taste. At the end of the fish
ing season those who receive their en-
tire earnings in bulk leave at once for
the city, there to transform the money
into merchandise, for they are far from
being money accumulators, and have a
decided liking for receiving its worth
in actual goods.
The women are hard workers and are
frequently seen walking through the
cities burdened with a ''pack" suifici-
emily heavy for strong man to carry;
but fastened as it is to their backs,
they evince no sign of WEAKNESS, while
in winter they are seen walking along
with characteristic gait in their bare
feet, over ice and snow, showing no ap-
parent discomfort for the exposure.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-07-31

The spirit Of democracy is dominant
in Aberdeen, Scotland. A little while
before the city election candidate for
an office thought he would call on few
of the leading city councillors. He
hailed cab and told the cabman to
drive him to Councillor Bissett's the
treasurer.
The councillor was found in black
smiths shop, shoeing horse.
''I'll see somebody better than this"
said the candidate ssDrive me to
Councillor Maitland's Office.
The cabman thereupon drove him to
the pawnbToker's.
'.Drive me Councillor. Gray's," he
calculated.
81 am Councillor Gray, sir, replied
the cabman.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-07-31
tone-it was as if he were trying TO
speak without breathing or moving
...-.-.1o &c h;n 1,odu

tOne-lt was as II no WcIo yAnS "
speak without breathing or moving a
muscle of his body.
"sFor Gods sake help me, Lantry,
he said. There's snake crawling up
under my shirt.
ST came up on my elbow and looked
at Adams. The moon was shining
brightly, SO that I could see everything
almost as well as if it had been day
light. Adams was lying on his back
as still as a stone, and his face was like
the face of a corpse. He had taken his
boots off before turning in, and his
stockinged feet stuck out below the
bottom of his blanket. Alongside one
of them, passing inside his trousers
leg, was the last twelve inches of q
rattlesnake-a big one-curling to and
fro, like the end of whip, as it went
up out of sight.
"'For Gods sake, hurry!" said
Adams. His heads ON my chest now,
and he's coming higher all the time.
Cut my clothes off me and don't waste
time!'
"'Keep still, Adams, and don't wake
the camp I cautioned him. IF there
gets to be racket round it'll start the
snake up. He won't get hostile if he's
let alone. Now he's quiet and let me
work
ssIt was an easy matter to pull the
blankets off Adams. That left him ly-
ing in shirt and trousers, with the
snake next his skin. Then 1 set to
work to cut away his clothes. My
hunting knife was as keen as razor.
1 began OF the trousers leg, ripping it
up at the side. Then I cut the shirt
open on the side, working from the
bottom up.
cup round the neck, where the
band was tight, it was ticklish bust
ness to cut the shirt loose without
cutting Billiard then again Irealized
that 1 was working with my hand
mighty near rattlesnake's head. But
got the shirt cut clear from top to
bottom. Then I went round to the
other side of Adams.
"'Now, Bill I said, and pulled
shirt and trousers leg over to me, leav'
ing Adams's body bare, with the snake
in full view. The reptile was big,
dark colored mountain snake, fully
five feet long. AS it lay in something
of an S shape its tail was at Adams's
knee, while its head rested in the hol
low of its throat.
"At sight of me the snake drew back
its head and went half into coil on
Adams's stomach. Then, seeing that
did not move or offer to attack it, the
snake turned and crawled off from
Adams and made for the shelter of {
plant half dozen steps away.
"'All right, Bill; he's gone I said
'It was like touching a spring.
believe that when Adams came VI
from the ground he went four fee
straight into the air; and the yell N
fetched made the boys think, as they
woke, that the Utes were upon us. The
sight of half-naked man, jumping
and yelling, without there seeming
any cause for it, was rather startling
as it was. But Adams quieted dow
in minute or two, about the time
had matters explained. Two of III
went out and killed the snake-hi'
rafting gave him away-and the res
helped Adams get his clothes patched
together to do until morning."
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-07-31
Germany fifteen largest land own

Germany's fifteen largest land own@
ers own between them 10000 acres
Of German soil. Prince Wittgenstein
has 100000 acres, next comes the
Duke of Arenberg with 100000, then
In order the Prince Of Thurn and Taxis,
the Duke Of Brunswick, Prince Saim
Salm, the Prince of Talleyrand-Sagan,
who Is French subject; the Prince OF
Pless, the Duke of Leuchtenberg,,
Prince Bentheim, Prince Lowenstein,
the Prince of Wied father Of the Queen
Of Roumania), and Prince Fengger.
Many of these have large estates out
side of Germany.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-07-31
Brave Mon.

Alex Mcclure of the Philadelphia Times
Gays: 1.-THE two boldest men he knows are
John Wannsmaker of Philadelphia and
lilly Haynes of Boston. Both went to New
York. Mr.. Wannsrnaker took the Stewart
property, the finest dry goods store in the
world, and Mr.. Haynes took the great
Broadway Central Hotel, the largest in
the city. But dry rot had crept into both
of these magnificent properties and no one
dared to grasp them, until John Wanna
maker took one and lilly Haynes the other.
complete and unqualified success has
crowned the efforts of both. Verify good
reputation is better than riches.''
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1897-07-31
A Veil of Mist

Rising at morning or evening from some low
land. often carries in its folds the seeds Of ma
laria Where malartal fever prevails no one is
safe, unless protected by some efficient medici-
nal safeguard Hostetter's stomach Bftters Is
both a protection and n remedy. No person who
fnhabtts or se1ourns in O mfasmatic region or
country should omit to procure this fortifyfng
agent, which is also the finest known re medy for
dyspepsia constipation, kidney trouble ana
rheumatism.