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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1898-02-09
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Upon petition of inhabitants of Road
District No. it is ordered that Andrew
johnson be and is appointed oyerseer of
road district No. g.
Upon petition of inhabitants of road
district No. B it is ordered that j w
Long be and is appointed road overseer
of district No. B.
The following official bonds were ap-
proved:
j W. Long, oyerseer road dist. No. 3
II Pugmire 9 - =" 4
A johnson !" q 6
c d Root q t6
In the matter OF the petition of z NJ
Lindsay ct al for the adjustment Of u
public road
The Board being fully advised in the
premises ordered that the following de
scribed road, to wit: Commencing at a
point about 160rods from what is known
as the old Coop Dairy said property
being now owned by w w Lewis, and
running thence in westerly direction
to what is known as the old Coop Can
yon, be and the same is hereby abol-
ished.
Ordered that this board do now adj
journ until tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock.
SECOND DAY.
The board met pursuant to adjourn
ment January 18th 1898, at 10 o'clock
a. IN.
Present the same as on yesterday.
The following bills were allowed and
warrants ordered drawn on the Current
Expense Fund:
G Spongberg, services clerk of the dis.
trict court. etc, s235 35
Bear Lake Telephone Co rent IL 30
j r Shepherd Mdse 3 rs
q Spongberg postage 3 90
Thos Hilbert janitor Al 90
L r Shepherd sundries 30 81
commission as treas. 4GG II
Alfred Bndge postage 90
A NJ Rich services sheriff " 90
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1898-02-09

can not be collected for the reason that
the assessments thereof have been err
roneoEs, ordered that said taxes be and
they are hereby cancelled as follows to-
The Conservative, 1898-12-08

By al oversight the article last week
on the early governors of Nebraska was
not credited, as it should have been, to
that excellent weekly. THE CoNsERvA-
TIvE.-Fairbury Gazette.
The Conservative, 1898-12-08

want.
These are the plain facts. The chances
are more than even that the net reve-
nues of all the American railways for
1897 would have been increased between
twenty-five and fifty millions if the big
favored shippers had been placed on an
even keel with the small shippers. The
conclusion is inevitable that the Inter-
State law as it now stands is a failure,
benefiting the large shipper at the ex-
pense of the small.
Secret freight rebates are holding back
the growth of small dealers, small man.
ufacturers and small shipping centers
everywhere. Nor do the large cities
escape the injury. Wholesale dry goods
dealers, wherever located, are profoundly
interested in the prosperity of medium
and small merchants, and in the growth
of the moderate-sized towns. Their best
and safest trade is always drawn from
such places. Any change in present
freight conditions that would benefit
such towns and merchants would also be
a decided advantage to all wholesale
dealers.
There are many importing houses in
this country that annually import thous-
ards of cases of foreign merchandise.
but they pay exactly the same duty as
does the man who imports only one case.
There are great houses that buy a mil
lion postage stamps at one time, but
they pay the same price as the hod car
rier who writes only one letter a year.
There are many great banks that issue
more checks in a day than most men do
in a year, but they pay the same inter
nal revenue rate as the man who issues
II check a month. The railroad prob
lem will be settled until the large
and the small shipper are accorded the
same even-handed treatment at the
hands of the common carrier system of
the nation.
The government has essayed to set up
a fair and just supervision of the rail-
ways OF the country. That's supervision,
after a dozen years of trial, has proved
to be a costly and scandalous failure.
1t is worse than no supervision, because
it serves INSCRIPTIONS men and COM
panies as a cloak for ruinous discrimina-
tons. The time has come for the gov
eminent to do n of two things-either
to abolish this travesty of supervision or
to supervise and regulate in earnest, in
a way that will put freight rates ON the
same e~ven-handed basis as the custom
house or mail service. A right settle
ment of this question would be of infin-
lite advantage to the railroad wage
workers, the railway share holders, and
the public at large.
The Conservative, 1898-12-08

upon the taxpayers of this country.
Others have computed the loss of rev.
emu on sugar, tobacco, rice, fruits, and
other products of the Philippine and
West India islands. when brought under
the revenue acts of the United States
and Hawaii, at 800, 900 900, or over
81 .25 per head. See Mr.. Robert Myrick's
address to the National Grange Confer
ence, in Concord, N. H.
Under these conditions the public
will wait with some Impotence for the
development of the proposed policy of
the secretary of the treasury in meeting
the danger of a continuous deficit and
with great anxiety for the message of
the president on the existing conditions
of passive war.
Congress may then be called upon to
passive war in the holding of tropical
islands by armed forces is to cease at an
early day or is to be continued under
the necessity of adding by direct tax
alton a large sum to u present burden,
coupled with a heavy increase in the
future burden, in order to provide an
nually for a very large portion of each
years enlisted men who will be an
nually disabled by fever, malaria and
venereal disease.
The figures used in this analysis for
the last fiscal year are from official data,
subject to very slight changes in the
ensuing report of the secretary of the
treasury.
l have endeavored to present the exact
data OIL which every person IA compute
the probable cost of the imperial or ex-
pansion policy as it is now called.
l will append II question to each
reader.
How much increase of taxation are
you willing to bear, and how many of
your neighbours sons are you ready to
sacrifice by fever, malaria, and venereal
disease in order to extend the sovereignty
of the United States wei the West
Indies and the Philippine islands? BY
such policy we throw away our previous
exemption from militarism which con-
stitutes one of our chief advantages in es-
tablishing low cost of production coupled
with high rates of wages or earnings
computed by myself at six per cent per
annum OF our total annual productivity
which advantage we were attaining a
port of our goods to every port of the
world of commerce.
EDWARD ATKINSON.
Boston, Nov. 81, 1898.
The Interstate
SO"AS LAIN Commarco n n
The Conservative, 1898-12-08
Che Conservative.

y D PoA
pose of preventing unjust discrimination
in favor of individuals, places or COM
modities, has accomplished practically
nothing.
Members of the commission have
themselves gained some insight into the
vast, infinitely intricate American rail
way problem, but of what use has their
knowledge thus far been to the nation?
Has this great expense been Of any real
value i'll protecting the small shipper
against his more powerful neighbor in
the same line of business? Are all ship
pers treated alike by the freight depart
ment of our great transportation system?
Does the custom house rule of uniform
charges prevail? Here is a great public
industry, maintained by private capital
and directed by private talent, but os-
tensibly supervised by the strong arm of
the general government in the interest
of fair play to the common carriers and
the shippers alike. To what extent does
every citizen and every shipper get fair
play for which all are paying?
Last May, MI. M. E. Ingalls,, president
of the c., c., G. & St. L. and of the G.
& O. railways, delivered an address at
the tenth annual meeting of the railway
commissioners, in Washington. Among
other things ! e said:
ave should look the situation fairly
in the face. While I do not care to be
an alarmist, I feel bound to describe
bluntly the freight condition to you
today, so that you may understand the
necessity for action. Never in the his
tory of railways have tariffs been so lit
tie respected as today. Private arrange
ments and understandings are more
plentiful than regular rates. The large
shippers-the responsible shippers-are
obtaining advantages which sooner or
later will prove the ruin of the smaller
and more conservative traders, and in
the end will break up many of the COM
mercial houses in this country and ruin
the railways. A madness seems to have
seized upon some railway managers, and
a large proportion of the freight of the
country is being carried at prices below
cost"
Surely this expert-this man of sufici-
ent ability to stand at the head of a great
railway system-must thoroughly un-
derstand what he is talking about. But
if this almost universal discrimination is
the actual fact, who is securing the
secret cut rates? Is it the small mer-
chant, the small town, or the small man
ufacturer? No; it is the big aggrega-
lions of capital in every case. In other
words, the Interstate law
has turned out to be a clever device be-
hind which the powerful shippers can
dodge, debating their own terms to the
The Conservative, 1898-12-08

The Interstate
SOME PLAIN C
FACTS.
mission was estab-
lished under a law entitled, "An Act to
Regulate Commerce-Approved Feb. 4,
1887" According to the report of the
commission itself, this body has cost the
people of the United States in eleven
years 81, 992, sol .05. After an existence
of nearly a dozen years, and the expend-
iture Of nearly two millions of money
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

\ NCE a little boy had vision. He was a gentle little boy, but Fate
 had called upon him to fill a place ! in the history of the world. He
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

see the real King upon his throne. So young, apd yet King. He smiles as the gay ladies and gentlemen pass by and hand him flowers, which he spor- lively weaves into a wreath for his head. White and pink roses are there; roses the color of gold; roses with odors like the Vale of Cashmere. Brave music is playing and mirth is unbounded.
 But harki Into the throne room steals a sound of weeping and the dark eyed woman sobbing enters. In her hands are the rarest roses-with thorns sharp as swords-that the young King had ever seen.
 Beware" A strange voice was heard, but the boy King did not heed.
 How thin the dark eyed woman has grown. She looks starved and weak, but she holds her roses until the boy King takes them. The odor makes him faint From his head falls his crown; from his hands tumbles his scepter. The men and ladies cannot find them. They are lostl Faded, too, is the vision. Was 1t a vision2
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

Cant you see," said Jack.
 Have you killed any men?" asked the general.
 ''Yes, I did," said Jack.
 We are going to march on and you can go with us," said the general.
 So all the men shouldered their guns and on they marched. Finally they came to the place they wanted They staked their tents and the soldiers rested and took a smoke. Next the men were getting ready again to fight
 They got behind the trees and fired away.
 Now 1t is drawing toward night. Poor Jack had no comfortable bed; but had to lie on the hard ground
 Next morning they got up and ate their breakfast of coffee and beans and dry bread. Not much for poor Jack But Jack did not care very much be- cause he was so happy he was truly soldier.
 They had big battle that day. Jack killed twelve men. He was so brave the general made him a lieutenant. The soldiers all cheered him. That night he went to bed again. In the morning he woke up and heard the band of the enemy way off. Up he jumped with his gun and found the other soldiers waiting for him.
 A fierce battle took place. Little Jack blazed away and killed sixty-one men and that night the general promoted him to a captain.
 And now he rode on fine horse and had a great big gun and sword. The Spaniards are nearly all killed. The Americans have beaten In the war and the men shouldered their guns and marched for home
 Jack on a big brown horse led the way to the streets of the town where Jack lived. The people were on each side of the street, cheering Captain Jack, and when he got home his mother was glad to see him again. Jack was in the army ever after
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

sounds were ringing in my ears. In sheer desperation l hummed Yankee Doodle that being the only tune l could then remember.
 What a shock 1 experienced. The earth seemed to rise up and strike the sky. I had a sensation of falling, fai]- ing-as if from a great height. Then came unconsciousness. When l re- covered my senses two Indians w.re beating me vigorously. They were rie chief of the village and his brother. When I had recognized them l became once more unconscious and remained so several hours. The Indians managed to bring me around. When I was able to move, which was not until two days later, they told me their story.
 After I had gone from their village they started off up the lake to attend some fish traps that they had put through the ice the day before. The traps were some miles from their ytl lage. They found that they had caught many fish. When they had gathered these up and had reset their traps they were ready to go home. But the wind was against them and they could go only slowly.
 "They kept close together and were skating homeward in the storm-no Indian loses his way-when the chief heard the howlin~ of the wolves that were CudSlIlS Lle. OlreClly dlIeT SdlllS flying by. My skates struck a rough place and threw me high in the air. The wolves, seeing the two Indians, turned back and skulked off, in the darkness, not being very numerous, without their expected supper.
 The Indians paid all their attention to me and took me to a cabin five miles distant, upon the shore, There .hey brought me back to life.
 T have seen many exciting races, but none in which my own stake was so heavy as that race on Lake Superior with a pack of wolves"
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19
HARD NUT FOR
 BABY TO CRACK.
BY ARTHUR BOSWELL.

OI HNIhOR 6OSWEEl. Who is my Pop, for gracious sake? Cause when the little sunbeams creep Into the corner where I sleep,
 And tickle me awake, man with such a tousled head And scratches me with his rough beard And says, Hey, oh! now don't be skeered You blessed little 'lasses drop, Don't you know Pop?"
  And then there comes another man, Who has gold glasses and stud, And always wears a posey bud
 And looks so spick and span And lets me rub his smoovey chin: But if I don't just coo and grin, And kick my heels and want to play Hes almost always sure to say: You blessed little 'lasseS drop. Don't you know Pop?" And then, when night-time's almost here. And mother has the table set And says, Now, don't be seepy yet,
 But wait for Papa dearr' l hear her saying, with a kiss: Tired man sits down beside my bed, And says, just what the other men said: You blessed little 'lasses drop, Don't you know Pop?" So, while lie here all day long, And stretch my arms and kick my feet, And cry for something more to eat,
 And sing sleepy song, l think about that tousled man. And then the one all spick and span, And then the one so tired and white That comes to see me every night And wonder till my eyelids drop Who is my Pop?
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19
THE VERY BRAVE
 LITTLE SOLDIER.
BY FRANCIS LEE LLOYD.

BY FRANCIS LEE LLOYD. ~ NCE upon time there was lit-
 G2z S faAsr as gaRt9a T9ad to n69 st s Tl nin
 That night, after everybody had gone to bed, he put on his clothes and ran away. Next morning his mother went into little Jacks room to see if he was up.
 Where is Jack?" she said.
 All this time Jack was riding away on the cars. Finally he came to the sol diers' camp and then he went down to the store and bought some soldiers clothes.
 Next he went to another store and bought sword and gun. Then he went back to the soldiers camp and knocked on the generals tent. The general said: 1: tWho is there?"
 "A little soldier" he replied
 "A little soldier?" the general said. "Yes," said Jack.
 You can't fight" said the general. "Yes I can," said Jack.
 Well, we will see what you can do,' said the general.
 So after awhile the band began play ing and out came all the soldiers. The flags were waving and the men got all their guns ready to fight. The Span ish soldiers were coming closer and closer. And then they began firing. Jack could hardly hold his gun. So loading his gun he lay on the ground It frightened him little. All this time the general wondered what he was do- ing, so the general began hunting for him and found him loading his gun.
 He said, Well, youngster, what are you doing now?"
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

himself king" but that must be in play!
 But one day he was again dreaming in the garden and he once more heard the voice of Time saying-"look."
 There was that older boy once more the real boy king. There he was play ing in this very garden and beside him walked a beautiful woman, brown of face. with long, black hair falling in a mass upon her shapely shoulders, with sparkling, angry eyes as black as mid night.
 Seel She lotters by the way and plants a rose bush. Look again; she sobs and waters the bush with her tears. Her young companion has left her and his voice is heard inside of the throne room of the palace. Enter and
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

wreck were forgotten by him as he ran gaily about; for children soon forget sorrows-even their own-when pleas ure is present. Day after day and month after month passed merrily by and he had grown to be quite a large boy. How kind every one was to him! How anxious they all were that he should be strong and wise! What pretty clothes he had. with a pretty sword dangling at his side! Surely he was the happiest and gayest and most favored boy upon all the great earth! Surely the boy he had seen in a vision, and who had been called king, was no happier
 Ladies and gentlemen now called
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

fall. I sincerely believe that went nearly as fast as one mile per minute for hours at time. l fancied that heard a booming sound-the pillows breaking in the wintry gal beyond the edge of the ice-and my heart stood still
 There was land ahead, a high prom ontory 1 must skate out beyond it or presently be dashed to pieces on its rocky soil. AS I started to do this the wolves parked gleefully, and I did not fall to guess their meaning. While was forced to make a detour of several miles they made short cut over the land, so that when rounded the point they had gained so much that I thought that all was over. But once more the wind helped to give me the advantage, and the race was resumed.
 But new danger threatened me. In spite of myself and the peril by which I was threatened, began to be drowsy. This meant that I was freez- ing. I skated madly, wildly, to make my chilled blood circulate faster. All in vain. The drowsiness grew upon me and felt an inclination to lie down and go to sleep. Did the wolves know ef my condition? I think they did, for they howled oftener. Did you ever see a vessel without pilot 'yaw' in a stiff ibreeze. My legs trembled under me as the result of the long strain and excitement and I frequently almost lost control of myself and went off on long curves, which caused the wolves to gain once more.
 T thought of ho1 and friends and wondered what Ed would think had become of me. I shouted and the wolves answered me with feroclous howls. Mile after mile was passed by. The shore of the lake, when I was able to catch glimpse of it, showed that il was thickly wooded and there was no doubt that the trackless wilderness was near. My eyes would close; strange
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

stopped and saw six quails on a branch. He said, T am going to shoot them"
 He aimed at them and shot two and and found his house was burned down, so he had no place to sleep, and he had to lie on the ground and a bear came along and ate him up.
 [NOTE-The author of this story Is years old.1
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

The little four-year-old daughter of a clergyman, after listening to her father preach one Sunday morning for quite a while, finally became restless, and climbing up on the seat, she exclaimed Come on, papa, you've said enough; let's go homei'
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

"Who was the boy King?" asks our little friend of the garden
 Thou, Alphonse, King of Spain D said the voice of Time, piteously.. "I? I-oh, have mercy; it cannot be l. But. tell me, what is the deadly flower that lost the crown and scepter?' Again the voice answered:
 The blood red rose of Cuba"
 n
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19
THE SAD END
 OF A HUNTER.

BY HAMILTON V. BRYAN.
 " HERE was a boy and his name was George. He liked to hunt. One Saturday he took his gun and went. When he got to the woods he heard a growl. It was bear. The boy was only five feet away. The
The San Francisco call., 1898-06-19

' \ ' HILE we were in my cabin in
 "A / the Sierra, so said Uncle Ben, Sh the weather grew colder and W W colder. The pine trees, cov- arad with ipinleS were like
The silver star., 1898-02-03
Tn, Cos, Of . peach Orchard.

A new settler at Flora Vista. New
Mexico, asks for the cost of pench
orchard. 1t is difficult to make esu-
mates that will cover the situation ex-
tensively, so much depending upon the
character of the soil to bc worked ana
local prices of labor. To plow and pre-
pare an acre of land for peach plant
ing costs all the way from 50 to $40.
The planting will cost from Si to SO.
and the annual cultivation from SO to
$50 an acre. Then. of course. comes
the cost of trimming of trees. thinning
of fruit and fighting of insect and fun
gous pests, which will vary every year
from So to S15 an acre, according to
conditions. If one We're to take n
share of the crop for marketing, one
third would probably he II fair average
compensation. In some sections of the
country tenants ask more than this,
while others do II for less Figures
have been given out by land agents and
others who are trying to develop the
peach business so ms to sell lands, that
are very much below those presented
herewith. but to build up and maintain
n profitable peach orchard. the amount
of money named will have to be cx-
pended. This estimate is based on the
experience of planting and establish
ing more than 1.5O0 acres on great
variety of soils.-Field and Farm.