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Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-11-08
Important Opinions.

Following are recent opinions by
the attorney general on matters Of
general interest to county officers:
LIVE STOCK ASSESSMENTS.
Boise City, Idaho, Oct. 80, 1901.
p. G. Bingham, Esq. Assessor,
Malad, Idaho:
Dear Sir: Your favor of the 26th
inst. duly received in which you
asked my opinion as to whether CT
not live stock brought into this state
from other states should be assessed
under the provision of Section Is or
Section 90 of the general revenue
bill of the last legislature known as
House Bill No 100. Section Is to
l8 of said act seem to provide for
the assessment of live stock which
belongs to this state or is brought
permanently into this state, while
Section 90 seems to provide for the
assessment of live stock which is
brought into this state from some
other state for the purpose of beng
kept here for awhile and then being
returned to the home state. Live
stock brought into this state from
other states after remaining here a
short time as shown by the state
ment of the owner provided for in
Section 90 of said act, should be as
sessed as provided for IN said Sec
ton 20. Respectfully submitted,
FRANK MARTIN,
Attorney General.
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-11-08
Transferred to Kemmerer
Attorney General

The many friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Vim. Fl. E. Hull, in this city,.
will be sorry to learn that they are
to move to Kemmerer shortly.
However, all WILDE glad to know
that the change is made on account
of the ability of Mr.. Hull as a
machinest, he having lately been
appointed as foreman Of the Short
Line shops at the great coal camp.
The people of Kemmerer will find
Mr.. and Mrs. Hull most Welcome
acquisitions to their city, for they
are most estimable young people.
The ExAMIMER will follow them
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-11-08
BOUNTY TAX.

Boise, Idaho, Oct. 25, 19Ol.-D.
w. Jones, Esq. Assessor and Tax
Collector, Albion Idaho:
Dear Sir: Your favor of the 10th
inst. was received IN which you
asked the following question:
(Which county Is entitled to the
bounty tax? The one where the
sheep were on the second Monday
of January last, or the county they
were IN when the law became eff
fective Ton March II, last) or shall
this tax be divided pro ratio accord
ing to the terms Of the transit stock
law?
In my opinion the bounty tax
provided for in House Bill No. l54,
laws of 1901, page 205, should be
collected in one county only, the
home county. Section is, laws of
1901, page 239, defines the home
county as follows: "All live stock
shall be assessed for taxes in the
county in which it is found at the
time fixed in this act to determine
in wl.at county property shall be
assessed, or if not within the state
on that day, shall be assessed in any
county in which it may be found
and first assessed, which county i'll
which such live stock is assessed, or
lab to assessment, shall be known
as its home county"
1t would seem therefore that this
bounty tax should be paid in the
county where the sheep were on the
second Monday in January If they
we're in the state at that time, if
not, then in the county where they
ere first assessed. Respectfully
ours. FRANK MARTIN,
Attorney General
Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1901-11-08
SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

Boise, Idaho, Nov. /, 1901. Mrs.
Ella Walling, County Snperintend-
ent of Schools, Caldwell, Idaho:
Dear Madam: | am in receipt Of
the following questions from you,
upon which you ask my opinion:
First-Who is qualified to sign a
petition uniting two school districts?
A portion of Section So, page 22l,
laws of 1901, is as follows: "That
two or more districts lying contigu-
GUS, may, upon petition of a ma
iority of the heads of families resid-
ing in each of said districts, be
united to constitute one district. :"
It will thus be seen that the only
qualifications required for signing
such petition is that the signer
must be q PRESIDENT" of the district
and ''head of family A resi-
dent of a district is one who resides
or lives within it's territorial limits.
The phrase "head of family" means
one who IS maintaining or support
ing family. For instance a mar
ried man is the head of of family;
single man or woman who has liv-
ing with him or her, and is support
ing minor brothers or sisters or
other minor relatives would be the
head of a family. From these IL
Illustrations you can easily determine
who is the ''head of a family" and
therefore entitled to sign such pc.
tition.
Your second question is, Nv hen
new school district is formed from
the territory of an organized school
district, must the Indebtedness OF
the old district be deducted from
money on hand before IT is divided
between the old and new distriets?'
A portion of Section SO, laws Of
1899, page 81, is as follows: 'Ii
any new district is organized from
any part of any other organized
district or districts as provided il
this act the county superintendent
after having ascertained the moneys
belonging to such old district 0,
districts and dedacting said in lebt
edness and liabilities, must apportlor
to said new district its due per cap
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

THE HERALD does not disguise or
attempt to disguise the fact that IT
takes pleasurable pride in such COM
mendations az may be found in Rev.
II. j. Duncan's letter from Ennis,
Texas, published In another column.
No man who has ever carried load
of responsibility but knows that a
warm grasp Of the hand or an en-
couraging word, lightens the weight.
Brother Duncan need not feel anX-
ious or alarmed for our business in
terests, however. The HERALD was
never in healthier condition.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

DR.. A. S. PETITE, the new pastor
for the First Baptist Church of this
city, reached here Wednesday, and
for the present will be the guest of
Mr.. and Mrs. J. F. BrownlOw, on
West Sixth street. Because be ia a
fine pulpit orator and earnest work
er, and cultured, consecrqte I, chris
tian gentleman, the HERALD gives
him a most cordial welcome to Co.
lumbia, and the best the city affords,
and wishes him God-speed in his
good wo k. Not the least among his
endorsements Is the fact that he is
known far and wide as Anti-Saloon
Petite.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26
RURAL MAIL DELIVERY.

Congressman Padgett had a card
on this subject some days ago, set
ting forth some of the advantages to
be d rived from this service.
1t has been said, and is doubtless
true, that nothing could be devised
by man, that some other man would
not find objection to. If anything
could be made an exception to this
rule, it would seem to be Uncle
Sans free rural mail delivery.
Nearly every man-and every wo-
man-wants the postoffice as close to
them as they can get it. And that is
just what this rural delivery does.
1t brings the postofIice close to each
mans door. And if the man moves
his door, Uncle Sam is so obiging
as to move the pOstoffice.
1t brings your mail to you, and
takes your mail for you. If You
want to send note a mile or a letter
a thousand miles, it costs you just
two cents. If you want to address a
note to some neighbor a few miles
away, it does not have to go to the
postoffice and wait for him to call !;
but is carried to him, promptly and
without fail.
If you order newspaper sent to
your address, it is brought to you !;
not sent to country store to be read
and torn by others, and perhaps
peck eted by some "friend" who in
tends to take it to your house but
forgets and takes it to his own.
If you want a postal money order,
or to register letter, or to buy
stamps, you can do it, and without
waiting for or seeing the carrier !;
but simply by depositing the money
and note to that effect, in your
box. In short it gives you every
convenience OF a city postoffice,
right at your gate.
Certainly the people need no urg-
ing to bestir themselves to take ad-
vantage of so great a convenience.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

IF there was any way to get rid of
Memphis, it would save the State a
great deal of worry, expense and
humiliation. The DuBose impeach-
ment trial, the Ralph Davis i'm
parchment, and now the Eldridge
impeachment, are three notable
stigmas of disgrace Memphis has
put upon the State. Shelby repre-
sentatives defeated the Peeler bill,
and also the Baxter Terminal bill.
They are the head and trout of the
railroad whiskey combine, and fear
neither God nor man in their service
of the devil. They can be counted
on to stand sponsor for more bad
bills and obstruct the passage of
more good laws, than any other two
or three delegations in the State.
We would gladly favor law giving
Memphis absolute home rnle, ex-
emptjng her from State taxation and
denying her representation in our
legislative halls. Senator Eldridge
is worthy disciple of the school of
politics from which he graduated,
and a fair representative of the
whiskey heads and gamblers who
nominated and elected him.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26
NONRESIDENT Notice.

CIRCUIT COURT CLERK S OFFICE
Columbia, Tenn, April 10, 1901.
Ed Knowles, Complainant, vs.. Rosa
Knowles, Defendant.
1t appearing from affidavit filed IN
this cause, that the defendant, Rosa
Knowles. is a nonresident of the State
of Tennessee.
1t il therefore ordered that she enter
her appearance herein before or within
the first three days of the next term OF
the Circuit Court, to be held at Column
bis, on the 18th Monday in May next,
1901, aud plead, answer, or demur TO
Complainant's bill. or the same will be
taken for confessed as to her and set
for hearing eX parte; and that a copy OF
this order be published for four consec-
utive weeks in the Columbia HERALD
A copy-Attest:
w. +. EMBRY, Clerk.
SALMON x TURNER, Soils for Complt.
l94t
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

THE British are slowly but surely
yielding in South Africa. The latest
step is to recall Sir Alfred Miner,
who was one of the arch mischief
makers who brought on the war.
Yet the British now have 250,000
men in the field, 10000 of whom
are mounted, while the Beers have
not more than 10000. 1t is David
and Goliath over again.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

THE Commissioner of pensions
has granted pension of IS a month
to the widow of the late Vice Presi-
dent John G. Breckinridge of Ken
lucky, on account Of his services as
Major Of the Third Kentucky Volun-
teers during the Mexican war.
Mrs. Breckenridge is now rs years of
age. She 10 entitled to back pension
amounting to 1880.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

ONE Horace White, OF New York
wants Secretary Gage to lend all the
Government surplus to the banks of
the country at two per cent. without
security. He says, ingenuously,
that this plan is much favored in
banking circles. We should think
it would be,
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

The bill to prohibit freight trains
from running on Sunday, was killed
in the Senate. The bill to prohibit
excursion trains on Sunday, also
died the death in the Senate. And
the Baxter terminal bill was also put
to sleep in t Senate. These bills
were introduced before, and action
taken on them after that free ride to
Washington. See?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

THE population of the United
States, as announced by the Census
Bureau last October, was pre-
liminary approximation subject to
verification, and corrections have
appeared from tine to time, as the
bulletins for the states have been
issued. The revised total will be
announced later.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

ONE reason why the Senate will
not recommend a resolution for the
direct election Of Senators, may be
found in the fact that neither Sena-
tor Hanna nor others of his ilk would
stand any show Of winning in a con-
test before the people.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

WHEN the people get right, there
will be no more Eldridge episodes
in our legislative halls. The trouble
is all with the people. They can
elect sober, conscientious, honorable
men if they will. If they will not,
they must pay the cost and endure
the shame.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

THE new depot question seems to
be sleeping. This question has a
way, blythe way, of taking Rip Van
Wrinkle maps. In the meantime why
not bring that indictment against
the l.. & N, for their present dis.
reputable old shack to a trial? Why
not? If it we're an indictm ent
against a humble individual, would
it not be called and tried?
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26
Gave Old Soldiers Home.

LOUISVILLE, KY, April Is Capt:
ID. Y. Parr, a retired capitalist ana
sympathizer Of Louis
vile, to-day presented TO Col. Ben
nett II. Young and other Conteder-
ates ~ trustees a house and lot al
Chestnut and Preston streets, TINS
city, IN he used as home for aged
aud inflrm Confederate soldiers VINO
are unable TO sustain themselves.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

TESTIMONY in regard to Porto Rico
continues to accumulate. Now it is
Senator Foraker, who declares that
the island is enjoying unprecedented
prosperity and adds casually, that of
course, there are few hundred
thousand people in the interior who
are practically starving. But then,
he says, this is nothing new.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26
F. D Lander, Editor.
COMBINES AND RUMoRS OF
COMBINES.

Theforeign capitalists, with their
long fingers aud close corporations,
are threatening to invade Marry
county and for comparative pit
lance take from the people their in
heritance and birthright.
That is the sad feature Of the pic
ture. The real profit from this dis
covery of phosphate, is just begin
ming to accrue. Heretofore some of
our people have been selling their
lands, and others buying; the
money, the real wealth, is still in
the ground. Now when the danger
period has passed; when the supt riOr
quality Of the rock has been de
termined, and the quantity to a more
or less extent figured, and the
market sounded when the heat and
sweat of the day is over, the Trust
Magnate, with his plethoric purse
and lily-livered hands, wants to reap
where he has not sown, and gather
where he has not planted.
And the trouble is that he cannot
be pi eveuted for though the law is
against him, he is stronger than the
law, being the petted darling of the
present Federal administration and
the people who voted for Mr.. Nc
Kinley. voted for this anaconda to
strangle them.
For more reasons than one, we
should be sorr7 to see the phosphate
property and companies of this
county pass into the hands of one
Trust Combine. 1t would virtually
ruin Mt. Pleasant. For il this com,
bine is perfected, the next move will
be one big general commissary
store, owned and operated by the
Trust. This store will carry larger
stock of everything than the other
stores can afford to carry, and the
operatives of all the mines will be
given orders on this store, and none
other, for everything and anything.
They will also build, convenient to
their several mines, houses - not
shacks-but houses, and they will
require their employees to occupy
these houses. Just now, perhaps,
they will say they won't; but they
will. 1t is the universal history of
all such combines.
If other phosphate finds are ever
made, in that fertile field, they will
not be bought and paid for at their
value, but forced into the combine.
Ii a fertilizer plant is ever built
there or here, it will be owned by
the combine, who will sell rock to
nobody but themselves for local
manufacturing purposes.
And the hope and reasonable ex-
pecIation of competing line of
railroad from Columbia and Mt.
Pleasant to the Tennessee river,
will be shattered and destroyed,
VIXEN the combine gets hold of all
the phosphate. 1t was through the
phosphate industry that the pro-
posed railroad was reasonable
prophesy. With that industry in
the hands of Trust, and the l.. &
n. through its officials, controlling
that Trust, of course there will be
no new railroad. And Of course the
l.. & N. can subscribe literally to
this stock, for the intrinsic value
of the stock Itself and for the
sitting of competition in railroad
freight rates.
This pernicious community of
interest" idea is in one respect like a
boil upon the body. The sooner it
comes to head and is cut to the
core, the better.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26
SNOW
Heavy Fall Last Friday Night in East
Tennessee.

Special to the Herald.
KNOXVILLE, April 20.-Snow fell to
the depth of three inches at this place
last night. Fruit growers fear that the
crop has been ruined.
Special to the Herald.
BRISTOL, April 20.-tour inches of
snow fell here last night.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26
FOR DEFRAUDIN6 BANK.

W. j. Cummings, of Nashville, In
dicted by the Federal Court.
Special to the Herald.
NASHVILLE, April 20. - w. j.
Cummings, OF the firm of Cummings,
Benson & Mckay, has been indicted
in the Federal Court for aiding Lea
in defrauding the First National
Bank Of this city. Other indictments
are expected.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

THE recent decision of the Su-
p:eme Court on divorces, is merely
that no one can obtain a valid
divorce unless bona fide resident
of the state in which he sues. This
is nothing but common sense, and
those who were foolish enough to
evade such a requirement will now
have to pay the penalty.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

Those who know, say there is no
seaport in the world where knowl-
edge Of English will not enable ons
to supply every want. English is
certainly the language Of the sea,
and that means that IL lie the coming
Language Of the world.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26
TALE OF A STAMP.

I'm stamp
A postage stamp
A two center;
Don't want to brag,
But | was never
Licked,
Except once;
By gentleman, too;
Heput me on
To good thing;
1t was an envelope
Perfumed, pink, square;
I've been stuck on
That envelope
Ever since;
He dropped US
The envelop and me-
Through slot in a dark box;
But we were rescued
BY mail clerk,
More's the pity.
He hit me an awful
Smash with a hammer;
1t left my face
Black and blue.
Then [ went on long
Journey
OF two days;
And when we arrived
The pink enVelop and me-
We were presented
To perfect love
OF a girl,
With the stunningest pair
OF blue eyes
That ever blinked.
Say, she's a dream!
Well, she mutilated
The pink envelope
And tore one corner
OF me off
With a hairpin;
Then she read what
Was inside
The pink envelope.
] never saw a girl blush
So beautifully!
Would be stuck
On ber-if | could.
Well, she placed
The writing back
In the pink envelopes;
Then she kissed me.
Oh, you little godlets!
Her lips were ripe
As cherries,
And warm
As the summer sun.
We
The pink envelope and me-
Are now
Nesting snugly
In her bosom;
We can hear
Her heart throb:
When it goes fastest
She takes us out
And kisses me.
Oh, say,
This is great!
I'm glad
I'm a stamp
A two-center.
Ohio State Journal.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

THE Union Iron Works of San
Francisco through President Scott
signed a contract with the Navy De-
partment for the construction of the
protected cruiser Milwaukee. She
is to bave TWEEN y-two knots speed,
to be finished in three years, and is
to cost 81, 1926 900.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

TIE first plan provided for the
President to take his western trip
was in The Car Imperial" but when
he found it out, the wires were kept
hot until another car could be OBJ
obtained. Imperial was alto
gether too significant.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

THE impression is general that a
great European war will follow the
death of the Emperor Franz Josef,
who is believed to be the only tie
that oan hold together the eighteen
Kingdoms and principalities aud the
bakers dozen of languages that
make up the Austro- Hungarian
Empire.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

THE Honorable Senators OF the
Tennessee Senate are doubtless
ashamed of the company they are
compelled to keep. When we had dis
covered that the railroad whiskey
combine controlled the Senate, we
were prepared for any future dis
grace that might fall upon them.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

SIR ALFRED MILNER admits
openly thar the prospects for British
success in South Africa are worse
than they were eight months ago.
Meanwhile Great Britain has spent
over half billion dollars. How
much further back will shs be when
she has spent another half billion.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26
McKeaaua, Anderson & Foster.
Beauty Bargains in Fine Millinery.
Works of Art at Common Place Prices.

About and one-half dozen exquisite French Pat
tern Hats designed by such famous Paris Mners Nine
Cartier Camille Roger Esther Meyer, Pouyanne and Vrot
These dainty creations have served the purpose for which
we bought hem-that for show and for study-and now
you may take them almost irfe. Next Saturday and
Monday, prices for these beautiful models will be:
Seven Dollars ana Half Each, for all the $1,000 25o
SIS and $3.50 Hats and Twelve Dollars and Fifty
piece for the two lovely $4,000 HITS that we have left
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

The tongues of London gossipers
have been set to wagging by
the report that King Edward has
presented White Lodge, Richmond
Park, one of the most desirable of
royal residences, to Mrs. Hart
mann, an American womon.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

IT is probable that Adjutant- Gen.
eral Corbin will be selected to repre-
sent the United States at the coro-
nation of King Edward, which was
expected to take place next Feb
ruary, at the close of the year Of
mourning. 1t is not improbable,
however, that this period may be
curtailed as concession to the
trade interests of London,s which
suffers great loss, owing to the alb
sence of social functions, and that
the coronation may take place next
fall.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

SENATOR MORGAN is advising
Cuba to apply for admission to the
Union as a state. There are only
two obstacles in the way Of this: one
is that Cuba doesn't want to be a
state, and the other is that the sugar
trust doesn't want il to be one.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26
MarriaQe Licenses.

NJ. w. Stone to Miss Annie X. War
den.
Allison B. Foster to Miss Fannie May
Sargent.
ID. 5. Butner to Miss Susie Jolly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1901-04-26

THE HERALD suggested some time
since that Mr.. Carnegie, instead Of
giving his money to libraries, should
bestow it upon those who had grown
old in his service while helping
him earn it. We are glad to see that
Mr.. Carnegie has taken the HER
AIDS advice, and will distribute
5000, 900, among his employees. That
shows how far reaching the HER
AIDS influence for good is.