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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-09-14
ROND S.4LE.

OF Bear Lake County, State of Idaho.
Notice is hereby given by the board
of county commissioners of the county
of Bear Lake. state of Idaho. that said
board of county commissioners will sell
twelve coupon bonds of said county of
the denomination of $1,000. 90 each and
one for the balance remaining after the
application of the money in the treasury
of said county. available for the redemp-
ton of outstanding bonds due in twenty
years but redeemable at the option of
the county in ten years interest pay
able semiannually for the lowest rate of
interest obtainab BILE. Said bonds will be
issued for refunding a series of thirteen
bonds Of said county of the denomina
tion of $1,000 90 each bearing date May
18th. 1889 aud redeemable at the option
Of the county in ten years.
All bids for the purchase of said bonds
must be addressed to James E. Hart,
Clerk of said board of county commits
sioners at Paris Idaho and will be re-
ceived until 2 o'clock p. m. of October
End. 1900.
The bidders will specify in their bids
the lowest rate of interest they will
purchase said bonds
The board reserves the right to re-
ject any and all bids offered.
James E Hart,
Clerk.
o. Transtrum,
29-S2 Chairman.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-09-14
Is a Brother of O. B.
0. Transtrum,
Chairman.
29-S2

E. w. Kelly, the republican nominee
for Representative from Willard coun-
ty, is known all over this county and
state as a young man of splendid quail
fications and good business ability. He
has been identified with the republican
party ever since the division on party
lines. Mr.. Kelly for the past two years
has been chairman of the republican
county central committee and is at pres
emit Mayor of Fillmore city. He will
undoubtedly represent the people of this
county in the Legislature.
The above is from the Clear Lake
Review, Of Utah. Mr.. Kelly Is a
brother of our townsman, Q. B.
Kelly.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-09-14

Special session of the Board of Coun-
ty Commissioners of Bear Lake county,
Idaho.
he Board met at 2 O'Clock m. Sep
TENDER 10, 1900, pursuant to an order
made and entered on the 28th day Of
August 1900, by Ole Transtrum Jr.
Chairman and Philemon Lindsay COM
missioners and Constant Webster 'hav-
ing been duly notified of the time and
place of said session.
Present Ole iranstrun Jr Chairman,
Constant Webster and Philemon Lind
say commissioners when the tolloWin :
proceedings were Ii d to-wit:
Said session having been called for
the purpose Of taking sub action as
may be necessary for refunding of q
series of thirteen bonds of Bear Lake
County, Idaho, of the denomination of
100000 each bearing date OF May 10,
1889.
Resolved that whereas the Board Of
county commissioners of said county on
the 18th day of May, 1889, to pay the
Indebtedness of said county, issued and
sold thirteen coupon bonds of said coun-
tV of the denomination of 100000 each
bearing interest at seven per cent per
annum,
And, whereas said bonds are out
standing and unpaid except the accurcd
interest thereon and are now due and
Davable at the option of said county
and are legal liability of said county.
And. whereas sa d bonds can be re
funded at lower rate of interest
And, whereas there is about $4,000
in the treasury of said County available
for the redemption OF said bonds.
It is hereby ordered by the Board
that said Indebtedness he refunded by
the issue and sale or exchange of twelve
new coupon bonds of said County of the
denomination Of $1,000 90 each and one
bond for the balance remaining after
the application of the money in the
'Creasury of said County available tor
the redemption of said bonds. running
twenty years. but payable at the option
of the County in ten wears, ten per
cent OF the total amount issued to be
1,aid in ten years from the date OF Issue
and ten per cent annually therea ter
interest PAYABLE on the first day of
January and the first day OF July in
each year at the office OF the County
Tr asury, or at such bank IN the eity OF
New York as may be designated by the
Poard of County Commissioners, and
that the money now IN The Iresury OF
said County, available for the reiemp-
ton OF said outstanding bonds, be appli-
ed. e..,,o. o.ao.aa that tho
Chairman and Clerk of this Poard pre-
bare, and publish notice Of the sale or
srxrhange of new bonds OF SAID county
for the refunaing OF said inde htedness
and a., Ca calling for bids for said bonds at
the lowest rate of interest obtainable
and a that said notice be published in the
TxANINER, a weekly newspaper, pub
lished at NJ ntpelier, Idaho, for at least
Ord ordered that this board do now adj
jouru sine die. r...rn,, 7.
Chairman.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-09-14

The republican primaries for both
east and west Montpelier precincts,
were held in J. A. Bagley's office
Wednesday night.
The following were elected as
delegates to the county convention
to be held tomorrow in Paris:
WEST MONTPELIER:
Mrs. S. B. Staley, II. 3. Whitman,
Jas. Redman, VIM. Hull, Mrs. A.
G. Hunter, Fred Sarbach, NJ. +.
Whitman, II. NJ. Holbrook, + w.
Rose.
EAST MONTPELIER:
J. A. Bagley, g. c. Gray, ALT.
Hogensen, Jas. Jensen, Mrs. J. A.
Bagley, Pernice Bagley, w. w.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1900-09-14
COMMISSIONERS
PROCEEDINGS.

me Board met pursuant to law as 10
oGlock M. September 10, 1900.
present o. Transform Jr. Chairman.
Constant Webster and Philemon lind
say commissioners and James Hart,
Clerk, when the following proceedings
We're had to wit:
In the matter of levying the taxes for
the year 1900:
1t IL hereby ordered that said taxes
ne and they are hereby levied as follows
tO-Wit:
For State general purposes 50 cents on
500. valuation.
For state wagon. road cents on 800.
valuation.
For State wagon road cents on 800.
valuation.
For school so cents on 800. valuation.
For Current Expense 60 cents ON 500.
valuation.
For Road II cents on 10000 valuation.
For Bridge 10 cents on 800 valuation.
For Sinking Fund 10 cents on 500 90
For County Poor 2 cents on 800 90
Total 200
Ordered that this Board Go now ad-
journ sine die.
O. Transtrum Jr,
Attest, Chairman,
James E. Hart
Clerk.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-18
STAND BY THE PENNSYL.
VANIAN.
From the Lebanon Daily News.

From the Lebanon Daily News.
Senator Boies Penrose declares himself in favor
OF Hon T.. o. Wolcott, United States senator
from Colorado, for the nomination of vce.presi.
dent by the Republican national convention,
which will meet in a month at Philadelphia.
Senator Penrose favors Senator Wocott because
Of his long experience in the senate, and be-
cause that state has not hitherto been recognized
in such manner. Senator Wolcott unquestlon-
ably has the ability and preparation necessary
for the office, but why should a Pennsylvania,
and particularly Philadelphian, desire that the
candidate for vice.president be taken from an.
other state when we have a candidate who f1lls
the bill in every respect? The Keystone state
is as we'll entitled to the distinction as any
other state in the Union, because Of its unswerv.
ing loyalty to the Republican party, and Phla-
delpha especially, because in it the first Repub
lican national convention was held and will again
be the place in which a winning candidate for
president will be nominated. Many newspapers
and public men outside Of PENNSYLVANIA have
been endorsing Hon. Charles Emory Smith, and
every Republican in the state regardless of fac.
tion should be earnestly and heartily desrous Of
having him nominated for second place on the
ticket with William Mckinley. MIR. Smith also
is man of wide aequaintanceship, ripe expo.
rience and knowledge Of governmental affairs, and
is in every way qualified for the position. All
Pennsylvanans should fall in line for Charles
Emory Smith for vice.president on the next Re.
publican ticket.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-18


W. Methodist general con-
ference is clamoring for
=. episcopal censure upon
President Mckinley for his refusal to
override the law permitting the exist
ence, under strict restrictions, of the
army canteen, and in the case of some
of the brethren is uttering criticisms
most uncharitable and unwarranted, it
is interesting to note what the ad-
jutant general of the army has to say
in behalf of the much abused Canteen
as an agency for temperance and good
health among the soldiers.
IF the prohibition of the sale of beer
at military posts could" he says, "be
effective in bringing about a destruc-
ton of the drink habit among the sol
diers, the adjutant general would un-
hesitatingly urge its adoption, and in
so doing he believes he would voice the
practically unanimous sentiment of the
officers of the army; but when, on the
contrary, ii can be stated as a fact
that the closing of the canteen section
of the post exchange would be to have
such soldiers as are now content VITA
drinking an occasional glass of beer
within the limits of the post go to the
whiskey dens of vice that have sur
rounded permanent posts. and which
on the passage Of such a law would
soon revive. he cannot too strongly eX-
press the opinion that such legislation
would be inimical to the best interests
of the army,
in support Of this statement atten-
tiOn is invited to the accompanying
opinions of $50 commanding officers of
companies, troops and batteries of the
army, and n0n-commissioned officers,
who remark urOn this particular phase
of the results Of prOhibitive legislation.
For half century the military author
tiles have been fighting these estap-
lishments, which pander to the vices
and weaknesses of the soldiers, give
them credit, encourage all sorts of de-
bauchery, and are a constant menace
to discipline, morality and health, but
without any degree of success until the
| introduction of the canteen system
| (Which Is no less than a cooperative
store for the special benefit and con-
venience of the enlisted men) some ten
! years ago, since which time, and be-
cause of the canteen, they are gradu-
| ally disappearing
"'Around the reservation of Fort
| Wingate in 1885, says an official re-
| port on file in this office, "a number of
| little rum shops thrived on the earn
| ings and weaknesses of the soldiers.
Here crimes and debaucheries thrived,
and after each pay day patrols were
required to literally drag our soldiers
from the clutches of the keepers of
these dens. The guard house was al
ways full in consequence of drunks and
absentees from duties, as well as those
who had committed themselves in other
ways, traced to the demoralizing ef-
fects of the soldiers innate craving
aftef amusement and tipple of some
character The exchange system did
away with all this. Those of us who
were prejudiced against what was
termed government barroom found
the benefits of the new system so start
ling that II could not be combated, and
now the improvements along the lines
Of morality and discipline have been so
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-18

marked that officers fairly shuddered
when during the past few months there
was n possibility through mistaken
congressional action of a return to the
old SYSTEM
THAT similar results have followed
the introduction of the canteen at
many other points is shown by the tes-
timony of officers. Nine hundred and
fifty commanding officers and non-com-
missioned officers, out of the 1000 whose
opinions are contained therein, say that
1t has improved the discipline of the
army 1856 that it has decreased deser-
ton, S22 that 1t has lessened the num-
ber of trials by courts-martial for
petty offences, 900 that it has lessened
drunkenness. 1t will be further OBJ
served from the careful investigation
made by Assistant Surgeon Munson
that the effect of the canteen system
upon the sick rolls has been so marked
as to have attracted the attention OF
medical experts. These Investigations
show that the percentage of cases of
hospital treatment for alcoholism and
its direct results, which for ten years
preceding the introduction of the cam
teen system averaged 64.2S per thou
sand, decreased during the ten years
following the introduction of the can
teen; that cases of delirium tremens
have been reduced 31.3 per cent; that
the cases of insanity, traced to intoxi-
cants, have been reduced 31.7 per cent.
DIR. Munson's Investigations have
further developed the fact that the
percentage of desertions has decreased.
I'm proposing to do away with a sys-
tenn that is shown by official data to be
so beneficial to the army adminstra-
ton, it is important to consider the
probable effect of the alternative sys-
TEN, viz, prohibition. Some years ago
congress prohibited the sale of beer at
military posts in states in which the
sale of alcoholic liquors, beer or wines
is prohibited by law. 1t is a striking
| commentary on the workings of pro-
hibitive legislation that it is in these
so-called prohibition states, where we
are thus enjoined from selling beer to
our soldiers, that we have found the
greatest difficulty in keeping whskey
out of the garrison"
The adjutant general thinks Ii is
improbable that one person out of a
hundred of those who have signed petit
tions for the aboishment of the ex-
change has the slightest comprehen-
sion what post exchange is, how 1t is
conducted, or the purposes for which
it is maintained. 1t is very probable
that this activity of the managers of
the opposition has been melted because
of the sale of beer, and in some cases,
no doubt, of spirituous liquors, in GER
tain volunteer camps during the late
war with Spain, which sales were in
violation of regulations and were
promptly stopped as soon as brought
| to the attention of the department If
| this presumption is correct, instead OF
| being an argument against the post
| exchange in the army under proper
| regulations it supplies an example of
what would occur should the canteen
| be abolished and the soldier turned
| over to the mercies of the saloons and
| their attendant vices" 1t is a note
worthy fact that the liquor interests
| are as eager for the abolition of the
| army canteen as are the prohibition
| lists.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-18
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The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-18

HE HOUSE committee on ag-
riculture, through Chairman
Il Wadsworth, has introduced
q bill intended as a substi-
tute for the Grout bill regulating the
sale of oleomargarine. The Grout bill
not only requires that all oleo shall be
stamped and sold as such under severe
penalties but makes it Illegal to put
coloring matter in the oleo and I'M
poses a tax of 10 cents a pound on the
manufactured product.
The Wadsworth bill requires that
oleo be sold as such, the penalty for
false representation being a fine of not
more than $1,000 and imprisonment for
not more than two years; but 1t leaves
out the prohibition of coloring matter
and in place of the 10-cent a pound
tax, which is plainly a hold up on the
part of the dairy interests, it proposes
to tax manufacturers of oleo $500 a
year apiece; wholesalers $3.50 a year,
and retailers s24 a year.
The Wadsworth bill is in the nature
of a compromise between the extrem-
lists who want the manufacture of
oleomargarine forbidden entirely and
those other extremists who would like
to have every restriction upon it's
manufacture lifted. 1t keeps in mind
the need of revenue but does not put
on wholesome article of food, against
which, if it were sold on its merits and
not palmed off as butter, there could
be no just objection, a prohibitive tax,
the chief benefit of which would ac-
crue to the large dairy combinations
which now largely control the print
butter market
At hearing given by the agricul-
tural committee the other day testi-
mony was offered by Dr. Champion,
chemist of the internal revenue
bureau, and also by DR.. Wiley, the
pure food expert of the agricultural
department, both of whom said they
had made repeated analyses of sam
pies of oleomargarine purchased in the
open market and had never found in
the ingredients thereof anything harm
ful to health. They both recognized
that oleo should not be sold under
false representation; that it should not
be called dairy butter; but they con-
sidered it a legitimate and nutritious
food product, well calculated to grow
in popular favor on it's own merits.
This being true, it would be mani
festly unjust if congress were to put a
lrohibitive tax upon it at the behest
of the dairy interests.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-18

The Philadelphia diocesan conven-
tion of the Episcopal church properly
declined on Wednesday to tbe drawn
into the political squabble between
John Wanamaker and Mayor Ash
bridge. BY vote of 144 to II it laid
on the table a resolution expressing
sympathy with "every effort of the
citizens of Philadelphia to insist upon
honor, purity and righteousness in its
officials" 1t did this, not because it
is opposed to honor purity and right
eousness but because it has other busi-
ness than to cooperate in the pulling
of Wanamaker chestnuts out of the
fire. The Wanamaker organs natur-
ally view its action with amazement
and alarm, but there does not appear
to be any widespread upheaval on the
part of the general public.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-18
AT THE PHONE.

Maud Muller, on a summers day,
Called Number, plcasc5" to earn her pay.
Before her, numbers, printed small,
Fell down when any one would call.
The Judge took down his Office phone,
And made TO Maud his wishes known.
Said he, ''Pll ask you just once more,
For en-torty-four."
Said Maud, as mild as summer seas,
"What number did you ask for, pleaseT
Said he, 81 told you twice before,
It's four-eleven-forty'four."
Said Maud, and you could hear her smile,
"Just hold the phone a little while"
A weary interval ensued,
The wires hummed an interlude,
And broken bits Of talk came o'er
The phone, and made the waiter sore.
The wishbone.shaped receiver hook
lie seized upon and wildly shook,
Till Maudie's voice he heard once more,
"What number are you waiting for2'
The Judge responded with a roar,
"lts our.eleven.forty.iour."
Serenely Maud made answer then,
THAT line is busy; call again"
The Judge had business late that day,
And so he merely walked away,
But as he walked he shook his head,
And this is what he sadly said:
"Oi all the words Of tongue or pen.
The worst are Busy; call again."
Portland oregonian
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-18
Why Not =?
.HE ESTEEMED Lebanon
Daily News regards the
Il present as an opportune oc-

~ HE ESTEEMED Lebanon
Daily News regards the
Il present as an opportune oc-
casion to make a vociferous
appeal to Hon. John Wanamaker TO
announce himself as a candidate for
United States senator 1t praises his
ability, which all concede; his public
spirit, which in some respects reminds
us of that of the late Phineas T. Bar
mum; and the spotess purity of his
public and private character, concern
ing which opinion does not appear to
be unanimous, judging from Mr.. Wan
amakers version of the sentiments ex-
pressed by Phladelphia's director of
public safety. 1t might also add that
Mr.. Wanamaker has ample resources
to sustain the expenses of a senatorial
campaign, as was shown when he ran
the last time.
We agree with the Lebanon Daily
News that Mr.. Wanamaker ought to
get into the senatorial arena forth
with. He is the logical candidate
against NJ. S. Quay and if the two
should have a stand up fight to a
finish, it would result in the elimina-
tion of many disturbing factors from
the internal politics of Pennsylvania
and clear the atmosphere for the fu-
ture. This thing of battling against
each other over the heads of set-up
targets is not half SO sportsmanlike
as clean-cut, quarterless battle in
the open. We dare say that Colonel
Quay would prefer such a fight and
manfully abide its result. 1t is to be
hoped that Mr. Wanamaker is of the
same mind.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-18
Sensible Advice from South Al
RIGA

"HOUGH DIFFERING upon
the merits of the controver-
Il sy eliminating in the pres
ent war, a number of Amer
leans residing in South Africa have
Joined in an open letter to the Ameri-
can national political conventions and
to the American people, in which, as
cabled from Cape Town to the New
York Sun, a paper friendly to the
Beers, they say:
1--WE entirely agree that the cause of
humanity in Africa would be best
served by our fellow citizens in Ameri-
ca observing strict neutrality. AS Re-
publicans and Democrats we unite in
deeply regretting the efforts now being
made in our country to drag this un-
happy matter into politics, recognizing
that such a course can benefit neither
belligerent, but is calculated to pro-
long the strife by raising false hopes
We appeal to all the political parties
in the United States in the name of
humanity to refrain from cruelty play
ing with this matter for political pur-
poses, believing that there is not, has
not been and never will be the Slight
est chance of our country departing
from its traditional policy by interven-
ing in this foreign quarrel. We are
convinced that If this truth were fully
realized in South Africa, as it must
eventually be, the war would soon ter
inmate and thousands of lives would
be'saved. Hence We earnestly appeal
to the men of all parties to eliminate
this matter from the coming cam
paign." The letter ends by saying: "a
large majority of the Americans here
desired to express sympathy with
England, but to obtain unanimity we
agreed to eliminate all expressions of
opinion OH the merits of the war"
Our people have seen in the Philip
pine matter how sentlmentality per-
sisted in for partisan reasons has pro-
longed q guerilla warfare and cost
thousands of lives needlessly without
accomplishing a single good result Let
us not make the same inhuman mis-
take in regard to South Africa.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-05-18
Legislative

The mayors willingness to take
hand in the war on the speak-easics
If councils will pass an ordinance de-
signaling them as disord erly houses
and empowering him to use the police
force to close them carries the respon-
sibility to the legislative branch. What
will councils do about it?