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Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-31
SOME TAXATION EXPERIMENTS.

George Fowlds of Auckland, N. D.,
now travelling through America, tells
of conditions in that country The
islands of New Zealand are situated
about 1,400 miles from Australia.
They are about the size of Japan or
Italy, or the British islands; or one
half as large as Texas. Their popula-
ton is about 100000 Previous to
1891, Notwithstanding that they had
governmental ownership Of railroads,
telegraphs, telephones, and state-sup-
ported banks (as we'll as other state
agencies which are relied upon by
socialists as remedial agents for social
ills), there was period of the most
disastrous business depression brought
on by the collapse Of the land boom.
The exodus from the colony reduced
its poulation 10000 year; wages were
low, poverty and restitution were ap-
palling; millions of fertile acres lay
unused, and thousands of able-bodied
men seeking employment in vain.
Naturally the people demanded
change.
In 1891, when the Balance govern
ment was in power, radical advance
was made. The tax on personal
property was abolished throughout the
colony, and a tax of a penny in the
pound 1.-TWO cents on So was levied on
land values for colonial purposes. On
large estates this amount was in
creased on a graduated scale, and 20
per cent extra was eXacted from nom
residents of the colony. The effect
has been to break up large holdings,
and give cultivators a chance to get
at the soil. Since the adoption of
the land tax the colony has gained in
population by immigration 10000 to
10000 year, and there is now not
tramp or millionaire in the entire
colony. The unemployed class has
practically disappeared.
The appropriation by the govern
ment of only one-twelfth of the an
nual value of the land caused business
to become active in all branches.
Wages began to rise, and in
1898 when the rest of the civilized
world was in the throes of financial
panic which threatened to paralyze
the whole industrial system, New Yea
land was prosperous. Not one bank
| failed
In 1896 a measure passed parlia-
ment permitting districts to abolish
the tax on improvements by popular
vote. North Palmerston was the first
community to take advantage of the
local option law. Four hundred and
| fourteen votes were recorded in
favor and only ~ against. 1t has now
been in force about year. Eleven
other districts have lately followed
suit and abolished the tax on improve
| mentS
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-31
WIRELESS TELEPHONING.

Macconis latest rival in the field of
wireless telegraphy is G. H. Smith, a
young workman in a tin-plate factory
at Cardiff He was interviewed by
correspondent upon the subject of his
inventions. Smith, who seems to be
keenly intelligent and practical young
man, with nothing of the dreamer
about him, said:
81 claim I have invented an i'm
provement upon Marconi's arrange
ment and also I have obtained pro-
visional protection for a system of
combined wireless Geographic and
telephone communication. I have
laid my plans before the Postmaster
General and asked him for facilities to
experiment with the Post-office ap-
planes, and his experts have been SO
much struck with my proposals that
they have asked for further details in
confidence. I have offered to put the
Channel islands in Geographic and
telephone communication with the
mainland as a demonstration of the
value of my system. I claim to have
made a better transmitter than Mar
conf, more sensitive receiver and a
method of focusing the electric rays so
they can only be picked up by one re-
ceiver and cannot be intercepted.
dispense entirely with the high YER
teal wire, and guide and focus the
electrical waves so that they have a
width of only one inch in passing,
thus making it impossible to intercept
them unless indeed a ship could
poise a receiver in that particular inch
of space through which the rays pass.
I am convinced I can telegraph or
tele phone up to $50 miles. My appara-
tus can be put on table or anywhere
else, and I can send a message through
a window or a wall. 1t can be worked
through a Wheatstone machine up to
500 words minute"
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-31
RACE HORSE AND HIS MOODS.

The public most certainly have
some grounds to consider that horse
is intended to take part in a race
when it figures day after day at the
head of the betting in the. daily pa
pers, and no warning is uttered by the
owner that he has not thoroughly
made up his mind as to whether the
horse will start or not. Yet it often
happens that it is quite impossible
for the owner to settle for certain as
to whether it is wise to run until the
very last moment before the numbers
go up, and as he who pays the piper
has a right to call the tune, so must
the owner have a right to do as he
thinks best for himself.
The presence or absence of certain
other horses, that are also entered
and are dangerous rivals, must ma
terially affect the chance of his own
animal, and if they should happen to
catch cold or cough at the last
moment or receive an injury on the
training ground, or mayhap on the
very way to the course itself, and SO
be prevented from starting, such a
difference may be made in the chance
of winning that a complete altera-
ton may be necessitated in the plan
of campaign, and the particular race
for which the horse should start be
quickly determined.
High-strung horses are often much
upset by the hustle of the railway
journey and the noise and excitement
of the race course and it's surround
ings. 1t may so happen that a nervous
youngster, who has been compelled for
some reason or other to proceed to
the course two or three days before
the meeting, has fed so badly since its
arrival that it would be in the highest
degree injudicious to subject it to the
ordeal of a severe race when in
weakened condition, the memory of
which might-and, indeed, very likely
would ruin the animal for life, and
make it always averse to racing
Cowardly race horses are far too COM
mon, and in nine cases out Of 10 have
been made so by bad management and
want Of common sense. Perhaps the
most frequent cause of their becoming
so is either from being run when unfit
to do their best-and nothing breaks
a horses heart more.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-31
NO MORE OAK FLOORS

No more oak foors-at least for
ordinary mortals in this part of the
world. That is what the experts are
saying now. They announce that the
supply of fine oak timber east of the
Mississippi is practically exhausted by
reckless cutting. Nor is there any rem
edy in sight. True, groves of oak
scrubs have started UP in many places
which if let alone would in time fur
furnish a fresh supply. But most OF
these are being recklessly destroyed
by forest fires. Their prospective
value seems not to be appreciated.
Fine oak timber can of course, still be
obtained from abroad. The English
oak in particular is excellent, but the
cost puts it out of the question for
any but the richest. Those who could
have mahogany and rosewood if they
wanted it can, of course, procure oak,
but that is small comfort to the house
holders of moderate means. Build
ers, therefore, are looking about for
substitute. Our forests abound with
ash, birch, and other kinds of timber
that are fairly satisfactory but none
of them is quite an equivalent for
good oak.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-31
THE FAIR SEX.

Some women think that only mar
ried man can do wrong.
A man has not only to fight against
the possibility of what a woman finds
out, but also what she dreams about
him.
If a woman is truly fond of her hus-
band she believes he is coming down
with something" every time he falls
off in his feed.
Women will trust their daughters
with men under conditions in which
they would not trust their husbands
with other women.
When a girl laughs and looks pleas
ant when she sees her steady talking
to a woman she dislikes, she thinks
what great actress the world would
have gained had she gone on the
stage.
An Atchison woman who has worked
hard all her life in order that her
family might have something saved up
is now worn out and dying. Those who
have a good time as they go along
are the right kind of philosophers.
A girls idea Of disloyalty is to keep
a secret from a friend.
When wife is away from home she
reads her husbands letters through
carefully to find something upon
which suspicion may alight.-Atchison
Globe.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-31
PASTIME OF PRINCE OF MONTE
CARLO.

It is not generally known that the
Prince of Monaco-he who rules over
one of the smallest principalities in
the world, one of the most beautiful,
and so far as Monte Carlo is concerned,
one of the wicl1edest-is man devoted
to science and to the study of that
geography" which relates to the life Of
the ocean. A museum of oceanography
is now in process of building at Monte
Carlo, destined to hold the famous col
lections made by the Prince during the
last f1fateen years or more. To his
particular line of research he has
brought all his enthusiasm and all the
resources at his command He has ex-
plored ocean depths as great as $500
feet. If anything can atone for the ex-
istence of his gaming tables, per-
haps his disinterested devotion to sci
ence may.-Harpers Bazaar.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-31

THE CHILD'S HEART.

The heart of a child,
Like the heart of a flower,
Has a smile for the sun
And a tear for the shower;
oh, innocent hours
With wonder beguiled-
Oh, heart like a flowers
In the heart of a child!
The heart of a child,
Like the heart of bird,
With raptures of music
Is flooded and stirred;
oh, songs without words,
Oh, melodies wild
oh, heart like a birds
In the heart of a child!
The heart of a child,
Like the heart of the Spring,
Is full of the hope
Of what Summer shall bring;
Oh, glory of things
In a world undefiled-
oh, heart like the Springs
In the heart of a child!
Arthur Austin Jackson
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-31
THE SPACIOUS PERMANENT.

The immensely of the universe is
aptly illustrated by Astronomer New
comb in a current magazine. We re-
fer to it because it is one of the most
Illustrations that we
have seen. He says that if an ex-
press train running 60 miles an hour
day and night without stopping kept it
up for $50 years it would just about
complete the diameter of the circle
made by the earth in it's yearly jour-
ney around the sun. Now let this
immense circle be represented by
1ady's fnger-ring, and taking that as
the standard of measurement, the
nearest fixed star would be a mile
distant and the further visible through
the telescope at least twenty miles,
Paterson Call.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-31

When the storm had passed, Cons
boat was found unframed upon the
beach, but none ever saw again the
boat with the white line
So Con Heffernan freed himself from
the curse that was upon him, and Phil
Martin slept in the churchyard by the
sea, and in the hearts of the fishermen
of Malbay-New York Times.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-31

She Wrote some verse she thought
On the blithe crickets in the grass;
And then she swooneu, a total wreck,
Because one crawled UP on her neck.
= Chicago Record.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-31

The body of the late Maj Diggles Of
the thirteenth Minnesota reached San
Francisco.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1899-07-31


ger. Hastily casting the shoes from
her feet, before anyone was aware of
her intention, she plunged into the sea
and caught Con as he was being borne
away. Then, eXerting all her strength,
she swan to the rocks again. Three
times the waves dashed her against
the rocks and carried her back ere she
could grasp the rope that was thrown
toher. At last it fell near her, and
Selling it in her strong white teeth,
she was drawn upon the rocks and out
of the reach of the waves still holding
Con fast with her right hand. A shout
Of joy and triumph went up from the
fishermen as she was carried over the
rocks and across the bay, for Eileen
had dared more than the bravest
among them.
But their gladness was soon stilled
in sorrow, for Martin was dead, and
Con as near to death as a living man
could well be. So they bore them to
the nearest cabin and laid them each
upon bed, doing what they knew to
bring back life and strength But
Martin was beyond all hope His face
was fair and calm, as it ever had been,
and no bruise was upon his body, only
the scar upon his brow
But Con was sorely bruised by the
rocks and his limbs cut and bleeding,
and for long it seemed that death was
stronger than the life in him till he
began to mend but his great strength
never came back to him, for that he
had left in the sea when he had strug-
gled to bring Martin to land.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

See ". Q. Chapman. this leading hard
~ man Of Durango, when you
want to buy q wagon. He keeps the
BAiR-the best made.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13
Wedding Bells.

A very pretty Wedding took place at
the home Of Mr.. aud Nrs. Edgar @.
Batos on Pine River yesterday morning,
Sunday, Jan 8 at 1890, the contracting
parties being Mr.. Wiley Gates and Miss
GFaeis Bates. daughter Of the above
mentioned. The ceremony was per.
formed by the Rev. l.. r. smith in the
pFesonss Of about sixty Ave guests. Al.
ter the knot was tied and congratula.
lions we're extended the party were in
Vitod to partaks Of Vsritablo wedding
feast which was served 10 three courses,
The newly married couple came 10 thie
city Sunday afternoon, stopping over
night % the Palace and this morning
left for San Juan county, New Astioo
who're they will visit friends for \ shori
time Mr.. Gates - q young man oil
splendid habits and has bsgn q resident
OF the river for some years, engaged in
the cattle business. The bride is one oil
the best known and popular young lad
les 10 the county, having resided OF
Pine River with her parents since the
cary days. Mr.. and ArG. Gates viii
make their home on Pine River where
Mr.. 9. will engage in both Fsnching anc
cattle raising. Phs Herald takes pleas.
in extending best wishes,
The abOvs lie from the Durango Her
aid. Mr.. and Mrs. Gates arrived in AEtsC
Monday and are visiting here 90 the
guests Of MonroS Fields and family.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

David r. Francis OF st. Louis, sectS.
taTy Of the interior under President
Cleveland, has been selected as chair
man Of the executive COMMITTEES ap.
pointed by the convention Of delegates
OF the states and territories 10 She
Louisiana purchase. It was decided to
ask congress for appropriation Of S5.OOO,-
0OU with which toshSlp build an OIposi,
tion, to be held iathis city in 1903. EE
Governor Franei' position correspond
with that held by Director General Geo
R. DAVIS at the Worlds fair.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

Says the Santa Re New Mexican;
John @. Hubbard, who sells San Juan
county fruit 10 Gallup. reports that be
has had no difficulty 10 establishing q
market for the product. de said; The
fruit crop was = lite Shors in San Juan
county this year, aud some fruit was
shipped into Gallup from the outside.
The recent snow was the deepest that
that region ever SEporisRced, aud
Pennington new has twenty inches Of
noW on the level. We have about sold
out our upplOs, but tho snow is 90 deep
up there that We can't get shy more in.
Last year Re sold thousands Of pounds
whore this year We sold hundreds.
Usually, San Juan county fruit lie the
best In the land, Il that country had
railway connections it would be the
most prosperous in New Mexico"
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

D.. Rsnnsr1s Kidney and Back.
ache Cure.
gOr KidnSY, Bladder and Urinary trOubsGi
Too frequent o. scanty urine % speedily Hhd
permanently cured by this Wonderful medk
cline Bed-wetting b childTen \ cured ~
one bottle frepafod BY an eminent phHais
elan ana has attAihod q great eoceo1a. latol0
On ia meriA 10 nOtaaUsded after aaina 80
ooo0 touR moneg WI be rofan4d0
w. a. WrLLAMAAItoo. n. ~
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13
The RsssptlOd RECORD.

The reception record shows the fol.
lowing Instruments left with the county
clerk for record. No mention is made
OF chsttel mortgages and trust decide:
January z. T J Arlington, Juan A Jsqus7.
A. Rosonthal, CIV Stafford, JasC Dodson, J r
Young, official bsuds; Matte J Brown and
husband to school directors dat No IS, war
ranty deed 10 oae square acre in sec 3. ~ 81 n
r law.
January q Labor AFFIDAVIT, Dtnhsm placers,
b. Sos Fahrion.
Almurtha J Blanestt to Lswit Johnson, q
aerss In SEQ q tp 80 n r u
Same 70 q Mccoy, y int in nOH sec 20 tp
Onrt2w
JanuaV5. UsofAto Z L Smack, FINAL re.
ssipt . sh sWA, sek nVA, nWA SvK soc 2 tp
0nruW.
January Il. Us OfA 70 Almon z Dustin
patont. 81 SEX sec Y tp o. Ft9W
CT Baker aud wife to W 4 Leufosty lot 10 b
10 AGtec Lewis Wilmer and wife 70 same, lot "A
b "a J r Williams and wife 10 1ame, lot ~ 3
"a " II Williams, TT Aztes Town 60, lot IA b q
Aztec all warranty deeds.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13
d. B. HHHDRI0Kso&.

To write an article for maids aud
mothers, and then to make it 90 inter
estIug that it will tiVOt the attntion Of
fathers Of maids Aad husbands Of wives
is a guarantee 1t very wide reading.
Professor Thurston Peck, Of Columbia
University, has succeeded in doing this
in the paper which he deVotes to women
in the January Cosmopolitan. Ftofss-
sor Peck has a kssnly analytical mind
and he weighs the pros and eons Vety
carefully. His conclusions are tender
aud compassionate, but never the less
very emphatic. It is a valuable contri.
button to New Woman" literature.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

". 81. Williams will give premiums as
follows to persons buying the largest
aroount Of goods for ready cash between
this date and March LIST;
First premium, one lady's gold watch.
Second Premium one o. l. o. washing
machine.
Third premium, q gents aickeled
watch.
Fourth prbmium, n large picture
with frame. worth o..
Fifth prSuium, one urge picture with
frame, WORTH 50.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

Astho neme Implies. & is simply for dyss
pop8lA o. indige8tiOu, This preparation y
tho preseliption az one u Americas uoSt
ominent physictaDa whose WritinEa on ned
zeal questions aFe accepted a. an0oFtty. II
a0t satisfied after u1hF ODs bOati8 Sc
aGney VIII b refunded 81
W, H. WILLIAMS, Aztoe, n. n,
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13
80 % 80. .. !. 81.

Mrs. A. J. Spear. Of Flora Vista, died
Wednesday evening. Jan nth, after an
illness Of only a fsw days. She was
stricken With paralysis last Saturday
and never recovered from the attack.
Her son. will. arrived from Gunnison'
Colorado, aud reached the bedside just
q few moments before her death
She did not recognise him. however, aa
she was unconscious from the time Of
receiving the psrtlytic stroke.
Mrs. Spear was a kind aud veil DO.
loved Woman. and a large circle Of
friends 10 San Juan county will mourn
With her husband and uons 10 her TAX
ing away, To-day, tFridsy) the funeral
services will be held at Flors Visits
Rev Wm. Eadis officiating,
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

MothsF Spear has gone 10 leave rs,
Leave our rome 90 cold and lone.
Of wo thank thee, God in heaven,
She is NV before Thy thronsi
There she greots hsF loved and lost outs-
joy brightons her dark ere,
And IL We, dear friends. do sorrow,
Mother Spear WILL no NoRE Dnl
-Rva B.nah
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

Al. Clifford Of Taos. who has been
under constructive arrest 10 Santa re
on charge Of killing Sheriff Truiillo Of
Taos couRty. has been discharged in
consequences Of the verdict Of the eoro-
nOr's jury, OEonSrating him.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

will sell at a bargain 40, 80, 100 or
leo acres Of choice farm lands on Ami
mas river, ~ miles from Pennington
in one.h6h mile of postofico Hood. All
under fence; abundant water right,
under St9r ditch. Taken az . whole, il
Is q choice stock farm or it may be
divided TO make TtkrE good homes.
On the place there are over 900 young
fruit trees, besides small fruits, more
than twe-thirds in bearing. Will eiva
time on part IL ALL 10 taken. Call at
the ranch and SEQ for yourself.
Three dwellings on the place.
d. B. HmbR10Esck,
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

Anyone run down by sickness or overWoFk
can DO restored 70 health and vigof by tax
Ing Dr, Fennef'G Blood and Liver Bsm6dy
and Nerve Tonic. When you TAX a medf-
sine take the best This preparation IS the
prescription Of an eminent physician who
has attained high poeittOn BY virtue o. bid
success In practice and the merit Of his witt
inge on medical questions. n not 6atisnef
AFTER gsiHg oao bottle you nonay VIZ u
EelundAa ~
W. II. WILLIAMS, Aztse, Nj
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13
Notice 70 rosshsrs.

An examination Of tea cheers will DO
held in the school house at Pennington
Saturday, January 21st, at 10 O'Clock
a. n. A. RosENTHAL,
County Superintendent.
The San Juan County index. (Aztec, N.M.) 1890-19??, 1899-01-13

WANTED SEVERAL TRUSTWORTHY
" poraona q this aorritory 20 manato our
bHlinka "a ahaif eva and nearby counties. lis
Hainly once work conducted 40 hono. dalerF
bonahds, 10 moro. 30 la1l salary. Monthly g5
hefareneaI. Enolo1o aalf-adaros1ed stamped
Rvclnpa AuGgut ~ hrh REa- ooBi ~.
lIEaE9
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-24
Farmers Club Offer.

Money spent for books and papers is
never thrown away. What do you
want to read this years Following Is
n good club list which will give you all
the county, state and national news
and also more good farm news than
was rel offered for the price. For a
limited time we will send The CHIEF,
giving all the county news; the Omaha
Weekly Bee, giving all the state news;
the Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean, Civ.
ing all the national and foreign news;
The Homestead, n of the best farm
papers published the Poultry Farmer,
devoted to the interests of poultry ex.
clusively; Special Farmers Institute
Editions Of the Homestead, devoted to
discussions of various farm topics;
Farmers Mutual Insurance Journal, a
paper published in the interests of co.
operative insurance among the farm.
ers, and The Humane Alliance, a mag.
azine devoted to the cause of humane
education, the eight papers one year
for the sum of S2.25 cash in advance.
Thi s is as good and AS cheap an offer
ever made and will last only a limited
time. The subscription price of these
eight papers is So 80 per year, but we
will, for a limited time, send them one
year for So % cash in advance.
The Red Cloud chief., 1899-02-24
FRANK w. DEAN, Pastor
Infantile Idea of a Good Story,


As an illustration of the infantile
idea Of a good story, an exchange
prints the following brief but startling
romance evolved by q little school girl
in answer to her teachers demand for
a composition: "Once there was q
poor young man who was in love with
a rich girl, whose mother had a large
candy store. The poor young mar
wanted to marry the candy lady d
ter, but he was too poor to buy fur.
niture. One day a bad man offered
him S25 to become a drunkard. The
poor young man was dreadfully temp.
ted, because he wanted to be rich
enough to marry the candy lady's
daughter. But when he got to the sa'
loon door with the bad man, he said
Il will not break my pledge, even to be
rich. Get behind me. Satan So he
went home and on his way found Q
pocketbook with 800, OOO, 900 in it. Sc
he went and told the candy lady.
daughter and they were married
They had a lovely wedding and tn,
next day they had twins. Thus 70,
see that virtue is its own reward"