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The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-02

entirely, it is evident that not one
tenth of the bank deposits pay
taxes. Why does this less than
one-tenth pay taxes while more
than ine-tenths escape q? Sim
Fly because its owners are more
honest, more ready to respect the
law. The tax on money and
credits" is really tax on honesty,
a tax on respect for law. 1t is a
sort of fine which a few men are
willing to pay for the luxury of
telling the truth in Colorado.
Such a tax is both unjust and
foolish. By making tax-dodging
profitable, and getting people into
the habit of it, the Commonwealth
loses other taxes to an amount far
greater than it collects from "mon-
ey and credits" The most impor-
tant fact. however, is that no Com
monwealth can afford to fine its
citizens for honesty, or put pre-
MUM upon disrespect for law.
Such facts should make it impos-
sible for any honest citizen to op-
pose the Australasian Tax Amend
ment, which will open the way for
a decided improvement lin our
present tax system.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-02

norial estates and great farms, cor
responding to the class of free
tenants" in the old feudalism.
XI. The cotters living in isola-
ted places and on the margin of
cultivation.
XII. The tramps, the occasion
ally employed and unemployed
the wastrels of city and country
This, then, will be the classifi-
cation of society when the million
aires have obtained complete con-
of the nations industries, and
exercise the functions of govern
ment through sub-servient clique
of hirelings and politicians. A
few more years of protective tariff
prosperity. and those who have
been true to the interests of the
whole people will be able to wit
ness the poverty stricken advocate
of trusts and monopolies eating
crumbs that fall from the Duke of
the Bread Trusts table--and all
this with a certain degree of salts
faction, Notwithstanding his owu
suffering.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-02

Some people think we'll of the
present system of taxation because
it processes to tax bank deposits
and similar forms of wealth. But
the bulk of any kind of property
that can be concealed, or can be
removed to where it can escape
taxation, never pays tax. Ac-
cording to the last report of the
state Auditor, the assessments of
money and credits, which includes
bank deposits, for Arapahoe coun-
ty was s3,445,445. The deposits
in the First Rational Bank of
Denver alone have reached S21,
100000; and there ara four other
National Banks in Denver besides
number of other banking insti-
tntions. Even if promissory notes
and other evidences of obligation
supposed to be taxed under 'mon-
ey and credits" escape taxation
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-02
Administrators Notice.
te of Patrick DowIing, decea sod.

Estate of Patrick Bowling deceased.
The undersigned. having been appointed
Administrator of the Estate of Patrick Dowl-
ing, late Of the County of Gunnison, and State
OF Colorado. deceased. hereby gives notice that
he Will appear before the County Court of
Gunnison County, at the Court House in Gun
nison, at the August Term, on the Third Mon
day in September next. at which time all per-
sons having claims against said Estate are
notified and requested to attend for the pur-
poe OF having the same adjusted. All persons
indebted to said Estate are requested to make
immediate payment to the undersigned
Dated this 9Th. day of August. A. ID. 1902
TIM BOWLING, Administrator.
First pub. Aug L., 1902.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-02
When Aliilionaires Rule

An article in recent number of
The Independent by w. j. Ghent.
gives an idea of the present trend
toward a condition of affairs that
the people should think over and
use all means at their command to
prevent. After making it plain
that if the present tendency toward
the Capitalization of wealth into
the possession, of small per cent
of the people, is not checked, the
result will be the establishment
of a benevolent feudalism" that
in many respects will place the peo-
pie in far worse condition than
the "villiens" of the mediaval ages.
When this modern form of serf-
dom shall have been fastened upon
the people of America by the cap
italists, the following will be the
.sradations of society, as tabulated
by Mr.. Ghent:
I. The barons, graded on the
basis of possessions.
II. The courtiers and court
agents.
III. The workers in pure and
applied science, artists and physi-
clans. The new feudalism, like
most autocracies, will foster not
only the arts, but also certain kinds
of oflearning-particularly the kinds
which are unlikely to disturb the
minds of the multitude. A future
Marsh or Cope or lie Conte will be
literally patronized, and left free
to discover what he will; and so,
too, an Edison or Marconi. On
ly they must not meddle with any
thing relating to social science,
For obvious reasons, also, the ply
sicians will occupy a position of
honor and comparative freedom
under the regime.
~. The managers of the great
industries, transformed into sal
aried class. =
V. The foremen and superin-
tendents. This class has hereto
fore been recruited largely from
the skilled workers, but with the
growth of technical education in
schools and colleges and the de-
velopment of fixed caste, it is
likely to become differentiated.
vi. The villiens of the cities
and towns, more or less regularly
employed, who do skilled work and
are partially protected by organi-
zation.
VII. The villiens of the cities
and towns who do unskilled labor
and are unprotected by organiza-
ton. They will comprise the la
borers, domestics and clerks.
VIII. The villiens of the man.
orial estates, of the great farms,
the mines and the forests.
TX. The small-unit farmers
the petty tradesman and manufac-
turers.
X. The sub-tenants on the ma
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-02

The declaration of the Idaho
republicans in regard to the pro-
tective tariff is certainly of treas
enable pature, and is sure to
bring a howl of remembrance from
the high muck a-mucks of Repub-
licandom. But if the Idaho re-
publicans are disfranchised and
cast into the bottomless pit, it will
be no more than they deserve, for
the idea that an assemblage of
of prosperous (O republicans
would be SO imprudent as to
use the Comprehend" terms of
"tariff revision" ""free trade" or in
fact any term relating to tariff, ex-
cept it be the old time-worn "scav-
enger of commerce" known as reci-
procity, deserve any punishment
the bosses see fit to heap upon
themz That the obnoxious plank
will be ripped from the Idaho plat
form and broken to splinters over
injudicious heads of the Idaho
republicans, there is not the least
doubt. In order TO give a clearer
idea as to the enormity of the of
fense, We will copy the rebellious
plank:
"That many of the industries of
this country have outgrown their
infancy and the American manu-
facturer has entered the markets
of the world and is successfully
competing with the manufacturers
of all other countries. We there
fore favor revision of the tariff
without unreasonable delay, which
will place on the free list every ar
ticle and product controlled by q
monopoly"
Now those Idaho republicans
might possibly get back into line
and mitigate their punishment by
pleading the first offense" dodge,
or it maybe that others may awak-
en- to a realization Of their past
errors, and, taking the action of
the Idaho people as a wise prece-
dent, do likewise to such an extent
that the bosses will hesitate before
adopting coercive methods for get
ting the deserters back into the
ranks, thereby causing general
stampede.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-02

The fight among the guberna-
torial aspirants for first place on
the democratic ticket does not con-
Germ Gunnison county in the least.
Her business is to lay low and
watch for an opening.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-02
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

"Box-car and street-corner pol
iticians" will soon be most heard of
people in the country.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-02
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Applegate carries the finest line Of
Hose in town.
Shirt Waists, latest styles and lowest
prices, at Applegate's.
Applegate has just received a new
stock OF Ready made Walking Skirts.
You should see the new line OF Outing
Flannels, at Applegae's Millinery Store.
An up-to-date line of blankets, best
made and prices right. At OLNEY's.
Talk about school shoes The "Good
Wear is the best on earth. Give them
a trial and be convinced. AT OLNEYs.
have the best line of winter samples
that sever came down the pike" If you
are in need of suit or an overcoat.
come in and look them over. Fit guar
anteed and prices lower than any house
in the county is giving. j. S. OLNEY.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1902-09-02
COLORADO STATE FAIR.
Pueblo, Sept. Is to 20.

For this occasion the Denver & Rio
Grande system will make a rate of one
fare for the round trip. Tickets on sale
September 10, 16, II, 1S and 10, good to
return until September 81.
School supplies School supplies
Ross & Son have tho only complete line
in town. All the text books, tablets,
states, pencils, pencil boxes, book bags.
rulers, composition books, drawing books,
pencil sharpeners and blank papers used
by school children. We will buy your
second-ha books.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18
WHY THE DEAD SEA IS DEAD.
Conditions That Exist in This Stored
Body of Water.

From the Chicago Record Herald.
Scientific observation justifies the estimate
that a daily average of 6.JO0.00O tons Of
the Jordan and other sources during the
year. During the rainy season the amount
is very much greater; during the dry season
II Is, of course, Very much less. but this
average will be maintained year after year.
There is no outlet, and the level is kept
down by evaporation only, which Is very
rapid because Of the intense heat, the dry
atmosphere and the dry winds which are
constantly blowing down the gorges be-
tween the mountains.
This evaporation causes a haze or mist
to hang over the lake at all times and,
when it Is more rapid than usual, heavy
clouds form and thunderStorms sometimes
rage with great violence in the pocket be-
tween the cliffs. even In the dry season A
flood of rain often falls upon the surface Of
the sea when the sun Is shining and the at
mosphere Is as dry as bone half a mile
from the shore. The mountains around the
Dead sea are rarely seen with distinctness
because of this haze.
The waters of the Jordan. when they
reach the sea- are as brown as the earth
through which they fiOw-a thick solution
of mud-but the instant they mingle with
the salt water of the lake the particles of
soil are precipitated and they become as
clear as crystal, with an intensely green
tint. Carrying so much soil and having so
swift a current one would suppose that the
sea would be di- ''tored for q considera BILE
distance. but it is not so. The discoloration
Is remarkably slight The Jordan has quite
a delta at its mouth. breaking into num-
Der of streams and frequently changing its
course because of the distractions brought
down by its own current.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18
The Empty Coal Scuttle.

). H. kiscr In the Chicago Record Herald
How sally gaze Mt the coal bin that's cmptv
And think of the billiards that soon Will be due
The poker is standing unused In a corner
i ne shovel Is idle and uIsted DER, too.
The furnace is empty. there's SCOT On the damper
No rudy beams dance through the cracks In the
door;
The wild wind bowls dismally up the dark chin
ney,
And the coal scuttle's lying unused on the floor
The rusty coal scnttle. the useless scuttle
The empty coal seuttle that lies ON the floor
Oh, sadly gaze that vessel and wonder
we tnlhk OF the days When We used 10 go grumb
ling
To fill it and carry its contents away
How ardently now would take up the shovel
And scoop in the Jumps priced too lightly before.
But the Tin. where We once braced the sides up,
is empty
And the coal scuttle's lying unused on the fo0r-
The rusty coal scuttle. the useless coal scuttle,
The empty coal scuttle that lies the floor.
Let grind the old Ratchet and chop up the boxes
The babies yelling; their are blue,
Ah dear are the dreams OF the days when
gladly
Sat hearing the flames they roared up the fiue;
And the sound OF the coal n Il ratified
Down through the long chute where IL rattles
more:
The Jumps all gone and the ashes are scattered
And the coal scuttles lying unused the floor
The empty coal scuttle that lies the floor.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18

living expenses down to two dollars a day.
Here was 20 francs, or S14 monthly deficit.
1T makes only Is cents a day apiecer'
unused Jane. Isn't there something we
could give up?'
1.-The presents We were going to send home
at Christmas?" suggested Lucy.
"Our pew rent2" suggested Mabel.
1.-THE money brother George gave me to
buy him some water color paintings" sug-
gested Jane. II might paint them myself.
It's a long way Off"
AS 1t was a long way off, they settled 1t
somehow. A long way off there may be a
bad quarter of an hour; but at present the
girls assure themselves they are living at
81 day.
Mabel Is working hard at her music She
has found a cheap teacher, and she calcu-
lates to save enough out of her tuition fund
to pay her share of a trip to Switzerland
they contemplate next summer. Jane en-
tered the life-claSS at the X Academy
for next to nothing. Lucy is studying her
French three hours a day has already
picked her way through two volumes OF
Maupassant, and is getting in shape to
write for the magazines!' They are get
ting their full moneys worth.
Meanwhile Marie. the bonnie, the good
girl" the maid of all work, runs the COM
missary department. including light and
heat on s. a day. The girls eat good many
stews, and there is never a franc-piece left
over. But they are happy. And Marie, too,
is not unhappy. Her postal savings bank
book shows steadily-increasing balance!
STERLING HELLO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18
THREE YANKEE GIRLS
How They Set Up House
keeping in Paris.
TROUB LES AND FUN
THEIR TRIANGULAR STUDIES
AND PLEASURES.
The Things They Found Missing From
the Carefully Made In
ventory-
T R0UBLES AND FUN
special Correspondence of The Evening Star.

Special CORRESPONDENCE of The Evening Star.
PARIS, October 6, 1902.
Three enthusiastic American girls now
carry latch keys to bright furnished fiat
in the Marbeuf quarter of new Paris. 1t is
all their own.
When the girls wake in the morning each
sprawis in her own bed in her own room.
FROM the kitchen comes the sound of
grinding coffee. 1t Is their one servant,
who is gay, because she hopes to rob them
through the winter. From the bath room
comes a sound of splashing. 1t is the girl
whose turn it is to use the tub first. The
others sprawling still. know that in the
dining room there is table spread with
damask, silver, glass and china, fruit and
flowers and crisp brown rolls. At the
thought of these the girls are gay, because
they have not bought a single piece of all
that silver, china and linen service. 1t IS
rented
Here are three girls-without much mon
ey-satisfying the ideals that beckoned
them from far-away America. None of the
ingredients are lacking
1hey are on the point of being Paris stu
dents. Ihey are independent; yet they feel
protected. They are comfortable, in sur
roundings that are airy and esthetic; yet
it will not break them.
At first all three lived in pensions" or
Paris boarding houses. Indeed, they met
In the last one, where each was failing to
get the pure Paris accent she expected.
There We're teas. excursions to the monu-
ments and matinees and shopping; but the
talk was always English. Our French ia
BILE is an ideal place for French students of
our language" they said to each other.
That is why they call 1t the French ia
ble.'
Once We agreed on a system of black
marks for breaking into English at the ia
BILE" they explained to me. AT the end of
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18
The Kings Counter Thrust.
From the Youths Companion.


To the end of his days William " OF
England was sailor, bluff and even rude
in speech and behavior, but, as Is some
times said of unroyal persons, his heart
was in the right place.
His brother Ernest, Duke OF Cumberland.
was far more kingly In looks and manners
than he, and his heart was quite as easily
located. but 1t was slightly out of its nor
NAL position, having been crowded by am
bttion. For the duke felt his peculiar fit
ness for the throne OF England; he loneed
TO reign in his brothers place, and he hoped
to come after him.
When King William suspected the dukes
ambition he put him in another way Of
thinking with racteristic bluntness
The duke was at Windsor for the night
The royal brothers dined alone together;
Queen Adelaide was ill and did not appear
and the suite dined in an adjoining room.
During dinner loud voices were heard
which soon became more vehement. Both
brothers had drunk more than usual and
the duke lost his temper and his head
Then. for the first time. King William
suspected the idea which from that time
was never out of Duke Ernest's mind that
he ought to be the next King of England
should not male children survive his broth
er, William ".
The duke rising sald Call in the suite.
I am proposing toast: The kings health;
God save the kingr"
The suite came in and drank it. Then
the duke said. May |, also sir pronose
the next toaSt?''
Name it. your grace" replied the king.
The king S heir" proudly said the duke.
land God bless him.
A dead silence followed; then the king.
collecting all his energies and wits, stood
up. and called out, THE kings heIr--God
bless herr
Then, throwing his glass over his Shout
der, the king turned to his brother and ex-
claimed. My crown came with a lass, and
my crown will go to lass"
Every one noticed, wrote a witness OF
this dramatic scene, that the duke did not
drink the toast; he left the room abruptly,
scarcely bowling to his brother, the king
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18

wastes and up in the picturesque Wheat
ley Hills the highest land on the island.
Among Philadelphia's huntsmen Col Ed
ward de V. Morrell, who married MISS
DreXel is the best known. He has a stable
of splendid hunters and always ATTENDS
every meet of the Radnor Hunt. once
every year the Radnor Hunt gives break
fast to the farmers over whose lana IL
hunts and then 1t is that Col. Morrell Is
photographed with his arms afectionateiy
intertwined with those of his farmer guests
This man of millions is great favoIlte
with the country folk. Col Morrel oIteh
hunts at Newport.
Robert Keiso Cassatt. son of A. }. cas-
satt, is also noted Philadelphia hunts,
man Miss Elsie Cassatt daughter anu
Mrs. Henry Altemus and her sister MISS
Dobson, are the Quaker city's leading
horsewomen and their meet records are
celebrated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18
Varied Talents.
From Puck.

From Fuck.
These professors of the manly art OF
self-defense are great takers"
Yes. One would almost imagine they
were professors of the womanly art Of self
defenSe.'
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18
Must Have Been So.
from the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
Look at these warts on the back of my
hand. Some people say one comes every
time you tell a lie. but know what made
these. They all came from that big seed
wart. I've cut that out more than a thou
sand times, but it always"
stop right there. I know what has
caused all the rest Of them
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1902-10-18
Gallant.

From the Chicago News.
The sweet singer sneers at your coffee"
said the comedian boarder. .'but will take
up for 1t, madam
oh. thank you," responded the land
lady.
Yes, l was always taught to take up
for the weak
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-27
WARREN COUNTY'S ILL-LUCK
Hardly Coed Wheat Crop in The Whole
Especial Dispatch to The Times.)


FRONT ROYAL, VA, July 26.-Never
in the history OF the Valley of Virginia
has there been such an entire failure In
the wheat crop as this year Warren
county, for instance. is in the great wheat
belt of the Valley CT Virginia, and her
lands are among the most productive in
the South. Many persons ale not getting
their seed from the crop. and it is esti-
mated that the whole crop in the county
will not pay the fertilizer bills. Below
are some examples of results:
Sam Collins sowed los bushels Of wheat
on a part of the Marshall land. near Hap
nv Creek, Va which is the best of wheat
laid and got $40 bushels.
William Wines got III bushels of fifty
acres, John Wiltshire sowed two ten-acre
lots and got 1G5 bushels. A threshing
machine man reports that he threshed
five small crops and got ffty-seven bush
els in all Thomas Kenny sowed forty
acres in wheat and. rye and got six bush
els of wheat and five OF rye; DR.. Miller.
who has. perhaps, the best farming land
around here, raised 2S7 bushels on twenty
four acres; George Wilkinson, on land of
the same character. got 3i6 bushels off
100 acres.
The hay crop has been total failure.
Some of the best land, which usually
brings from two to four tons to the acre.
did not produce enough to make it worth
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-27
CROPS IN NEED OF RAIN
Corn and Tobacco Suffering in Meher
rim ection-Personal Notes.
Especial Dispatch to The T1mes.)

Especial Dispatch to The T1mes.)
MEHERRIN, VA, July 24.-The crops
here are suffering very much for want
of rain. as it has been several weeks
since any has fallen, and the ground is
dry several inches deep. Corn crops
were very promising up to a few weeks
ago. but unless rain comes soon the en-
tire srop will be a failure. especially
the early crop.
The tobacco crop is thought to be about
half the usual average. with almost the
entire crop that Is any size. going up to
seed with very narrow and short leaves,
which will bring the average lower than
Is expected. Vegetables are cut short
and the melon crop is also damaged to
a great extent Two or three loads have
been placed on the market here that were
very small and inferior. On account OF
the dry weather few OF the bright to-
bacco men are preparing to save the
leaves before they burn entirely up.
Miss Anna NJ. Branch was on last Sun
day week taken with a strange affliction
in her head and since has been almost
completely deaf.
A very strange case is that of Mr.. NJ.
T. Dance, prominent and highly re-
spected citizen OF this neighborhood who
for several years has been studying
medical books and consulting different
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-27
Or. Bryant in James City.

Especial Dispatch to The Times.)
TOANO. VA, July 2o-Dr. ]. F. By-
ant. CT Southampton county. candidate for
Congress in the Second District. spent two
days in James City county this week con-
ferring with friends as to his strength
in the county and city of Williamsburg.
He was taken in charge by his warm
friend and supporter, DR.. II. NJ. Stephen
son, and Mr.. E. T. Martin, G. P. Marston
and J. G. Carlton.
Dr. Bryant was not very well known
here, but his visit has made him many
warm supporters. In fact. the Doctor
captured the county. He will carry the
County by a large plurality.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1902-07-27

doctors upon his complaints For sew
eral weeks he has refused to take any
substantial food, and is therefore grad
ually giving away.
Captain T. T. Peters. one our oldest
and most prominent citizens. is quite
i'll at his home near here.
The Lunenburg Lumber Company has
cornpIetedone line of survey for their
tramway. and for the past week has
been looking for the smoothest route over
which to run their read. Mr. Miller, the
chief promoter. says he will have the
road completed by November. and will
get the lumber out as fast as possible.