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The Delta independent., 1901-08-02
To stop L..a rr..ds.

Inc general land Ofnce is determined
ms FAR as possible to stamp out the
fraudulent acquisition OF public lands
under the timber and stone act, an
abuse which is growing rapidly Of late
and which has been brought to public
attention In Montana and Idaho. where
legal proceedings are being taken
against n large number Of parties.
The practice has been for rich ipdi.
viduals and corporations to hire Ger.
tafn individuals to make entries under
the timber and stone act, Of rich tim
ber lands. making the entry of course
In their own name. The law requires
thnt such entries shall be made BY a
person, who must declare his intention
to use the same for his own personal
benefits and who is sworn to have no
Intention OF selling his rights when
once finally acquired.
The local land officers have not al
ways been altogether fair In their deal.
ings with such individuals or prospec-
tive settlers. that In, fair to the govern
ment. Some have been delinquent
from oversight. others from design.
The matter was carried on to such an
extent, however, that the department
was forced to take cognixance OF the
abuses, and n q result Instructions
to all local land officers Intended to pre-
vent further abuses OF the timber act.
The local officers have beeh instructed
to carefully and thoroughly examine all
claimants and witnesses under the
timber and stone acts. The department
believes TINT q large number Of entries
which have been made in many states
under these acts were not made in
good faith for the exclusive use OF the
entryman, but In the interest OF spec.
nlators, who procured the entries when
completed.
The department is now anxious 10
put a stop to these practices. II possi.
BILE and punish the promoters OF such
fraudulent entries. Each entryman
who swears he Is making nm entry in
his own interest and turns about sell
ing his entry to another. perjures him.
self, and is liable to conviction.
Local officers have been directed to
issue no final certificate in any case
unless the proof submitted ls positively
satisfactory in every particular and
they are convinced beyond a reasona.
BILE doubt that the entry IL made in ab
solute good faith for the exclusive ben.
efit OF the entryman, and the reQuirc>
mcnts OF the law have been actually
and fully complied with. In every
case where the local officers are not
convinced by evidence or through act.
ual knowledge that the claimant Is
acting In good faith. or where they
have prcsumptive evidence, reliable in.
formation, or good reason to believe
that the entry ls fraudulent, collusivc
or illegal, they are to receive proof. but
suspend action thereon aud transmit
the same to the general land office with
theft opinion In the case. The general
land office will not he satisfied with !
any evldeuce taken In perfunctory
way. The law requires that all road |
cruas examinations viii he made by an
attesting officer to further test the |
good faith Of claimants and witnesses.
No entry Ia to be allowed ON the tcsti- !
mony Of the entryman alone
The Delta independent., 1901-08-02
Daylight Thro' the Mountaina
EAsrBoUND

EAsTBoUND
From Los Angeles each Monday Via
Suahern Pacific Co.
From Salt Lake each Thursday.
Train No. Q. Via Il. g. W. Colorado
Midland Ry.
Through to Chicago via Bur.
lineten Route.
The Delta independent., 1901-08-02
Ledi.. C.n Ne. sAo...

One size smaller after usingAllen's Foot
Ease, powder. 1t makes tight or new
shoes easy. Cures swollen, hot, eating,
aching feet. ingrowing nails, corns and
CSC. Trial package FREE by mail. Ad-
dress Allen s. Olmsted. LIE Roy, NY.
The Delta independent., 1901-08-02
A New
Departure.
Colorado Midland Railway
Tourist sIeepers
BETWEEN
Chicago and Los Angeles
WITHOUT CHANGE
wEsTBouND

From Chicago each Monday via The
Burlington Route.
From Denver each Wednesday Train
No. 3, Colorado Midland Railway.
The Delta independent., 1901-08-02
As the World
RexjolpeS
Vsssran ConsuI,s Record.

Veteran ConsuFs Record.
Horatio J. Sprague. United States
consul at Gibraltar. died recently
at that place. aged n. He was the
oldest of the American Representatives
abroad and had been consul at Gibral-
tar for flfty-thre years. He was very
popular among the residents.
Mr.. Sprague was the dean of the
American consular service and his rec
ord at Gibraltar was altogether unique
The Delta independent., 1901-08-02
osA a.re.i.s'. D..shs.r.

Although Geronimo. the old Co
manche chief. is a prisoner Of war at
Fort Sill. his blood still boils for flght.
He has q very pretty daughter. Eva,
whose hand Ii sought In marriage By
. number Of young white men, and Il
Is said. the Indisn maiden looks with
The Delta independent., 1901-08-02

Henrietta Crosman. the actress, re-
tnins her maiden name, although mar
ried. But perhaps her husband is q
cross man.
The Delta independent., 1901-08-02

Ask agents Oolorado Midland Rail
way for ratss, time tables, and descrip-
tivs booklets Or address the General
Hasssngsr Agent. Dsnssr. Colo.
Mohave County miner., 1901-02-09

million, and even. the most conserva-
tive estimate here places its value at
25OOOOS All this Damours will pos
sess without having a dollar to start
with, and upon the promise to pay
2GOOS plus the bonded price of lOO,OOOS,
which he already has in bank
Sherwood will get the 25OO5 for which
he sold the bond and lease, and which
the first buyer did not pay, and that is
all that he will get out of a mine which
he himself admits has 25O,OOOs in sight.
As to lucky Damours, Sherwood
says: He is Partisan, and eccentric.
Anyhow, he has struck it, and struck
it rich, but he is gophering the mine
and working it in the most economical
manner. For a long time he did all
the work himself, and even now that
he has a fortune in sight, is only EN-.
ploying one man with himself, so that
he can watch him. He appears to be
afraid that if he hires a force of men
butg Will sbtdl us ore WHICH 10 very
rich. / have seen chunks of quartz
with nuggets of gold imbedded in it.
Recently he shipped fifteen sacks of
this ore that netted him 5O0S. This is
about half a ton. was in the mine
recently and judge that Mr.. Damours
has about 25O,OOOS in sight, but not
lOOO00OS, as he Chicago In
ter-Ocean.
Probably the most valuable stock in
the world is that Of the London New
River company of London. There are
only 62 original shares, of which SO are
"adventurers' shares" and SO "king's
shares" the former commanding high
er places than the latter A share sold
recently for 5,OOOS.-Scientific Amer
lean.
Mohave County miner., 1901-02-09
Million Dollar Mine Free.

The case of c. w. Sherwood illus.
trates we'll the ups aud downs of min
ing. Sherwood has an option or bond
on the Kearsarge mine, in Madison
county, Montana, for l00O00S, which
expires next June. He also held a
lease of the mine. He didn't strike
much of value in the Kearsarge, and,
having in sight another prospect which
he considers is just as good, and
which he preferred to work, he sold
his bond and lease of the Kearsarge
for 2505. The buyer spent l600S on the
mine and got nothing out of it, and he
turned the property over to G. A. Da-
mours, who was without dollar. Da-
mours is a geologist, and had been
prospecting in Madison county for
years He took the mines on the
agreement that if he struck anything
he would pay the man from which he
got it the l600S which that man had
expended and the other the first price
of the bond and lease.
At once when Damours began work.
ing he struck rich ore, and now he has
money enough in the bank to take up
that bond next June, for the option
remains good, no matter who holds il.
Damours thinks the mine is worth
Mohave County miner., 1901-02-09

the camp during the past few months,
and several mining deals of import
ance are now on the tapis and more
will follow. This will attract the at
tention of lot of alleged promoters,
of the MIN ble-tongue variety, who Sc
cure options on property merely with
the hope of selling said option at
handsome advance. They are not leg
itimately engaged in the promotion of
mining deals, but are mere parasites,
who, by the mere tieing up of property,
expect to profit thereby. Prospectors
and mine owners should be very care
full in dealing with this class of indi-
viduals, for the reason that they are
tieing up their property to people of
whom they know little or nothing, and
thereby may be prevented from max
ing sale to people who mean business.
A man who is not well known in the
community, and who wishes to secure
an option on property, certainly can
I produce letters from some solid hnan-
cial institute or firm, showing his
standing and ability to carry out his
statements. If he is not willing to
furnish some such recommendation
then it would be well for the prospec-
/ tor and mine owner to let him severely
alone. The Silver City Independent
remarked last week that much annoy
ance and loss was caused IN that sec
tion about year ago by people of that
class. Some of them who we're not
able to pay board bills secured options
on property, aud in some instances the
owners were compelled to buy them
off before they could dispose of their
property to those who were legiti-
mately engaged in the business. 1t
would also be we'll, when dealing with
people who are not we'll known, to sub
nit your papers to some good lawyer
before turning them over, as it might
be the means of saving considerable
expense later on. Better consult a
lawyer in the first place before you
give a written option on your property,
than to be compelled to hire one later
to secure the release of your papers.
An old prospector remarked to the Era
only last week, that a bank in Denver
which held an escrow agreement of his,
refused to return the papers unless he
paid 50S, which the bank charged for
its trouble in the matter IL is only
right and proper that the custodian
of such instruments should be paid
for their safe keeping and compliance
with written instructions, but the
amount should be understood before
hand, and it should not come out of
the pocket of the rospector. 1t would
seem that the man who is legitimately
engaged in the business should be pre-.
pared to furnish either the best of
references or put up a sufficient
amount of cash to make the owner of
the property secure for any possible
contingencies Era.
The first oil we'll drilled at Kramer
had to be abandoned on account of
"heaving" sand. A second was started
and is now down 300 feet in shale, and
is going downward at the rate of forty
feet day.-Citrograph.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-22
TERMINUS TAKES
YOUNG HANDICAP

Chicago, July 14.-In one of the
greatest races of thoroughbreds ever
seen here, Terminus, a Tennessee
three ear-old, yesterday afternool
won the Young handicap at Washing
ton park, the distance being a mile
and three sixteenths. Never did
twelve horses run closer race and at
the finish they were so closely punched
that their order was guess. Termin-
us, who finished second to Robert
Waddell in the American derby, clev-
erly handled by little Gormley, won
the $4,000 prize by nearly a length.
Vesuvian finished second and John
Bright was close third. Twelve
thousand persons cheered the winner,
against whose chances odds of twenty
to one were offered.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-22

been built by voluntary contributions
by the wheelmen, and it is probable
that Of the number now using the
paths in this country not one in TWEEN
ty-fve contributed anything towards
paying for them. The new law will
remedy this irregularity and will en-
able the board to properly care for the
paths already built and to extend them
into districts where there are none at
present.
The Wisconsin valley is particularly
well adapted to the building and using
of side paths. Nowhere else can they
be made more cheaply and nowhere
can they be used more months in the
year than in Winnebago county.
Every mile of good path adds to the
value of every wheel by increasing its
usefulness. If the wheelmen of the
country take hold of this matter as
they should we can make this the
banner county of the state for good
wheeling. The cost of each wheelman
is trifiing, yet the large number Of
wheels ridden in the county should
furnish fund sufficient to largely in
crease the number and extent of paths,
as well as to greatly improve these we
already have.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-22

COLUMBIA TAKES LAST IN SERIES
OF RACES.
INDEPENDENCE Is PLUcKY
Loses Topgear or Would Probably
Have Come Out Victor-Outcome OF
Series Leaves Much to Be Deter
mined-Yachts Will Not Meet
Again For Ten Days.

Newport, July 13.-The Columbia
again defeated the Constitution in yes
terday's race by a margin in the cor
rected time of minutes and 10 Sec
onds, the independence being once
more last. after losing her topmast at
the very start. The Boston yacht,
however, sailed such a remarkably
plucky race, after being short of top
gear that it is generally believed here
she would have won the race but for
the accident. For twenty minutes
after the start she sailed with the
wreck of the club sail trailing astern,
while for six more she was motionless
and luffed in the wind while the crew
cleared away the tangle. All this time
the other two yachts were speeding
along under all sail, yet the Independ-
ence was only beaten minutes and AZ
seconds at the first mark and sailed
the second lag of the triangle in less
although they carried club tOpsails.
In the run home the two Bristol boats
were under great press of sail and beat
the Lawson yacht a little over four
minutes in ten miles. The Columbia
was never headed by the Constitution
but the new boat gave the old one a
warm contest. The Columbia had the
best of both reaches, but the Constitu-
ton sailed the windward leg a minute
and half faster than the old boat.
The result of the four contests be-
tween the three boats leaves much to
be determined especially as to the rel
alive merits in anything except light
airs. Yesterdays race was sailed in
a ffteen-knot wind, the northeaster
being much stronger than the south
wester of Thursday. The race closed
the series, and the yachts will not
meet again for at least ten days, the
Constitution going to Bristol, the
Columbia to New York and the indie
pendence probably to New London.
| Davenport, July 13-Yesterday was
the last day of the great western race
meet. In the 2:3O trot, purse $500,
were six starters. Vic Scheller won,
time 2:18A. In the 2:07 pace, purse
$500, were three starters Little Boy
won, time 2:07A. In the 2:14 trot,
purse $500, were four starters. Ida
Sultan won, time 2:141a.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-22
STAMPS ON BANK CHECKS.
How the Money on Them May bs
Recovered.

How the Money on Them May be
Recovered.
It is estimated that the government
will lose revenue of $45.000,000 q
year by the removal of the revenue
stamp on bank checks. drafts and tele-
graph messages. Those holding over
So worth of the revenue stamps will
have an opportunity to have them re,
deemed by making an affidavit and
filing it with the internal revenue Off
Ger of the district. stating from whom
the stamps were purchased, accom-
paned also by an affidavit of the first
purchaser of the stamps. The papers
will be forwarded to Washington and
in the course Of year or so returns
may be obtained, but naturally the pro-
cess is a laborious one and no doubt
at least $2,500,000 of stamps now in
the hands of purchasers will never be
redeemed and the United States will
be ahead just that much. 1t is esti-
mated that there are between 5000
and 1000 claims in Wisconsin alone,
amounting in all. perhaps, to 100000.
Owners of printed checks and drafts
must forward them to the commission
er of internal revenue at their own ex-
pense. In the case of cigars, the tax
on which has been reduced from $3.5
per 1000 to So, dealers will be allowed
a rebate on all unbroken boxes.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-22
RECORDS
GO AT DETROIT

Detroit, July 17-Ten thousand
people saw Eleata, the four-year-old
black mare owned by ex-senator Jones
of New Hampshire, win the $4,000
merchants and manufacturers stake
for 2:24 trotters in straight heats at
Crosse Pointe track yesterday after
noon and lower the record for the
race from 2:10 IL to 2O8 ga. Another
record was broken in the 2:O8 trot
when The Monk forced Boralma to go
the last heat in 2:07 IA, lowering his
mark three quarters of a second.
Fifteen horses answered the start
ers' bell when the first heat OF the
merchants and manufacturers was
called and it was hard field to get
off. Neva Simmons led to the stretch
where Eleata took the lead and held
it to the wire. Eleata was in front
all the way in the second heat, al
though Country J made strong bid
in the stretch. Going steady as
clock, the black mare took the third
heat in record time and was greeted
with enthusiastic cheers as she came
under the wire with the others six to
one Lengths in the rear.
Branden won from Captain Potter
after a fierce drive in the 2:20, time
2:11 IL. Boralma was prohibit1ve
favorite in the 2:0S trot. The Monk
broke badly in the first heat and just
got inside the flag, but in the second
gave Boralma a hot chase.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-22
CYCLE PATHS.
Outline of the New Law Relating to
Their Construction.

Their Construction.
In several of the more progressive
states laws have been passed within
the last two or three years with special
reference to the construction and
proper maintenance of side paths for
the use of wheelmen and pedestrians.
This is part of the general move
ment for good roads that is in progress
in this country, notably in Massachu-
sets, New Jersey and New York state
in the east, and Michigan, Wisconsin
and Minnesota in the middle west.
The cycle path law passed by our
legislature at it's last session is much
like the New York state law in it's pro
visions. It's chief features are as fol
lows:
The county judge appoints a board
of side path commissioners for the
county, consisting Of five Or seven
members, who serve without pay.
This board is authorized and en-
powered to construct and maintain
side paths, along any public road or
street, after obtaining the approval
of the town board in which the path IS
to be constructed, or of the village
board of any incorporated village.
The funds with which to pay for the
construction of the paths is obtained
by means of a license fee which shall
not be less than SO cents nor more
than $100, to be paid by all wheelmen
who make use of the paths already
built by the board of side path COM
missioners.
The license issued to the wheelmen
is in the form of tag. which must be
kept attached to the left front fork of
the wheel.
Only wheels bearing such license
will be allowed on the cycle paths.
The usual penalties for violating any
of the provisions of this law are pro
vided for in the act.
It will be noticed that this law is pc
culiar in one respect. That is, it re-
quires the money for building the
paths to be paid solely by the wheel
men; nobody else is required to pay
a penny. Heretofore cycle paths have
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-22
FREIGHT RATE WAR ENDS.
Rupture Which Threatened Twenty
Six Roads Settled.

Chicago, July 12.-The Santa Fe
Railway company yesterday officially
announced that the cut rates sched-
uled to go into effect on the Chicago
Missouri river division of its system
had been withdrawn. Regular rates
were restored and notices to this eff
feet were telegraphed to agents. This
is the first definite movement to end
the western freight rate war which
threatened the earnings of twenty-six
roads and brought forth strong re-
monstrances from eastern financial
banking interests.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-22
Death Narrowly Averted.

Death Narrowly Averted.
At 7:35 D. M, after the fire was
practically out, the stone wall IN the
rear of the main building fell and that
three men were not killed is looked
upon as miracle. Assistant Chlef
John Engelberger assisted by Fire
men James Harrison and William +.
Seller were holding a hose on the
ruins when the great wall came crash
ing down without the slightest warn
ing. In the cloud of dust the three
men were completely hidden from
view and it was thought all three mad
been buried. Fortunately they es-
capped with slight injuries. EngelDer-
ger and Sieler were buried in the fall-
ing stone and mortar up to the hlps
and were quickly gotten out by their
comrades. Sellers right knee was out
of Joint and he was otherwise painful
" bruised. Aside from severe bruises
Engelburger was not hurt. Strange
ly, Harrison, who was nearest the
wall, was hurt least of all. The wall
was built of heavy quarry-stone, was
two feet thick and 40 feet in height.
FeIIed by Live Wire.
Early in the progress of the fire
John Ottow, John Nelson and John
Morehauser were knocked down by
an electric current. Ottow's head was
quite badly cut. The three men were
holding a hose on the flames in the
wash room of the Kentzler barn when
a severed live wire made an electric
circuit down the stream to the nozzle
the men were holding.
Some of the Losers.
Several citizens had fine rigs stored
in the destroyed barn. Mrs. e. X
Adams lost a valuable brougham and
robes on which there was some insur-
ance.
Thomas Morgan lost his fine surrey
single rubber-tired buggy, cutter
two sets of harness and some incident
ais. He has $500 insurance.
Senator John C. Spooner lost all his
carriages, harnesses and robes.
His loss is estimated at $4,000. He
had a $1,000 victoria, 5000 2-seat
runnabout, fine rockaway and
single buggy stored in the barn. He
carried no insurance.
Mrs. Willis Hathaway lost a SITE
buggy.
J. w. Groves lost between $500 and
$500 in two vehicles and harnesses.
Many Of the boarding horses were
out as well as a few liveries.
E. F. Ester lost two harnesses.
Mrs. David Atwood lost a nice can
opy-top 3-seat and a 5000 silver mount
ed harness.
Doctors D. B. Collins and H. A. Gil
bert lost buggy each.
Chas. Hoebel, president of the Mad
ison Saddlery company, lost 500
harness. His horse was fortunately
out.
w. w Harrington sustained loss
of $500, which is fully covered by in
surance
He had three horses in the barn but
these were saved.
Of the seven horses that died in the
flames, five were owned by Kentzlel
Brothers and two were boarders
Louis Rhodes and Matthew STATE were
the owners of the boarders. Kentzlel
Brothers lost one of a fine carriage
team of black horses for which they
recently paid $500. For the horse
that was burned an offer of 5000 il
cash was refused a week ago
One of the victims, Flossie, was sor
rel livery horse of such fine DISPOSE
ton that she cannot be replaced al
any price. Another horse was the
big gray, Pat, who for six years has
been driven on the police patrol.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-22
COUNT ToLsTol ILL.
Noted Russian Author Suffering
From Fever.

London, July I'm. Tohertkof,
who is Count Tolstoi's representative
in Great Britain. received a telegram
asserting that the famous Russian is
dangerously i'll with fever, accom-
panied by great weakness, and that
his state is very serious. The dis
patch was received from lula, Euro
pean Russia. where Tolstoi is under
stood to be.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1901-07-22
Theory as to Origin.

AS nearly as can be ascertained, the
fire was caused by spontaneous COM
bustion in the hay NOW. A few min
utes before the fire was discovered,
the thermometer hanging in the sun
against the brick wall, registered lao
degrees. Andrew Kentzler noticing
this called to another man standing
near by to see the remarkable sight.
Andrew Kentzler says there was no
doubt that the fire started from spon-
taneous combustion "About five min
utes before it started" he said, Il
looked at the thermometer against the
brick wall. It was IN the sun and
stood at 140 degrees. Between the
hay and the hot tin roof the heat was
terrible, and all at once the fire
started. 1t went off like puff of
powder, and the whole thing began to
blaze. The loss was probably between
$1,000 and $4,000"