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Upon motion the following res
olution was approved and ordered
spread of record:
Whereby it is agreed that Thos.
r. Hoffmire, deputy district attor-
ney for Otero county, hereby agrees
to the terms of certain contract
executed by the said Hoffmire and
the Board Of County Commission
ers of Otero county, dated an.
1896, therefore be it
Resolved, That the board hereby
instruct the chairman to enter into
contract on behalf of said board,
with the said Thos. r. Hoffmire,
for his services as deputy district
attorney and his compensation
therefor, according to the provis-
ions of said contract dated an.
1896, between the aforementioned
parties, said contract to be in force
from the expiration of said contract
dated Jan. 1896.
Adjourned until 7 o'clock, when
the time was consumed in examin-
ing and considering the plans and
specifications of the new court house
as furnished by w. H. Robinson,
architect. Adjourned until Jan. 16.
Ian. 16.-Board met pursuant to
adjournment, all members present
Now in the matter of plans and
specifications for the new court
house, the board having ordered
some changes and alterations in
same, to be made by Mr.. Robin
son, and as soon as Mr.. Robinson
makes said changes, the clerk is
ordered to file the same of record,
and. it is ordered and determined
that the level of first floor shall be
$ 7-1o feet above the street grade
in front of center of said building.
Now comes E. M. Reynolds,
road overseer in district No. 4, and
presents his annual report for
go, which is approved and ordered
filed of record.
Claims against the county pre-
sented, found correct and warrants
ordered as follows:
Matt Daimler, commissioner. $40. 49,. $50 90
G.C: WaSnDurn. ..........-.-.. u ~
Andrew Schmidt. juror county court. so
E. NJ. Reynolds, r. and b. work. ......... 22 so
Adjourned until lam 2S
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-01-21

fected by electing COMMISSIONS,
Washburn chairman for the com.
ing year.
Now comes Isaac Gantz and
makes affidavit that .s1s sea az
22-5S was sold for taxes for year
1895 enormously, in that said land
was state land and was not subject
to said taxes and said sale, and
upon due consideration it is or
dered that the county treasurer be
instructed to redeem said lands
from said sale.
Now in the matter of application
OF s. w. Cressey for recommends
ton as water commissioner for wa
ter district No. II. Upon motion
it is ordered that this board
do recommend to the Hon. Alva
Adams, governor, that he appoint
said S. w. Cressy, water commits
sioner in said district II, it being
the opinion of this board that the
best interest of the people in gen
eral, OF said district, will be sub
served by retaining Mr.. Cressy in
his present position.
The clerk was instructed to no.
tify ]. F. Sickenberger, road over
seer district No. 2, to sell and dis
pose OF the old lumber, he has on
hand belonging to the county, to
the best advantage he can.
Now comes F. Sickenberger,
road overseer in district No. 2, and
presents his annual report as such
road overseer, and upon due con-
sideration the same is found true
and correct, and is approved and
ordered filed of record.
Now comes w. E. Mitchell and
makes application supported by af-
fidavit for rebate of one county and
one military poll tax for year 1895
upon grounds that he was assessed
for two of each said poll tax. Up
on due consideration the same is
allowed and the treasurer is in
structed to refund the same as fol-
lows: Military poll, S1.oo; county
poll, SI.oo.
Now comes G. ]. Evans and
makes application supported by af-
fidavit for rebate of county and
military poll tax for the year 1895
upon grounds that he is cripple
and not subject to said tax, and up
on due consideration the same is
allowed and the treasurer is in
structed to refund the same as fol-
lows: Military, s1.oo; county,
S1.oo.
Now comes Richard Mason, of
the firm of Stephens & Mason, and
makes application supported by
affidavit for rebate of taxes for the
year of 1895, upon a valuation OF
500 upon personal taxes on the
grounds of erroneous assessment
and upon due consideration the
same is allowed and the treasurer
is authorized to refund the same
as follows:
state. .,.........'.'S ~
County ordinary Observation-Disclosures. 1.eo
Interest on county bonds ................. .Od
General school -. 80
Poor. .................. .1O
Road. 81
Contingent. ... &c
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1897-01-21

following firms.
Outwest Printing CO., Colorado
Springs.
c. +. Hoekel, Denver, Colo.
w. +. Robinson & Co, Denver.
Pettibone, Sawtell & Co., Chi.
cago.
X. q. Dalton, La Junta.
Republican, Rocky Ford.
mes-Enterprise, La Junta and
Rocky Ford.
Tribune, La unta.
Hall & Mcdonald, Topeka.
Democrat, La Junta.
Upon motion, it is ordered that
the awarding of contracts on the
foregoing be postponed for the
present and the clerk is instructed
to make an abstract of the various
bids in tabulated list for the use
of the board in considering and
awarding the said contract.
The board now proceeds to the
appointment of county attorney
for the ensuing year and finds ap-
plications from the following: O.
g. Hess and g. Nj. Cameron, and
upon a vote being taken the result
was as follows: Messrs. Wash.
burn and Daimler voting for G..
NJ. Dameron, and Mr.. Weiland
voting for o. G. Hess, and upon
motion it is ordered that G. NJ.
Cameron be declared elected coun-
ty attorney for the ensuing year.
Application of Mrs. S. H. Fertig
for the care and supervision Of the
county farm for the ensuing year
was accepted providing she enter
into a satisfactory. contract with
the board.
Now in the matter of appoint
ment of county physician for and
in the vicinity of La Junta, appli-
cations from G. w. Phillips and
and A. II. Zimmerman were con-
sidered and upon motion it was Or
dered that A. II. Zimmerman be
appointed county physician in vi
cinity of La Junta for the coming
year.
In the matter of application OF
county physician for and in the vi
cinity of Rocky Ford, applications
from w. J.. Mcdonald and II. G.
Sigman were considered and upon
motion it was ordered that H. G.
Sigman be appointed county ply
sician in the vicinity of Rocky Ford
for the ensuing year.
Upon motion it was ordered thai
each of said physicians appointed
be required to enter into a contrac,
with this board and that they be re-
quired to furnish a coed and suffi
cient bond in the sum of 81, soc
each, for the fulfillment of said
contracts, which shall be in COM
pliance with their bid as accepted.
The board now proceeds to the
appointment of road overseers for
the several districts, which result
ed as follows:
A. Waddington.
H. ]. Roberts.
A. Nichols.
5 P. H. King.
6 Michael Stephens.
7 F. E. Collins.
s H. J.. Olmstead.
Upon a vote being taken for
road overseer in district No. 3, it
resulted as follows: Weiland vot-
ing for !. V. Deweese and Messrs.
Washburn and Daimler voting for
A. M. Jackson, who was declared
elected.
The following road overseers' re-
ports for the year 1896 being pre-
sented and upon examination the
same were found true and correct
and were approved and filed of rec
ord:
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l4tH.
Ian IA. Board met pursuant to
adjournment. Present, c. c. Wash
burn, chairman; Matt Daimler and
F. M. Weiland, commissioners;
G. M. Dameron, attorney, and ].
E. Gauger, clerk.
On motion it was ordered that
the board do adjourn for and dur
ing the funeral exercises of the
late E. M. Tells, and that we at
tend such exercises in body.
Board re-convened at o'clock
and proceeded to award contract
for county stationery, supplies and
county printing.
After due deliberation it is or
dered that the said contracts be
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-17
Our Buyer, Mr. t. NJ Fitzpatrick, when he left

enforce tins act year or so ago,
he says the result has been quite
marked. Before that time, he said
he did not know that there was
such an act on the statute books.
Following is a copy of the act
referred to:
Section 229 017.) Any person who
shall at any place in this state, be en-
gagged III the business of buying and
selling personal property, or in selling
personal property consigned TO him
from any place out of the state or prop
erty not the product of thus state: con-
signed TO him from any place within
the state, shall be held to be n mrr-
chant, and, at the same time he is re-
quircd to list bis other personal prop
erty, >hall deliver To the auditor OF the
county in which his business is Situ-
ated statement under his oath, of the
average monthly value of the personal
property, moneys and credits pertain
lug TO his mercantile business; to
ascertain which he shall set down the
yalu" on hand on the first day of Jan
go y vi wv IItttulhS year. OI OlHtT
time OF commencing business during
the year, add thereto all purchases.
when made at cost, and the remainder
shall be the average on hand for that
month; and in like manner ascertain
the average value for each month, down
TO the first day o. January of the year
IN which the return is to be made add
together such monthly values divide
the aggregate by the number of
months he has been in business dur
ing the proceeding year as aforesaid,
and 10 the quOt,cnt add the moneys
ana credits on hand, the first day Of
January in the year in which the re-
turn is made and the product of this
last addition shall bc the sum upon
which he shall pay ta"es Tor the year
IN which the return is made Provided,
lhai when business is opened after
the first day OF January Of the pro-
cecding year and closed before the
first day OF January Of the year in
Winch the return is made. the parties
opening and closing such returns on
mcrchandiSe--the time Of opening and
closing such business being the time,
used as the basis of the return a. cs-
tabllshed in this section.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-17

and Hardware!

Mr.. j. III. Carnes, assisted by
Mr.. w. b. Cauthen and MIR. j. +.
Culp are the presiding genii in
this department.
3 Car Loads of Flour bought
before the advance. We can
save you money. Collee-Good
Rio pounds to the $1.00. Now
it is well known fact that the
New Tariff has advanced Guns 40
per cent.-We anticipated this
fact and bought our Guns in June.
So you can have them at the old
price. 1t is also rs well known
that we carry the only complete
stock of Guns in Lancaster.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-17
AN OLD TAX LAW.
Being ReSurrectcd by Comp
trOller EptOn.

Mr.. l.. +. Epton, the new comp.
troller general, has resurrected
an old act, passed n 1852, where
by he expects to add considerable
property to the personal returns
accounts throughout the state.
The class Of tax payers affected
by the act are merchants, who are
by It's terms required to make
special returns to the county
auditors of their business ac-
counts.
To enforce this law, which
seems to have fallen into oblivion
soon after is enactment, if indeed
1t was ever enforced, General
Epton has prepared circular
letter to be sent out TO all the
county auditors, calling their at.
tentiOn to the act and requiring
them to at once send in the num-
Der of merchants doing business
in their respective counties in or
der that blanks may be sent them
on which the merchanta may
make their returns.
General Epton, while auditor
Of SpartanburS county began to
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-17
See as BeTOrc BHyfny.

We have just received car
load of Haydock and other grades
of Buggies and Carriages and
road " agons, with or without top,
and the celebrated Mitchell Wag-
ons, which are warranted the best
on the market, all of which we
offer to the public at greatly re-
duced prices. Be sure to inspect
our stock before buying, and we
will either sell you or save YOU
money.
STEVENS, HEATH e ELLIOTT.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-17
Furniture
and StOVesl

We sell more Furniture and
Stoves than all the rest of the
stores in Lancaster put together.
There is no use quoting prices on
these two articles, for our compet-
itors are just simply not IN 1t. 1t
would be only a waste of space
and printers ink to do so.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-17
Millinery =!
Millinery

Miss Belle Carter, our accom-
plished Milliner, who was with us
last season, and gave such entire
satisfaction, has returned and will
welcome all of her old customers
as well as the new ones. She
selected our entire stock of millin-
cry and can give you all the latest
"tads" in reguard to colors, trim
mings &c, &c. She bought some
remarkable Bargains in Ladies
Felt Walking Hats. Regular
price elsewhere $1.O0, our price
25 cents.
Ladies Felt Shapes sold every
where at 10 cents, our price 25c.
Children's Tams / 5 cents, worth
25 cents.
Children's Bonnie Doons Is
cents, worth % cents.
job lot of Ribbons 3 inches
wide for 2 cents Il ward.
We have the finest selection Of
Children's Hats ever shown in
Lancaster. We say it without
fear of contradiction that Miss
Carter can trim you a hat in nicer
style and for less money than
you can have it done elsewhere.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-17
X HERE ARE SOME PEACHES: X

5 cents Alamance, for 3 cents.
s cents yard wide Heavy Sheet
ing for ~ cents.
7 cents Canton Flannel for
Il cents.
S cents extra heavy Canton
Flannel-biggest bargain ever
ofl'ered-for 5 cents.
6 cents Turkey Red Figured
Calicos for cents.
10 cents Wool Mixed Jeans for
cents.
s cents Bed Tick-heavy quail
ity-for 5 cents.
The above are all Staple Goods,
and cannot be matched at these
prices.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-17
Capes and
Jackets !

Never before have we had such
BARGAINS in these. $I.OO
Beaver Capes for 73 cents.
$500 Elegant Beaver Capes-
Latest Style-W atauga Backs at
$3.50.
$50 Jackets for $3.50.
n few Ladies Brilliantine Suits,
worth $500, for $3.50.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-17
Money to Lend.

The Lancaster County Building q
Loan Association has money to lend
on improved real estate situated in
thIS county, upon reasonable terms.
Apply TO WADDY c. THOMSON,
Sec d Treas.
Bank Building.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-17

Hutchison and Rice's Men Shoes;
also, for @. III. Godmans Ladies
and Childrens. Every pair of
which are warranted.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-17

so cents 40-inch wide Cash
mere at % cents.
Remnants of Silk from 10 cents
up-worth three times what we
ask for them.
40-inch Boucle Fancy Cheviot
so cents.
50-inch Fancy Checked Iebe.
line, Silk and Wool Brilliante,
Silk Mixed Suitings, Fancy Check
ed Cheviotts. Mohair Brocade,
Matelasse, Astrakan Armure
Cheviots, Black and Plain Bro
cade Armour Silks, Black Silk
Velour.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-17
Ho,yioDe at Cofomba .Janction.

MIR. James Patton and Miss
Minnie Craig will b, married to-
day, Wednesday, at 3 O'Clock.
The ceremony will be performed d
be Rev. w. @. Ewart at the res
icence of the brides mother, Mrs.
n. +. Craig, Of Catawba Junction.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-17

Dceds Done Cnder COrer Of'
NiDht.
On Saturday night last some
one cut and mutilated the tents
used as fruit stands on Main
street belonging to Mr.. f.. r..
Cook, Mr.. r. III. Strother and
Charlie Long, col. The police are
using every effort to find out who
the guilty party is that used his
knife so freely, and if caught will
pay we'll for his experiment.
On Monday night last one of
the large glass in the show win
dow in front OF Il. G. Hough e
Cos, Jewelry store was broken
and gun and several pistols were
taken thercirom. This is the
third time this store has been
broken into and similar goods
taken. There is no clue as TO
who the guilty party or parties
are, and we might ask this ques
ton, would it not be advisable
to put on a night watchman."
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-17

10 cents kind for cents.
25 cents Ladies Regular made
Hose for 10 cents.
2 nice Handkercheifs for 5 cts.
6 Hook Corsets-regular price
Show for so cents.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-17
Clothing
Clothing

Mr.. j. r. Kennedy will be
found at the head of this depart
ment. NOW OPEN YOUR
EYES.
$500 All Wool Suits for $3.50.
$1,000 Fancy All Wool Chew
lots for $500.
II Oh. Clay Worsted, worth
$3.50, now on sale at $3.50.
Boys Heavy Winter Suits at
60 cents.
Boys Caps at 5 cents each.
Mems Unlaundered Shirts at
% cents
20 dozen Mems 81 % and 81 80
Laundered Shirts-the greatest
bargain ever oilered-for 65 cents.
Lancaster enterprise. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1891-1905, 1897-11-17
Dress Goods .
Dress Goods

This department is presided
over by Miss Mamie Crockett,
assisted by Miss Lula Wilkerson.
1t is an acknowledged fact that
we carry the most select line OF
the LATEST NOVELTIES in
DRESS GOODS in the town.
Together with all the late Styles
and Shades in TRIMMINGS to
match.
10 cents Colored Alpacas for
s cents.
10 cents Wool Cashmeres for
10 cents.
25 cents Double Fold Cash
mere for Is cents.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-04
sPEAKIN' OUT IN MEETIN..
Mckinley Promises Are Not Being
FULFILLED.

Mckinley Promise& Are Not BeinH
FULFILLED.
The chickens of Mckinley promise"
are coming home to roost. They are
now next door to Mckinley himself,
in demands for him and Hanna to
make good their promises. The press
dispatches carry the following from
Cleveland, uttered by prominent re-
publican leader, a relative of Matt Quay,
of Pennsylvania. He said:
IF Maj. Mckinley and M. A. Hanna
will not redeem some of the promises
that they made to the workingmen of
this country before the election, am
in favor of the republican party, as q
party, taking up the matter.
THE entre campaign, which was
managed by Hanna, was based on an
appeal to The workingmen of this CONN.,
try. They were promised that the mills
would open as soon as Mckinley was
elected. They were promised work.
To-day the times are harder than they
were before election. One-third more
men are out of employment to-day than
before Mckinley was elected"
This is doubtless a well meaning and
an honest man, who made the mistake
so many made, of taking any stock in
prediction promises. He says that
Hanna and Mckinley have not kept one
promise they made; say it is an out
rage to call Millionaire Sherman to the
cabinet and put Millionaire Hanna in
his place in the senate. He demands
that Ohio's governor, Bushnell, will do
something that will show that Hanna
and Mckinley are to blame, and not
the G. o. P. The simplicity of this
mans faith is astonishing. 1t is child
like and bland. And yet he represents
a class-a large class-kittens they are
in republican politics, but they will get
their eyes open--in time.-Minneapolls
Penny Press.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-04
By ELI ID. AXE.
DISSATISFIED.

Wnen my youth was in it's prime,
IN the long-lost Eden time.
When my feet trod, day by day-
careless, youths enchanted wav
when the hours DER ran with low.
what was this that brought ALLOW
thrilled my soul with faint regret?
AM my heart was waiting yet,
Waiting yet!
when my life it's summer knew.
Wnen Its buds to blossoms grew.
when, like ships that, from the land,
sailing far DER waters bland
treasure laden, come TO shore;
30 the years came, Ger and DER:
StHl, ike signs, to music set,
Breathed my soul its fond regret,
Waiting yet!
When life had poured her plenteous horn
Or wine and oil and golden corn,
her crimson glories round me spread
hung purple clusters Ger my head,
And crowned with wisdom's pearls my
brow;
as down times stream, turned my PROV,
Inc perfumed breezes. iandward set,
StiII burdened with the sad regret,
Waiting yeti
Now, out upon Deaths solemn sea
Toward vast eternity.
Soon shall my barque in silence float,
NO mortal ken my path to note.
swift, swift, recede. times barren strand,
pant to reach the Better Land
Where never sail is outward set,
Nor sigh, nor grieving, nor regret,
All longings met!
Louise w. German. in Chicago Advance.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-04
REPUBLICAN FAvORITIsM.
Protection Makes the Rich Richer
and the Poor Poorer.

Protection Makes the Rich Richer
and the Poor Poorer.
The incoming administration is as
poor in political wisdom as it is in pa
triotism. Posing as the advance agent
of prosperity, the republicans are doing
all they can to earn the reputation of
continuers of adversely. The present
tinkering of the tariff will do much to
injure the party in the coming cam
paign. There is nothing more bust
notwithstanding than the uncertainty
which always accompanies tariff re-
vision, and in this instance it will be
all the more distasteful to the people
because it is well known that the legis-
lation of the extra session is largely,
if not entirely, for the purpose of ia
voring industries already favored too
much, and of protecting monopolies
that are already sufficiently unpopu-
lar.
But Mckinley and tariff protection
are ever to be linked together, it would
seem. It is quite fair to presume that
the coming bill will be as unpopular
and unjust as was its 6etested prede-
cessor. Besides, the republican party
is pledged to the plutocratic interests,
and Hanna, the friend of capital and
the uncompromising foe of labor, will
dictate policy that will steadily con-
tinue to make the rich richer and the
Door poorer-Tammany Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1897-03-04
SCOTCH BARDS.
The FavOrite Song Writers of the
Olden Time.

The Fnvorite Song Writers of the
Olden Time.
James Hogg, herding sheep on the
hills of Ettrick and Yarrow, never
heard of Burns till after the Bard OF
Ayr was dead. But no sooner had he de-
voured Burns poems than he resolved
to succeed" him! And, what is much
more remarkable, he kept his resolu.
ton and promise. He was already hard
at work forging Scottish songs out of
the raw material before Walter Scott
began his researches into Border
Rlinstrelsy or turned his own harp to
song.
Of all men who ever lived in any land,
Hogg was the keenest to analyze ard
the sweetest to sing the weird and
fairylike, dwelling among spirits and
fairies. lovely and enchanting, as if he
himself were native to fairyland. The
people of Scotland will never tire of
singing when the kye comes hame."
Bird of the Wilderness" and Cam We
by Athol, lad wi the philabeg?"
During the lives of Sir Walter Scott
and James Hogg (Sir Walter died in
1S52 and Hogg in 1889 Scotland claimed
two contemporanecus national poets
Scott with 'Marmion' and "The LADY
of the Lake" and Hogg with 1.-THE
Queen's Wake" fully satisfied their
countrymen with narrative and Fo-
mantle poems; and both of them made
valuable additions to the already unap-
preached volume of native song pos.
sessed by the Scottish people. Some of
Scott's songs, as Joke o Hazeldean,"
"Lochinvar." and Hail to the Chief"
have not only sweetness. motion. verve.
but carry the mind back to those DAYS
of chivalry and romance the glow of
which was ever present with Scott.
After the death of 1.-The Ettrick Shep-
herd" in 1885, the laureateship might
be said TO be sin commission" for some
years. Tannahili was gone. and Moth.
erwell was gone, who might have
claimed it had they lived. There were
many poets, but none of them pre
eminent in the eyes of their country.
men In these years, I can remember.
in my fathers house the question was
oft discussed: What poet has Scotland
now? ," And the verdict always was that
she had none now, 10 succession IN
Burns and Scot. and Hogg. And the
little Scotch hoy who heard this nm.
welcome conclusion would Green sad
hearted to his bed, grieving that Scot.
land had fallen upon such evil DAYS and
if he himself could not dc
to repair the loss.-wiIliars
Wye Smith. In Cnautauquan.