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Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-01-23

tits ordered that the taxes of Edmon |
Cowau for the year 1896, be and are
hereby cancelled.
The report OF S. G Crowley for the
year 1896, was laid over until the April
meeting.
1t is hereby ordered that the contract
for wood for the court house be let to
persons whose names appear on the list
prepared by the board.
Il appearing to the board that the as
sessed valuation OF the county for the
year 1896, is between one million and
two million dollars, Bingham County is
hereby declared a third class county.
1t is ordered that the clerk purchase
for the sheriif's Office Brussels carpet
not to cost more than sl.25 per yard.
lis hereby ordered that the sheriff be
allowed and he shall receive the sum
OF fifty cents per day as full compensa-
tion for the board, clothing and lights
of each prisoner confined in the county
Jail.
It is ordered that the proceedings OF
this board be published In THE BLACK
FOOT NEWS and Idaho Falls Times, THE
NEWS to publish once and receive as
compensation $1,000 per quarter, and
The Times to publish twice and receive
$500 per quarter, and it is further
ordered that the delinquent tax list for
1896, be published in The Idaho Falls
, Times.
In the matter Of Altnras county debt.
IL appearing to the board that the
debt due from Bingham county to Al
!. turas county, now Blaine county, can
: now be ascertained, and that portion
of said debt is due from the counties Of
!. Fremont and Bannock to Bingham
J. county, In accordance with the iudg
|, mcnt Of the district court apportioninl
! the Indebtedness Of Bingham county
/. between the counties Of Bingham, Ban
: mock and Fremont, copy of which
/ Judgment is on file and of record IL
each OF said counties, II is therefore or
n dered that the clerk send to the clerk
OF the counties OF Fremont and Ban
$ mock a certified copy of the report o
= the accountants In the matter of tn
I. apportionment of the Alturas count,
D, debt and directing that the same b
presented to the boards of county com
= missioners of the respective countie
=. for consideration.
r. 1t appearing to the board that tn
+ first installment Of the I per cent bond
fell due on the FIRST day of Jan. lSs'
\, and no levy has been made to meet tn
payment thereof, and that there is ne
Jr sufficient money in the I per cent bono
y. fund to pay said maturing bonds, 1t
II therefore ordered that the treasure
transfer to the I per cent bond fur
I'd CONTINUED ON PAGE l..
Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1897-01-23

on the road fund:
c. Anderson, road overseer, 5000.
w. J. Rushton, IS g 5000.
The following claims were laid over
until April meeting:
S. G. Crowley, for sl0l.l8 commission
collecting city taxes.
w. d. Huffaker, 80, services coun-
ty commissioner.
Isaac Ericsson for 1920, services coun-
ty commissioner.
On this day came William A. Woodin,
county treasurer, who subscribed and
took the official oath as public admins
traitor.
The bond Of William A. Woodin for
the sum Of 100000, as public admins
traitor was on this day approved.
The road overseer's report of Chris.
tian Anderson was on this day approved,
On this day came on for hearing the
petition to divide school district No. g.
and it appearing that all the require
ments of the law have been complied
with, IL is therefore ordered that said
school district No. 8, be divided, and 9
new school district created as prayed
for In said petition.
1t appearing to the board from tbs
affidavit Of S. G. Crowley, assessor and
collector, that the property of the fol
lowing-named persons has been doubl,
assessed or enormously assessed il
1896, and taxes thereon cannot be col
lected, il is ordered that the take
flevied on such valuations for 1896, b
cancelled as follows:
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23

American butter is crossing the east
err and western oceans in search of
new markets, and the telegraph brings
news of the arrival Of 60 tons of butter
at Vancouver, B, c., for shipment to
Sydney, Australia. This is the first
butter ever exported to Australia from
this country. It is interesting to note
that it was shipped across the CONT
nent from New York. It's not unlikely
that this same butter is the output Of
western creameries. As a matter Of
economy, more than One-third Of the
rail haul could De saved by purchasing
such shipments direct from creameFies
nearest to the point Of distribution.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23

But these sasy-goers tell Us, In effect.
that We srs fools; and tbsy IRE always
gaining fresh listeners. You Who.are
hating between two opinions, strong
IL capacity but Wesk in viii, undstsr-
mined #hsther to expsnd thsminimum
Of effort in the world, or whether TO
give your capacity in full measure be
the gain yours or not-sh0uld consider
well the peFils Of idieRess.
May be be COMPOUNDED who would
persuade US away from work. Il has
always been a blessing in disguise, or,
ss Whittier says:
'Tbe curse Of earth morning
Is the blessing OF its aool.n
To work is to discover the happy,
the Eealthful, the hopeful way th rough
life; for definite labor puts the nerves
at rest and quiets the feveFish heart.
II bowed down with sOrrow, stricken
because a beloved voice is silsnced for
evermore; go, work. and the motions
Of daily duty will solace your spirit.
If beWildered at the apparent OOnfu-
sion in the world, misery where there
should be JOY, crops Of disappointment
from a generous seeding Of hope; 60,
work. and the concentration Of puF-
pose needed by your duty viii relieve
your over-strsined brain, and q clear
or understanding of the laws Of life
will be yours. The balance Of the
wide worlds brain is kept by toll.
With nothing to do and boundlsss
time for thinking and puzzling over
the mysteries Of our ending, we should
become a universe Of melancholic IA
talists. But the rythm OF work con-
stsntly recurring keeps Us wholesome
minded, just as the sbb and flow of the
ocean purifss the world. Work is the
anodyne for suffering. It is the great
sanity-idleness, the insanity-of life.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23
"a sueosssfuI Farmer.

S. L. Patterson, retiring commission
or Of agriculture of Georgia, says: "Let
it be told over and over again that the
farmer that binds himself with crop
liens and chattle mortgages, or debt in
any form, in order to secure supplies
which he can raise himself, OF to buy
fertilizers for making a crop, the yield
and the price Of which no man can
fOretell, is enslsVing himself; he is
gambling on a mere chance; be is
building his house on the sand, and
sooner OF later the waves of disaster
will bring him to grief. The farmer
who raises his own supplies-Who
avoids debt like the plague, and keeps
his expenses inside his receipts, who
raises money crops only as a surplus
he is building on a sure foundation,
against which the storms may beat and
pillows roll in vain; he is independent
of panics and business depFession-he
is master. The time is coming when
these plain truths will be more and
more apparent.
Looking to the future; in all the
wide range of the varied industries of
the present age I can see no pursuit
that offers to the average man with
limited capital, particularly if he has
not received training as a specialist, so
certain a competence, with a fare share
Of the comforts and conveniences of
this world, as farming. Certainly there
is no other pursuit in which he can to
the same extent enjoy his freedom and
manhood; none more hsalthful, none
with fewer temptations to draw him
away from the paths of uprightness
and virtue, none in which he may have
such close communion with nature,
and natures own great God adore.
And farmers are better than any one
else, as class, except preachers"
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23
The FloHTINo EDITORS.
where sks sssord Is sIishtier Thss
fEe pen.

F-LGIe -lE LstoEE - 1lAsTElA@L AAE-l
she pen.
remember calling at the ofies Of a
great Partisan newspaper with q friend
who wished to have rectiRed 8 state
ment published in It concerning him,
Gays a writer in the CornhiH Magazine.
When our business was made known we
were Ushered into a handsomely fur-
nished room On the first Goor. Seated
at desks. without 4 trace Of pens, ink
or paper or Of anything in o literary
way except some new novels, together
with a few packages OF cigarettes, were
two gentlemen, whose appearance
made q considerable impression on me.
They were faultlessIy dressed IN deep
black Cthe dueiist's cclOr). Each had
the ribbon Of the legion in his button
hole, their long, iet-blaek mustaches
were waxed out 10 a point as fne as
q needles and there was in their whole
manner. their voices, their gestures and
the expression of their eyes and mouths
an indescribable something that pro-
claims the man who at one time or an
other has worn uniform These were
the fighting editors, with whom evI-
IDENTIFY the pen is not mightieF than the
sword. They were civil, however, and
consented to the rectihcation of the
paragraph. AS sighting was their trade,
they looked at It N a purely business
way and only went out when the de-
mands made were too unreasonable to
be entertained. 7 fancy that they some
times fought in defense OF articles they
had never even seen.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23
TELEGRAPHY,

Tests DemOAstFate ThEt the Morse
System CaaROt he Improved.
The Postal Telegraph company made
3 test a few days ago to determine
whether the Morse system Of telegraph
ing is cheaper 20 operate, taking all
things into consideration, than other
systems, notably the Wheatstone, that
is used in England aud to some extent
in this country, says the New York
World.
The result was 8 unanimous verdict
that the Morse system as invented more
than 50 years ago stands to-day with
out the change Of a dot or a dash or any
alteration in the principles Of TRIMS
mission, far ahead Of any other sys-
tenn.
During the test three New York op-
orators sent to Pittsburgh, Pa, 1O2 mes
sages in 80 minutes, and 200 messages,
containing 5,605 words, in three hours.
This was an average Of 60 2-3 messages
per hour. Pittsburgh, however, beat
this, sending an average Of IS is mes
sages per hour.
These messages were taken in the
regular course Of business, and the re-
suit, while not equaling the fastest In
dividual bursts Of speed for a few min
utea, exceeds previous records Of SIS
kind, The company than took into cou-
alteration the cost Of transmission, sal
airy Of operators, accuracy Of work. time
consumed and all other factors entering
into telegraphy. These were com
pared with similar results in other sys-
tens, and the decision was wholly In
favor Of the Morse system, thst is to-
day an unchanged monument TO the
great American inventor.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23
LFirst published July 1871
EaeaiEeFla sale.

IN the district court Of sherman county, state
/ Of Kansas The state Of Kansas *. ret,
attorney Eslsral, J. B. Dawes plaintiff, vs.,
Tbs Sherman County Bank Of GcodiaHd, kan,
deteRdaut. b. virtue OF an OEisT Of sale Issued
20 me-, out Of sid district court, IL the above
entitled action, ! VII ca Wednesday, the lst
day Of September, 1897, between the bOlTs Of
o'clock a, %. and I o'clock p. n. nf said day,
az the east front door Of the cont house, 10 ths
city Of Go0dland, IN TIE aforesaid COElty and
state essr ct public sale, and sell to the highest
aud best bidder, for cash in hand, al the follow.
ing described Esa. estate, to-Wit: Lot twenty
four t2si % block hlty-ols 49, 10 the original
toxin cl G0Ddiand. kan, and lot thiEteal llal
IN block fEs O. in e. L. 8. n. addition 70 Good
land, IN shsrnsH cnuntTl Kansas one grain
elevator SITUATED on the fighi Of way Of the
&, 3, !. 4 p railway company u tfo0dlaE1,
Kan, and one grain elevator situatec On the
right Of way Of the g. r. /. & 2. railway egll-
pauy u AaEO7aGO, sheTHan county kansas,
t9gsEhar with Gl 61h6f go1dz, ehaitais, notes
and effects % whatsoever kind o. s0ft rem aHiEg
In ny bands On sid date belonging % said
defendant. Tie above described property being
th5 property Of said defendants ana directed ~
said order s. s-il % Be sod suf tbs sane vii
5a s0ld szh-set % aDy and en- .isns &C. taxes
that nay hg thsE5Gl.
Gas. T. WEHss, asosiFss.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23
WASHINGTON HOTELS.
How the Crowds Are Housed In
awruraffou Week.

how the Crowds Are Housed IN
RUgurRtion Week.
Washington at inauguration time
houses 100000 visitors. When it is re-
nembered, remarks the Illustrated
American. that the town has only about
$4,000 inhabitants, Of which $4,000 are
negroes, it will be seen that visitors
during the Inauguration week are
packed like herrings in barrel. It re-
peats every four years the experiences
Of cities many times its size that secure
national conVentions-and then wish
they hadn't. The hotel secommoda-
tons Of Washington are very large for
a town OF its size, and the business is
extremely profitable, hotel failures be-
ing rare. Once every four years boom
period may be counted upon which lasts
not only during the Inauguration week,
but for several weeks thereafter. This
puts even the shaky hotels on their legs
for that year, Hotel quarters are en-
gagged long in advance Of March 4, but
people of certain class are always
sure, by some sort Of occultisn, to get
room. The hotel keepers are far-sight-
ed and lOng-headed. They have an eye
to future custom, and they know that
man who has come on to Washington
unprovided with quarters OF who has
telegraphsd late for rooms win remem-
Der with gratitude a hotel which takes
him in and makes him comfortable.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23
The strIkiag EIiaer5.

The great coal strike is spreading,
says tae Farmers Voice, and already
the strikers claim that victory is thsirs.
The operators, however, ars men Of
large means, and whatever the oOass-
quencss may be to thsir business, star
walton CT themselves and their families
does not threaten them IS it does the
digger in the mines, whose scsnty earn
ings have made living difficult and lay
ing mp for a rainy day impossible.
Reports are conflicting, but it is safe TO
say that unless arbitration interVenes,
or the men are driven by sheer hunger
to return to work, the strike will be a
longcontinuedon one. To one unacquaint-
ed with the fields, the situation is hard
to understand because Of the complica-
ted questions which enter into it. For
instance, some Of the mine owners pay
cash; others have company stores. The
advantage Of the former method to the
miner everyone understands, yet it is
said the same scale is demanded from
both employers. It would seem that
uniformity of method should be insist
cd upon, and that method 3 eash-pay-
ment one. Some mine owners are
prompt to furnish cars to the men 50
that they can rapidly turn out the coal
and make fair wages; many others SO
delay their men by inadequate faeili-
ties as to make a living wage i'm possible.
Altogether, the matter is a very cOmpli-
Gated one. But one thing is certain -
the men in many of the mines are at
the starvation point, and justice and
humanity demand that that condition
no longer exist, no matter at what sac
rifice the change be effected.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23
The Blessings of Toll.

Like speckled apple in barrel Of
good apples, is an idler in community
of wOrkers-pOwerful to produce a SINH
lar condition in others, and that only.
Loafers are enemies of society, for they
do not suffer the loss Of moral back
bone alone, but they fash the discovery
before their fellows that it is. possible
to scramble through the world without
much effort. As Mrs. Josephine Shaw
Lowell says: "The world is divided into
two great classes, not the rich and the
poor, but the workers and the idlers.' $
The frOwsy beggar of sturdy frame
whining at your door, and the child Of
the wealthy, killing time in every con-
ceiyable fashion, belong TO the same
class. Dirt and daintiness, rags and
responsibility blend in one common
downfall of all that is best in human
nature. The race has hitherto gained
solely by the sweat of the brow in some
form or another, and We who toll seeno
other way to assure further progress.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23
First published July 16.l
EharInIr gaIa-

IN the district court Of thu ThiTty.fourth judi,
/ cial district, sitting in and for the county OF
Sherman, in the state of Kansas: B. f, Brown,
receiver Of the Mutual Building and Loan assO-
citation, plaintiff, vs.. A, NJ. Wilson and Maggie
Wilson husband and Wifel defendants. By virtue
Of an order Of sale issued to me out Of said dis
trict court in the above entitled action, will on
Friday the 10th day of August, A. D. 1881, at
one o'clock p. m. of said day, at thu front door
OF the court house IN the city of GOOdl8nd in the
county of Sherman In the state of Kansas, Offer
at public sale, and sell to the highest and best
bidder, for cash in hand, ali the follOwing-des
cribed real estate, tO-Wit: All of lots twenty
(20l and (2i) in block four 90 in the G. K. 4 N
addition TO the town Of GOOdlanG, Kan, lyilG
and situate in the county Of Sherman, in the
state Of Kansas, The aboYe-described real estate
is taken as the property Of said defendants, and
is directed BY said order Of sale to be sold, snt
viii be sold without sppT6isement, to satisfl
said order OF sale, w. E. DUSTIN,
Sheriff Of Sherman County, Kansas,
HOYT ANDREWS, Attorney.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23
WHICH ARE your

No, the two kinds Of people mean
Are the people who Lift aud the people who lean.
Wherever you CO. you viii find the worlds
masses
Are always divieed in just these two classes.
And oddly enough, you will find, too, I Wesn,
There is only one litter 20 twenty who lean.
In which class srs yOui Are you easing the load
OF oyer-taxed filters who toll down the rOadi
Or are you iesner, VINO lets others bear
Your portion Of labor and woFFy and csrei
Ella Whealer WILCOX.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23

Alaska is a great country if the tales
Of its resources are to be believed. It
has lake Of pure oil, mountain Of
soap and rivers that run with gold, to
say nothing Of an army of the most IN
gOdly liars that ever jobbed newspa-
per into paying telegraph tolls upon
the columns of their imaginings.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23
-Fhst published July lal

GiTAlE Of Kansas, Sherman county So. Notice
y is barely gissa That ! VII 0ler az public
auction On the 4tl deg o. AHglst. 4. D, isJi, st
John b1nan's place, on southwest quarter Ct
section 4. township g. south Of range Il, sll the
personal property and effects Of john EGseH,
late q said county, insane, e9aEistiHg Of g
sofsss, colts cows, ! FeaFital- steer cail
Z Easuls cuitigatCr, I gtsfsiEs pos, 1 lister
ste5l haTTOH, set Jgghse EgTlsss. wins and
posts, ana ether 1ousaB9sd goods too uuEleIous
zoo uf1niQl. Said sdis q qpll 1nQHFilF ct 20
clock a, % ., terms z1lds zI-s.sn % day q tL-e
-E1fz Egsri GUlzsLaas
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23
[First published July 2. l-Eo. 1851,
N.lI.a Tor PnhlIr.flnn-

Il AND oiilee at HaKseney. Kan, June .. 1871.
~ Notice il hereby given that the following
named Esttiss has fled notice Of his intention to
make iilai proof IN support Of his claim, and
that said proof 4ill % usds before the clerk Of
ths district court 50 tio0dianG. AaE-, on August
I, 1877, VIZ: Lewis Higgins, homestead eatFy
No. ki3lr Tor the northeast quarter Of section
%, lE township le south Of Fang1 90 Wez.
He names the following witnesses b prove hig
continuous reGideace upon and cultivation o.
EaiH land. VIZ; Presley j. Lancaster Of Presley,
KAN, June Parker Of dCodlsnd Kan, Leroy
=. hanay Of ssc9diand, Kan, James Reynolds
Of l-aEsaurhs, Eau-
AsRAE FEAzEs, Register.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23
First published May 81

AsNooAHerh NotACp 70 GEuIAtrE4u
IN the district court in and for Sherman cOun-
i ~, Kansas. S. A. Miller, plaintiff, vs.. the
Mutual Building and Loan association of Good
land, Kan, "a cOrpOEatiOn) defendant. Notice
is hereby given b. me, the undersigned, receiver
Of the estate, assets, effects ana things Of the
Mutual Building and Llan association Of Good
land, Kan, 10 al persons having claims and
demands against the said association, that
vii on the 9Th day Of October, 1897, and during
no consecutive days thereafter, between the
hours Of o'clock a. m. until O'Clock p, N, Of
each OF said days, be at the banking room Of
the dOodland City bank In the city Of 6O0dlsnd
hans, tor the purpose Of receiving, adjusting
and allowing al claims and demands presented
against the said the Mutual Building and Loan
association. And any aud all persons having
claims and demands against said defendant
association failing to present Che same at the
place designated duTing said time and day be-
fore me, The undersigned receiver, the nBtufs
and amount Of their claims and demands shall
be pFeSluaed from any benefit of the assets,
estate, effects aud things Of the defendant assos
citation herein.
Dated at Go0dland, Kan, Nay 10, A. D. 1897.
B, +. Brown, Receiver.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23
First published July .. l-NO. 25056.
Netlos for PUbllostiOE.

T AND OEice at Colby, Kan, duly is, 1897.
IL Nosies is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice Of bis intention
70 make final proof in auBpost q hls claim apd
that said PROF. viii Dc made before tbs register
and receiver at Colby, Kan, On September Z,
1881, viz: Samuel G. EulEidsr, homestead entry
1888 sGf the southwest q5aEtsT Of section q, In
township south, range 81 vest, he names the
following witnesses 70 prove bis continuous
residence upal aud cultivation % said lald, VIZ
Jse1b 9. jackson, Harvey b. Hsinss, jesse P.
Wells, Charley F. Butler, al Of fHldroW. Kan.
J8HEs N. 4EEH. Register.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23

Capt. ]. S. Mcdowell, of Smith Cen
ter, Kan, has in his possession a badge
given him by Cy Leland at the repub-
lican rally az Topeka in 1894. To show
what changes time brings it is only
necessary to state that upon the
badge is inscribed the words "16 to l."
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23
First published July s.J-No. 250i6.
Notfre For Fertilization

I United States land Office. Colby, Kan. July
y 6, 1871. Notice Is hereby given that Timothy
LO0mef has filed notice Of intention % make
maj proof before the register and receiver az
his office In Colby, Kan, 90 the 18th day Of
August, 1881, on timbsr culture application No.
ll5l, to- the southeast quarter OF section 6, In
township south, range s. vest he names as
witnesses: Chester Marsh, T. e.. Davis, Barney
McC luskey, Abner Rsinhold. al Of Bird City,
JkHTs \. FIEE. RaeiEter.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23

The Philadelphia Item says that athe
name of Grover Cleveland appears to
have disappeared from the list Of
Americas prominent men," Still,
there we're features of Mr.. Clsvelsnd's
administration which will be long re-
msmbered. The bond swindle, for ex-
annie.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-07-23

Railroad Commissioner Campbell
says: 81 have wanted to know for a
long time whether We have the power
to tx rates OF whether We have not.
TIE board can't act on its own motion.
but If someons will make a complaint.
Ishsll favor fixing an arbitrary rate and
finding out what powers we have The
railroad company would pEObsbly re-
siss en order By Us and take it into
court; then We could soon have the
question settled. believe the other
members Of the board feel as / do. I
aaa satisfied that If q proper complaint
IS made il q case where We can msks 3
good showing that our action has been
reasonable. that 3 test vii be made.