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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27

Colonel II. D. Maxson, the secretary.
in his report, stated that the member
ship of the association now comprises
nearly 1000 of the leading mercantile
and manufacturing concerns of the
United States and extends from Cali
fornia to Maine and from Minnesota
to Texas.
A paper on "The Wyoming Law; a
Solution of All Water Problems was
read by Fred Bond, state engineer of
Wyoming. This was followed by au
address on Irrigation and the Sugar
Beet" by Herbert Myrick, editor of
the Orange Judd Farmer.
THE Sugar Beet as Profitable
Arid Land Crop" was the topic dis
cussed by Hugh NJ Wiley, chemist of
the United States Department of Agri-
culture.
Thomas knights Of Kansas City
spoke on "The Public Lands and Their
Reclamation and Settlement"
Papers were read ON Irrigation Re
sources of Montana" by Professor S
Fortier, director of the Montana exper-
iment station at BoZeman, Montana
and "Co-Operative Canals and Irrigat-
ed Homes" by 1. d. O'Oonnell, presi-
dent of the Farmers Canal Company,
Of Billings, Montana.
The Auditorium theater was well
filed when President Meade called the
night session to order. A letter from
Governor Roosevelt was read in which.
among other things, he said:
Il believe to the last point in the
vital necessity of storing the floods and
preserving the forests, especially
throughout the plains and the Rocky
Mountain region. The problem of the
development of the greater West is in
part problem of irrigation. / nat
urally believe in n government giving
generous aid to the movement, for it is
not possible, and If it We're possible, IL
would not be wise, to have this storage
work done merely through private
ownership.
without pretending to outline def
nitely working scheme, l venture to
point out that without the attainment
of the following objects your plans
must measureably fail:
"First-Government study OF the.
streams upon which your plans de-
pend.
Second - Government construction
and control of great irrigation plants.
"T'hird-The preservation of forests
by the extension of the forest reserve
system and hence Of government con
troll of the forests.
"Fourth-National protection and use
OF the forests under expert supervision.
FIFTH urge you to see to it that
private owners of forests in the West
and East alike understand that timber
can be cut without forest destruction
tthe Department of Agriculture will
tell them how and that the ownership
of water rights in the arid country and
of forest lands anywhere entails public
as well as private duties and RESPONSE
bilities."
Clifford Pinchot, the government fas-
ester. then gave an illustrated lectaN,
entitled Forestry in Business" L.
Senator Addison G. Foster of Wash
ington then addressed the congress on
Lumber Supplies for Irrigators."
The session closed with an address
on THE Mountain Rainfall by Pro
fessor Willis l.. Moore, chief of the
weather bureau.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27

A capacity for taking pains in busi-
ness plans and products is more and
more a condition of success. Aus
tralian butter-packing may serve as
an example. Shipments are secured
against deterioration by placing the
butter in boxes made OF plates of
window glass. the edges being closed
by applying gummed paper. The boxes
are covered with layers of plaster of
Paris, and then wrapped in specially
prepared waterproof packing paper.
Such methods help to raise the aver
age of attention to details. The re-
luctance of human beings to eat un-
appetizing things increases. 1t pays
to make food offered for sale attractive
in form as well as substance. The
high standard is money in the pocket
OF the dealer and health for the con-
sumer. The converse is true. This
country has lost once-promising
trade in exporting cheese. Those who
ruined the trade know how they did
1t, but they should be too much
ashamed Of themselves to tell the
world how 1t was done.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27

Japan is to have new military dec
Grafton of the nature of the Victoria
cross OF the British army, for personal
valor on the field OF battle. which may
be conferred Immediately, without red
tape. AS companion to this intelli-
gence comes the praise of the nurses
OF the Japan Red Cross on the hospi-
tai ship Hakuai at Taku. They bear
these poetical names: O-Tak-San.
meaning the graceful bamboo; Ume-
san, the plum blossom; O-Hagi-san.
the modest meadow sweet: O-Yasu-
san. peace.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27

Devotees of golf are fond of refer
ring to it as ''the ancient and royal
game" 1t is probably more royal and
certainly far more ancient than most
Of them have any idea of. ct all
svents pictured tablet was recently
unearthed at Carchemish, the old capi-
tai of the Hittites. whereon are depict
ed men and women engaged in a pas
dime. which, If not exactly golf as
played at present, is something extra
ordinarily like it.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27

A terrible scene was witnessed in .
menaSerie at a village near Privas,
France. A butcher made a wager that
he would enter cage in which three
loos were enclosed. drink a bottle Of
champagne, and play a game OF cards
with the tanner. All went well until
the butcher was about to leave, when
he foolishly thrust glass OF cham
payne under lions nose. The beast
leaped furiously at the man and man
gled him terribly before he could be
released.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27
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Los Angelo. and Salt Lake.

Salt Lake, Utah, Nov. 22.-The pro-
motors of the Los Angeles & Salt Lake
railroad arrived yesterday and are in
conference, arranging the details of the
enterprise. The incorporation papers
have been drawn up and will be filed
within a few days. When these de-
tails are arranged, active operations
viii begin.
Among those taking part in the con-
ference are Senator Clark and J. Ross
Clark of Montana, r. G. Kerens, S. A.
Bemis, George b. Leighton, Charles
Clark and X. @. Kerens, Jr., of ST.
Louis: w. B. Clark, Kansas City; Per-
ry s. Heath, Washington; r. Il. Gibbon,
Los Angeles; Thomas Kearns, David
Keith and @. o. Whittemore of Salt
Lake.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27
C.nr.. Condition sat,.factnrx.

Lividia, Russia, Nov. 22.-The bulle-
tin issued last night by the Cars
physicians was more satisfactory. 1t
reads as follows:
"The Gar passed a satisfactory day
yesterday. His condition is good. Tenn
perature at 8 last night, 1926; pulse,
seventy-six. He slept but little dur
ing the night, but from no disturbing
cause. His majesty's general condition
is satisfactory. Temperature this morn
Ing, 100.6; pulse, seventy"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27
National Orange Ad,ourn,.

Washington, Nov. 23.-The National
Grange adjourned sine die to-day, aft
er transacting considerable routine
business.
resolution recommending the es-
adjustment of department of COM
merce. with representation in the Pres
ident's Cabinet. was referred without
recommendation the prevailing opinion
seeming to be that the first interest of
the grange is in the Department of
Agriculture.
A communication from the President
said he would be pleased to confer
with the legislative committee of Ae
organization on legislation pertaining
to agricultural questions.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27

In the Belleville quarter of Paris .
man named Wales recently died whose
career was unique. He was a proprie-
tor OF lodging houses. but maAs y an
invariable rule never to press a tenant
or sell one up for rent. He has been
known to give a tenant who was un-
able to pay his rent money to cover
the expense of removal, and in his will
he ordered that every tenant was to bs
allowed a rebate Of a terms rent. His
tenants contributed towards a huge
wreath for his grave.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27

Distinguished Greek consuls from
pur western cities. as well as hundreds
Of Greeks in eastern seaports. have
gathered the past two weeks to do
honor to the Navarchos Miaulis, the
nrst Greek warship to visit American
waters. Not only when Greek meets
Ereek" has the occasion been nota-
BILE. but because Greece has taken this
opportunity to express to the world
her appreciation of the long and un-
broken friendliness of the United
States.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27
Senator Davis Dyi,r

st. Paul, Mimi, Nov. 22.-During the
forenoon and early afternoon yesterday
Senator Davis slept almost continuous
ly. At noon his temperature was nor
NAL, but his pulse and respiration were
SO high as to indicate fully the advance
of the disease. This was combined
with a delirium that manifests itself
during his waking hours. The attend
ing physicians have frequently intimat-
ed to friends that they entertain no
hope whatever of his recovery.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27

The cotton crop of this country
amounted to only 100000 pounds in
1898, last year it was about $500. .O0O.-
900 pounds. representing three-fourths
Of the entire crop of the world and val
ued at $3.50, 900. 600 1t filed 9,5O0.O 900
bales. and the loss by waste incidental
to the process of taking samples was
not less than S7,000,000.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27

The man who built the city hall at
Denver is now selling cigars and to-
bacco at a stand in the corridor of the
building.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27

out the necessity of firing n rifle shot.
l have never ceased to demand a tribu-
nal OF arbitration, which up to now
has always been refused.
Ihe war waged on us in the two re-
publics has reached the last limits OF
barbarism. During my life l have had
to light many times the savages of the
tribes of Africa, but the barbarians we
nave 10 hight now are worse than the
others. Ihey even urge the Kaffirs
against us. They burn the farms we
worked SO hard to construct, and they
drive our women and children. whose
brothers and husbands they have
killed or taken prisoners, leaving them
unprotected and roohess and often
without bread to eat.
But, whatever they NAV do. we will
never surrender. We will fight to the
end. Our great imperishable confidence
reposes in the Eternal, our God We
know our cause is 'ust and II the JUS
tlce OF men Is wanting to u.s. He.
Eternal, who Is master of all peoT
and to whom belongs the future. Will
never abandon us.
Il assure you that If the Transvaal
and the Orange Free State must lose
their Independence, it will be because
all the Boer people have been de-
suoyeu VIII their women ana chill
dren."
After this speech at the hotel the ap-
piause continued until, to testify his
gratitude, Mr.. Kruger took in his hand
n corner of the French tri-color that
was flying between the Transvaal and
the Free State flags, and pressed it to
his heart again and again. The enthusi-
astic people cheered him until he with
drew to his rooms, which he found half
filled with bouquets and garlands pre-
sented by his admirers.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27

It's really surprising how much hap
piness or misery lies in the circle o6
q wedding ring.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27

Too many men in this country vote
rs they pray-and they never pray un-
less it is to ask personal favor.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27

Following in the footsteps of an In
dolent man is about the most e1psn-
Eive travelling imaginable.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27

Count Boni de Castellane refers to
rich Americans as pig merchants.
whose highest ambition should be to
supply French aristocrats with
money"
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1900-11-27

was diverting the waters of the river
for the benefit of farmers thereabout,
and this affected the working of a mill
owned further down the stream by the
defendants. The District Court denied
the writ and the Supreme Court af-
firmed the ruling.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
County Ticket,

SVVfN
For state Representative,
CHAS. Il. HICKS,
For County Attorney,
u. u. ONERMAN,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18

Power, machinery, food, clothing,
commonly called coal, iron, corn and
cotton-these rule the world. Their
principal seat Of authority is in the
United States, but their sway is univer'
sal. They rule in perfect accord and
harmony, for the reason that each one
is immensely more powerful because OF
the existence of the other three.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
$780,.

These shoes are master
pieces in their adoption
to the human foot, grace
in every line and delight
full in their ease.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18

The Washington correspondents
claim and have discovered what
brought Admiral Dewey into the fled
as a presidential candidate. The ci'
william members OF the hrst Philippine
commission were paid $40, 00O'each FIR
their services, and Ajmtral Dewey e%-
pectod to come IN for the same remuE-
Grafton. But there is u law on the
books which forbids "A government en-
ploye receiving $4,000 or above, salary
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18

Senator Clark of Montana, caused
somewhat Of a sensation in the senate
last Tuesday by r~esigning his claims To
the Montana s%enatorship. The final
vote on the question as to whether he
was entitled to a seat in the senate or
not was to be taken the same afternoon.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18

accepting any additional salary. This
statute clearly barred Admiral Dewey
but when he learned that he was to be
shut out he went home in a rage, and
his presidential boom was launched al.
most Immediately thereafter.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18

As the nation grows older new issues
are born Of time and progress, and old
Issues perish. This proposition, strange
as it may seem in these times, is from
the democratic national platform of
1884,
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
ALMOST FORGOTTEN.
Incidents Of Every Day Life Which Very
Few People Stop to Think About on
Account OF Their L~ittleness

Few People Stop to Think About on
Account Of Their Littleness
Cullens Bros. enormous show was
here Monday 1t was SO enormous
that all the Red Cloud girls got stuck
on the show people from the manage
ment down OF course we don't blame
the girls.-We neither have any sympa
thy for the boys who got kissed off AM
then got ore.-The way TO do boys is
TO take your girls to the show and then
you can see them home in the proper
manner.-Don't expect the girls to go
to the show alone, pay their W way,
and then expect to catch on at the en-.
trance to the large pavilion after the
show is over Talking about the show
Cloyed Cummings wishes us to state
that he was working for Ross.-Of
course that is all right bu, he was the
one star attraction OF the parade
Charley White was there and watched
the horses teeter.-He is still teetering.
The one thing which pleased Horace
Spanogle was when the band played
whoa, Emma."-Lvery body could see
Elmer Crone's face ''redden" when the
girl danced the Spanish dance .-When
the mule rider came out the smile on
Carl Studt's face broadened and he ex.
claimed it's a Dutch woman.-John
Polnicky felt happy over the only good
feature Of the show when the little dog
danced the hooche.kooche.-Le Leslie
Graves was us on the top seat where
he could be brought in close contact
with the gals breath. The familiar
form of Walter Roby was observed at
the entrance leaning against a guy rope
and with q lingering half.pathetic vail
he cried, Gertrude where art thou and
the echo anne back, I have been kissed
off.-But let's see where we are drift.
ing.-If the work that has been done
by certain ones to knock out one Ger
tain saloon nan had been done in the
right direction, more good would have
been accomplished There are in this
city a number of different classes OF
society.-They have different aims in
life, different ideas.-Everybody in or.
der to live and be happy, desires anus.
ment of some kind.-Give a boy or girl
the chance to spend a few hours in the
evening at an opera and they will more
than likely 60 home and go to bed
after it is over.-Of we have the
club and number 60 there and seek
amusement.--But everybody cannot
belong to the club. Everybody can't
play cards and every body can't play
billiards and pool.-lf these people
who are so DESTROYS of getting away
with one particular saloon, would have
put their energies to the task Of advo.
eating and building an opera house, or
seeing that the present one was put in
good shape, they will do more toward
saving the boy and girl than they will
by closing the saloon.-Give the boys
and girls proper places to go to at
night and the saloons will not be a men.
ace
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18

The season is a little back ward, and
the Bryanites are praying that crops
this ear may be a failure. Short crops
would be a calamity to the country, but
it is only on calamity that the B~ryanites
have any chance for victory An cpl.
demic of Asiatic cholera or yellow fever
would please the Democratic bosses at
this time. The prosperity and the gem
eral good fortune which the United
States has had ever since the Republi.
can party came into power has been
very demoralizing to the men who will
assemble in Kansas City a few weeks
hence to put up a national ticket. The
chances, however, are that the seasons
backwardness will not materially re.
duce the crops, and that the prosper.
ity which the repul lean wider markets
aud higher prices have brought to the
farmers will not be interrupted.
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The famine area in India is about
SOC, 900 square miles, and extends over
the central, south, and northwestern
provinces. No pen could describe the
awful horrors. Some of the things
proved by photography are too realisti.
cally horrible to be reproduced in any
publication, and we only print a few of
the less frightful photographs taken by
the missionaries, because many have
not believed that such an awful condi.
ton could exist in this century Of plen.
ty and prosperity. Emaciated beyond
belief, the starving natives crawl to
the house of the nearest sahib, usually
a mis- ionary, to crave food; but $4,000,
600 mouths have to be fed. Fifteen
dollars a year will feed a hindoo, yet
even this pitiable allow n C is not to
be had. The causes OF the famine are
the failure OF the crops, the refusal of
the native princes to allow their hunt.
ing jungles to be converted into fer.
tile agricultural regions, and the mys'
terious disappearance Of a special FAM
inc fund Of 300, 000, 900, collected by
the government after the famine of
1877.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
Entered at the post once a, Red Cloud, Nsb. a.
scond class mail matter.
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Local advertising b cents per line per issue.
Local Advertising for entertainments, con
ferts. %socials, etc, given 10y churches, charitable
societies, etc. where all moneys raised there.
from are used wholly for church nr charitable
societies, first ten lines free and all over ten
lines ga cents per line per issue.
Local advertising Of entertainments, concerts,
recltals, etc, where per cent is given to pro.
moters, b cents per line per issue.
DISPLAY ADVERTISING.
one column per month. VI
one half column per month ..........---.-..a.. . ~
one fourth column per month ! 20
General display advertising Sa cents per
inch per issue.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18

Lord Roberts has finally come to the
conclusion that he cannot set the date
at which the Boer. Briton wal will end.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
GUMPTION.

"M%yoNE does not have gumption till one has been
[Xi1V properly cheated" Persons Of g~umption are
V61Il using Ivory Soap, women who have trusted
lHAU themselves too near the ~preeipice OF false
economy and who can now appreciate the true eeono-
my in a soap made Of pure vegetable oils and other
high class ingredients, but made in such quantity as
to bring the price within the reach Of the very poorest
family. Indeed Il is the very poor who most need It, for
they can least afford the extravaganza Of common soap.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18

The peace ENJOYS of the Boer repulic
arrived in New York Wednesday.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
Annual Report and Estimate Of Expenses

The following Is a correct statement Of the
receipts and disbursements OF the city of Red
Cloud for the year ending May 1, sO
aENRRAT Efxn
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18
TICKET
State Ticket.

State Ticket.
For Governor,
c II, DIETRICH,
OF Adams County.
For Secretary of State,
q. W MARSH,
OF Richardson County.
For state Treasurer.
WIN. sTuEFFER,
OF Cumming County.
For State Auditor,
CHARLES WESTON,
OF Sheridan County.
For Attorney General,
+. N. PRoUT,
OF Gage County,
Fer Commissioner Public Lands,
GEO. d. FoLLMER,
Of Nuckolls County.
For Superintendent fublic Instruction,
W. &. FOWLER,
OF Washington County.
Congressional Ticket.
Fit Congressman, 9Th District,
w. s. MORLkN,
o Red Willow County,
County Ticket.
For State Representative,
CHAs. T.. HICKS,
For County Attorney,
T.. u. oyERMAN.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18

Very few people merely die" The
banker passes in his check the CASH
Ter goes to his last account the mug.
wump Joins the great majority the
cobbler 'breathes his last the saloon.
keeper seeks the spirit land the gam
bier 'shuffles off, the stableman kicks
the bucket the sp~iritualistic medium
gives up the ghost the accountant
goes to his long reckoning, and the
printer goes to heaven Reader In
what class do you belong?
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18

1t seems to be a mistake that with the
coming Of the new woman there vii! be
no place for the old man. Mrs. Kelli'
who went as a delegate to the Cincin.
natl populist convention, took Mr.. Kelli
along and had him nurse the baby in
the lobby while she whooped it up for
woman suffrage. Unit ,he new woman
emancipates herself entirely from
babies she a probably lind some use
for man.
The Red Cloud chief., 1900-05-18

The Young couple always together be-
fore marriage rarely keep up this happy
intimacy as man and wife. They are
not tired of each other, but the young
wife finds herself weak and languid, with
no inclination for exercise. And thus
begins a division of pursuits and interests
which often ends in divided lives. The
use of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription
makes weak women strong. 1t stops the
drains which undermine the strength,
cures "female weakness" nourishes the
nerves and gives vigor to the whole body.
There is neither opium, cocaine or
other narcotic in "Favorite Prescnp-
ton"
rI suffered from female weakness about eight
years = tried several doctors, but derived no
benefit until ! began using Dr, Pierce's Favor,
lite Prescription, Z" writes Mrs. John Green, OF
Danyille, boyle Co, Ky, HThis medicine was
| recommended to me by other patients, l have
taken six bottles, and l feel like another
person"
Free. Or, PicrcC's Common Sense
Medical Adviser, looS pages, 100 lllustra-
tons, is sent free, @ n receipt of stamps,
10 cover expense of mailing only, Send
81 one-cent stamps for the book in paper
covers, or 81 stamps for cloth binding.
Address DR.. K. V. Pierce, Buffalo, n. Y.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1900-03-24
At the Last Moment.

When a certain Massachusetts, vol
unteer regiment went TO Cuba one OF
the soldiers took with him pet crow,
named Jim. AS every one knows,
crow will eat anythi 6 it can lay its
beak to. and steal everything it can
CRY away. Jim was no exception,
and although the soldier boys were at
first very proud of him, his gluttonous
and thievish propensities soon got
him into bad odor. About that time
Jim's master fell sick and was taken
to the hospital, and when he came out
two weeks later he was presented with
o heavy bill for damages.
81 can't pay it. boys" he said, as
he 10 ked over the long list OF articles
the crow had stolen. "You'll have to
court martial jim.
The next day Jim was tried by
court martial, found guilty on every
count and sentenced to be shot. They
trimmed his wings, hauled glove
over his head to blindfold him, and
tied his feet to the head Of cracker
b rrel. just at this point the captain
announced that, in consideration !
his former good services-not speci
fied-he had decided to pardon JIM
| and hoped this would be lesson tt
him. So Jim was released, takeI
back to camp AID gorged with mo
lasses and bareback until he was to-
heavy to hy.-Waverley Magazine.