The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1900-02-09
RecOnciled.

RecOnciled.
We saw in q recent issue of The
Salt Lake Tribune that Capt. F. j.
Mills and his wife have agreed to
forgive and try to forget; and left
Salt Lake for San Francisco taking
their two children with them.
1t will be remembered that Rev.
Wallace advised Mrs. Mills to dis
close to her husband the name of
the man With whom she had been
intimate, which was probably the
cause of the tragedy; and now Mr..
Wallace is accredited with having
brought about n compromise be-
tween them by persuading CAPTAIN
Mills to follow the religious prin-
ciple Of forgiving his penetent wife
Since our last publication the
principal point in the Bocr- British
war is that the British recrossed
the Tugela river at Pont and Ko-
len drifts with the object of storm
ing the Boer positions but were de-
feated at the former point and re-
treated across the river in great
confusion while they are holding
their stand at Kolin drift. A
slight loss is reported for the Beers
while it is believed that the Brit
ish lost heavily at Pont drift.
Dom Paul Kruger has notified
our government that the latest
consignment of Hay from this
country is not what it should be and
declines to receive it, giving as his
reason that it was put up too green
and has a pronounced English
flavor. Dom Paul knows a thing
or two.-Weiser Signal.
The appointment of young Hay
smacks more of English nobility
than it does of Americanism. HC
was appointed because he happen.
ed to be the son Of his father, and
therefore first in line of succession
to fat snap. Just when the
United States needed an experience
ed diplomat in the Transvaal il
sent a green kid. No wonder DON
Paul refused to accept him
Montpelier Examiner.
The office of Experiment Sta.
tions of the Department of Aeri.
culture has issued a bulletin de.
scribing irrigation in the Rocky
Mountain States. 1t describes the
agri cultural conditions Of the
Rocky Mountain region, covering
more particularly the States OF
Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Utah
and Wyoming. Beginning witt
the climate, resources, and appear
ance of this region, the bulletin ex
plains how bitches are built, rights
to water established, and the water
diverted into canals and bitches
and applied to the land, the mali
purpose being to instruct those t
whom the subject is new, and thu!
to enable them Tia avoid the cost,
mistakes which novices in irriga
ton farming are liable to make
| The bulletin is for free distribution
The Post Office Department i,
contemplating a new plan for is
suing stamps, which is expected tc
be Of great benefit to the people Of
the country. 1t purposes to issue
them in little books, of a size to &C
into the vest pocket, and contain
ing II each, separated by oiled pa.
per. The books will be sold for 2;
cents peice, thus allowing ON,
cent for the cost of the book II
they sell as is expected, the profit
to the government will be- large
The only difficulty in the way o.
their immediate issue, is the fac
that no appropriation for this spe
cific work is available, and the Blu
reau Of Printing and Engraving
doubts its authority to embark il
the enterprise without Congress
sional authority. The question
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