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The courier., 1901-07-27
A PROPHECY FULFILLED.
EMILY GUIwITS

Let me ask you, Billy Bryan,
Why the mischief you are tryin'
To convince the people that you're not
crank?
Don't you know it's very foolish
On your part to be so mulish
Over that eonfounded little silver plank?
You are such an expert bluffsr
That an ordinary duffer
Might be fooled by all your little campaign
tricks
If he didn't lust remember
Between now and next November
That you bluffed the same old way in
ninety.six
You went howling through creation
That destruction and starvation
Was the certain fate Of every mothers son
If the following election
Didn't 60 in your direction
With your crazy notions Of sixteen to one.
But you see you were not in it,
Not one single blessed minute,
When the voters really settled down to biz;
] hey were not so green and silly
As you seemed to think them. Billy,
When you tried to fill them up on silver
fizz.
And III tell you, Billy Bryan,
That really think you're lynn
When you say our party principles are
trash;
For you've put in every hour
Since Mckinley was in power
Filling Up your pockets with gold standard
cash.
Now to be consistent, honey,
You must give up all that money
Which you made when politics were out Of
joint;
Do we think we see you do it?
Not one penny-if you knew it
Would you give up. Do you voters see
the point
If this little object lesson
Fails to set ths people guessin'
Till their Yankee wits see how things ought
to ber
Well own up were mistaken,
That our faith is sadly shaken,
And hang Our harps Upon weeping viii
low tree.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-10-18
To Chase the Beers With.

Inc horse market is lively lust now
throughout the Palouse country. az well
as other portions OF the west. Again
buyers Tor England's mounted infantry
10 south Africa are roaming the country.
nuslGg up ponies with which to chase
the Beers. The cheapest animals are
oeihg taken at $50 to $50 a head. L.
MeaGor or Walla Walla spent a large
portlon OF the past week at Colfax buy
ing TINS class of horses and secured
ABOUT 20. They will be shipped to New
orleans, where they will be received by
representatives of the British govern
meht at 500 to $120 a head, and by
Cne time they are landed on African
snores, where the average life of Brit
ism army horse is about six weeks, will
5000 each.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-10-18

l.: Z. Ross of st. John was a Colfax
VISITOR Tuesday. He returned Sunday
from Renwick, iowa, where he was called
oy the dangerous illness of his aged
father, who is 80 years OF age. He was
accompanied west by his brother in-law,
:: ii. bingham, and family OF Webster
City, Iowa, who came out to view the
country, with a possible intention of
settling here. Mr.. Dingman says people
are Hooking into Iowa from Illinois,
where they sell for double what they pay
Tor Iowa land, and that the Iowans are
last moving west and northwest, where
tney buy land for one-fourth or one fifth
what they sell out to the Illinoisans for.
Ihe gentlemen say west bound trains
are uncomfOrtably crowded.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-10-18
A Wise Woman.

The engagement of this company at
the Opera House gives promise of being
the most important musical comedy
event OF the season. The play, which is
III three acts, is so constructed as to
give scope for the introduction of special
ties, and from the reviews seen of the
production these features are said to be
OF very superior order.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-10-18
Removed to SDOkaue

Mr.. and Mrs. Don Ryrie left Wednes-
day Tor Spokane, which will in future be
the gentleman's headquarters as general
agent for Balfour, Guthrie & Co. The
Coltax office will remain open, in charge
OF A. M. Scott of the Interior Warehouse
Company.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-10-18

Lucas County.
Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is the
senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney &
Co., doing business in the city of Toledo,
county and state aforesaid, and that said firm
will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL
LARS for each and every case of catarrh that
cannot be cured by the use of Halls Ca
tarrh Cure FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed in nv
presence, this 9th day of December, A. D. 1886
[Seall A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Send for testimonials, free.
+. J. CHENEY & Co., Toledo, O.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-10-18
MISCELLANEOUS.

hOAD AMI bhIlDGE FUND
? Williamson, for hauling bridge
timbers g 10 QS
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-10-18
For Sale Cheap

For Sale Cheap.
Sixty acres of land one half mile from
Endicott. For particulars inquire Bank
of Pennington, Pennington, Wash.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-10-18

FL. W. GoFF, FIRE insurance.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-10-18
NO COYOTE FARMING
Scalps Will Not Pass AT County
Treasury After December L.
ontciai Proceedings of the Board
of County Commissioners At
the October Session.

Proceedings of the board of county
commissioners of Whitman county,
Washington. Regular meeting of the
board OF county commissioners of Whit
man county, Washington, held on DC
tober Z, 1901. Present, Commissioners
finchhff, klemgerd and Willard.
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-10-18

Continued on Page Twelve)
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-10-18
Unclaimed Letters.
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, /

One cent postage will be collected.
JAMES EWART, ?. n
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-10-18

hC dptliSoOiOh vi VI L . It duRuU III re-
gard to taxes was allowed, $565.
10 the matter OF the allowance here
tofore made to A. j. McDaniels, the
board ordered that, whereas an allow
ance has been paid to A. j. McDanieIs,
deceased, of Garfield, in the sum of SIS
per month, it is hereby ordered that
said allowance be paid to Mrs. A. J.
McDaniels until further ordered by this
board.
COYOTE SCALP BOUNTY CLAIMS.
Henry G Burrow. ..................$ 8 90
/ M Curtis. ......-..... ..,....... 3 90
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-10-18

In the matter of the application of
Mrs. Annie Binnard of Palouse, the
hoard ordered that the taxes OF Mrs.
Annie Binnard on ek lot Z, block 8,
Fitche's addition to PalOuse be accept
ed as follows, 10 lieu of all taxes due on
said property: For the year 1897 $17S5,
for 1898 SIG 10, for year 1899 $18 SIS,
for year 1900 $17.S5, and the county
treasurer is hereby authorized to &C
cept the said sum of $40 % as the taxes
in full of said property.
In the matter of the appropriation to
county superintendent, the board
ordered that an appropriation be made
to the county superintendent of schools
for the sum of $500, to be used in the
purchase of postage stamps and other
expenses of this office.
In the matter of the stock chute for
Thomas StewardsOn, the board ordered
that Thomas Stewardson is hereby per
mitted to build a stock chute on the
Griffith road on se4 section 81, twp. 10.
range Al, and it is understood that the
said StewardsOn is to keep the same in
repair during the time the said stock
chute remains across said road, to be
under the supervision of the road super
visor.
Requisition of G. A. r. Post on indi-
gent soldiers fund: Mrs Ruth Evans
was granted ten dollars per month for
three months, made payable to Mrs. S
g. Allen, president W. r C.
The board has granted to Nathaniel
Lyons Post for an INDECENT soldier, the
sum OF $500 per month, for two
months, to be paid to Woman's Relief
Corps No. "a.
Board adjourned to October 9Th, at
the hour of 8 O'Clock a. m.
Tuesday, October 8, 1901
Board met pursuant to adjournment,
all members being present.
The following claims were allowed:
ROAD DISTRICT CLAIMS
Rd Dist. Amt
No. Allw'd
Devenish Hdw Co for supplies "a $515
VIM Codd for lumber ...........13 q GA
ROAD AND BRIDGE CLAIMS
VIM Codd, for lumber for change in
Buck canyon road ......... z 40
VIM Codd for lumber for Wilcox
bridge ........ .-....... 4 %
VIM Codd, for lumber for Main street
bridge ................. ........ 70 A
Barroll & Mohney, supplies for brew
cry bridge. ............. ....... 315
Mccain & Outmap material .. s 100
Charles + Kay lumber and nails Sc %
S Z Coffin, for planking bridge " q 90
Austin & Western Co Ltd, road
grader ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ......... 100 90
JAS Jay ct al, work on county bridge. 6 90
Palouse Lumber Co, for lumber $500 20 80
o II Horton, labor on brewery bridge 80 90
Thomas Hughes, work on Garfield
grade ....-....---.-... UU
American Bridge Co, bal contract on
Palouse bridge ....-.......... :. 1853 90
VIM Codd, lumber for Brewery bridge SO 63
OH Horton, labor on Wilcox bridge 10 80
The time having arrived for the hear
ing upon the Taught road, the same
was duly ordered established.
The time having arrived for the hear
ing upon the Gray road, the petition for
same was rejected.
SUPERVISORS CLAIM.
Thomas Mathews, for supervisor road
GENERAL CLAIMS.
Bancroft Whitney Co for supplement
60 code. ............ ....-.......$ VI
j r Good l. Co, partition IN basement
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-10-18

board OF county commissioners OF Whit
man county, Washington, held on DC
tober Z. 1901. Present, Commissioners
Hinchhff, klemgerd and Willard
SALARY CLAIMS
G G Raby, auditor ............ 1888 80
Welty. deputy auditor. .......... rs GO
II ii Wheeler, deputy auditor .... 20 90
+ . Williams, deputy auditor ... 1000
Maud Il Marsh, index clerk auditors
office. ................ 900
Emma /. Stark, copyist, work on tax
rolls -........-. ............... " 60
Ihenia MatZger, cOpyist auditors office 81 Sc
Ia Nj Carter, extra work in auditors
Office i. ....... ................. 1900
w > Windus, county treasurer ...... 154 II
IL Allen, deputy treasurer .. Is CO
II Belllnger, clerk in treasurer's office 20 90
A Metz, 1000
Georgia Hanna, services for special
work ................. "a 80
III j Wilcox, clerk in treasurer's office 20 90
james b Mackay, sheriff ...... 1873 SO
James A Greene, deputy sheriff 49,. 70 90
ii Davis, ....... 100 CO
w W Renfrew, county clerk ......... 125 90
tlaude Renfrew, clerk in clerks office 230
0 l. Kennedy, deputy county clerk \. 70 90
II Neergaard, prosecuting attorney. 1873 80
M a McCroskeY, clerk supt Office $50. l so
5 NJ McCroskey, supt of schools. w 100 co
X III Duff, assessor. ... ........ 100 90
T. e Murray, county surveyor ... 125 90
A Privett, janitor. observation-disclosures. As 90
w Davenport, janitor . 45 90
Ed Short, supt county farm ..... As 90
L h Mckinney, nurse smallpox case 42C1
Mary Sleeper, cook for county farm Is GO
Devine X Ferguson, for services as
county physicians .... Is 90
+ Mcguire, court stenographer !. . 100 90
Geo w Case, Jr, tax collector. .. % rs
The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1901-10-18
To Pan-American Exposition Via
o, IL, & N

The Oregon Railroad & Navigation
Company announces the following limits
on tickets to Buffalo and return: Going:
Continuous passage and to commence
on day of sale. Returning: Sixty days
from date of sale, west of Chicago only;
east of Chicago thirty days from date OF
sale. On Tuesday; August 9th, and
Tuesday, September Sd, sixty-day limit
from date OF sale is authorized to But
falo and return. A. L. Craig, General
Passenger Agent, Portland, Or. P. C.
Mcguire, gent, COlfax.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-01

he can be of some benefit to his faIla- fly and not a great lazy 1oafer."
 So the Widow Thornton made up list of eligible men in the vicinity and decided upon William Bernard, one of the hired men on her farm. William was still in his twenties, had no bad habits, of a gentle disposi- tion, and strong and hearty. tI don't believe that William is liable to get his foot over the traces or kick the dashboard,'' said the Widow Thornton. ''I'll marry William"
 That night at supper the Widow Thornton said to the hired hand: William, we may as we'll get mar ried. The house is big enough for two. It's shame to have so much room in this great big place wasted. I'll give you an income of $250 a year, after the chores as usual, William. Bring the buggy around to the front door tomorrow morning at ten o'clock, William, and we will go down to the Methodist preachers and be married"
 @'Yessum," said William, meekly.
 After the Widow Thornton became Mrs. Bernard she found she had made a mistake. William put on airs. He seemed to think that as the husband of his former employer it was be- meath his dignity to milk the cows night and morning, and he positively declined to run the clothes wringer on washdays. He refused to let his spouse bring him up in the way he should go, but instead made frequent trips Hdown ter the city, and put on more style than the leading man of a stock company. William com menced smoking real ''see-gars" and wearing hand-painted neckties.
 The end came one day when Will liam put on his store clothes, lit 'ssee-gar,' and calmly started down the road to the depot to take the train for Cincinnati. Mrs. Bernard wanted him to come back and agitate the washing on the washboard. Will liam said init" Mrs. Bernard went in pursuit and, catching up with her spouse, shot him in the foot.
 William returned home. Mrs. Ber- nard sued for divorce. It was grant ed, but the judge said seeing that William was proposed to that he shoull have $43 a year alimony.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-01
aPAN-AMERICAN BANNERS.

In the Plaza is green banner with the words welcome"
 On either side of the Electric tower is a large light green banner with golden design.
 On the differen: buildings are placed South American flags; between each of the South American flags are Pan American flags.
 On each side of the Triumphal Causeway float golden banners, with the coat-of-arms of the United States. The banners are gold to repeat the color used on the pylons.
 In the Acetylene building are airi- gonical signs showing the history of light in 16 different stages of inyen- tion-the first panel being a wafer, the last an acetysene gas light.
 From the two large flag poles in the Esplanade float large flags. The poles are go feet high. On them the flags of different countries, cities, states or societies will be raised on their re- spective days.
 In the Agriculture building fea- ture of the decorations is the Pan American and state flags and coats-of- arms of different states and countries exhibiting. They are placed between the garlands, holding them up.
 On the poles of the Lily and Cypress courts four large red flags with floral designs float with 64 small streamers, carrying the colors (not fags) of the South American republics-red, white, blue, green and yellow.
 On the corners of the Electricity building are placed the flags of the -four European powers having colonies in this hemisphere. On the northwest corner, France; southwest, Holland; northeast, Denmark; southeast, Eng land.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-01
THE BEE AS A BAROMETER.
Queen Has n Staff of Wcathey Prophets.

Such should be the title of these lines, for whoever observes these in- teresting insects finds it easy enough to foreten exactly the kind of weather to be expected. At least that is the opinion of many raisers of bees.
 Generally the bee stays at home when rain is in the air. When the sky is simply dark and cloudy these busy workers do not leave their dwelling all at once. A few go out at first, as though the queen had sent out mes sengers to study the state of the at mosphere. The greater number re- main on observation until the clouds begin to dissipate, and it is only then that the battalions entire rush out in search of their nectar. A bee never goes out in a fog, because it is well aware that dampness and cold are two fearsome, redoubtable enemies We do not mean, however, that the bee is a meteorologist in the absolute sense of the word. Its cleverness consists in never being taken unawares, for it possesses untiring vigilance. Often one may observe the sudden entrance of bees into the hive when a dense cloud hides the sun, and even though the rain is not in evidence.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-01
A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING.

Three per cent. of steamers and four per cent. of sailing vessels are lost at sea yearly.
 About one-third of the worlds cof- fee production is consumed in the United States.
 Bananas with purple leaves and seedless fruit have been introduced into British conseryatories.
 The Porto Rican native is very much given to dancing. Both men and women have natural love for the ballroom.
 Tea became known in England about the middle of the seventeenth century. It was first sold in public houses as beer is now tapped.
 There are fewer contested seats in the Fifty-seventh congress than in any previous one for many years. There are practically no contests in the senate, though the session will open in December with Delaware, one of the original states, with no repre- sentative.
 Extensive investigations are about to be made by the agricultural de- partment of the whole question of fruit harvesting and marketing, in cludfng the application of refrigera- ton to fruit storage, both in the warehouse and in transit, so as to help the people of all the states in putting their fruits upon foreign markets.
 A new whisky bottle contains float which sinks as the spirit is ex- tracted, always remaining on the surface; but if any other liquid is added, the position of the float is altered. It will sink below the sur~ face if any other fluid is added to the whisky. This is intended to pre- vent dishonest persons taking some of the contents and replacing with water.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-01
cRoKER, THE TAMMANY CHIEF
The Crokers were English.

The Crokers were English.
 Craft is with Croker artificial.
 He can be as bluff and blunt as Henry VIII.
 Young Richard was profound and untiring athlete.
 Richard Croker is firm apostle of organized politics.
 Crol1er seems to trust, and his sus- picion is never asleep.
 Croker takes natural command of men, who as naturally obey.
 Croker never drinks strong waters and has a dread of drunken men.
 There were Crokers in the army, in law, in literature, in parliament.
 Croker will speak well of his most hateful foe, or steep himself in si- lence.
 Croker's father was a veterinary surgeon, and fought in the civil war for the union.
 Croker attended grammar school, and was apprenticed at 16 at the ma chinist's trade.
 Croker's father removed to this country from Ireland when Richard Croker was three years old.
 Croker guards himself against over throw from within by limiting the possibility of power growth in those about him.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-01
ERA OF COMBINATIONS
Community of Railroad Ownership
 in the United States.
rwo-Thirds of Entire Mileage Is Df- yided Into Nine Groups, All of Which will Eventually Work
 in Perfect Harmony.

A map of the United States show Ing the owners of two-thirds of it's railway mileage is given in the Com mon Carrier. This paper shows that owing to an underst tanding or agree ment, verbal or written, generally the latter, half dozen financial leaders control two-thirds of the railway mileage of the United States and thus maintain rates. The article, as distracted in the Railway Digest, gives the names of seven or eight men who thus control 10s. .404 miles of road, and the table of roads, grouped as controlled, is given below. Says the latter paper:
 "The writer further remarks that community of ownership will not mean low wages or high rates. Un- der private ownership men of ability will be we'll paid. It is the govern nent that pays modest salaries for responsibility. Railway owners be- lieve with Andrew Carnegie: There is no price too dear to pay for per fection.'"
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-01
ODD BITS OF INFORMATION.


 The most prominent family in the own of Prosperity, Mo-, is named Poor.
 Putnam is now the only New York county on the east bank of the Hud- .on having no incorporated city.
 ''search-ighting" for frogs is the attest industry in Kansas. A big hectric light is flashed upon the ponds, and before the croakers recov- 1T their sight they are scooped up in iets.
 Charles Tiff, of North Barre, Vt., has ! fish pond in his own house. He has tbout two feet of water in his cellar, 10 it is reported, and has placed some fsh in it that he caught in the river, SO that he does not have to go out of als house for fishing.
 Almost like fiction was the experi- ence of James Dinmore, college boy, in Ohio. Bound hand and foot in m old barn by hazing committee, he overheard plot to rob a nearby house, and got loose in time to give warning.
 In a little handful of earth in the crotch of the branches of the big elm tree in front of a store at Norway, Vt., is a currant bush. The shrub has been growing there for two or three years, and has attained a vigorous size Last year it bore fruit for the irst time.
 Agents of the Indian bureau of the interior department who have just returned from the southwest report nore than a dozen cases in the Ind1- an territory in which wealthy Ind1- ans are employing white men to work their farms, being content themselves to reside upon their es- tates in ease and comfort, piling up the profits made for them by thelr white servants.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-01
BELOW THE EQUATOR.

Tasmania instituted the colonial tabulation of the conjugal condition of the people as unmarried, married, widowed and divorced.
 The president of the Argentine Re public lately reported to the con gress that sthe task of paying off the floating debt of the nation is fin ished.''
 On the banks of the Purus, in South America, dwells a peculiar tribe of people who are spotted in a queer manner. All members of the tribe are similar in this respect, men, women and children being mottled black and white.
 The numerous islands of the Pata- gonia archipelago are covered with evergreen forests capable of supply ing immense quantities of valuable timber, while the mountain ranges, being of the same geological forma- tion as those of Chili and Peru, are probably rich in mineral resources.
Waterbury Democrat., 1901-07-01
AFTER HALF A CENTURY.
Mrs. James Quinn, of New York, Re- united to Sister Who Had Been
 Lost to Her for 53 Years.

After a separation of more than half a century. in which each thought the other dead, two sisters have been reunited and expect to pass the re mainder of their life together. One is Mrs James Quinn, whose husband is a prosperous contractor, and the other Mrs Mary O'Neil, who has just arrived on the Teutonic from her home in County Cavan, Ireland. The women and one brother are the sur viving children of Owen O'Neil, who 5 years ago owned an extensive es- tate in Ireland. His wife died and he followed her two months later. The children were left practically helpless and an uncle had the girls placed in an orphanage. Mary was three years old, and Annie, now Mrs. Quinn, was 12.
 Through the kind offices of another uncle Annie was brought % New York city, where she has since lived. She lost all track of Mary and her broth CTS. A few years ago she learned that two of the brothers had died, and re- gently heard that the third brother still lived in the town of his birth. Through him she found that Mary had been taken from the orphan asylum 45 years ago and was a servant in a well-known family.
 Mrs. Quinn at once sent money and a ticket for her sister to come to New York city. She met Mary on the pier and took her to her own home, where she now dwells in contentment,