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There from All over tho
Country to Bathe
In the Mud.

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"A deposit Oh must re'iinrNapie i nt itlnu
discovered III lhuiaiia' mas Vi ia'e.'
years peeu atlia aoti.s p'r"u t4,,, O.
tehtH !; IL Is locatcu Ht tne tiu'a,,', an
mineral springs, warren euunH' anu nv
mas peeh iornieu ny tne at'lon ~ - ~
water from the famous h'sio- i-''.i,i .,,a
springs lhrouSh co''nIless akes ,,;n tii'
tonnage OF nasliiilcehI oahs On lnt -,I, MI
slde mas ahnualls iaiiei' in.o d oas'i, So
ana mas Deeh reduced d! Hatuit me-
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The hero said no more.
ABOUT SPRINKLISG I'll

ABOUT sPRINKLISG TIE STREETS.
There is a right way and a wrong way
to sprinkle the streets, as there is a right
way and a wrong way to do every ything
else.
The wrong way to sprinkle the streets
is to food them at any time and to make
special effort at doing the sprinlSling
act morning, noon and night Just as peo-
numbers hurrying to and from their
work.
The right way is to give them gener-
GUS wetting down, but leave it to the
elements to flood them and make them
muddy and disagreeable in the extreme.
To endeavor to do the greater part of
sprinkling sometime in the middle Of the
forenoon and the middle of the afternoon
when there are fewer people on the
streets. To endeavor to lay the dust
nicely and make the streets pleasant to
drive or ride over instead of keeping
them disagreeable. muddy and danger
Gus.
1t is II fact that for hours at a stretch
they are actually dangerous, hors 's slip
ping and bicyclists tumbling headlong.
Horses that are unshod, or wearing
shoes without toes and calks, are unnec-
sssarlly put to great hardship in draw,
ing heavy loads. The gravel veneering
which Commissioner Sheath is putting
down obviates this burden to an extent,
but it is only partially over the streets.
There are several people whose duty it
is to change this order Of things. Tho
mayor, the aldermen, the street commits
sioner-any Of these can do away with
tho nuisance. We presume the drivers
are acting under instructions, and they
should receive different orders.
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who have examined the district that
plenty of gold, silver, lead and copper
ore is to be found in the mountain range
west of this city. Mincraized rock is to
be everywhere found, assays being made
from twenty different spots that run
even from Sc to $50. An impression OK
lists that there is great blowout some
where and diligent search is being
made for it. When that district is
opened up Pueblo will have IA double
boom
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TiEEE WE'RE OTHERS.


But That Important Parsonage ~" Goa
sidcred Them Not.
a little incident occurred the other
day to show what very important per
sonage 81 Is. Il" was relating to lit
tie group of disinterested listeners his ex
perience in walking to the top of Pixies
Peak He mad, he said with much gesto,
walked clear to the top of the top and
tried to go higher. at was hard pull, =
he said. II tell you it takes nerve and
endurance to make the trip" and he
proudly pounded his chest and felt the
muscles of his leg.
"Did you go alone?' some one ven
tured to inquire.
NO" he said, 'there we're others,
and he looked sharply at the questioner.
How many others were there not
seventeen in the party?'
"Y-e-s, believe that was The number. -
and the hero of the climb begun to glare
at his interrogation.
That's the party had in mind. My
aunt and four or five lady friends were
there. ] heard them talking about the
affair But they were really disappointed
they said, as it was not near so high as
they had expected. My aunt did big
washing the next day and she said she
would rather climb the mountain any
day. But then women are such queer
creatures
The hero said no more.
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THERE is no great change in the coal
strike situation in the East, although it
does look little brighter for the strik-
ing miners, and every lover of justice
will continue TO hope that they may win.
Close competition among the operators
has caused this state of affairs, and
should they come to an agreement as to
the future price of coal, the strike will
b, ended and the 100000 miners now
out will return TO work. Mine Owner
ers have grievance, and this may be
taken as an indication Of weakening on
the part of the operators.
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ABOUT THOSE STREE NAMES.


Bcssemer streets should he Designated
by Sign boards.
Why would it not be the proper thing
for the city council to do to have the
names OF the streets in Bessemsr put up
at their respective corners. The city
has never yet bad single street sign
placed, and there arc none, therefore, in
Bessemer. A stranger finds it impos-
sible to locate himself anywhere in this
part. He must inquire his way every
where he goes. He is told that it is
three blocks from here to there, and five
blocks to the right from there to yonder,
and SO on. Every day people may be
seen walking about thoroughly confused
and inquiring anxiously where they
are at.
1t is no great wonder that North
side alderman once upon time came up
to Bessemer and actually got lest and
couldn't for the life OF him find his way
back to town.
During Mayor Kings administration
an appropriation of 81 600 was made for
the purpose OF putting up street names
Part OF the money was transferred into
another fund. but We understand that
$500 yet remains. Now, Bessemsr needs
that $500. 1t needs it for the purpose
for which it was intended. It needs it.
street names put up at the corners, and
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THOSE who go to the famous Klondyke
must expect to suffer hardships and pri-
vations in the gloomy frozen North. All
will take a physical risk and many will
be making financial risk. or course
there will be the buns who will manage
to scrape enough together to be ticketed
through and then depend upon the
charity Of their fellow beings for some
thing to eat. This class OF buzzards is IN
evidence in all such undertakings, and
for them the public need have but little
sympathy. But for the man who risks
his all in the undertaking there will be
millions of wishes for safety and success.
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DIR. \. l.. Fugard, DIR. c. \. Gregg
and F.. r. Glover, the druggist, are three
men who feel highly elated over their
mining prospects in Custer county. A
hcnth ago they set an old and expert
enced miner at work in prospect hole
few miles from Silver Clie and near by
the famous old Bassick. They made q
trip to the claim the first Of the week
and brought back ore which looks we'll
and proves to be strongly mineralized
under chemical test. The ore is largely
tale with streak OF CLASSY quartz rum
ming through 1t and was taken out Of q
two feot veln at = depth Of 80 feet.
They are pushing development work
along and fssl confident Of having some
thing good.
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The insurance companies express
great deal OF dissatisfaction over the way
the Central block fire was conducted.
They feel that il tho fire was properly
handled the loss would not exceed 81 800,
whereas they will be called on to pay
about 100000. They will pay all losses,
nearly all being adjusted, but they do so
under protest and refer to the made
quate fire department of the city in no
complimentary terms. Training, per
sistant training and practice is what the
members need. The people are paying
a good round sum for fire protection and
they have right to expect that efficient
men be employed in the service and no
others. The mayor and city council
cannot afford to ignore the sentiment Of
the public in this matter. They must
see to it that only competent men be
employed, and as we have repeatedly
said, the only way to get competent men
is to put them into hard, systematic
training. The efficient men now in the
department are the exceptions, and the
condition should be reversed. All eyes
are open to soc what is gong to be done.
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MADE THE CIRCLE TRIP.
Two Men Experience Many Things in IA
Weeks Outing.

Two Men Experience Many Things in IA
Weeks Outing.
From Pueblo to Red Creek Springs,
thence to Beulah, thence to Rye. thence
to the top of old Bady, thence back to
town. and you have the trail of Louis
Ruegnitz and George Williams who
were out in camping wagon for week.
OF course the hundreds OF canons, and
mountains, and hogbacks are to be taken
into account which makes the hurried
trip hard ono, and no matter how full
the messbox is ono cannot grow fat.
The two men did little prospecting
and located three promising claims on
the top of Badly. five miles above the
base. The woods are full OF campers
and prsspscto,s and more are coming in
fast. They talked to men who had
taken out good samples, and heard OF
others who were working actual mines.
One old prospector in particular is re-
ported to be in ore that runs 1000 OF. in
silver, which sounds rather big, but be
that as it may there is good ore in those
mountains and no doubt some paying
mines, although covered up from the
public.
Messrs. Ruegnitz and Williams did
some shooting and fishing and had q
good time generally, the only time they
felt like lying down and furnishing a
meal for the bowling gray wolves being
when the climbed to old Baldy's snowy
peak and had nothing to eat from 6 a.
m. to p. M. They saw flowers bloom
ing within ten feet OF the snow drift, but
couldn't see the contrast then, they
| were so famished.
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Nor to be outdone by Canon City in
the matter Of direct railway communi
cation with tho gold camp, Colorado
Springs is making preparations to build
an electric line into Cripple Creek. 1t
will only be few years until tho camp
will be complete network Of railroads.
The Circle Railroad grading is going
rapidly forward and will bs in shape to
meet the other lines whom they get in.
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The Denver Republican is making war
on the unsightly bill boards that dis
figure every vacant lot in the heart OF
the city and insists that Denver is not a
jay town. II by that it means that bill
boards and jays are twins it thought
lsssly, perhaps, makes dig at Pueblo,
for this town has bill boards enough
with which to fence in quarter section
fair urOunda
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TIE British government has been
guilty Of purchasing steel rails in this
country. Eight hundred tons Of rails
were bought Of the Maryland Steel COM
pany recently for the East India rail
road which belongs TO the government.
The Americans undsrbid the Britishsrs
and rot the job. England can't stand
up under The heavy reduction in the
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price OF American steel rails any more
than can American workmen.

The prompt action Of tho governmcni
in sending war ships to Honolulu seems
TO have had quieting effect on tho
Yellow men. Instead OF war of ex-
termination Japan has decided to pursue
the more pacific course Of urging fierce
diplomatic war against this country
The Japs are becoming almost as great
buffers as the Europeans, and are hold
ing good their reputation as apt imita-
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The great drop in silver docs not make
Mexico bulge an inch. The govern
ment simply says all right, Mexico is an
empire within itself and will do without
foreign luxuries, adapting itself to the
circumstances. What valuable lesson,
and what a brave, independent example
for the United States to follow.
The indicator., 1897-07-31
BROKE THE RECORD.


Nlnety-Iwo Minutes.
Miles Faucet, the South Union ave-
nue athletic barber. made record for
himself last Sunday by descending fam
Gus Pixies Peak in | hour and 80 min
utss. In company with his wife he
made the ascent in good time, and
then seeing her aboard the cog wheel
train he started down afoot minutes in
advance and after rest Of only 20 min
utee.
Taking from to 5 feet at stride. and
letting himself down in an Indian trot,
he reached Iron Springs in Just 90 min.
utes, Z minutes after the train. The
distance is nine miles and was remark.
able feat and = record breaker. The
champion is ready to wager that hs
can now break his own record. The
feat 10 all the more remarkable from thu
fact that Miles" ss everybody call
hin, weighs 100 pounds.
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JUST WHAT MINERS WANT.

All who are or expect to be, interest
ed in mines will be glad to know that
Henry N. Copp, the Washington ID. c.
land lawyer, has revised Copp's Pros
pector's Manual The mineralogioal
part Of the work has been almost en-
tirely rewritten by a Colorado mining
engineer, who has had years OF exper.
ience as prospector, assayor and sup
erintendent OF mines ane United States
surveyor.
The book is popular treatise on
assaying and minerslogy, and will be
found useful to all who wish to discover
mines. The first part Of the work gives
the United States mining laws and rsgu-
lations, how to locate and survey min
ing claim, various forms and much val.
uable information. The price is 50 cent?
at the principal book stores, or Of ths
author.
The indicator., 1897-07-31

The Chieftain is making sneering re-
marks about "the four democratic dailies
Of Denver The average Puebloan
does not need to be reminded that the
Chieftain was the same kind of a"demo
cratic daily as tho Republican and
Times Of Denver until Wolcott whispered
about patronage into its ear
several moons back.
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After all Nature is the greatest Of
all chemists. and seems here to have
prepared in a gigantic receptacle an
enormous mass Of medicine for noultic-
ing sore humanity. When all else had
failed, Natures treatment, the Magno-
Mud cure, as it is now called, has in
hundreds of cases brought back health
ana happiness.
The indicator., 1897-07-31

HANNA is reported to be mad at Nc
Kinley for insisting on sending in his
currency commission message to Con
gress. II this be true it is a good thing
for Mckinley. He can only become
more popular with the masses by filling
the office himself to which he was
elected
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5000 TO nUEFALo AN RETURN
Via Michigan Central, The Niagara
Falls Route" from Chicago, good 60
ing August 21-23. A rare opportunity
to go East at very low rates over "A
First-class Line for First-class Trav-
cl" Reserve your sleeping car accom-
modations early by writing to l.. d.
The indicator., 1897-07-31

Owing to a change of time on the
Santa Fe the Denver News and Repub-
lican arrive in this city now at 7:35 a.
w., which adds to the popularity Of those
great dailies. Next thing they will be
making the trip OF 10 miles before our
morning paper is out OF bed.
The indicator., 1897-07-31

A MAN who looked az il he wore trou-
bled with u tape worn remarked the
other day that this town is gone TO
pieces and never was no good no how"
Poor worn
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lr makes no difference whether you
spell it Klondyke or Clondyke. The
burning question is whether the gold is
really there, and il so, can man afford
to risk his health and life to go after a
bushel OF nuggets.
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QUERY.

Why does net @. F. Colvin take up the
matter Of the Elm street extension past
the @. F. 4 l. hospital and push iti The
people Of The Seventh ward are partie-
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CoLoRApo is crowded with tourists.
Year by year the summer resorts of the
Rocky Mountains become more popular,
as the Switzerland OF America is more
widely known
The indicator., 1897-07-31

SOMEBODY Editor barley OF the In
dividual, we believe says that the world
will come to an end in 1900. II such is
the case people had better skip out for
the Klondyke without delay
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EMANCIPATION Day will be appropri-
ately celebrated by the colored popula-
tion OF this city next Wednesday, Aug
ust ith,
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The dispatches say: "T. V. Powderly
has been appointed commissioner of i'm
migration" The sentence would look
better if punctuated like this: "T. V,
Powderly, has been, appointed etc."
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Now is tho Tina 10 subscrsbe.

Tho INDICATOR willI be sent to any
address one year for only t1.OO
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Piacards for Sale.

Cards bearing the following inscrip-
tions can b. had at the INDICATOR Of
fee:
For sals, for rent, rooms for rent, un-
surnishsd rooms for rent BOARDING.
trsssmakIns, stc. Thsy are printed In
args plain lsttsrs On good card board.
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"Mr Chuhhs, your little boy doesn't obey
YOU very well" ''Np. he has never respect
ed me since | tried TO show him low TO fly
kite"
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Nov is the time to subscribe.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28
FELL FROM A BUILDING.
q IN
EdaajMahan Seriously Injured
ii a&' atloFitzgeratd, Georgia,
Recently.

Mrs. Edward Mahan, Of the West
side, has received word that her hus-
band, Edward Mahan, who left this
city last fall for Fitzgerald, Ga, had
recently been badly injured by falling
from a building ON which he was en-
plDyed at TINT place.
The accident occurred on the 18th
inst. His injuries are reported very
serious. He was unconscious for
twenty-four hours after the fall, and
a letter written ON the 18th states
that he is still unconscious at inter-
walls, and nemorrhagee from his nose
and ears are frequent. Mr.. Mahan
was a resident of Little Tails for q
number of years, being engaged In
the planning mill business and also
doing considerable work on bridge
building and other tcOntract work.
His many personal friends and bust
ness associates of this city will re-
greet to hear that any serious misfor-
tune has befallen him.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28
Tho william Still Pursued Her.

Staples World: The family of j. E.
Wood, of Hartshorn, went about ~
miles back into the country last
Monday to visit family who were
to have a little celebration in honor
of Norway's birthday" They did
not return by dark 80 Jerry set out
with q lantern to hunt them up. He
had gone about seven miles, when
he heard them coming and stepped
aside into the brush until they passed
him. He then came out and asked
for a ride, but Mrs. w. did not re-
cognize him and put the whip to the
horses. Jerry started after them on
the run, shouting his wife's NAME
but she was too frighted then to pay
any attention to him andlran thu
team all the way home: Jerry came
In on foot an hour or so later.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28

on the ground of it's being burden.
some. Between those dates, II
should also b. remembered, the
city had been relieved from the
annual payment of 81 $50 interest
OF water power bonds. .
1t was under, similar long time
contracts as this that a large per-
centage Of the villages and cities
had secured the benefits Of. lire
protection and water works, and
the local, company never hes'tated
to make any Investment the city
council demanded, for any possible
fear that the contract could be
lightly cast aside whenever q
council should so decide, or when
a taxpayer should SO petition q
court. Under the principles, laws
and court decisions concerning
such contracts, millions and
millions Of dollars have been IN
vested in waite: works in Mime.
sofa and nearly all other states,
and the courts have not vet an.
nulled such contracts, and we do
not believe that they ever will.
The, laws and decisions are too
plain to make the question in
doubt. Anxiety to break a cons
tract does not in the least affect
the legality Of the contract. #
the theories of some citizens could
be carried out, a city would be
able to actually confiscate the
property of those who had made
contracts with it. Investments
would be at the entire mercy of
those who felt inclined to be
antagonistic. Happily, the laws
do not allow, or the courts sustain
any such theory. And any citizens
who possess such theories in this
case, would be prompt to apply the
very opposite views if their proper:
ty or contract rights were attacked
in the same spirit. But the laws
are not intended to provide excep..
tons, and all persons can obtain
their legal rights in courts. The
citizens, the city or corporation
will not usually be deprived of any
legal right.
That the corporation involved
in the above discussed litigation
had proceeded for years b]indly in
vesting immense sums of money
on the strength Of contracts that
could not be protected from the
first unfriendiy expression or at.
tack, was an assumption which
the outcome will tend to discour-
age. The company made only
such contracts as the courts have
sustained and proceeded with the
caution that is ordinarily employed
in any important business enter.
prise.
But Notwithstanding the out
come of the cases, the litigation
has been an unpleasant and ex.
:pensive experience for the COM;
pany, and was entered into with
great regret by them. There are
a great many better uses for
money 'and7energy than law suits.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28
WATER and LIGHT CONTRACTS ARE LEGAL.
Judges Baxter and Searle SO Decide in the
Suits Over the Hydrant and Arc Light
Contracts Between the City and
the Electric & Water Co.

Upon the Closest Examination and Consideration Of
the Question Involved, We Satisfied that the
Grant to the Water Company or it's Predecessors
When Accepted and Acted Upon, Became an IRE
vocable Contract and that such Contract Neither
Creates Monopoly or Grants Exclusive Franchises
and that the City Well as this Court IL P0werless
to Set it Aside, Interpolate Therein New More
Onerous Conditions."-'This Case Affirms the Prin-
cipes Governing the Construction of Contracts Be-
tween Corporal ions and Individuals, and Protects
Rights, Franchises, Titles, and Uses of Property.
Acquired by Contract, Safely from Alteration or
Impairments"-'sThi Principle of Law Has Be-
come Fixed i'm Jurisprudence by Repeated Affirma-
tions for Long Period Of Years. and Has Become
Venerable Because Announced and Maintained Dur
ing this Period, by the Highest Judicial Tribune in
the Land, Through the Succession of Judges Emil
nent for Learning and Purity of Character
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28

Royalton Banner: A. e. Wilson &
Co., are making extensive improve
ments about their saw mill this
spring. They are putting in a new
trimmer and edger besides other
machinery. rhe boiler has been
overhauled and strengthened and q
new fire box built. They expect 10
have the mill in readiness in few
days.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28

Three st. Cloud men caught 10
black bass in Clearwater lake In two
hours. @
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1897-05-28

PAL OAoo.
Other questions worthy of cen.
sideration, in view of their
relation to some of the demands
made. for a decrease in the pay.
ments for arc lights and MIGRANTS,
| are the conditions ofthe municipal.
|ity to stand the burden, the
amount Of property enjoying the
benefits of fire protection, the
number Of people accommodated
by the improvements, and the tax.
able resources to meet expenses.
In 1890, the year tho present light
contract was made, and the
water contract went into effect, the
taxable valuation was $469, 461.
The valuation is now more than
double that; being $972,282 fol
1896. The population had con.
siderably more than doubled. II
the contract was an acceptable
one to the city in 1890, and one
which could be adopted and car
ried out for years without ap
parent protest, or injury to thu
city's growth and development, il
is certainly logical to conclude thai
it was less of burden when thu
taxable valuation to sustain tn,
expense had more than doubled
The same person who approved O.
the contract in 1890 as of goot
policy, could scarcely maintain il
! 1896 that the city should avoid i