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the same. so far as known to the writer.
1t Is, at least in part. division OF the
Elk Mountain District, extending over
Sheep, Meadow, parts Of SNOW Mass,
Mineral Point. Crystal and Treasury,
Bear, Little Bear, and the other noun
tains ssirting the Crystal River valley.
The direction of The streams include
this territory as a portion of the western
slope Of Colorado. and the waters reach
the currents OF the Pacific.
In geographic location in the state
Crystal, which may be taken as the
geographic as it il the natural CONNER
cial center OF the district, is about one
fourth the distance across the state from
the west line, hence it is literally correct
to state that it il in the western central
part. From Dorth to south we are just
little north of the center Of the stato
and in the northwest corner OF Gunnison
county, and 10 the herrt Of scenic group
unsurpassed for grandeur within the
whole Of North America s chief mountain
chain. No trip to the Switzerland Of
America Is complete without visit to
this section. Here Nature has flourished
in her grandest moods. One may be-
hold in the magnificent gorgss. cascades,
catasacts, towering grandeur Of 2eaks
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NO. :.

that pierce the azure. rugged cliffs. and
crags silhouette against tho sky In .
thousand fanciful forms. the realization
OF Nltuse's first dream Of beauty. The
muse, the lover, or the recluse may nnd
equal inspiration and companionable
environment. Every sort Of outdoor
8. Or dsar 70 the heart OF tho huntsman
may be INDUCED within days journey
feo.n the trans-continental lines Of travel.
Bill Nyes FESTIVE trout" abounds in
the waters Of the streams, wild game -
plentiful, elk, bear. deer. lions, wolves.
coyotes, and in the hills thermal and
mineral springs are OF frequent occur-
renee. All in all there is no Dettsr place
where one may spend an outing vacation
profitably.
Elsewhere in this number Is presented
an article telling how one may reach
the Crystal River country by the usual
routes Of travel. whittier during the Year
Of Our Lord one Thousand. eight hundred
and ninstynine, many will journey. to our
hills and wales to share in the develop
ment Of the mines aod Commercial chan
nels opened in tho rich - :tion known ~
tho Rock Creek Mining District Of Gan
Iisou county.
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The Rock Creek Mining District hes
within that section of the Rockies de-
scribed by the director Of the United
States Geological survey, in the follow
Ing language: 1.-The Elk Mountains form
. group OF peaks which lie directly west
OF the continental divide IN western-cen-
tral Colorado. They extend about forty
I've miles from southeast to northwest
and are twenty-five miles across, with
thsir geographic center near the intersec-
ton Of the 38th parallel north and the
107th meridian west. In this latitude
ths Rocky mountains proper consist of
~ Colorado, Mosquito, and Sawatch
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THE ROCK CREEK
MINING DISTRICT
With Regard to Geographic Relations Location, and
Waterways Which Drain Natures Great
Storage Reservoirs.

ranges the last lying east Of the Elk
Mountains.
.The group is OF average altitude with
these ranges, having many peaks OF
1900 to Ia 900 feet elevation. Exposed
by their western position to the moisture
laden currents Of the upper atmosphere
the return trade winds from the Pacific
over the deserts OF Arizona-these heights
receive the first and most abundant pre-
cipitation of Colorado and are deeply
scored by water worn valleys and gorges.
They are, moreover, largely made up OF
great masses of igneous rock which have
batter resisted tho action Of abrasion and
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erosion than the more yielding sedimen-
tary beds. For those reasons they are
characterized by bolder and more pictur-
esque scenery and a more luxuriant
growth OF forest and verdu.e than any
other portion of the Rocky Mountains
except che similarly situated San Juan
mountains to the south.
THE Elk Mountains are drained
through four main streams, whose valleys
surround the group. Two of these,
Roaring Fork and Rock Creek, (Crvstal
River, flow northward into Grand River,
whereas the other two. Taylo. and Slate
rivers, run southwark into tho Gunnison.
The valleys OF these four streams form
the natural avenues of approach from
the east and west valleys OF the larger
rivers"
The peaks include among them tho
following, with their attitudes above sea
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Within the vast forests of the Elk
Mountains is constituted some of the
greatest Of Natures reservoirs. whore
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CRYSTAL is the coming metropolis OF
the Rock Creek Mining District. Ne
other district in the world abounds
nth such variety Of both the rich
and base minerals, and no section Of
the Centennial State offers better
pportnnities for investment.
The silver lance., 1899-01-06

Every person interested IN ths nsuk
Crock Mining District, and CEySeal
River valley. should read the SrLvns
LAScn to keep informed upon ~
progress OF development and bright
ening prospects Of this section. e4ao
brings you the LAScs for ysas.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-17
$1,334,296.97
lngislatIlra


levied tax upon freight line and
equipment companies and the amount
so far collected is s23, $1,000.
''The grand total of taxes levied in
nine tax years under the several laws
cited, all of which has been or will be
paid before December 81 next Is
81, ,4S7, ,445.0a.
TT should be borne in mind that these
sums have been paid or will be paid
in addition to the taxes levied upon the
local tangible property of all these var
ious companies, and might be properly
called a license fee. 1t is tax based
largely upon income and stock valua-
tion for the privilege Of doing business
In this state.
] although the total sum mentioned Is
large before we can arrive at correct
estimate M all the taxes these corpo-
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-17
Truly Remarkable.

When the artist Hayden, stopping in
a rural inn near Stratford, was beguiled
by his own enthusiasm into expatiating
upon the fame of Shakespeare to an as
sembly of local rustics, they admitted
readily that Shakespeare was person
who had shed some distinction upon his
native place, but they added that STRAIT
ford now contained another prodigy, one
John Cooper.
''John Cooperf'' inquired Hayden.
'Why, what has he doneT'
"Why, zur, I'll tell e. replied the
spokesman. "He's lived 80 years in
that ere town, man and boy, and niver
had the tcothachel"
This ancient anecdote has recently
found a parallel in the same English
county A woman from Nuneaton was
making a local boast of its connection
with "the lady with a man S name who
wrote books" meaning George Eliot,
when another woman from neighbor-
ing village contemptuously interrupted
her.
''With mans namer' she cried
scornfully. ''What's that 2 And what's
the good of books? Now we've a woman
you may talk about in our placel She's
lived 100 years and bit over and quar-
relied with seven daughters and two
daughters-in-law and all her grandchil
dren And her tongue's as brisk as evel
it were, and she quarrels with the par
sons wife herself every time she comes
to visit her. That's what call WON
an to respect and a fine sight more tt
boast of than person who miscalls he
own name and makes books''
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-17
PARSNIP COMPLEXION.

A majority of the ills affecting people
today can be traced to kidney trouble.
1t pervades all classes of society," in all
ditiOn.
The sallow, colorless-looking people
YOU often meet are afflicted with "kid-
turning to a parsnip color, SO is their
complexion. They may suffer from in
digestion, bloating, sleeplessness, uric
acid, gravel, dropsy, rheumatism, ca
tarrh of the bladder, or irregular heart.
You may depend upon it, the cause is
weak, unhealthy kidneys.
Women as well as men are made mis-
cradle with kidney and bladder trouble
and both need the same remedy. DR..
Kilmer'a Swamp-Root, the great kid
ney, liver and bladder remedy will build
up and strengthen weak and unhealthy
kidneys, purify the diseased, kidney
poisoned blood, clear the complexion
and soon help the sufferer to better
health.
The mild and the extraordinary effect
of Swamp-Root is soon realized. 1t
stands the highest for its wonderful
cures of the most distressing cases, such
as weak kidneys, catarrh of the bladder,
gravel, rheumatism and Bright's Dis
ease, which is the worst form of kidney
trouble. At druggists, fifty cent and
dollar sizes. You may have a sample
bottle by mail free, also pamphlet tell
| ing all about it. Address DR.. Kilme1
& Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
When writing please mention The
Bellefontaine REPUBLICAN,.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-17

Probably in Constantinople, which
has been described as the ''city of how
els, there is greater contrast between
the public and private buildings than
in any other city in the world. The
streets are narrow. tortuous and dirty,
and even the better class of private
houses are mean in comparison with
those of similar class in other coun-
tries On the other hand. the mosques
and palaces are magnificent in size, de-
sign and materials of construction.
most of them being of marble, white or
gray. The seraglio is. one of the most
splendid buildings in Europe
Berlin is a close second in this re-
spect, boasting the finest street in Eu'
rope. Unter den Linden and its public
buildings will compare favorably will
those of any other capital, but its slun
and tenement houses are squalld al
filthy in the extreme. Another city
which is close in the running is Lisbon
When it was rebuilt after the earth
quake, the public buildings were built
on a scale by no means justified by the
finances of the country, while the pri
vate buildings had to be erected in &C
cordance with their owners means
The contrast between them is therefor'
naturally very striking
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-17
A NEGRO.
A Mclean Orean's Old Sheer at the
ColOred Man,

A Mclean Organs Old Sheer at tho
Colored Man.
The following editorial is from the
Hooking Sentinel, a Democratic news
paper which Mclean is using to make
demagogic appeals to the miners and
other workingmein of the Hooking
valley. The GAINESVILLE platform was
intended to cover up the historic feel
ing of of the democracy toward the
colored race. The anti-lynching plank
is a fiimsy mask to hide the real SEN
timents of the MeLeanites and catch
colored voters. The cid feeling of the
southern slave driver and his northern
sympathizer can not be suppressed,
however, in the Democracy, and 1t
crops out in spite of all McLean's ef-
forts to hide it:
A little bit of sense on the part of the
fury commission is needed. The commission
meet and select pcn for jury service. II
appears from the Sheriffs returns on last
Monday that two Of the Jurors had moi
teen In the county for the last two years
that one It the Jurors died FIVE years ago
and ONE OF THE PANEL WAS A NE
GRO. This beard, like our school board
h nonpartisan. Hence, no party responsi
bility, and we have dead men and AFRI
CANS CALLED FOR JURY SERVICE
OF COURSE NOBODY DON'T KICK
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-17

Al happened InuG the secretary OF state
was sitting with the postmaster general.
and l suppose that the latter wanted to
make an impression. l stated my case
to him as concisely as l could, telling
him of the central location of my can
didate's place of business for the posi-
tion and of the important fact that his
appointment would be great favor to
me.
1.-THE general answered with sneer
that lie made little attempt to conceal.
He would be delighted to do me per-
gonal favor. it would be a downright
pleasure for him, but he did not see
that the interests of the nation were
seriously involved in this little appoint
ment, and he would withhold his deci-
sion. Wha tever that might be, he hoped
that would keep in mind the fact that
he was postmaster general.
4 managed to tell him that the fact
did not strike me as an unalloyed bless
ing and thought that l saw pleasant
twinkle in the eye of his distinguished
caller. | went away mad and disheart-
ened. Suddenly Senator Zach Chandler
came to my mind. He was a friend of
my father, both were from New Hamp-
shire, and whenever the great leader
was in our section of the state the two
men would have a good time talking
over the old home state. l went to the
senator, telling him everything but the
gate episode and the other party there
to- He knew me when entered, for he
never forgot names or faces. He in
quired particularly after my father, ex-
pressing his regard for him as an old
| friend, and was in mood to favor any
reasonable cause might espouse.
6 so he tried to squelch you. did he ?
And the old war hcrse's face had its
sternest setting. Wanted to show off
at the expense of one of my friends and
constituents, did he? Just drop this
matter and meet me here at this even
ing That will let you out of the city
tonight if you want to go.
/ II was on time, and Chandler hand
ed me commission for my candidate
He stopped my thanks to ask me If il
would Inconvenience Inc to remain ovel
till the next day. l was burning to gel
home with the glad tidings, but would
|
it. Then take this to the postmaster
general. tell him that his treatment o
you was inexcusable; that Michigan
men do not permit such attempts t,
humiliate them; that he told you to re
member that he was postmaster gen
eral, and that you now ask him to &C
cept notice that the state of Michigan
has been removed from his immediat
jurisdiction. / followed instructions
and, while I do not know what tina
message from the president. sent to tn
general through Chandler and myself
contained. do know that he willie
and stammered an apology. also know
that Chandler was the man after tina
who said who might hold postoffices i
this state.
81 gave that commission to the gil
who came running down to the sam
, gate to meet me- and when l prompt
attended to another little matter {
. business she said she would marry me
! thousand times if it was going to max
: me SO happy. Harter had to wait thre
/ years before his girl became good hr
mored enough to accept him. "-Detroi
Free Press
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-17
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for the "ENTERPRISING HOUSEKEEPER"
Contains 200 choice recipes.
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The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-17
A GREAT PACIFIC POWER.

Our Outlook Toward Asia and ITS Inn
msnse Commers sl Value to Us.
The people of the United States have
not thoroughly realized that this ma
ton is a great Pacific power. Our pos
sessions, ON our continental shore and
Of the archipelagoes Of the Pacific, are
more extensive and valuable than
those Of any other nation, Russia and
England not excepted-and We make
no exception to the empire of China.
Once there was opposition to our ex-
tension to the Pacific coast, There
now we have three great states, Cali
fernia, Oregon and Warrington; tas
enormous territory of Alaska; the Aleu-
tian archipelago, spread across the
nerth Pacific; the Philippine islands,
worth as much as all the West Indies.
We have an outlook toward Asia as we
have toward Europe; and we have in
the greatest ocean of the globe the is
lands that have fallen into our lap,
and that would be regarded as acquisi-
tions beyond all price by any ether
| nation on the face of the earth, and
there would be no question about hold
| ing them forever in any other country
than ours.
Once it was considered almost GRIM
inal to think of extending our govern
ment> to the Pacific. Why? Because
it would take six months to go there
We get there now in six days, and less
time. In the course of this century the
of man have been carried on until the
world Is a neighborhood of nations
Our cranks are trying to get our peo
pie to take no part in this wondroua
development. They would make us 6
nation of little Americans"
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-17

Httons have paid ana will pay during
The nins years Just closing i is neces-
sary to add theannual average Of $685.
zoe which premium insurance compan-
les pay to the various counties and the
tax upon the local tangible property OF
the othsr corporations.
How vast that tax upon the local
out an examination of the SS auditors
Offices In the state. but a suggestion is
offered in the fact that railroad prop
erty alone, such as road bed, station
grounds, rolling stock, machinery and
the like are this year valued for tax
alton at $1O6,120.0s2. Applying the av-
erage rate of two and one-half per
cent, railroad companies for this sin
gle year will have to pay into the pub
lie treasury the sum of $3.50, ,502.30,
and this sum in addition to the excise
tax before mentioned.
"Such IL the record of the Republican
party in Ohio during the last 10 years
upon the subject of the taxation Of cor
porations to support the state and To-
cal government. These laws were en-
acted by Republican legislatures and
are here to stay, subject to such mcdi-
fcati,ns only as will produce still more
revenue
The Democracy, compared with this,
has nothing to show but promises.
They have always howled about corpo-
rations, but no Democratic legisla-
ture has ever passed q bill to relieve
the public by compelling such corpo-
rations to pay a fair license for the
privileges they enjoy under state laws
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-17
A RAIN RONDEL.

o rain, wouldst ruin loves trysti1 g day,
Yelling the valley and hills with pain,
Sleeping the green gold grain in gray.
o rain!
But the heart is young and the heart is fain.
And desire of the heart is hard to stay,
And TO wait on the sullen is vain,
And methinks that the heart will have its
way,
Though the sky may drip and the soil may
drain;
For lovs is sweet with her curls astray,
o rainl
st. Pauls.
The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1899-10-17
"STAY IN. CLOVER, BOYS"


'K.sp on the Grass" w.s the Demo-
cratic R.spo unemployed.
1--WE demand a right to work" was
the declaration of Jacob S. Coxey when
he led his hungry and ragged army of
unemployed men to the national capital
in the Democratic year of 1894.
The Democratic president, with his
Democratic congress, could not accede
to their demand. but told them to keep
off the grass"
The gathering hosts were too pitiful
q commentary On the blundering inef-
military and police were called out to
scatter them; but they were scattered
from one place only to form again at
another.
| The Republican party has now bro
ken up this poor, miserable, restless
body of men by opening to them the
avenues of industry, in which they may
enjoy the fruits of honest labor. Ir%
stead of telling them to keep off the
grass" the Republican cry this year is:
"Stay in the clover, boys!"
Every indication is that the laboring
classes appreciate the difference and
are determined to help it along by a
vote for the Republican ticket and
PROSPERITY. Democracy closed the
factories but opened the charity sour
kitchens. Republicanism closed the
charity soup kitchens by opening the
factories,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-04
TO FORM PLOW TRUST.
All Leading Manufacturing Concerns
to Combine.

Chicago May S.-Representatives of the
twenty-five leading plow manufacturing
concerns in the United States are assem-
bling in Chicago. to await the result of
their committees action in New York. If
all goes as is planned. the American Plow
company. with a capital Of $50, 600 900. Will
take its place among the giant combina-
tons of the country.
At a meeting held in this city. April II
and L all of the western concerns except
those at South Bend were represented.
and plans for the combine We're submit
ted Since then. it is understood the
South Bend establishment. the Oliver
Chilled Plow works. has given an option
which will admit of the formation of a
trust with every important concern in the
country included. At the preliminary
meeting. the concerns represented We're
the following:
Moline PlOW company. Parlin d Oren-
dorff company. Deere * Co. kingman
Plow company Gale Manufacturing COM
Dany Syracuse Chilled Plow company
Peru Plow * Wheel company. Sattley
Manufacturing company. Pekin Plow
company, Rock Island Pillow company.
Fuller * Johnson Manufacturing com
pany. J. l. Case Plow works. Buehler &
Gibbs PlOw company. and the ST. Joseph
Manufacturing company.
1t Is estimated that a very close VNlua-
ton on the'entire property covered would
exceed SS0.009,0O0. and might easily run up
TO So so0.0iO, without making any large al
lowance for good will and other intangible
assets
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1899-05-04
SVEATSH0PS OF CHICAGO
CHILD LABOR IS EMPLOYED IN
MANY FACTORIES.
Little Tots Work First Year For
Nothing, With Promise of 81 a
Week at End of That Time.

Washington. May 3.-The industrial
commission resumed its public hearing
today. The first witness was Florence
Kelly, for four years chief factory in
spector OF Illinois. Her statement dealt
principally with sweat shops in Chi
cage. She painted the picture in dark
colors. OF the 100000 factory workers
in Illinois, she said f50,00 We're in Cook
county. Practically all the ready-made
clothing and much of the so-called mer-
chant tailor work of the city was sweat
shop, pure and simple.
The conditions surrounding the work
were Unsanitary and harmful in a
marked degree. Child labor, she said.
was also used in direct defiance of the
14-vear age limit in force in the state.
She said the employers had no
difficulty in evadins this law and secur-
ing age certificates for the children.
Many OF these little ones, she de-
clared, worked for the first year for
nothing, with the promise of 81 a week
at the end of that time. and ultimately.
perhaps, IS to 81 a week when they had
reached the top of the ladder in their
line. She strongly advocated the pas
sage of a law similar in its general
provisions TO the Sulzer act, now in
force in New York.
The commission has received word
from Chief Counsel Dodd of the Stand
ard Oil company, assuring them that
John D. Rockefeller and others of the
Will be pleased to comply with
the commissions request to appear in
Washington between the 18th and 10th
of Nav.