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ORDINANCE NO. 66.
Granting Franchise to John Soto
to Conduct, Operate and Maintain
Public Ferry Across the Sacra-
mento River at Freeport.

The Board of Supervisors of Sacramento
County do ordain as follows:
Section l. There is hereby granted to
John Soto a franchise to conduct. operate
and maintain a public ferry across the
Sacramento River. at Freeport, for the
period of twenty 600 years.
Said ferry to run from the town or
Freeport in the county of Sacramento at
a point on the easterly or left bank of the
Sacramento River adjacent to the lands
of d. r. Hunt in Sacramento County and
northern boundary line of said Hunts
tract OF land, thence across said river and
landing on the westerly or right bank of
said river at point adjacent to the lands
of said John Soto. in Yolo County, about
One Hundred and Twenty-Five Q2ol feet
above the southern boundary line OF said
John Soto's land.
Section O. The following shall be the
rates of toll for said ferry. viz: 4-horse
rig each way, 40 cents; 2-horse rig each
way, rs cents; single rig each way, 25
loose cattle or horses each way, per head.
10 cents; sheep and hogs each way, per
head, / cent; foot passengers each way,
section 3. This ordinance shall take ef-
feet and be in force Fifteen Q5) days from
and after it's passage
Adopted this Tth day of June, 1S99 by the
following vote: Ayes.--.Morrison, jenkins
and Curtis. Noes-Gillis and Mclaughlin.
1seal5 w. B. HAMILTON,
Clerk OF said Board,
By b. H. Gallup, Deputy.
(Endorsed.) Filed June Z, 1899.
W. B. HAMILTON. Clerk Of said Board.
Nv r III Gallup, Deputy. je10-7t
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The good people on the east side of
the city complain Of insufficiency Of
the water supply. One way to a rem
edy is to sustain. the proposition. to
draw supply from the subterranean
source on the east. Thus they will be
nearer to the source and get the first
pressure, and even with their present
small mains will get greatly more vat
er, because the pipes enlarge coming
west thus avoiding friction and the
cushion" What objection can be
raised if we are to purchase new
pumps, to placing one Of them in a
temporary structure, if YOU please, at
the east side source and giving the
driven wells good three months or
more test Of capacity? Surely the
probable good results will warrant the
experiment at least. And assuredly,
too, that much is due the people who
clamor for a clear water supply and
who constitute large majority OF the
people OF the city
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nire Admiral Sampson and have the ut.
most respect for his jugdment in naval
matters will be unable to agree with
his views in regard to the size of the
army or our relations with Great Brit
ain. The situation for the last sixteen
months has demonstrated the need of
q standing army of at least 100000
we'll trained men to meet the emergen-
cies that are likely to arise at any
time. Some of the best authorities
claim that we need that number of
men in the Philippines alone, and all
must admit that the lick of troops has
prolonged the trouble there We will
need more men in Cuba before we get
through with the hot-headed pOliti-
clans down there. AS to our relations
with Great Britain the present appear
ance of pleasantness is both superficial
and temporary. We have more causes
for friction with that country than any
other, and beside the two wars that
we have had with her, war has been
narrowly averted several times, and
every year questions arise, and fire.
quentiy, many times year, that COM
plicate relations and might easily lead
to war. 1t may be true that the two
nations with institutions so similar and
aspirations so nearly parallel should
travel together in unity. But what
ought to be and what will be are wide
ly distinct
POSTAL SERVICE.
Marysville Democrat: The United
States is the only great nation in the
world whose postoffice does not pay a
profit to the Government In 1896 the
total receipts of the postal service from
all sources We're less than $4,000 600;
the total expenditures We're over $94,-
100000 The deficiency was In excess
of $11 100000. The chief reason for
the deficiency is the liberal attitude
taken by the nation toward second class
matter. But as this is construed as
an educative power. the deficiency may
be justified. Many students of politi-'
cal questions declare there is no real
reason why the Postal Department
serving the needs of the people should
be expected to pay. any more than
should other branches of the service.
The immense domain of the United
States is a factor that makes this in
vidious comparison in expense with
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CONCERNING THE FENCE. !"

The dispatches yesterday contained
story from San Francisco Of a strange
order. 1t recounted that the San Fran
cisco police have under arrest eight
boys, the eldest but IL years Of age.
They constitute gang that oper-
ated under the romantic title Of THE
Forty Thieves" The boys stripped the
interior and exterior of fourteen pas
taking some 81 500 worth of plumber.
which they sold to a junk dealer for So.
Very frequently we have accounts
from San Francisco and other cities of
the arrest of thieves, burglars and
pickpockets, who sell their spoil to
pawnbrokers, junk dealers and regular
fences" of San Francisco. There is
seldom any difficulty in finding prop
erty thus taken and disposed of. The
police appear to know exactly where
to go to find it, and invariably the
fence" yields up the booty. Not in
frequently, however, the unfortunate
owner Of the property has to pay the
fence something, sometimes the full
amount for which the goods were
fenced
This payment is sometimes the re-
suit of the, nom desire of the loser OF
goods to enter into the necessary liti-
cation to recover his property, but
more frequently in San Francisco it
seems to be advised by the police, and
the suspicion is justified that they are
parties to the crime.
But the really strange thing about
1t all is the usual immunity the fences
appear to enjoy from arrest and pun
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In the Fire Department drill Monday

In the Fire Department drill Monday
evening the Chief found the cistern at
Fourth and ] streets choked With mud
SO badly that difficulty was experienced
in using it. The Chief wants more
cisterns sunk to store water against
the conjunction of a. downtown fire and
a breakdown of the waterworks. But
1t is suggested that if we had clear
water there would be, in the first place
no choking Of them with mud, and in
the second place the water would keep
pure for thrice the time the river wat
er does. and finally the cost of cleaning
out the mud, which the Chiefs says
must be done regularly as long as the
present system is in use. would be
saved largely.
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ishment- Invariably the price they
pay for stolen property is so small as
to carry conviction to the Judgment of
any one that they We're entirely cogni-
zant of the fact that the property was
stolen, and that the seller had no right
whatever to dispose of the goods. Yet,
rarely are these Fagans, these stimu-
lants to thievery. these teachers of
young thieves, these. copartners of
burglars and cut-purses arrested and
prosecuted. We do not know of one
of them who is serving time in State
Prison, though that is their proper
abiding place if justice was not baked.
When the San Francisco police found
the brass and copper work stripped
from the passenger coaches in the pos
session of the junk dealer to whom
the Forty Thieves had sold the
plunder, they arrested the fence. This
one arrest we may, however, attribute
to the fact that the railroad company
had it's own detective officers engaged
in the search for the spoil, and we may
reasonably conclude that 1t is because
Of that fact that in this instance the
fence is in custody on a charge of re-
ceiving stolen property.
But how often does this happen? How
often are these receivers of stolen
property arrested? Who knows Of any
one OF them now undergoing punish
ment? The junk dealer in this case
knew very we'll that the boys had
stolen the "copper" brass and orna-
mental work of the cars, for he must
have known that they could not have
come into possession Of such property
lawfully. His case was, therefore, so
very raw that to let the fence" 60
as is usual. would have caused protest
and inquiry dangerous to meet
1t is safe to say that if the purchas-
ers Of stolen property were in all cases
arrested and punished there would be
great deal less thieving, for these
receivers are as a rule the encouragers
of such transactions. Property is often
stolen in this city, packed off to San
francisco. there disposed of to the Sec
ond-hand and junk men, the pawn
brokers and the known fences" and
though the goods are frequently re-
covered the receivers seldom are pun
ished, nor are they even subjected to
arrest. The taking in of Fence Seide-
mann, therefore, in the case of the
Forty Thieves" frons chapter in
metropolitan police history quite new,
and therefore strange, it is so notable a
departure from the usual thing.
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Admiral Dewey has arrived at Sing
apore, but he refused all invitations to
social functions, declined to be inter-
viewed, and rejected the offer Of the
local government rendering him hos
pitality. at the Government house. Is
the Admiral saving himself against the
time when Americans begin their as
sault upon his digestion? Probably.
Nevertheless this action may be an in
dication that the Admiral will, imme-
diately on landing at New York HE
himself to his Vermont hills and de-
cline to be made show of. Let no
one be surprised If that is his action
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The .'Review Of Reviews makes a

The Review of Reviews makes q
sage remark when it says that there is
a good deal Of fiction in the distinctions
men make between what they call good
times and bad times THE really good
times are not always recognized until
they have gone by" Very true. For
the inception of good time era, is
fraught with danger in that there is apt
to be over confidence and rash invest
ment. The good times that really bene-
fit are best reflected in those who ac-
cept them with caution and improve
their opportunity with the same discre-
tion and wisdom which operate with the
good business man at all times.
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Notice Of Election Of Trustees.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT
in nursuance of an order of the Board .of
Supervisors of the County of Sacramento.
Of fune 1899, an election will be held on
the l2TH DAY OF JULY, 1892, in Recla-
nation District No. SOL, for the purpose
Said election will be held at Houstons
Hall in the town of Courtland, County OF
Sacramento, and the polls will be opened
q ten o. clock a. m. and will close at four
o'clock D. m. of said 18th day of July,
1899. 7. ]. STEPHENSCN,
ie6-td-jy6 L. D. GREENE, Trustees.
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Unfortunate Initials.

Miss Nellie I. Taylor and Paul d.
Quiggs were engaged. and Nellie was
out of town for a few days. They ex-
changed the following kilograms. and
thoug ghtlessly signed them by their ini7
tials only:
Dear Nellie: Come home to me.
'P. D. O."
Dear Paul: am coming my love.
IN. I. T."
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Weather Forecast.

For Northern California-Fair Thurs
day; continued warm weather; northerly
winds inland; westerly winds on the
coast
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other nations unjust. Uncle Sam car
ries letters for cents over an area
larger than all Europe. Great Britain's
postoffice pays over $13, 100000 year.
but England. Ireland, Scotland and
Wales could fit into one Of our States.
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ONLY ONE DOLLAR A YEAR-THE
WEEKLY UNION. The best weekly.
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entered at the Postoffice at Sacramento
Is second-class matter
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Inese publications are sent either by
1MaiL or Express to agents or single SUBJ
scrlpers with charges prepaid. All POST
masters are agents.
me best advertising mediums on the:
Pacific Coast
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If Mrs. Pinkham's Compound will cnre
such severe cases as this surely it
must be . great dedicine lis there
any sufferer fooIiah enough not TO
give it trial?
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LAUNDRY! I.AUNDRY!!

We have a Hospital Mangle, and we re-
turn your linen soft and IN good condi-
ton. By sending your sheets, pillow
slips, towels, table cloths and napkins to
US you will greatly reduce your house,
hold bills, and you will be. highly pleased
with our work. UNION LAUNDRY,
Tenth and o streets.
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Stockton Independent: Many who az
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-18

$50 Acres-Sh Sec. 8; NWA Sec. 10, TIP. 1873,
R61, 100 acres under cultivation, house
and barn. Only miles from Bartlett.
Price 81 800
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-18

losers. Moral: Insure with VIM.
III. Brown & Co.. in the reliable
Northwestern Fire and Marine
Insurance company. OF Grand
Forks.
G. w. Green is back from the
druggists convention at Fargo,
and while east he purchased a big
stock of stationery and druggists
sundries.
A.. T. Haslam went east We'd
nesday to select his holiday goods.
He proposes to put in the largest
and most varied stock ever carried
in this part Of the state.
The first regular meeting of the
St. Joseph's Catholic Order Of
Foresters willb held in Woodmen
hall on Saturday, August 26, at s
p. M, when the omcers-elect will
be installed.
Sunday Rev. Dobbyn closes his
brief p%astorate of the Presbyterian
church in this city, and will return
to Minot to resume his old position
Of principal Of the public schools.
During his summer stay in
Devils Lake, Rev. Dobbyn has
made a host of warm friends whose
best wishes for future success go
with him to his home in Minot.
Senator Hansbrough is in re-
ceipt of an official invitation from
the people of Chicago to assist the
President of the United States in
the ceremonies of laying the corner
stone of the United States govern
ment building in that city. on
Monday, October 9th, 1899. The
invitation card is 9x13, artistically
illuminated by photographic pro-
cess and contains fac-simile sig
natures of Gov. John r. Tanner.
Mayor Carter H. Harrison, and
other prominent Illinois officials
The card is a rich imitation OF
high Illuminated hand work and
a splendid souvenir.
G. E. Shoemaker. a prominent
attorney Of Argos, Ind, is in the
city for the purpose of purchasing
a farm and to look up a location fol
a law Office. He is thinking seri.
ously Of locating in Minnewaukan
G. j. Hahn, Of Iowa, is also here te
look up a farm. These gentlemen
are in the hands Of VIM. H. Brown
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-18

enemies of his country, and re-
turneth full of embalmed beef and
germs, and seeketh the pension
Office.
The sheriff seeketh him to serve
upon the jury and he has taken to
the woods. The tax gatherer
hunteth him, and where is he?
He cometh from the dust and
putteth in his little day seeking
more dust that he may swath him
self in fine clothing and gorge his
stomach with the fat of the land,
and dying, he returneth to the
dust again and his relatives scrap
for the dust he leaveth behind.
Yea, even is he like the grain
which is sowed in the springtime.
1t cometh up, and, like him, it is
green in it's youth and full of prom
Use, and his father, like the hus-
bandman, gazeth upon him and
says: He will go thirty bushels
to the acre" And as the season
grows, he becometh a warm num-
Der, and the heat blighteth him.
The hot wind dryeth him up and
he dispels the drouth at the way
side inn. He groweth up to weeds,
and although there are many to
pull his leg, his weeds remain n
pulled. And at harvest time he is
cut down and his yield is measured
and he goeth about three bushels
to the acre. The storms of life
have hailed him out. And his
friends ponder upon his light yield
and he is the subject of much dis.
And it is agreed that he
should have carried more insur-
nice.
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FRO M
b. Brown & O.
Purchase a farm
Some only $l.OO an Acre Down; Balance to be Paid in One, Two.
Three and Four Years, with interest at a Low Rate
or buy and Pay Cash and you will
get a little better deal.
SEE THE BARGAINS
SEE H BARGAINS

800 Acres-N Wa and N E4 Sec. 4, TIP. 1888, R 81
Only s miles from market and railroad.
~ acres Just broke. Price..........S2,o O
$50 Acres.sA Sec. 8; NWA Sec. 10, TIP. 1873,
R61. 100 acres under cultivation, house
and barn. Only 4 miles from Bartlett.
Price 800
$50 Acres1NE'4 SEA Sec, Tp. 15s, R 81. !! Only
800 Acres-In Sec. 10. TIP. 1873, R 81. This is only
) miles from market and railroad. A
splendid half section. Price on one.
half crop payment plan.."".""S2 500
$50 Acresl1W4 Sec. q; Tp; 154; R 81. Only :
cultivation; a splendid farm.
Price s., 900
800 Acres-In Sec. I and s, TIP. 154, R 81. 1870
acres under cultivation house, barn and
granary. Price 81 800
$50 Acres-In Sec. 3s, TIP. 1856, R 50. Small house
and sta ble go acres under cultivation;
never failing supply of water near house.
81
GAO Acres-All Of Sec: s, TIP. 1856, R 81. 100 acres
of new breaking. Here is a fine section
of land. Price 49,. S., 100
800 Acres-NII Sec. :, TIP. 1856, R 60, Price only
81 $50
$50 Acres-In Sec. 9, TIP. 1856, R 81, 100 acres new
breaking Price only""....". ."."..S s.. 100
soo Acres-NEA Sec. -, Tp. 1856, R So, NwA Sec.
Is, TIP. 1856, r 81, Price ............S 81 500
$40 Acres-SE, Sec. IS, TIP. 1a4, R. 63; NE, Sec.
10, TIP. 1874. R. So, 100 acres under cult
walton small house and stable. Four
miles from Devils Lake. Prices s., zoo
$40 Acres-In Sec. Is and l6, TIP. Is, R 81, Nelson
county, 20 acres under cultivation; fine
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-18

& Co., and the best bargains in
farm lands in this section Of the
state being carried by this firm, the
newcomers ought to experience no
delay in securing something to suit
them.
E. S. Eastman has taken the
night shift at the Great Northern
Office, while G.. D. Pring goes on
days.
Mrs. Captain Cogswell will 90
to San Francisco to meet her hus-
band. She will probably leave on
Saturday.
Bathgate Pink Paper: Baugh-
man, Of Devils Lake, is drawing
some fairly good cartoons for the
Inter ocean, most enterprising
sheet.
DR.. VIM. K. Moeller, has opened
dental parlors in the Stade block,
taking a suite of rooms next to the
Office of his brother, DR.. Moeller,
the physician. Dr.. VIM. K. Noel
Ter has made a wise selection in
choosing Devils Lake for his future
home, and being an able practi-
toner in dentistry, will soon have
all the work he can attend to.
The doctor comes fresh from a
nine years. practice in Chicago.
On the 18th and 18th days of last
month he passed a rigid examina-
ton before the state board of den
tai examiners Of North Dakota, in
an unusually creditable manner.
It was the third examination be-
fore state boards the doctor has
passed, the first one being in Michi-
gan in 'S9, and the second in Iii
nois in 80.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-18
THRESHER REPAIRS.

For Advance engines and
separators, Giant engines, Ault-
man & Taylor engines and sep
arators' valves, belts, tank
pumps and all kinds of pipe and
steam fittings and threshers'
supplies, go to Prosser & Serum.
CARDS, Devils Lake.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-18
IA Latter Day Parable.

Bismarck Tribune.
Man hat is born of woman is of
few days and full Of microbes.
He cometh forth in the morning
with his head up like the bottom
ofa strawberry box, and in the
afternoon he getteth between a
cross-fre of bicycles in the boule-
ward and is mangled up like Is
cents worth Of sauer kraut.
He blossometh as a flower at
midday and in the cleaning he is
osculated by the kissing bug and
swells up like a newly elected
alderman in Chicago.
He goeth to Cuba full Of patriot
ism to wage war against the
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-18

Senator Hansbrough will leave
for Seattle tomorrow, where he
will make arrangements with the
railroads for the transportation
home Of Company D. From there
he will proceed to San Francisco
and meet the boys, returning home
with them.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1899-08-18

$50 AcreasmEM Sec; i, II: ls5, R 81, so acres !; IN IN;
100 Acres-NWA Sec. 20, TIP. 1855, R 81, Price
only..m..... .S775.O
100 Acres-NEA Sec. 81, TIP. 152, R 81, so acres
under cultivation, Price only".....&O.0 90
$50 Acres-SEA Sec. II, and E1a Sec. Il, TIP. 1874,
Il 62. $40 acres under cultivation, good
house, two stables, granaries, good we'll
water. two acres, young trees, 80 acres
pasture, Price only"..."......."w."S4,5N
100 Acres-SEA Sec. 21, TIP. 155, R 81, Price se5O.OO
$50 Acres-In Sec. 6, TIP. 155, R 50, 100 acres un.
der cultivation, Price...w......SS.D
800 Acres-NWA Sec. 5, TIP. 155, R 6S, 50 acres
SWA Sec. 3, Tp. ISIS, r s., Price.".ssi,5 zoo
$50 Acres-SWA Sec. ., NEA, Sec. II, TIP, 154. R
IS, $50 acres under cultivation, splendid
farm, Price only...... ..............$2 800
800 Acres-Sec. ID, TIP. 154, R 81, Price,. 81, 800
100 Acres-Sk NEA Sec. 49,. 81 NWA Sec 81,
TIP. l55, r IS, three miles from Penn, 12O
acres under cultivation, 20 acres good
meadow. s., 700
! GAO Acres-S1a Sec. %, SWA Sec. IS. NWA Sec.
80, TIP. 154, R ~, six miles northwest from
Lakota. $50 acres under cultivation.
Here is a splendid section of land, Price
A'5UO
IA "
| 800 Acres-In Sec. 80, TIP. 154, R 81. Price. 81 500
100 Acres-NW Sec. %. TIP. 154, R. So, 100 acres
under cultivation, good we'll, house and
barn, 8 miles from Dindshak.
Price 81 sou
400 Acres Secs. %, 81, "a, TIP. 1856, R. 6S, 220 acres
under cultivation, 80 acres pasture, good
house and barn, nice young grove