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The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1902-07-16
Assessment Increased
Over Quarter Million.
County Assessor johnson Files Report
Total Valuation $3,25I,e6s.

County Assessor johnson last week
completed his report Of the assessment
Of Ravalli County and on Thursday
forwarded the same to the State
board of equalization. Notwithstand-
ing the loss Of the Daily horses the
assessment shows an increase over
last year Of s22s,74o, a gain having
been derived from the assessment of
incorporated bitches amounting to
$99,625. The greatest increase ia the
items is in personal property and which
amounts to $13s, ,O72. Real estate shows
an increase over last year of $50, ,668.
The total assessment this year is
S., Isl, 1868. Last year i, was 50 ,O23, ,228
The following items are given in the
detailed report:
REAL. PROPERTY.
Real estate other than city
or town lots. ts............... 81, Isl, 800
Improvements on the above. 323, ,h15
City or town lots. ........... 1876, ,116
improvements on city or
town lots ............... 22l, l,67s
Mining claims filed on or
patented ................. 1869
Improvements on mining
claims 1900
Total value of real estate
and improvements. ....... 1899, ,765
PERSONAL. PROPERTY.
Improvements on impatient ~
ed lands ................ 1850
Telegraph lines. 13,475
Telephone lines. ............. 4,474
Mining bitches .... ..... 3,625
Irrigating bitches and fumes $4,000
Gravel beds, station houses
etc. etc................. ...... $3.50
Mortgages, stocks and bonds 1O2,342
| Water. electric light and gas 1900
Watches, jewelry and plate. 100
Household goods. ......... 25,720
Musical instruments. .... $3.50
Libra ries ................. 1.22s
Goods, wares and merchan- m
disc ................... 163.63e
1ixtures, saloons, stores, etc S,5ls
Farming utensils. ...... 7,23s
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1902-07-16

Cut this out and take it to Corner
Drug Store and get box of Chamber
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best physic. They also correct dis
orders of the stomach. Price IS cents. :
The Western news. [volume] (Stevensville, Mont.) 1890-1977, 1902-07-16
Victor Defeats Florence.

Victor defeated Florence last Sun.
day On the Victor grounds by score
of 18 to 2 in a very one-sided game.
Score by innings
Victor IS O o 1 2 o *-1e
Florence.O o O o o o O 2 o.
Batteries-Florence, Dishman and
Wagner; Victor, H. Morris and Bert
Morris.
Umpire, E. O. Myers, of>Rdissoula
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01
He Liked the Place.

He had sidled into cheap restaurant
not beyond earshot of the Herald
Square clock, and hung his high hat or
a low peg. AS became one of those un-
placed individuals who loiter in swell
lobbies and eat at uncertain Intervals,
he tried to ignore the casual acquaint-
ance who sat opposite, but with a per-
slstency peculiar to casual acquaint-
ances that person wouldn't stand fos
it. He butted in, so to speak, and tha
tenant by courtesy of hotel rotundas
felt that it was up to him to say some
thing.
"Do you know" he began, Il like this
place. The cooking is SO homelile the
griddle cakes so delicious; they are jusi
like my mother-er mother-er moth
ers servant used to serve. New York
Telegram.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01

part Of the community. which makes
/ its living off pilgrims and tourists, and
will find holy places and arguments
and evidence to support them as long
as trustful and contiding people are
willing to pay for the privilege of see
ing them. Those who are competent to
speak on such subjects say that the
/ longer you stay and the oftener you
come to Jerusalem the more rapidly
4 these objections diminish in impor-
tance and the greater will be the inter
est which the ruins and traditions In
spire, but everybody will always be
obliged to confess the degraded aspect
of the people, the material and moral
decline of the city, the filth and wretch
edness of the homes, the cheap and
j tawdry decorations of the churches,
and the appropriateness of the monu-
ments. These things make people mel
ancholy if not disgusted. \ eomblna-
ton of superstition and fanatlclsm,
with Journalism and avarice, is the
] chief characteristic OF the modern city,
once the fountain head from which
/ the knowledge of the true God was
i diffused to all mankind, and after a
few days experience you feel like but
f toning up your pockets when you kneel
to pray before sacred shrine.
Jerusalem is not town for amuse-
ment or recreation; for everything in
il is tinged with religious sentiment
and relates to scriptural history There
is nothing to attract traveller but
shrines and memories, and the air Is
full Of controversy, jealousy ana DOUBT.
There is nothing beautiful in or about
the city except the Mosque of Omar,
which is one of the sublimest concep-
tions Of Saracenic architecture in exist
ence. Although we sing of the glory,
the purity and happiness of Jerusalem,
II is one of the most repulsive places
In all the world. The old city is mass
of stone masonry, separated by narrow
streets and courts and surrounded by
wall thirty-elght feet high and alto
gether two and a half miles in length.
lueIt are lew opNh SpeNNos 'it SNiNN''
are crooked; many of them are blind
alleys, and those in the business dis.
tricts are yaulted over. There are no
sewers and none but surface drainage.
All the filth and offal of unmentionable
sorts is dumped upon the pavement for
the dogs to scatter and the rain TO wash
away. In wet weather the streets are
stinking cesspools, and when they dry
up the mixture is ground to powder be-
meath the hoofs of camels and donkeys
and the sandals of men, blown into
the air and absorbed into the throats
and nostrlls, the eyes and ears of man
and beast, with myrlads of microbes of
all varieties. You actually have to hold
your nose as you walk down the Via
Doloroso, the most holy and interest
ing street in the world. sanctilied hy
the feet of the Savior who followed 1t
as He bore the cross to. Calvary.
The streets of Jerusalem inside the
walls are repulslve by day and unsafe
at night. Strangers. particularly for
eigners or Christians, should never
wander out by themselves after dark.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01
Is 4 REPULSIVE CITY.
FILTH, WRETCHEDNESS, FANAT.
lClSM AND AVARtCE.
These Make Jerusalem One of the Most
Disgusting Places on Earth-Danger
of Death from Mohau IA nedan Fanat-
les Mosque of Omar.

The city Of Jerusalem Is place of
overwhelming interest 10 all Christians
aud is almost AS sacred To the follow
ers of Mohammed as 10 the followers
OF Christ. but everybody who comes
here in reverential spirit is sure To be
disappointed and wish that he had
stayed away, SO many Illusions are dis
PEELED, 50 many ideals shattered, 50
many cherished memories violated 50
much confidence shaken, writes Viii
liam Il. Curtis in the Chicago Record
Herald. Every holy and historical
place Is disputed-every spot in the
entire city OF any public interest, the
line of every wall, the position of every
palace, temple and synagogue, the To-
cation of every gate, the site of every
scene connected with the life Of the
Savior, the name of every pool, sey-
eral of the most important places are
duplicated, and in one instance tripli-
Gated.
The mercenary spirit peryades every
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01

pilgrimage to Mecca or to the Mosque
world to fulfill vows they have made to
kill or chastise 'gaiours," as Christians
are called, for the sake of the faith, or
for some imaginary slight or profana
ton to their religion. Strangers who
visit mosques must always take sol.
der or kavass from their consulate
with them to protect themselves
against possible assault from these ia
natics.
Except in the bazaars and the princi-
pal thoroughfares. the streets of ,Ieru
salem are unpaved, and are strewn
with offal and carrion. decaying fruit,
dead cats and ours, and filth, which is
never carried away and is allowed to
remain until 1t decays. Many of the
common trades are conducted in the
streets, and the thoroughfares ordinal-
lily followed by strangers and tourists
are lined on both sides with peddlers,
who clamor for custom
The Mosque of Omar referred TO
above, is ON historic Mount Moriah and
stands upon the site of three ancient
temples, erected respectively by Solo.
mon, Zerubbabel and Herod. 1t was
on Mount Moriah that Abraham re-
ceiyed the order to sacrifice Isaac, the
order being cancelled when his obedi-
ence had been tested. tradition
states that a mass of rock lying direct
ly beneath the dome of the Mohamme-
dan temple is the same upon which
Abraham made ready to sacrifice his
son and where the 'altar of sacrifice"
of the Temple stood.
The mosque was built in the seventh
century and Is diagonal in shape. Its
diameter is 10 feet The lower por-
tion is constructed of various colore1
marbles and the upper part IS pierced
with fifty-siX windows of brilliantly
stained glass. The dome is richly Gid
ed and is supported by pillars, with
arches resting on columns of porphyry.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01

They are strictly warned against such
folly. because 1t is Moslem town. in
which business is suspended from sun
set to sunrise and becomes like Il city
of the dead after dark. In the older
portions there are no street lights, no
gas, no electricity, not even petroleum
lamps. When darkness falls the ha.
zaars are closed, the shutters are put
up, the eamels and donkeyS are turned
into the corrals at the khans, and the
people retire behind the high blank
walls that nclose their habitatlons.
Those Who are compelled to go out on
honest business have lanterns carried
before them. A man going home With
out light is apt to be arrested for d
suspicious character But this Is nor
the greatest danger In passing through
the streets at night stranger Is apt
to be touched by leper, or bitten by
cur. or stabbed by n Mohammedan
fanatic.
The latter are the worst of all assas-
sins, because they strike without rea-
son, and their religion not only justi-
fies but rewards them for taking the
lives of unbellevers While the police
and military are always on the lookout
for these "fakirs," as they are called,
and punish them with instant death II
detected, the penalty has no terror for
them and 1t is impossible for strangers
to guard against them because they
cannot distinguish between people. All
CHRISTIANS look alike to them. Some of
the "fakirs." after having made the
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01

was made second secretary and In 1888
was transferred To Washington, where
legation He also was stationed at
Washington during 1So2-93, later going
to The Hague, Constantlnople, Rome
and Paris. For distinguished services
rendered tie crown he was created a
Knight. Commander OF the Bath
MIR. Herbert was married in 1883 to
Miss Leila Wilson, daughter of X. Il.
Wilson, of New York, and Il sister OF
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01

There resides In Montezuma, n. Y,
the champion heavyweight jurist in the
country He is Mr.. Charles c. Jones,
six feet one inch in height, with a rec
ord of 4T6 pounds. Justice Jones has
a waist measurement of 81 inches, he
wears Il 24-inch collar and his chest
measures 64 inches. For man OF
his great size he is particularly quick
and active. and although he is the cen
ter of attraction when he travels
abroad he accepts the staring and COM
ments with unfailng good nature.
He tells 1t as a huge joke that when
ever he enters a street car in which
there is just space for one more to sit
down the people on each side of the
space invariably rise if the jurist
makes as though he We're going to sit
down, and three seats are none too
many for him, either. If lie is seated
when ladies enter he brings a battery
of smiles upon himself by arising and
with n courteous bow telling three or
even four to 'be seated"-no difficult
task. Needless to say. Justice Jones
makes an impression when he appears
in court.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01

ington learned somewhat to her sur
prise She had been listening to the
conversation Of the Baroness, which Is
said to be unsually yivacous and in
teresting.
But what remarkably good English
you speak the woman said, leaning
forward. How remarkable for for
elgner.'
But 1t is not remarkable for me-"
Nine. Hengelmuller answered. ''in
view of the fact that am Milwaukee
girl
The wife of the Spanish ambassador
Is also an American.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01

Mrs. Ogden Goelet
and Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt.
The wife of the
British ambasSa dor
Is II o [ the only
American W o III Il II
now so conspicuous
ly placed in diplo-
matte life at Wash
lngton. The Baron-
ess llengelmuller Is
II II American b Y
birth, as one of the
guests at a dinner
In Si winter I'm WASH
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01
snecks Before the Ewes.

Sometimes when one rises suddenly
from his seat, flying specks and spots
are seen before the eyes Their nature
Is not quite understood. 1t has been
surmised that they are opaque points
in the yitreous humor which throw
shadows upon the retina. and thus be-
come visible. Badly focused eyes are
most likely to be troubled with these
specks. They signify nothing serious.
so long as they are mere points. con-
nected by fine lines, and do not Inter
fere with the acuteness of :, vision.
Treatment is useless. If the, ,eyes are
out of focus, proper glasses. should be
selected. 1t is important that The pa
tient should ignore their presence en-
tirely; he should avoid noticing them
as much as possible, and .let them
alone.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01

l. o + Il , pauneefote.
gives much satls-
faction in Washing
ton. where Mr.. Her
bert has an extend
Z Il acquaintance.
I he new alnbassa-
dor is regarded as
one of the aDlest IN
The British ,lipio-
matte service, " hich
he entered In 1877 as
Il legation attache
In Da,.is In 1920 ha
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01

Nothing looks more peculiar than to
see Il young man trying TO flirt, when
he doesn't know how.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01

The shorter woman wears her rainy
day skirt, the higher she wears her
collar.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01
SUCCEEDS LORD PAUNCEFOTE.
Michael Henry Herbert, Who Has an
American Wife.

The appointment Of Hon. Michael
Henry Herbert as British ambassador
10 this country. 10 succeed the late
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01

In every home there are dlsa agreeable
tasks that are left for one person TO
perform. For Instance: Who browns
the kitteps at your house?
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01
LIQUORS AND CIGARS

TO be had in the Market.
Mr. Thomas will conduct nothing but hrst'
class house, and cordial welcome Hiii be ex-
tended to all guests.
Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1902-08-01
CandeIaria Hall SaIO0a

is well.known and finely furnished aud is the
stacked with the choicest and best brands OF
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-09
WATER SUPPLY STILL SHUT OFF
Nebraska City People working over
time 90 Make Connection with
the River.

NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Dec. s.-(spe-
cial)-This city is still practically out Of
water and there is no telling just when a
supply will be available. A large force Of
workmen is busily engaged in digging a
ditch across the 1000 feet Of sandbar which
lies between the intake pipe of the water
works and the current Of the river. This
Is a slow Job and there is no certainty
that a supply will be available when 1t Is
completed. 1t is doubted whether the flow
will be sufficient and some contend that
the mouth Of the ditch will rapidly hl up
with sand. They maintain that the ditch
should have been dug upstream, so that the
current would have a tendency to enlarge
the ditch. II Will probably be several
days before the work will be completed.
At present practically all the manufac-
turing enterprises are shut down or rum
ming on short time, the packing house,
which has a system of water supply of Its
own, being the only one which is not in
convenienced. There is much uneasiness
also, particularly in view of the cold
weather, lest a fire should break out in
the business section of the city, for should
one gain any considerable Roadway the fire
department would be helpless.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-09
STARTS ANTITRUST WAR
Senator Nelson Asks Constitutional Amend
ment and New Bill.
WOULD GIVE CONGRESS PLENARY POWERS
Combines should BE Liable to DissOlu-
tiOn, Regulation, Prohibition and
Definition by National
Legislature.

, WASHINGTON, Dec. s.-Senator Nelson
today introduced a Joint resolution for an
amendment to the constitution SO as to
give congress the power to control trusts,
also a bill to amend the Sherman anti
trust law by more stringent provisions.
The suggested amendment to the constI-
tuition was as follows:
Congress shall have power to define. regu-
late, prohibit or dissolve trusts, monopolies
or combinations, whether existing In the
form of a corporation or otherwise; con-
gress shall also have power to license,
regulate and control all corporations en-
ness among the several states or with for
eign nations.
TIE bill for the amendment Of the Sher-
man law makes all mergers or combina-
lions In restraint Of trade illegal and pro-
vides a fine or SIC, 900 or Imprisonment for
one year, or both, against each person en-
gagged in the combination.
The bill also prohibits combinations in
restraint Of trade and all attempts to mo-
nopolize any part of the trade of the sew
eral states or territories, providing a fine
of $50, 900 or Imprisonment for a year in
each case.
Corporations engaged in interstate COM
merce are required to file with the Inter-
state Commerce commission each year q
statement OF their business and also the
names Of persons to whom stock was orig
inally issued and the price paid for it.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-09
BEEF MERGER CASE CLOSES
Packing Firms Claim Hostile Verdict Will
Ruin Livs Sock Men.
DEFENDANTS PUH,nool MOST CATTLE
Commissioner VIII File report as
Soon as Notes Are Transcribed and
Decision IL Therefore Now
only Matter of Time.

KANSAS CITY. Dec. S.-The investigation
Of the alleged beef combine ended today,
when the case was submitted to Commits
sioner Kinler. who will file his report as
soon as the stenographers notes have been
transcribed.
The defense introduced testimony today
TO show the volume of business transacted
at the stockyards at East st. Louis and st.
Joseph, and claimed that the greater por-
ton of stock handled at those points was
sold to the packing houses.
By this evidence the defense sought to
intimately connect the packing interests
and the live stock industry and to prove by
inference that any action taken by the
state inimical to the packers must work
irreparable injury to the farmer and the
stockman.
p. p. Welty. cashier of the st. Joseph
Stookyards company, testified as to the live
stock receipts at the st. Joseph yards dur
ing 1901 and estimated the proportion sold
to the packing companies.
Attorneys also read a statement showing
the disposition of live stock at East St.
Louis during 1901.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-09
PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS.

II. NJ. Stone of Denver is in the city.
w. II. Andrews of New Orleans is in the
city.
Russell Thorp of Lusk, wyo., is in the
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Martin of Kansas
City are guests in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. II. j. Hagenbath of Salt
Lake City are guests in the city.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Cunningham of
Des Moines, Ia, are in the city on bust
ness.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. Finnel of Hamburg, Ia.
day evening.
II. c. Rowntree of Lincoln and Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Haines of that city were guests
Monday evening at the Schlitz hotel.
N. G. Winston of Kansas City, western
manager for the st. Louis Wrought Iron
Range company, is in the city for a few
days.
Nj. c. Henneberry Of Akron, Colo: w. II.
c. Woodhurst of North Platte, A. w. Lane
of Lincoln and William Lawrence of Dem
evening.
Among the Nebraskans registered at the
MlIlard Monday evening were: Mr.. and
Wymore, Mr.. and Mrs. b. Toilette of Free
mont and j. H. Rickel of Juniata.
w. f. Hyde, superintendent of the house
Of the officers of the Bryan Stove works of
North Alliance, Wis, and Mr.. N. f. Burke
of Milwaukee, were in the city Monday
where they will enjoy a soJourn.
Among those who were registered at the
Murray Monday evening were:E b. Critch-
field of Lincoln, ID. F.. Cornell of Holdrege,
Misses Ethel and Maud Perkins of Wahoo.
and Mrs. William Krotte of Stuart. Ia:
Mr.. and Mrs. c.. j. Carlisle of Harrisburg.
o. r.. Fleming of Cedar Falls, q. w.
Barnes of Lexington, Ky; II. A. Bevan of
Colorado Springs, Charles p. Braslaw and
wife of San Jose, Cal; Mr.. and Mrs. r. II.
Chipmane of Kansas City, w, II, Gerhart
OF Lincoln, John G. Watson OF Nebraska
City were registered Monday evening at the
Her Grand.
c. +. Boylan of Des Moines, d. Card of
Chadron, h. S. South and son OF Newman
Grove, Ed Fttzsimmon of Lindsay, William
Dawson of Ainsworth, III. S. Covey of Chi
Homer of Kearney, Mr.. and Mrs. Roach of
Rock Springs, Wyo., and p. H.. Gray. a
prominent cattle grower of Tarkio. Mo-,
were among the visitors who were regis
tered at the Merchants Monday evening.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-09
Quarter of a Million involved.

wAHoO, Neb., Dec. s.-(Specia l.)-one Of
the most important cases ever tried in
this county was brought up and consumed
the most of last week, involving directly
over $50, 900 and indirectly $3.50, 900. Suit
was brought by the Union Stock Yards Ma
tional Bank of South Omaha against the
Kicker National Bank of Quincy, ILL.,, ct al.
When the purchase Of the Riverside Here
ford cattle ranch Of William Humphrey by
George E. Kicker, who, with his father,
Henry F. ] Kicker, of Quincy, ILL.,, and
G.. A. Jamison of Peoria, ILL.,, had liens
and interests in and against William Hum
phrey for the sum of about 5000, 000. which
they released and assumed all outstanding
indebtedness. which included a $4,000 mort
gage held by the Farmers and Merchants
bank OF Ashland, and one Of $44 900 which
was held by the Union Stock Yards Ma
tional bank and which is causing the liti-
cation, the same having never been re-
corded. When the transfer was made
George E. Kicker gave a mortgage to his
father for $72, $50. Now the contention, as
stated in the court, was that the s44, 900
should be made a prior lien, although the
same was never recorded owing to the mis-
laying of the mortgage by the discount
ing clerk Of the bank. as the same was
stated in the bill Of sale, and Jamison and
Kicker, 1t is claimed by the bank, had
known of. Judge Sornborgef, who was on
the bench, has taken thei same under adj
visement.
Omaha daily bee., 1902-12-09

Increase I'm Farm Values.

FREMONT, Neb., Dec. ~s.--(Special. i'm
response to a request from COMMISSIONS
Of Labor Watson the Fremont Commercial
club has prepared and forwarded to him
some figures on land transfers in this
county during the years 1901 and 1902.
During the year 1901 the average price
paid for farm lands as appears from the
recorded deeds was $44.SO per acre. For
the first ten months of 1902 the average
price paid was $50. The total sales for the
ten months Of this year exceed those OF
the entire year 1901. In preparing these
figures transfers made in the course of
settling estates and divisions of lands
among heirs are not included, only bona
ide sales being considered. With the in
crease in price Of land there has been a
small increase in rents, especially crop
rent, two-hfths of the crops raised being
given instead of one-third.